Whispering Verse

Chapter 3182: Fate is Unpredictable

"So she came here this morning and hasn't left since?"

Xia De opened his mouth slightly. He had never thought of this possibility.

"Yes, isn't Dorothy the author of Hamilton's Detective Stories? Miss Gold might be interested in her, so we let Dorothy chat with her upstairs. Carina arranged for us to have lunch at home, but in order to avoid scaring the lady, only Dorothy was there."

Luvia said, while Shade held the cat rubbing against him in his arms and looked up at the ceiling on the first floor. After several seconds, he asked the girls around him:

"Hurry, help me check if my current clothes are suitable."

"Oh my goodness Tifa, help our detective tidy up his clothes."

The red-haired witch said with a smile, but just as Tifa took a step towards this side, Shade heard voices coming from the stairwell. One of the voices obviously belonged to the blonde writer, and the other sounded particularly gentle and steady.

"Go quickly."

Luvia gently pushed Shade, and then everyone on the first floor temporarily hid in the bedroom and kitchen. Shade looked down at Mia and quickly led it to the direction of the hallway.

When he arrived at the hallway, the two ladies who were coming downstairs had just finished walking down the stairs. So the first side of the strange lady that Shad saw was her profile rather than her front face, but soon as the two met in the hallway, the lady whose appearance Shad had already known because he had met Dorothy during the "Yordle Palace Time Loop" really came into his sight.

Her skin was as delicate as white jade, and seemed to have absorbed the essence of sunlight, with a glowing warmth in every inch of her skin texture. She looked at Xia De from above with a curious look. Her face was elegant and dignified, with delicate and three-dimensional features, and every detail exuded a natural noble temperament.

Perhaps she guessed that the young man holding her cat in front of her was Shad Hamilton, so she smiled reservedly and nodded gently at Shad. The smile was not bright, but it was like the rising sun, with an unstoppable power to dispel any haze.

"Good afternoon, Detective Hamilton."

Xia De still couldn't believe what he saw, but he immediately replied:

"Good afternoon, Miss Gold."

She wore a golden long dress, a white plush cape to keep warm, a brown scarf with a running cat pattern tied around her neck, a yellow silk belt with a series of golden metal sun symbols on it, and her long hair was tied with a silver ribbon with tiny diamonds like a galaxy, which was the only silver decoration on her body.

Although Dorothy and the pointy-eared elf also have blonde hair, their hair color is completely different from the lady in front of them.

Shade didn't know if it was his illusion, but Miss Mia Gold's golden hair reminded him of a wheat field kissed by the sun, which radiated a gentle luster when blown by the wind. The golden hair strands intertwined with the sunlight shining into the room from the first-floor window, just like the sun spreading every ray of light all over the earth.

Her eyes were a deep amber color - a color very, very similar to Mia's. Her eyes were gentle and firm, yet with an unshakable and wonderful sense of majesty.

The stranger has seen many elegant ladies in this world, but none of them can compare to the one in front of him.

"To be on the safe side, I want to ask, are you still here?"

【Yes.】

"She" still smiles lightly:

[You are not doubting that I am actually Mia Gold, and the letters you receive every month are written by me while you are asleep, manipulating you to sleepwalk, right? ]

Because "she" was in tune with him, Shad didn't bother lying or denying it, he just didn't respond - this is what he usually did when faced with a situation where he didn't want to lie but didn't want to answer.

At this time, he had already stretched out his hand and gently shook hands with Miss Gode who was standing on the last step.

"How about it?"

【Normal people.】

The two of them separated their hands naturally again. The golden lady glanced at the quiet cat in Shade's arms and said:

"Detective Hamilton, we finally meet. I'm glad to actually meet you before the end of the year. Please allow me to thank you again for taking care of my Mia."

The stranger who was embarrassed for a moment because of his intention to "possess someone else's cat" did not change his expression:

"Your commission helped me get through a lot of difficulties, and Mia has always been very obedient. I'm sorry I had to go out this morning, so I can only let my good friend Miss Louisa receive you. So, do you want to take anything away this time?"

"There are still too many things in the town that I need to deal with personally. The problem under the family ancestral home is getting more and more serious. It still has to stay here."

