Oops, I became the witch's substitute

Filin didn't say anything, but Charlotte on the side calmly made the final move.

Charlotte tore off the candy coating and ate the candy silently: "It's just that some people are flat, short and small."

Irene let out a strange cry and started banging on Charlotte's back, as if she was acting like a spoiled child.

After playing around for a while, Fili finally came down from upstairs. The original Fili was already aware of their presence, but she still had to act surprised.

Fili thought their relationship was over after the banquet: "Oh my god, look who's here. How did you two have time to look for me?"

Irene put her hands on her hips and said, "Nothing, I just wanted to ask if you want to investigate the monsters in the area?"

Fili made no secret of it: "That's what happened."

Irene started to yell, "Are you stupid? Doing something this dangerous, wasting time and no one helping you, you must be a fool."

Charlotte raised her hand. "Then Irene will say that she has some free time lately, so she can help you look for it. In fact, she also wants to find out about the monsters, and whether there is a dangerous witch behind it. Maybe she can find out why her gem is missing."

Irene said angrily, and continued to slap Charlotte's shoulder: "Don't speak for me, why do you always speak for me recently?"

Charlotte looked nonchalant: "Because Irene's thoughts are always easy to guess."

What a pair of good friends.

Suddenly, Irene caught a glimpse of the piano in the store out of the corner of her eye.

"How can such a store have such a high-end piano? This is totally unworthy of the status of a piano. Death penalty. The store manager is the one named Feilin, right? I suggest the death penalty be executed immediately~!"

Feilin felt that these people had a natural malice towards him. He had just returned to the store when he heard about the death penalty.

"Have I committed some terrible crime?"

"This is a piano. Don't you know its artistic value? I suggest you be sentenced to death three times."

Fili spread her hands and smiled. At least she knew that Irene liked it very much, so she asked, "Irene, can you play it?"

Irene puffed out her chest with pride and said, "Of course, if you really want to listen, I can also play for you. Be prepared for the applause after listening!"

Chapter 28: Witches also need artistic talent

Soon, the petite and cute blonde witch sat in front of the piano. She moved her chair forward for fear that her arms could not reach the keys. But to be fair, for a witch to play the piano... it requires more effort than ordinary people, hmm.

"Watch me, this is how you play the piano." Irene tried the tone first, and when she felt it was right, she began to play. At first, she hardly moved her shoulders and arms, and played a melody lightly and gracefully. The piano sounded sweet, as lively as her personality.

Irene created a special charm when she played, and a magical glow appeared all around, like stars twinkling along with the melody. Everyone's hearts suddenly became peaceful, immersed in the atmosphere of the witch's voice.

Before Irene finished playing, no one made a sound. Everyone waited quietly for Irene's song to come to an end and the last note to end. Only then did they applaud softly, as if louder applause would break the lingering sound.

Fili was not stingy with her praise: "What a surprise! I didn't expect you to be so good at piano."

Sanyi Erba means Sanyi Jiu

Charlotte whispered, "That's all Irene has. She was born into a noble family and received a good education. She's not on the same level as a witch like me."

Irene snorted. "It's really different. After all, Charlotte comes from far away."

Fili understood that this was a mockery of Charlotte for coming from the country.

Charlotte didn't know whether she understood or not, so she admitted it directly and asked Irene, "Then do you want some candy?"

Irene felt like she was punching cotton: "With your personality, you will definitely be bullied if other witches know about it. I can't imagine what you will do if I'm not by your side."

Charlotte gave a thumbs up: "So you want some candy?"

"No, I've eaten too much today!" Irene yelled, but she still snatched the candy. After calming down, she looked at Fili with a provocative look in her eyes. "So, as the buyer of this piano, Miss Fili, you won't just walk away after listening to my performance, right?"

Fili made a sound of "ah la la". She was sorry that someone had provoked her. Her piano skills had also been strengthened in this world. Her goal was to be elegant and respectable among the nobility. With her skills in this world and her experiences in her previous life, there was basically no song she couldn't play. "Then let's play 'Fate'. It's relatively simple."

Fili actually likes some two-dimensional songs, such as Angel's Heartbeat or the various music in Spice and Wolf, but these songs cannot suppress Irene's artistic cells. She can only borrow some light from the great gods in her previous life.

But this would be a bit too much of a bullying to Irene.

The piano piece of fate is full of powerful vitality. As someone who truly understands music, Irene was slightly stunned when she heard the prelude.

The most I showed off just now was hitting you with water polo. You're not going to move a river to rush over to me, are you?

The first eight notes of the piano piece of fate quickly attracted Irene, and the subsequent melody gushed out with Fili's playing, fast, intense and full of shock. The melody of the music attracted not only the few spectators in the inn, but also passers-by outside, who could not help but gather together to find out what was going on.

Everyone seemed to be riding on a big ship, floating on the boundless ocean, with waves rushing over them layer by layer. People who understand music felt suffocated under the pressure, but then became excited. People who did not understand music would also be inspired and look forward to being taken to higher peaks by the performers.

