Chapter 639

"Good morning, Tifa."

Seeing it was the black-haired maid lady, Xia De also revealed a smile. After accepting the invitation to board the carriage, he found that Miss Galina wasn't in the carriage, but there were three other ladies.

One looked slightly younger and was also one of Miss Galina's personal maids, but an ordinary person. The other two were female mages beside Miss Galina, both middle-ring. Because they all knew Xia De and also knew Xia De's relationship with Miss Galina, they all nodded to him cautiously.

"Tifa, why are you here? Are you handling matters for Miss Galina?"

This was Xia De's question.

"Miss sent me to acquire an antique, because it is very important, so it must be done by me."

Tifa said, and the carriage continued to drive forward slowly:

"That antique has been searched for by the council for a long time and was only found recently. Then what about you? Xia De, what are you doing here? Detective commission?"

"No, no, it's not a commission, it's for a stone figurine... you wouldn't be here for this too, right?"

The maid lady, although slightly surprised, still smiled:

"The first two were related to you, this cannot be a coincidence, so Miss believes that we will eventually discover that the third one must also be related to you. Look, you really came to find this stone figurine. However, that stone figurine cannot be given to you; Miss told me I must bring it back."

"I don't want that stone figurine, I just want to take a look."

"That's fine too, then Miss won't need to find someone to translate it. Those emperors of the old era all liked to write poems in more ancient languages, which made translation a big trouble."

Xia De had told Miss Galina that he could understand most ancient languages.

Since Tifa appeared, Xia De didn't have the need to sneak in. Duchess Galina had amazing means, and Tifa and her group had a real transaction document in their hands; the deceased Simir Pasolo had promised to sell a batch of antiques including that stone figurine to Miss Galina. So, Xia De just followed Tifa.

The carriage stopped in the middle of the street, and Xia De got off the carriage first. He walked up the steps wanting to knock on the apartment door, but just as his hand was raised, he heard the sound of arguing coming from inside.

It was a man roaring; because the speaking speed was too fast and it was separated by the door panel, Xia De could only hear words like "property."

Although he couldn't understand what happened, he still reached out and knocked on the door heavily several times.

The arguing sound stopped immediately, and after ten-plus seconds, he heard the footsteps coming from inside the door, subsequently the door was opened. The one who opened the door was a female servant wearing an apron who looked somewhat tall and in her thirties.

She lowered her head and asked about the intentions of Xia De and Tifa, who was getting off the carriage behind him; one could tell from her tone that she had just cried.

"What happened here?"

Although he was very curious in his heart, Xia De still introduced himself first:

"I am Knight Hamilton of Lei Jiede, and this is the personal maid of Miss Galina Cavendish, the Duchess of Saladir, Miss Servit and Miss Leila."

Tifa, who had already gotten off the carriage, nodded slightly, followed by that young maid. The two middle-ring female mages who were probably sent to prevent other situations didn't get off; they would wait nearby.

"Greetings to the three!"

The maid who opened the door immediately wiped her eyes with her sleeve:

"May I ask what is the matter?"

Tifa signaled for Xia De to speak, so Xia De cleared his throat:

"The Duchess once had an agreement with Mr. Simir Pasolo through an intermediary; Mr. Simir Pasolo was to sell a batch of antiques to Miss Galina."

That agreement was taken out by Xia De, and the maid received and checked it before inviting the three people inside to talk.

There were two other people in the living room, one was a man in his forties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and looking relatively elegant, and one was a woman of about the same age, with very thick makeup on her face and a somewhat plump figure.

The maid introduced the three people who entered to these two, and subsequently introduced them to Xia De and the three. They were the children of the deceased Mr. Simir Pasolo; the older one was Bick Pasolo, who was already married, and the one two years younger than him was Jenny Pasolo, who was still unmarried.

Both Pasolos were dressed decently and looked like they hadn't fallen in class at least on the basis of their original family.

Xia De and them sat on the sofa, while Tifa stood behind him with the other maid lady.

"So, coming this time is hoping to take away that batch of antiques. Of course, we also brought the gold pounds on the contract."

That box of money was now being carried by the maid lady.

"The contract is no problem, and we are also honored to trade with the Duchess of Saladir, but..."

Bick Pasolo's face revealed some difficulty:

"But because of the issue of estate disposal, all the things left by father cannot be moved now."

"What does this mean? Sorry, may I ask who the heir is? We can talk to him, gold pounds are not a problem."

Xia De said.

"The heir is of course me and my sister!"

Bick Pasolo's voice suddenly became high, subsequently realizing it was impolite, and immediately apologized.

