[Double North] Fate

Today's work kept him busy as usual, but when He Jiong packed up his belongings and picked up his coat, he felt more tired than usual.The work is over, and I still have to think about the mystery of the Holy Grail War and something about an unreliable Caster.

He rubbed between his brows, then patted his face to wake himself up and cheer him up.While exhaling a long breath, he opened the door of the private car, and was about to make a sound, but a black figure flashed ahead of the pillars near the underground parking lot, and rushed behind him the moment he was about to enter the driver's cab. yelled.

"Wow!"

"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

He Jiong was so frightened that he almost jumped up, his heart was in his throat, but when he turned his head, he found that Caster was laughing and winking at him, with a pair of fishtail-shaped creases emerging from the corners of his eyes. "I wanted to scare you from the driver's seat, but I can't get in, and I don't have your car keys, so I can only hide behind the pillars."

"I should have read it thoroughly yesterday...you are really naive." He Jiong said weakly.The magic connection made him know that Caster was nearby, but who would have thought that he would appear in such a mischievous way, which frightened He Jiong.

"Didn't I want to report today's investigation results to the master earlier? Look how dedicated I am. As long as I don't let me fight people head-on, I can discuss anything. Get in the car first." He motioned He Jiong to get into the car and pointed But it is the position of the door on the other side.Seeing He Jiong's puzzled face, he said, "What are you doing in a daze, I'll drive."

Facing this follower who is always playful from time to time, He Jiong finds himself dumbfounded again. "You drive? Can you drive? Don't mess around. If I get caught by the traffic police, I'll be on the news tomorrow." He grabbed Caster's arm.

"Friend, don't worry," Caster patted He Jiong's shoulder with a kind old father's smile, stretched out his little finger to hook the tinkling car keychain from his hand, and bent over like a boiled shrimp I got into the driver's seat, "Your Caster, I am a follower with Rider (cavalry) class aptitude, and a mere motor vehicle is not a problem. Even if I am caught by the police uncle, I still have a driver's license, don't be afraid Let someone check."

"Come on, after all, it's not driving without a license. Your driver's license must be made of magic," He Jiong muttered, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I remember that you usually wear high heels, so The heels are too high to pedal. Why don't you replace mine—"

"No."

Caster turned a stern face to look at him.He Jiong can assure you that his expression is similar to that of a judge who is about to pronounce the defendant guilty in court.

It seems that he also has taboo topics.He Jiong secretly touched his chin happily.

On the way home, the two briefly exchanged information, but neither made significant progress.He Jiong experienced the same day as before summoning Caster, and Caster found no trace of the suspected appearance of the Lesser Holy Grail in any museum.

"The only thing that bothered me was that I heard from the museum staff that several local museums in Xingsha City have collections participating in touring exhibitions in other places." Caster skillfully turned the steering wheel and steered the car to turn left and right, Walking through the city roads as night falls and the lights come on.

He Jiong thought for a while. "You mean, among the so-called cultural relics exhibited in other places, there may be cultural relics stolen by the organizers of the Holy Grail War?"

"Yes. If you want to take the Lesser Holy Grail, this will be an excellent opportunity. But this information alone cannot determine who is most likely to commit the crime."

"The thieves are not necessarily people who have access to the exhibits inside the museum... Suppose an outsider breaks in and steals the cup. In order to delay the discovery of the fault as much as possible, the museum will also claim that the cup was transferred to another place for exhibition, and then try to display it in the museum. During this period, lost cultural relics were recovered.”

"If this is the case, then by comparing the names of the cultural relics that disappeared in the exhibition hall with the list of cultural relics in the special touring exhibition in other places, we will definitely find information inconsistencies. The little holy grail that we assumed was stolen, although it is different from other The exhibited cultural relics have disappeared from Xingsha’s museum, but they will not appear in the list of exhibitions in other places. But I don’t think it’s very meaningful—”

"Compared with other possibilities, the probability of this happening is indeed relatively small. For example, the Lesser Holy Grail directly descended on an object in another place, rather than it appearing in the museum and immediately being used as a reason for touring exhibitions It is more likely to take it away. In addition, we have to consider that the museum has a warehouse for non-exhibited cultural relics. I think that the investigation of the whereabouts of cultural relics is too extensive, and it is a waste of time. The benefits outweigh the losses. Should we consider other investigations direction?"

"That's exactly what I wanted. That's why I didn't ask the museum staff in the end today. I don't think they would easily tell me if there are any lost cultural relics in the museum, or where the undisplayed cultural relics are usually placed," Caster said. Raising the corner of his mouth, he glanced at the thinking person in the passenger seat, "It's rare that we can reach an agreement on thinking so quickly. You are very smart, Jiong Jiong."

"Thank you for the compliment, I didn't expect that I have a tacit understanding with you."

"If you didn't even have this affinity, wouldn't you have summoned me in the first place?" Caster said with a smile.

He Jiong did not deny it.He recognized Caster's excellent mind and meticulous logical thinking, but it's a pity that this short appreciation didn't last long.

The moment He Jiong pushed open the door of his residence and heard the rattling sound, and turned on the lights in the porch and the living room, even a person like him with excellent self-cultivation and good temper couldn't help but want to call Caster by his full name.The imminent attack was like a collapsed dog owner who found out that his stupid big dog had made a mess of the room, so scared that Caster quickly covered his mouth. "Shh! Shhh! Don't bark! I'll explain now!"

