Although there was a riding practice mission this week, when he said goodbye to the elf girl and prepared to enter the city, Shade did not choose to ride the chocobos now. He did not want to let the chocobos enter the dangerous forest easily, so he would not do it casually
Just let them send it to themselves.
【If that owl knew what you were thinking, she would definitely be sad.】
"She" said with a smile, so Shade planned to summon the chocobos when he went out with Miss Danister.
It was raining and there were fewer pedestrians in the city. When Shade came downstairs to the Accordion Hotel, it was already close to five o'clock in the evening. The sunset was invisible in the gloomy sky, and Shade knocked on the door and entered Room 317.
When I was there, I found that "Miss Owl" didn't look very bright either.
The owl on the back of the sofa looked at Shade, then moved its position and turned away from looking at him.
Shade cast a doubtful look at Miss Bell, who seemed to be recovering well, and the latter shook her head slightly; then he looked at Miss Daniste again, and the eighteen-year-old red-haired girl smiled and asked:
"Did something happen? We thought you wouldn't come today."
"I went to investigate the affairs of the temple. You can't imagine how many places I traveled throughout the day, but fortunately I made a major harvest."
So the owl on the back of the sofa returned to its human form, but she was not happy because Shade didn't come today. Of course she knew that Shade must be busy with other things:
"I talked with Carina and the others in the parliament last night."
She said it dryly, and she said it in front of Miss Daniste, not treating her as an outsider:
"As expected, you know more witches besides Carina. Tell me, Shade, do you want to split the parliament?"
"Of course not. I swear on the name of little Mia that I have never thought of splitting the [Witch Council]."
Then Flora Winslet's expression immediately brightened up, so it is sometimes really difficult to guess what artists are thinking:
"I knew my vision was right, and you don't look very ambitious.
When you have time, tell me about your experience of getting to know them, and let me know what relationship you had with the Parliament before you met me. But before that, let us talk about what happened in the city today.
Bar."
The search by the church and the police on the Brontë family continues. Today is the first working day of the week. They have directly seized all the remaining local properties and real estate of the Bronte family.
And Willondale also received news at noon today that the Kingdom has dismissed Baron Bronte from his position as Army Staff Officer. This also means that the church has definitely confirmed that Baron Bronte knows about York Bronte.
Part of the truth, otherwise now that the war is about to begin, the kingdom would not be so decisive in removing important figures in the army.
Besides Bronte, there is the matter of Linda Bennet, the third daughter of the Bennet family. The girl tried to hang herself yesterday and committed suicide by jumping off a building. After the failure, she was closely monitored by her family.
But today she didn't know what method she used, but she actually got another rope and tried to hang herself again. But at that time, the magicians sent by the church to investigate York Brontë happened to visit her house disguised as police officers, trying to get rid of Linda.
Bennet asked more things.
So Miss Bennet was rescued again, but this also made the cautious church ring magicians think that she might also have a problem. So Miss Linda Bennet was invited to "visit" the local Sun Church, although this
It may be cruel to say it, but there is a high possibility that she will never find a marriage partner in her life.
The religious atmosphere in this world is quite strong. Therefore, if a girl is invited to the church for "hanging out" with a man involved in illegal occult research, even if it is later proven that she has no involvement with the criminals, no one will be willing to marry her.
Not to mention, Miss Linda Bennet is a little too infatuated.
"Mrs. Bennet tried every possible means to get her third daughter to marry the son of the baronet, and now it has ended up like this. It is difficult to evaluate this matter. First, the eldest daughter was engaged to James Cumming, and then the third daughter was engaged to James Cumming.
The daughter fell in love with a Dead Apostle, the Bennet family is really unlucky this time."
However, neither the Brontë family nor Miss Bennet are the most important things. Then the witch told Shade some unfortunate news:
"Professor Quinto is dead."
"What? Professor Quinto? But didn't we just see him yesterday? How did the professor pass away?"
Shade asked in surprise, and the witch sighed slightly. Although they hate men, this does not prevent her from grieving for everyone who has passed away equally:
"The news came in the afternoon, and the specific situation is still under investigation.
The current news is that the professor left home as usual this morning to go to work at the Concert Hall Museum, but in the afternoon the concert hall sent someone to the professor’s home to ask why the professor did not go to the office today. People searched along the professor’s usual route to work, and when he deviated from the main line
The professor's body was found in an alley. There were no wounds on the body, and the specific cause of death was not yet known.
