Chapter 991

Director Anluosi heard some inside news about what happened in the reading salon and knew that it was related to the church and those mysterious events, so he touched his nose and didn't say anything.

"Speaking of which, does this count as a work-related injury?"

Xia De joked, and then his expression became slightly more serious:

"I investigated that that Highness sometimes sneaks out. I originally thought she wanted to meet with mysterious people, such as the so-called 'Gray-Headed Eagle,' but finally found that the Highness just seemed to want to walk around the city."

"We also know that the Highness sometimes goes out alone. The people in the Kassenrik mission are also helpless about this. But she wants to see this city, and we have nothing to say, so we can only try our best to ensure her safety. However, I don't think the Highness will personally meet with the Gray-Headed Eagle. She can arrange for the people around her to do such things."

Director Anluosi analyzed while sitting on the sofa:

"You have done very well recently, and His Majesty has also heard about your contact with this Highness in social occasions. Regardless of whether she came with different purposes, we only need to ensure that there are our people around her on any occasion."

Saying that, he took out a card and handed it to Xia De:

"Continue working next week. On Friday, the Highness will go to the Delarion Third National Mechanical College in the university district to visit and attend lectures, from morning until evening. This is the entry permit for the National Mechanical College. You follow along that day too. There will be many people, so pay attention to observe whether any suspicious people contact the Highness. Try to contact the princess directly. We all know that you have a good relationship with her. If possible, I hope you can always stay by the Highness's side."

"Okay."

Xia De took the entry permit, and Director Anluosi stood up. He was also very busy and didn't have time to stay at Xia De's place for long:

"After the visiting group leaves, His Majesty will reward those who have made contributions, and there will also be rewards within the Sixth Agency. I will not contact you often recently, and you should not contact the Sixth Agency recently..."

This was the reason why he came in person:

"Our agents recently are not just fighting against the Gray Gloves. There are quite a few strange guys in the city. Your task is just to observe and report; don't worry about other things, the Sixth Agency is very professional."

He waved goodbye to Xia De and opened the door to leave here.

Xia De put away the entry permit, held Little Mia, and returned to the second floor. Before the girls could ask, he said it himself:

"My superior came."

"Superior?"

Princess Margaret, who was talking to the blonde girl on the sofa, was very curious:

"Does an independent detective also have a superior? Is it the so-called Detective Guild?"

"Oh, Your Highness, although my profession is very decent in Miss Louisa's book, a detective cannot always receive work."

Xia De sat down on the short sofa on the side, and the orange cat was thinking about her breakfast, so she ran to the dining room again:

"In the winter after the snow, I haven't received any commission yet, but there were quite a few jobs at the end of autumn. I can't always sit at home waiting for commissions to come to the door, so sometimes I also cooperate with the Ridwich field. Oh, the Ridwich field is..."

"Yes, I know."

Princess Margaret nodded, and Dorothy smiled and explained for Xia De. She knew what Xia De, who was half-true and half-false, wanted to say:

"Like a detective like Xia De, sometimes he also needs to cooperate closely with the police, accept official commissions, and assist in investigations, so he will call the sheriff who contacts him 'superior'."

"At least the Ridwich field pays very generously, but it's not generous when reporting expenses."

Xia De said, tilting his head to watch Mia finish her leftovers in the dining room:

"Where were we just now? Yes, meeting Sir Pulin alone, this is temporarily unnecessary. However, I am very interested in the ancient Pulin family. I have heard of ancient surnames that inherit Ringed Shushi power for generations, but I thought those families all relied on the three major colleges."

In fact, Miss Aphrola's family was an exception.

"The Pulin family cannot awaken Ringed Shushis in every generation, and the rumors of ancient families are just legends. Nobles always like to brag about the history of their families. I am very sure that at least in the last few hundred years, their family has not produced any special characters."

Princess Margaret said, borrowed paper and pen from Xia De, and drew the family crest of the Pulin family:

"The thorn patterns around it were added as merits after they swore allegiance to my ancestors. The main body of the crest is the family crest left over from ancient times, which is related to the surname itself."