He Jiong pushed his hand away, adjusted his breathing, and tried his best to show his patience: "Mr. Xiao Sa, please explain the origin of these things in my house." The walls, windows, ceiling and floor are all covered with snow-white paper pages, neatly arranged in rows, and only the upper half of the paper on the wall is pasted like a calendar, and the rest floats in the air. A trace of flowing air, those papers flew up like white butterflies.From He Jiong's point of view, this house is similar to a haunted house covered with yin and yang symbols after being treated by Mr. Feng Shui.

Caster scratched his face knowingly, and swallowed. "These are mine," his voice became weaker and weaker due to guilt, "the workshop."

He Jiong said "Ah?" before he straightened his back and put his left hand on his hip and his right hand against the wall, as if he could stand up straight: "My workshop looks like this, whether you like it or not, it looks like this! The wall of enchantment It's made of pages—hey?! I beg you, don't talk about it?" Caster rescued a piece of white paper with words written on it from He Jiong's hand, and blew it distressedly as if afraid that the paper would hurt.

It is undeniable that He Jiong felt the clear and warm surge of magical power the moment he touched the paper, so what Caster said was not false. The "paper house" composed of pages written by magic power was indeed used by Caster to improve The place of magical effect and combat ability - magic workshop.It's just that a room covered with white paper is really not a place where people can live...

"It's so white that it hurts my eyes. And you posted it too densely," He Jiong accepted the fact that his Caster had built such a magic workshop with some helplessness, "Huh? The words on it seem to be It’s the source of magic power, let me see, what’s written here—”

Caster silently read the barometer on He Jiong's face.He Jiong pursed his lips, hesitated to speak, and finally asked after a while: "You just watched it yesterday, and you remember everything?"

"Well, I have a good memory since I was a child. I can basically remember the general idea after reading it once." Caster scratched the back of his head this time, "I was worried that you would not like it when you saw it. If you don't want to, I'll replace it all."

"That's not necessary. You can find a way to make these magic pages transparent when the magic power is enough, so that no one outside can find out." He Jiong walked into the kitchen slowly, filled the electric kettle and boiled water.

Caster was lying by the kitchen door, pitifully like that big dog that messed up the furniture, and timidly asked the owner: "Are you not angry?"

"Don't be angry anymore," He Jiong affirmed without looking back, "I just want to know why all the pages in your room are my host manuscripts."

"For the position in your house, of course, it is best to use words related to you. What's more, you are still my master."

Caster paused, then continued cautiously.

"Besides, I really like your stage style. So when I wrote the pages, I recorded the lines by the way."

By the way, I can't write so much in a room.He Jiong thought, and suddenly he took a sip of tea in a better mood.

After a simple dinner, the two of them had a bowl of plain rice, a few side dishes, and a pot of steaming cold duck soup, and returned to the battle meeting of the Holy Grail War.The dining table was cleaned up, and the chestnut shell-colored surface was as shiny as paint, reflecting the pure white cut-out chandelier above the head. With a flick of his finger, Caster conjured paper and pen out of nowhere, and the rustling sound of writing came from in front of him.

He Jiong sat across from him and looked closely at his handwriting. Caster stared at the manuscript paper in front of him: "I've been thinking, if the investigation direction of cultural relics doesn't work, can we start from this direction?—Look here, the idea is still the same, the Holy Grail must be the crystallization of magic power, even if it is possible It is impossible to hide with magic, and it is impossible to completely leave no traces. First find out the places with the strongest magic reactions in the city, and then investigate one by one, and you should be able to find traces of the Holy Grail. If you do this investigation, you will not be able to If the Holy Grails are found, then it can be basically concluded that the Holy Grail War is not happening now.”

"In fact, this should be the first investigation direction to consider. But Xingsha City has a large scale, and it is definitely not feasible to rely on manpower to detect magic power in a region in a short period of time. This is why I did not propose this in the first place. The reason for the investigation method. Do you have any good ideas?"

Caster raised his eyes to look at him, raised his eyebrows, and there were several layers of wrinkles on his forehead: "I don't think you can trust me. If I don't have any ideas, will I tell you? It's actually not difficult. After the workshop is built, I will The ability to transform magic power has been enhanced, just find a commanding point in the terrain and spend some magic power to perform magic detection. The reason why I didn’t perform the magic spell at your home is because I was worried that other magicians would catch it when I strengthened the detection magic power. Now the situation is unclear. I don’t know the opponent’s strength, so it’s definitely the best policy not to act rashly.”

He Jiong rubbed Caster's shoulder and bent his elbow on the back of his neck. "I didn't expect you to be quite reliable when you are serious. But in this case, you can't actually do much tonight." He took the marked map that looked like an abstract painting from the tip of Caster's pen that was stagnant when he was thinking, "I'll go upstairs and take a look. It’s all around, just stay alert at home. I’m really worried that someone will be bored enough to look around with a telescope, and then find that the windows of my house are all covered with white paper.”

"Don't worry, I've already done the basic processing. Non-magicians can't directly see those pages with the naked eye. The shielding of magic power detection has also been implemented," Caster straightened up and let He Jiong's hand on his shoulder slip. Going down, grab He Jiong's dangling forearm and lift it up, flicking it twice like shaking a robot toy arm, "I have nothing to do, so I just take charge of watching TV and studying Mr. Jiong Jiong's talk show art."