Chapter 19 Misfortune does not come alone
"You just want to touch my hand again, Mr. Rascal. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
When Eric heard this, he withdrew his hand and scratched it on his head. Because he really misses the fleeting feeling of softness just now.
The expression on Jasmine's face softened, and she waved her hand and smiled, "Don't worry, it's just a joke." It's kind of a punishment for being rude. "To be fair, with that clown outfit, she doesn't look good with a smile.
This smiling face made Eric frown, but also made him curious about what the girl with clown makeup looked like: "Rude...... Well, Miss Jasmine, I can now know where this is. Eric, of course, thought that tying people up was also rude, but for the sake of peace, he suppressed the urge to return the favor and forcibly changed the subject.
Jasmine replied, "This is a village in Lukeshire, about a day's journey from the Holy Capital. "She's probably talking about the speed of the circus.
Eric then asked, "Where did you find me?"
Jasmine touched her head: "Next to the tracks of the train, I happened to go for a walk around there. You were hurt so badly that you were in a coma for the next two days. But judging from what you just did, you're recovering well. We were on a commercial tour in the towns around the Holy Capital. She asked Eric, in turn, "Why did you fall next to the tracks, don't tell me you fell off the train." ”
“...... I don't have a clue why I fell there, my memory is missing. All I know is that I was sleeping on the train before. It could be that some passenger with bad moral character threw a detective out of the car. Anyway, I would like to sincerely thank Miss Jasmine for her treatment of me. Eric said, suddenly remembering something important.
"By the way, what about my stuff?"
Jasmine asked Eric, "What's that?"
"My gun, and my clothes. At the mention of clothes, Eric was a little embarrassed. He was wondering how Jasmine had taken off his clothes.
Jasmine was dark and calm: "It's all in the box over there." ”
Eric followed Jasmine's fingers towards the box.
Opening the case, Eric saw neatly stacked clothes and his two pistols. As a detective, Eric can only feel at ease when he has a gun at hand. He took out the Curt and threw it on the bed. The box still contained his wheel boots, which were now polished to the ground. Eric unfolded the clothes next to him, and to see how clean they were, someone had apparently washed them. Then, Eric saw the hole in his coat.
"When I found you, they were broken. Jasmine said that the holes had nothing to do with her.
"I'm sorry Miss Jasmine helped me with my laundry. ”
"It's a gesture. ”
Eric felt sorry for his clothes, but he didn't care about the holes right now. It is a great blessing to fall off the train and not lose your life. All he wanted now was to touch the inside pocket of his coat.
The outstretched hand didn't touch anything.
"Where's my badge, Miss Jasmine?"
Jasmine was stunned: "Badges, what badges?"
Eric said anxiously, "The blue one, with a seabird painted on it." ”
"Seabirds...... Come to think of it. There was a badge that I remember taking out when I was doing laundry and putting it on the round table. ”
Eric immediately pounced on the round table, brushing away the knives, citrus, and gloves on the table, and some of them fell to the ground.
"Hey!" Jasmine was a little displeased, and Eric messed up her things.
Eric searched like crazy, but still couldn't find the badge. No! No! He angrily opened a colored box in his hand, hoping to find the damn badge inside. A monster's head was spring-loaded towards Eric's face, slamming it against his face. He stood there dumbfounded, letting the monster's head against his face.
"Are you alright, Mr. Detective?" Jasmine looked at the strange scene and covered her mouth with her hand in surprise.
Eric ignored Jasmine's words, and his head echoed what Pat had told him.
"Go to Pelos and take this badge to find the son of Duke Pelos and ask for help. 」
Damn it.
The unplanned situation of falling off the train caused Eric to arrive at Pelos to be delayed considerably. And, with his current physical condition, it was a wiser choice to take a carriage.
Heralds without tokens will no longer be convincing.
