Since he had the chance to chat, Shade told her about what had happened last night—the rainy night. He had kept his promise not to take any unrelated relics, while Miss Bayes had reported those two names to The Church that morning.
Miss Bayes's Ring Arcanist Squad had not been assigned to handle the matter, but she had heard from her captain that a correspondence-course Ring Arcanist had broken into Mr. Pangdun's home last night, killed the Blood of Mercury assassin, and left without a trace.
"Detective, I knew it had to be you people. Your friends really are impressive. Judging from the signs of battle at the scene, the other side barely had any chance to fight back."
She sighed, her eyes gazing out the window.
"Three against one. Isn't it normal to win easily?"
Shade asked as he flipped through his book, then gave a vivid example:
"The other side was only a Fourth Ring Arcanist. The gap between his strength and ours wasn't as great as the gap between a mouse and Little Mia. So when we realized he hadn't left, he had already lost."
Miss Bayes turned to glance at the cat sprawled across Shade's lap, taking its afternoon nap.
"Actually, the difference in strength between your cat and a mouse probably isn't that great either. It doesn't look like the sort of cat that can catch mice."
Holding her teacup, Miss Bayes said:
"Since we're on the subject, did you get any additional information from that assassin? For example, the Silver-Eyed One's location?"
"I was just about to tell you. One of our group is especially skilled at interrogating people for information. Unfortunately, that assassin didn't know where the Silver-Eyed One was hiding either. But we can confirm that the Silver-Eyed One injured by the