Weird Star Witch

The rain stopped. The autumn rain that had been falling for several days in Fabro finally stopped.

There was no sound of rain outside the window, but there was a more annoying shouting noise. Mrs. Leisli, the mother of Baron Jennifer of Gassai Town, was awakened by a burst of running and shouting.

She was very confused. This was the Rondo District, a rich area, where parliamentarians, nobles and big businessmen lived. They were either rich or noble. Was there no one to take care of the noise outside?

She went to open the window first, and the scene outside the window surprised her. For some reason, the streets of the Rondo District were full of patrolmen this morning, as if all the patrolmen in the entire Fabro City were concentrated in the Rondo District. Among the patrolmen, there were also teams of witch hunters in robes.

There were even two airships not far away, floating in the air. Judging from the location of the airship, it seemed to be the residence of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker.

What happened in the Brown District? As long as there was no accident with the noble knight, the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker had nothing to do with Mrs. Leisli.

She opened the window to let fresh air into the bedroom. She hadn't opened the window for several days. After the rain stopped, the air smelled fresh. Mrs. Lei Sili felt happy.

After a simple wash and no makeup, Mrs. Lei Sili went downstairs to the restaurant. After drinking a glass of water, Mrs. Lei Sili did not wait for her daughter.

"Where is the Baron?"

A maid replied: "The Baron left the mansion at 3 o'clock in the middle of the night last night. It seems that someone from the Judgment Bureau came to inform him of some big news."

"What big news is it that requires the Baron to leave her mansion in the middle of the night?"

"Madam, we don't know the specific news. The content is confidential. We only heard that the whole city is under martial law and in a state of emergency. The Baron's attendant just came back and left a message. The Baron asked you not to walk around recently, especially in the next two days."

Mrs. Lei Sili did not comment. After dinner, she left the mansion.

Martial law? What does this have to do with her?

When people get old, they become rebellious and don't want to listen to their children, just as children don't want to listen to their parents.

In this year and a half, Mrs. Leisli suddenly felt that she was old. One of the signs of aging is losing interest in the opposite sex.

After Claude's death, Mrs. Leisli found that she was not interested in men, she was only interested in Claude.

It was impossible not to go out. Every month, Mrs. Leisli would go to the South City Cemetery, where Claude was buried.

The carriage left the mansion and headed south of the city.

Even in the carriage, Mrs. Leisli would put down the black veil on her hat to cover her face.

Baron Jennifer once wanted to complain after having dinner with his mother that his mother should also go to his father's grave to take a look, not just to sweep the grave for Claude.

However, seeing Mrs. Leisli's increasingly pale appearance, Jennifer finally gave up the idea.

After Claude's death, Mrs. Leisli quickly withered, as if all the red had gone away from her life. She no longer blushed, and liked black more and more. Life became monotonous and boring.

Jennifer's father was only the husband of Lady Leisli. Claude, whom Lady Leisli loved when she was a girl, was the love of her life.

Jennifer could not intervene in the love and hatred of the previous generation. Let her mother do whatever she wanted.

Lady Leisli's journey today was not smooth. She passed several intersections and the carriage stopped many times. The coachman had to explain to the patrolmen repeatedly that this was the carriage of the Baron's mother and asked the patrolmen to let it go.

The patrolmen shouted and said they were looking for suspicious people. The coachman had to emphasize that suspicious people could not appear in the carriage of the Baron's mother.

When leaving the Brown District, there was an inspection area of ​​dozens of meters.

This is the junction of the Brown District and the Dordo District. The guards have changed from patrolmen to witch hunters.

No matter how the coachman explained this time, the witch hunters were unwilling to let it go.

"The order of the Alchemy Council! All people and cars must be inspected!"

In the carriage, Lady Leisli listened to the noise outside and felt irritated. This affected her going to the cemetery too much.

There was a witch hunter who wanted to open the curtain of the carriage. The witch hunter had an argument with the coachman, and the witch hunter's attitude was very firm. The coachman didn't dare to let the witch hunter enter the carriage, which was simply a challenge to the baron's dignity.

Just as the coachman and the witch hunter were arguing, a team of cavalry came quickly.

To be able to bring cavalry in the rich area of ​​Rondo, at least a noble above the baron. The people who came were Baron Jennifer and her knight.

Baron Jennifer had a cold face and took action without saying a word. Her whip hit the shoulder of the witch hunter closest to the carriage.

"Get out! How dare you stop my mother's carriage?"

