God-level Demon Hunter

Ai Fulin looked at Cantila, and both of them denied at the same time, "Amos has always been stubborn. Every time after the performance, Ai Fulin will show love to him, and last time was no exception. Practiced Gwent tricks in the corner for a while... everyone can testify to that."

"And at what time did Ariane La Valetti come to see him in the room?"

"It's very short, it must be no more than 10 minutes before we enter the lounge..."

"So, at about 45:[-], before [-]:[-], Arian took the Quint performers out of the lounge," Roy thought for a moment, "Then you, Cantila, Froz, Collins Just stay in the lounge until the incident happens?"

"That's right..." Evelyn explained, "The four of us didn't rush out until we heard the woman's scream..."

"Who discovered Ariane then, and when?"

The three members of Sea Scorpion shook their heads. The incident happened suddenly. Their attention was completely attracted by the servant's scream, and they didn't pay attention to the time at all.

"Master Demon Hunter, let me answer this question..." Sylvia moved closer to the Demon Hunter and said, "Sylvia can't remember other times, but there is one time that she will never forget— —Before ten o'clock every day, I must urge the young master to go to bed, this is the rule set by the master and madam, and it has been like this for more than ten years."

Sylvia raised her small chin slightly, looked into the air, and recalled,

"It took a while for the young master to leave the main banquet hall. I was worried that it was time for him to rest, so I glanced at the grandfather clock in the hall. It was nine twenty... There were four or ten minutes left before the young master's rest time. I was still relaxed He breathed a sigh of relief... But it didn't take long before everyone heard Rosie's panicked cry."

"Who is Rosie?"

"My good sister, another maid... I talked to her in detail afterwards. She accidentally got wet while serving drinks in the banquet hall, so she went back to the dormitory to change, but who knew For the unconscious young master lying beside the bed..."

The maid turned pale as she spoke, "It's all my fault... If I had checked the young master's safety earlier, there would have been no accidents..."

"Ms. Sylvia, you don't have to blame yourself..." Roy glanced at the maid. Her figure was plump and soft, without powerful muscles or spells. "From the perspective of the murderer's ability, if you rush over, you will only lose your life in vain."

"Now back to the topic, you just said that Arian was found unconscious in the maid Rosie's room."

"As servants, we are not qualified to live in a single room..." Sylvia explained, "Rosie and other sisters live in a big shop...the dormitory in the most remote corner of the second floor of the castle... ..."

"Do you usually lock the door? Is there a guard?"

Sylvia shook her head, "Inside the castle that night, there were only guards at the entrance of the main banquet hall, and the corridors leading to the first and third floors..."

The two demon hunters looked at each other, exhaled, and remained silent for a long time. The murderer obviously knew where to hide enough.

"Okay, now let's summarize the information we have. According to the confessions of Sea Scorpion and Ms. Silvia, Master Ariane's accident happened within half an hour from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-]..."

Roy's sharp eyes swept over everyone present, "Evelyn, the three of you can prove to each other that there is no time to commit crimes... Ms. Silvia... I believe you will not hurt the children who have grown up since childhood... then the remaining Under the circumstances, the murderer may be Amos, a guest who left the banquet hall halfway, or—" Roy took a deep look at Sylvia, "a servant in the castle!"

There was a look of solemnity on the maid's white face, and then she shook her head, "Sisters... all of them are honest people who know the basics, have lived in the barony for generations, and have a clean family background. There is no reason, nor the courage and ability to do harm. Master!"

"Your words make sense..." Roy said, "In my opinion, the possibility of the servant committing crimes among the three is relatively low...We have to find out now..." The demon hunter held it in his arms before Which guest list was taken out again, and his eyes scanned the names on it, "Who in the half of you has left the banquet hall?"

The banquet hall on the second floor of Chateau La Valette is large enough to accommodate hundreds of guests, but there were only 24 that night, which is not too many.

"Can you reconvene the guests?"

"Sorry, most of the guests have already left the local area, so I can only ask the sisters." Sylvia pondered, "I remember that night, in order to show respect and importance to the guests, the master and madam gave every guest Assigned a personal maid..."

"Those sisters...should know the whereabouts of the guests they look after."

