After a simple wash, I went downstairs to get milk and goat milk, and it took a few minutes to prepare Mia's breakfast, and only then did the sleepy Mia wake up.
Seeing Xia De dressed and about to go out, she curiously stood up from the bed, but Xia De didn't intend to take her with him:
"Mia, watch the house. Your breakfast is in the dining room. Wait for me to come back."
"Meow!"
The cat shook its head, hopped down the stairs on its short legs, and followed Xia De to the first floor.
The cat stood on the stairs, watching Xia De put on his shoes and rush out of his warm, comfortable home into the morning light that had just appeared in the east.
Xia De first went to the nearest Feather Pen Street and found Dorothy, who hadn't even gotten out of bed yet.
The landlady, wearing a coat over her pajamas, resolutely refused to let Xia De go upstairs.
Xia De could only wait for her to bring the sleepy Dorothy downstairs.
The Golden-haired girl, who was very conscious of her appearance, wore a cloak to ward off the chill of the early autumn morning, and although her hair was not combed, it still could not hide her beauty.
Dorothy joked to Xia De, who was standing outside the door:
"When the landlady called me just now, I thought it was the editors of the Steam Bird Daily again, coming to rush my manuscript.
Is there something so early? Or do you want to see my new pajamas?"
Although she was woken up, she was in a very good mood to see Xia De so early:
"How was the Great City Player? I haven't had time to read the newspaper yet."
"I won, but it's not important.
Get ready as soon as possible and meet at the Psychologist's."
Xia De said with a serious expression.
"What happened?"
Dorothy frowned, finally realizing that Xia De had encountered big trouble.
"Priest Augustus is dead."
"What?"
Her eyes widened, and she was completely awake.
Then, Xia De took a carriage to Luvia's rented apartment in the east of the city.
It was 6:33, and the purple-eyed girl had just woken up.
Luvia's rented apartment didn't have a landlady at the door, so she could directly let Xia De into her room on the second floor.
After opening the door, Luvia, wearing pajamas with unbuttoned buttons, went to the washroom to wash up.
She told Xia De to wait in the living room, thinking that Xia De had specially come to invite her for breakfast:
"Actually, you could have come later.
It's too early now, and lack of sleep is one of every girl's biggest enemies."
The purple-eyed girl's voice came from the washroom.
"Something happened to Priest Augustus.
Hurry up and get ready to go to the Psychologist's; we'll meet at the Psychologist's."
Xia De said through the washroom door, not intending to stay here.
Speaking of which, this was his first time entering Luvia's home:
"I'll go wake up the Psychologist first.
Hurry up."
"What happened to Priest Augustus?"
Luvia pushed open the washroom door, no longer in the mood to joke with Xia De:
"Counting the time, didn't the Priest just arrive in Middlesburg?"
"Priest Augustus is dead."
Xia De said with a frown:
"But not completely dead; he can still be saved.
I need your help."
"What?"
She also couldn't understand that sentence.
"What? Priest Augustus is dead?"
The Psychologist Schneider also couldn't understand this fact.
When Xia De arrived at Psychologist Schneider's psychological clinic, it was seven in the morning.
The Psychologist, who was eating breakfast in the clinic, saw Xia De visit so early and originally wanted to tease him about the tabloid in his hand, which slandered last night's "Great City Player" final as a duel between "the Duke's lover and the Duke's lover."
But upon hearing Xia De's words, he was no longer in the mood to joke.
The Psychologist put down the newspaper beside the dining table:
"Detective, so early, you shouldn't be here just to joke, right?"
Looking at his expression, the Psychologist eagerly hoped that Xia De would say it was a joke.
"I haven't even had breakfast myself.
Do you think I'm joking, Psychologist?"
Seeing Xia De's shirt buttons misaligned, looking hurried, the middle-aged man with sharp eyes sat at the dining table, covering his mouth in disbelief:
"Priest Augustus really..."
"Wait a moment, when Dorothy and Luvia arrive, we'll talk together."
He sat down at the table, glanced at the wealthy middle-class Psychologist's breakfast, but had no appetite at all.
The Psychologist covered his mouth, still unable to believe the fact.
The morning light from the window illuminated half of the dining table and the newspaper on it.
On the page hanging down beside the table, in the photo of Xia De shaking hands with Mr.
Cameron, Xia De's blurry face had a smile.
But at this moment, he could no longer feel the joy of winning the Great City Player from a dozen hours ago.
Soon, Dorothy and Luvia also arrived.
In the Psychologist's reception room, Xia De fully recounted his dream from last night and swore that it was absolutely real, not a hallucination.
Because of Xia De's usual reliability, the other three members of the team did not doubt him.
"So, Priest Augustus, who just arrived in Middlesburg, is trapped somewhere, in a state of being dead but not quite dead, almost truly dead."
The Psychologist summarized, and Xia De nodded:
"That's pretty much what it means.
