The time came to this Thursday. When I woke up early in the morning, I heard the sound of rain hitting the window outside the house. I wore slippers and opened the curtains. Seeing this peaceful Tobesk morning, it was actually raining. light rain:

"Autumn Rain, it looks like the temperature is going to drop again."

Autumn in Tobesk is relatively short compared to the somewhat long summer. Once the Harvest Moon has passed, it is equivalent to a small half of the fall. People in the country will consider storing food for the winter in the next month and considering the source of income in winter, while detectives living in the city will also consider whether they want to use the fireplace in the living room on the second floor in winter.

Although the residents of Place Saint Teresa enjoy the unified heating of steam pipes, if they want to live comfortably in winter, the fireplace is still indispensable.

"However, an iron fence must be installed in front of the fireplace, otherwise it will be bad for Mia to run in."

Thinking in his heart, he touched the cat being held, and the cat lay lazily in Xia De's arms. . I don't know if it's an illusion, Xia De always feels that the cat that just woke up is softer than the usual cat.

Thinking in his heart, he stretched out his hand and poked Littlea's stomach, which caused the cat not to talk to Richard again until after breakfast.

Xia De had no plans to go to Fort Midhill this morning. After breakfast, he took an umbrella and left home with Mia, who was unwilling to go out, to Quill Street.

After knocking on the door of Dorothy's rented apartment, the landlady took a look at Miya, who was wrapped in a coat by Xia De with only her head exposed to prevent her from getting wet by the rain, and reluctantly let him in.

Xia De also put away the umbrella very politely, and stood in the storage bucket behind the door, wiped his shoes on the mats before walking up the stairs.

"Oh, Xia De, good morning, I hope you came to visit me so early this time, and didn't bring any bad news."

Dorothy laughed and joked that because of the rain, she didn't look like going out today, so she was wearing home clothes.

It was a blue cloth dress, which looked very similar to those worn by noble governesses. On the front of the upper body, there are two rows of decorative silver buttons arranged in parallel and vertically. This is probably a new style this autumn.

"I heard that Rezia went to your place yesterday morning?"

"Yes, taking the opportunity of Princess Adelina to go out, I went to my place with her, and we talked about the [Sleeping] spirit rune."

Xia De sat on the sofa, took the teacup from the blonde girl, and the latter sat on the sofa opposite him:

"Has Adelina gone? I don't know about this. I just heard that Rezia said that she will go to see you on Tuesday morning."

"Rezia's relationship with Adelina seems to be good, it seems to be better than her other siblings."

"There's a reason for that."

Dorothy winked at Shad, but did not explain why:

"So detective, why did you come to me? Is there any trouble to be solved?"

Xia De took out the copper butterfly pendant in his pocket, then split it into two parts, and explained the rumors of the "Twin Gods" he knew and his experience in Fort Midhill.

This is a relatively long story, and Shade tried to be as brief as possible. From the bard at the Xikar Hotel to Professor Manning last night, it took ten minutes.

During the period, Dorothy picked up the two red butterfly pendants and checked them. After Shade finished speaking, she shook her head with a smile:

"Lezia and I have thought of many ways, but we can't solve the problem that we can't meet. Yes, we have really tried many ways."

She doesn't seem convinced that the problem can be solved so easily:

"At first, we exchanged bodies and communicated from the diary. Later, we gradually became curious about each other, so that we finally decided that we must meet each other... It didn't seem long, but always It feels like a long time ago.”

She said a little lonely.

"So have you ever sought help from the power of the old gods [Twin Gods]?"

"No."

Goldilocks shook her head.

"Then give it a try. I'll go to the address that Rezia left me, and ask Adelina's maid to bring half a red butterfly into the Yodel Palace. At ten o'clock, you and I will hold an umbrella together." , Passing by the gate of the Yodel Palace, Luvia can stand at the window and look at us. Then you can try to look at each other, so you will know if this is useful."

Xia De separated the Red Butterfly that was put together again by Dorothy, handed one to her, and put the other in his pocket:

"Don't refuse. I just want to tell Rezia that the matter she asked me to investigate in Midhill Castle has come to fruition. Send the letter and this half red butterfly over there."

Seeing Xia De persisted, Dorothy showed him a gentle smile:

"Also."

She doesn't look very interested, Shad

I can also understand that maybe many previous attempts have failed, so I don't want to be hit again.

"Let's go back to Saint Teresa Square together. I'll deliver the letter. You can help me take care of Mia at my place. When the time comes, we'll go to Silver Cross Avenue."

Shad handed Dorothy the cat that was curled up in his arms.

"How did you take it out of the house?"

Mia looked at Shad pitifully in Dorothy's arms, obviously unwilling to leave him outside the house.

