There was no room for Nok not to be shocked.
The wooden box was actually full of women’s dresses!
Nock doesn't have a taste for women's clothing, so why would he need a women's dress?
There are three girls in the family, but all of them are either malnourished or very young.
These clothes looked like adults' clothes at first glance, and they, girls, had no use for them.
Is this Holmes's thank you gift?
It seems like that guy has no good intentions at all and deliberately uses these things to make himself sick?
Nok was a little angry when he thought of a certain bad tradition.
Unbeknownst to Nock, he was wrongly blaming Ford Holmes.
Ford did want to come to investigate at first.
After all, he only spent one hundred and fifty gold coins the day before, and the next day the police station came to tell him that his problem was solved.
Naturally, he did not expect that it was due to Nok's intervention. He thought that he had spent money in vain and Nok was enjoying the benefits.
Naturally, I want to start an investigation and get the money back.
But when he learned that Nok had taken action and even fought against the monster, he no longer wanted to offend Nok.
Although Nok claimed that he had suffered a loss, Ford did not see that Nok had suffered at all.
As for whether Nok lied, he could naturally tell.
Although he was not a noble, his brother was a noble, so it was easy to investigate something from the emerging police agency.
He naturally knew that someone took action to save the victim of the attack last night.
The traces of battle left in the abandoned manor and the investigation records of the police station are not fake.
An ordinary rich man would not easily offend a person who could fight monsters and escape unscathed.
Unless he wants to become enemies with Nok.
He really wanted to apologize to Nok.
But who knew that before he came to the monastery, he stopped by his chamber of commerce and picked up two boxes of goods.
One box contains clothes for his wife Anna, and the other box contains various exquisite utensils.
According to his intention, he asked his subordinates to give the box containing the utensils to Nok as an apology. Even if Nok could not use it, it would be a considerable fortune to exchange it for money.
Among these instruments, the cheapest ones cost dozens of silver coins each, and the more expensive ones, which cost more than a dozen gold coins, are also worth the money.
But his servants didn't know about Ford's psychological transformation at that time.
Although I didn't understand why the master didn't let them start attacking directly, he had agreed when he came that the master had brought them here to find trouble.
Therefore, the servants thought that their master wanted to find trouble in another way, so they cleverly gave a box of clothes to Nok.
In the human kingdom, giving clothes to men and women is inherently insulting, and the servants thought Ford wanted to use this method to insult Nok.
Ford "ran away" without realizing that the servant had delivered the wrong box. After returning home, he had to rush out immediately because he received an urgent letter from another place.
He had the box containing the "clothes" sent to his wife's room, and hurriedly set off with his simple luggage and servants.
The misunderstanding occurred like this.
Nock did not go to trouble Ford Holmes because he misunderstood him and humiliated him.
What he cares more about is the monster called [The Ripper].
He could only put aside his revenge on Ford and concentrate on dealing with the monster.
But he didn't know whether the monster was recovering from his injuries or was frightened by Nok. Nok kept watch for three consecutive nights and didn't wait for the monster to come out and commit the crime.
This troubled Knock.
But in order to recover the dagger that was taken away by the monster, he had to insist on going to Baker Street every night to wait and see.
Likewise, Knock is not alone in his distress.
The commissioner of the British Police Department sat in the smoke-filled office, frowning.
The pipe in his mouth had long been extinguished, but he still took two puffs unconsciously.
Everyone in the police station was gearing up for a big fight. As the director, he was so embarrassed that he went to the musketry team and hired a team of musketeers as reinforcements.
But three nights have passed, and everything is calm on the street. Not to mention that the murderer on Baker Street has not appeared, and there have been no cases in other neighborhoods in the past few days.
Such peaceful days made the director almost suspect that he had entered the Kingdom of God.
After all, only the legendary Kingdom of God can have such peaceful days!
Especially the seconded musketeers were so bored that they were playing cards at the police station!
This was because he was embarrassed and owed a favor, so he was seconded. It was agreed that he would be seconded for a week, and now the time is already halfway over!
Don't serve others with delicious food and drink. In the end, they just patted their butts and returned to the Musketeers without firing a shot. Then he had fed the thief and lost his money bag - a big loss!
Soon, another two days passed.
After several nights with no success, Nok lay bored on a lounge chair under the shade of a tree in the backyard, swaying and closing his eyes to meditate.
Not since Ford Holmes has a "believer" come to the door these days.
Nok was very busy during the day.
The study room was occupied by Lillian, and the other children, led by Clowell, went to play with the children in the next street.
