The Whispering Verses Chapter 153: Preparation before the game
It’s not a good feeling to be stuck in the house in the summer without cooling tools.
It’s good weather again today, and you can already feel the heat of midsummer in the early part of the Thunder Moon. Although the outside of the house is open, even if the windows are opened, the wind cannot flow back and forth, and there are also worries about the impact of urban fog on health. Foreigners are not used to this kind of life, and their reading efficiency is reduced when they are impatient.
But fortunately he had mastered the new thaumaturgy. As the temperature continued to rise near noon, Shade finally decided to try to actively cool down the room.
Seeing Mia lying on the desk in the study not wanting to move, he got up and brought the basin and bucket from home, and placed newspapers under these containers. Then close the study door, close the windows and close the curtains.
As the spirit activates the elements, and the elements affect reality, snowflakes fall from the ceiling, and then fall into the basin and bucket. A small part slipped from the edge, and because of the existence of the newspaper, it would not leave traces on the study floor.
Even though it has just snowed now, seeing this scene already makes me feel a lot cooler.
"Meow~"
The cat squinted at Luoxue's study. When Shade wasn't paying attention, the cat suddenly jumped out of the desk, and then fell into the bucket. It probably just wanted to play in the snow.
Mia screamed and bumped around in the bucket. By the time Shade rescued the cat from the bucket, it was no longer interested in those white things. Probably, at least within a few dozen minutes.
Because I was not in good spirits, I just spent the whole day reading or looking at the detective reports left by Detective Sparrow. Think of those past investigative reports as detective novels.
I went out to eat at noon and took a rare nap after returning home. When I woke up, my head felt much clearer, and the headache I felt when I woke up in the morning had almost completely disappeared.
Back in the study room, I read books while it snowed, preparing for the exam at the end of July. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the ringing of the bell finally came from downstairs.
Shad looked out from the living room window and saw a carriage parked in front of his house, and knew that this was the arrival of the servant Miss Carina had arranged to teach him.
Of course Duchess Carina’s personal maid Tifa couldn’t do this specifically, so those who came to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square in a carriage were an old tailor and a woman carrying a metal tool box. Apprentice, a master of etiquette wearing a white wig and old court attire, and his young attendant.
The old tailor and apprentice came to measure the size of Shade's clothes, and then simply cut the formal clothes that had been made. The etiquette teacher is to teach him some speaking skills and prevent him from doing things he shouldn't do.
The clothes matter is easy to talk about, but the conversation and rules between nobles are really cumbersome. When Shade was in his hometown, he knew how cumbersome and boring this set of things was, but he realized this afternoon that he had greatly underestimated how annoying aristocratic etiquette was.
When the sun went down, Shade barely escaped from the tedious etiquette study and put on the black formal suit made by the tailor and apprentice.
Another carriage stopped at the door of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, this time it was Miss Carina's personal maid, Miss Tifa Servit.
"Miss Servit."
Shad walked out of the door and stood on the steps to greet the maid, adjusting his somewhat restrictive collar as he spoke. He rarely wore such loose clothes in his hometown. He just complained a little to the old tailor, and the old tailor "threatened" him. Nowadays, it is fashionable for men to wear silk stockings. So he shut up
The black-haired maid was a little surprised:
"You actually know my last name. It seems you have some skills as a detective."
Actually, Shade heard Miss Louisa mention it.
"The lady asked me to pick you up. You get in the carriage at the back."
Of course it is impossible for a single maid of a duchess to ride in a carriage with a strange man. Miss Tifa Servit pointed out the location of the carriage to Shade, and she saw the orange cat poking its head behind Shade.
Normally speaking, Mia would not take the initiative to leave the house, and she never ran out when Shade opened the door. It noticed that the woman in the carriage was paying attention to it, so it roared, and then quickly hid behind Shade's legs.
This made the black-haired maid smile, and then asked the detective who took out the key and was about to lock the door:
"Check whether you have brought that card."
"Yes."
Shad patted his chest, waved goodbye to the cat in the house, and then closed the door.
"Okay, let's go now. After the Rhodes game, there will be a salon hosted by the Duke. You don't have to worry about being hungry. Detective Hamilton, get in the car. I hope you can help the lady win tonight's bet. ”
The location of this game was not the noble club in Tobesk or the manor outside the city of the old Duke Lux. The game was arranged at Duke Lucas' mansion in the southern district of Tobesk.
The nobles and wealthy people of Tobesk usually live in the south and east of the city, and the nobles are more inclined to the south. However, the Nancheng and the Central City are generally considered to be the most prosperous areas of the Pearl of the North. The University District of Tobesk is sandwiched in the middle of the Nancheng and the Central City in a curved ring.
After going uphill for a while, the carriage slowed down and finally stopped at the door of Duke Lucas's residence in the city. The mansion is surrounded by a courtyard, and a middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper has already stood waiting in the hazy night with his servants.
The maid got out of the car first and started chatting with the butler. When Shade got out of the car wearing a black bowler hat, the maid Tifa Servit happened to introduce the protagonist of the evening to the butler. The butler, who had a strong Tobesk accent, expressed his respect to Shade.
Followed by a group of servants, and behind the old housekeeper and the maid, he walked towards the mansion through the not-so-large courtyard. I thought I would go see Miss Carina first, but I didn't expect that after passing through the slightly deserted foyer of the mansion, I went directly to the second floor and met a group of people from the Prophet Association.
"The guests have arrived and are now waiting in the banquet hall on the third floor. Oh, Mr. Liming, this place hasn't been so lively for a long time."
The old housekeeper sighed and opened the door for Shade. People in the room turned to look inside the door. Shade had not seen most of the people from the Prophet Association, but he saw Vice President Cyndia Mark at a glance. Mr. Mark smiled and shook hands with Shad, then took Shad's deck for appraisal to ensure that all the cards used in tonight's game were genuine.
"Oh, [Ancient Fairy Tale - Match Girl] and [Northern City - Coldwater Port City]? In just a few days, Mr. Hamilton, you actually got so many new cards?"
Mr. Mark said happily that all fans would be so excited to see Rhodes cards that they had never seen before.