Middlesburg is too far from Tobesk City, and the danger he encountered is too great; it's no longer possible to help him, which is why the Priest said he was already dead as soon as he spoke."
"But no matter what, we can't ignore Priest Augustus."
Dorothy said, her eyes very anxious.
Besides the Psychologist, she was the one who had been in the group the longest and had deep feelings for everyone here.
"Yes."
Luvia, on the other hand, was calmer.
She considered for a moment:
"Psychologist, you immediately notify the Academy, saying that Ring術士 Luvia Annett of this group, while performing a routine divination, suddenly shattered her white stone crystal and then saw some terrifying visions about Priest Latt Augustus.
We hope the Academy can notify the local Ring術士 group in Middlesburg to confirm the Priest's safety."
Although they couldn't cross half a continent to the distant border mountain city, the Academy could.
Moreover, the Academy already knew that Luvia's divination was sometimes very accurate, so the Academy would also take this matter seriously.
"Okay, no problem."
The Psychologist nodded, stood up, and walked towards his desk.
"Besides that, the Orthodox Church..."
Xia De narrowed his eyes:
"Let's not alarm the Church yet.
The Priest was already with the Church, and the local church must have already discovered the Priest's disappearance.
So, just let the Academy liaise with the Church.
And we have no reason to tell the Church that something happened to Priest Augustus.
These things are not the main reason I came to you.
Actually, I came to you because I want to go to Middlesburg myself."
"What?"
The Psychologist, who was writing a letter, looked at Xia De in surprise, Luvia slightly frowned, and Dorothy asked uncertainly:
"Didn't you say you could only go to Coldwater Port?"
Xia De had shown her the hidden space in the basement.
"Yes, but I can try to go to more places.
I need your help.
I need luck to achieve my goal in one go."
"Wait, I still don't understand!"
Psychologist Schneider said from beside the desk.
"Specifically, by using the rare mineral white stone crystal, I can randomly establish a spatial transfer channel from Saint Delan Square to somewhere in the world, but it can only be used by the owner of the Ling Rune of 【Space】."
Actually, the Chosen One Iluna could also use it, but she needed to establish her own landmarks.
"So, the batch of Coldwater Port wine you gave me a while ago, and the materials you got from Coldwater Port...
Isn't spatial transfer very dangerous?
What method did you find?"
The Psychologist suddenly understood, finally grasping Xia De's meaning, and he didn't delve into Xia De's method:
"So you need luck to turn a random transfer into a fixed-point transfer."
"Yes, is there a way?"
Xia De looked at the three.
If there really was no way, he could only try to illegally use the dice of fate again, risking severe backlash from fate to try his luck.
The space left by the ancient gods was immune to most transcendent effects.
Therefore, even using the manipulator's script could not affect the destination of the journey; only effects on oneself could work.
Luvia shook her head:
"My divination is ineffective there."
The divination of consequence was not only ineffective against gods but also completely ineffective against the space left by the ancient gods.
"I need to contact my friend at Zaras Academy.
I don't have a solution at hand right now."
Dorothy shook her head.
"No need for so much trouble.
If it's just luck, I might have a way."
The Psychologist said casually as he sent the letter in his hand to the Academy via the poetry manuscript pages.
"Psychologist, I knew you met Xia De because you used a relic that changes luck!"
"No, absolutely not.
My friend, whom you also know, Mr.
Alan Madison of Success Higher Medical College, has a relic that can affect luck.
But a relic that affects luck must come with a price."
The Psychologist looked at Xia De seriously, and Xia De just thought for a moment and nodded:
"If it's to save Priest Augustus, I'm willing to take some risks."
"Alright, I'll go find Madison now, and we'll meet at your house later."
The Psychologist said.
"Then I'll go find my friend in Zaras and see if she can offer any help.
I'll meet you at your house at noon."
Dorothy also said.
"Then I'll go home and prepare for divination first.
At least I need to know what exactly happened."
Luvia said with great concern.
So the four left separately.
Before returning home, Xia De also sent a letter to Miss Jialinna, wanting to see if she had time to meet.
Although Miss Jialinna's territory was in Saladir County, a region in southwestern Delarion, it was possible that the all-powerful Witch Council also had influence in Middlesburg.
It was nine in the morning when he returned home.
Xia De tidied up his things and planned to go out again to the Tobesk Mining Association to buy the white stone crystal.
But as soon as he opened the door, he saw a carriage stop in front of his house, and Luvia, carrying a small handbag, had already arrived.
"I'm going to buy the white stone crystal."
"Let's go together."
She placed the small box containing divination tools in Xia De's hallway, then got into the carriage that hadn't left with Xia De.
As the carriage slowly moved forward, Luvia extended her hand to Xia De, and Xia De looked at her.
"You know what I want to do."
The purple-eyed girl said.
Xia De smiled and pulled a coin from his pocket:
"But this time it's not blood money; it's a new coin I got last night.
Luvia, please help me divine where in Tobesk City I can find Priest Augustus's blood."
