The cold-faced earl doesn't want to trigger the plot

For various reasons, she has lived for so many years, but no one (dare) has made such a request to her.

He obviously fought like a monster in human form, but the real Nero still had a childish look on his face, full of youthful spirit.

"Okay, but only after I get rid of the troublesome things during this period."

After taking off his helmet and shaking his long red hair wet with sweat, Erhard said with a hearty smile.

Nero, who had a normal expression before, suddenly pulled his face down after Erhard took off his helmet, then dodged Erhard's gaze, turned his face to the side and lowered his face, and began to mutter.

"A woman has to look like a woman, what does it look like to always fight and kill on the battlefield..."

It was a murmur, but the volume was actually not low, so Erhard was stunned for a moment,

"?"

As for Nero, he obviously didn't notice that Erhard's expression had started to turn sinister, and he still kept his head down and muttered bitterly.

...

Not far away, Nero's good friend Said is in contact with the newly-acquainted adventurer and members of the Knights.After all, it can be regarded as living and dying together once.Therefore, the conversation between them was still very pleasant.

Until Seid saw Nero standing in front of Erhard who took off his helmet.

Seid's already dark face suddenly became even darker.Based on what he knew about Nero, he was a world-class partner from the head down, and he probably fell ill again.

really...

Accompanied by the veins on Erhard's forehead popping up, she was unhappy and full of anger during this period, and now there is no limiter named "Lin" operating.

Ever since, there was a loud bang of "Boom!"

When he came back to his senses, Erhard directly smashed the heavy helmet, which was many times heavier than a brick, on Nero's head.

He completely lost the demeanor he had when he was fighting the Night Demon. At this moment, Nero was just lying on the ground, foaming from his mouth.

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...

The end of the battlefield.

Thanks to the appearance of Nero, the "seriously injured" person, the stretcher prepared by the Knights came in handy.

And after the collapse of the underground waterway stabilized, when everyone was clearing the way to evacuate, a member of the Knights suddenly exclaimed,

"This! This is a letter from the Kaitou!"

"what?"

Along with Erhard's response, everyone also temporarily stopped what they were doing, and turned their attention to the member of the Knights.

I saw that just after the five flowers were tied up, beside the Night Demon who still had a few layers of nets, the member of the Knights held up a white envelope with a bloody rose branded on the seal.

Erhard stepped forward to receive the letter, opened it roughly and roughly scanned it, then frowned,

"'I will take the limbs of the night devil'?"

Erhard was at a loss as he read the new content.

Phantom thief, shouldn't you be a maid in the earl's mansion?And then again, what does the Phantom Thief want Night Demon's limbs for?

No, before that, when did the Phantom Thief leave this letter on Night Demon?

Before Erhard could finish his thoughts, he heard a "hissing" sound from Ye Mo's body.

"Danger!"

The member of the Knights who picked up the letter yelled, and then jumped aside.Under his exaggerated movements, the surrounding people all retreated away.

In the next moment, with a crisp sound of "pop", I saw Ye Mo's limbs separated from his body like four cannonballs, and then jumped up into the air and exploded suddenly, turning into four blood-colored flowers. fireworks.

Volume Two: Chapter 120 Five, Common Portraits

"So, the Knights simply took the 'Night Demon' back with no limbs?"

When Riber learned about everything that happened in the foggy night, it was already the morning of the next day.

Perhaps it was because he didn't return from the headquarters of the Knights until early in the morning.At this time, Chris, who was sitting opposite Riber, couldn't help but feel a little tired in his business-like smile.

"Yes, it's clear who is the 'Phantom Thief', you can find out just by listening to the description, it couldn't be more obvious."

Chris shook his head and said, like it's a pity that he wasn't there in person.

Not to mention Chris, even Riber, after listening to the narration, roughly guessed who the "Phantom Thief" was pretending to be at that time.

