Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 175

2021-08-19

Chapter 175 Mrs. Le Maire's Commission
When I woke up, it was already Saturday morning on Tuesday It's half past.

After preparing breakfast for himself and Mia, and reading the newspaper, Shade glanced at the advertisement area, and Shade realized that he had not given Mia a bath for a month when he raised Mia's cat.

But before Shade could make any move, the orange cat, who seemed to be aware, ran to the first floor of the house after eating his own goat milk and soaked cat food. No matter how Shade shouted, it wouldn't go upstairs.

And after Shade took the initiative to go downstairs, the small cat avoided his hand again, and even when Shade forced it into the corner, the cat stared for the first time and made a similar growl at Shade. The "meow wu~" sound.

Light poured from the first-floor window into the room, which didn't even have decorative walls. Shade, who was squatting in front of Mia, showed a stunned expression on his face, and then he showed a frustrated expression, looking at his half-month-old cat with some shock.

"You're actually talking to me"

He opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he just stood up slowly and retracted the hand that wanted to hug the cat.

Standing there, looking down at Mia, his lips trembled, but he still didn't say anything. He turned his head first, then turned around, walking towards the stairs with a slightly heavy footstep.

The cat Mia stood in the corner and looked at Shade's back. The cat's big eyes blinked twice, and then immediately followed. The cat walked with Shade at his feet, looking up with wide eyes, trying to see Shade's expression.

"Meow~"

It let out a soft cry.

Shade stopped and looked towards his feet, bent over and hugged the orange cat, then his expression changed:
"Ha~ let me catch you!"

He showed a happy smile, holding the orange cat's waist with both hands and holding it up. A man who is good at acting, even if he is acting on a cat, also has excellent acting skills. This is the basic ability of a foreigner to exist in the foreign world.

"Meow~"

The small orange cat struggled twice but couldn't get out of Shade's hands, so it stopped gloomily. But fortunately, Shade did not bathe the domestic pet cat today.

Because he doesn't even know how to wash a cat.

People in this world believe that "cats" have the ability to bring good luck. This is the view of culture and customs. Therefore, many Mystic Art related to "luck" can be related to cats. Get involved.

Shade's catching "cat" this morning seems to have brought him good luck as well. This morning, instead of waiting at home for Tifa Serveit, the maid, he waited for a brand new client.

The advertisements in the newspapers last week are still working.

The client who came to the door was a thin middle-aged woman. Judging from her clothes, her financial situation should not be good. When she followed Shade upstairs nervously, Shade guessed that the client was also here to "investigate her husband's cheating" or something like that.

But the situation was more outrageous than he thought.

"Detective Hamilton, this is what happened. My distant relative, Mr. Jonathan Le Maire. I don't know exactly how far, I just met him several decades ago. Le Maire My husband passed away, and he left me a large inheritance."

The middle-aged woman sat on the sofa uneasy, her butt just rubbed against the edge of the sofa, as if she was afraid of breaking the sofa. She didn't go to take the tea prepared by Shade. After sitting down, she nervously pulled her skirt and told about her entrustment.
The surname of the middle-aged woman is also Le Maire, but she had a relationship with the deceased Jonathan. The kinship of Mr. Le Maire can be traced back to the great-grandfather generation.

"Is that the word for his lawyer the other day? I remember yes. His lawyer found me and said that after I sign it, he will take away Mr. Le Maire's estate, but I am very afraid of this. What kind of trap. You know, sir, it's the kind of trap that tricks people into signing documents and then taking everything in one go."

This is a trap that is relatively common in this era, but it's not for foreigners. For people, in fact, in this slightly ignorant era, traps such as "Ponzi schemes" are the most cost-effective scams.

Of course, Shade wouldn't do that. Even if he wants to make money, he has to rely on the knowledge in his head to make money just and honorable. He has always thought of himself as a "positive character".
"Speaking of which, I haven't done anything illegal so far, and I didn't throw the steam bomb."

