A True Story of a Wizard's Life

Holmes didn't knock on the door of Rosa's house, and a door couldn't stop him. After he entered, he could smell the fragrance, which was exactly the same as the fragrance on the corpse, but the smell here was stronger and full of fragrance. The whole room felt pungent to Holmes after smelling it, which made him feel a little nervous.

But at this time, he saw a woman lying on the ground, she looked about [-] years old, she had short hair and was wearing men's clothes, but she was already dead.

She actually held a plant in her hand, it had a root, and the root was shaped like a human.A strange smile appeared on the woman's face, as if some kind of wish had been fulfilled in a dream.

Holmes saw a large glass jar in the house, and there were three soaked 'cucumbers' in it, which should be the missing parts of the three male corpses, and the men's clothing worn by the lady did not fit well, obviously it was not herself clothes.

There were no other scars on this body, but it showed signs of being poisoned.The source of the poison is no accident, it is related to the plant that the female corpse hugged to death. There are many such plants in the kitchen, and the liquid after they are cooked is poured into bottle after bottle, including for soaking 'cucumber'.

Holmes lifted off the clothes of the female corpse and saw her lower body. "Sure enough, it is because of such a reason, and this is an extremely rare case."

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Gabriel did not see Holmes after waking up, and asked Mrs. Binger, but Mrs. Binger said mysteriously that Mr. Lessinger had gone to prepare a special gift for his daughter.

"Little Gal, I can't reveal this surprise in advance."

Will there really be surprises?

Surprises from Sherlock Holmes are not good gifts, and most of them are pleasant surprises.

Sure enough, a team of police soon appeared. They came to investigate the murderer, because the six missing people were finally found in the mountains this morning, and the tragic death made them very sad.

But this time, the police were very lucky, and they found the real murderer in no time. No one would have thought that Rosa, who was in her twenties, had committed suicide in fear of crime (later, during the autopsy, it was found that there were a lot of psychedelic substances in her body. drug ingredients residues).Rosa was identified as the murderer not only because of the three 'cucumbers' in her house, but also because of her planting records.After the death of Rosa's father Alvaro, the style of the planting diary was wrong. It described in detail the process and motivation of how to plant six corpses.

When Gabriel saw the plants that Holmes brought back, she finally understood why she felt a sense of familiarity when she saw the way the corpses were buried. Forgive her not-so-satisfactory potion results. She didn't have much experience with plants. It is rich enough for her to immediately realize what special plants there are after experiencing time travel.

"This is a mandrake, and its root really looks like a human. So Rosa used this thing to stun those tourists. This thing is very poisonous. But why do those things to the corpse? "

Having solved a small case, Holmes happily explained to Gabriel, "Because Rosa wants to be a man. Do you know that male pseudohermaphroditism? When people with this condition are born , the physiological performance is female, but it still has incompletely developed masculine characteristics, specifically..." There are two small balls in the lower body but no cucumber.

Holmes met Gabriel's face, and told the little girl not to go into too much detail, "Anyway, it's very rare to find something weird about her body at birth. Parents will definitely find out. In fact, Medical research has pointed out that these patients look like women, but they are actually men. Not many people know this. It is generally difficult to look at the deformed body with a natural perspective. Rosa was born in childhood Without a mother, Álvaro did not become a loving father in the face of a deformed daughter. He regarded Rosa as a monster who was neither male nor female, and his behavior in front of outsiders was to regard his daughter as a labor force.

During this process, Rosa has a lot of psychological problems growing up. She is not a real woman and cannot have a normal marriage. She is jealous and hates, and longs to be a man who can really resist Alvaro.When Álvaro died, this pent-up longing exploded, and she saw the mandrake, a hypnotic and narcotic plant.Mandrake is poisonous, and after taking it, it will produce hallucinations. At that time, people will think that they are omnipotent.

Of course, the omnipotence of this plant has been spread in the world for a long time. The plant whose root is similar to human beings represents an omnipotent elixir with terrifying and evil vitality. Taking it seems to be able to create life. Miracle.

Rosa used the decoction made from this grass to water the corpse. She just wanted to grow a corpse, and she might still believe in the story of resurrection from the dead. "

Without Holmes analyzing the whole case too thoroughly, Gabriel already understood Rosa's motives. She hated loving couples so she wanted to kill the three couples. She hated women's bodies but longed to become a man. It's not hard to understand her decomposing behavior.

Gabriel looked at the Mandrake in Holmes' hands. It was a Mandrake without magical fluctuations. It was different from the Mandrake in the wizarding world, and its roots were not anthropomorphic enough.Although it already looked like a human being, when it was pulled out from the soil, its screams could not be heard.

In fact, the magical plants that can brew potions in the wizarding world are not necessarily unique to the wizarding world. They also have sibling plants in the Muggle world.It’s just that the roots of the mandrakes in the wizarding world are more like living people. If you accidentally hear its screams during sex, you will be close to death, but the mandrakes in the Muggle world that have lost their magic power are just magical. Phantom sex and poison sex.