It was nothing more than the member of the Knights who suddenly "discovered" the letter from the strange thief and kindly reminded others of the "danger".This member, who spends a lot of time in contact with the "Night Demon", can also use exaggerated performances to show off the amazing skills of the "Phantom Thief".

"Leave the others aside, I think Captain Erhard has actually seen through the tricks of the 'Phantom Thief'. However, she deliberately didn't mention it, presumably for the sake of Mr. Riber, or while waiting Mr. Bell's explanation."

"..."

Riber couldn't help being speechless.

What does this have to do with him? Why is it on him.

The shining guys can really bring him all kinds of unwarranted disasters.

"As a 'Phantom Thief', I think the methods used last night were too rough. Even the content of the letter was completely careless, without the elegant and calm style of 'Phantom Thief' in the past. Thinking about it, this should be It was an impromptu crime committed by the 'Phantom Thief'. What's more, after blowing off the limbs of the 'Night Demon', the 'Phantom Thief' specially inlaid gems on the severed limbs of the 'Night Demon' to prevent him from losing too much blood And died. To be honest, it's a bit of a bad taste... Don't you think so, Miss Bridget."

"I can't understand what you are talking about, Miss Maid. I am just an ordinary adventurer who fell down on the street because of hunger and was picked up by a kind Earl."

Bridget, who was also at the dining table at this time, said calmly.

Bridget, obviously didn't recognize Chris' gender.

By the way, Chris's headband today, although there is no fluffy lace, but it is connected with red silk that stands up high like red rabbit ears, making him continue on the wrong path.

"An ordinary adventurer? Come to think of it, the Knights should be very interested in Miss Bridget's ordinary adventure stories in the past."

"Aha~ I also think that the kingdom's media should be very interested in the story of a knight order illegally detaining an ordinary girl with a disability."

Riber didn't know why, but in just a few words, Chris and Bridget felt tit for tat.

Maybe it's "detective" and "strange thief" who are born with an invulnerable attribute or something?

Just when the atmosphere at the dining table became awkward, a silver bell-like voice sounded from the stairwell, and Alice shouted, "Bread is here~" and then rattled and carried the plate containing the freshly baked bread, all the way ran over.

And the moment she saw Alice, Bridget, who was still looking at Chris with a deep face, immediately changed her face.

Rather, it was the first time Riber saw that people's expressions could be "melted".

"This, this is... hey, that little lady over there, can you... hehe... can you come here for a while. You and my own sister that I lost since childhood, hehe... looks really good Like. So, I just wanted to take a closer look..."

If it wasn't for Bridget's expression that looked like she was about to drool at any moment, and was constantly mixed with uncontrollable suspicious laughter, her excuse might actually have some chance of success.

On Alice's side, after placing the bread tray on the dining table, she took a step back and looked at Riber with reproachful eyes.

As if silently complaining, "The number of strange people in the family has increased again."

It was also at this moment that the sound of Bridget turning the wheels of the wheelchair sounded.

As a result, Alice ran away in a hurry, hid behind Riber, poked her head out and looked at Bridget, the strange big sister, vigilantly.

Looking at Alice beside him, Riber was very emotional for a while.

On the one hand, it is a rare feeling that Alice is so clingy to herself.On the other hand, he lamented that this child, who he always thought was not very smart, was finally a little vigilant so that he would not be abducted in the street.

And this Bridget.

Ribel always felt that if one day she was caught, she would definitely not be charged with "monster thief"...

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...

After breakfast time.

Riber and Chris began to talk about serious things.

Last night, apart from the crusade against the "Night Demons", the city of Greenwater was surprisingly quiet, and there was nothing that could be called an "event".As a result, the large number of manpower sent by the Knights last night, except for the "Night Demon Crusade Team", basically all just froze in the cold wind all night.

This phenomenon is undoubtedly very strange.

Itself, the serial killers of the mysterious organization, are suspected to only be able to exert unreasonable power in the "foggy night".And even if this is not the case, Fog Ye is undoubtedly their biggest reliance.