Nok practiced magic all morning out of boredom, planning that if he could no longer guard the monster at night, he would return to his old job and hunt monsters after midnight.
I just wonder if someone will intrude on his territory if he hasn't "started work" these days?
Just when Nok was musing in a daze, someone really "broke into" his territory.
"Crunch——"
The rusty iron door of the monastery was pushed open, making a harsh sound.
"We have guests!"
Nok opened his eyes that had turned into the shape of gold coins, jumped up from the recliner excitedly, quickly adjusted his priest's robe, took a deep breath, calmed down, put on a solemn expression, and held the Bible in front of him. Walk to the chapel in the front yard.
"Excuse me, is anyone home?"
The young gentleman stood timidly at the door of the open chapel, calling softly into the church.
This scene made Nok, who hurried from the backyard, a little bit dumbfounded.
Because his plan to make money was ruined.
Although the young gentleman in front of him was well dressed, Nock had no interest in coaxing money from children.
Yes, the young gentleman in front of me who looks a little shy is actually just a child who looks eleven or twelve years old.
"Young sir, how can I help you? Do you want to pray? Or listen to sermons? Or join a church?"
Standing behind the young gentleman, Nok asked softly, with a smile on his face, trying to appear more gentle so as not to scare the first visitor in these days.
"oops!"
The young gentleman had been paying attention to the chapel. He didn't expect that Nok would appear from behind him. He was startled immediately. Without paying attention to his steps, his right foot tripped his left heel, and he turned towards the door of the chapel. Fall down.
"careful!"
Nok quickly reached out to grab the boy who was about to fall and helped him up.
"Young sir, are you okay? I'm sorry that I scared you. This is the priest here, Nock Lane. It's our first time meeting you. Please take care of me."
The young man did not expect that the person in front of him would greet him so formally.
He quickly stood up straight and saluted the young priest in front of him according to the etiquette he had learned.
"Good day, distinguished Father Ryan. First time meeting you. This is Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes."
Um? Sherlock Holmes?
Nok was secretly surprised because the young man gave him a noble salute. Unexpectedly, Nok's shock turned into caution after the other party announced his family name.
"Holmes? I wonder who Mr. Ford Holmes is to you?"
Nok asked the young man straightforwardly, not caring at all that he was being rude.
After all, Ford Holmes has been classified as persona non grata by him.
The box of women's clothing was well kept by Nok. He thought that after he defeated the Ripper and got his dagger back, he would find an opportunity to put Ford Holmes's sack in and let him wear all the women's clothing in the box!
"Sure enough, Father Ryan, you know my uncle. It seems that I have found the right place!"
The young Holmes was obviously very happy and did not notice the change in the attitude of the young priest in front of him at all.
"Oh? I wonder what advice our young Mr. Holmes has from me?"
Hearing that the other party came to the door specially, Nok felt that Ford Holmes was making another move.
I don't know what tricks the other party wants to play to tease me this time, and they actually send such a young boy.
Don’t you know that “if you have a hairless mouth, you will not be able to do things well”?
Nok had completely forgotten that he was also one of the "hairless" ones.
The young Holmes did not hear Knock's strangeness.
He explained with a flushed face: "That's right, Father. I just want to ask, did you meet my uncle a week ago?"
"A week ago?"
Nock counted the days and found that the day Ford Holmes came to visit was exactly seven days ago.
Nock replied with itching teeth: "Yes, Mr. Ford Holmes did come to visit me seven days ago and left me a 'gift' that I will never forget!"
"Ah! Did you find anything wrong with him at that time?"
The young Holmes asked quickly.
Knock was a little confused by the young gentleman.
"Wait a minute, young gentleman, let me figure it out. What do you mean?"
Facing Nok's question, the young man's expression suddenly darkened.
He explained emotionally: "My uncle disappeared. Just after visiting you a week ago, he went out in a hurry when he got home. He never came back and there was no news."
After hearing Sherlock's words, Knock asked strangely: "Missing? No way. As a successful businessman, it should be normal for Mr. Holmes to go out for a week to do business, right? How could it be related to the disappearance?"
Young Sherlock argued eagerly: "That's not the case, Father! My uncle took a servant and drove the family carriage out that day. But three days later, the horse pulling the carriage came back on its own! The carriage disappeared. Oh, there is no news about my uncle either!
No one knew where he went, but the housekeeper at home mentioned that his uncle hurried out after receiving a letter. No one knows where he went, and I didn’t even find the letter at home! "
After hearing Sherlock's explanation, Nok suddenly felt happy.
