Start As a Lord In a Viscount

As soon as the shadow landed, Claire put the dagger in his hand on the man's neck, and asked lightly, Who sent you here? His tone was filled with a faint killing intent.

After feeling the coolness from his neck, Joseph's body trembled uncontrollably, but he was afraid that he accidentally stretched his neck forward and made close contact with the blade during the shaking process, so he controlled the shaking abruptly. The body stopped.

Viscount Clare! It's me, don't do it.

Huh? Claire felt that the voice was a little familiar, and then waved her hand to turn on the magic lamp in the room before she could see who the person in front of her was.

Isn't that round belly and that gray moustache just Justice Joseph?

After seeing the person clearly, Claire took the dagger back and smiled: Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I thought someone came to assassinate me suddenly like last time.

Joseph patted his chest with palpitations, It's okay, it's okay, I'm here uninvited, it's inevitable that you have precautions.

After confirming that there was no threat to the person who came, Claire glanced at the window. The room she lived in was on the fifth floor, and it was ten or twenty meters away from the ground. How did this guy climb up so fat?

Although Claire didn't say it, Joseph knew what he was thinking from his expression, and explained with a dark face: Don't look at me now, I used to accompany Your Majesty to the battlefield! That's it! After the justices, I didn't have time to exercise, so I got fat.

Claire laughed awkwardly, No, I was thinking about how your Excellency the Justice would suddenly come to visit me so late.

Regardless of whether Claire was telling the truth or a lie, Joseph replied, Your Majesty sent me to visit you. I'm relieved to see that you are all right.

During the daytime, there are too many people and it's not very convenient for me.

Claire nodded. His only connection with the king was Joseph, but he was obviously close to the church. Even if he received the news of his return, it was really not a good idea to come to see him directly.

There should be someone watching outside, haven't they been found? Claire asked. Whether it was to prevent her own accident or because of other things, Claire didn't believe that the church would not send people to watch her.

Joseph smiled softly and said, Don't worry, it's all settled.

Oh? Claire raised her eyebrows, this simple sentence could hide many people's lives.

Sit down first. Claire made a gesture of invitation to the sofa beside him, then took the lead to sit on the single-seater sofa beside him, and asked, Don't Justice Joseph come to me so late just to see me? Are you injured?

Joseph glanced at Claire, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes. Compared with the last time we met, Claire in front of him seemed to be more sharp-edged.

When I saw Claire before, he felt more like a treasured sword that kept a low profile, but now that sword has been pulled out an inch, revealing the cold light inside.

But it's only been a few days, and a person's personality has changed so obviously? How much did the assassination affect him?

Joseph sat down in the direction Claire pointed and asked, Do you know who the archmage who came to assassinate you that day?

Claire suddenly raised her eyes and glanced at Joseph. After a few seconds, she shook her head, I don't know, maybe it's the church. After all, I have offended them before, but I don't have any definite news, do you?

Joseph suddenly laughed, Of course, otherwise why would I come to you.

Oh? Claire was also a little interested when he heard that, leaned forward and asked, What news?

Joseph's expression became embarrassed, and he hesitated: If you say definite news, I don't have it. But there are a few news that come from the side.

tell me the story.

You know the Inquisition in the Church of Light, right?

Of course I do. Claire nodded. The Church Inquisition is a law enforcement agency in the Church's country. In other countries, it does some unseen things for the church there. The main thing to do is to clean up those who are unfavorable to the development of the Church. Or something, the commoners at the bottom don't know about these things, and for the nobles, they are almost all things on the bright side.

After you disappeared, I used my relationship with the church to find out a little bit of news. In those few days, there was a person from the Inquisition from the Guangming Church. I didn't know who it was... Joseph said this. Then he stopped, trusting that Claire knew what he was saying.

Claire's eyes flashed and she asked, You mean that the Archmage is a member of the Church Judgment?

Joseph closed his mouth and neither admitted nor denied, just looked at Claire with a slight smile.

Didn't you say a few messages? Is there anything else?

