Shade met with Baron Lavend in the study of the Detective Agency. He handed the card to the Baron, and the middle-aged man with the handsome little mustache practically trembled as he accepted it.
"You've finally returned to my hands."
The Baron was probably the sort of seasoned Rhodes Cards fanatic.
However, at the request of the other party in the Lake View Manor wager—Baron Rwanda—and for the sake of appearances, Baron Lavend could not hold the card yet. After probing Shade's intentions and confirming that the "upright and kind" detective had no desire to possess it, he signed a detective commission agreement with Shade.
The agreement would last six months. During that time, Detective Shade Hamilton would be responsible for safeguarding Ancient Fairy Tales · Match Girl and could use it freely, provided he did not lend it out, rent it out, damage it, or lose it. If Baron Lavend made a request during the agreement period, the detective had to temporarily hand the card over for his use. At the end of six months, he promised to sell the card to Baron Lavend for 5 Pounds.
The commission fee for this agreement was also 5 Pounds, meaning Shade would receive a generous total reward of 10 Pounds from this matter.
Although the card's true value exceeded 50 pounds, winning the Lake View Manor wager had been Shade's promise. Therefore, the card should have belonged to Sir Lavender from the start. That was why the transaction would be completed six months later at an extremely low price rather than the card's actual value. Baron Lavend explained this point over and over, terrified that Shade might change his mind.
In short, after the Baron paid the commission fee in a lump sum, happily came downstairs with Shade, shook his hand,