The whole piece of music occasionally has soothing melodies, but a hint of relaxation, which is just the prelude to the next round of huge waves. Fili deliberately controls the melody to be less aggressive, otherwise what Irene and the others hear is not huge waves, but the real setbacks and defeats in fate.

Even so, the whole piece is still touching, and the stirring notes linger in people's hearts for a long time even after it ends.

Irene was stunned for a moment after hearing this. She now looked like a faded black and white, like a mosquito that had been hit by an anti-aircraft gun.

Charlotte was the first to laugh: "Hmm~haha~it seems there are always people who are better than you. Actually, Irene, you play the piano much better than before. You are also very good."

"I don't need you to sympathize with me, but..." Irene suddenly stole a glance at Fili, then turned her back, "Doesn't this only recognize you? Among all the witches with artistic talent, you are the first one to be recognized by me."

Seeing the crowd gathered at the door, Fili lifted her skirt slightly like a real artist and bowed slightly: "Haha~ I am honored to be recognized by a beautiful witch like you, Miss Irene."

Irene blushed, then took a deep breath and her expression returned to normal: "Okay, that's enough time for a break. How are you going to investigate the monster? Where do you start looking?"

Fili thought about it and asked back: "From where? You mean..."

Irene took out a map from her sleeve: "I know a few suspicious places. The mountain forests are the most likely place for monsters to appear, and that's also our blind spot..."

Fili interrupted her hastily: "Wait, wait, Irene, you might be wrong. I don't plan to start from these places."

Irene was surprised and said, "So you plan to start your search from scratch? Believe me, this is the place I analyzed that is most likely to have stowaway witches and monsters."

Fili clasped her hands together and said, "Well, do you want to go somewhere with me first? I want to start from that place..."

Irene snorted, "Then go ahead. I'd like to see what place you would recommend."

It is actually the Adventurer's Guild.

Many people in this country know about the existence of witches, but they don't know who the specific witch is. However, Fili is somewhat famous here. The receptionist, Miss Xavier, saw Fili at the door from afar and began to wave to her.

Xavier found that the association had become much more lively since Fili came. Many people took on the accumulated difficult commissions in order to appear in front of the witch, clearing out a lot of the association's inventory: "Miss Witch, what kind of commission do you plan to accept today?"

Fili waved her hand: "Ah, rather than asking you to do something, I just want to ask you something."

Xavier didn't care what Fili was here for, as long as Fili showed up in the association. He was also a little confused as to why Fili brought her two younger sisters here today. Could it be... they were also witches?

Unlike most people, Savile was one of the few people who had dealt with witches and knew their characteristics.

The first characteristic is that she looks young but wears somewhat "mature" children's clothing. This person is most likely a witch.

Fili took out the commission letter and said, "I want to offer a reward and collect useful information. Have there been a large number of monsters appearing in the kingdom recently? Especially dragon monsters. The more information that makes adventurers feel that something is wrong, the better. In addition, I also want to collect some strange magical events. I am investigating something, so please help me."

Savile was very enthusiastic: "No, no, this is a commission from the witch, everyone in the association will definitely be very enthusiastic."

To use the words of another world, Fili's commission quickly became a hot topic, and many capable adventurers offered clues. The clues not only covered the direction Irene wanted to investigate, but even the rumors in the border area were brought up.

Fili stayed in the association for half a day and collected clues like a mountain, most of which were free because the adventurers felt embarrassed to ask for compensation for providing a few words.

Chapter 29: Witch's Analysis

Fili spent a day and a half collecting a lot of information and found that adventurers had seen quite a few abnormal monsters. Recently, there had been many sightings of dragon-shaped monsters. She asked Xavier, and he said that the number was much higher than in previous years.

"It is rare to see dragon-shaped monsters outside of specific areas. These monsters have a strong sense of territory and rarely wander away from their groups." Xavier is an experienced receptionist who records messages on the bulletin board all year round and is very confident in his memory.

"It doesn't seem to be a coincidence. The number of dragon-shaped monsters has indeed increased, and strange corpses have been found in the wild." Fili pulled out a few pieces of paper from the pile of papers, "Many corpses with abnormal deaths were found in the wilderness, and the descriptions match the previous characteristics..."

Irene got a headache after taking a look at the pile of papers. "Can you get anything from this messy information? Besides, the adventurers may not even know what they encountered."

Fili tried hard to pick up the information and walked back: "Let's go, I'll tell you when I get back."

Back in the hotel, in Fili's room, Fili hung a map of Miriam's kingdom on the wall, then took out a lot of corks, and then called Selena.

"Ms. Serena, come and help me. Together we can sort out the information about the dragon-shaped monsters and the abnormal deaths."

"it is good."

Serena appeared without having to be called, and the two of them quickly got to work.

Irene and Charlotte looked at each other and made eye contact. Since they were free anyway, they might as well help.

Scathach, who came over after hearing the noise and saw how serious everyone was, also wanted to go into the room to help, but was caught by Filin, who quickly picked her up and ran away. The process was as difficult as stopping a tabby cat from eating dried fish.

Fili pinned the map of dragon-shaped monsters' haunts on the wall with cork nails, and then pinned the news of unusual deaths on it.

