17. Invitation

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title = "17. Invitation"

date = "2020-06-03"

weight = "17"

series = ["priest"]

mode = "manual"

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Gallo spent the rest of the day reading, nibbling potatoes when he was hungry and doing push-ups to relax when he was tired.

Until the sun went down and was about to close the door, a guest suddenly came to the door.

Is the beautiful Wintini.

"Lieutenant Wintini? What are you doing here? "

Gallo has some surprises.

"aren't you off work yet?"

Wintini said angrily:

"there's been a strange murder in the west of the city, and I'll be busy about it for a while."

"can't you invite me in?"

Gallo hurriedly led Wintini into the church to sit down and poured her a cup of tea, which was given by the old bishop when he went to preach in the countryside. it was cheap, but it tasted good, and it was rare in the church to entertain guests.

Wintini sipped his tea and began to talk:

"this case is so weird that there are doubts everywhere. After a hard day's work, we can't find any useful clues at all."

"at present, the case is in charge of our Section Nine, Colonel Jerry is directly in charge of the case. I recommended you to him, but he hired the Supreme Sect first."

"because there are so few clues, we can only roughly speculate that the Baron's nephew and Captain Martin, must have been bewitched by some kind of witchcraft."

"it's a pity that we arrived too late, and the afterrhyme and fluctuations at the scene were so weak that we couldn't confirm what kind of magic it was."

It was natural for Gallo to play a qualified listener, as if it had nothing to do with him, and picked up a baby cat passing by and held it in his arms.

"it's so cute!"

Wintini's eyes lit up and hurriedly asked for the kitten, placed it on her chest and rubbed her face against the soft fluff .

She asked again curiously:

"where did you get it?"

"from a believer."

Gallo answered truthfully, and then asked:

"Lieutenant Wintini came here to discuss the case with me?"

Wintini shook his head.

"I just want to tell you , please keep an eye out for people who use this kind of magic."

"if you find anything, don't try to overexert yourself. the killer is very dangerous. come and let us know as soon as possible."

Gallo nodded and couldn't help being curious. You don't need to talk this thing specialized , do you?

Can be that....

She know a litter of kittens here, so she came for the kittens.

on the other side ,Wintini with the following question:

"do you think skull crusher did it?"

Gallo thought carefully and shook his head.

Seeing that her view was agreed, Wintini smiled and hurriedly said:

"I don't think so. the two victims committed suicide to some extent, which is inconsistent with the effective means of skull crusher and does not have that sense of ritual."

"and the killer's purpose is not as pure as skull crusher, he actually stole an expensive black gold Golem!"

"this golem was originally lent by Master Wenna to the Baron's nephew, but now the man is dead and golem is lost. He was furious and put a lot of pressure on us, which made me work so hard."

"I heard that Master Wenna bought this golem for 50,000 gold coins. These wizards are really rich."

She said, lazily stretching her limbs and showing her legs in leather boots and black stockings in front of Gallo.

Then she noticed that Gallo's face changed, his eyes widened and breath began to fast.

"Huh! Are you clergy, sanctimonious during the day,reveal man nature at night? "

Wintini feel a little shyly and hurriedly folded her legs.

"I'm sorry, I just thought of something else."

Gallo pleaded awkwardly.

He really did not covet the beauty of Wintini. He just lost his manners a little because he heard the startling number of 50, 000 gold coins.

This is equivalent to 5 million silver coins and 500 million copper coins. If they are all bought into potatoes, they can be piled up into a mountain, enough for he and the old bishop to eat for a lifetime!

But didn't the old bishop say that this golem is worth hundreds of gold?

I see.

Some master Wenna must have lied!

This is what the mage is like, insidious and cunning, and especially face-saving. This man must have deliberately exaggerated the amount of money in order to show off his wealth in front of others.

Gallo was thinking wildly, but Wintini, seeing that he was still out of his mind, hurriedly put down the kitten and stood up.

"it's almost time to go. I have to go back to work tonight, that is pass by and have a chat with you."

"by the way, this is for you."

She took an envelope out of her arms and handed it to Gallo.

"Don't think too much. It's just that I won't find a more suitable person for a while."

"remember to change into a prettier robe later."

With that, she refused to let Gallo send her, and left by herself.

Gallo looked at the envelope, which was inlaid with gold lines and emitted a faint fragrance, looked very high-end, and opened it in doubt.

Is there an invitation in it? It was sent by a rich man named Donald.

He is a jeweller out of town, recently preparing to expand his business in the city of innocence, and wants to hire a professional, and skilled priest to bless the jewelry bought by his guests so that its luster can last longer.

And this invitation letter is to invite interested parties to the interview.

Gallo is a little confused, why would Wintini give himself this?

He hurriedly went to the old bishop to discuss the matter with him.

After reading it, the old bishop thought about it and said,

"I've heard of this Donald. He's from a famous jewellery family on the harvest city. He's the most respectable kind of person."

"Rich people like to bless the precious things they have, but this is the first time he has asked someone to stay in a store to do this."

"Lieutenant Wintini seems to be nice to you and gives you a good opportunity."

Gallo replied disapprovingly:

"when I first met her, she didn't even have a military rank."

"later, relying on all the clues I provided,she arrested several dangerous wanted criminals and cracked a group of cults, and rose all the way to lieutenant. will soon be captains?"

"So it should be called a return of the favor.."

"Uh." The old bishop paused for a moment, then asked:

"are you going to try it?"

Gallo shook his head:

"divine technique is the goddess's blessing and gift, how can it be used to do such a thing?"

The old bishop nodded:

"well, I think so, too."

But their eyes fell on the treatment promised in the invitation:

Weekly salary: one gold coin

So they said in unison:

"but he gave too much money."