OBS Chapter 4098 Miss Sabel's Gift
Chapter 4098 Miss Sabel's Gift
Chapter 4098 Miss Sabel's Gift
After a pleasant evening, it was Wednesday.
After having breakfast early in the morning, Galina returned to Yodel Palace in high spirits. Agelina would probably go to Vigo's place in the afternoon. Galina planned to take care of all her business in the morning and then "enjoy" the pleasure of uncovering the truth in the afternoon. The Duchess had been waiting for this day for half a month.
Sylvie had nothing planned for today and left home a little later, intending to visit Vanessa and Bella in Moon Bay first. If Bella had time today, she might also come to Arcadia City.
After they had all left, Luvia spoke to Shad alone:
"When you talk to Vigo Astley about Lemaître, you should be more tactful. These witches may say they don't care, but they do care when someone brings it up. The kill order against the [Holy Son Alliance] has already demonstrated this point well."
Shad gave Luvia a no-questions-asked gesture:
“I feel completely relaxed now. After explaining the truth to Vigo today, I don’t need to hide anything when I’m active in Arcadia City anymore. If there are still things going on over there tonight, I might come back a little later. Luvia, please entertain Iluna at home.”
"No problem, then be careful. I hope you can bring back some unexpected news today."
Today's "unexpected" event happened relatively early. Xia Decai had just appeared in the basement of the Blue Ink Library when he sensed that someone was inside.
The library had been mostly cleaned up, but it wasn't open to the public yet, so Shad assumed it was Vigo's maid again. However, he decided to leave the library first and then entered through the main entrance.
But upon entering the library, he saw Miss Sabel, with blonde hair, reading a book by the bookshelf near the entrance.
Good morning!
Adele smiled and waved the Carsonric edition of Hamilton's Detective Stories at Shad, then explained to him:
"Last time you told me that if I wanted to find you locally, I could either go to [Fragrance Mansion] or come here, so I came here early this morning to wait for you."
Xia De was pleasantly surprised:
“Good morning, Miss Sabel. You’re in Arcadia City again? Ever since we encountered the Holy Son Alliance together last time, there hasn’t been any peace in the area.”
Adele only came to check on things because Agelina was coming here today, and Shad would probably explain the truth to Viggo.
She hadn't originally planned to show herself, but once she arrived, she felt that hiding and not showing up, just watching Shad interact with the other witches, would be a disadvantage, so she waited here early in the morning.
“I’ve also heard some things about the local area.”
She placed the new book she was holding back into the cardboard box at her feet. These books had been delivered by the maids and would later be carefully placed on the bookshelf.
"However, I'm just passing through today. My train doesn't leave for another hour, so I came over to say hello."
She looked at Shade with a smile, her hands behind her back:
"You've been facing all sorts of dangerous situations lately, it must be tough for you, right?"
Xia De sighed and closed the library door behind him.
"It's been a bit tough, but I'm used to it. Unlike the snow mountain, this time the event is mainly in the city, so we can't use many of our methods easily. I've also recently discovered that the real entity of the [Leather Goods Guild] seems to have appeared locally, so I'll probably have to investigate this for the foreseeable future."
The sorceress nodded understandingly:
"This is indeed very hard work, but I can't stay to help for the time being. I hope the witches of the Witch Council can help you relieve some of the pressure."
She walked over to Shad and handed him what she was holding:
Here's a small gift for you; I hope it will be helpful.
It was a small enamel bottle, about the thickness of a thumb, with a cork stopper at the neck, and then a rare rune paper was used to seal the gap between the stopper and the neck. The ancient elven runes on the white enamel bottle had faded considerably, so the immense life force surging within could no longer be concealed by the container itself.
"Modern elves possess a healing elixir called 'Water of Life,' but due to the limitations of materials in this era and the degeneration of the sacred elven tree, the effects of the Water of Life are far less potent than before."
The water of life here was created by the elves in the early Fourth Age, and the life energy it contains may be useful to you.
"This is too precious, isn't it? Even the current Elf Kingdom might not be able to produce such a potion."
Xia De said this, the life energy in the bottle in his hand was unusually stable and unusually large, and the life sparks drawn from it were more than enough to support him in a high-intensity battle.
This material was too precious for him to accept, but Miss Sabel took two steps back, her hands behind her back, preventing Shad from returning the bottle to her. This was, of course, a secret treasure of the Witch Council. From Viggo's recent descriptions, she had guessed that Shad needed normal life energy, which was why she had specifically sought this out.
