Because Miss Gothe's hometown is a coastal town in the eastern part of the Old World, which is too far away from the city of Tobesk. In order to let the client receive the letter as soon as possible, Shade finished writing the letter and took Mia to Tobesk immediately.
Gram post office.
The reason why he didn't throw it into the mailbox at the corner of Saint Teresa Square was because he wanted to go to the post office to order some magazines. After getting rid of the dilemma of not having a lot of money when he first came to this world, Shade also wanted to improve his quality of life.
Since there was nothing else to do today, after Shade finished sending the letter, he took Mia to Dawn Church and listened to Bishop Owen's sermon with Priest August.
I went home after lunch at the church. I had planned to borrow the potion workshop of Priest Augustus in the afternoon to prepare the potion that can change the color of hair introduced in the second-year course, but I didn't expect that I had just walked to St. Teresa.
In the square, I saw Iluna standing in front of the door.
She wore a brown coat over the white women's shirt with ruffled cuffs, a simple black skirt underneath, and the pair of black leather shoes she usually wore.
"Did something happen?"
Shade hurriedly walked over. Iluna shook her head and waved the kraft paper bag in her hand to Shade:
"Detective, do you mind if I take up an afternoon of your time to complete a commission together?"
asked the seventeen-year-old girl.
"What commission?"
Shade asked as he took out the key and opened the door. The two walked in the door together, and Mia happily jumped off Shade's shoulders and jumped up the stairs.
"Find a missing body."
Blackstone Security Company is always able to receive strange tasks from the church, and in addition to the tasks of the church, the tasks entrusted by ordinary citizens are always full of all kinds of strange content.
On the Tuesday after Darkness's death, Iluna, who had temporarily escaped from the subsequent events, finally submitted her full report on "The Godcaller and Feliana" and also completed the investigation of the area where the Dark Realm had descended.
Search mission.
On her first day back at her workplace, which was Blackstone Security Company, she was handed a commission case by the captain.
"I see that you have been quite busy recently. Since you just came back, let's deal with this matter by yourself first. After the two-day deadline, you can spend the rest of your time freely."
In other words, this is equivalent to giving Iluna a holiday. This commission has been proven to have nothing to do with the mystery. Iluna can end it after a little investigation.
"Looking for a body?"
Shade nodded in surprise:
"Of course I can help, but are you sure this matter really has nothing to do with the mystery?"
"Our team has investigated it and it has absolutely nothing to do with it."
"Okay, but I need to look at the information first. Speaking of which, why don't we let the police at Redwich Field deal with this kind of thing? In Delrayon, stealing corpses is a felony."
"It's just because the police couldn't find it that they entrusted it to a private security company like us to handle it."
In this era, it is not just sorcerers who steal corpses. Crazy scientists, doctors who need experimental materials, weirdos with special quirks or ordinary people who explore the occult will all entrust corpse thieves or commit such crimes themselves.
This kind of thing can even be said to be very common, so cremating the body and then burying it was not very popular in the past, but it has become popular in recent decades. For example, Sparrow Hamilton, his body was cremated, and there is absolutely no need to worry about anyone
Open coffin and autopsy.
The client who searched for the body was Mr. Hank Fennell, who lived in the west of the city, and the body he was looking for was his wife, Peggy Fennell. Mr. Fennell worked at the Golden Gear Steam Engine Manufacturing Factory, a well-known company in the west of the city.
Mechanical Engineers.
Half a month ago, his wife passed away due to illness and was buried in Section 3 of the Tobesk Public Cemetery. A week ago, on the ninth day after the poor woman was buried, grave robbers were encountered in Section 3.
Three bodies were exhumed from their graves and stolen.
The police at Ridwich Field immediately launched an investigation, but there was still no news. Therefore, Mr. Fennell was introduced by a friend and hired Blackstone Security Company to entrust him, hoping to find traces of his wife's body.
Blackstone Security Company confirmed that this matter has nothing to do with the ring warlocks, because the local ring warlocks will never use locally dug corpses as materials. The foreign ring warlocks, because of the Darkness incident, are being closely monitored by the Righteous God Church.
According to the investigation, no one has been found to have bought the three corpses from local tomb robbers, so it is determined that this is a tomb robbery committed by ordinary people.
"It doesn't seem to be a problem. But I want to make sure, are you sure that this is not a case committed by Mr. Fennell himself?"
Shade asked as he sat on the sofa and flipped through the documents. In his hand was the file that Iluna had obtained directly from Ridwich Field.
Perhaps this idea may be darker, but Shade still hopes to rule out one possibility first.
