The doctor asked casually while examining the body, and Shade, who was checking the blood stains around him, also listened. The rain was loud, and the three of them had to raise their voices when communicating.
Silver tableware is still a symbol of status in this era. In adventure novels, there are often scenes where maids elope with their lovers and take away the owner's silver tableware in exchange for travel expenses and living expenses. If the silver tableware is still an antique, it will be even more important.
It’s valuable.
"It's very valuable. Even if a noble like an earl owns these two sets of silver tableware, they can be used as family heirlooms."
Miss Louisa once again demonstrated the "useless knowledge" she possesses, and most likely learned it from another princess.
Shade turned around and asked:
"That's strange. Didn't the doctor's investigation say that the factory owner was just the agent who held Tobesk's property on behalf of [Mercury Blood]? He himself shouldn't be rich."
Then he looked at the boy's body suspiciously, and he concluded:
"Could it be that......"
"It's hard to say yet, let's keep moving forward."
The doctor restored the body to its original position, prayed quietly for the boy amidst the sound of rain hitting the glass, and signaled to the other two that they could leave.
After leaving the kitchen, the bloodstains returned to the living room and then towards the stairs.
There was a very cruel scene on the stairs. The bodies of the old woman and the middle-aged housewife were hugging each other. Thick blood dripped down the carpet on the stairs, making it almost impossible for the three of them to find a place to stay.
After examination, Mr. Schneider found that there were no obvious external wounds on the two people, and the blood seemed to come from the mouth.
"Kind of like a curse."
Miss Louisa judged, and the doctor nodded:
"I also think it was a curse caused by magic. After entering the door, I killed the maid with a knife, then walked into the kitchen and killed the little boy. When I turned back to the living room, I met two ladies coming down the stairs. I immediately used magic or magic to kill the maid.
The technique caused them to vomit blood and die...The murderer is a ring sorcerer, there is no need to doubt this."
Shade looked around vigilantly to prevent anything from jumping out of the darkness, and was startled by the sound of thunder again:
"If there is anything unusual, remember to remind me in time."
He whispered in his heart.
【no problem.】
The murmuring voice returned.
Probably because the amount of bleeding from the two corpses was too large, the murderer finally got blood stains on his boots here. The blood stains were very faint, and it still had to be distinguished by Shade's eyes. The blood stains on the boots only faced upstairs, not downstairs.
of.
The two people who examined the corpse made new discoveries. In the neck of the middle-aged housewife, the doctor found a pearl necklace. According to Miss Louisa's on-the-spot valuation, the necklace was worth at least 3,000 pounds.
"This is definitely not jewelry that this factory owner can afford."
Shade said, and then the three of them continued walking upstairs.
No one proposed to take away the pearl necklace or the silverware. They were not robbers or thieves. Although they broke into the crime scene on this rainy night and destroyed the clues, doctors, writers and outsiders all had their own bottom lines.
The sound of rain covered up the footsteps, and the three of them arrived on the second floor. The blood stains extended to the interior of the floor. A sixteen-year-old girl with freckles fell on her back in the middle of the corridor. She looked very similar to the middle-aged housewife on the stairs, and the cause of death was
Just like the maid at the door, a sharp blade penetrated her heart directly.
Shade didn't know what to say about this cruel scene. After the doctor examined the body, he knelt down next to the body and prayed for her. Only then did Shade know that Dr. Bill Schneider believed in the True God [the Lord of All Things], that is,
[The God of Nature and Evil Thoughts].
The scope of this righteous god's ministry includes "death". When Shade first came to this world, the corpse carrier who took away Detective Sparrow's body had the holy symbol of this righteous god.
Miss Louisa was already suppressing her anger:
"This is so cruel. Who could do such a thing?"
If they could find the murderer, the blonde would probably show no mercy.
Amidst the increasingly violent rain outside, a group of three people followed the light of the silver moon at Shade's fingertips and entered the three bedrooms on the second floor. The murderer seemed to be looking for something, but there was no trace of his footsteps stopping.
Then the blood stains guided them to the third floor, which was the top floor of the house except the attic. The window on the third floor facing the stairwell was actually open. The rainwater blew into the corridor along with the wind, and the wind blew the curtains constantly.
This scene is especially strange on this rainy summer night.
"The blood stain extended towards the corridor, but another blood stain extended out and disappeared near the window."
Shade provided the information he saw.
"After the murderer entered the third floor, he did some things inside and then left through the window?"
Miss Louisa stood behind Shade and deduced that after entering the house, although there was no prior consultation, the doctor followed Shade and the female writer walked last.
The doctor cautiously approached the window and looked outside. It was pitch dark in the night of heavy rain, and even the lights from nearby blocks could not penetrate the rain curtain. Such heavy rain would disperse the blood stains, and Shade would not be able to continue tracking from the window.
"Go to the third floor first and see what he did."
The doctor said, frowning and glanced at the window sill, and then winked at Miss Louisa. Miss Louisa immediately understood what he meant, so she wanted to wink at Shade, but she didn't expect that Shade had already revealed "It turns out it's
That's the trick" look.
The blonde girl smiled at him. The murderer obviously underestimated what Shade's "eyes" could see.
Following the blood stain, we entered the third floor. After turning into the study, we finally found the body of the male owner of the family, Mr. Ponton, who ran a screw factory.
The gas lamp on the wall of the study was turned off, but the gas lamp on the table was on, illuminating the body.
Mr. Ponton was wearing a homely loose shirt, sitting behind his desk and lying on the table. Shade stood at the door of the study, Miss Louisa went to check the pages on the table, and the doctor checked the body:
"The cause of death is different from the one downstairs. It should be that the brain was shattered by the [Brain Crushing] spell. I noticed the marks on his forehead. This kind of spell has a similar principle to [Corpse Explosion] and is very famous. Such a spell
Come on, no one can know what's in the dead man's head unless he's a psychic. What's on the table?"
"Ledger."
Miss Louisa said.
Raindrops hit the window, thunder rumbled overhead, and Shade at the door suddenly looked to the other side of the corridor:
"I think I saw a figure!"
"Human figure? Be careful and don't be impulsive."
The doctor frowned and walked towards the door of the study, wanting to go to the end of the corridor with Shade. Miss Louisa continued to lower her head and check the files on the table.
Lightning flashed across the sky, and in the interval before the thunder could be heard, in the study room illuminated by lightning, a figure of a man holding a short knife appeared quietly behind Miss Louisa.
He raised the sharp dagger at the female writer's back.