Since tuesday's meeting, Shade had had a rather eventful few days. Summed up, there had been four matters: the Dream Pen, Miss Galina's commission, the Sunlight Gun, and Rhodes Cards.
There was naturally no need for him to talk about recovering the Dream Pen of Joy with Miss Louisa. And as promised, he did not mention meeting Miss Galina again or Miss Bayes's "Sunlight Gun," only sharing the successful appraisal of Origin · Silver Moon.
Everyone was happy for the young detective, but aside from Miss Annette, none of them understood what was special about the "Founding" series of cards. They merely saw it as the detective possessing a very valuable treasure.
In the eyes of the others, the young detective was quite a decent fellow. He deserved a large sum of money.
Priest Augustus, being the elder, did remind Shade not to easily pick up the habit of gambling on Rhodes Cards. He had seen countless stories related to Rhodes Cards in the church, and countless gamblers had confessed their sins in the confessional.
The old priest said uneasily as he wiped his pipe:
"My Lord Mister Dawn tells us that mortals must learn to restrain unnecessary desires. Gambling is one of them."
As for the Blood of Mercury, everyone tacitly avoided mentioning it too much. But Shade believed that, apart from Priest Augustus, who truly had nothing to do with the matter, everyone had their own plans.
Miss Louisa and Doctor Schneider were doing it for the Falsified Philosopher's Stone, while Miss Annette was doing it for Miss Bayes.
Even while bedridden, Doctor Schneider had gathered some intelligence through his own channels. Besides what Miss Louisa had mentioned about the Blood of Mercury breaking apart and dispersing, he also said that the Church was preparing a major operation