Chapter 7 Testave

In the corridor outside the utility room of La Valette Castle, dozens of servants stood in a row, most of them were maids. They were at the best age in their lives, with slim figures, good faces, and smooth and elastic skin. Coupled with the respectful posture and exquisite dress, it is extremely pleasing to the eye.

"The old baron's life style is really extravagant..." Roy glanced slowly over the group of Yingying and Yanyan, and thought to himself, "I'm already old, and I still have so many maids, can I bear it? "

Retracting his thoughts, the demon hunter shook his head. The group of servants in his observation field of vision were all genuine ordinary people, without any magical power or special skills, and their physical fitness was at most equivalent to that of normal adults.

Facing the scrutiny of the two demon hunters, they remained silent and did not dare to breathe.

Could it then be the servant who hurt Arion and took his jewels?

It is more likely to be a misleading method by the real culprit.

Roy thought so, his eyes turned among the servants,

"Everyone, Ms. Silvia has notified you of the specific situation. As long as you cooperate honestly and answer our questions, there won't be much delay..."

Sylvia, the leader, said solemnly, "It's about the life and death of Master Aryan, I hope everyone will fully cooperate with the two masters... If anyone dares to hide or lie... Everyone knows the rules of the castle!"

Sylvia's voice was loud, with determination on her soft face, "Adele, you come first..."

"Okay, okay, sister Sylvia." A delicate and thin girl stood out from the crowd and followed the two witchers into the utility room by the corridor.

"Bang—" The wooden door was locked tightly, all the servants were shocked, and the corridor became more quiet, and a needle could be heard.

"Adele...you were arranged to serve the guests at the dinner that day?" The two demon hunters stood side by side with their arms folded, staring at the slightly hunched little girl in the opposite corner with piercing eyes.

The other party was like a frightened little animal. With a grunt, he swallowed with difficulty, "Masters... I will take care of Mr. Elvis that night."

"Elvis, the general spice agent of the Barony." Roy took out the guest list again and looked at it carefully. "Have you been with Elvis all this time?"

Adele's petite brows frowned, and she made an expression of thinking hard, "The two masters, because of the master's order, everyone stayed with the guests every step of the way, Adele...Adele definitely did not slack off!"

"Very good!" The two demon hunters looked at each other with smiles on their faces, "Then do you still remember, did Mr. Elvis leave the banquet hall halfway that night, at [-]:[-]... During nine twenty?"

The little girl had a dazed look on her face after hearing this, apparently not remembering the exact time.

"That said, the period from the end of the acrobatic troupe's performance to the accident of Master Ariane is about half an hour."

Only then did Adele patted her small chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "Masters, I can guarantee that Mrs. Elvis has been staying in the banquet hall and never went out!"

"Little girl, think about it carefully," Leto said, "What we need is the facts... Are you sure that Elvis didn't sneak out halfway—while you weren't paying attention, five minutes, or even less time."

Adele stared blankly at the stiff face of the bald man, and then said, "Masters, please trust Adele, because at that time... at that time, there was a Vivaldi Bank president Ossie in the banquet hall." Auston, he and Lord Elvis have been discussing a business, from the beginning to the end, Adeline can testify that she is in charge of taking care of Lord Auston."

"That's it..." The two demon hunters exchanged glances, and asked some innocuous questions that made Adele puzzled, "Okay, little girl, it's none of your business, go out and take Ed Just call Lin in."

……

The witcher's inquiries were carried out in an orderly manner. An hour later, the two asked eighteen maids, and they got the same answer - none of the guests had left the banquet hall.

Just half an hour is the time for a few glasses of wine, and the guests that night, a group of members of the upper class, can be regarded as like-minded. Women, business, transfer of power, and changes near the Amer Mountains are all related to each other. It's such a joy to talk about such a topic, how can I have time to go out?

On this point, quite a few maids and their companions could corroborate each other, making it impossible for the demon hunter to doubt it.

Occasionally, a few servants got too nervous, and the demon hunter directly used the Axii seal to torture them. Anyway, there was a door across the room, and outsiders didn't know the specific situation inside.

It's a pity that after the torture, it turned out that those maids were just emotionally disturbed due to poor psychological endurance, and they failed to provide valuable clues to the witcher.

Until No.19.

……

"Beatty...two masters...I'm Beatty..." A plump maid with long brown hair and a few small freckles on both sides of her nose walked into the utility room.

She was about thirty years old, and looked more mature and charming than most maids.

