Not a Witch

"Everyone, listen to me, we should hurry back and go back with the caravan in a few days. It's too dangerous to continue."

"It's not that serious. The group of people who died is estimated to be a vendetta, not a robber who robs the Dao. Look at the iron armor that the guards wear, and ordinary robbers can't beat them."

On the road ahead, seven carriages were burning sideways, and the carriages were full of arrowheads, like hedgehogs.There were more than 7 dead guards lying on the side of the road, most of them were shot to death by arrows, and a few were killed with swords after resisting, leaving no one alive.

The flames on several carriages had not yet been completely extinguished, exuding blue smoke, and some of the burned structures were carbonized into black, and collapsed from time to time, making a crackling sound, and there was a scorching smell in the air.

"It really doesn't look like it was done by robbers. They didn't leave a job and burned the carriage to destroy the evidence. Robbers wouldn't waste such a waste. And burning the carriage is too dazzling. This road is a trade route between the two countries. , there are often troops to clean up the surrounding robbers."

The black-haired young man opposite Loren Hill before, calmly analyzed, although the voice was not loud, but the girl was keenly heard.

It really wasn't a robber. The girl looked at the dead guards in front of her. Several of them were good Sequence 2 players, and most robbers would never be able to beat them.

"Look, everyone, there is actually the logo of the Karites Chamber of Commerce."

A middle-aged man shouted, and then everyone crowded around, only to find that under one of the overturned carriages, there was a pattern of lacquer night flowers on the other side that was not burned.

The Karites Chamber of Commerce is a well-known large chamber of commerce in Verga. Although it has only been established for more than ten years, it has expanded very quickly in recent years. It mainly deals in cotton spinning, citrus, fur, wood and shipbuilding. Proprietary logo of the Karites Chamber of Commerce

"Tsk tsk, who dared to attack the Karites Chamber of Commerce, aren't you afraid of revenge? I heard that the Karites Chamber of Commerce has several fleets, and they are equipped with artillery."

"Who knows, maybe the leader of Karites will die here this time, and it will be said whether Karites exists or not in the future."

"No, isn't the boss of the Karites Chamber of Commerce Angus? How could he die here?"

"That's not necessarily true. I saw him appear in Seabuckthorn City a few days ago."

"True or false, if he really died here, then it would be a big deal."

When the people present heard it, they were also a little scared, and turned over the corpses one by one to check and confirm.

After a while, it was confirmed that there was indeed no Angus' body in it.

"It's good not to. It's really bad luck. If Angus really died here and there was a conflict between the two countries, we would be the living scapegoats."

A group of people were a little scared, and finally decided to go back the same way and report the situation to the West Wind Kingdom as soon as possible. The Karites Chamber of Commerce has been engaged in trade between the two countries all the year round and has a very wide network of contacts.

Roland Hill looked at the messy scene in front of him, and noticed that there were drops of blood on the grass blades on the edge of the road, spreading to the distance, but these blood drops were very small, and they were still far apart from each other, so other Nobody noticed.

Taking advantage of the others not paying attention, she slowly left the large group, and after a while, the passengers boarded the carriage and returned the same way.

Following these blood drops, Roland Hill walked for a while, and then the clue was broken.

She looked at the grass with obvious signs of stepping on it, guessing that the injured person should have bandaged the wound and flew away.

Not many people have the extraordinary ability to fly, and most of them rely on props to achieve it.

However, even if he was bandaged, he could not hide it from Roland Hill.

In front of the master of the demon sequence, the faint bloody smell in the air is so obvious.

At this time, Loren Hill no longer hid, and hurried through the mountains and forests, the black robes fluttered in the wind, but there was no sound, and it was as silent as a ghost.

After rushing three or four kilometers, her footsteps slowly stopped, and there was a subtle chatter behind the rocks in front of her.

"Master, are you better?"

"I'm afraid it won't get better, Ceres, let me down."