"Oh?"

Xia De looked at him suspiciously:

"Since it's you, then why... is there no specific will?"

"There is, but in the will, father left most of the property to her!"

Jenny Pasolo suppressed her anger and pointed to the female servant who opened the door for the three; she was carrying a tea tray and wanted to walk over, seeing she was mentioned, she stood there at a loss, her face flushed red not knowing what to say.

Xia De understood this; he understood why the roaring sound was heard before knocking on the door.

"Um... this female servant should have taken care of Mr. Pasolo for a long time, right?"

"Ten years."

The female servant wearing an apron said in a low voice.

"Two, you shouldn't visit Mr. Simir Pasolo often, right?"

Xia De asked again; Luweiya had just mentioned this point.

Bick Pasolo, wearing glasses, didn't deny it:

"We don't live in Tobesk, and we only come to see father in summer and winter every year. Jia Lin Na was able to take care of father for such a long time, and both I and Jenny are very grateful to her. If father only left part of the property to her, we wouldn't object. But, but..."

He couldn't suppress his anger again:

"In the will, father left about 80% of the property to her!"

After finishing, he apologized again for his volume.

"I see, so you haven't cleared up the ownership of these properties, so you can't hand over that batch of antiques for the time being?"

Xia De summarized, and the two Pasolos and the female servant called "Jia Lin Na" all nodded.

"I and Jenny are negotiating with Jia Lin Na, hoping to properly dispose of the distribution of the estate. If there is no result, we will solve it through the law; the inheritance law of the Delarion Kingdom might be able to help us."

But in Xia De's view, since there is a will, then it must be the female servant Jia Lin Na who occupies the legal principle. But the problem is, if they really want to resort to the law, the female servant without power or influence, wanting to defeat the two Pasolos above the middle class, is also not a simple matter.

Xia De had no intention of getting involved in other people's family affairs, but he didn't want to delay too much time here either:

"If there is a will, you must act according to the will."

He said simply, seeing Tifa behind him nod carefully, and added:

"If the three need a lawyer, Miss Galina won't be stingy in helping to preside over justice."

The female servant Jia Lin Na looked at Xia De with some gratitude, while the two Pasolos had somewhat ugly faces:

"Mr. Hamilton, what do you mean..."

"How the will is written is how it should be done. May I ask where the will is? Mr. Simir Pasolo, who did he leave these antiques to?"

"No, no, actually, it's also wrong for him to leave so much money to me; I just took care of him for a period of time."

The female servant said in a low voice, and Bick Pasolo and Jenny Pasolo saw there was still room for negotiation, and immediately smoothed things over, promising that the antiques could be handed over today.

After all, no matter whose estate it is, it belongs to the three people present. As long as all three agree to cash out the antiques in the property division, the transaction contract can be fulfilled.

It seems Mr. Bick Pasolo is really afraid that Miss Galina will hire a lawyer for the female servant.

The next thing was simple; the antiques collected by Mr. Simir Pasolo had not been moved by anyone after his death and were all in the collection room on the third floor. The five people went upstairs together to check and count the goods in the list.

But what surprised Xia De was that all the antiques were there, except that the stone figurine with the poem fragment was missing.

"That small stone figurine seems to have been buried with Mr. Pasolo as a funerary object."

The female servant recalled for a long time before saying this matter:

"This was father's decision before he died; he chose six antiques to be buried with him."

Bick Pasolo and Jenny Pasolo also knew this point; the list of funerary objects was available and wouldn't be fake.

Xia De then asked Tifa's opinion in a low voice before saying:

"If that's the case, it's really a pity, but since that's the case, Miss Galina can only have one less collection."

They carried out the handover of the antiques on the third floor that were only listed to cover up, but before leaving, Xia De made a new request:

"I want to talk to Miss Jia Lin Na alone to ask about Miss Black who lives on this street."

He introduced his detective identity, so the Pasolos temporarily avoided.

Xia De and Tifa talked to the female servant in the living room, but this time it was Tifa who spoke:

"Although Knight Hamilton threatened them just now, after we leave, I'm afraid that will will still not be recognized."

The female servant in her thirties nodded somewhat embarrassedly:

"It doesn't matter, I also know it's hard for them to accept this point; I am willing to give up part of the property, but it's impossible to completely give up this gift."

"If you need it, you can write to me, and I can give you help."

Tifa said again, and Xia De also nodded:

"Besides this matter, talking to you alone is also really wanting to ask about Miss Black. You live on the same street, so do you know her?"

"Yes, on this street, probably I and father are the most familiar with her. May I ask what you want to know?"