Since there was an opportunity to chat, Xia De recounted what happened last night, which was the rainy night. Xia De kept his promise not to take any unrelated relics, and Miss Bei Ya Si reported the two names to the Church this morning.
The Ring術士 team Miss Bei Ya Si was in was not assigned to handle this matter, but she heard from her captain that a Letter-based Ring術士 broke into Mr. Pang Dun's house last night, killed the assassin from Mercury Blood, and then left.
"Detective, I knew it had to be you. Your friends are really impressive. From the traces of the fight at the scene, the opponent barely had a chance to retaliate."
She sighed, her eyes looking out the window.
"Three against one, isn't it normal to win easily?"
Xia De asked while flipping through a book, then gave a vivid example:
"The opponent was only a Four-Ring Warlock, and the difference in strength between him and us wasn't as great as the difference between a mouse and Mia, so when we found out he hadn't left, he had already lost."
Miss Bei Ya Si turned her head and glanced at the cat napping on Xia De's lap:
"Actually, the difference in strength between your cat and a mouse shouldn't be that big. It doesn't look like the kind of cat that can catch mice..."
Miss Bei Ya Si said, holding a teacup:
"Since we're on this topic, did you get any extra information from that assassin? Like the location of the Silver-Eyed One."
"I was just about to tell you, our team has a Ring術士 who is very good at interrogating for information. Unfortunately, that assassin didn't know where the Silver-Eyed One was hiding. But we can confirm that the Silver-Eyed One, who was injured by The Masked Man Under the Silver Moon, is difficult to heal, so he doesn't even trust people within his own organization."
He almost let slip that it was him, but fortunately, Miss Bei Ya Si didn't notice.
"Good news, this increases the possibility of me getting my revenge personally."
The Sorceress commented.
"Oh, we also found the location of the god's gift box."
Xia De added, waving his hand at the fluttering snowflakes, and denser snow fell. The snowfall consumed almost no energy for him; this was not a Miracle, but a minor function attached to the Mystic Lock, a natural phenomenon caused by Xia De's elemental interference with reality, possessing a higher degree of mystery than a Miracle.
Miss Bei Ya Si waved her hand, her back to Xia De:
"You don't need to tell me the exact location. Once the Church knows the location of that relic, they will definitely go look for it, and they will certainly succeed. But in that case, the Silver-Eyed One might leave Tobesk, and I would have no idea where to find him."
She had full confidence in the Orthodox Church, and this confidence was well-founded. Even if the Silver-Eyed One wasn't severely injured, a person like him wouldn't be a major threat in a large diocese with several Ring Sorcerer above the Ten Ring level.
Xia De nodded and also suggested:
"But after this matter is over, we can agree on a time to almost simultaneously inform the Church and the academy about the news of this sage-level relic. That way, everyone can get a reward."
Miss Bei Ya Si unexpectedly turned back and glanced at him, her pretty eyes scrutinizing Xia De:
"Detective, you... really have ideas."
Besides Xia De recounting what happened last night, Miss Bei Ya Si also shared various matters, big and small, in the Tobesk Diocese with Xia De. The information known by the Church's Ring術士 was certainly more than that of the academy's Ring術士, and Miss Bei Ya Si focused on the Lakeview Manor incident and the events of last Saturday night.
Through the Church's efforts, further investigations into these incidents were conducted, including the relic losing control and the origin of the evil god, which were basically all clarified. Unfortunately, the Church is currently searching for that fish scale within the diocese, hoping to find clues about the "High-Ring Sorcerer" who cast the Mystic Lock.
And in this way, the fish scale in Miss Louisa's hand would be even harder to sell.
"Detective, what were you doing just now? A commission?"
Miss Louisa was also curious about her accidental encounter with Xia De.
"No, I just came out of the Prophet Association, and I even met Mr. Stan, the president of the Tobesk branch, there."
Xia De said, holding a book, with Mia lying stretched out on his lap, her chin resting on Xia De's leg. For some reason, the cat particularly liked this posture.
"Mr. Stan? Oh? He's actually back?"
Miss Bei Ya Si was quite surprised by this, even temporarily relaxing her observation of the outside and turning to chat with Xia De:
"Mr. Addis Stan can be considered the most formidable Diviner regularly stationed in the Tobesk Diocese. Although he is only a Ten Ring himself, his divination skills are quite high. I heard that not long ago, he was commissioned by the Creation Church to go to the countryside of Tobesk to assist 'Steel Right Hand' Sari Pirot in handling an angel-level relic out of control incident. Since he's back, Mr. Pierrot will likely return soon as well. Plus, tomorrow, our Church's Thirteen Ring Sorcerer will arrive in Tobesk, at which point our diocese will have two Thirteen Ring Sorcerer."
It was the first time Xia De had heard of the Prophet Association's cooperation with the Orthodox Church, but he was concerned about another point:
"Is Mr. Stan's divination skill very high? Actually, I also asked him for a divination today, but he didn't seem to use any Ring術士 methods."