Then came the sound of coughing up blood, even though the voice was a little hoarse, but Loren Hill would not remember it wrongly, it was Angus who talked to her a few days ago.

Chapter 37 The Girl and the Promise

"Chelsea, put down Elaine too...cough cough." He coughed up blood again.

Loren Hill slowly walked over from the side of the rock.

Angus was leaning against the stone wall with blood all over his body, holding his daughter Elaine in his arms, but unfortunately this girl who had been public before had no heartbeat at this moment.

"Who!" The head maid next to him in a black dress and white fir looked at Roland Hill nervously, holding a rapier in his hand.

"Don't be nervous, I don't think this lady is here to kill me." Angus looked up and saw that it was the girl he met in 'Blossoming Summer Leaves' before, so he was no longer nervous, but lowered his head again and looked at With her daughter who has fallen into eternal sleep in her arms.

There was dark red blood on Elaine's chest, and she was obviously killed by someone stabbed into the heart with a sword.

It seems that it is really a vendetta, Roland Hill thought to himself, and then took out three [blood-boosting potions] and threw them at it.

"Drink this, it's good for the injury."

The housekeeper and the head maid next to him were still a little puzzled, but Angus didn't shirk, so he picked it up and poured it into his mouth.

After a while, his face became rosy again, and the coughing up blood was relieved a lot.

"Thank you." His voice was still a little hoarse.

"Well, nothing, I just saw the tragic situation on the road just now, so I came to see the situation." Roland Hill looked at the father who had lost his daughter, and felt a little sympathetic, but he didn't stay any longer, and was about to turn around and leave.

"Can you wait? This kind lady." Angus coughed up another mouthful of blood.

"What's the matter?" The girl turned around in confusion.

"Are you going to Verga?"

"Yes."

"What are you doing there?"

"Make some money."

"I want to do business with you."

"Um!?"

Angus covered the mouth that was coughing up blood with a handkerchief, and took out a seal from his arms with a trembling right hand.

"I want to ask you to do me a favor." He said word by word.

Roland Hill looked at the bloodstained middle-aged man, with gray temples and some calluses on his hands, dark blue eyes staring at her with unwillingness and remorse.

The girl was silent for a while, then said, "What are you busy with?"

"The one I'm most sorry for in my life is my wife. She passed away early, leaving only one daughter, but I didn't keep the only daughter."

"I'm not a good husband. When I was out and about all these years, I had a relationship with a woman after getting drunk. She gave birth to a child for me. Now I'm just over 10 years old."

"I don't know if the enemies of their mother and son also know about it, but I can't take this risk. So I want you to take care of their mother and son."

"Why me, don't you still have loyal subordinates by your side?"

"Yes, I have no doubts about the loyalty of Serres and Chelsea, but under the nest, there will be no eggs. If both me and my only heir in the face are dead, then the Karites Chamber of Commerce will soon be It will fall apart and be eaten by everyone else."

"Without the protection and power of the Chamber of Commerce, those secret opponents will be more unscrupulous, and at that time, only a few loyal subordinates could not resist."

"So you want to?"

"I want to ask you to pretend to be my daughter, and then I will completely transfer the ownership of the Chamber of Commerce to you. I just ask you to protect my only child and his mother, so that they can live in peace."

The housekeeper and the head maid next to him were a little surprised when they saw this sudden scene, but they were not good at speaking.

"But I'm not the same as your daughter. Others won't believe it, and I'm not familiar with Verga, so it's easy to reveal my secrets."

Lorraine Hill carefully observed Angus' physical condition. Although the blood-activating agent temporarily replenished the blood and healed most of the wounds, the lungs had ruptured, and a lot of blood was already blocked. He couldn't stand it. Tonight, even if Lorraine Hill shot it, it was the same.Angus himself is not an extraordinary person, his physique is too poor, and some good healing spells and potions are difficult to take effect.

"I have always raised my daughter in the West Wind Kingdom. No one in Verga has seen her, but I just heard it orally, as long as you take my autograph and seal the suicide note and token, plus Chelsea and Ceres for you Prove it, and no one can question you."