Jennifer didn't sleep in the second half of the night and had to stay in the Speaker's mansion to pretend. She guessed that her mother would go to commemorate Claude without fail, so she followed to see if she was worried. Sure enough, she saw the witch hunter stopped her mother.

The baron took action, but the witch hunter didn't dare to resist and could only glare at Baron Jennifer.

The witch hunter captain had to explain: "Baron, you also know that a highly confidential incident has occurred. No carriage can be allowed to leave without a search, especially the carriage leaving the Brown District."

"What is confidential? Does the disappearance of the speaker need to be kept secret? Why don't you send someone to the Dordo District or the Bayer District to ask? I think everyone in the city knows about it. Is there any point in keeping it secret now?"

Jennifer's contemptuous tone made the witch hunter captain angry, but he didn't dare to show it.

For more than a year, the relationship between the Alchemy Council of Fabro City and the nobles was very bad.

Last year, the furnace caused a big commotion, targeting the Alchemy Council and killing people indiscriminately. Even the headquarters building of Thor Trading Company was blown up by the furnace. The mining area and even the werewolf transport team along the way were severely hit by the furnace, which caused Thor Trading Company to suffer unbearable losses.

In order to make up for the losses in a short time, Thor Trading Company chose to grab production capacity and market share from Rondo Trading Company.

Thor Trading Company, which belongs to the Alchemy Council, has been using various means to erode the share of Rondo Trading Company. Originally, the share of Rondo Trading Company was very small, about one-third of Thor Trading Company, but the greedy Thor Trading Company was unwilling to give even this one-third.

Viscount Savan and other nobles were dissatisfied, and even Earl Barron issued a letter of reprimand, thinking that Viscount Savan was not doing a good job. Earl Barron has a lot of shares in Rondo Trading Company.

Jennifer didn't even have to do it herself, there were many people who spread the news that the Speaker had died again.

Why use "again"? Because a year and a half ago, the funerals of the speaker and deputy speaker of Fabro City were linked, one died after another.

"What does Abel's disappearance or death have to do with the nobles? Are you going to pin the crime of murder on the nobles?" Jennifer looked down at the witch hunter captain:

"Are you hiding some evidence and planning to put it in my mother's carriage?"

The witch hunter captain had cold sweat on his head. He really didn't think so, but thinking about it again, the baron was still thoughtful. If he really did this, he could indeed pin the crime on the nobles.

"Get lost!" Baron Jennifer shouted: "If you don't want to provoke a war between the nobles and the Alchemy Council now, then be honest and don't make trouble at this time!"

"But!" The witch hunter captain was still unwilling to give up: "Speaker Abel is a level 5 alchemist. His disappearance proves that there are powerful criminals in Fabro City. Madam will be in danger if she leaves the Brown District like this. Please go back with Madam!"    "Danger?" Jennifer did not comment: "I will escort my mother. Your worries are unnecessary."

Although there was no evidence, Jennifer felt that other people in Fabro City were trembling, but she and her mother were the safest people. If her guess was correct...

In the end, the witch hunter had to let go and watched the baron escort her mother away with the knight.

After walking away, Mrs. Lei Sili said across the carriage: "Jennifer, if you have something to do, go ahead and do it. I'll go to the cemetery by myself."

"It's okay. I'll go with you. Abel may really be dead, and Fabro City may fall into chaos."

Mrs. Lei Sili didn't pay any attention to the possible dangers. She quickly emphasized: "Abel is dead? Then today is a good time to tell Claude this good news."

Jennifer couldn't help but sigh. She didn't know what charm Claude had, and why her mother fell so deeply.

"Jennifer, you go back first. You must be very busy. I can go to the South City Cemetery by myself, or you can let the knight follow me."

"It's okay. The witch hunters have taken over Speaker Abel's mansion a long time ago. I have nothing to do if I go there."

Jennifer added in her heart that it would be better to determine something more important...

At the Speaker's mansion, the murderer solved the three witch hunter teams on the periphery very neatly, a total of 12 witch hunters, without even leaving a corpse, and there was no sign of any fight.

This proves that the murderer is very strong.

The servants in the mansion didn't hear any sound, and Mrs. Abel said she knew nothing.

As for Speaker Abel himself, he should have been in the study when the accident happened.

There were no signs of fighting in the study, all the furniture was in place, and even the Speaker's documents remained open.

The only information is that the Speaker activated the level 6 alchemical shielding array.

