Fuck...

The corner of Klein's mouth twitched and he almost blurted out this exclamation that was very characteristic of the foodie country.

She had only told him that she had changed jobs before, but she did not say what the specific job content was!

Who would have thought that she would actually work as an assistant in a detective agency!

It was just as suffocating as when she applied for a job as a waiter in a maid cafe!

No, you said that you are a self-proclaimed magician whose strength is comparable to that of a mid-sequence extraordinary person... Well, add a part-time bard... Then you should do something that suits your personality!

When you come to a detective agency to work as an assistant, do you plan to use your superpowers to solve cases, and then let Mr. Henry be the sleeping Kogoro?

He had too much to complain about at the moment but couldn't say it out loud, and his thoughts were as out of control as a wild horse running wild.

Alice, of course, had no idea what Klein was thinking. Seeing that he just tensed up in embarrassment and didn't reply, she raised her eyebrows and chuckled.

"Next time if you want to avoid being recognized, I suggest you put a pair of stockings on your head. The black ones... If you don't have them, you can borrow them from me."

...Fuck, does this witch know what she is talking about!

Klein was stunned when he heard this.

Who would put black stockings on their head? Thinking about it makes me look like a pervert!

Moreover, the stockings in this world are all high-end products made of pure silk. A pair weighs at least 1 pound. How can he be willing to use them as a headgear?

While she was fuming, Alice in front of her had returned to her original formulaic smile, and she greeted him with a brisk yet enthusiastic tone:

"Please follow me, sir, and be careful of the steps you step on..."

The girl took him to sit on the sofa in the guest area and turned around to leave. Then, a man holding a pipe, wearing a white shirt and a black vest came over and began to ask Klein about the contents of the commission.

He thought for a moment, organized his words, spoke his request in a low voice, and handed over two portraits drawn with the help of ritual magic.

Since he didn't want to be remembered by the detective in front of him, Klein did not bargain. After the other party reported the combined deposit required for the two commissions, he nodded and signed the contract, then took out two 1-pound notes and handed them over.

Fortunately, I still have some money left over from the 20 pounds I received from Alice, otherwise my personal money would be close to bottoming out again...

He silently touched the location of the sewn pocket on the inside of the windbreaker, sighing inwardly.

After entrusting the matter, Klein did not stay at the office for long. He quickly walked out of the door, pretended to be taking a walk and turned into the alley next to the street. Then he quickly took off his hat and mask, and put on his windbreaker.

Turning up his collar, he quickly walked through the narrow alley and left Besik Street in the other direction.

My anti-tracking awareness is professional, but I don’t know if the related skills are professional or not...

Holding his cane, he walked to the public transportation station facing the street in a daze, and got on the carriage home.

As a result, something happened that night that was a little surprising, but also reasonable.

Alice actually returned to his house after eight o'clock. Although it was still not in time for dinner, it was much earlier than when she returned home late at night a few days ago!

After she greeted Benson and Melissa who seemed to be surprised and happy with a smile, she turned her attention to Klein.

"Do you have time? I want to talk to you about something."

With the silent gazes of support from his siblings behind him, Klein nodded stiffly.

"Okay, let's go upstairs and talk."

Go upstairs, close the door, press the lock, and then turn to face Alice.

He finished all this in one go, deliberately talking about the afternoon commission as the topic:

"If I remember correctly, I am now you...the client of your firm and a paying customer. Do you come to me to tell me that the investigation has progressed?"

When the girl heard this, she blinked her green eyes in a funny way.

"Well, the task assigned to me by the detective is to find the man you mentioned who has 'terrifying powers of observation' and occasionally appears in the Dragon Bar. He also told me to take my time and guarantee that he will be there within two weeks.

Just find the clues inside."

Isn’t this just condoning the indolence of employees under my command...

Klein was speechless for a while, thinking that if there was a review board in this world, he would go anonymously and write a bad review for this detective agency.

"Is it possible that what you are looking for is an extraordinary person?" Alice keenly grasped the key point from his description, and took a step closer with curiosity in her words.

