The Last Alchemist

Think about it, in broad daylight, a person was killed by another person grabbing his head and hitting the wall, and he was hit to death under the eyes of a maid. It was even considered a suicide.

During the process of hitting the wall, Old John cried in despair, but the maid simply thought it was because of being whipped.

Just thinking about such a scene makes one's scalp shiver.

Earl Derek was panicking. He moved quietly and stood between the three guard captains: "Since someone killed old John, why couldn't Lorna see the murderer?"

Lilith casually threw the blade on Old John's body, stood up, took off her leather gloves and handed them to the guard captain beside her: "It's very simple, because the murderer is not a normal person, but a monster."

"Monster?" Earl Derek's face turned pale.

"Yes, a monster, a monster that can hide its figure in the sun. There are several kinds of such monsters, but no matter which one is very dangerous, it is very difficult to deal with. Lord Earl, I will contact the academy immediately and send more manpower. to protect you."

Lilith's tone was calm, without any fluctuation at all. It seemed that no matter how powerful the monster was, she didn't take it seriously.

In his panic, Earl Derek did not realize this. All the thoughts running in his mind were how to save his life.

After going back and forth with various thoughts for more than a dozen times, he said: "Lilith, I promise that as long as the academy can help me catch this monster, I will donate 20,000 yuan to the academy for free every year. Ten thousand gold dragon coins until I die."

Lilith nodded: "I will convey your message to the college. Well, let's take the old gardener's body and bury it first."

Earl Derek signaled to a guard captain, who carried Old John's body down. He then said to the maid Lorna: "Go, get a bucket of water, and wash the blood stains well."

"Yes." Lorna went tremblingly.

Lilith walked towards the stairs, and Earl Derek hurriedly followed. He was extremely frightened. He took a few steps and asked in a low voice: "Miss Linde, do you think this monster is still in the Blue Moon Mansion?"

"He should still be there. He is probably hiding somewhere in the mansion, in a certain room."

"." Earl Derek saw sweat on his forehead: "Then will it sneak into my room and assassinate me?"

"It's very possible."

"Huh?!" Derek almost fainted.

A trace of contempt flashed in Lilith's eyes: "But he can't kill you."

"Why?"

"Because of the dark silver necklace I gave you. You must wear this necklace close to your body. No matter what the situation, you cannot take it off. It can save your life at a critical moment."

Earl Derek subconsciously touched the necklace around his neck and felt a little more at ease: "Don't worry, I will listen to you. Oh, by the way, can you ask the college to send a few more people over, preferably more than five? This way I can feel at peace.”

Lilith glanced sideways at Derek: "Of course, but it comes at a price."

Derek immediately patted his chest: "How much? I'll pay for it!"

I dare not say anything else, but he can have as much money as he wants. There are few people in the entire Kewell Kingdom who are richer than him.

The expression on Lilith's face became colder and colder: "It's not about money. In other words, tens of thousands of gold dragon coins are not good enough. The academy will send

People are here to help, so don't worry, as long as you listen to me and do what I say, no one can hurt you! "

Earl Derek was dubious, but the news of Old John's horrific death still greatly stimulated him. Originally, he still had some feelings for Lilith.

Thoughts, but now, faced with the terrifying reality, his desires were temporarily suppressed to the back of his mind.

other side.

Rosen returned to the glass greenhouse with a calm face, squatting next to the flowers and continuing to weed.

While he was pulling it carefully, he suddenly heard a soft "click" sound in his ears. The sound came from the direction of the cabin deep in the glass flower house, and it was made by the naturalist Linnaeus.

Rosen moved slightly: "This Linnaeus seems to have a clear grasp of the habits of various plants and fungi at such a young age. He is really talented to be able to manage such a large flower house."

At this moment, Rosen suddenly heard a very low voice coming from the depths of the greenhouse. The voice was like a whisper, and the content could not be understood.

"It's strange. Linnai must be the only one in the room. Why are there voices?"

He wanted to go deep into the flower room to investigate, but he was afraid of being discovered by Linnai and causing unnecessary trouble. After thinking about it for a while, Rosen decided to investigate.