"What was the name of the guest you were in charge of at that time?"

"Testav..." Beatty looked at the two witchers and replied cautiously, "A guest from Vizima."

Roy's voice rose, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, "This is a real 'big man'!"

The maid agreed, "To tell the truth to the two masters, the master wanted to accompany him in person, but Lord Testave doesn't seem to like too much attention and formal things, so the master asked me to accompany him..." said Seeing Beatty's glamorous face, she was slightly proud, and muttered to herself, "Perhaps the master thought that Beatty was the most sensible, so he let me serve this most honored guest..."

"Ms. Beatty, you stayed with Lord Testave from the beginning to the end of the banquet?"

The maid brushed her hair, and said in a deep thought, "I remember that the lord stayed in the banquet hall to enjoy the performance of the acrobatic troupe and drank several glasses of red wine."

"Has he talked to anyone?" asked the witcher.

Surprise flashed across the maid's pretty face, "Master, it's true when you say that. This lord seems to have chatted with the master for a while, and he probably doesn't know the guests that night? After all, he is the only Vizima." people."

Roy's heart moved, and he continued to ask, "After watching the performance of the acrobatic troupe, is he still staying in the banquet hall?"

"No, Lord Testave drank a lot of wine, and he felt a little stuffy when he got drunk." The maid said, "He said he wanted to go out to get some air."

The demon hunter heaved a sigh of relief, and finally heard a different answer, "Where did he get his breath? You didn't follow?"

"You two masters, you can't walk to the side of the banquet hall for 2 minutes, and before you reach our dormitory, there is an open-air garden... Mrs. Testave must have gone to the garden to breathe." Beatty said with a wry smile, "Master confessed But, let me take good care of this lord, and I must not violate any of his intentions, he wants to be alone, how dare Beatty follow up to make people annoying, so I waited in the banquet hall."

The demon hunter was silent for a moment, and an immature thought came to his mind, "Do you remember how long Testave has been away?"

"A quarter of an hour?" The maid was full of uncertainty, "I'm sorry to the two masters, I just remember that the young master—"

The maid's voice stopped abruptly, she covered her red lips, her eyes widened, fear flashed across her face, and after a while, she said hesitantly, "Masters, do you doubt—"

Suddenly, a triangular sign was reflected in Beatty's beautiful blue eyes, and his whole body froze, straightening his body like a marionette, and then the devil's bewitching whispers sounded in his ears.

As fleeting as a second, and as long as a whole day.

When the maid recovered, she said blankly, "Sorry, masters, I was distracted. Where did I just say?"

"The Baron asked you to take care of Lord Testave, because you are the most considerate and sensible despite your age," the witcher grinned at her, "Ms. Beatty, we have pretty much figured it out, you can leave now Room, after 5 minutes, let the next person come in."

"Oh." The maid's expression was slightly surprised. She didn't seem to say a few words, and it was over anyway, but the witcher ordered her to do so, so she couldn't wait any longer.

"Remember, we need to sort out the clues, and let the next one come in after 5 minutes."

"Okay, master... crunch—"

……

"Testav's departure time is too coincidental... There is a lot of suspicion," Lei Suo paid attention to his companion's expression, "but kid, you know this guy, right? Sylvia gave you the list just now, you When talking about this guy, his tone was very strange, and his behavior just now was even more—”

"Haven't figured it out yet? Leto...don't be blocked by the muscles all over your body." Roy looked at the threatening eyes of the big man and smiled coyly, "Well, you know Testave too. Brother Oaks met him once, if you don't believe me, read the name upside down."

"Foast?"

"Read it a few times."

"Fortus... Fortus... Fu——" The big man was shocked suddenly, then bowed his head and remained silent.

"Think about it, that person, that name." Roy stared at the wall in a daze, his tone became dignified, "The garden is only a few steps away from the residence of the maid who committed the crime, and the best place to practice Gwent card magic is also Garden. So it is entirely possible that the murderer moved the victim from the garden to the maid's bedroom, which happened to be uninhabited by guards... His suspicion is beyond doubt."

"But we have neither conclusive evidence, nor his motives and methods of committing the crime. The most important point is that his identity is extremely sensitive. We must be cautious and not disclose any investigation information to the outside world."