In heraldry, those family crests that look quite complex and gorgeous in the eyes of ordinary people are actually exceptionally rich in meaning. Although Xia De understood Delarion's noble crests, he didn't know much about Kassenrik nobles. Fortunately, Dorothy beside him had Leisia's knowledge, and heraldry was a compulsory basic course in the education the princess received. She looked at the pattern drawn by Princess Margaret with great interest, and then pretended to be curious and said:

"When I was organizing writing materials, I learned about the ancient noble heraldry in the southern region of Kassenrik. These blue silk ribbons are folded three times in total, plus the yellow gold cross decoration, which is a typical 'holy' meaning. Did Sir Pulin's family produce people above the regional archbishop in the Five Gods Church in the past?"

"I don't know much about this."

Princess Margaret shook her head:

"I haven't heard that the knight's family has any connection with the church. Moreover, Ringed Shushis from our three major colleges also avoid having any connection with the church."

Xia De was also observing that family crest, but before he could express his opinion, the bell downstairs rang again:

"Oh, what's wrong today? Did everyone specially choose to visit me today?"

He picked up the cat that ran over because it heard the bell, walked to the living room window, and looked down:

"Unfamiliar rental carriage, it's a very common carriage in the city, who is it this time?"

"Xia De, take your guests to the second floor to talk, and I will hide with the Highness over there."

Dorothy pointed to Room 2, and Xia De nodded. So she walked directly to the wall by the fireplace, pulled open the door that was almost integrated with the wall, and then turned to signal the princess to follow.

Princess Margaret followed Dorothy to the other room, actually guessing the relationship between Dorothy Louisa and Xia De again in her heart. Just now she thought that the blonde female writer appeared here so early because there was something to talk about in the group. But now it seems that it is not the case. After all, this blonde writer lady seems to be too familiar with this house.

On the other side, Xia De had already brought Little Mia downstairs. After opening the door, the one who was paying the fare to the coachman outside the door was a middle-aged gentleman who Xia De had never seen before and was dressed decently.

He had beautiful brown hair, and two very delicate small mustaches were very beautiful. He was wrapped in a black leather coat, and around his neck seemed to be a fox fur scarf. The material of the leather wallet in his left hand seemed to be crocodile skin, and the yellow metal decoration on the cane in his right hand was unexpectedly real gold.

The tip he paid was very much, and when the coachman holding the banknotes and coins took off his hat and bowed, the force of bending was also very large.

The middle-aged gentleman stuffed the leather wallet into the pocket of his wide leather coat, turned around, and saw that the door had been opened. He blinked his eyes:

"Detective Xia De Hamilton?"

"Yes, it's me, may I ask who you are..."

The man took off his black leather gloves and reached out to Xia De:

"Boris Cameron, Baron."

He grabbed Xia De's hand and shook it, his face full of genuine smiles:

"Detective Hamilton, I have long admired your name. It's like this, there is a commission case I want you to handle, do you have time now?"

"Commission?"

Although Baron Cameron's enthusiasm was unexpected, Xia De still nodded:

"Please come in."

He stepped aside, and the Baron in leather boots, like Director Anluosi, rubbed his shoes on the doormat, and then followed Xia De toward the second floor.

Dorothy had already tidied up the teacups, so Xia De prepared tea again. And during this period, Baron Cameron sat on the sofa and looked at the attire of Room 1 on the second floor with great interest, and was very polite, just looking, without trying to touch any items.

After Xia De brought the black tea, this handsome middle-aged gentleman said his own business:

"Detective, this is not something that happened to me, it's my brother, Jimmy Cameron. Although we were born in the same family, he didn't inherit the title in the family, and father divided the factory to him when he passed away."

The Baron explained his family background, which was a very common way of property division:

"Little Jimmy... I don't really want to complain about my brother, but he clearly has no talent for management. He doesn't go to the factory often, but instead idles around in the city. I often go to underground casinos, or those illegal clubs to fish him out. He really doesn't make people worry. But Jimmy is not a so-called bad person, he just... has no ability, greedy for pleasure, that's all. My relationship with him is still okay."

The Baron sighed, took out a black and white photo from his upper pocket and handed it to Xia De. The photo was a single photo. The man in the photo had eyebrows and eyes very similar to Baron Cameron, but it could also be seen that it was not the same person. The Baron looked like he was in his forties, while the person in the photo looked like he was in his thirties, and was clearly much fatter than the Baron.

"Please rest assured, my brother did not go missing. It's just that last week, he found me mysteriously and told me that he bought a very magical item."

Xia De looked up at the Baron:

"Magical? This is a very interesting adjective."

"Yes, it is a..."

Baron Cameron revealed an embarrassed expression. Saying this made him feel quite embarrassed:

"A box that can copy banknotes."

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