[WP] Chapter 25 Cat Search Commission

[WP] Chapter 25 Cat Search Commission

After leaving the doctor's psychological clinic, the sun was setting outside. The setting sun shone in the misty city, making Shade, who was walking on the road, feel as if he was in another world.

Half a day ago, he was still an ordinary person, but now he can already light a piece of paper with his mind.

"It's not much different."

Thinking carefully, he almost didn't pay anything, but he got everything now, which seems a bit too lucky.

"But according to the doctor, in addition to the required credits obtained from studying, I have to complete the college's practical tasks every school year and get practical credits; otherwise, I will have to repeat the grade even if I am promoted to the second ring."

Life seems to be really on the right track, which makes the stranger who was still considering receiving relief food yesterday feel a little unreal. His plan could be further updated. With the power, the work of the detective agency could be continued.

Shade had planned to complete the three-month mission of the previous detective. Of course, the premise was to complete at least one formal commission to see if he was suitable.

Because he wanted to save money, he still walked home, but to celebrate, he had dinner in the restaurant.

It was already seven o'clock in the evening when he got home. After studying the doctor's notes a little, he learned that the academy had formal courses for magic and spells. But corresponding to the spirit runes, everyone has different explorations, which can give birth to personal magic. It can be used for exchange or it can be learned by oneself.

In this way, instead of studying magic by himself, it is better to wait until there are textbooks and learn some ordinary magic first. But Shade still couldn't resist his curiosity and spent the whole night exploring spirit runes.

Thoughts affect matter, and the mind interferes with reality. As a result, before going to bed, the power of [Time and Space] could not be activated at all, and Shade could only make his fingertips emit a faint silver light, which was the magic of the [Silver Moon] rune.

The light was very peaceful, and staring at it could make Shade feel at ease.

"It's useless, but at least it can save some gas bills. Speaking of which, do I need to pay the water, gas, and steam bills for this house myself?"

With such a bad idea, he fell asleep in exhaustion.

The night sky outside the window was high in March, and the brightest phase of the silver moon had passed, but the silver moon still shone on him.

Although the doctor and the writer believed that the impact of the ring wizard's employment was not so easy to ignore, the detective would probably have to stay in bed for three days.

But Shade, who woke up on time at 6:30 the next morning, did not feel any difference from yesterday.

He lay in bed for a while, thinking about the relationship between the world and life, and then his embarrassing economic situation pulled his thoughts to a lower and more realistic level.

He then stretched his fingers in front of his face and saw the faint silver light at his fingertips. After staring at the light for a long time, he let out a sigh of relief. His bad mood suddenly improved because of his dry wallet, and he didn't even think about the gas bill he thought about before going to bed yesterday.

He got up, washed, and waited for newspapers and milk at the door on time at around seven o'clock. He didn't see the newspaper yesterday because he got up too early. When he went home last night, he saw the "Tobesk Morning News" and "Kingdom Morning News" thrown on the foot mat.

Of course, starting next month, he has to pay for the newspapers himself.

After drinking two bottles of milk, he put the empty milk bottles in the milk box at the door when he went out for breakfast. Although Dr. Schneider asked Shade to rest well for three days, Shade didn't feel that he was abnormal, thinking that this was the characteristic of the strong soul of the outsider.

So, today he still plans to try the commission left by the previous detective.

If the commission does not go smoothly, he will plan to pawn the detective's inheritance to repay the debt.

He doesn't plan to intervene in the investigation of Mr. Lawrence's mistress for the time being. He will wait until three days later to ask the doctor and others about the pebble ring before making plans.

Among the remaining three commissions, it is still a bit difficult to find Miss White's missing sister and inquire about the news of a doctor who can treat eye diseases, so today's task is to find the lost orange cat for Miss Mia San Gold.

The previous detective Hamilton has found the cat, but he did not hand it over to leave a simple task for Shade. So Shade only needs to take it away and return it to the client.

He had breakfast at a restaurant near St. Teresa's Square, rolled up the newspaper tucked it in his arm, and walked east along Richard Avenue. He waited for a while at the next intersection, watching the crowd prepare to go to work in the mist on Monday morning.

Then he turned left into the narrow Purple Iris Lane, glanced at the wild grass at the corner that was unusually lush due to the arrival of summer, and carefully avoided the barefoot children running wildly in the lane. According to the detective's notes, he stopped downstairs of a building with a sign that read "Good Peter's Pet Shop.".

He could already smell the smell of fermented animal feces, but just as he was about to knock on the door, the door of the pet shop opened by itself. A girl with long brown hair walked out. She looked very young and was holding a red lady's handbag in her hand.

She was also stunned when she saw Shade, then nodded politely, walked around Shade, and walked east along Purple Iris Lane.

Shade's sight followed her, watching the brown-haired girl merge into the crowd at the entrance of the lane.

"She"

This was certainly not love at first sight. The moment he saw the other person, Shade suddenly had a strange feeling.

"It was as if at that moment, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed, and only a spotlight was shining on her. She was the protagonist of the stage."

"That's someone from the Church of the Sun, young man; you'd better not have any unnecessary ideas."

Only then did he notice that in front of the pet store behind him, a middle-aged man with a big nose with rosacea was looking at Shade, who turned around.

The smell of fermented animal feces mixed with food on the middle-aged man was even more serious. He was wearing blue overalls, a coat that couldn't be seen in its original color, and black boots with mud on his feet.

"What's the matter?"

The middle-aged man asked.

"Hello, I'm from Hamilton Detective Agency. Please wait a moment."

Shade retracted his momentary strange feeling and looked at the note in the notebook of the former detective:

"An orange cat, about half a year old, with a pure white tail, orange spots on the left front leg, and other legs are pure white. The name is Mia."

He described the characteristics of the orange cat, but unexpectedly the man's face suddenly changed.

"You don't want to tell me that the cat is lost?"

Shade's face also changed, and he pressed the door frame and asked in a low voice. The former detective paid for the cat to be fostered here, and the client, who was described as a "generous lady,"  offered two pounds and three shillings to find the cat and even allowed reimbursement of reasonable expenses during the search.

This offer is extremely unreasonable, but it also shows the anxiety of the cat owner. For such a high reward, if "Good Peter's Pet Shop" was not closed on weekends, the first commission that Shade chose would not be Mr. Lawrence's mistress.

(End of this chapter)