The bedroom door opened silently, and a head poked out of the corridor.
"Maid maid?"
Soft shouts echoed in the quiet corridor.
Annan lowered his head and found Abby sitting next to the door, leaning against the wall and slowly waking up.
"Master Annan..."
Abby climbed up unsteadily.
"Please bring me a drawing board." Annan said to the sleepy Abby.
"oh."
The sleepy girl staggered away. Annan closed the door and returned to the bedroom to continue organizing her thoughts.
After a while, Abby entered the bedroom with a drawing board and easel. Annan took them and placed them next to the desk.
"Thanks."
Abby, who was about to go out, stopped at this moment, her skirt fluttered lightly as she turned around, and asked hesitantly: "Master Annan, do you want to paint an oil painting?"
"Just remembering something."
Annan suddenly remembered the scene of her huddled by the door.
"Are you sleeping outside the door?"
"I...I'm too sleepy. I'm sorry, Master Annan."
"I'm not blaming you, go back to your room and rest."
"The head maid said that you need a servant to serve you at all times."
"No... okay." Annan realized that he really needed the maid's help. He looked at the room on the other side of the corridor outside the bedroom door: "Is the room next door a bedroom?"
"……I have no idea."
Annan thought for a while, took off the oil lamp hanging on the wall, walked to the opposite side of the corridor, and opened the unknown door.
Light peeked into the room, revealing a dresser and a round bed.
It's just an ordinary guest room, but there's something strange about it opposite the master bedroom.
"You can rest here and don't close the door."
Abby thought of something, lowered her head, and said "hmm" hesitantly.
Annan hung the oil lamp next to the door, returned to the study, closed the door gently, and then rummaged through the drawers and desk. However, he did not find the paintbrush, and the fireplace was clean.
Abby must have been lying down not long ago. Annan gave up on waking her up and walked out of the bedroom slowly and walked to the study at the end of the corridor.
The oil lamp here is always bright, but there is no pen that can be used to smear clearly on the drawing board. Annan still found a basket of charcoal in the utility room next door.
After picking out a few long pieces of charcoal that were convenient for drawing, Annan returned to the study and was about to scribble on the drawing paper with a drawing board when he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something——
"Dara?"
"What's wrong?"
A slender figure emerged from the shadows.
"...Have you always been here?"
"If it means you ran to the study and took two pieces of carbon from the utility room."
"You should go and rest too."
"good."
Della didn't ask why, nor did she say she didn't need to rest, so she walked out of the bedroom with her slender legs.
Click——
After confirming that he was the only one left in the bedroom, Annan first wrote the names related to the incident vertically in order:
Fu ○ ○ ○
wine lady
Michael
Aldo
Oos·Aldo (Aldo’s father)
countess
Della
Soruman Bronzebeard
Lorna·○○○
Andrew Luna
Levi's sisters
Levi's
Then correspondingly write down the forces related to the event on the other side:
old aristocracy
mage tower
city breeze
king in the north
secret society
rat man
unknown
Slightly distanced from the drawing board, Annan held the charcoal and looked at the first name on the left, Francois.
Francois needed to wash away his family's shame, which was why he turned to him, and he had not concealed this from the beginning, so Annan connected it with the King of the North he represented.
Ms. Wine is a little complicated. As the first person she came into contact with, she has a close relationship with Fast and others, and should be related to the secret society. But she recently openly disclosed to herself the troubles her family has encountered. Such easy verification is unlikely.
It's a lie. So... Annan connected the Wine Lady to the King of the North, and drew an extra dotted line to the Secret Society.
Michael. As the mage of the Mage Tower, he should be consistent with the Mage Tower and remain neutral, so he undoubtedly belongs to the Mage Tower. Michael said that he just wants to watch himself grow... But like Lady Wine, he and the Mage Tower
Mr. Sturt is inseparable, so he is also the king of the north with the solid line, and the dotted line connects to the secret society.
Olmedo. This young and upright city lord puts Annan in a difficult position. He is not on the side of the old nobles, nor on the side of the Mage Tower, or even on the side of his family. Annan has no choice but to temporarily associate him with Breeze City.
, the dotted line connects to the old nobles.
Augusta Olmedo Annan only met once and knew very little about the master spellcaster who was once suspected to be the mastermind behind the scenes, but he is still the biggest suspect in the attack on Reeves' convoy...
The solid line belongs to the old nobility, and the dotted line belongs to the rat people.
The countess...seems to be an old noble without a doubt. But the Wine Lady said that she also seemed to want to join the King in the North. In addition, the countess's different reactions at the banquet and the manor made people suspicious, and Lorna...
Gilman once said at the banquet that the countess's meat was smelly and old...so Lady Maria was connected to the old nobles by Annan's solid line, and two dotted lines, one pointing to the King of the North and the other to the Rat Men.
Della. She ostensibly obeyed the Lady of Wine, but Annan felt that her relationship with him was more important than her relationship with the Lady of Wine, so he connected her to the King in the North.
Soruman Bronzebeard, like Michael, is connected to the secret society.
Lorna Gilman, a freak, connected to the unknown.
Andrew Luna is still closely related to Fast and others, and rarely comes to him on his own initiative. For the time being, a dotted line connects him to the secret society.
Levi's sisters... Annan connected them to the King of the North he played without any further thought.
Levis...this is the only exception. Annan did not connect him, but circled him alone.
Since coming to Breeze City, everything Annan has encountered is related to Levis and the Reeves family behind him. He has been thinking conspiratorially, whether there is indeed a vengeful undead possessing himself, the counterfeit, and making himself
To lead out the real murderer and take revenge on him?
Annan labeled the people around him. Although the lack of clues made these labels less rigorous and even full of loopholes... it barely allowed Annan to know who to trust and who to keep a distance from:
Even to his own Francois, the wine lady, Michael, Sister Levis.
Augusta Olmedo and the Countess to the Rat Man
It's a pity that too many circles affect the aesthetics.
But this is not important anymore. As Annan tore off the drawing papers, threw them into the firewood under the crucible and ignited them, turning them into irrecoverable ashes.
Annan began to meditate every day, and then fell asleep after finishing it. The experience during the day made Annan have a mixed dream.
He dreamed that he was sitting on a couch, and behind the couch, lined up were the Wine Lady, the Countess, Tutor Irelanzer, Della, a pair of beautiful sisters and a blonde woman.