Alien world

Chapter 86. 85. "Dragon Banquet"

"I met Olmedo but didn't ask him about the attack."

On the way back to the manor, Annan and Della talked about what they had seen and heard about the Mage Tower, and cleverly passed the "Instructor of Irilanzer".

Daila didn't care about this fellow, her hiding effect would be much worse if she sat in a bright place, at least she wouldn't forget who she was talking to like when Annan was talking when she first met.

"Why didn't you ask?"

"It's useless to ask, whether it's the murderer or not, he'll just say no... and maybe he already knew about it."

"so?"

"So, I guess Geoffrey Olmedo is really not the murderer, really as honest as I heard and saw, and he will investigate the attack."

At present, the only clue lies in the "Servant of the Lady of Wine", and Francois is trying to find out who that person is.

Annan believed that Francois could find something.Because there is no one more suitable than him in the entire Breeze City—the ranger's agility and strength allow him to sneak in and track without anyone knowing, his sharp mind allows him to easily see clues that are difficult to find, and his status as a nobleman allows him to Even if it is found, it will not be in danger.Unscrupulous means let him not be afraid of the setbacks and obstacles he encounters.

Shameless Baron?It is terrible for a nobleman to swear not to give up in order to achieve his goal.

……

Francois did find something.

He spent two days visiting the locations and forces where Annan was attacked twice, and also went to the Balla Gang.The result was shocking—the carriage of the Winchet family passed through that street when the incident happened, the emblem of the Winchet family appeared on the assailant, and even the Balla gang was partially funded by the Winchet family—

There are wine ladies everywhere, and all the clues clearly point to the wine lady.

But François knows: the most expensive thing is the free thing.

The simpler things are, the more likely they are to harbor terrifying truths.

Ms. Wine, he knows that a commoner whose ancestors were mudbloods and free people suddenly became a new nobleman, and after her husband's death, the property did not decline but expanded a lot——

Such a smart woman would leave such a conspicuous clue?
Moreover, Ms. Wine's main business is wine, and she has no communication with the Reeves family.

Francois divides the existing conclusions into three layers:

On the first floor, all the clues pointing to the wine lady show that she is being slandered.

On the second floor, Ms. Wine deliberately used this lame method to get rid of suspicion.

On the third floor, the planners lure the investigators into the first two floors, and then go back and forth to investigate, wasting time.

So François jumped out of the conspiracy chain at the beginning, and additionally imagined a new existence: the third force is muddying the water.

With the hypothetical Francois, he went to the place where the dwarves were attacked and was attacked again to confirm the guess, and unexpectedly encountered a team of scavengers.

Scavengers will show up where there are dead bodies, and they'll be there to keep François out of the way.Unexpectedly, when he was about to leave, a scavenger stopped him.

"You want to know who the murderer is?"

"who are you?"

Francois looked at the figure wearing a crow mask, but he was not too alert—the scavenger, like the mage tower, was neutral and detached.

The other party didn't say anything, just put a crow badge on the branch next to it, turned and left.

Francois picked up the copper crow emblem and fell into deep thought.

How could they meddle in it...

……

"There are still six days..."

"What did you say?" Francois asked strangely.

"Abby, I need two cups of tea." Annan said to the maid outside the door, and sat down on the sofa in the study. "It's nothing... have you discovered something new?"

"Yes, I met the scavenger..."

François recounts his investigations.

Scavenger is not a cleaner in the literal sense.Its deeper meaning: to clean up rat infestation, corruption, and natural disasters on the scale of human cities.

Scavengers do not belong to any single city, country, or god, they are only in cities that belong to human civilization.

Annan had never dealt with them. At most, he passed by and saw a group of crow masks filled with spices like a plague doctor.

"What did you guess?"

Annan knew that Francois must have found something.

"A guess based on current clues."

"The Olmedo family is innocent..." Francois observed Annan's expression, and continued without being refuted or frowned: "The wine lady is also innocent."

"Who is the murderer?"

"The rat man."

Francois said that using intrigue to stir up disputes and using intrigue to corrupt humans is exactly what the rat people are good at.

This is also in line with the news that "the ratmen group is about to invade the northern border".

"But it's just a conjecture...we can't identify the real murderer until we find conclusive evidence..."

Because everyone has a reason to be a murderer.

The Olmedo family needless to say.After the Reeves family was attacked and Jeffrey Olmedo became the new city lord, the Olmedo family, the biggest beneficiary, has been unable to escape the suspicion of murderers.

The suspicion of Ms. Wine lies in the fact that the clues to the two attacks on Annan point to the Winchet family.As the nobleman closest to Annan, it is in her interest for Annan to become the city lord—so it is also possible that she is pushing Annan to regain the position of the city lord.

"Even me, Your Excellency the King of the North." Francois said fearfully, "After you become the lord of the city, you will wash away the shame for my family..."

"Didn't you come here just to tell me these conjectures?" Annan asked.

"Yes... I want you to do one thing."

"what?"

"Go out."

……

It seems to be just a coincidence, but after Francois wanted Annan to go out, an invitation did come unexpectedly.

The signature was Mentor Irilanzer, and she invited Annan to watch a performance at the Benitez Theater—she was just outside the manor.

Annan agreed to her, at least there is no need to worry about safety when she is with the mentor of the Master Tower.

Master Yrilanzer will never eat himself.She's an elf, not a succubus.

Before going out, Annan asked the head maid to help take out the box under the bed, and then came to the dining room: "Della, stay outside the door and don't let anyone in."

Familiar scales appeared, and the blue dragon seemed to sense something, and said in a low voice: "A mouse..."

"Della is my friend." Annan corrected with a frown.

"Strange human..." the blue dragon snorted coldly. "Where is the enemy?"

"There are no enemies."

Annan opened the wooden box: "This month's 300 gold coins, and I need a piece of dragon skin to continue calling you."

The dragon's claws stretched out of the crack, grabbed the wooden box and retracted to the gilded mountain, and quickly threw out a piece of resilient blue dragon skin.

Annan thought that Lanlong wanted to bargain.

"and also……"

"What else is there!"

"Do you want to eat something?" Annan stood aside, revealing the food on the table behind him: "Chestnut soup, roast chicken, I don't know the taste of dragons, so I prepared some..."

"...bring them here."

(End of this chapter)