"Always at home, it's time to come out to get some air. I plan to wait for the situation in Fort Midhill to stabilize and take it to the mountains. This cat always likes to bully its own kind. Maybe I can find it in the mountains. A tiger, let it change its temper."

Gu "I bet you wouldn't want to lose Mia to a tiger."

Dorothy said with a smile, hugging the cat who was unwilling to leave Shard:

"Speaking of which, why haven't you bought it from your client yet?"

"Miss Gothe is seriously ill, how should I speak in this situation?"

Xia De sighed:

"I wish her health. If she is really seriously ill, after the incident in Fort Midhill is over, I will personally go to the town where her hometown is. Take a train from Fort Middlehill, which is better than going from Tor Basker is much faster."

"Why wait for the Midhill affair to be over?"

Dorothy asked suspiciously:

"I've heard you say that something went wrong at Fort Midhill, but what does that have to do with you... Wait, Shad, you're not going to do something dangerous again, are you?"

Xia De hurriedly shook his head:

"Don't worry, I'm just investigating some things over there. At least so far, I don't want to make any specific plans."

"It's best like this, although I hope you can become a so-called hero..."

This was the first time she called Xia De in this tone.

"...But I don't want to hear from you in a few days that you have solved the problem in Fort Midhill."

"The matter there may not be resolved in a few days."

Xia De said softly in his heart, and then heard "her" chuckle again.

Although the rain is not heavy, it seems to want to last all day. Dorothy carried Mia to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square first, and Shade stepped on the muddy water on the road with an umbrella to the "Mary Jane Flower Shop" on Silver Cross Avenue.

Although he was only here for the first time, someone greeted him as soon as he walked in:

"Mr. Hamilton."

After confirming that the other party was Agelina's maid, Xia De handed the letter and the half butterfly to her, and the maid immediately changed her clothes and prepared to enter the Yodel Palace.

It was only later that Xia De found out that everyone in the flower shop was actually Ajielina's maid.

It was already very close to ten o'clock, and after Xia De came home, he just drank a cup of tea, chatted with Dorothy about her "Hamilton Detective Stories Collection", and heard her talk about wanting to investigate Xia De yesterday. After the experience of the college murder case was adapted into a story, the two went out again.

This time, Mia hid on the wardrobe in the bedroom ahead of time, and she couldn't come down no matter how Shade yelled. This cat already hates going out, especially on rainy days. With the experience of being tempted by Shad with bacon in the morning, and then being caught and taken out, it may have to think carefully before biting the food from Shad's hand for a long time.

According to Shad's understanding of the cat, "a period of time" will probably last the whole afternoon.

Dorothy was still not in a very high mood, and when she was walking on Silver Cross Avenue with Xia De under an umbrella, she just chatted with Xia De occasionally.

The sound of the rain was pattering, and there were not many pedestrians on the usually bustling Silver Cross Avenue. Only when the carriage passed by in a hurry, it would splash small water on the side of the road.

Because the time was calculated accurately, it happened to be ten o'clock in the morning when the two passed across the street from Yodel Palace. Shad and Dorothy held the umbrella back slightly together, then turned to look at the tallest building in the yordle.

The main building of the Yoddle Palace is some distance away from the street, and when looking at the window, it is a little blurry through the rain. But the two still accurately captured the dazzling red hair by the window on the left side of the third floor, Xia De who squinted his eyes, vaguely noticed that there was another shorter red-haired person beside her~www.mtlnovel How about .com~? "

Xia De asked Dorothy with some anticipation, but unexpectedly, the blond-haired Miss Writer froze there, keeping turning her head to look at the rain screen.

"What's wrong?"

Dorothy shook her head, tightly holding the red butterfly with only half a wing in her left hand, and threw the umbrella in her hand to the ground.

She turned around, raised her head, her eyes were slightly red, and she stared blankly at the window of the Yordle Palace in the rain. The rain wet her blonde hair and shoulders, and the water slid down her fair cheeks.

Shad wasn't sure if it was rain or tears.

Avoiding the fast-moving four-wheeled carriage, when the water on the ground splashed on Shade's boots, he bent down to pick up the umbrella that was about to be blown away by the wind, and then stood behind Dorothy for She covered the rain, and together with her under this gloomy sky, they looked towards the Yordle Palace.

Tobesk on a rainy day is like a faded oil painting, only black and gray. But those two red butterfly pendants with only half wings seem to be the only color in the black and white picture at this moment.

He already understood that the red butterfly pendant that old John made up according to that ballad or poem was effective.

He understood better that there was another girl by the window in that distant building looking here, looking at Dorothy, also weeping.

"Joy? Glad? Or other feelings?"

Xia De didn't know, and couldn't guess. He was in a good mood at the moment, holding an umbrella and standing silently behind Dorothy, just thinking in his heart, folklore and history are really interesting.