There were slight burn marks on the carpet, proving that the activation time of the level 6 alchemical shielding array was very short, perhaps less than 1 second.

In other words, the murderer may be a wizard, or he may be holding a very powerful magic weapon.

As a level 5 alchemist, Speaker Abel was still protected by the level 6 shielding array, but he was still killed without resistance.

According to the witch hunter's judgment, the Speaker was killed without even standing up, and the chair was not moved.

I don't know who targeted the Speaker, so cruel and so powerful.

All the servants are alive, Mrs. Abel didn't even wake up, and the Speaker and the witch hunter disappeared without a trace.

The Level 2 Word Spirit of the Alchemy Council of Fabro City did not find anything useful at the scene.

After the accident, Viscount Savan showed Jennifer a piece of intelligence, which was foreign intelligence collected by the Royal Intelligence Department. Among the intelligence about the Southern Continent, one was deliberately marked by Viscount Savan for Jennifer: The Evil God Cult wanted the Southern Phoenix Wizard Furnace.

Staring at the Speaker and Vice Speaker of the Alchemy Council to kill, this is the origin of the title "Furnace".

Among those who have a grudge against Abel, Furnace is undoubtedly the most motivated one. This is also Viscount Savan's guess. He thinks the murderer is most likely Furnace Rudolph.

But if Rudolph is back, why doesn't he contact her?

Today, she accompanied her mother to the South City Cemetery to give Rudolph a chance to contact her.

Along the way, Jennifer deliberately slowed down. What disappointed her was that the whole journey was very normal and there was no clue. She was still looking forward to a newsboy handing her a note or something.

Arriving at Nancheng Cemetery, Mrs. Leisley got out of the car and walked towards the cemetery with the support of the maid. Jennifer followed behind, observing her surroundings.

The gravekeepers in Nancheng are very familiar with this scene. They can see the Baron's mother coming to the cemetery to visit her friends every month.

Mrs. Lesley took off her hat with black gauze, walked slowly in the cemetery, and finally came to Claude's grave.

Standing in front of the cemetery, her face was very expressive. It started out as a sullen smile, then turned into a wry smile, and finally turned into an interested smile.

A white rose is placed in front of Claude's tombstone.

"Which woman is this here again..." Mrs. Leisley picked up the white rose, looked at it and found that it was very fresh, and then put it down again:

"Mrs. Betsy? Probably not. She is very timid. White roses are contraband in Fabro City and are not allowed to be bought or sold."

After Claude's death, his friend, the wizard, once took revenge on the city council like crazy. At that time, every time the wizard committed a crime, he would drop a white rose at the scene. Later, the Alchemy Council specially formulated a rule and white roses became contraband.

No one dared to buy a white rose. If caught by the patrol, they would be considered an accomplice of the wizard.

"Mrs. Vanney? Probably not. Mrs. Vanney's husband just died. She is so happy recently that she won't remember Claude."

Mrs. Lesley, who had no clue, finally thought that this was just a woman who suddenly thought of Claude on the anniversary.

Throwing away the flowers from others, Mrs. Lesley put down her own white rose.

Jennifer stared at the white rose that was thrown by the roadside and thought about something. Her intuition told her that maybe Rudolph was really back.

But why didn't Rudolph contact her first?

Back in the Browns, Jennifer arrives at Abel's mansion.

The mansion was surrounded by security tapes on three floors inside and three outside. Every blade of grass was turned over, every floor tile was looked at with a magnifying glass, and the most experienced witch hunters were constantly busy.

Jennifer came behind Viscount Sawan and whispered: "Master Viscount, I did not find Rudolph."

Viscount Sawan looked sad and pretended to be very similar. He didn't even change his expression and whispered: "Just wait a little longer. It would be great if the furnace comes back. The furnace will be able to break the situation and leave the Alchemy Council to take care of itself."

"Lord Viscount, Rudolph should contact me when he returns."

Viscount Sawan said: "There is also a possibility that Abel is not the final target of the furnace. He may want to do something else, so he cannot expose himself for the time being."

Jennifer looked forward along the line of sight of Viscount Sawan and saw Colonel Guyton and Deputy Speaker Jem.

Deputy Speaker Jem is now the biggest headache. He is now the head of the city council, but Colonel Guyton is the backbone of the council.

Killing a Chancellor was so bad that perhaps Rudolf sensed some danger and had to hide. Perhaps just as Viscount Sawan said, Rudolf also wanted to do something more terrifying.