"Sold to you?" asked Richard as he looked at Sherlock.

"Well, sell it to me. Sherlock nodded, explaining, "A few days ago, a man, well, let's be an ordinary friend, approached me, saying that he had rescued a poor girl from the auction and asked me if I was interested.

You know me, I can't see girls suffering, especially beautiful girls, how can I watch Lucia stay in the hands of the other party - the other party is not a person who pities the jade. So I spent 9,000 gold coins to buy Lucia from the other party. ”

"Nine thousand gold coins?"

"Yes, nine thousand gold coins. Sherlock nodded and smiled, "A beautiful, cute, kind, smart, and capable girl like Lucia, the other party only needs nine thousand gold coins, it seems that the other party is not blackmailing me, maybe he wants to establish a deep friendship with me." ”

Richard: "......" 4,500 gold coins were auctioned, and when they changed hands, they doubled by 9,000 gold coins, and there was really no blackmail.

Then Sherlock spoke up again: "And after I bought Lucia, I gave her freedom and told her to go wherever she wanted. It's strange that she says she's willing to stay with me, so I can only keep her - in fact, in my opinion, such a girl should strive to pursue happiness outside. Stay with me, tsk, some waste. ”

Richard was not speechless this time, because he was used to Sherlock's temperament, and began to drink the petal tea, too lazy to respond.

The girl Lucia listened to Sherlock's words, but she was in a hurry, and looked at Sherlock with red eyes: "Mr. Sherlock, do you think I didn't do a good enough job?"

"No, no, of course not. Sherlock said quickly, "Lucia, how could it be? I just don't think you really need to stay with me." ”

"But Mr. Sherlock, you bought me, and I'm yours. The girl Lucia lowered her head, tugged at the corner of the maid's skirt and said, "I don't stay with you, where can I go?"

"You can go anywhere, you have your past, you have your family, you can go to them. Lucia, you must know that although I bought you, a beautiful girl like you does not mean that I have the right to restrict your freedom. ”

"Then you just hate me and want to drive me away!"

"On the contrary, I love you as a beautiful, lovely, kind, smart, capable girl, this is the most beautiful thing in the world, it is my eternal pursuit. ”

"Then why do you still want me to leave you?"

"Lucia, you have to know that if liking is possession and making yourself happy, then love is letting go and making the loved one happy. I love you for such a beautiful girl, so I'd rather let you leave me if you're not happy around me. ”

When the girl heard this, her whole face turned red, and she tried to muster up her courage, looked at Sherlock and said, "Mr. Sherlock, I think that your side is the happiest place for me. You love me, I ...... Love you too. Okay, I'm going to get busy. ”

After saying that, the girl picked up her skirt and ran away quickly.

Sherlock watched the girl leave, and shouted with concern, "Slow down, don't fall, Lucia." After shouting, he sat back in his seat as usual, and slowly tasted the petal tea that the girl had just served.

Then, Sherlock looked up at Richard, who was also drinking tea, and asked, "What do you think?"

"A bit of a sour smell. Richard replied with a blank face.

"Huh, you mean tea?" Sherlock was stunned.

"No, I mean air?"

"Air?" Sherlock sniffed with a serious face, slightly puzzled, "sour?" ”

Richard was noncommittal, put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Sherlock, took a deep breath and said, "Let's get down to business." ”

"Good. Sherlock looked over, "Is there anything I need help with?" as a friend, no matter what the trouble is, I will do my best to help you solve it." ”

"I was missing a material. Richard was not polite, and said bluntly, "I hope to get it from you so that I can complete my experiment." ”

"What material?" asked Sherlock.

"Metallic palladium. ”

"Palladium metal?" Sherlock's eyes flashed, slightly puzzled, "Is it an ore? ”

"That's my name, and as for the rest of the people's names, well, to be honest, I don't really know. What I can tell you is that this is a mineral that resembles silver, but is one-eighth heavier than silver, and you can call it ...... Barras Silver. ”

"Baras Silver?" Sherlock thought, scratching his head, "to be honest, I've never heard of that name. But you know, I have a lot of minerals and other stuff in my warehouse that I can't even name, you can check it out and maybe find what you're looking for. Come with me. ”

As he spoke, Sherlock stood up and was about to leave.

Richard said loudly: "Don't worry, you can take this first." As he spoke, he took out an item that he had taken out of the box in the research room earlier.

Sherlock's identity, as far as Richard knew so far, was very mysterious.

According to Sherlock's own words, he is not from the East Coast, nor is he from Lisbon Island or Smans Island, but from the depths of the main continent.

The main reason why he came to the East Coast is kept secret, but a secondary reason is that he likes adventure, and there are many different places between the East Coast and the depths of the main continent, so he came here to see exotic customs and enjoy life by the way.

It's really about enjoying life.

Sherlock had a great deal of wealth, and was not stingy in spending it on anything good and seemingly good.

For example, he was willing to spend a full hundred gold coins to ask a beggar to give him a good spot to watch the sunset - but the beggar thought he was crazy and smacked him hard, showing disdain, saying that the uncle was not short of money.

For example, he was willing to spend a full 500 gold coins to sell the colorful clothes of a bard on the road - only to turn out that the bard felt that he was wrong, and he hid his lustful heart and ran away.

Another example is that you are willing to spend a full thousand gold coins to taste an extremely rare, dark blue eel caught by a fisherman - this time it was finally successful, but after eating it, it was directly poisoned with copper - the eel will turn blue because it is contaminated with copper, and the color of copper ions is blue. If it hadn't been for Richard's action, I don't know what would have happened.

It can be said that Sherlock is extremely determined in the pursuit of beauty, and will not back down even if he encounters various setbacks.

To this end, Sherlock has built a huge collection of everything he thinks is beautiful, from shiny ores to absurd paintings, to intricate mechanical creations, to powerful spell props.

Sherlock's warehouse is like a treasure chest of whimsy where anything can be found, and Sherlock is more than willing to give it to a friend, because Sherlock says that friendship that cannot be seen is more precious than what is seen.

That being said, Richard is not willing to take advantage of Sherlock plainly, and even if he asks for something, he will exchange it as much as possible, so he will bring something this time.

With this in mind, Richard put what he had brought into Sherlock's hands.