Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 57 The taste of childhood
"'Red Gloves'? How do you know this name?" Xiga asked puzzledly.

Claire explained, "I tried my best to look up relevant information about what the captain mentioned to me, but there isn't much. By comparing reports from various places, I discovered that any team that can be named 'Red Gloves' can operate across jurisdictions."

Xiga nodded. "As you've discovered, the Red Gloves are elites carefully selected from the Nighthawks. Their mission is to reinforce the Nighthawks who send out signals, and to track down and capture evildoers who are under scrutiny without restriction."

"That's why the evil ones or pagans call them 'trackers' or 'hounds'."

"But you have to understand that the dangers faced by the Red Gloves are many times greater than those faced by the Nighthawks in our jurisdiction. Furthermore, the minimum requirement for these elites is Sequence 7."

Despite Xijia's kind advice, Claire felt that the duties and management model of the "Red Gloves" were very suitable for her idea of ​​hunting down that woman.

"Thank you, Sister Xijia." Claire stood up from the water, walked out of the pool, and picked up the towel draped beside her. "I still have a mission, so I'll be leaving first."

After changing into a dark long dress from the closet, Claire, with damp blonde hair, flipped through the newly updated Sharon information and saw the news that Sharon had moved.

"University District, Ikasim Street... 21."

Claire stopped fiddling with her hair and looked at Sharon's new address again, her eyes full of confusion: "Is this... my neighbor?"

Hurriedly took a bus home.

Claire saw that the entire townhouse at number 21 was lit up.

Since Jessica took over the property, the houses closest to her home have been left unused. They are always dark at night.

Claire saw that Jessica had no intention of renting out these buildings, and she even had the idea of ​​converting them into a manor.

Under the streetlight, Claire saw a familiar figure flashing in the newly rented house.

It was Jessica who was at the tenant's house.

The tenant is...

As Claire approached, the door happened to open, revealing a woman with brown hair like a waterfall, half of her body exposed. Her eyes were as pure as a path in the forest, and she smiled crescent-shaped when she saw Claire.

It was Sharon indeed.

She is even more charming than the one in the portrait.

Jessica's voice came from behind Sharon:

"Claire! I saw you come back from the window! This is Sharon, our new neighbor."

Sharon opened the door completely and invited Claire in: "Good evening. Is this Claire? You can just call me Sharon."

Claire suppressed her doubts and smiled politely at Sharon.

She walked into the house, walked up to Jessica, put on a smile and said, "Aunt Jessica, I remember you said a few days ago that you wouldn't rent out these houses. Why did you change your mind today?"

The subject of the investigation actually lived next door to her, which caught Claire off guard. However, in order to protect Jessica's safety, Claire did not dare to expose the truth directly, so she pretended to chat with Jessica and inquire about the situation.

Jessica helped clean the house. They had rarely hired a servant to do these things. "Sharon is my partner. To facilitate our cooperation and to avoid some trouble, Sharon will temporarily live here from today."

Partner?

Claire knew that her aunt had been looking for local tyrants in Tingen to be her partners.

If you look at Sharon from the perspective of a collaborator, she is indeed a good candidate.

He has a detailed understanding of Tingen and a wide network of contacts, but lacks a deep enough background. The only problem is that Sharon might be a cultist...

"I haven't had dinner yet, Aunt Jessica, let's not disturb Sharon's rest anymore." Claire planned to use the excuse of having dinner to pull Jessica away first.

Sharon then invited him, "It just so happens that we haven't eaten yet, and the kitchen is already clean. I'll go make something simple, and we can eat together."

Jessica was interested and wanted to stay for dinner.

A woman like Sharon can also cook?

In fact, this is also an opportunity to observe Sharon up close.

"Then let me help you?" Claire followed Sharon to the kitchen.

The ingredients in the kitchen were quite suitable for making cream soup. When Claire was helping in the kitchen, she saw Sharon handling the ingredients very skillfully, stir-frying the flour, and adding the raw materials.

Finally, the crispy soft bread was heated up.

A simple Loen-style dinner was prepared.

Jessica was delighted to see the dinner being served. "Cream soup with bread! Claire, I remember you often made this for me when we were little. You were so cute back then, unlike now when you're always so busy you're nowhere to be found."

Claire also remembered that Jessica really liked this taste. This was the first Loen dish that "Childhood Claire" had learned, and it was also the only dish that "Childhood Claire" was extremely proficient in.

It’s because she has an Aunt Jessica who always praises her cooking.

This allowed Claire to continuously improve the recipe of this dish.

While eating, Jessica smiled contentedly and said in surprise, "It tastes exactly like what Claire used to make! Could it be that Claire was the chef in there just now?"

"Don't say such rude things. Sharon is the head chef, and I'm just helping out." Claire chewed the bread soaked in soup slowly, and looked at Sharon with a hint of suspicion and covertness.

Could it be that Sharon had inquired about Aunt Jessica's preferences in advance and specially prepared this trick to win Jessica's favor?

What a scary woman...

Regardless of whether Sharon is related to the Witch Cult, the woman who was invited to both the Conservative Party and the New Party banquets is indeed extraordinary.

Claire sighed in her heart and quietly opened her peeping eyes to observe Sharon, who was smiling with satisfaction because of Jessica's words.

The colors of the etheric body—purple head, blue throat, red limbs—are all normal. Sharon possesses a very healthy body.

Hmm... Sharon's astral body is orange, which symbolizes warmth and satisfaction.

Could it be that Sharon, this woman, could even perfectly control her own emotions?
Claire didn't believe that Sharon would be so happy and satisfied just because Jessica praised her like "childhood Claire". It didn't make sense.

She would rather believe that Sharon was a seductive woman who could even control her emotions exquisitely.

After a dinner that made Jessica happy, Claire reminded her again that it was getting late and it was time to go home and rest.

After saying goodbye to Sharon, Jessica continued to whisper about her in Claire's ear: "Sharon is actually a good woman, not as promiscuous as people say."

Intent on getting some information about Sharon from Jessica, Claire continued, "That's because she's good at disguising herself. I have a case recently that might involve Madam Sharon, so Aunt Jessica, don't trust her so easily."

"Oh?" Jessica frowned, then sighed, "I don't completely believe her, but for some reason, I feel Sharon is a girl worth trusting. The expression she occasionally reveals reminds me of you before you joined the Nighthawks."

(End of this chapter)