In a corner of the noble district, the night wind was strong, making the evergreen trees rustle.!
Under the shadow of the trees, there is a two-story villa with a semi-dome. The style is rough and heroic, very characteristic of the Shahran Empire. However, for some reason, this villa looks extremely eerie in the dark, like an entrenched monster.
Looking at the villa from a distance, Katrina couldn't tell whether this was her real "Destiny Star" premonition or whether it came from a psychological effect. The figure that seemed to blend into the surrounding cold wind became lighter and weaker, and gradually disappeared without a trace.
Although several months had passed and the villa had been cleaned with holy light, and the precautions should have been taken away long ago, Katrina did not dare to be careless and still used spells such as "Advanced Invisibility" instead of simply relying on knights.
Infiltration of strength - She trusts and loves magic more than the power of blood!
The dark clouds did not cover the silver moon, and a faint light shone on the ground, causing the trees to drag out long shadows, like twisted monsters. Katrina quietly approached the villa on such a slightly bright night.
, the effect of "advanced invisibility" allowed her to leave no trace. Even if a carriage on the night road passed by her, she did not notice a lady walking close by.
Katrina entered the villa easily, then her gasified form got into the hall and began to carefully examine the "crime scene".
This hall is paved with dark stone tiles with smooth surfaces. They are in the same style as the Shahran Empire. They are huge. One of them is as big as five Aline pattern floor tiles.
Looking at the appearance of the ceiling reflected on the surface of these dark stone tiles, Katrina felt as if the floor was inlaid with mirrors. She secretly speculated: "Even in Count Calcutt's mansion, the floor tiles are not polished so smoothly.
, and will not use dark colors. In addition to making guests wearing pointed shoes fall, it only has the function of peeking at the bottom of women's skirts. Did the owner of this villa design it specifically for this purpose? Or is it something else?
have a thought?"
The nobles of the Shahran Empire have always been more luxurious and extravagant than their "counterparts" in the south, and Katrina did not dare to rule out the possibility of this rashly.
Under "Advanced Invisibility", each time the magic is cast, the body will appear, but after the magic is cast, it will return to the invisible state, so the surface of the dark stone bricks constantly flashes Katrina's changed appearance, with long golden hair
·The green eyes are all clearly visible.
"Several months have passed since being cleansed by the Holy Light. No matter how weird or magical the magic is, it seems that it has no effect..." Katrina cast all the prophetic detection magic she could think of, but
I didn’t gain much, so I could only stand there and laugh at myself with a wry smile.
Of course, she was not without gains. At least one thing can be judged from the marks of swords, daggers, etc. scratched and dropped on the floor tiles. That is, no one really exerted extraordinary power at that time, otherwise they would not be so shallow.
, no different from the mark left by an ordinary person casually throwing a long sword onto the floor tiles.
"The lack of use of extraordinary power can only mean two possibilities. Either the official magician was completely controlled by the devil, or his power was sealed in advance. If it is the former, without reason, only killing and
With his desire for destruction, it is impossible for him not to use his best and most destructive magic, so whether he worships the devil or not, his power should have been sealed at that time." Katrina made a simple inference.
If the magician participated in this killing feast because he wanted to fulfill a certain wish and controlled himself not to use magic, then at the most dangerous moment, no wish would be more important than his own safety. Subconsciously, he
I will definitely use magic.
"In other words, from the corpse of this magician, we can figure out how his magic was sealed..." Katrina thought of a clue, but then waved her right hand in frustration, "But this magician
The church identified him as the initiator of the "devil worship incident," and hung his body on the stake and burned it, damn the church."
Always polite and courteous, she couldn't help but utter a curse word. When something like this happened, the Northern Church would of course find a culprit to appease the nobles and the people. It just so happened that another evil magician died at the scene.
Since the furniture, altar, etc. had been purified by the church, the entire hall seemed empty. Katrina paced back and forth a few steps, and suddenly remembered something: "Gulf mentioned that there was a knight present at the time, and he also died.
According to the previous reasoning, he has obviously also had his bloodline power sealed... He is a noble. Although his body cannot be buried in his family's cemetery because he worships demons, it should be in a high-end public cemetery. After all, the nobles will not allow it.
A nobleman was trampled on at will..."
After she grabbed this clue, her expression became slightly excited, and she checked the upstairs and the basement, but unfortunately there was no gain. Just when she was about to leave, she suddenly felt that the warning spell was triggered, so she turned her head and looked towards
Garden-facing windows.
Then, Katrina found the familiar chivalry's will blowing in through the gap in the window like a cold wind, coldly and carefully exploring the situation inside.
After this will spread to Katrina, her "advanced invisibility" effect produced ripples, perfectly forging the signs that there was no one here.
Click, click, click, a very slight sound even in the quiet night, the window slowly opened back, and a thin piece of ice quickly melted into water droplets. Soon, the "murderer" who opened the window disappeared without a trace.
trace.
A dark shadow came in, tall and strong, with a layer of snowflake-like patterns on his hands.
"Yakov, he is indeed here too..." Katrina stood in the middle of the hall, quietly watching this figure move around to check. From the familiar aura, it was not difficult for her to determine the identity of the other person.
However, she was not too surprised that Yakov appeared here. When Anna mentioned the dead magician, he was a little abnormal.
After Yakov looked around and confirmed that there were no items or suspicious traces, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief, but he never found Katrina standing behind him, even though she stood so upright.
"I wanted to think about how to ask him, but now that I've met him, don't waste the opportunity..." Katrina's green eyes flickered before she made a decision.
