Casual play is allowed.
Hitzfeld glanced at Xia Yibing, somewhat curious about how the woman would respond.
This glance happened to meet Xia Yibing's. She was extremely nervous, fearing that Hitzfeld would think that she had some relationship with Princess Vona.
Fortunately, she was worrying too much - the look from the girl in the black dress was very complicated, and seemed to contain many emotions, but there was no suspicion or anger.
Is it because she is smart enough to see it... or is it because she doesn't take me as seriously as I thought, so she's not nervous at all?
People who are immersed in love usually have unclear minds. Xia Yibing was unable to come out of it for a while, and her whole spirit became depressed.
Hitzfeld immediately realized that she might be overthinking it, and reached out to grab her right wrist, and his thumb wrapped in a black silk glove scratched the woman's palm.
This was like a scratch on my heart.
Xia Yibing quickly looked up and looked at her with eyes full of hope.
Are these two people treating me as if I don't exist...
People far away couldn't see clearly, but Princess Vona saw the eye contact clearly. She clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and walked over with big strides, looking like she wanted to shove her chest into the girl's face.
Hitzfeld had to take a half step back.
Some talents just have to be recognized.
She admitted that Princess Vona had a great advantage in physical development.
"Are you the much-hyped female detective? Aisuen Hitzfeld?" The question was asked in an impolite tone.
"It's me, Your Highness." Hitzfeld saluted according to the rules taught by his lady, and his posture and angle were impeccable.
"You seem to have chosen a conservative dress, but you wear a collar around your neck... Do you think you can hide such obscene accessories from me?" The princess whispered viciously, "And your eyes... From the way you move your hair over from time to time, it seems that you usually wear an eye patch or a monocle. You are always good at using this little trick to deceive girls, right?"
Hitzfeld was bewildered.
Although her emotions are messed up by hormones, under normal circumstances, influenced by her past life, she tends to think rationally.
You can't be a detective without this kind of thinking.
So she couldn't understand Princess Vona's "reasoning process".
The other person's observation skills were excellent. She estimated that these were the only flaws in her life habits, and she had caught them all.
But the conclusions she drew from this shocked her deeply - how did these two habits connect to picking up girls? Why did she think she was that kind of person?
The blonde princess glanced at Xia Yibing again and found that she was still staring at Hitzfeld. The corners of her mouth drooped immediately, and her front teeth bit her lower lip, and the feeling of resentment and sorrow became stronger.
She can't be serious...
Hitzfeld's eyelids twitched.
She began to judge that the princess wanted to do more than just play with Xia.
Xia is good-looking, has a good figure, and is capable. She will never lack suitors in any department.
But unfortunately, she happened to be in a special department like the Security Bureau.
Her identity as an agent made her ignored for a long time - from Prince Berentan and Baron Skye, we can see how cautious the nobles are. Whether they are planning to get married or just want a relationship, they will not look for a Shadow Lion agent.
Therefore, if someone happens to have a good background and would have the mentality of "getting close to her and having something happen with her", the probability of this happening to women is higher than that of men.
Since I have no right of inheritance, it wouldn't be considered as being dissolute if it got out, and what harm could there be in having some fun?
Many people may think so.
If you think this way, you won’t pay too much attention to the target’s “female companion”.
But Princess Vona cared.
The will is very strong.
She must know how shocking it would be if this matter got out, given her status...
"cough!"
Xia Yibing seemed to have made up her mind not to pay any more attention to this prince, but Hitzfeld couldn't let this strange atmosphere continue to ferment.
"I think Your Highness has some misunderstandings about me," she said.
"Also, I would like to suggest that if Your Highness is doing some kind of spice experiment... you should take good care of the stove right after waking up, so as to prevent the juice from drying up too much and turning from paste to powder."
At first, Princess Vona glared at her fiercely.
But as she continued speaking, the princess' eyes gradually widened, "How did you know I was making incense?"
The topic she recently received from the court lecturer was incense making.
Given the status of perfume in Port Vien, as one of the royal heirs, especially as a girl, it would be too bad for her not to know a little about perfume making, which would directly damage the image of the royal family.
So even if she has no interest in this stuff, she has to learn it.
"I have done some research on perfume making, so I can smell the yellow stone mixed with the orchid fragrance."
In the field of incense making, orpiment powder is a universal adhesive that can blend a few fragrances together. It is the simplest and most basic mixed fragrance material.
But it is very fragile. If the heat is a little bit higher during the process of making it into a slurry, the slurry will quickly smoke within a few seconds and turn back into another black powder with a strange smell.
"You said I smelled like black stone and yellow powder." The princess narrowed her eyes, "But that doesn't seem to be enough to prove it..."
"hand."
"what?"
"Your Highness's hands and fingernails. The red nail polish is obviously freshly applied. When you clenched your fist just now, some of the paint stained the palm of your hand."
