Abduct the Necromancer

When night fell, Sherlock and Sherry met in yesterday's woods.

After blessing the invisibility magic, Sherlock asked, "Where did I find it today?"

Xie Rui had obviously considered this matter, and answered without hesitation. "Start with the master bedroom. If you don't have one, go to the backyard. There will be many guests staying in this manor during the autumn hunting. If this is the case, the secret can only be hidden in a place where guests cannot enter."

Just like yesterday, Sherry entered the manor with Sherlock on his back, and quickly shuttled between the patrols without showing a trace.

Sherlock leaned on the man's back and looked at the other's side face. Although the front view was unremarkable, the profile on the side was quite beautiful, just like the lips, which completely exceeded the standard of this face.

Sherlock thought for a while, bit his lip, finally resisted the urge to poke his face, tilted his head and asked, "Sherry, am I heavy?"

"Huh? No, you are very light."

The thin lips curled up in an arc, if you just look at this mouth...it's really sexy and alluring.

What does a man with such a pretty mouth do?Sherlock sneered.

That man also seems to have a very sexy mouth?He tried hard to recall that person's facial features, but every part of that person was so perfect, so perfect that he couldn't focus on a certain place. If he had to focus on one place, it would be the eyes.

Deep, wise, sharp, quiet and shining, like the clear sky after rain, and like the vastness of the sea, he will always be attracted by those eyes, but he is too inferior to look directly at them.The aloof God's spokesperson may really be a person favored by God, both in talent and appearance are so perfect.

Thinking of this, Sherlock blushed slightly, and seemed to be a little relieved. Thinking that he could be pursued by such a person, he couldn't help feeling a little proud in his heart, but...

You don't deserve him at all, do you?

He lowered his eyes to hide his disappointment.

The Pope and the Necromancer—the two extremes of the world.Just standing in front of each other, Sherlock instinctively felt inferior.

He is the aloof, glorious, holy and flawless pope, but what about himself?Just a fallen priest, a necromancer, a little mage who may not be able to touch the profound meaning of magic in his life.

Rubbing the scar at the corner of his eye, it seems that his heart is not completely angry, what seems to be quietly growing in the bottom of his heart is... some kind of sour taste.

"Hey, Sherry."

"What's wrong?"

"What do you silver-masked people call your leader?"

Sherry was taken aback by this question. "Let's call... the leader. What's the matter?"

"Do you know his name?"

"...Xie Moxi."

"In other words, you all know his true identity in the Holy See?"

"Did you say the silver-masked men? Only the silver-masked men who participated in the operation know. Many of the silver-masked men are still living in that village and did not participate in the action against the Two Serpents. These people have no contact with the leader, nor You won’t know the true identity of the leader.”

Sherlock's question was not limited to this, he asked immediately: "Then you won't be surprised when you know his true identity? The Holy See itself should be the one that suppresses Yaozi, right?"

"This...Actually...it's okay." Xie Rui's answer was a little vague, and she didn't seem to want to continue this topic very much.

But Sherlock didn't intend to let him go easily, and asked aggressively, "What do you mean by 'okay'?"

"That's right..." Xie Rui paused for a while, then smiled wryly, and regained his calm posture, "Not everyone knows that the suppression of Yaozi started from the Holy See. Moreover, no matter what doubts you have at the beginning, you will slowly get rid of it." You will find that it is not a big deal to be the Pope, as long as it is well-intentioned, identity is not important, right?

"On the contrary, the special identity of the Pope can give help that ordinary people cannot give——magic notes, magic props, and magic materials. Only the Pope who controls the entire Holy See and has the strongest power and the largest collection in the mainland can provide them without limit. These things, after having such a strong backing, do we still have to give up these things for such insignificant reasons?"

Sherry's rhetorical question silenced Sherlock.After a long time, he spoke again, "Hey, then your leader...how is he doing recently?"

Sherry paused for a moment, and instead of answering, asked, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"You can't ask!" Sherlock thumped the man's shoulder angrily. He managed to muster up the courage to ask, but he was still questioned. How could he continue to ask!

His cheeks were hot, he propped up his body, and slightly opened the distance between the two, not wanting the other party to find out that his heart was beating like a drum.Then he said angrily: "I love to talk or not!"

Sherry didn't care about his moodiness, smiled, and asked without answering: "Sherlock, do you want to see him?"

"No!" Sherlock said angrily, "That bastard... I don't want to see him!"

Sherry didn't say anything more, his quietness saved Sherlock from more embarrassment, but the quietness also made him feel a little lonely.

The two arrived at the master bedroom without a sound. In the tacit understanding cultivated by searching the study yesterday, the two separately searched for clues, but to Sherlock's disappointment, there was still nothing here.Everything was kept very clean.But the furniture was covered with thin dust, and there was no bedding on the bed, which indicated that the room had not been used for a while, and it should only be cleaned regularly.

The two went to the backyard where the female relatives lived. This is the most likely place to hide secrets after the study and the master bedroom, but they still haven't found it.

Xie Rui frowned slightly, lowering his head in thought.

Sherlock looked around the room and said in confusion: "There is no possible place, could it be that we missed it?"

"Impossible..." Xie Rui replied, but there was nothing to say. Maybe he also had this doubt in his heart.

The reason why the secret room is called the secret room is because the entrance is hard to find. There are dozens of scattered things in a room, all of which are common items. It is difficult to tell where the mechanism is hidden. If you just move the book or touch the lamp, you can open it. The organ is relatively easy to solve, and sometimes you can find it with a little luck; if you need a key, let alone where such a small keyhole is hidden, what if the key is on the owner?Even if you find it, you can't open it.

Sherlock thought about the whole thing carefully, and there seemed to be something wrong...

"Xie Rui, have you found out that Yaozi might be locked up in this manor?"

Xie Rui showed a puzzled look, "That's right, a silver-masked man found the aura of a demon in the vicinity during the investigation, and then disappeared, so I wonder if he was imprisoned in this manor. What's the matter?" ?”

Sherlock's eyes lit up, and he said eagerly: "If the demons are locked up here, they must eat, right? The owner of the manor is not usually there, so who will give them food? If the entrance is at a place that only the owner can enter, a servant Isn't it weird to enter every day?"

"This... yes!" Xie Rui suddenly realized, "You are right. We have found the wrong ones before, and usually the master is not around, so we will definitely send someone to take care of those demons who have been imprisoned. The entrance is set in the master room! The entrance should be in a place where no one will be suspicious even if the servant enters every day!"

"Could it be in a woodshed or something?"

"No, there are too many people there, and the place where the entrance is located cannot be accessible to all servants."

A new question came out again, and the two fell into deep thought again.

After a while, the two raised their heads at the same time and said almost in unison: "Look where the most heavily guarded is the entrance!]

Sherry smiled slightly, while Sherlock turned his head away with a flushed face.