"Miss Galina even wondered if I was a man."

Standing on the ramp in front of the bridge entrance, Xia De explained to Luvia while looking at the river and searching for the occasional red halos:

"This is really funny. The gods have personally admitted that I am a man."

"That's good."

Luvia looked like she wanted to laugh.

After entering the lower city in the north of the city, Darkness gave up swimming at the bottom of the river, and instead moved quickly near the water surface. When he finally chose to go ashore, in order to avoid being discovered by the church, he chose to move through the dark vortex, directly from the water to the shore.

Without the flow of water blocking the line of sight, it was easy to find the direction of movement of those **** halos this time.

While chatting, Xia De and Luvia turned from the boulevard along the river into a side alley. Darkness didn't pass on other people's roofs. Instead, every time he encountered a fork in the road, he would use his dark talent to move, never leaving any traces at the fork in the road.

He walked around the neighborhood several times very cautiously, so that Xia De and Luvia, who were wandering around, almost attracted the attention of the residents in the nearby blocks.

In the end, Darkness abruptly walked out of the alley, and then moved all the way to the east.

He didn't leave the area of ​​the lower city, but probably thought that he had escaped the pursuit, so he didn't circle around again. At last he got into Rotten Fish Lane, the alley where Mr. Mandis, the blind musician, used to live.

Walk under the gray suspended corridor between the two towers, then pass through an empty building where a fire broke out, and enter a slightly open alley. Continue to the east, pass through the dilapidated apartment buildings with peeling walls standing in the lower city, follow the direction of the steam pipeline, and finally come to the five-forked road centered on the big locust tree.

"I walked this way when I came to find the late Mr. Mandis, the blind musician."

Shad and Luvia said that they covered their mouths and noses with their collars in advance because they knew that there was an alley full of feces and garbage in front of them.

"So where did you start from?"

Luvia asked.

"Sanctuary Square, which is the center of the lower city."

"I come here often. The black market for ring warlocks in the lower city occupies 60% of the city's share."

The two of them almost went backwards along the road that Shad had come to last time. After walking through the intricate alleys of the slums, they came to the street in the north of the Singer Square. Then on this misty morning, together with the bustling crowds, they actually entered the Chant Square.

"His foothold is actually near here?"

Luvia looked a little surprised, while Xia De stood by the square, watching those **** halo targets straight into a place he was very familiar with:

"There are even more surprising ones."

"What?"

"He lives here."

Following the direction pointed by Xia De's finger, Luvia crossed the street vendors and crowds on the square, saw the hotel next to the square that occupied most of the eastern part, saw the image of three cats on the wooden signboard, and the "Three Cats Hotel" "The name.

"Are you sure he lives here?"

Luvia couldn't believe it. The two discussed Darkness's possible hiding places on the way here, such as the underground sewer pipes in the lower city, such as the drainage ditch next to the river, such as the gap between the walls at the end of the alley, such as the abandoned A haunted old house that has been unoccupied for a long time.

But unexpectedly, the other party actually lived in the Three Cats Hotel.

"I didn't even think that the church couldn't find him even though he was living here."

Xia De was also a little surprised, but [Echo of Blood] can't go wrong. This is the tracking of the three forces of blood, time, and space. Unless Darkness detects that someone is using this ability to track him down, it is absolutely impossible to take countermeasures.

"The other party may have the ability to disguise. Maybe when we find him, his appearance is different from what you saw."

Luvia reminded, Xia De nodded and hesitated;

"Although it is confirmed that the other party is in the Three Cats Hotel, we still go in to take a look just to be on the safe side. We don't need to see him with our own eyes, but to confirm the specific location of the other party. Once confirmed, we will report the information to the church immediately."

In such a crowded place, Xia De and Luvia didn't want to fight with Darkness.

"No problem, but wait a minute."

Luvia took out a coin and tossed it:

"No problem. Although the divination result may not be completely correct, at least I am sure that our trip is not life-threatening."

"Well, please come with me."

From the intersection on the edge of the square, it merges into the Singing Square, and the sunlight at noon in late summer enters here from the rear of the buildings around the square. It was already ten o'clock in the morning, and when Shadra led Luvia through the crowd, she even thought that if things went well, they could have lunch together at noon.

And if there are no accidents, this should be Xia De's last adventure this summer.

Xia De was already very familiar with the situation in the Three Cats Inn. After entering the inn, he didn't approach the counter, but first sat down at a table next to the female bard playing the lute, and called the waiter to order. Got some drinks and food.

