Soul echo

Chapter 323 Investigation

Before the night came, Zhong Ye came to the fourth village, which was also the last goal of his trip.

The four villages are all within ten kilometers around Bourges, but the fourth village is different from the first three villages. This village was entrusted to one of his knights by the lord of Bourges.

However, this should not be the reason why the humans in this village were attacked while the other villages were not.

With such doubts, Zhong Ye knocked on the gate of this village.

The sound woke up the sentry who was curled up on the sentry tower. He opened his eyes in a daze, looked down, and his mind suddenly became clear.

"You... what are you here for?" the sentinel asked loudly.

The man had two weapons on his back, and it was obvious from a glance that he was not a man to get along with.

Perhaps thinking of something terrible, the sentinel gripped the rough short bow nervously, sweat dripping from his palm.

"I'm an adventurer hired by the Commercial Church, and I'm here to check on the situation in your village." Zhong Ye replied calmly.

In theory, he was indeed hired by several churches in Bourges, but those churches did not hire him to investigate the situation in these villages.

Judging by the sentinel's expression, he probably didn't believe his words. Zhong Ye immediately added: "I have a certificate issued by the Commercial Church. I will throw the certificate over. You can take the certificate to the village owner. He can prove my identity. .”

With that said, Zhong Ye took out the proof from his backpack and threw it over the wall.

The sentinel looked at him suspiciously, but because of the influence of [Affinity Physique], he chose to believe him.

"Then wait a moment!"

With a cry, the sentry withdrew his head from outside the sentry tower, climbed down the stairs, picked up the 'certificate' behind the village gate, and ran into the village.

Zhong Ye waited outside the door for a long time, until the sky was completely plunged into darkness before there was any noise from the village.

"Hey! Are you still there?" the sentry shouted through the gate.

Zhong Ye opened his eyes, looked up at the gate in front of him, bent his legs slightly, jumped over the wall and jumped into the village.

The sentinel with the torch saw a black figure falling beside him, and was frightened and froze in place. When the figure stood up, he realized that this person seemed to be the adventurer who had shouted to him... It turned out that this adventurer Is it possible to jump in?
It wasn't until Zhong Ye appeared in front of him that the sentinel noticed how tall this adventurer was—more than a head taller than him.

Swallowing nervously, the sentinel took half a step back subconsciously, "You, you..."

Perhaps because he was too surprised, he couldn't even complete a sentence.

Zhong Ye sighed: "Where's my 'proof'?"

Hearing Zhong Ye's mention, the sentinel remembered what he was here for, and hastily took out the holy emblem of the Commercial Church from his pocket, stretched out his hand and handed it to Zhong Ye.

"Here, here you are."

"Thank you." Zhong Ye took back the holy emblem and asked, "Where is the lord's answer?"

The sentinel quickly retracted his arm, "Oh! Master Grant said, you are welcome..."

Zhong Ye nodded slightly, and asked again: "Can you tell me where the lord's residence is?"

"Over there." The sentinel turned and pointed north of the village.

"Thank you."

Seeing Zhong Ye's leaving back, the sentry was stunned for a long time before he realized it, sighed, shrunk his neck, and climbed back to the sentry tower.

He needs to stay on the sentry tower until late at night to complete the task.

Zhong Ye stepped on the snow and walked quickly to the village lord's house.

It was dark in the village, the sound of making people could be heard from most of the houses, and only one house was still brightly lit.

This village is very poor. Even the lord's house, except that it is bigger and has a second floor, looks not much different from other villagers' houses. Even the windows are made of wood.

Zhong Ye knocked on the door of the house. After a while, a fat woman opened the door. Seeing the weapon behind him, she couldn't help covering her mouth and let out a slight exclamation.

There is no such person in the village, that is to say, he is a mercenary sent by that church?

"Aunt Maria, who is it?" A crisp voice came from the room.

A deep voice followed: "Is that mercenary?"

"Yes, master, it should be that mercenary." The fat woman glanced at Zhong Ye, "...it should be!"

Zhong Ye spoke at the right time: "If there is only one mercenary asking for a 'visit' at this time, then the mercenary you are talking about should be me."

"Then let him in, Maria."

