OBS Chapter 2886 The Colonel's Wife's Secret
Chapter 2886 The Colonel's Wife's Secret
Chapter 2886 The Colonel's Wife's Secret
Although Emilia left alone, Shad still felt like there were many people missing at the dinner table on Saturday morning.
Now that the portal that Miss Sylvia and Dorothy had built was completely stable, everyone, except Carina who was bedridden, gathered on the boat to have breakfast together.
During breakfast, Shad also asked about Ajelina's situation. Of course, this referred to whether Ajelina would continue to stay in Vista Forest or return to Tobesk after her "passive invisibility" problem had been resolved.
Dorothy did not call Leicia to come, as they had already discussed the matter:
"Shad, what do you think?"
Ajelina's emerald green eyes immediately looked at Shad, and everyone felt that she was trying to project "I want to stay" into Shad's mind with her thoughts, but unfortunately she didn't know "telepathy" yet.
"Then let Ajelina stay for a while. I've been reading newspapers in Vista City these days, and they say that Princess Ajelina Cavendish is seriously ill and will not live long. Even if she doesn't show up for the next few weeks, everyone will understand."
Xia De then said this, and the little princess immediately wanted to smile happily, but when she thought of her sister still being by her side, she immediately lowered her head and pretended that she didn't really care about it.
Miss Sylvia on the side shook her head:
"Carsenrick hopes that people will pay more attention to the gossip in the North. Ajelina's illness just happened to happen. If the princess of the North was not sick, Carsenrick would probably need to arrest a few important corrupt officials in the country to divert attention."
The investigation into the Jindel family officially began today. There must be a lot of top-secret information inside MI6, but only the king can know a lot of this information. Even if Shade has a good relationship with Director Anros, he can't ask for it. Therefore, Shade did not return to Tobesk to find his boss, but took the information that Miss Bell and the others had investigated and planned to visit the descendants of the Jindel family, that is, the wife of Colonel Dupont, who was suspected to be a spy from the North.
Colonel Dupont was the highest officer of the "Dusk Forest Post". He was two years younger than Shade's friend, Major Rades, the "Captain of Eight Guns", but his rank was two levels higher. He lived in the military camp in the forest all year round, and families were not allowed in the military camp, so the colonel's wife lived in the city, and the couple only met when the colonel was on vacation every month.
The colonel and his wife have a son and a daughter, both of whom are now adults and continue their studies in Willendel. Because of the special location of Vista Forest, Colonel Dupont can directly contact the highest military department of the kingdom. In this respect, he is actually the most powerful person in this small town, but his home looks ordinary in the east of the city.
The high wall blocked people's view of the courtyard at the end of the street. Looking inside from the fence gate, the swing under the bare tree was swaying slightly because of the cold autumn wind.
The house in the courtyard was not big, and every window on the outside of the three-story building had curtains drawn. As a visitor, Xia De could see flower pots placed at the door of the house, but there were only withered flowers in those pots.
"If such a scene is depicted in a novel, it probably reflects the emptiness and loneliness of the hostess of the house. It also reflects that although the family appears to be intact on the surface, the relationship between the husband and wife is actually as boring and fragile as a dead leaf."
The person who said this was not the famous female writer Dorothy, but the artist Miss.
Today, Shad wore a high-necked black sweater and his usual black coat. Before he went out, Dorothy commented that he "looked very cool."
Flora was wearing a dark blue suit and skirt. Today, the identities of the two were provided by Miss Sylvia. However, they were not businessmen, but agents with gray gloves. What Shade held in his hand was not the certificate of the Gray Eagle, but the identity of another agent forged by Miss Sylvia.
"Miss Bell's investigation results show that Colonel Dupont and his wife's relationship is indeed not very good, so are you working backwards from the conclusion?"
Shade said with a smile, and then rang the bell inside the gate:
"Their marriage was a political arrangement and did not have much emotional basis. After marriage, Colonel Dupont lived in the army for many years. Although they had children, they still seemed to live their own lives."
Standing on Xia De's left, the witch with gray-black hair, who was dressed particularly young today, also smiled and said:
"Ladies without their lovers can easily wither like flowers in late autumn. I can already imagine what the colonel's wife looks like."
