Brutus sat bored in his chair, and might have been considered a lifelike statue if he had not turned the pages of the book from time to time.
His stomach had made serious protests several times. Although Brutus decided to find some food to fill his stomach at Violet's house, he found nothing and had to rely on his will to hold on.
"It seems that Violet's home is mostly just a place for her to rest." Brutus touched his empty stomach and sighed, "The guard camp has to be busy putting out the fire in the town tonight, maybe she
I won’t be back until tomorrow morning.”
"If I were still clean, I could choose to go out and look for her." He glanced at the blood stains on his body, and it was obvious that these marks could not have been caused when the pile of skeletons were scattered.
Closing the page, Brutus stood up and walked around the long table for a few steps. He patted his head and suddenly realized: "No, since there is such a serious turmoil in the town, those who have not been affected will definitely choose to take action."
If you close your doors and windows and don’t go out, those who have been affected will naturally go to a safe place.”
"Fortunately, I reacted in time, otherwise I would have really missed something important."
Brutus was very upset now, but the most important thing now was to determine the next action plan, and there was not much time left for him. He looked out the window, the afterglow of the setting sun was about to dissipate on the horizon, and the sun was rising on the other side.
Night will gradually take over the town of Teto.
Originally, he wanted to discuss countermeasures with Violet, but now he can only think about the overall situation by himself.
"First we must understand the source of the crisis." Brutus paced, recalling the entire incident, "I learned from Jessamine that several barons in the town used black magic to master a
An army of skeletons, and their purpose is unknown."
"Administrator Papyria is aware of this matter, but judging from the behavior of other employees in the city hall, it is likely that only the upper-class nobles know about this matter."
"Tonight's fire will take a long time to completely extinguish. The guards in the guard camp will be busy all night, so there will be very little support."
"Juno played a very important role in this incident." Brutus began to analyze the parts that could find a way to break the situation. "According to my understanding, the events I observed in the past happened objectively and cannot be changed.
Process."
"But I should try to change the unobserved part. If the result after this event has been observed by me, then I need to recreate the same ending..."
Although it sounds nonsense, Brutus can't think of a more suitable explanation for the time being.
"Crack-"
With the sound of the door lock being turned open, Brutus stopped and turned his gaze to the door.
The door was pushed open, and Violet walked into the house from behind the door with a cloth bag in her hand.
"You have to be lucky that I didn't set any traps in my house, otherwise you wouldn't be able to enjoy this dinner." She walked into the living room and put the bag on the long table. "Hurry up and finish your meal so that you can get down to business."
"You are really a big help." Brutus was worried about how to fix dinner. He opened the bag and was a little disappointed when he saw that it was full of bread, but it was still within the acceptable range. After all, there was enough to eat.
Not bad.
Violet pulled out a chair and sat across from Brutus: "You don't need to tell me the ins and outs, just tell me what I need to do."
"I think it's better to tell you the whole story. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to find a sufficient entry point." Brutus swallowed the bread in his mouth, "But I'm afraid some details have to be blurred.
Check it out because I'm not sure how it works yet."
Violet nodded and signaled Brutus to continue speaking. Brutus began to talk about the important parts of his memory. Ten minutes later, Violet came back from his meditation.
"So you think Juno is one of the key points? I have some objections to that."
"Tell me."
"If she is really so special, Robert's reaction will not be so calm. But maybe she has some very special qualities, or - a little unlucky."
"So what do you think we should do?"
"Do you think the fog tonight is related to the fog in the forest?" Violet did not answer Brutus' question directly, but asked another question.
Brutus thought for a few seconds and shook his head: "I think there should be no direct connection. Although the fog is one of the components of the ritual, my future self should not exist before I return to this point in time.
"
He paused and added: "This doesn't seem to be easy to explain."
Violet waved her hand: "I roughly understand what you mean. According to what you said, we just need to ensure that what happens next is consistent with your memory, right? Then it is still easy to solve, especially after obtaining enough
After the information.”
"It seems we have to activate some special plans." She stood up and looked at Brutus, "What are you going to do tonight?"
"I have to go talk to Robert." Brutus stood up and said, "It would be better if you could let me see Inspector Favalli."
Violet frowned, found a piece of parchment in the living room, took a feather pen and wrote a line of words, and then handed it to Brutus.
"As much as I mind dealing with that guy..."
"Thank you very much." Brutus glanced at the content on the note and prepared to stuff it into his pocket.
"Wait a minute, I think you might need to change your clothes."
"Huh?" Brutus was stunned for a moment. Although he knew that his clothes were dirty, but...
Violet motioned for Brutus to follow her: "Follow me, there are just a few sets of clothes that are similar to your body type."
The two of them walked quickly to the door of the guest room. She opened the door and said to Brutus: "Take a look in the closet for yourself."
Brutus looked inside the house. The guest room seemed like no one had lived in it for a long time, but it was very clean. After all, for people who are magicians and soothsayers, daily cleaning seems to be a big deal. They
Not only do they know weird magic, but they are also usually very rich, so it is not difficult to hire a cleaning servant.
Violet's voice penetrated from behind the door: "I'm going to go ahead and arrange more work for the guys in the guard camp. Be careful when you are alone at night, especially if you don't have weapons.
"
"I know." Brutus quickly changed into a set of civilian-style clothes. He really didn't expect that Violet's family still had such clothes, but now was not the time to think too much.
After changing his clothes, he walked out of Violet's house and headed towards the Lion Tavern on the deserted street.