Chapter 853

Xia De had originally only intended to chat with Miss Sylvia for a few moments before returning to the banquet; after all, Mr. Bernhardt was still waiting for him, and he also intended to get more local news from the "local bats."

But once the topic turned to their respective incomes, the conversation seemed unstoppable. Although Miss Sylvia was a high-class and elegant lady, like Xia De, she was also troubled by the lack of a stable income that could be presented normally.

As Ringed Ringed Shushi, the two often had large amounts of unexpected income, but they both preferred that kind of very stable income that, although small at one time, came every week.

During the chat, Miss Sylvia also confirmed again that Xia De came to this city for the "Goddess of the Lake," so the young Great Witch proposed to help Xia De with a divination. She was not a witch skilled in divination, but she did have some divination ability.

It was still using the divination cards that Xia De was relatively familiar with, but Miss Sylvia's divination process involved having Xia De randomly write down three two-digit numbers, taking the average of the three numbers, discarding the decimal, and counting out the cards from the top of the deck according to the number.

Taking this card together with the four cards above and below it, a total of 9 cards, she calculated based on today's date and the current time, finally leaving only three. Xia De randomly chose one from the final three himself, and this complex but interesting divination method also made Xia De very interested, so he curiously chose the middle one.

Miss Sylvia flipped the card over; the card face was a red-nosed clown holding a red paper box wrapped in ribbons. Xia De blinked at the clown's hat, feeling a thousand emotions all at once.

"Divination Card - Unexpected Gift, a good omen."

The witch said to Xia De with a smile:

"The meaning of this card is that a certain result you are pursuing might not be found in the direction you are looking. But when you accidentally turn around, you find that the answer has already appeared by your side at some point. The card corresponds to the moon phases of the Silver Moon Full, Yellow Moon Waning, and Red Moon Crescent; in astrology, it belongs to the Clown Constellation's Spring 23-degree position, which diviners consider a relatively good divination result."

"By my side?"

Xia De looked left and right, naturally not finding divinity under the soft sofa cushion:

"Then I hope I can find the answer as soon as possible, although I personally don't hold out much hope..."

Knock, knock, knock~

Just as they were talking, the door was suddenly knocked. Xia De immediately closed his mouth, and Miss Sylvia frowned as she looked at the door:

"It's Margaret. It seems the speech is over; time really passes quickly."

She was somewhat dissatisfied that their conversation was interrupted:

"Margaret has to stay in the banquet hall until she boards the airship tonight; after all, this is her farewell banquet. Coming to find me now is probably to discuss the departure time. Xia De, you should avoid them for a moment."

"Alright."

Xia De turned to look at the room, then set his sights on the wardrobe in the corner. Hiding in the washroom was risky, but Xia De was certain no one would open the wardrobe.

He got up to walk over, but after thinking about it, he took out the prank note from Lixia with the "purple cabbage" sentence on it and threw it casually on the red carpet between the sofa and the coffee table:

"Please help me explain in a moment that this note was already there before you entered the room."

"No problem."

Miss Sylvia didn't ask any more questions, then signaled her maid to open the door.

Outside the door was indeed Princess Margaret, dressed in finery and wearing a silver crown:

"Teacher."

She greeted at the door, and only then walked in with her servants. After walking to the sofa, the first thing she saw was the divination cards placed on the table, as well as the cup of black tea that had been half-drunk:

"Teacher, did you have a guest just now?"

She asked curiously, and Miss Sylvia nodded:

"Yes, a very important guest."

The princess sat down, then blinked; she clearly felt that there was still warmth on the sofa, which meant that the so-called guest had not left when she knocked on the door. She looked around the room very discreetly, then felt that both the washroom and the wardrobe were possible, but even for a guest that Miss Sylvia valued, the probability was higher that they were in the washroom.

"I hope I didn't disturb your business."

Margaret Anjou said softly. Seeing Miss Sylvia shake her head, she felt relieved in her heart; she knew how remarkable this nominal tutor of hers was.

Just as she was about to open her mouth to talk about taking a carriage to the steam airship after the banquet, she discovered the note lying at her feet:

"Eh? What is this?"

The maid picked up the note that was face-up for the princess, and Miss Sylvia said:

"After I entered this room, I didn't sit in your current position. The guest from just now probably saw it too, but she didn't pick it up; I suppose it's something unimportant."

Princess Margaret took the note curiously, and her face changed drastically after just one glance.

"What's wrong?"

Miss Sylvia asked curiously, and the princess pursed her lips tightly, then put the note away:

"Nothing."

Her face looked very bad, but she was still unwilling to say more to Miss Sylvia, to prevent past events from many years ago from damaging her impression in Miss Sylvia's mind.

