Father Mavie

Chapter 59 The Winter is Coming
"Good morning, Mr. Holmes."

Looking at the figure standing in the sun, Ma Wei greeted with a smile.

Compared with him, Levin was not so relaxed. He stared at Holmes warily, with his cane horizontally in front of him, and the soles of his feet half-retracted, as if he was ready to strike at any time.

"It looks like, Father, your wish has been granted."

Ignoring the hostile gazes from the side, Holmes went straight to the statue and dropped a silver shilling into the offering box.

"I came to visit today, one is to bring the 10 gold pounds that Baron Bill promised, and the other is to make a special trip to inform the priest about you."

A palm-sized cowhide bag was placed next to Mavi, which contained 10 gold coins with the head of Rhodes IV printed on it.

After taking a look, Ma Wei put the money bag into his arms. This was his reward for protecting the blood rose, and it was a matter of course to accept it.

"It's almost time for me to leave."

Holmes took off the tall felt hat on his head, and gently stroked his shiny hair: "There is a letter from the capital. Watson has encountered a difficult murder case. I need to go back overnight."

"So anxious?"

"The blood rose case has been solved, and the rose thief failed to steal the gem. This news has already appeared in the newspaper. I have no reason to stay." Holmes said with a smile: "Unless the rose thief continues to commit crimes, but I think, He probably won't be showing up anytime soon."

The corner of Levin's mouth twitched, the back of his head was aching, and his eyes were not looking good. He sneered and said, "That's not necessarily the case. I didn't lose at your hands."

"If I know magic, do you still have the confidence to say this?"

"Okay, I don't use magic, let's have another public contest?"

"Anytime."

"Two two two."

Ma Wei hurriedly came forward to smooth things over, put his palms on his chest, and nodded slightly at the statue: "This is a church, and the goddess is watching us."

"That's right! You can't fight in the church!" Junia nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Humph!"

Levin flicked his tuxedo, and sat with his legs crossed not far away. He was determined to get revenge, and he was thinking about how to trip Holmes.
"Where did you hide Macmillan?"

"He has been missing for three whole days," asked Holmes.

"You are the famous Dillock Holmes, why can't you find anyone?"

Seizing the opportunity, Levin taunted in a strange way: "It's such a simple thing, you can figure it out with your brain!"

Just as Holmes was about to speak, an orange figure suddenly jumped onto the windowsill with a green grass in its mouth.

"Big Brother Meow!"

His eyes lit up, and Xiao Hei hurried up to meet him: "You're back!"

"Ah."

Fat Orange nodded and said, "I found McMillan, he's in a suburban cemetery."

"What, a cemetery?!"

Ma Wei asked in surprise, "Levin, did you hide him outside the city?"

"Who made him dishonest"

Crossing his legs, Levin murmured in a low voice: "At first I wanted to hide him in the cellar, but he was too active to be discovered, so I had no choice but to throw him in the cemetery, right there If there is an empty pit, tie it up and throw it in, no one will find it.”

"I still have a discovery."

Fat Orange put the green grass in his mouth on the ground, and said: "I found this in the woods on the outskirts of the city. The cat I sent out to look for Macmillan yesterday has not come back. I thought something happened, but it turned out to be When I looked there, I found that they were lying around this thing, lying down and falling down, as if they were poisoned."

"This is."

Bending down to pick up the green grass on the ground, Ma Wei found that it had wavy edges, a few slender leaves, and purple-white flowers.

Sniff lightly at the tip of the nose, there is a strong fragrance, a little like mugwort, very pungent.

Although slightly different from the shape in memory, the .
"Xiao Hei, come and smell it."

Ma Wei put the green grass in front of Xiao Hei, and Xiao Hei only took a sip, then fell to the ground and began to move wildly.

"really."

Seeing this scene, Ma Wei finally determined the type of green grass.

Nepeta, and it is straight-toothed Nepeta, commonly known as catnip.

This is a good thing, I didn't expect Fat Orange to find it by accident.

a surprise
"Meow! Master, let me smell it again, it will be fine meow!"

Xiao Hei ran around Ma Wei, looking extremely eager.

Throwing the catnip to it casually, Ma Wei looked at Fat Ju: "Good job, how is Inspector McMillan? Do you need me to notify the police?"

"No, I led him over. He should have been rescued by now. How is he?"

Fat Orange raised his paw and pointed at Levin Bojie: "During the day I was away, what happened?"

"From today on, he is Brother Levin of the Church of Truth."

With a trembling beard, Fat Ju glanced at Levin Bojie who was waving at it, and nodded slightly in return.

After finding Inspector McMillan, Holmes felt relieved. When he put on his hat and was about to leave, he suddenly heard Marvey say, "Mr. Holmes, I think"

"I know what you want to say, Father."

Holmes interrupted him and said calmly, "I have no intention of joining any church at the moment."

"I am restless and restless. I hate ordinary life very much and pursue spiritual excitement."

"Compared to joining the church, I am more inclined to study the church. There is nothing in the world that is more worthy of reasoning than religion."

"I respect your choice, though."

After a short pause, Ma Wei said: "Next, a biting cold wind will blow in the world, and the prisoners you face will become more and more powerful, and even use magic. Mr. Holmes, you who don't know magic, how do you get along with him?" Where are they fighting?"

"The wind has come, and I can already feel the chill." Holmes smoked his pipe and said with deep eyes, "The wind is very cold and piercing. It is foreseeable that many people will die in this storm. In the future, but I hope that after the storm, the world will be purer and better, and the sun will be warmer."

"if."

"The Church of Truth can do this, I think I will pay a visit in person."

"Is this an agreement?"

"You can understand that."

Holmes glanced at his pocket watch, turned around and walked out of the church: "Winter is coming, Father, I hope you don't lose yourself in this cold storm, at least I hope that next time we meet, you can still keep the spirit of today." Don’t stop, never stop, no one knows what tomorrow will look like, see you again in the capital, my friend.”

When he reached the door of the church, he stopped and said without looking back:

"By the way, Baron Bill invited you to the dinner party tomorrow at 7:[-] pm. There will be many nobles from New Rose City visiting."

Before he finished speaking, Levin who was sitting on the side suddenly disappeared, and suddenly appeared behind Holmes again. With a bang, the carved silver cane struck the back of Holmes firmly.

"Bah! Want to leave? It's not that easy!"

He spat on the ground and said viciously, "I haven't had an overnight feud yet!"

(End of this chapter)