Hearing this, Zhong Ye shook his boots on the steps in front of the door, shaking off the mud and snow stuck to the soles of his shoes, and then he lowered his head and walked into the room.

The first thing he did when he entered the house was to unhook the weapon and put it aside.

As he saw from the outside, the room was not very big, the living room was the dining room, and the lord's family was sitting around the dining table, 'enjoying' dinner.

Even the lord of this village doesn't have a big dinner.

A bowl of mushroom stewed fish soup, a plate of roasted fruit, a bowl of stewed beans, and a steak, these foods that are full of prejudice and stereotypes in the eyes of many people constitute the dinner of the small lord family of the Kingdom of Gaul.

Even so, this dinner is already unattainable in the eyes of ordinary civilians.

Although he hadn't had dinner today, Zhong Ye looked at the food and didn't have any appetite, nor did he feel hungry.

A single candle stood upright on the dining table, and the flickering dim candle was the only light source in the room. Fortunately, Zhong Ye had already adapted to the dark night of this era.

The fat woman walked quickly to the dining table, picked up the half-eaten bread, and looked at Zhong Ye vigilantly, but when Zhong Ye walked out of the darkness, and the light and shadow carved clear and distinct facial features on his face, she couldn't help but grow up. mouth.

——When she was at the door just now, she could only see Zhong Ye's height and vague outline clearly.

The three members of the lord's family also turned their heads to look at Zhong Ye, and they all froze.

"Wow! You are so tall!" The lord's daughter exclaimed, breaking the eerie silence.

Zhong Ye glanced at her, smiled slightly, and gained a pair of shining eyes and a little admirer.

Then, he turned his gaze to the lord again, and said seriously: "Major lord, do you have time? I want to ask you about the 'vampire's whereabouts' in this village."

After hesitating for a moment, the lord turned around and picked up the oil lamp that was placed aside, and carefully lit the wick with the candle on the dining table, and another light source appeared in the room.

"Follow me." With that, the lord stood up and walked towards the stairs.

Zhong Ye followed the lord up to the second floor, entered a certain room, and watched him close the door.

The lord hung up the oil lamp and sat on a chair covered with wolf fur, while Zhong Ye sat down opposite him.

"Praise the strict lady." The lord first made a prayer to the gods he believed in, to show that his next words were all spoken under the witness of the goddess of the family, and there was absolutely no lie.

Zhong Ye didn't say a word, but just stroked his chest with one hand to show respect.

unbelievers...

Seeing Zhong Ye's actions, the lord thought about it.

"Unlike the other three villages, what appeared here was a real vampire!" As soon as he opened his mouth, the lord said a shocking sentence.

As he thought about it, he recounted: "Just last night, a vampire broke into my house—yes, you heard me right, 'broke' into my house.

"He told me that he was forced to transform into a vampire, he didn't kill anyone, and he escaped from the clan when his superior blood relatives died.

"Right now, his clan is hunting him down, so hopefully I can give him shelter."

"And then?" Zhong Ye frowned.

Under the protection of the goddess of the family, a vampire can actually break into someone's home. Does this mean that something unexpected happened?

"Now he's hiding in the cellar."

The lord took a deep breath, "I don't know if what he said is true or not, but my child and wife are at home, and I can't beat him, so I can only follow his will and keep him.

"Originally, I planned to report the news to the clergyman in the city today, but he said that he felt that his people were approaching, and now the other vampires have no way of determining his location. His position will be exposed, and not only my family and I, but the entire village will be killed."

Zhong Ye frowned, "That is to say, the whereabouts you reported before..."

"Yes, he had already escaped at that time, and his people were chasing him. The villager who died should have unfortunately encountered a vampire who happened to be hungry."

Under the candlelight, the shadows rose and fell, making the expressions of the lord and Zhong Ye a little uncertain.

"...I want to meet the vampire who 'doesn't kill'."

The lord nodded, walked to the bookshelf, and took out a key from it.

"This is the key to the cellar, and after he lived in it, I locked the door of the cellar.

"However, I won't go in with you, I want to protect my family."

It sounds like the lord doesn't trust him very much, and the reason why he gave him the key is probably because of the holy emblem.

Zhong Ye picked up the key, got up and walked out of the room.

——He wanted to see why that vampire could 'break' into other people's homes!

(End of this chapter)