Act XXV. Case Closure Report
"So, Xana. Miss Stanfield, are you sure you weren't caught up in any illusionary spell at the time? ”
Graham, the head of the Organon branch of the Wyndland Wizarding Society, was a middle-aged man, and his most iconic mustache was a suspicious tone as he stared at Chana, who was wearing a mage's robe.
The two of them were in Graham's office, the Ogaron branch, which was flanked by bookshelves with new and old files, and on the wall behind the desk, portraits of former ministers hung in a serious air.
At this time, it was two days before the accident of the "Flying Wendlanders", and Shanai sorted out all the documents and submitted them to Graham, but was strongly questioned.
"I'm pretty sure, Minister Graham, and I can see from the on-site report of the magic traces that there was indeed phenomenal or higher magic happening at that time."
Shana's hair was tied up at the back of her head, as if she had become the same inconspicuous mage, she explained, glancing at the papers on Graham's desk.
It was a report of the incident she had recorded, detailing what Xanai had seen and heard aboard the Flying Wendlanders.
"Phenomenal magic, which is enough to destroy a city, why would it only open a hole in one of the train's carriages? You mean there's a gold-level mage on that train? ”
Graham raised an eyebrow, clearly not believing Shannai's words.
Generally speaking, most phenomenal magic is above the seventh order, which is the domain of high-level mages, who can influence the fate of a city, and a person with such an ability appears in the territory of Wendland, no matter which force he belongs to, he needs to be focused on by Graham.
But in reality, on that trip to the "Flying Wendlanders", they only captured four cultists who tried to control the train, and those four were only low-level mages, and when they were caught, they were confused, as if confusing reality and dreams, and kept muttering words like the great golden wine and the soul of the sage.
Of course, these four people could blow a hole in the train, but there is no reason why they all fell into hallucinations and sat in the box after doing so.
Xia Nai originally received information that there were cultists who were going to carry out a massacre on this train, but now that nothing has happened, these guys have thrown themselves into the net, making her really confused.
What's more, what Xia Nai saw at the time.
The explosion was heard in the middle of the night, when Kana was staying with the train conductor, preparing to wait for reinforcements to arrive and go to the suspect's car to arrest him.
She rushed to the scene as soon as possible, but what she saw was a mess.
A large hole was blown open in the carriage on one side, and the cold wind poured into the car, and it could be clearly seen that the scenery outside was rapidly retreating in the moonlight, and the door of box 302 was open, and the four alchemists inside were whimpering in confusion, while box 301 next door was already empty.
Xia Nai and his colleagues who came to support them quickly found many props used to perform cultist rituals from the bodies of the four people, and the subsequent interrogation basically determined that these people were the culprits who were preparing to cause vicious incidents on the train.
Surprisingly, they didn't know how they had fallen into a state of confusion, and when asked about the person in the box next door, they were even more confused, and it was clear that their memories had been tampered with in some way, but no one knew who did it and for what purpose.
As a result, Xia Nai can be considered to have successfully solved a potentially major crime, but she actually played little role in this incident, which makes her feel a little helpless.
As for the two people in the 301 box, Xia Nai checked it a little later, and found that the information of the two people was only two names, without any details, and she had no permission to view any other information, which made her even more curious.
"Those two ......"
In the face of Graham's question, Xia Nai subconsciously mentioned the two beings who suddenly appeared and disappeared.
"Which two?"
Graham frowned slightly, and asked Xia Nai to hurry up and say the point, and stop playing dumb riddles.
"It's the two people in box 301, I saw at the time, one of them had contact with the four cultists, and the other person had entered the cultist's room, and at the same time, the two people also disappeared afterwards, I think this is an important clue."
"Really?"
Graham casually flipped through the documents handed over by Shannai, which also mentioned the incident, but Shannai did not write down what he had investigated later.
As a civil servant, of course she knows how to grasp the so-called proportions, and since the identities of those two people have a trace of mystery, then she naturally has to leave it to the people above to decide, and if she rashly investigates herself, it is likely to trigger some taboos.
"I see, I'll find someone to investigate."
Ogallon hasn't been at peace lately, and the air among the members of parliament is tense, and to be honest, if it weren't for the fact that this was the first time the train had been involved and that it involved the cultists, Graham probably wouldn't have paid much attention to this incident.
He didn't think that there was actually zero chance that two strong men would fight on the train that night, or even that might be the real answer, but having been in politics for many years, Graham knew that there were some things that he didn't know to be happier, especially in a department like his that had easy access to the interests of many forces.
"This case should be closed as soon as possible, and Councillor Geman does not want this matter to affect the diplomacy between the Federation and the Kingdom of Aster, especially at such a tense time."
With a hint of advice, Graham had a vague sense that there would be more trouble to come.
"I understand."
Shanai knew that Graham had a close relationship with Councillor Geman, so he could only nod.
"If nothing else, Xana. Miss Stanfield, I'll talk to you after I've read the on-site Magic Trace Detection Report, and you can go back and enjoy your vacation. ”
Graham knew that he would not get any more valuable information from Shanai, so he waved his hand and sent it away, what happened on the "Flying Wendland" was definitely more than just a simple cult rebellion, the middle-aged minister glanced at a document that had only been delivered this morning, and sighed secretly.
"I hope this little girl doesn't get into any big trouble."