novelonline Chapter 3788 The Gathered Card Players
Chapter 3788 The Gathered Card Players
Chapter 3788 The Gathered Card Players
As he said this, Xia De lowered his voice slightly:
"The assassins who first tried to assassinate the king came from a diverse background, but the assassins who attacked Queen Diana were truly the Grey Gloves. The second wave of assassins committed suicide while being pursued, and this time MI6 is probably determined to remove all of Tobeskoye's 'nails'."
However, this had nothing to do with Shad. MI6 couldn't find "Grey Eagle II" anywhere; it was Larousse III who endorsed Shad.
Major Rades sighed:
"Is this what wartime is like? I'm actually quite worried that the escort fleets of the two delegations might start a war right there on Fatummst Island, thus completely igniting a full-scale war. Tonight we've received orders to temporarily move our ships to the open sea, far from the coast, for an exercise. This is quite unusual, and I wonder what's going on this time."
Xia De reassured him:
"There's no need to worry about the two countries going to war here. There's another big event taking place on this island recently, and the Church won't allow the conflict between secular powers to affect it."
As the two were talking, two more strangers entered the tavern. The one in the lead wore a hat and kept a low profile, while the people behind him were clearly bodyguards or protectors.
Two strangers sat down in the corner on the other side of the tavern, and Major Rades glanced in their direction as well.
"I feel like I've seen that guard somewhere before. Is he one of those important figures in Kasenrick?"
The man wearing the hat was clearly Samuel Anjou, and they were probably here to meet someone.
Shade shook his head:
"It's none of our business."
He pointed to the newspaper:
"Although the newspapers say that Queen Diana's injuries are not serious, the situation is actually not optimistic. Our King now has a very legitimate reason to start the war, a reason that is even more legitimate than Carsonrick's claim last year that the royal illegitimate daughter was murdered by MI6. War is not far away."
Major, will your fleet return to the Broken Isles, or remain on the Old World coastline awaiting deployment to the front lines?
Major Raders had naturally inquired about this matter:
"Over on the Broken Isles, the lords of the Isle Kingdom of Keragri do not want the people of the Old World to fight around them. They have offered to refrain from large-scale raids on merchant ships traveling between the New World and the Old World for the next two years in exchange for the navy keeping its fleets away from their islands."
The Navy has nominally agreed, so our team will not return to the Broken Isles after completing this escort mission. We will likely remain on the western coastline of the Old World, but specific tasks will depend on instructions from higher up.
Shad thought of the plan he and Bella had discussed, using Moon Bay as the dividing line for the conflict on the west coast, and guessed that he might have the opportunity to see Major Raders again in Moon Bay in the future.
Major Raders was never afraid of war; he had been to the battlefield more than once during his service in the Army. What he feared was that the war would be meaningless, and he worried that the battle would last for many, many years.
However, since he was meeting with a friend, the major didn't dwell on his troubles with Shad. He asked Shad what he had been up to lately, and Shad hinted that Major Rades should be careful these next few days.
"Once I finish what I'm doing, I'll probably return to Tobesk immediately, and then I may not have time to meet you on the island."
As they were about to part, Shad said something, and Major Raders shook his head:
"There will be other opportunities to meet in the future, and besides, this island is no longer a suitable place for vacation. It's better to return to Tobesk sooner. I heard that the higher-ups will issue an order prohibiting mid- to high-ranking officers from disembarking and going out at will. After that, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to leisurely while away the time in the tavern like this again."
He finished the last sip of beer in his glass:
"Next, I'm going to participate in a great war, a war that will affect the present and future of millions of people. The future is uncertain, but I think we'll have another chance to chat and drink together in a tavern."
Although I don't understand what future this war will lead to, I am a soldier of Dela Rion, and I will shoulder that glorious responsibility. When I returned from Carsenrick, I thought I had lost the chance to go to the battlefield again, but this time I will reclaim my honor.
Major Raders extended his hand and shook hands with Shad, saying very seriously:
"Shad, please allow me to call you that. You changed my destiny in the past, and now I must face my new destiny. I will not waste this second chance, and I will cherish this new life."
After he finished speaking, he took off his hat, nodded slightly to Xia De, and then took his leave.
Shad looked at the extra thing in his hand when he shook hands with Major Raders earlier: a brand new gold coin with the ouroboros emblem on one side and the number "5" from a die pattern on the other.
