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"Wow~ You said you were going to leave Tivian for a while? Miss Detective......"
In a bar room somewhere in Dongcheng District, Adele, who was dressed in camouflage casual clothes, was shaking the red wine glass in her hand while talking to Dorothy who was sitting next to her. Dorothy was a little embarrassed as she spoke.
"Well... yes, due to some things in the knot, I need to go on a business trip for a while, so I specially inform you that I will be unavailable recently. If there is a conflict with the Wolf Blood Society, you'd better be cautious and don't act rashly."
"Is that so... Thank you so much, Miss Detective, for coming to inform me. But don't worry, due to the official crackdown, including within the Wolfblood Society, all of Tivian's factions are very well behaved, so there won't be any movement for a while~"
As Adele spoke, she stroked Dorothy's silver hair, and a subtle look appeared in her squinting eyes.
"Why are you thanking me for coming in person? I just wanted to write a text to let you know, but you said you had something important to discuss in person. Who knew I was just here to drink with you!"
With her cheeks slightly flushed, Dorothy, who was leaning against Adele, tried hard to suppress her beating heart. If Adele had not helped her a lot that night, she actually didn't want to come.
Dorothy was being held close to Adele. Normally, when she was in contact with Adele as a corpse, she could remain calm and composed. But now that her real body was in action, she was obviously unable to cope. After a while, unable to bear it any longer, she planned to stand up and speak.
"I, I'll sit across from you and we can continue chatting..."
"No~ It's so strange to sit across from you so far away... Come, let's drink." Just as Dorothy was about to get up, Adele put her hand on Dorothy's shoulder and gently pushed her back to her seat. Then she picked up another glass of red wine and handed it to Dorothy. Dorothy couldn't help but speak anxiously.
"Don't! I'm only thirteen and can't drink!"
"Huh? You are really thirteen years old? You are not an old guy pretending to be young... In that case, there is nothing we can do." Adele said with some surprise after hearing Dorothy's words, and then put the wine glass back on the table with a hint of disappointment. Dorothy, who was standing beside her, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this.
"To be honest, if I hadn't been so busy recently, I would also like to organize a tour to travel around the world and travel around. There are some exhibitions and activities in the future that I am quite interested in."
After taking another sip of wine, Adele continued to speak with a hint of regret, and a hint of doubt appeared in Dorothy's eyes.
"Exhibition? Do you mean the cultural relics exhibition in Adria next month?"
"Ah, that one, I've heard of that one too, but as a dancer, I'm not that interested in cultural relics. I'm more interested in this..."
As Adele spoke, she took out a fashion magazine from her bag and opened it, finally turning to a page.
Printed on the black and white magazine was a neatly dressed, middle-aged man with a moustache. Below his portrait, there was a large headline.
“The most beautiful sapphire in history, the Deep Blue Heart, will be on public display for the first time on the cruise ship White Pearl starting on January 25th. The famous jewelry collector, Mr. Massimo Russo, will show his most proud collection to the world on the sea!”
"The most beautiful sapphire in history?"
Looking at the contents of the magazine shown by Adele, Dorothy couldn't help but murmur.
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Time flies, and soon another week or so passed. The day of Dorothy's departure finally arrived. After taking care of all the affairs in Tivian, Dorothy left the port area of East Tivian and boarded the passenger ship for a long journey.
Under the gray sky, on the boundless ocean, a white medium-sized passenger ship was moving forward with black smoke billowing, leaving a long white trail on the sea.
On the deck of the passenger ship, the sea breeze blew whistlingly. Few passengers stayed on the deck against the sea breeze. Among them was a group of young men and women led by an old man.
"We are currently in the middle of the Pryt Strait. Two hundred and twenty-seven days ago, our patrol fleet encountered the Farajordans' First Fleet in the waters nearby. The patrol fleet relied on its heroic resistance to delay the arrival of the Royal Navy's forces, and a fierce naval battle broke out between the two sides from here..."
In the sea breeze, an old man with glasses and a scholarly temperament was telling the history of the past to the young men and women in different clothes in front of him. The young men and women were also listening attentively, and some of them were also taking notes attentively.
On the other side of the deck, Dorothy, wearing a black cotton dress, with her hair tied up and a small hat, was leaning on the railing, looking at the lecture scene in the distance with interest.
After a long time, the live open class on the deck finally ended. As the old professor spoke, the group of young men and women dispersed one after another, each going to different places. Some returned to the cabin, and some continued to stay on the deck.
One of them walked to Dorothy's side calmly. It was Neferness in a windbreaker.
"Huh... I'm finally done. Not only was I freezing while listening to the lecture in the sea breeze, I almost couldn't hear clearly."
Coming to Dorothy, Nephnesse complained a little, and Dorothy answered with a smile.
"Well, I can see it's a different experience. I can also see that your professor is in good health."
"Yes, Professor John, although he looks a century old, he is just as energetic as a young person."
Nephnesse said this, then she looked at Dorothy and continued to move closer. After looking around, she lowered her voice and spoke.
"But then again, I didn't expect that Miss Dorothy not only agreed to my study abroad request, but also came with me... Are you... going to some other place to carry out some secret mission?"
Nefernis spoke mysteriously to Dorothy, and Dorothy couldn't help but respond with a smile.
"There is no mission. You think too much. I came out this time just to travel and relax. There is no mission."
"Is it just for traveling and relaxing? I see..."
Listening to Dorothy's words, Nephnis spoke thoughtfully. Just when she wanted to continue saying something, suddenly a big wave hit the passenger ship, and the whole ship shook violently for a while.
Because Dorothy was observing the sea conditions while chatting, she anticipated the coming of big waves and grabbed the railing in advance, so nothing happened when the boat shook. On the other side, Neveu almost fell down due to imbalance, and she finally managed to grab the railing to balance herself.
After that, Nephnis couldn't help but start complaining.
"Hmm... this ship is a little small, and it's too easily affected by the wind and waves... I really want to go to Barcelona Port as soon as possible. Once there, we can change to the White Pearl, which is a big cruise ship."
'The White Pearl?'
Dorothy couldn't help but raise her eyebrows as she listened to Nefernis's complaints.
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