Chapter 664: Moonlight, Balance, and Nun

Xia De, who walked out of the white fog at the bedroom door, put down his hands that were maintaining the hugging posture and looked at Little Mia, who was staring at him on the bed.

That cat was undoubtedly awake, lying in a long strip beside the pillow. Its chin was against the soft bed, and its amber eyes were looking at Xia De curiously. Clearly, before six-thirty, it would absolutely not leave the side of the soft pillow.

"Is it really that simple?"

The life ring behind him appeared. Xia De turned his head to look back. The second spiritual rune of the Third Tier, 【Yellow Moon】, was actually really engraved there just like that. The spiritual rune flickered with golden luster. Although it was obtained from the witch, the essence of this power was related to a certain god; this was a miracle of an unknown god.

【You are truly generous.】

While Xia De scanned the bedroom, "She" whispered in his ear:

【You are even willing to exchange the sorcery given by the Tree Father.】

"This is also for the mission to proceed smoothly, and besides, this exchange, I should be considered to have taken advantage."

【But before the exchange, you didn't know this.】

"Yes, you can just treat me as a generous person."

Xia De thought in his heart, but then thought that if he said this to Old John, the owner of the pawnshop would definitely laugh at him loudly.

【The acquisition of the Yellow Moon spiritual rune not only means a new spiritual rune and the sorcery 【Confusion】, but Xia De can also feel that all his sorceries related to moonlight have been enhanced because of this.】

Not only that, Miss Danister, the Red Moon witch and library librarian of the Academy, had been looking for Ring Mages with the "Yellow Moon" core spiritual rune, and even went to great lengths to transfer a correspondence Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi of the Seksess Higher Medical Academy who possessed the 【Guiding Moon】 core spiritual rune to the Tobesk region.

Although that 【Guiding Moon】 hadn't come yet, Xia De had already obtained 【Yellow Moon】. Even if it wasn't a core spiritual rune, he thought it was necessary to try whether he could open the book in Miss Danister's hand and help her find the location of the "Silver Moon Library."

He wanted to send this news to Miss Danister via the poem manuscript page immediately, but then thought that there were many things to do today and he couldn't waste too much time at Saint Byrons.

So after thinking about it, he decided to contact the librarian tomorrow or the day after. After all, this matter was not urgent.

Even before eating breakfast, Xia De carried the very unwilling Mia and got on a carriage early in the morning, heading straight for Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's manor. When he went out, it was only six o'clock, so it was only about seven o'clock when he arrived at the manor.

Witches lived very regularly, and seven o'clock was exactly the time he got up. Because she needed to wash, she let Xia De wait for a while and let Tifa take Xia De to the dining room to wait first. The black-haired maid looked like she got up very early, which made Xia De guess how hard the job of "maid" was.

"Coming to me so early, do you want to have breakfast with me?"

Seeing Xia De on a clear autumn morning, Miss Miss Jia Lin Na was in a good mood. When sitting at the table, she even joked with Xia De.

Xia De shook his head:

"It's about the time key, the key to the 3024th year of the Fifth Era that Granny Cassandra gave me."

"Did you see Miss Feilian?"

"No, but I saw her student, the first librarian of Saint Byrons, Miss Blaine Olanode."

Taking advantage of the breakfast time, Xia De recounted his experience just now, or rather, his experience from an era ago, in detail. Miss Miss Jia Lin Na listened quietly, and only shook her head after Xia De finished speaking:

"Still no, I still have to find Miss Feilian."

"But Miss Olanode is also a Thirteenth Tier witch."

"Thirteenth Tier and Thirteenth Tier are different."

The Duchess shook her head with a smile, as if telling a simple truth to a disobedient child. She was dressed very casually in her own manor; it was a scarlet dress with lotus leaf edges on the cuffs and collar, which looked quite good.

"Alright then, let's try our luck next time, but the time key of that era shouldn't be so easy to find."

After speaking, Xia De took out the parchment that had turned yellow because it had traveled through time:

"In addition, please help purchase this batch of items. I have translated the text into contemporary language. These are daily necessities for the witches. I will give you the pounds after the purchase."

"These things aren't worth much; why be so polite?"

The Duchess supported her face with her right hand and held the parchment in her left hand. The morning sun shone in from the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the manor's dining room, illuminating the white aprons and small black leather shoes of the maids, and also illuminating the witch's profile.

She was truly beautiful.

"Look, they didn't make too many requests; they are all inexpensive things. However, since they are daily necessities prepared for witches of the past, I will help you get some more expensive ones... Oh, these sizes... whose figure is so good?"

After Miss Miss Jia Lin Na finished speaking, she looked at Tifa on the side:

"Tifa, how would you look wearing clothes of this size?"

The maid standing behind her bent down slightly and looked at the content on the parchment:

"About the same."

"Tsk tsk, Xia De, who is this?"

"I don't want to discuss the privacy of ladies."

Xia De said while stroking the cat that was drinking goat milk. Probably because it absorbed part of the power of divinity, this cat hadn't changed in size at all since Xia De adopted it, even though Xia De clearly provided it with very sufficient nutrition.

"Oh, satisfy my curiosity, detective."

The witch said again, a smile appearing on her face, so Xia De could only answer:

"It should be that young witch with Red Dragon bloodline."