‘I really think I’m a gardener, why are I so cautious? ’

Thinking of this, he moved quietly towards the cabin while weeding. About three minutes later, he was less than 10 meters away from the cabin.

The whispering voice before became much clearer.

Rosen listened attentively and could vaguely hear some content.

"You are such a madman! Madman!"

"What do you know? I just want to make him completely despair."

"You don't want your life? That's strong."

"Not you. Wait, there's someone outside!"

"It's rare and strange. It's a new gardener, weeding."

"Oh~ let's speak softly."

After that, Rosen couldn't hear anything, but what he heard just now was enough for him to deduce many clues.

"This Linnai is indeed not simple. I just don't know who the other person in the wooden house is?"

"Forget it, I'll wait and see what happens."

Thinking of this, Rosen quietly left the cabin.

Then the time returned to peace again, and the death of Old John was soon forgotten by everyone except Rosen.

Without Old John, he could only fertilize, water, and prune the flowers in the greenhouse by himself, and occasionally complete the tasks assigned to him by Linnae.

Except for lunch, he basically stayed in the glass greenhouse all day long, so this time of lunch was also Rosen's only opportunity to learn about the latest situation of Blue Moon Mansion.

Luckily, he knew the cooks Harley and Anna, especially Anna, who was a standard big mouth, loved to ask questions, and loved to show off. She could always find out what happened in Blue Moon Mansion at the first time.

Through Anna's description, Rosen knew that there was another male magician in the mansion, named Green, a two-star magician. This magician was much smaller than Lilith. He was very cautious and stayed by Earl Derek's side 24 hours a day, even following him to the toilet.

Four days passed peacefully, and the shadow of old John's death completely dissipated.

On the fifth day, the kitchen cook Harley came to the glass house. She found Rosen and said with a smile: "Young man, the white round-headed mushrooms should be ripe today, right?"

Rosen was startled, but he quickly reacted: "Yes, they are ripe. Why, does the Earl want to eat them?"

Aunt Harley laughed: "No, the Earl is going to have a banquet to entertain magicians. This white round-headed mushroom is the finale of tonight. Tsk tsk, winter round-headed mushrooms are unique to Nirogard."

Rosen was stunned and asked subconsciously: "The Earl seems to be in a good mood today?"

"That's right. He is now circling around that beautiful magic lady. When that beautiful girl agreed to attend the banquet tonight, you didn't see how excited the Earl was. Tsk tsk, I have been in the Blue Moon Mansion for 10 years, and I have never seen the Earl lose his composure like that."

Hearing this, the four words "relapse" came to Rosen's mind.

He thought for a moment and said, "Okay. Then please wait a moment. I'll go ask for instructions from Manager Linnae."

"Go ahead." Aunt Harley waved her hand cheerfully.

Rosen walked to the small wooden house at the innermost of the greenhouse and repeated Aunt Harley's words to Linnae.

Linnae smiled faintly and said gently, "Take her to pick them. Remember, pick those big, round, pink and white round-headed mushrooms. Those mushrooms taste the best."

"I understand."

Rosen returned to Aunt Harley and took her to the mushroom house in the corner. According to what Linnae said, he picked those round-headed mushrooms that were big, round and slightly pink in color.

Aunt Harley liked it and praised it repeatedly, "Ah, Manager Linnae is amazing. I have never seen such beautiful round-headed mushrooms in my life."

"Yes, yes, Manager Linnae is amazing." Rosen agreed casually.

After picking about half of the blue round mushrooms, Aunt Harley said, "That's enough, enough for tonight's banquet. Rosen, I'm really sorry to bother you. I'll bring you meat pies next time."

"Thank you, Auntie."

Cook Harley left with the round mushrooms.

After Rosen watched her leave the greenhouse, he picked up the big scissors and continued to trim the branches.

On the surface, he was no different from usual, but in his heart he couldn't help sneering: "Derrick, Derek, I want to see if you can survive tonight!"

Something big is bound to happen tonight. Fortunately, he has made a lot of preparations these days, and now when the time comes, he can still remain calm.