Shad had received one of these coins after saving Little Beren, and the newly appeared coin is naturally a "reward" for Shad after changing Major Raders' fate. This is one of the few ways to earn points.
Major Raders' gold coin was earned by Shad through various actions over the past two years, while the gold coin used to save little Beren was obtained simply by using a feather, and the two coins had the same value.
But the major's gold coin revealed to Shad a fact: the accumulation of various small things can ultimately have an effect on destiny that can be as powerful as the influence of angels on destiny.
He looked at the gold coins in his hand, then looked up at Major Rades as he left the tavern, and inexplicably felt that his friend would really achieve great things in the near future.
While chatting with Major Raders, Shad didn't forget to keep an eye on the tavern.
Besides Prince Samuel Anjou, Mr. Mortis' childhood friend, Baron Gerald Rogers of Attack, has also appeared here, though it seems the baron is only here for the night.
Besides the three of them, Claire's mother and the "priest's" niece, Ms. Jenny Erford, who had not yet arrived, were both women. Shad was curious about their reasons for coming here.
After all, dockside taverns are not places for people of their status to frequent. Shad had also asked Claire, who believed her mother had no reason to be there on a Friday night.
However, since there seemed to be some time, Shad continued reading the newspaper. When the tavern door was pushed open again from the outside, Shad looked up and saw Mrs. Reinhardt and Mrs. Erfurt, whom he had only seen in photographs, walking in together.
The two women were surprised by the scene inside the tavern, and the others in the tavern were also puzzled to see a middle-aged woman and a stylishly dressed woman there.
However, the two ladies didn't leave. They spoke a few words to the bartender at the counter and then chose a round table where no one was around. They had clearly just experienced some fright, which made Shad even more curious about how they ended up there.
Seeing someone approaching them with ill intentions, Shad knew it was his turn to step in:
“I am a knight of Dela Rion, a young and brave man with a heart full of justice. I cannot stand by and watch these two ladies be harassed.”
Thinking this to himself, he stood up and arrived at their table even faster than the man who was walking towards the two ladies:
"Hello."
As he spoke, he pulled out a chair and sat down at the round table. The man who had originally walked over and Xia De exchanged a glance, and after confirming that this was not someone to be trifled with, they clicked their tongues and returned to their original table.
"Sir, who are you?"
Because Shad appeared in his true form, his excellent appearance was reassuring, and his youthful face and refined demeanor made the ladies who had "stumbled" into the tavern know that he was there to help them out of a predicament. Therefore, neither Mrs. Reinhardt nor Jenny Erford refused to let him sit down.
“I am Shad Hamilton, a traveler from De La Réun.”
As Shad introduced himself, Claire's mother showed little reaction to the name, but Ms. Erford, who lived in Willendale, was taken aback. She scrutinized the handsome face and asked incredulously:
"You are that Reggie's Hamilton."
Shad made a shushing gesture, placed the newspaper beside him, and put the wine glass that had been brought over on top of the newspaper. Then he made a gesture of tapping the table with his finger without making a sound.
Ms. Jenny Erford thought it was just a personal trick of his, but Mrs. Reinhardt was immediately alarmed.
Claire didn't explain Shad's identity to her beforehand, only saying that she would need to participate in a game during Act VII and help Stella win. "John Watson" would also be there and would protect her.
The secret signal that Shad identified himself was to press a newspaper down with a wine glass and then tap the table with his finger.
Mrs. Reinhardt was well aware of the relationship between Shade and her daughter. When she saw the code and looked at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar young and handsome face, this naive lady began to doubt whether her older daughter was worthy of such an outstanding young man.
That's what she thought, at least until she figured out what the name Shad Hamilton meant.
"Ladies, what brings you here?"
When asked by Shad, the chestnut-haired woman, who looked to be under thirty, hesitated before answering:
"We're lost."
"get lost?"
"Yes, I was originally in a café in the city, and Mrs. Reinhardt was in the kitchen of her home in a small town outside the city. After we pushed open the door, somehow we ended up in the snow-capped mountains. We thought we would freeze to death there, but as we walked, we suddenly found ourselves at the entrance of a tavern."
Shade raised an eyebrow, suspecting they were encountering a spatial anomaly:
"Then warm up here for a bit. I'll take you back in a bit. I don't have anything to do tonight."