What Shad thought of was Hela Oxenfurt, the woman who wore a black veil when they first met. She fits most people's impression of "a haggard woman with a dead heart."
But this time he and Flora guessed wrong. When he explained that he was an old acquaintance of the Kindel family and was led by the maid into the house which was unusually dim because the lights were not on, he met Anne Dupont, who lived in this deserted and almost grayish-white house. She was a noble lady with a ruddy complexion, fashionable clothes, and a very good mental state.
The information showed that she was already 40 years old, only slightly younger than Dr. Schneider, but at first glance she looked like she was about 30. She had a fashionable high bun, brown wavy hair, green eyes, and silver earrings on her ears, which made her look like a model in the fashion magazines that girls often read.
After inviting Shade and Flora to sit down, the colonel's wife asked curiously:
"It has been many years since any of my parents' family's friends have come to visit me. May I ask who you are?"
Even in disguise, Shade still had a typical northerner's face, so the lady smiled and said:
"Although I heard that my parents had some northern friends, I had never met them."
Shade was not sure if this was a test. If she was really a spy, this would sound like she was trying to distance herself from the matter. He looked at the pretty young maid who was placing teacups on the coffee table, and the colonel's wife coughed:
"Jessica, go to the kitchen and help prepare lunch."
"Yes, ma'am."
The latter consciously left with the tea tray in his arms.
The reception room is located on the backlit side of the house, and today is cloudy, so the lighting inside is quite poor. There is no light in the room, and the white walls and dark furniture make the room look like a black and white sketch at a certain moment.
Flora was very interested in this kind of scene composition, and it was not easy to achieve this condition under natural light.
She thought Xia De would be polite first, or tell the identity story that Miss Sylvia had prepared for them in advance, but unexpectedly Xia De asked directly:
"Has your parents' generation's contact with MI6 really been completely severed by the time you get here?"
The woman sitting on the soft red sofa with a teacup in her hand did not expect Xia De to ask her directly. She looked a little confused and at a loss:
"Young man, I don't know what you're talking about. If you're here to investigate me, may I know which side you're on? The Grey Gloves? The local police? The military prosecution section of the Royal Army?"
Having discovered her biggest secret, Shade took out two IDs from his pocket and shook them. One was from Gray Gloves, and the other was from MI6, but this was not to prove any identity:
"I can belong to any party, even to a third party. Since I have brought people to your door, I already have my own answer. Madame Dupont, are you willing to answer the question?"
The lady's head drooped slightly, allowing more shadows to cover her face, but after a moment, she raised her head again. Although her face was still a little uneasy, it was mostly relieved:
"It's no use for you to come to me. Although my father's generation did have contact with MI6, that was more than 20 years ago. After my father passed away, the Northland contacted me again, but I didn't respond.
As for the intelligence network of the Southland, it has nothing to do with me. William of Anjou sent a young and handsome foreigner to contact me some time ago, trying to get some information from me, but I didn't spend too much time with him. I really don't know anything. I just want to live a good life now. Can you please stop bothering me all the time? "
Flora was surprised that the other party had said everything, but Shade knew that this was just to cover up a deeper secret. He was not interested in whether the other party was a spy. The real question was:
"Madame Dupont, keeping a secret is painful, isn't it? Although the Jindel family has disappeared locally, I believe that the bloodline will not be cut off. The fact that you are born into the Jindel family will not change in any way. It is engraved in your body."
The lady sitting across from the tea table immediately looked rather unhappy;
"I don't know what you are talking about. If you doubt me, then show me the evidence. If you can't, then come and threaten me. This is not gentlemanly behavior. Although my husband is only a colonel, he is also very powerful in the local area."
Flora felt that the noble lady was more reacting to the statement that "bloodline cannot be cut" than to what Shad said about "spy".
Shade then continued to ask:
"I don't want to affect your life, and what you do has nothing to do with me. I just want to know the history and secrets of the Jindel family. If you are willing to tell us, we will leave immediately after listening."
In order to show his sincerity, he even gave another example:
"You should have heard about the downfall of the local police chief Kant's family? I can tell you that this matter is also related to my investigation. As long as I want to investigate, whether it is treason, bribery or something else, I can find out the truth."
(End of this chapter)