She shook her head slightly and reached out to touch the cat that Xia De was holding:

"Happy New Year, Detective Hamilton. I left a gift for you upstairs. I'm sorry, but I really have to go now. The return train will leave in half an hour. Please continue to take care of Mia for me. This child seems to like you very much."

"See you next time. And happy end of year."

Xia De stood on the steps in front of his house and watched the carriage drive away from Saint Teresa's Square. He sighed softly only after the carriage completely disappeared in the busy streets around the square before the festival.

"Why are you sighing? Haven't you been looking forward to this day?"

Dorothy asked curiously behind him. Shad took a deep breath again and then exhaled deeply. He didn't know why he couldn't breathe when he faced Miss Gode just now. But he was no longer the stranger who would blush when he saw a beautiful girl.

"It's not because of Miss Gode. I'm just lamenting the fickleness of fate."

He returned home with Dorothy and closed the door:

“Since I received a letter from Miss Goddard this morning saying she was coming to visit, I have been suspecting that I would be forced to leave home due to some strange incident and thus miss her, so I have been avoiding any unusual events this morning.

It turned out that the person who knocked on the door several times in a row was not Miss Godd, nor was it the one who led me out. In the end, it was the problem of the house itself that made me leave home.

In the white fog, I initially thought that I would definitely miss the meeting because I wanted to know the reason for the problem, and I missed two hours. I didn’t expect that I won the bet. I thought I didn’t miss it, but then I lost the bet.

When I came back, I finally gave up on this meeting, but I didn't expect that she was still there. What a strange fate."

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Xia De hugged the writer and heard the footsteps of Luvia and the others approaching:

"I always thought I had grasped the thread of fate, but in the end, fate, through this incident, fully demonstrated to me the truth that 'fate is unpredictable'. It seems that I thought too much. But Miss Gode actually looks like this..."

"pretty?"

Luvia added the word, but Shade shook his head:

"No, it's normal."

Emilia, who had returned to her elf form, was very surprised:

"Is a lady with such temperament considered ordinary? I don't think even if I, Iluna, and Ajelina grow up and get taller, we will have such outstanding temperament."

"But when I shook her hand, I felt like she was just an ordinary person."

Dorothy patted Shard on the shoulder:

“Why think so much? Either she is really an ordinary person, and everything before was just you fighting with your own mind. Or her power is far greater than the sum of you, me as one of the quarter chosen ones, the great witch Carina, the time chosen one Emilia, and Luvia.

So there is no point in worrying about these things. If she really has a secret, it is not something you can know now."

The writer's thoughts were quite clear, and she seemed to have a good impression of Mia Gold:

"Shad, do you think this cat brooch is beautiful? It's a gift from her. Does it look like Mia? This gift is really exquisite. She said it was produced from the ruins of her hometown. She is really a generous lady."

"Let's go, Shade. Instead of thinking about Miss Gold anymore, you should go upstairs and tell us in detail what the 'Fate Casino' is all about. How can there be such a thing before the end of the year?"

Luvia waved to everyone, and everyone walked up the stairs. Shade was the last one to come because he had just closed the door. Before he stepped onto the stairs, he turned around and looked at the door:

"Mia Gold"

After a moment's hesitation, a smile appeared on his face. Although he did not find out what secrets Miss Gode had, at least this time, after coming to this world for a year and a half, he finally met Mia's real owner and finally fulfilled his wish to meet her.

There will be a second time after the first time, and although Shad still doesn't understand what she is hiding, at least her appearance and temperament completely match all of Shad's imaginations of this mysterious and wealthy lady.

There was one more thing that needed to be figured out, but he felt that his life was fulfilling because there were things waiting for him ahead, and things he was looking forward to would happen in the future.

He saw solving Miss Mia Gold's secret as a life goal, and that goal had made a big step forward today.

"I feel that this year-end festival of 1854 has suddenly become much more complete. This is how it is considered a festival. The more festive things, the better."

“She” smiled and reminded:

[Isn’t the end of the year night the day after tomorrow the time you look forward to the most? ]

Xia De thought for a moment, then strode to catch up with the girls in front with an even brighter smile.

So although fate is unpredictable, Xia De is still looking forward to the future. Fate is not arranged by an invisible hand. Fate is what he looks forward to, a story he writes with everyone.

PS: The picture in this chapter is "Mia Gold".

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