"At least the case information obtained from Ridwich Field does not mention anything unusual about the client. Moreover, if it is really him and the police can't find any clues, shouldn't he be more happy? Why would he entrust us?
"
Iluna said, then hugged the reluctant Mia and asked curiously:
"When you receive a commission, do you always doubt your client immediately? I thought that detectives always investigate cases without any subjective opinions."
"Where did you get this statement?"
"Hamilton's Detective Stories serialized by Steambird Daily."
Iluna said with a smile, and teased Shade again:
"I heard Luvia say that the author is your friend? Oh, detective, you have to show off your detective skills this time."
After Shade sorted out the information, he set off with Iluna, first going to the public cemetery in the east of the city to conduct on-site investigations and inquiries.
Shade visited Cemetery No. 3 where the crime occurred two months ago and witnessed the settlement of a family grudge half a century ago, and even played a game of Rhodes with a ghost. Two months ago.
After returning to this place, I didn't expect that it was still related to the commission.
The arrival of autumn has brought the temperature to the point where you need to put on extra clothes when going out. It is still foggy in the city today, even in the cemeteries in the eastern suburbs.
After getting off the carriage, the two walked along the gravel path to the iron gate at the entrance of the cemetery. Shade was still holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand. He planned to visit Detective Sparrow who was buried here first and inform him.
The fifth day of the Detective Harvest Moon is coming, and it’s time to give Sparrow Hamilton an explanation.
The seventeen-year-old girl looked at the cemetery getting closer and closer, moved closer to Shade without leaving a trace, and whispered:
"I'm not a timid person, but I never like coming to cemeteries."
"Why?"
Shade was curious about this. Iluna was assigned to this diocese after finishing her studies in the Holy See in the first half of this year. There should be no dead friends in the Tobesk public cemetery.
"I hate death. No, I'm not afraid of death, but I hate the sadness that death brings."
She whispered to Shade, and the two of them walked through the door of the tomb together, and entered the tomb through the iron gate decorated with iron thorns on both sides. I don't know if it was an illusion, but the temperature inside the tomb was slightly lower than outside.
"This is normal. Infecting yourself with the sadness of strangers shows that you are a person who can easily empathize with others."
Shade commented.
I heard that Shad wanted to visit Sparrow Hamilton, and Iluna was also willing to go with him. So while chatting, the two entered the No. 2 tomb area and placed the bouquet of white daisies on the
After standing in front of the tombstone embedded in the ground, Shade sighed and thought about the time when he first came to this world.
Passing through the fence gate between the two cemetery areas, looking up into the lingering fog, it is easy to see the white chapel standing in the center of the cemetery:
"Iluna, next to the church is the tombkeeper's hut. If we are lucky, we might be able to find the tombkeeper chatting with the priest. But, what identity should we use to inquire about the situation?"
"Don't forget, I am the female police officer Iluna Bayas, the fictitious police officer at Ridwich Field."
Iluna reminded, rummaging through her handbag to find the ID:
"Look, wasn't this the identity I used when I first visited Saint Teresa Square?"
On Tuesday afternoon, the priest was taking a nap in the church, but at the door of the church, the two met the old tombkeeper who was carrying a toolbox, humming a tune, and preparing to trim the trees in the cemetery with his apprentice.
The old tombkeeper was wearing one-piece overalls. When he saw the two people walking in the fog, he stopped hesitantly. After Iluna took out her ID and explained her purpose, the old tombkeeper looked at it suspiciously.
He looked at Iluna's too young face, but still slowly offered help:
"We don't have any clues here. I was the one who discovered that the body was stolen. Because I have encountered similar things before, I immediately found someone to notify the police. No one heard any unusual noises the night before. We
We haven't found the ruts used to carry the corpses, but there are indeed unusual footprints, but they cannot be traced based on the footprints. If you want to find clues, you can go and take a look at the dug grave."
"It's been a week. Hasn't the tomb been filled again?"
Shade asked. The old tombkeeper nodded and glanced at Shade, seeming to recognize the detective who had visited in midsummer:
"After the body was found, it had to be reburied, so it was not buried again. It was a newly opened tomb, and there were no other burials nearby, so there was no need to worry about other people's protests."
"OK."
Iluna wrote down these things in a small notebook, and then asked:
"Do grave robberies occur frequently in this park?"
"Of course it's not high. This is the third case this year. Do you think I'm a freeloader?"
The old tombkeeper said rather displeasedly, and Iluna also knew that she had said the wrong thing and smiled sheepishly.
