Esther took Rowe to the door of the study, the floor in front of the different mahogany door was very clean, and the dust next to it seemed to be two worlds, the young man knocked on the door, and an old voice came from inside the door. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Come in. ”

Esther pushed the door open, and Rowe followed.

When you enter the study, the first feeling is that it is warm, and the outside is a cold corridor, and the study is like a heated boiler, which is very warm.

The red carpet covered every corner of the study, although there was also dust, it should have just fallen, unlike the dust outside, the bookshelves on both sides completely blocked the wall, but on the shelves were not any books, but mountains of ledger-like booklets, some with ropes, some with staples.

It's just that there is a strange feeling surrounding Luo Wei, an indescribable uncomfortable feeling, and it always feels like it's not a good thing.

An old desk was placed in the center of the study, and the castle lord in a gray cotton robe was sitting at the table, looking at a ledger in his hand.

"Esther, what's the matter?" asked the old man at the desk, coughing slightly, as if he was unwell.

"Mr. Rowe is here. With that, Esther stepped aside so that Rowe could stand at his desk.

Rowe walked over and finally saw the castle master's face.

The old face looked like an old man of seventy or eighty years old, wearing a pair of broken eyes, a long white beard, his face was full of wrinkles, as if there were a dozen insects crawling on his face, his hair had fallen out, revealing a shiny scalp, perhaps because he was afraid of the cold on his head, so he made the study so warm.

The cotton clothes on his body are also tattered, and there is already cotton leaking out in many places, but he does not change his body, his hunchback is serious, and his eyes are godless, and he does not look like the owner of a majestic castle at all.

The most terrifying thing was that he wore an eyepatch on his right eye, and a long scar was exposed through the blindfold, so much so that the scar seemed to cut a third of his head and carved it into it.

"Hello, Mr. Ash Lokmny. ”

"Ahh Mr. Rowe, I heard that you are Father Romeer's nephew, but I don't think you look alike. As he spoke, the old man held his glasses, wanting to see Luo Wei's similar appearance.

Luo Wei can't complain, although he is an uncle and nephew, but Luo Wei was not born to Romel, and it is normal for there to be a difference in appearance, right?

The old man quickly put the matter down and got to the point.

"Well, Mr. Rowe, can you tell me your current magic level, so that I can have a rough estimate of your strength. ”

I don't know what the intention is, but it probably has something to do with what I want to entrust myself.

"Open magician. Saying that, Luo Wei also took out the golden badge from his pocket, usually Luo Wei plans to put the badge in his clothes, after all, most magicians know this thing.

"Open? Just open? Romel told me that you are a magician with the same strength as the color position, why are you the open? Could it be that you are colluding to deceive me?"

Luo Wei felt like he was being pitted, and that bastard uncle was talking about how he could be compared to a color magician?

"Well, that house can't be sold anyway, you can just live there, I'm fine, you can go back." With that, Ash waved his hand and began to look down at the ledger in his hand.

"Wait a minute, isn't there something I'm tasked with?"

"Oh, that, I won't tell you if you're too weak, lest you die in vain. "In that sense, Ash shouldn't be a wicked person.

"At least tell me what the matter is, and although I'm hierarchically open, I've also been involved in a Holy Grail War, so there's nothing I can't solve right now. "Rowe hasn't shown his hole cards yet, he doesn't think there is anything Ash that he can't solve, after all, he can solve even the legendary Calamity Dragon like Fafnir, is there anything he can't solve in Plymouth now?

Ash raised his head, took off his glasses, looked at Rowe for a few seconds, and then said, "Okay, since you said so, I'll tell you a little bit of something, as for whether to do it or not is your decision, if you feel that you can't handle it, don't touch it." ”

Luo Wei nodded, he didn't like to be favored in vain, since the other party provided such a good base for himself, then he had to pay relatively something.

But before he could say the commission, the castle lord began to cough violently, and Esther hurried over and patted his father on the back, and by the way took out a small bottle from the drawer of his desk, and poured out a white disc, which seemed to be some kind of medicine.

Ash opened the water cup on the desk with shaking hands, the white steam rose, it seemed that the water temperature was still very high, took the pills in Esther's hand, drank these in a sip of water and medicine, and then lay down on the chair for a while before recovering.

"I'm smiling, I'm old, I'm in my fifties, and I'm not in good health. ”

Hearing this, Luo Wei felt that he was dazzled, he looked like an old man in his seventies and eighties, but he was only fifty, although he was not young, but his actual age was much younger than he looked.

"Speaking of which, the way I am in my body also has something to do with the things I have to commission, Esther, go move two chairs, and sit down with Mr. Rowe and listen to me slowly. ”

"Good father. Esther walked out of the study, seemingly moving a stool somewhere else.

