[WP] Chapter 27: Meet Lasoya Again

[WP] Chapter 27: Meet Lasoya Again

Miss Mia Gold, the owner of the small orange cat, was not at home. Shade stood outside the gate and rang the bell for a long time, but no one came out to open the door.

But the sound alarmed the neighbor next door. It was an old woman who walked with a hunched back and wore glasses. Her gray hair was neatly combed together. She was well-dressed and had silver jewelry on her wrists.

"Who are you looking for?"

She asked with a heavy accent, standing in front of the fence between her garden and Miss Gold's garden.

"Miss Mia Gold, she asked me to find her cat."

Shade shook the cat in his arms, and the orange cat called lazily, turned over, and put its head on Shade's chest. This cat likes Shade.

Even though the half-year-old orange cat is not heavy, Shade can't stand carrying it all the way.

"It's this, this naughty little thing."

The old woman knew the orange cat Mia and then said something that almost made Shade collapse:

"Mia moved out last week."

"Huh?"

Fortunately, there was the next sentence:

"Are you the Hamilton detective who found a cat for her? You are much younger than Mia described. Don't worry, she left you a letter."

She turned back to her house to get the letter, and when she came back, she said:

"There are some banknotes in the letter. Check the wax seal before you open it. Don't say that anyone has touched the money."

The letter was left by Miss Mia Gold to Detective Sparrow Hamilton. The letter mentioned that Miss Gold had to move to a large estate in the countryside on the east coast of the Kingdom of Delarion to live with her parents because of family affairs, so she sold the property here.

But Miss Gold still remembered her cat and the detective who accepted the commission. Without confirming whether the detective had found the cat, she left this letter for the neighbor to keep. If the detective found the cat, he would get this letter:

[I can't forget my little Mia, but now it's time to leave Tobesk. Detective Hamilton, if you see this letter, please take in little Mia temporarily and send a letter to the address below. I will go to your office to pick her up within six months at the latest. At that time, I will pay more.

Note: In addition to the original detective fee, there is an extra five-pound note in the letter as the temporary expense of taking in Mia. Please don't blame my little naughty girl too much.]

The orange cat called "Little Mia" squirmed in Shade's arms and seemed to want to sleep, not knowing the fact that her owner had left.

"Why."

"I'm allergic to cats; Mia can't find anyone else to take care of her cat, and she didn't expect you to find little Mia."

The old woman said she had never seen Sparrow Hamilton and mistook the young detective in front of her for the original detective.

"Then I."

"You can adopt little Mia for the time being. When Mia comes, she won't give you less money. You see, she even named the cat after herself."

"You didn't."

"Mia dictated the content of this letter before she left. Humph, I have been neighbors with her for so long; can't she give me such trust?"

"Okay, I'll mail the letter now. Goodbye, ma'am."

Shade suspected that the old woman could read minds.

"Goodbye, detective. Remember, this cat can't drink cow's milk, but it can drink goat's milk."

The old woman's voice came from behind, so Shade's expenses increased again.

Detective Sparrow Hamilton and Miss Mia Gold have known each other for a long time, and this is not the first commission, so Miss Gold has given the detective great trust.

This trust gave Shade an additional job of taking care of the cat, and his savings increased by more than seven pounds. Miss Gold is generous.

With the remaining money from the pawn of his walking stick, Shade seems to be able to collect ten pounds soon. If he is luckier, Miss Gold will receive the letter and come within a week, and Shade may be able to pay off all the debts this month directly.

Because of this good mood, when he walked back to St. Teresa's Square with the cat in his arms, his steps were much lighter. On the way back, he happened to pass by the Silver Parrot Milk Distribution Company that he had just visited not long ago, so he went in to ask and learned that goat milk could also be distributed here.

The salesperson who was responsible for contacting Shade even saw Shade's intention to feed the kittens with goat milk and therefore introduced him to more cat-raising skills. But his enthusiasm did not make Shade give up on the money for ordering goat milk. Fortunately, No. 6 St. Teresa Square in the city center is the daily route for the diligent milkmen of the Silver Parrot Milk Distribution Company.

Therefore, there is no need to open an additional route to deliver goat milk to Shade, so the cost of goat milk is less than expected.

Shade regards the orange cat "Mia" as his lucky cat. When he left the "Silver Parrot Milk Distribution Company," he was still thinking about being a little more luxurious at noon and eating better food.

Just passing by the old dog lying at the door, the voice of a woman who had not made a sound so far finally sounded in his mind:

[Observe her ring.]

Immediately looked up and looked around, and almost a second later, he immediately saw Mr. Lawrence's mistress, Mrs. Lasoya, walking out of the alley opposite the milk company and turning in the direction of the silver shop where the battle took place the day before.

She still wore the white pebble ring.

"Is she a man who changed into a woman, or a woman who changed into a man?"

Shade guessed in his heart, but he had no intention of following. He cherished his life. Since he had decided to give up this commission, he would not change his mind because of curiosity.

If he had the power of Dr. Schneider or the writer Dorothy Louisa, he would certainly not give up. But people have to face reality, and he accepted that he was still weak.

In a happy mood, he leisurely crossed the street with the cat in his arms and entered the candy store opposite. Pretending to be curious, he asked the price of the small cake in the glass window. After confirming with his peripheral vision that Mrs. Lasoya had gone far away, he immediately walked out of the store and entered the alley where Mrs. Lasoya appeared just now.

The alley was not deep. Like most alleys in this steam city, it was dirty and full of odors. A few quick steps and you will reach the end, where some abandoned pipes are piled up, and there is even a layer of disgusting green moss on the surface of the pipes.

After going around the pipe, he saw that there was a wall behind the pipe. This was a dead end.

Originally, it should have been possible to reach another block from the other end of the alley, but the store at the other end of the exit arbitrarily expanded its floor space and blocked the alley with the back wall.

"There is an excellent blind spot between these pipes and the wall. Madam Lasoya just walked out of the alley with no exit. Did she complete another "transformation" of kissing the ring here?"

Shade thought, very satisfied with his caution and strong action. Although he didn't dare to follow, it was no problem to investigate what the other party had just done.

(End of this chapter)