Vona raised her hands and looked at them.
Indeed...there are some red marks on the palm.
At this angle, Xia Yibing, who was a little confused at first, suddenly discovered that there was some residual dark powder in the cracks of her nails that had not been cleaned up yet.
This is it.
She understood immediately.
"What about when you just woke up?" Vona continued to insist.
“You can see this too?”
"You've opened your mouth three times since we met. I don't mean to speak, but to open it for no reason. Some of your facial muscles moved, but you forced them back."
Hitzfeld said in a soft voice.
"That's a very obvious yawn, and your makeup tends to cover up your fatigue. Plus the pattern mark next to your ear... You don't usually wear your hair down, do you?"
She didn't finish her sentence.
Because she didn't want to offend the other party too much, she had to save some face.
Princess Vona covered her left face reflexively, and reached out to touch her cheek below her ear. Sure enough, there was still a little mark.
This time, the look she gave the girl was much more complicated.
The makeup, the direction of her facial muscles, the marks that she hid well with her hair, and the nail polish... the odor of orchid.
Did they meet for half a minute?
She could see so many things.
"Please believe that I am not the kind of person your highness described."
Similarly, Hitzfeld's words were much more forceful.
"I'm a detective."
"Please trust the professionals."
Chapter 69: The Mysterious Case of the Ruby
"You have offended her badly."
Looking at the fiery red figure walking away angrily, Xia Yibing couldn't help but shrink her neck, and her tone sounded half fear and half relief.
She was actually - well, from the beginning of her relationship with Hitzfeld, it was clear that she was not very good at emotional matters, so she had always been troubled by Vona's entanglement.
reject?
I don’t know how many times I have said clear rejections, words like “I never had such an intention” and “I have made the decision to devote my body and soul to my career”.
But the princess was persistent, and even became more proactive because of her tenacity. Every time they had a chance to meet, he would stick to her like glue, which could be said to have helped her block some covetous eyes from the side.
What else could she do?
The other party was a princess, one of the possible heirs to the throne. He was giving her face by not using his privileges to force her to do anything or simply asking Villefort to transfer her to be a guard. She was just a follower... She wouldn't turn against her because of this.
It was just right, since Aisuen was here this time, she could give up.
"She wouldn't be that stingy. She's an interesting person." Hitzfeld didn't think so.
"And she won't back down. Be prepared when I'm not around. Her attacks will get even more frenzied."
"Why?" Xia Yibing stared.
One is the inability to understand, and the other is the fear of that description.
Even crazier?
A person who had not planned to attend the party, upon hearing that she was coming, hurriedly got up to put on clothes and makeup - and might even have exploded a beaker in the process - if this isn't crazy enough, how could it be crazier?
Hitzfeld narrowed his eyes at her.
She discovered that Xia Yibing was really simple in her feelings.
In some ways, simpler than her.
This matter is actually very easy to understand... Although Vona was quite active before, she was always reserved in her actions because she was not sure whether Xia Yibing had any intentions or inclinations in that regard.
But now she saw the intimacy between the two.
No matter how she understood it, she would not hold back any longer. Her next offensive against Xia would be completely in line with her character.
Xia Yibing couldn't even see this, she should have spent more time with Vona.
but……
Hitzfeld blushed.
But why does she say those weird things when facing me?
What cream and feet...
Could it be that he was infected by Lu Xier...
"Ah!"
The young nurse was huddled in a corner, eating and drinking voraciously. Suddenly she sneezed, and the small paper plate that Torres had just picked up blew onto her face.
"..." The paper plate slowly floated down. The white-haired priest had a face full of green jam, his eyes wide open and his lips pursed.
"How did you meet her?"
Hitzfeld didn't notice any other movement. She was now curious to know how this entanglement started.
"It's related to a bounty..." Xia Yibing felt a headache when this was mentioned.
She covered her forehead and pressed her thumb between her eyebrows, saying, "About five or six years ago, yes, before we met... a strange case happened in the capital. The largest ruby in her favorite ruby necklace suddenly disappeared."
"And then?" Hitzfeld picked up another plate of pastries and asked while eating with relish.
"It disappeared. Was it stolen? Did the perpetrator not take the whole necklace, but only dug out the ruby?"
"And she lives in the palace, right? Didn't the guards catch the thief?"
"So how can it be called a strange case? At that time, the king's capital was in chaos, so she offered a reward and hired many private detectives to help investigate the case."
"Didn't I look for you guys right from the beginning?"
"No."
"why."
"Because she didn't trust us at that time."
Hitzfeld recalled the image of the princess.
He is about 25 or 26 years old, about the same age as Xia Yibing, or maybe even younger. In the case five or six years ago, he was less than 20 years old, so he could indeed be said to be in his rebellious period.