"Hey, is this an illusion? It feels like each corpse corresponds to a monster, and judging by the time, the monsters appear from south to north." Irene discovered a pattern halfway through her work. "That's right, the place I want to take you to is the north. I think there must be what we are looking for there."

Charlotte ate the candy calmly: "I can see that Fili likes to use her brain. This is very tiring. Do you want to have some chocolate?"

Hearing this, Irene snatched the chocolate that Charlotte handed over, tore off the candy coating fiercely, and bit it in her mouth: "I'm just more active!"

Fili laughed quietly, "I'm really impressed by you two."

Serena worked silently until she turned to the last piece of intelligence: "It seems that there is no more news about abnormal deaths and dragon-shaped monsters. That's about it."

Fili looked at the map on the wall. Currently, thirty-seven incidents of dragon-shaped monsters appearing have been confirmed, and there are more than twenty abnormal deaths. Of course, there are some deaths that have not been counted.

Irene had sharp eyes and noticed this: "Why aren't these deaths counted?"

Not long ago, when they were fighting against the poisonous dragon in Serena's family territory, the two saw with their own eyes that the dragon turned into a human, so Fili and Serena had their own review standards.

After a brief explanation, Fili leaned closer to the map. Only a few adventurers could provide approximate times. Even so, Fili confirmed the times of these labels one by one and found a simple trajectory: "It can be seen that the trajectories of dragon-shaped monsters are basically around villages and towns, and have never appeared around large cities. Can I assume that someone is deliberately spreading these monsters, and the material used to summon monsters is humans."

Serena hesitated for a moment: "There are some adventurers here who are confirmed dead or missing. Do you want to mark them as well?"

Fili thought for a moment and said, "Let's mark the missing adventurers first."

Everyone worked together this time, and the four of them quickly pinned the labels of the 19 missing adventurers on the map. Almost half of them disappeared near the places where the dragon-shaped monsters appeared.

Serena frowned slightly: "The association doesn't seem to have noticed this situation, and has not issued a commission to investigate the missing person."

Fili knew the reason: "Because the current number of victims is not large enough to require the association to be vigilant. Every year there are new adventurers who overestimate their abilities and overly aggressive middle-level adventurers, and the old hands have their own comfort zone, so there are the least number of victims. But..."

Serena noticed it, too: "No one claimed the bodies of the unusual dead, not a single one, as if they weren't from Miriam."

Irene shook her head. "It could also be that the area is too far away, and the people abducted from the previous village are used in the next village..."

Charlotte interrupted her: "Wake up, there hasn't been much information about finding missing persons recently."

Irene said disdainfully: "There are so many humans, they don't even care if some people get lost for a short period of time!"

Fili gently touched the map, moving from left to right, and then from right to left: "When adventurers discover dragon-shaped monsters, they are more likely to hold their breath and retreat as quickly as possible, and then seek help from powerful people."

For example, Fili has accepted such an invitation.

She continued, "The missing, the sacrificed, and the recent haunts of dragon-shaped monsters... Look, let's assume that the murderer entered from the southeast and spread monsters all the way to the north. The place where the dragon-shaped monsters were seen in the past three days is here. It is about to reach the border, so we will go to this place. The wine town north of Miriam, there is no information about this place yet, and it is very suitable as the location of the next attack."

Irene was surprised: "Are you so sure?"

Fili shrugged. "It's not that I'm sure, but I'm making a basic judgment based on the current logic. The murderer wants to spread the monsters while resting and replenishing supplies, so he keeps moving around the villages and towns. He must be a foreigner. We just need to quietly investigate strange people. Okay, take a rest today, Serena, we'll set off in the evening."

Serena stood up straight immediately: "Yes!"

Irene was still wondering: "Then I'll go to the villages and towns in the south and ask around to see if there are any missing persons. I'm still quite concerned."

Charlotte also said: "I will ask other witches to see if they have seen outsiders."

Several people took action immediately, as they needed to hurry.

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In fact, Charlotte saw Hecate immediately after returning to the forest.

"... That's what happened. The Deceitful Witch Fili was quite capable and quickly figured out the direction. We started to investigate. If everything is alright, I'll leave. I still need to help inquire about the situation."

Everyone has something to be wary of.

Hecate expressed her understanding and admired Fili's efficiency: "Wait, Charlotte, if it were you, would you have such patience?"

Charlotte replied calmly: "Ah~ It's so troublesome, it's better to build a candy house. So Fili is so lively as if she has never been persecuted, but do you still doubt her identity as a witch?"

Hecate held her face in her hands, "If you want to say doubt, she is indeed a witch, with that faint aura, magic and mystery, but she seems to have no past... Maybe it's the opposite, she protects herself too well, and the current Fili is not her true identity."

Charlotte nodded: "The Witch of Deception, judging by her name, is a witch who is good at deceiving people, but she has no ill intentions. I don't mind her joining us. Okay, I'm going to get busy."

Hecate waved her hand and said, "Go, go. I really can't stand you. Maybe only someone like Fili can take you out of the house and keep you busy. Oh."