Considering that an accurate description would help her search and investigation, Klein nodded cooperatively and explained:

"Yes, I think this may be an Extraordinary from the 'audience' path. His strength should not be strong, and he is mainly good at hiding his identity as an Extraordinary among ordinary people..."

After briefly describing the characteristics of the Beyonders of the "audience" path, he noticed that the smile on her face gradually faded away, and he couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart.

"Well, 'audience'... It sounds pretty good to hear you say that. I regret it a little bit..." Alice seemed a little melancholy and sighed, "If you had told me a few days earlier, maybe

I would be happy to help you find out where this person is for free, but for now..."

"Why do you say that? Is there any difference between now and a few days ago?"

Klein listened in confusion, but this did not prevent him from comprehending a certain meaning from her words - it seemed that he had missed an excellent opportunity to get some wool!

Before he had time to feel sorry for the opportunity he had missed, he saw the girl in front of him raise her hand to take off her glasses, put the legs of her glasses into the collar of her shirt that had the top two buttons unbuttoned, and at the same time a sweet angelic smile appeared on her face.

"There is a difference. A few days ago, I said that I would find this person for you for free; now... I can help you locate him right away, but you have to pay the expedited fee, otherwise you have to take your time.

It’ll be two weeks later.”

As soon as the money was mentioned, Klein felt his heart hurt even more: "The expedited fee refers to how much extra money you require?"

Alice raised an index finger.

"One pound... no, 10 pounds?" Klein asked tentatively.

"No, it's 100 pounds. Well, I know you can't afford it." The girl with a smile as beautiful as an angel ruthlessly uttered the worst words that only a devil would have.

"Why don't you go and grab it!" Klein complained distressedly.

"Because I am a good person, and a good person with brains. I can achieve the same effect as robbing money through transactions." But she just spread her hands, with an innocent look on her face, "Just tell me whether you want it or not. One penny for one penny."

To divide the goods, give me 100 pounds. Not only can I immediately provide the location of Mr. Audience, but I will also provide free round-trip service and can take you to his doorstep immediately. What a deal."

“A good deal…”

Klein wanted to say something, but finally swallowed his words, gave up arguing with her on this topic, and sighed.

"I don't have that much money, and even if I did, I wouldn't want to spend it on something that is not too urgent..."

As he said this, he couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.

The task of finding suspected members of the "Psychological Alchemy Society" was not an urgent task, but the house with the dark red chimney and the person behind the scenes who arranged many coincidences around him brought a great psychological burden to him!

If more money can solve this problem...

Klein gritted his teeth, forced himself to calm down, and asked her about the expedited labor fee for the first commission.

"You mean the commission to investigate the red chimney house? But that's not within the scope of my business." Alice answered very dedicatedly.

"...Then if I want to entrust you to complete it as soon as possible, how many gold pounds do I need to pay for this investigation task?...Or," he glanced at her expression, and added cautiously, "or anything I can give

The price paid.”

The smile on Alice's face seemed to fade a little. She took a small step back and answered a little inappropriately.

"You should know that the price I just quoted... that 100 pounds is still a huge amount that you cannot afford for the time being."

Klein nodded and admitted frankly:

"Yes, and I also understand that money means little to you...at least, you will not be short of these 100 pounds."

Otherwise, she wouldn't have given him that horrifyingly expensive high-end tuxedo...

Klein pretended that he didn't feel envious.

But after thinking about this clearly, it is actually easy to understand why Alice would offer a huge price that he could not afford.

She didn't really want to solve the problem for him [immediately].

"Let's go back to the content of the commission. Find a house with a red chimney and collect information about the residents?" Alice closed her eyes for a moment, and then said, "The information you want should be more than this. You have certain conditions.

, a condition that was not told to the detective and only known to you... You are looking for a specific person or thing, but other than knowing that the other person is related to the house with the red chimney, you don't have any more information."

"Yes..." Klein wanted to describe something, but suddenly realized that he had encountered too many coincidences. If he wanted to start from the beginning, he would have to start from the beginning when the original owner was involved in the death of the Antigonus Family Notes.

The incident begins!
Chapter completed!