Because this matter does not involve ring magicians or occult forces for the time being, Professor Quinto's death is temporarily treated as an ordinary case and handed over to the local police."
Shade was silent for a moment:
"So did you go to check the body or the scene where the professor's body was found?"
"I'm going."
The witch continued that her transformation technique made her move around the city very convenient:
"When I learned the news, the body had already been taken away, so I didn't see the body for the time being. But I can confirm that the alley where the body was found was definitely not the scene of Professor Quinto's death. The body was sent there by others.
.”
"The professor's son is in Willendale and probably hasn't received the news yet, so the body is temporarily stored in the local police morgue. The specific location is in the north of the city."
Miss Bell said softly, and Shade nodded:
"Well, after dinner, Miss Winslet, please come with me for a walk."
The sudden death of the professor at such a time made it difficult for Shade not to become suspicious. Although all mortals are mortal, the strangers still felt very sorry when the person they were talking to yesterday died suddenly today.
After a simple dinner, even though it was raining, the owl still grabbed the cat and flew into the night. No one would pay attention to the trajectory of an owl in the rainy night sky, so they landed directly at their destination.
The autopsy room of the Vista City Police Department is located in the old city in the north of the city. In other words, it has been the town's morgue since the Ximu Town era, but there were not that many corpses in the town back then.
Today, the Vista City Police Department has long been moved from its original location, so the originally small morgue occupies the entire building on the former site of the police department. But this is not a building but a very ordinary bungalow, with a building on the ground floor plus
The underground floor constitutes the entire morgue.
Breaking into a place like this on a rainy night was like the beginning of a horror story, but luckily they were safe along the way and they didn't encounter ghosts.
The owl fell into the yard and saw the gatekeeper dozing off, so they entered the building directly. Although Miss Bell knew that Professor Quinto's body was here, she didn't know the specific location, so the two had to go to the gatekeeper to check first.
After checking today's entry and exit records, it was later confirmed that the body was in the basement.
Because all her feathers were wet, the witch refused to change back to her human form for the time being, so she turned into a cat and huddled in Shade's arms. Shade was worried that once she developed the bad habit of not walking, she would eventually become as lazy as little Mia, but
Cat Witch doesn't care about this:
"Want to bet whether we will encounter the undead underground? I bet, my inspiration tells me that this trip will definitely not be uneventful, and the cause of Professor Quinto's death is definitely abnormal. If I win, tomorrow morning
You need to get up early and come here to have breakfast with us."
"Isn't this fair? And why should I bet this with you?"
"Because if I lose, I will just give you a kiss. Let's go quickly. I hope the rain will lighten up when I leave later."
So only Shade pushed open the door to the underground, and then walked into the narrow underground corridor connecting the steps.
The switch that controlled the gas light in the corridor was on the side of the steps. Shade reached out and turned it on. The structure of the underground area of the morgue is very simple. Square corridors are connected end to end. On both sides of the corridor are files, relics of the deceased, and corpses.
Rooms. Each room has a detailed nameplate with its name, so Shade doesn't have to worry about finding the place.
"The target is Mortuary No. 5. There are odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right. There will be two relic rooms and an anatomy room every two doors in odd numbers. There will be a steam room in every third door in even numbers.
Boiler room and a file room, clockwise the numbers become larger, counterclockwise the numbers become smaller 1,3"
The coroner's lounge is located at the corner of the corridor, so you need to make a turn to go to No. 5. However, when Shade turned the corner, the odd-numbered door number that appeared on the left was "Morgue 9."
Shade was quite surprised by this:
"Are there so many corpses here? The number of the morgue is actually No. 9."
He rubbed the cat's little head on his chest, and the gray cat meowed "Meow~". After receiving the response, Shade continued to move forward and saw that behind the No. 9 morgue were the utility room and
There was no empty room with a house number. So he continued to walk forward, and after turning the corner of the corridor again, the first house number he saw on the left was still "Morgue No. 9."
Looking forward at the entire corridor, the underground corridor illuminated by gas lights was exactly the same as the scene just now, as if he had returned to the starting point of the corridor.
"She" chuckled softly in his ears. The expression on Shade's face remained unchanged as he continued forward through the entire corridor and then turned. As expected, the first door number on the left was still "Morgue 9".