Yes. Joseph took out another roll of paper from his arms, spread it out in front of Claire, and explained, This is the record I asked for from the city guard's monitoring agency. There was indeed a record the day before your accident. An archmage who I have never seen before has entered the capital.

For mages below the mages entering the city, the control of the capital is not very strict, just simply record personal information and put it in, because mages or warriors at that level can cause very little damage to the king, even if you think about it. Attacking and killing important people in the capital, which one of them is not protected by two or three magicians? What an archmage can do.

The moment Joseph spread out the roll of paper, Claire's pupils shrank, pointing to the photo above and saying, It's this person, the one who assassinated me that day was this archmage.

A surprised expression also appeared on Joseph's face, Really?

Yes, I won't forget his face until I die. He almost killed me. Claire gritted her teeth bitterly.

It's easy to make sure it's this person. We just need to find out who he has contact with to know who is behind it.

Claire put away the ferocity on her face and thanked: Trouble.

Joseph rolled up the piece of paper again, put it in his arms, and said with a smile: No trouble, it was originally the fault of me, the chief judge in charge of the city guard, that you were attacked in the capital. Of course I have to find the person behind the scenes. Who is the man.

After finishing speaking, Joseph stood up and continued: But now I'm not sure that this person is related to the church... But I'm not in a hurry. If there is news later, I will come back to inform you.

Claire also stood up, walked to the window and smiled, Then don't go through the window next time.

Joseph also laughed a few times. It was indeed a bit of a loss for him to be a dignified judge who walked through the window, but he was the only one who was most suitable to come here.

...

Claire stood by the window and watched Joseph climb up another eaves. A mage quietly appeared beside him. After Joseph waved and said hello to Claire, the mage and his figure slowly disappeared into the night. .

After Joseph disappeared, Claire closed the open window, the corners of her mouth that were still slightly upturned flattened, and her eyes were indifferent.

I was only a little suspicious before, but now it seems that the archmage who killed him that day was probably sent by Joseph, or sent by the king.

Criminals often return to crime scenes because they want to see if they have accidentally left any important clues to be discovered.

And when Joseph asked himself, Do you know who the archmage who came to assassinate you that day?, Claire felt something was wrong.

As for the information listed by Joseph, there is no credibility at all. The first one is empty, and he said that he used his own relationship to inquire from the church. The second one came from the city guard's supervisory agency. The city guard was originally one of the agencies under his management, and it was too easy to cheat.

And they don't have to be fake, they can completely follow the process and leave enough clues for Claire to discover by herself, and those clues will eventually lead to the same goal - the church!

It was only after Claire was promoted to the archmage that she realized how big the gap was between the senior mage and the archmage. The archmage that day didn't want to kill him at all, otherwise he wouldn't be talking so much nonsense with himself. Mostly killed by themselves.

As for their purpose, Claire can also guess. He had previously rejected the king's invitation to fight against the church, so the king wanted to create a conflict between himself and the church, so that he would be on the same camp as him.

In order to achieve this goal, he naturally cannot kill himself. If he does not kill the archmage, he will definitely be driven away by the city guards, and finally leave some directional clues to induce himself to investigate, but he did not expect Because he was accidentally sucked into the wizarding world, the clues that Joseph and the others carefully arranged for them to discover were useless.

Therefore, after returning to the mage world, Joseph will come and put all the clues that he was supposed to discover on the table, and once again lure himself to investigate.

However, the above are all speculations by Claire, and it may be true that the church did it, but based on the existing information, it is more likely that the king and Joseph did it. Therefore, Claire's perception of the king could not help but drop several points. Although the other party's purpose was not to kill him, Claire was also very upset by designing himself.

But even if I knew it, so what? Although I was promoted to the archmage, my strength was still too weak. Whether it was the church or the royal family, it was impossible to break those two behemoths.

The fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, and Claire raised her head to look at the ceiling and muttered, Sure enough, the capital is still too messy, so I'll go back tomorrow.