The two are similar yet different.

At this time, the part of Gabriel's brain about the magic plant seemed to be activated, and she remembered the precautions for the correct removal of the mandrake.Don't pull out the mandrake from the soil without any preparation. The scream of the mature mandrake's roots will make people go crazy or even die.Wearing earplugs is the lowest level of preparation. If you don’t care about small animals, you might as well use a well-trained dog, but you have to bear the life of a dog.

Because mandrake is the basic raw material of various potions, it is very effective in restoring magic power, so please learn how to pull it out of the soil. A magic spell to protect yourself is a good choice.

Wait a minute, we were talking about screams just now.Mrs. Binger said that in the past ten years, after hearing the mysterious screams in the valley, there would always be people who died suddenly as if they had witnessed something terrible. Could it be that those people pulled out the mandrakes by mistake? , of course the magical Mandrake.

There may be magic plants in this valley!Gabriel immediately realized this. She may not be able to pull mandrakes now, but she can also see if there are other herbs. Selling these for money is also a way to make money.

"Let's go to the mountains again." Holmes actually thought the same way. He didn't have many self-defense tools. It would be nice if he could get some raw materials to make some potions.

Then there is no need to wait, the two entered the mountain again, this time Mrs. Binger did not stop, and with Rosa's death, the case came to light overnight. The sense of fear has dropped a lot.As for the people who died before this, it is hard to say that they were poisoned by poisonous plants by mistake. After being poisoned, they stumbled and died.

Compared with unknown monsters, the sense of panic caused by the death of humans is much smaller, especially the culprit has died.

When we went to this valley again, of course we chose a sunny day, and Gabriel didn't want to leave Holmes separately. The valley was not very big but it wasn't small either. It was obviously not a good choice to search separately.How to avoid Holmes collecting magic plants is not a problem at all.

Not all magic plants are the same as mandrakes. They scream when they are pulled out. Most of the magic plants are quiet and silent. From the time they grow to when they are made into potions, they have been remained silent.

So, is there anything wrong with a little girl gathering some wildflowers and weeds?Children are always interested in flowers and plants.

After walking for two or three hours, Gabriel was a little tired. She may have misjudged the valley, because there was no trace of the magic plant, and should she go deeper?

Holmes found some wild flowers and fruits to make potions. "You take a break first, I'll go ahead and have a look first, if there's nothing special, we're going to go back."

Holmes saw the sweat on Gabriel's forehead. The physical strength of a child is certainly not comparable to that of an adult. He didn't want to be a father carrying his daughter down the mountain later. "Don't walk around, I'll be right back."

Gabriel nodded to Holmes. There were no traces of large beasts around here, so it was relatively safe, and she was happy to be alone.In order to ensure safety, Gabriel climbed up a tree and sat down in front of Holmes, "Father, please go and come back quickly. I will take care of these plants for you. I promise that they will not move around. I believe you can Find your way back."

Gabriel also compared the sharper dagger in his hand, as if he was ready to fight at any time.

Holmes looked at Gabriel who nimbly climbed up the tree. This posture was too unreal for a lady!Is there a girl who can climb trees like this?

But he didn't know whether he should be proud of Gabriel. This kind of survival skills in the wild made her even less like a soft and cute little girl.If he left him in the future, would other families be willing to adopt such a little girl?Who has such a strong heart, maybe Watson is one, or Mrs. Hudson.

Holmes didn't go far, he just wanted to collect mushrooms to make poison. He saw a mushroom growing on a big tree, but after collecting it, he found a small wooden house in the distance , outside the wooden house is a medicine field.

"There are people living here!" Holmes heard from Mrs. Binger that no one had lived in the mountain for more than ten years. This wooden house might have been a temporary resting place for hunters or woodcutters, but how could anyone grow herbs here?Could it be that there are really strange people in the mountains, which are related to people who have died strangely in the past ten years.

Without hesitation, Holmes went to the wooden house to find out. There were indeed people living here, the house had been cleaned, and there was a simple bed, but the owner was out.But he couldn't find other daily necessities in the house, no clothes, no tableware, and no footprints left at the door.

It's weirdly clean!Thinking this way, Holmes went to observe the medicine field, but this surprised him. All the mandrakes were planted here, and the exposed parts were familiar branches and leaves.He wanted to reach out and pull out a plant to judge how long they had been planted, but he didn't expect a sound behind him when he stretched out his hand.

"The gentleman who stole the grass in front, who allowed you to reach out to my herbs without authorization!" This is the voice of a little boy, with anger in his voice, and it seems cold.

Holmes turned around and saw the person who caught him stealing grass, a black-haired boy, probably in his early ten years old, but about the same age as Gabriel.Holmes showed a harmless smile, "My little friend, I do research on herbal medicine. Your mandrakes are growing very well. Can you sell me one?"

Holmes didn't wait for an answer. He just felt dizzy and fell down.