"Truly amazing."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na laughed, then asked:

"How about leaving this parchment to me? Consider it a thank you for helping you purchase."

The great witches of the Witch Council liked to collect items from witches of the Fifth Era.

"Of course."

Xia De nodded, and Miss Miss Jia Lin Na then talked about the 【Yellow Moon】 spiritual rune.

"Similar spiritual runes can usually use similar sorceries. Since you have a talent for the Silver Moon, you can try to use the 【Yellow Moon】 to use those sorceries related to the 【Silver Moon】. This is the so-called architecture of the rune system. Try it, Xia De, I remember you have a talent for the Light Spell."

"Light Spell?"

Xia De nodded, put down his spoon, and looked at his palm. As he meditated on that yellow moon, golden moonlight actually appeared in his palm.

"Look, that's it. I remember you have quite a few Silver Moon sorceries. Except for 【Cynthia's Silver Moon Gift】 which belongs uniquely to the 【Silver Moon】, you can try to use other sorceries related to moonlight with the 【Yellow Moon】."

She guided him very patiently, then changed the topic again:

"Do you have anything to do today? The weather is nice; would you like to accompany me to the horse farm for a turn? The horse farm in autumn is quite good, and I remember Tifa said you don't know how to ride a horse yet. This won't do; you are the Hamilton Knight of Lei Jiede. I can teach you how to ride a horse, and then talk about the stories you experienced in the Fifth Era."

Xia De shook his head with some regret:

"Sorry, I have to go to Midhillburg today. I have an appointment with a nun there to see a boy who can predict death."

"A nun?"

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na narrowed her eyes slightly:

"You really have many friends."

Tifa blinked at Xia De immediately. Xia De reacted and understood her meaning:

"After the Midhillburg matter is over, Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, how about you teach me how to ride a horse? It's a deal; before winter comes, let me learn how to ride a horse."

At this, the red-haired Duchess finally showed a smile:

"Of course."

(Duo Luo Xi is rushing the manuscript...)

Wanting to go to Midhillburg naturally meant returning to Saint Theresa Square first. Because he went out too early in the morning, the newspapers, milk, and letters had just been delivered when he returned.

And Xia De actually found the remittance slip sent by the client "Miss White" on the doormat at the entrance. This was the final payment for that commission, as proof of the commission's end.

The final payment was not much, only 7 pounds. It was the amount mentioned in the letter given by the neighbor when Xia De and Tifa went to Miss White's residence, which would be remitted at the beginning of this month. And the real name of Miss White written on the remittance slip was indeed Grace White. In the letter, she said that since Detective Hamilton had already found Helen Black who was going to Midhillburg, the commission was considered over.

"Is the commission over just like that? Except for Mia's matter which hasn't been completely resolved, the other remaining tasks of Detective Sparrow are considered completely over."

Of course, until now, Xia De still didn't know what exactly happened to the twin girls, but he was still looking forward to seeing them again.

Leaving Mia at home, Xia De set off for the City of Mountains. According to the agreement, after coming out of the abandoned tower, he went directly to the Blind Home. When he arrived at the Blind Home, it was eight-fifty in the morning, and Sister Devlin had already arrived.

Because she was going to visit a small Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi organization called the "Crow Club" today, she didn't wear that iconic grey nun's habit, but wore a simple grey long skirt with a black cloth strip as a belt at her waist.

The silver eye mask naturally couldn't be worn, but because Sister Devlin had an eye disease from birth, she chose to wear a veil and sat in a wheelchair. Matching her own cold and reticent temperament, she really looked like a young noble lady with a disability.

The two would act as the writer John Watson and the writer's sister Mary Watson, respectively, to go and find that boy to divine the fate of the future. Just because they couldn't bring servants when visiting, Xia De had to help push that silver wheelchair, and he himself didn't care about this.

Starting from the Blind Home on Luff Lane, the carriage carried the two to Pig Tail Lane.

October was the month of withered leaves, and it was now considered to be entering late autumn. When Xia De jumped off the carriage, the cold wind blowing through the alley made him sigh at the passage of time.

Seeing that Sister Devlin didn't get down immediately, he remembered that the other party was pretending to be a young lady with a disability. So, he moved the wheelchair down first, saw Sister Devlin reach out to him, and carefully held the nun's hand, very gentlemanly sending her onto the wheelchair.

Afterward, he tidied up his clothes, arrived at the steps of Building 8A, and knocked on the door in the pattern of three long and two short.

"John Watson, made an appointment last week, the one behind is my sister."

Xia De said to the man who opened the door, and then took out the brass badge with a crow pattern he obtained after paying the appointment fee last time.

The man who opened the door sized the two up, took back the badge, gave up the doorway, and signaled for them to enter. So Xia De ordered the coachman to take a wooden board from the carriage and pad it on the steps. He pushed the wheelchair up the steps and ordered the coachman that he could wait for them nearby.

"Is this your private carriage?"

The man who opened the door asked curiously.

"No, it's rented."

Xia De shook his head and pushed the wheelchair into the house.

No. 8 Luff Lane was an apartment building facing the street, with three floors in total, excluding the attic. The area of each floor was at most half the size of each floor in Saint Theresa Square, and there didn't seem to be many people inside the house.

Considering that the "Crow Club" itself was a small local Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi organization, perhaps its scale was even smaller than Xia De had imagined. ===== CHAPTER 665 =====