The sky of the floating city has just begun to show its fish-belly white color, and a new day has begun. People began to rush around again. The sound of horse hooves and shouts gradually broke the tranquility of the morning. As usual, Geraint was riding a tall horse.
He patrolled the streets with a few cavalry, admiring the scenery on both sides of the street. As the chief knight of the Golden Dragon Knights, Geraint had long been known to the civilians of the Kingdom of Reims. Seeing Geraint passing by, everyone rushed to greet him.
Rand said hello, and Geraint responded happily and kept waving to everyone.
"Sir Geraint, would you like to try some freshly baked sausage bread?" A vendor who was selling breakfast on the roadside stuck a shiny and steaming piece of bread with a fork and waved to Geraint.
"No, Brad, I can satisfy my craving just by smelling the fragrance. These fragrant breads will definitely attract many customers. I wish you a happy morning." Geraint smiled and said to the man named Brad.
The vendor waved his hand.
"Sir Geraint, would you like a red rose? I just picked it this morning. You can give it to your sweetheart!" The flower girl on the side also greeted him.
"It's Lucy, these flowers are still reserved for Mr. Renne, he is your regular customer." Geraint smiled.
"It's not good, it's not good, Lord Geraint..." Suddenly, a burst of rapid shouting broke the peaceful atmosphere on the street in the morning. A soldier was panting and running quickly towards Geraint.
"Huh? What's wrong with you, Harry?" Geraint frowned and asked the soldier named Harry, "Is there an emergency?"
"Huh...huh... Lord Geraint, something serious has happened. A horrific murder occurred in a house in Block 3 last night." Harry said loudly while breathing heavily.
"What? Someone dares to commit a crime in the royal city?" Geraint frowned, "Let's go, take us to Block 3, Harry."
"As you command, my lord." After saying that, Harry took Geraint and others to the house where the murder occurred. At this time, the house was surrounded by nearby civilians, and the noise was mixed with crying. Soldiers from the Golden Dragon Knights
The scene has been cordoned off and they are waiting for their commander to arrive.
The residents were talking on the sidelines.
"It's so scary. The murderer must be a vampire."
"Stop talking nonsense. Our castle is protected by a holy light barrier. How can a vampire get in?"
"I think it must have been done by a madman or orcs."
"I'm just saying, if you leave those orcs in the royal city to work as coolies, something will happen sooner or later."
"It's not necessarily the orcs who did it! Those orcs are guarded by our knights day and night and have no chance to commit crimes?"
"Well, all in all, this child died so tragically."
"Yes, I heard that all the blood on his body was drained."
"Please give way, please give way." Harry asked the onlookers to leave while leading Geraint into the scene of the murder.
"Lord Geraint, look, this is really tragic." Harry pointed at the boy's body on the ground and said. The dead boy seemed to have had all the blood drained from his body, leaving only a pale corpse.
, but there were no traces around. The boy’s parents kept crying beside his body.
"Harry, this child's body was first discovered by his parents?" Geraint asked.
"Yes, sir. This morning, when the child's mother made breakfast and called her child out to eat, she found that no matter how she called, there was no response. Then they found that the child was not in their room. So the couple went crazy at home
After searching everywhere, he found that his child had died in the courtyard." Harry reported the investigation to Geraint.
"This corpse looks very strange." Geraint looked at the boy's corpse carefully and said, "He obviously died of excessive blood loss, but no wounds were found, and there was no blood on the ground."
"Yes, even the legendary vampire should leave tooth marks." Harry touched his head.
"Let's take the child's body back first. Harry, take someone to check the surroundings to see if there are any clues. In addition, comfort the parents of the deceased and don't let there be any more trouble here." Geraint ordered people while
While cleaning up the boy's body, Harry was asked to comfort the deceased's parents.
As if he suddenly thought of something, Geraint walked up to the deceased's parents. The child's father struggled to get up, and the child's mother also stood up reluctantly with the help of her husband.
"You two, you were at home last night. Didn't you hear anything?" Geraint asked the boy's parents.
"Sir, we have asked this question several times. They said they did not hear anything." Harry interjected.
"In this case, this case will become very difficult." Geraint frowned, "It is better to report to Lord Byron first!"
"This bastard doesn't even let children go?" Byron couldn't help but sigh after listening to everyone's reports in the palace.
"The murderer did not leave any traces at the scene. It is very difficult for us to catch him now," Geraint said.
"Such a big murder happened in the royal city. We must catch the murderer as soon as possible, otherwise the nearby civilians, especially those with children at home, will definitely fall into panic." Byron thought deeply.
"I heard that a murder occurred on No. 3 Street last night?" At this time, the assassin Parsa also came to the palace.
"Your Majesty, Master, you are really well informed." Geraint glanced at Parsa.
"Such a big thing has spread throughout the entire royal city." Parsa said, "And I also heard that the blood on the deceased's body had been drained, so I was curious to come and see the body. This matter has been taken care of
It has made people panic, and it is said that many parents with children at home now keep their children close to them when sleeping to prevent any unexpected events."
"Yes, many things that seem impossible can be explained by magic and become possible." Byron nodded and said to Parsa, "Your Majesty, Master, can you help find out the cause of this child's death?"
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"This... I am not a doctor, but if it is really the effect of magic, I should be able to identify it." Parsa said and walked to the body.
The body was wrapped in a layer of white cloth. Parsa took off the white cloth and took a closer look, and then said slowly: "There are no wounds on the body, but it is obvious that the blood on this poor child has been sucked dry."
"There is no wound, so how was the blood sucked away, Your Majesty the Master?" Geraint asked.
"That's only one possibility." Parsa said, "In the royal city where we live, there really are magicians who learn dark magic. I once worked with this kind of magic that can drain the blood from a person's body in an instant.
I have seen relevant records in ancient books, it should be the effect of the dark-type intermediate magic blood-devouring technique."
"It turned out to be just a puppy of Cerberus, but now it has started to attack civilians." Geraint was very angry. "This evil magician is really too dangerous, but where is he hiding?"
"Matters regarding magic can be completely handled by our Black Dragon Knights." Palsa said, "As for catching the murderer, it is still up to you, the Golden Dragon Knights."
"Yes, starting tonight we must step up patrols and impose a comprehensive curfew in the royal city." Byron thought for a moment and then announced the order.
Soon it was late at night again, and Geraint did not rest, but joined in the patrol together. Because of the curfew, the streets were deserted at night. The reason Byron did this is that it seems that the murderer only appears at night.
A crime occurs, and once the curfew is imposed, without the cover of some civilians active at night, the murderer will be easily exposed.
It is a pity that even if a curfew has been issued in the floating city, there will still be some naughty children or drunkards playing on the streets at night. Naturally, the patrols will drive them home mercilessly. But some people are still unwilling
When you go home and choose to hide, especially the smaller children, it is difficult for them to be discovered by the guards.
"I said Dai Si, if we sneak out to play like this, will the family be worried?" In a small alley, seven boys were avoiding the patrols of the guards, and a younger child asked the leading boy.
"How well we hide, they can't find us, this kind of hide-and-seek game is fun, don't you think?" the big boy Dais smiled.
"It's really fun, my kids! Hahaha!" Suddenly a scary voice came from behind the boys, "It saved me a lot of time."
The children quickly turned around and looked, and a black shadow appeared in front of them.