He Thinking in the heart, he comforted the nervous woman softly, he saw that the other party had never been to such a place:
"So, what do you want to entrust me to do?"

"Investigate the lawyer, the one who wanted me to sign. I don't know this, I don't know at all, so get someone reliable to investigate the whole thing. I'm not very literate, but I know that in St. Teresa The detective who runs an office in the square will definitely not be a liar.”

This is the pure idea of the bottom citizens, but they can’t imagine that the guy who is a detective in the Sainteland square may not be a liar, but he may be a foreign country. Spy or foreign world visitor.

“Investigating attorney. Do you have any information about him?”

Shade asked after a while.

"Yes, I have his address, sir, I just need you to confirm whether he is a so-called lawyer at all. Oh god, that's a convoluted word."

The middle-aged woman who is not very educated said sorry, Shade shook his head and said nothing.

It's fairly simple if it's just to check if the other party is a lawyer. The rough way is to go directly to the door to confirm whether it is a ring warlock. If it is, let the client ignore it immediately. If not, take out the pistol and threaten the other party to tell the truth.

A less rude approach, a door-to-door chat, or a one-day follow-up, he can do it too.

"Let me ask you a little, what is the amount of the estate you're talking about?"

Shade asked again, and Mrs. Le Maire was not too wary:
" About 50 pounds."

"It's a lot."

This is not an exaggerated metaphor, for people at the bottom, 50 pounds is a big number enough to change the fate of a family.

"So what did Mr. Jonathan Le Maire do, do you know how he died?"

Shade asked again, although the information seemed to be the same as the investigating lawyer. Identity doesn't matter, but it does matter if it's a scam.

"Yes, the lawyer told me."

Mrs. Le Maire recalled, but she didn't know some details:
"I was in my twenties. At that time, I heard that he went to sea with fleet to explore a new route to the north of the new continent. Later, we gradually lost contact, and only happened to hear that he joined the great fleet. The lawyer said that he died in a shipwreck, People later discovered the suicide note he left with a friend in the harbour. He seemed to have long expected that people who went to sea would have problems sooner or later. In his inheritance, the cash was 53 pounds, apart from this and some personal items, diary This is probably the life savings of that pitiful person.”

Although she is not familiar with distant relative Jonathan Le Maire, Mrs Le Maire He wiped his reddish eyes with a handkerchief.

Let Mrs. Le Maire calm down, Shade considers the details of the commission, and finally decides that the commission will follow.

After all, investigating whether a stranger is a lawyer is just a day's work.

As for the commission fee, because Mrs. Le Maire herself was a middle-aged woman whose husband ran away and raised her child alone, Shade did not charge too high a price.

When the two finally signed the entrustment agreement, it was agreed that if the lawyer was not a lawyer, then Mrs. Le Maire, who could not get the estate, would pay Shade 5 shillings for the investigation fee.

If the other party is a lawyer, then Shade follows Mrs. Le Maire to sign and collect the inheritance of a suitcase. After Mrs. Le Maire got the inheritance, Shade received a huge payment of up to 5 pounds.

This method of pricing made both parties very satisfied, and when the client was about to leave, Shade specifically asked the other party which newspaper he got the address here. The advertisement was last week, and Mrs. Le Maire must have been attracted by a newspaper commission.

"Steam Bird Daily, I'm afraid I'm being scammed and don't dare to commission from the detectives in those small newspaper advertisements. My neighbor, a kind youngster who studies art at Tobesque University, helped me read it Advertising, I don't know much about reading"

Mrs. Le Maire said sorry, Shade sent the client downstairs, feeling that he owed more to Miss Luyisa.

"At worst, I cooperated with her to study [The Little Match Girl], and now I have no other ability to repay her."

He watched the client merge into the Sainteland square Think of it when there is a lively crowd.