He put down the book and asked cautiously.
"Mr. Stan's divination skill is certainly very high. If I were to give an example..."
Miss Bei Ya Si thought for a moment:
"If there's only one person in Tobesk City who can divine the location of the Silver-Eyed One, it must be him. But Detective, a brilliant Diviner can divine even without Ring術士 abilities. This is a talent, and of course, it could also be a unique ability of his 'other self'. But Mr. Stan has always been cautious; if he performs a divination, it's highly likely to come true... What did he divine for you?"
The young woman with brown long hair asked curiously:
"Good news or bad news?"
"He said he saw a knight."
Xia De was still puzzled by this.
"A knight? Is that some kind of metaphor?"
Miss Bei Ya Si asked, puzzled. Seeing that Xia De couldn't give an answer, she looked at Xia De's face again and changed the subject:
"There's something I've actually wanted to ask you for a while. I only just remembered it recently. Our first meeting, it should have been at that pet shop, right?"
"Yes, why do you bring that up?"
Xia De asked, puzzled.
"I didn't remember our first meeting before, not because I forgot, but because your face was a little different from when we first met."
The brown-haired girl frowned slightly.
"My appearance has changed?"
He suspiciously touched his face, then remembered Old John had said something similar last night.
"No, it's not a huge change, just some subtle differences."
Miss Bei Ya Si narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment:
"People who see you often, or if you observe yourself every day, probably wouldn't notice at all. But we met again after a week, at Lakeview Manor. Weren't you pretending to be hypnotized by the captain then? I didn't recognize you then because our first meeting was just passing by, and the second time your face was a bit different."
"Is that so?"
He placed the lazy cat on the sofa, ignoring its displeasure, and quickly walked to the washroom. He saw his face in the mirror every day when he washed his face, and he hadn't noticed anything different.
"Simply put, you're probably a bit more handsome than before. I don't mean anything else, it's just the truth."
Miss Bei Ya Si's voice continued to come from the kitchen.
"Handsome?"
Xia De leaned his head over the sink, examining his face in the mirror. The face of the former vagrant was only barely acceptable to Xia De's aesthetic standards. As for being handsome, he hadn't really noticed it.
But this time, his face shape was still the same, and his appearance... was indeed much more beautiful than before. And more importantly, from a certain angle, he could vaguely see traces of his original face on this typical Caucasian face.
It wasn't very obvious, just as Miss Bei Ya Si said, merely subtle changes to what was originally a decent face. These subtle changes made the face the Outsider was wearing... somewhat handsome.
Since Miss Bei Ya Si said that Xia De's face was already a bit different when she saw him in the garden Mystic Lock at Lakeview Manor, then this certainly couldn't be due to that drop of divinity, as the divinity appeared after his second encounter with Miss Bei Ya Si.
"Could it be because the soul influenced the body?"
He wondered suspiciously in his mind, then asked the voice within him.
"Perhaps so."
She whispered in his ear.
"This shouldn't be a bad thing, right?"
He examined the face in the mirror. After more than half a month in this strange world, he had basically accepted this appearance:
"As long as the change isn't too obvious, it's not a bad thing."
He finally came to this conclusion.
Their afternoon together was quite pleasant. Xia De vaguely felt that on the path to becoming friends, allies, and even close collaborators with Miss Bei Ya Si, for some reason, he was probably a bit faster than the purple-eyed Diviner.
Miss Bei Ya Si even proactively mentioned Miss Annette in front of Xia De:
"Detective, if you still want to have a divination, I recently met a very good Diviner. Although I'm not sure if she's a Ring術士, she can probably help you. I can introduce you two if there's a chance, but..."
Miss Bei Ya Si hesitated for a moment.
"What's wrong?"
Xia De picked up his water glass, preparing to drink.
"However, I always feel that the pretty female Diviner is approaching me with another purpose. It's not malice, but it's very strange. I just feel she has another purpose... Does she like me?"
Xia De, who was drinking water, almost spat it out. Even so, he choked and coughed, his body trembling, which woke up the napping cat. It nimbly stood up from Xia De's lap and let out a "Meow~" at Miss Bei Ya Si, but it didn't get angry, because it was almost the cat's usual time for a stroll around the house.
"So, do you think I approach you with another purpose?"
After a few coughs, to avoid destroying the good impression Miss Annette had painstakingly built in front of Miss Bei Ya Si, Xia De could only change the subject.
"You approaching me? Haven't I always been the one approaching you?"
Miss Bei Ya Si said strangely, then counted them off one by one:
"The pet shop was a coincidence. At Lakeview Manor, you were desperate to stay away from us. That day at the Lucky Southern Cross Club, I came to you first. That night you played rhode cards, I also actively sought your help. Today is a genuine coincidence. Detective, when have you ever approached me?"
She chuckled softly, her back to Xia De:
"Speaking of which, sometimes I even feel like you're trying to avoid me whenever you talk to me."