Jasmine walked over to Eric and shoved the monster head from Eric's face back into the box. He shook his hand in front of Eric's eyes. She apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was so important to you. ”
"Do you remember what it looks like?" said Eric, who began to look into Jasmine's eyes to determine if she was lying. Eric has been using this polygraph method,
Jasmine said, "I've heard that the coat of arms is generally a family property? Could it be that you are a nobleman?"
Family crests are not exclusive to the nobility, but families with badges are generally wealthy, or once did.
Eric shook his head in the negative, "Anyway, have you been to Pelos?"
"Yes, we performed around there a year ago. But what does it have to do with the badge. Jasmine said.
Jasmine's eyes didn't look away as she spoke, and it seemed that Jasmine wasn't hiding anything, she really didn't know the meaning of the badge.
Eric chose not to answer, he looked at Jasmine, "I can't find my wallet either." "He had his papers and travel expenses in his wallet, and although there were no large denominations, at least he needed money for a carriage.
"I haven't seen it. But listen to the order in which you speak. It's like that badge is bigger than your wallet. ”
Well, the badge is just as important as the wallet. Both are necessary to get to Pylos.
"Miss Jasmine, I need you to calm down and think back to the time you put your badge here. That badge is important to me. Please. Eric looked serious.
As if infected by Eric's emotions, Jasmine's expression became solemn.
"Let me think about it...... I washed the clothes yesterday and put it on the table...... By the way, we were on our way again, and the luggage was all packed, and I seemed to have put it in my jewelry box at the time. Jasmine trotted over to the pile of boxes in the corner, and on top of the large box was a beautiful locket.
Jasmine opened it and searched inside.
Suddenly, she was surprised, "No?
Eric's heart rose to his throat.
"My earrings are missing!" exclaimed Jasmine.
Hearing Jasmine's words, Eric held his head, and he was saddened by Jasmine's startled and tormented: "Miss...... Don't worry about earrings. Please give me back my badge first. ”
Jasmine ignored Eric and continued to rummage through the box, "That's my only silver jewelry! it's important to me!"
"Maybe you've landed somewhere. Compared to this, the badge ......"
Jasmine's expression was glazed, and she said slowly, "I'm pretty sure I put it in the box......!
"No!" this time, it was Eric's turn to go crazy. He stepped forward and crouched down, searching the jewelry all over the floor. Jasmine didn't lie, he got nothing.
He exclaimed, "Awful!"
Shield badges are often expensive due to the complexity of the production process. But most importantly, having a family crest of a powerful family can save you a lot of trouble. Thieves are also forgiven for taking an interest in it. Maybe the thief recognized it as Pelos's family crest.
"My earrings ......" couldn't keep standing and Jasmine slumped to the ground.
Seeing Jasmine sitting down, Eric calmed down and stepped forward to hold Jasmine's shoulders: "Calm down!
Reluctantly, Jasmine stood up and began to check back and forth in the room. After a while, she came up to Eric again: "No problem. ”
"Have you ever lost something before?"
Jasmine cried with a sad face: "No, not at all." This is the first time. ”
Jasmine lost a pair of silver earrings. And Eric, if I'm not mistaken, the Pelos coat of arms, although made of a mixture of various metals, also has a silver component in it. Is this just a coincidence? In the eyes of the detective, there are no coincidences, only hidden motives. The thief may have been targeting expensive silver items.
Thinking of this, Eric made a decision: "It seems that in order to catch the cunning thief, I will stay here for the next period of time." ”
Jasmine, in frustration, raised her head: "Leave the badge to find you?"
"Find your jewelry, Miss Jasmine. By the way, look for my badge, smart detectives never care about the number of tasks. But......" Eric looked at Jasmine, "to be able to get the services of a professional detective, you should probably pay me some labor fees." ”
Jasmine's face stiffened slightly.
"Hey. Miss, I'm not taking advantage of others. I lost my wallet and I need some money to get out of here. Looking at Jasmine's fiery eyes, Eric added a few more words.
"No problem. When you find those earrings, the rest of my jewelry will be yours. Jasmine agreed, pointing to the shiny things all over the floor.