"Then we have to go to the garden after the question." Lei Suo leaned against the wall and sighed, feeling complicated for a moment, feeling that he was in trouble, and this trouble could not be solved casually with violence. "It's time to see the unconscious kid."

Chapter 8 In the garden

The bright sunshine in late autumn spills from the courtyard in the center of Chateau La Valette, reflecting the fragrant and colorful roses, crabapples, camellias that cover the courtyard...

A woman is standing on the path among the flower beds, her pale green open-chested dress supports her graceful figure, a babbling mahogany baby carriage is placed at her feet, and a watering can is pouring flowers one after another in her hand. Water is pouring in the basin.

"That is Mrs. Louisa." At the entrance of the garden, the maid Sylvia pointed to the distance and explained in a low voice to the two witchers, "Because of the young master, Madam has been living a very difficult time. Depressed... I go to the garden every day to relax."

"Will going in now disturb Madam's rest?" Roy asked.

"Masters, I have to ask Madam about this point," Sylvia said apologetically, "But I think Madam is concerned about the young master's safety, so she should be willing to cooperate with the investigation."

The witcher nodded, watched the maid enter the center of the garden, and then explained a few words to the members of the Sea Scorpion Acrobatic Troupe beside him, asking them to wait outside the garden.After all, the three of Evelyn are still nominally accomplices in the murder of Ariane, so Louisa, the victim's mother, would naturally not be happy to see them.

……

"Ah!" Roy rubbed his nose and glanced at the two women in the distance. From his perspective, he could only see the back of the baroness, but only from the back, the undulating curve between the woman's waist and hips The beautiful swan-like neck can also prove that she is an extremely outstanding beauty.

"I just gave birth to a girl more than a month ago...the body has recovered so quickly, she is so talented." Roy admired slightly. In his inherent impression, most women, no matter how beautiful they are when they are young, once they give birth This beauty will be marked with a big discount.

The figure is rapidly out of shape, and the waist is bloated like a bucket is the most normal change, especially for rural women. After giving birth, who will deliberately maintain their figure to please their mud-legged husband who goes to the fields every day?

"I don't know how this noble lady takes care of it?"

"Little devil, don't forget that she is still the mother of a boy in her teens..." The bald man added in a low voice, a strange look flashed in his eyes, "I'm less than 30 years old this year... 27 or [-] years old? So inferred, Mrs. Louisa gave birth to her first child when she was seventeen or eighteen years old..."

Lei Suo paused, and Sylvia walked back towards them, stretching out her hand to invite them.

"Two masters, Madam invites you to go over."

……

Roy looked around, there were no less than ten kinds of flowers planted in the garden, including hibiscus and chrysanthemums, but the white jasmine flowers accounted for more than half of them.

"Jasmine, symbolizes faithful and unswerving love. Is this what the old baron planted on purpose?" The corner of Roy's mouth twitched, suddenly feeling quite ironic. The age difference between the baron and his wife is too great, and the relationship between old couples and young wives does not depend solely on money And these flowers will be able to sustain.

After all, the old husband raised a grassland.

"These flowers..." After walking a few steps, his nose moved. The rich fragrance at the gate of the garden was already impressive enough, but now near the center of the garden, the ubiquitous fragrance of flowers has become extremely strong, like sea water Wrap them tightly as well.

Roy and Lei Suo's sense of smell, which is far more sensitive than ordinary people, is almost completely occupied by the scent of flowers, and there is no room for other smells.

No matter what is too much, it will cause disaster, and the scent of flowers is no exception. Relatively speaking, demon hunters are even more willing to smell a moderate amount of bloody smell, which can better keep their sharp and clear minds.

They frowned at the same time, until the elegant woman turned around at them, and the displeasure was replaced by amazement.

I have to say that God is very kind to the lady in front of me. At the age of 28, most Caucasian women will inevitably have wrinkles on their bodies, but the baroness's healthy wheat-colored skin is still smooth and delicate, milky Like silk.

There are no rings, earrings or other accessories on her body, her black hair is simply tied behind her head, her brown eyes are as bright as sunshine, her vermilion lips are as delicate as freshly peeled water chestnuts, and her front skirt is opened very low, showing a With a seductive scene, coupled with her slender waist and slender thighs, she is undoubtedly a sexy stunner.

"9 points of charm..." Roy's own charm of 8 suddenly paled in comparison.