"Teacher, can you divine for me? Divine the origin of this note; I think it should have been left by the servant who cleaned the room."

The princess said in a low voice, and Miss Sylvia nodded:

"There are still two cards on the table that haven't been flipped over. You flip them over."

The princess with pale golden long hair carefully flipped over the first one; the card face was the number six.

"Divination Card - Spirit Number 6?"

Miss Sylvia became interested:

"I am best at deconstructing spirit numbers. Margaret, please wait a moment, let me calculate it for you."

"No, teacher, you said... does this represent MI6?"

Margaret Anjou asked with an ugly expression, and Miss Sylvia wanted to laugh but had to hold it in:

"Yes, it's also possible; after all, Delarion's agents are indeed very excellent... Flip the other one over too."

The princess nodded and flipped over the other one; on it was clearly an eagle standing on a high cliff.

"The eagle on the mountain top predicts that your ambition will continue to expand, but this will not lead to bad results."

Miss Sylvia interpreted again, but Princess Margaret Anjou stared at the card uneasily, and it was at least half a minute before she let out a long breath:

"Teacher, the card face is a grey-headed eagle."

"Yes, in this version of the divination cards, the 【Eagle on the Mountain Top】 card face is a grey-headed eagle; the set I used before was the twin white-headed eagles..."

The witch looked at her student curiously:

"You wouldn't happen to think that this card indicates that the note appeared here and is related to our legendary agent, would you?"

Princess Margaret nodded with difficulty:

"When I risked going to Midhillburg City in the autumn, I actually met that Mr. Grey-Headed Eagle; yes, I am very sure it was him. He completed that difficult mission and even helped me divert MI6. I tried to win him over, but he never contacted my people in Tobesk. This gentleman doesn't seem like someone who can be won over so easily."

"Actually, I'm just not short on money right now, so I didn't go to collect that 1000 pounds."

Xia De thought in the wardrobe, sincerely admiring Miss Sylvia's divination ability. The diviners of this world were always able to get abnormally accurate results, but the problem was that most of the time the interpretation direction of those results was wrong. And this time, Princess Margaret actually interpreted it completely correctly.

"I think I understand."

The princess squeezed the note tightly in her hand:

"Before this banquet, Mr. Grey-Headed Eagle must have already arrived in Huntington. He and MI6 have fought many battles in the dark that I don't even know about, executing missions related to the delegation while I was resting, reading, and socializing."

She unfolded the crumpled note:

"This note appearing now, appearing before me, I find it hard to imagine how many complex and dangerous stories happened within it."

Actually, it wasn't complex; Xia De just threw it on the carpet.

"I also find it hard to imagine how many conspiracies originally surrounded this note."

Actually, there were no conspiracies; it was just Lixia being dissatisfied that her date time was occupied and wanting to "revenge" herself on the princess of the Karsinrik Kingdom.

"What you say makes a lot of sense. It sounds like the Grey-Headed Eagle of the Grey Glove organization is really capable."

Xia De in the wardrobe admired Miss Sylvia for not laughing out loud while speaking.

"Teacher, I believe my judgment is not wrong. I have already planned to win over this ace agent, and even specifically had my father order the Grey Glove to let the Grey-Headed Eagle, who had originally entered a dormant period, secretly protect me during this visit."

"How come I don't know about this?"

Xia De in the darkness of the wardrobe thought, then realized that the order probably wouldn't arrive that quickly, but he would probably receive that kind of strange letter again very soon.

"Since that gentleman was able to appear before me in Midhillburg, I believe he will also appear in Tobesk. At that time, it will be possible to determine whether there is a struggle between him and MI6 behind this note."

Princess Margaret said in a firm tone, certain that her judgment was correct. Moreover, she also intended to hand the note to the gentlemen of the Grey Glove accompanying the delegation; perhaps someone from MI6 had already been planted in the delegation.

Because of their discussion, Xia De immediately knew that Baron Lewis, who was nominally an accompanying secretary in the delegation, was actually the person in charge of the Grey Glove team. Thus, even before the delegation reached Tobesk, Xia De had already made a contribution to Director Director Anluosi, who appreciated him very much.

Of course, Xia De would not tell MI6 this news directly, at least not for now; after all, he wasn't really a Delarion. Although he was on MI6's payroll, he also owed a debt of gratitude to Detective Sparrow.

Therefore, this time he still wanted to achieve a "win-win" situation similar to passing intelligence during the Great City Player period.

【You want to win twice again?】

"She's" laughter came from his ears.

"Of course not, it's that both the Grey Glove and MI6 win."

Xia De hid in the darkness and muttered in his heart.