Luvia observed the situation on the first floor, and borrowed the Rhodes card from Shad for divination.

Xia De's eyes carefully observed the stairs on the first floor, because what he saw was the figure left by Darkness within 24 hours, so there were quite a lot of red halos on the first floor.

Through the depth of the color, you can effectively tell how far these red halos are from the present moment. And Xia De found the halo that he followed all the way, and then compared it with other halos. It is basically certain that Darkness did not come down after returning here last night.

This created a new problem. Although no other traces of his movement were found near the Three Cats Hotel on the way here, this six-ring warlock with a demon on his body may still be here, but it does not rule out that he used other Way to leave possibility.

The waitress carried the plate and brought them the special "goat's milk beer" of the Three Cats Hotel. The hops floated above the liquid surface, and when a full glass of drink was placed on the table with wood grain, it made a ton~ sound.

Luvia took back the cards and returned them to Xia De. After the waiter left, she whispered under the sound of the lute:

"Darkness is probably still here, but I'm not entirely sure. Shade, for safety's sake, we can't go directly upstairs."

"Yes, I understand. But I can't just leave like this..."

Xia De looked up and thought for a moment:

"It's 10:03 in the morning. Let's sit here for half an hour and don't make any extra moves. After my [Blood Echo] status disappears, if Darkness hasn't come downstairs, I won't think about it anymore. way."

"no problem."

Luvia said, took a sip from her wine glass, then frowned:

"Oh, this is really bad."

At 10:27 in the morning, Shad's eyes returned to normal, but Darkness still didn't show up on the first floor of the Three Cats Hotel. During this period, four people came down from upstairs, and none of them were ring magicians.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Xia De brought Luvia to the counter. Mrs. Sangmei, the innkeeper, obviously knew the detective who won the [King's Secret Order - Substitute] from her, so she joked with a smile while wiping her hands with a towel:

"Oh, isn't this Detective Hamilton? Here we are again? Look, you've brought another girl this time, it's so pretty. Is this your new assistant?"

Luvia raised her eyebrows.

"Ms. Sangmei, good afternoon. I still have something to ask for your help this time, but this time I don't have time to play cards."

Xia De greeted him familiarly, and hoped that this time would be as smooth as last time.

"Don't worry, before I figure out how to deal with you, I don't want to give you the cards I collected so hard."

Mrs. Sangmei put down the rag to wipe her hands, and asked curiously:

"Then detective, who are you looking for this time?"

Xia De didn't want to involve ordinary people rashly in the grievances of ring warlocks, not to mention that Darkness is not an ordinary ring warlock.

Just when he was thinking of raising words and trying to persuade the other party to give him the account book directly instead of asking the other party for clues about the innkeeper, a voice suddenly rang in his ear:

[Outlanders, be careful behind you~lightnovelpub.net~The high-ring warlock has entered the hotel. 】

"What? High Ring Warlock?"

His eyes widened slightly, then he shook his head at Mrs. Sangmei:

"I still want to ask Miss Mary from last time. The client is really troublesome, and there are other requirements. But this time I can't go to her directly. She is satisfied with lies. I want to know something from you."

Mrs. Sangmei didn't know Xia De's original intention, so she didn't see that he changed the subject abruptly. But Luvia knew what Xia De wanted to ask. Although she was puzzled, she stood aside and did not speak.

【Come in your direction. 】

"I really don't want to deal with this kind of technical worker, but she obviously didn't say something last time. Oh, I left Mr. Mandis' relics to her, and she actually lied to me."

Shad stood at the counter and complained.

"It seems that you rarely deal with such professionals, they have always been like this."

Mrs. Sangmei shook her head, as usual:

"They are such people, I'm used to seeing them..."

"Miss."

【it's him. 】

A head shorter than Xia De, a somewhat thin man walked to the counter, took off his hat, and knocked on the table while speaking. He seemed quite friendly, and looked sickly. The temperature is still not low at noon in late summer, but he is still wrapped in a coat.

The coat was dark red, even close to black, and the double-breasted buttons were all buttoned up, as if he was worried that he would freeze to death if he unbuttoned them.

He smiled apologetically at Xia De:

"Sorry sir, I have something urgent to ask this lady, may I speak first?"

Speaking of pushing a coin to Xia De, Xia De nodded to express his understanding, and sat down with Luvia in a seat slightly beside him.