Yakov straightened up and was about to take a look at the room upstairs. Suddenly, he felt a sense of discomfort, come on! Years of experience as a mercenary made him throw himself forward without thinking, and his whole body started!
Frost was wrapped around me, and at the same time, I was inexplicably shocked and thinking, "Is there an ambush?"
As soon as the idea came up, his head suddenly buzzed, and his vision became blurry, as if he had fallen into a fog.
"I have a question to ask you." Then, he heard a vague voice of unknown gender.
Although the voice was strange, in Yakov's heart, he felt that the voice was so familiar and sublime, like the Lord he usually worshiped, and also like the girl he had a crush on deep in his heart, so he did not resist and it was a bit flattering.
:"what is the problem?"
"What is your relationship with the magician who died here? Why did you come to investigate?" The voice continued.
This question pricked the fear deep in Yakov's heart, and he subconsciously refused to answer. However, the inexplicable state of surrender and admiration made him irresistible, so he answered frankly: "In early May, I met a man by chance.
A formal magician, I have been collaborating with him for a period of time."
"I provided him with information and led him to the plains and underground to search for various resources. He gave me some information to inspire blood. With this information, I corrected some of my past mistakes and found the way to become a formal knight. Then, I
I led the mercenary team to accept another mission and went to the ice field. Only after I came back did I hear that the magician was involved in the devil worship incident."
"Because I was worried that his affairs would involve me, and I was facing the critical moment of being banned, I couldn't worry anymore and came to search, intending to destroy all the clues left behind."
Katrina was stunned: "Why does his matter involve you? When he cooperates with you, he is just by himself?"
The official magician is dead, and there must be no Yakov tokens or other items on him. Otherwise, he will be asked by the church for "questioning" as soon as he returns to Calkat City. So what does he have to worry about? This kind of temporary
There won't be any clues about the cooperation.
"Yes, he is the only one." Yakov answered honestly as if facing the lord he was loyal to.
Alone? He came to Calkat City with several companions, but left them behind to cooperate with Yakov...Katrina crossed her arms and did the actions that Heidi and Leylia liked,
"What about the other question?"
"Because our cooperation was introduced by Sir Duda. Before I went to the ice field, this magician man happily told me that Sir Duda was going to invite him to a private party. This was a good way for him to enter their circle.
Opportunity." Yakov hesitated for a moment, but finally told the truth, "I don't know what circle it is, but Sir Duda has always been powerful and mysterious, dominating the underground order of Kalkat City. There must be some big shot behind it.
I'm worried that the magician's affairs are related to him..."
"If the church finds out about him, those of us mercenaries who have been in contact with the magician will definitely be silenced by him. And I happen to know that the magician likes to use secret codes to mark things, and I have been lucky enough to meet him several times, so I plan to
Come find them and destroy all these secret signs."
Katrina pondered for a moment: "Sir Duda is still alive?"
"Of course, he is alive and well. I saw him in the city hall this morning." Yakov said with his body trembling slightly, as if he was afraid of Sir Duda.
After asking again and again, Katrina found nothing more, so she asked Yakov to tell him the characteristics of the magician's secret memory. Then, the gasified form left the hall and returned to the hotel.
In the hall, Yakov "accepted" Katrina's order and stood there blankly until a gust of cold wind blew in from the open window and made him shiver, and he suddenly woke up.
I felt like I had just had a dream, and I told others my inner secrets in a confused way.
"It's so, so scary... The five-ring magic 'dominates humans,'" Yakov guessed what happened just now based on his own understanding, "Did the Magic Council send someone to investigate?"
"Fortunately, the powerful magician just needs clues and has no intention of killing, otherwise..." Yakov thought fearfully. In that case, whether he lived or died depended on the other person's thoughts.
"I thought that after activating my bloodline power and becoming a knight, I could finally be called a strong man and escape the dangerous life that I couldn't control. But now I really understand that the knight has just started, and there are many dangerous people on it. Just now
That five-ring magician is many times more powerful than me, let alone a higher-level magician and a heavenly knight..."
Yakov gathered his thoughts and took the time to leave. When he was blown by the cold wind, he realized that the cold sweat on his back had wet his clothes.
The next day, Yakov went to the Adventurer's Guild to handle business as normal, while Katrina continued to drag Anna to inquire about the dead knight's identity and burial cemetery.
At night, after receiving the information, Katrina entered the neat but gloomy cemetery and found the grave of the dead knight.
Just as she used magic to open the tomb, a magnetic male laughter suddenly came from the tree behind her: "Investigator of the Magic Council?"
"Who? Katrina turned around warily. When she checked the surroundings just now, she found nothing, which shows that this man is very good at concealment.
Standing on the tree was a handsome blond man wearing a black shirt and a red coat. He was holding a glass of red wine inappropriately: "Good evening, beautiful lady, you can call me Viscount Carnaldia."
"Viscount Carnaldia? Mr. Rhine's grandson?" Katrina connected the man in front of her with the vampire viscount described by the teacher.
"Huh?" Viscount Karenldia rubbed his face and said with a slight toothache, "Am I so famous? Who is your teacher?"
"My teacher is Atomic Control, Your Excellency." Katrina felt a little more relaxed when she saw that she was an acquaintance.
"That monster... uh, no..." Viscount Karenldia blurted out, and then said with a concealed smile: "Your teacher is a real genius, I admire it very much, by the way, I'm here to investigate
The inexplicable death of my descendant should have the same purpose as yours."