Moreover, rather than letting those disobedient and disloyal girls use this to win Shad's favor, she might as well give it to him herself.
Adele smiled:
"I'm glad I could help you; consider it a favor you owe me. Actually, there are many secret medicines or treasures in the material world that contain powerful life force. If you really need a lot of life energy, you can look in this direction."
The blonde reminded him and stopped Shad from thanking her:
"There's no need to be so polite with me. It's not easy to make you owe me a favor."
"Alright, I'll accept it. Would you like to go for a cup of tea together?"
She smiled, shook her head, and waved to Xia De:
"Maybe another time. My train is about to depart. Goodbye, Mr. Watson."
Goodbye, let me see you off.
Shad felt embarrassed accepting the gift, but the blonde woman still smiled and shook her head in refusal.
"That won't be necessary. I'm going to board the train at Huiyan Pass Railway Station. I think you have other things to do, so there's no need to go that far."
So Shad had no choice but to see Miss Sabel to the door and watch her leave in her carriage.
He looked down at the small bottle in his hand, wondering what kind of relationship Miss Sabel had with the current Speaker Adele.
Why am I thinking about this?
"I suspect that this is a secret medicine that Miss Sabel obtained from Adele. Otherwise, apart from the elves, where in the material world would there be an organization that could readily produce such a thing?"
She chuckled softly, while Shad thought he would invite Miss Sabel to Madame Bovary's Tea House for afternoon tea another time. Of course, that was a matter for the future; the most important thing today was to wait for Adelina's arrival.
The weather in Arcadia was gloomy today, and it even started to drizzle when Shad arrived at Fenxiang's Residence. On his way there by carriage, he had browsed the local newspaper, the Candleburg Daily, which indeed carried news of the opera house bombing the previous night that had resulted in multiple casualties.
Shade wanted to discuss the clues about the "Leatherworks Guild" with Viggo again before revealing what Luvia had divined, but he didn't see Viggo after entering the mansion.
Miss McDonald was also absent, and Miss Rowling, the housekeeper, informed Shad:
"The master has gone to the city hall. There's a citywide inspection of all large machinery, and it's said that the opening of the Old World Exposition, which is scheduled to start soon, will be postponed."
This was clearly the effect of last night's events, and Shad could understand it. Once the already massive machinery was activated, the damage it caused was far greater than that of smaller machinery.
"So when will Wei Ge come back?"
Miss Rowling was in a difficult position:
"The host should be back before lunch. The formal, large-scale meetings at the city hall discuss minor matters, while today's informal, small-scale, closed-door meeting discusses truly important issues, so the meeting won't end quickly."
Xia De nodded:
"So, has there been any news from the church regarding the Holborn Opera Company?"
This is the opera company that performed at the opera house last night. Miss Rowling shook her head:
"There's no news; it seems the church hasn't noticed anything wrong with them."
It is indeed difficult to find traces of the small number of "desire worshippers" in the opera company directly, and since the church did not find any "leather items", it means that very few people in the company wear leather items.
"Does this opera company have its own venue? Is it the Queen Anne Opera House?"
Shad then asked, "The top opera companies of this era all have their own theaters as their home base. For example, the Wilde Opera House in the Randall Valley, which Vanessa bought, is the home base of the Golden Dawn Opera Company."
Miss Rowling nodded:
"The Holburn Opera Company is indeed based at the Queen Anne Opera House, but the opera house is damaged and the building itself is still undergoing a safety assessment. The lady sent people to monitor it last night, and the company has now moved to the Hohenheim Opera House in the Lower Town for rehearsals and performances, which is where the Holburn Opera Company originated."
The opera house shares the same name as Megan and Audrey's uncle, Shad nodded:
"Then I'll go to the lower city and try to get back before noon."
Miss Rowling pursed her lips and lowered her voice, saying:
"The host said that although there was an accident in the second half of the opera last night, the first half, when the lights were turned off, was still very good. If you have time this afternoon, the host would like to invite you to the study to appreciate those expensive silk fabrics again. She said you seem to have a good eye for them."
Shad then nodded:
"I will get back as soon as possible."
"So, do we need to bring that leather item?"
Miss Rowling asked again, and Shad hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to bring it along as well. Of course, Viggo had already sealed the skin quite securely, and she would absolutely not take it out again before finding the [Leather Goods Guild].