"It doesn't matter if you're not familiar with Verga, Ceres and Chelsea will tell you what's going on there. Besides, my daughter doesn't know anything about it, so it's not suspicious."

Roland Hill was silent for a while before speaking slowly.

"...It's a bit rude, but doesn't this really raise suspicion?"

The girl slowly took off her hood, and the three people on the opposite side were briefly shocked.Silk-like silver hair slipped from the cap, white enamel-like skin, moist lips, slightly upturned nose, and thrilling red crystal-like eyes!This is a bit more beautiful than the goddesses depicted in those poems. The silver hair and crimson eyes formed a huge visual impact, making the three of them hold their breath secretly, for fear of breaking the crystal-like dreamy picture.

Seeing the shocked appearance of the three people on the opposite side, the girl sighed slightly, and then put the hood back on, which made the three people on the opposite side calm down.

Since waking up from a deep sleep, her appearance has become more and more attractive, perhaps because of a change in temperament, or a bonus of some talent, so that she is a little distressed.It's a good thing to look good, but too good-looking will bring a lot of unnecessary troubles.

In fact, Angus was a little confused before, but now he is completely relieved. No wonder the girl wanted to cover up her appearance.

"I took the liberty." Angus apologized for his rude request just now.

"I will transfer all the shares of my chamber of commerce to you, and I just ask you to protect the mother and child until the child starts a family."

"The Karites Chamber of Commerce is also well-known in Verga. I own 60% of its shares. You will not be disappointed by this reward."

"...Well, I promise you."

If it wasn't for the task at hand, Loren Hill would not want to go into this muddy water. She didn't need extraordinary means and only made money as an ordinary person. Although it was a bit troublesome, it was not an unsolvable problem for her.As long as a start-up capital is accumulated, it is really not difficult to reduce dimensionality and attack the primitive business environment with the marketing methods in memory.But since someone gave her a pillow when she fell asleep, she didn't want to deliberately take shortcuts and avoid detours.

Hearing the voice of the girl's promise, Angus finally felt relieved, and then asked Ceres to take out a contract paper and start writing his suicide note.

The contract paper is a special paper with anti-counterfeiting effect. After writing, the special spell will be automatically condensed and cannot be modified again.

After writing, Angus pressed his handprint, personal seal, and then dripped blood on it, chanted a short spell, and finally the contract paper emitted a faint light, and the blood stains also dried and solidified, forming a flower. Pattern of painted night flowers.

"You take my housekeeper and the head maid back, and with this suicide note, you can prove that you are my heir without any flaws, and thus obtain all my property."

Loren Hill took the suicide note, then picked up the pen, ready to sign his name.

"Do I sign under my own name, or your daughter's name?"

"It's okay, as long as it's written by you and can make the contract react."

"Okay." Then the girl wrote a name, neither Elaine nor Loren Hill.She didn't want to be someone else, but she didn't want to affect her life after this incident, so she wrote another hypothetical name, Lacey.

Chapter 38 Angus' Past

After signing the name, the contract paper emits a faint shimmer, and then delicate and light-colored patterns appear on the entire paper. These patterns cover the writing, but do not affect reading.However, it also means that it can no longer be changed. Adding words and crossing out will destroy these delicate patterns.

After that, Angus started to explain some things while he was still awake, which people in the chamber of commerce could be trusted, who had the ability but lacked in temperament and so on.

After the confession, his symptoms of coughing up blood became more and more serious, and it seemed that it was about to die.

"Can I ask you one last question?" Roland Hill looked at the dying father.

"Go ahead."

"Why do you trust me so much? We have only met once before, what if I were an assassin?" Roland Hill expressed the doubt in his heart.

"Haha...cough..." He spat out blood, then raised his head.

"I think it's stupid if you trust others after you've been with them for a long time."

"I believe in long-term and reliable interests more than trust in friendship and family."