Therefore, in the foggy night last time, a series of incidents happened one after another in the city, causing the Knights to be overwhelmed.

But this time, the organization was a little too quiet on the rare foggy night.

Especially in Riber's opinion.Since there was no prison robbery incident in the original plot in the last foggy night, the existence of "night devil" is completely extraneous.

It would be unreasonable to say that the mysterious organization created a foggy night specifically for such a "night demon", or simply wasted a foggy night.

Even, "Night Demon" itself did not achieve any results except for making a fuss in the underground waterway.

"Maybe, in a hidden corner that we can't detect, they may have accomplished their purpose quietly."

Chris guessed, and Riber agreed.

Since yesterday, after learning about the witch from the black crow, and basically confirming that all the actions of the mysterious organization are related to the awakening of the witch, in Ribel's view, the whole incident has become extremely magical and cannot be repeated. Infer from ordinary thinking.

During the war against the night demons, the failure of the sacred objects and magic crystals basically meant that the mist was equivalent to the power of a witch that could compete with the gods.

However, judging from the words of the black crow, although the situation in Greenwater City is very bad, the witch has not yet been born.

Then, who, or what kind of existence is using the power of this witch, and handing over the power to the serial killers?

And if the purpose of this organization is witch recovery or the birth of a new witch, why would they take the initiative to use the extremely difficult witch power?

Or, does the foggy night really mean that the power of the witch is being consumed?

Also, is the trigger point of the plot in the sky that seems to be displayed in stages, whether it is related to the witch.For example, it is equivalent to the accumulation of witch power or the progress of witch birth.

After a moment of distress, Riber still chose to discuss with Chris.

Of course, he concealed some information, such as the golden finger that only he can see, and the matter of the black crow and so on.

And Chris got used to Riber often having some information from unknown sources, so he didn't ask too much.

After struggling for a while, Chris didn't seem to gain anything either.It's just that he asked such a question that Ribel also cared about.

"Why did the mysterious organization choose to start preparing for the birth of a new witch suddenly in the near future? If our speculation about the dismemberer and his accomplices is not wrong, this organization should have been established for more than ten years."

"Should it be because you have gathered enough witch power recently?"

"There must be reasons for this, but I still don't think it is sufficient. Because, it is not difficult to see that this organization has changed its low-key status that has been almost impossible to investigate for more than ten years, and has recently become extremely crazy. Even, as an executor The serial killers have been arrested one after another, and there is no sign of stopping their plans. Therefore, I think they are impatient now. It is very likely that something happened recently or a little earlier. As a result, they had to speed up the birth of the witch."

"Recently or earlier..."

Riber thought about it.

The special events that happened at these times are too obvious.

Didn't he just move into Greenwater City?

No, no, no, why does he feel that there is something wrong with him?

His move-in and frequent occurrences were just a coincidence, there must be something else going on.

Correct!

If a person suddenly goes mad because of impatience, it may be instantaneous.But as an organization, it is impossible to suddenly go crazy together and start regardless of the cost.

"In short, this time point may be a good jigsaw puzzle. Adding the time point related to the dismemberment case about four years ago, the combination of the two may lead to new breakthroughs."

Riber concluded.

As for this information, he would naturally find an opportunity to pass it on to Yiwenna who was still investigating the "Dismemberer" in the former residence of Dongcheng District.

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...

noon.

In the mansion, it finally became a little quieter.

Chris went to the Knights, and Bridget went to talk to the sleeping Lysa.

Alice, who was also on vacation today, was writing her homework in an unnamed restaurant.

So, there are really no customers in this restaurant.

Riber sometimes doubts whether there are other people in Greenwater City besides the people living in this mansion, who know that this is a restaurant.

In the rare tranquility, Sebastian came to Riber's ear and said something.Then, Riber moved to Alice's side.