Compared to when he first came to this world, Shade at this time is considered to be out of the poverty line. Continuing to accept such relatively low-paying commissions is not because he is obsessed with the identity of a detective, but because he has more ideas.

First of all, it was a long time ago that we left the civilized world and went to the comprehensive Academy of St. Byrons in the extreme north. And before that, he needs to be with Delarion, so it's important to maintain the necessary decent status.

In addition, detectives can also make a lot of money, but this requires the accumulation of countless small commissions, so it is very stupid to look down on low-paid commissions.

Not to mention, the learning method of ring warlock is destined to be a correspondence-learning Academy to send ring warlock, which needs to have an identity that can respond to crises in their respective action areas.

Therefore, even if it is not like when I first came to this world, I desperately want to make money, but it is still necessary to accept the commission.

Not to mention, Shade is actually very interested in this type of small commission, and foreigners intend to see more of this strange world in this way.

The client came in the morning, and Shade intends to use a full daytime follow-up to confirm whether the lawyer is a fake. Tracking the lawyer starts tomorrow during the day, so he spends this slightly quiet Tuesday elsewhere.

About ten o'clock in the morning, Shade took Mia out and went to the "Good Man Peter's Pet Store" located in Purple Iris Lane. This was also the first time Shade met Miss Beas and met her. Take Mia's place.

The store owner with the brandy nose was impressed by the young orange cat. When Shade came to the door with the cat in his arms, he almost announced that he would not accept any business today.

But fortunately, Shade didn't want to put Mia back in foster care here:
"I want to know how to bathe my pet."

He said his own The store owner blocked the door and had no intention of letting a man and a cat in.

"It's fine to wash directly, what else can be done, as long as it's not as hard as washing clothes."

In this noisy era, complex and diverse pet service items have not yet been developed.

"Then you can give it"

"When the cat is in the store, my wife and Miss Cindy usually bathe it."

said the middle-aged shopkeeper, shaking his head quickly, as if he was afraid that he would leave the cat behind.

The cat being held by Shade still remembers this place, but doesn't seem to have a good impression of it, and is now huddled in Shade's arms and won't move.

"So are those two ladies in the store now?"

Shade asked again, and the man replied without thinking:
"No, half a month recently, No, they haven't been here for the last year. They eloped. But in fact, you don't need to bathe pet cats that often. Cats are different from people. Sir, you can wash the cat yourself. It's very simple, three months or even four months. It doesn't matter if you wash it once, the cat is actually not delicate."

Shade doubted that the other party just wanted to leave quickly, but also knew that Mia left a "deep" impression on the middle-aged shop owner, so He left here after expressing his regret for the other party's wife eloping with salesgirl.

When he spoke, the middle-aged shopkeeper's face was very bright, and even made Shade look forward to the scene when he next visited here.

As for the matter of washing cats, it is still necessary to think carefully.

After leaving from Purple Iris Lane, it was almost lunch time. Shade found restaurants nearby and paid 1 shilling 10p for a decent lunch with his cat.

After leaving the restaurant, I saw that it was still misty and hazy today, and the hot summer sun couldn't penetrate the fog, so I took Mia and strolled in the direction of the Prophet's Association.

It was a very dull afternoon. After the heavy rain last night, the water on the ground evaporated so quickly that it was impossible to see that it had rained more than ten hours ago.

Outlanders in long-sleeved coats are not very suitable for the city's climate, but the Prophet Society on Silver Cross Avenue is relatively cool.

He didn't come for the Rhodes card, but to find Miss Anat, and wanted to tell the other party about his recent contact with Miss Bayas.

According to the contact information left by the brown-haired female fortune-teller last time, he first stated that he wanted to come for fortune-telling in the lobby on the first floor, and then reported the name of Miss Anat. But very unfortunately, Miss Anat is not in the association now.

The association's ring warlock management is relatively loose, not like the church ring warlock, which requires daily shifts. And although Shade knows where Miss Anat lives, she obviously has a low probability at home during the day.

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