Ash coughed slightly again and said, "Mr. Rowe, do you think there is anything different about my castle?" ”

"Rowe will do it. ”

Thinking about it, the teenager decided to speak directly about his doubts.

"There are no people in this castle, although there are plenty of vegetable patches and gardening outside, but even the vines on the castle are not pruned, I guess Sauron is the only servant in this castle now, right?"

"You're right, Sauron is the only servant here, I'm a loser, I can't afford to support other servants, except for Sauron, who is willing to serve our Lokmie family, the others have already been driven away. The vicissitudes of the old man's experience are completely manifested on his face at this moment.

"Is there any particular reason?" asked Rowe.

"Before that, you need to answer my question. Ash looked up, some white eyes staring at Rovi. "Although Romel told me that you have already fallen out with the Magic Association, which is the Clock Tower, you still have to confirm that you are not from the Clock Tower?"

Isn't it the man of the timepiece tower?

That's a good question, from the moment Rowe and Rhaenys turned their faces, probably the clock tower didn't think of Rowe as its own, although Rowe didn't mean to go against the clock tower, and it wasn't the last family.

"Not really. Rowe's eyes didn't retreat, and although Ash's cloudy eyes looked a little scary, Rowe still had to look at him so that the other party could understand that he wasn't lying.

"That's good. Ash didn't believe it with any doubt, and I don't know if it was because he was old and a little confused, or if he was experienced and could see at a glance that Luo Wei was not lying.

At the same time, Esther brought the chairs from outside, placed the two chairs in front of the desk, and then Rowe sat down.

"Rowe, you've been in Plymouth Harbour for two days, do you feel anything is wrong?" Ash asked.

"What's wrong?" Luo Wei thought for a moment, feeling that if it was daily life, there was nothing wrong except that no one could cook.

"For example, the magic is very thin, and there is not even the feeling of the presence of dragon veins. As he spoke, Ash rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his hand, and a cyan magic circuit appeared on his arm, although it was a small number, it was still a real magic circuit.

"You're a magician too?" Rowe was a little surprised, but it wasn't surprising to think that the other party was the owner of this castle.

Most monarchs and lords throughout history have been magicians, so it doesn't seem strange that their descendants are also magicians.

In this way, Rowe looked at Esther with some curiosity.

"Sorry, I'm not a magician, the magic circuit of the Lokemini family stopped in my father's generation. ”

In the face of such an explanation, Luo Wei did not ask, if the later castle owners were all married non-magicians to marry and have children, such a situation is still very likely to happen.

Ash coughed again and said to Rowe: "Actually, when I was a child, there was a dragon vein in Plymouth Harbour, although it is not as powerful as the magic in places like London, but it is still a magic flow that can be called a dragon vein, if it is a magician, Rowe should understand, right?"

Luo Wei nodded, he had worked so hard to summon the Heroic Spirit before, just because he didn't have the support of the dragon vein magic, but now Ash said that Prinmouth once had a dragon vein.

So now, why is the dragon vein gone?

"About 20 years ago, there were a number of cases of missing babies in Plymouth Harbour, first of all, the babies in a certain hospital disappeared overnight, which caused quite a stir at that time, the most important thing was that the children of the Plymouth police station sergeant also disappeared, but the police searched the whole city for three days and three nights and found no trace, and just when the police were at a loss for what to do, another hospital baby disappeared. ”

"Is only the baby missing?" Rowe wondered, why was only the baby missing?

Ash nodded.

"That's right, only the baby is missing, and this happens every three days, and for about two weeks, people are afraid to go to the hospital to give birth, and the police have not found any clues for two weeks, as if the baby has disappeared out of thin air. Because there was no trace of it, there were rumors that it was the evil spirit of Plymouth Harbour at the time, which is simply ridiculous. ”

This is no longer a case, it can be said to be a disaster, the mysterious disappearance of the baby without a trace?

Unless....

"At that time, I was still a magician with some magic strength, and through some magic searches, I found that every hospital where the baby disappeared had traces of magic remaining, and the one who did this must be a magician. As he spoke, Ash clenched his old hand, probably feeling sad every time he thought about it.

"Is it really the magician's doing? is it the necromantic magician?" Luo Wei thinks that the only necromantic magician who will specifically catch babies to do such inhumane things is the necromancer.

"No, not a necromancer, but a magician from the wandering seas. ”

"Wandering the Sea?" Rowe didn't hear the name for the first time, the Magic Society was founded and consisted of three divisions: the Clock Tower, the Wandering Sea, and the Astra Academy.

At this time, hearing the name of the wandering sea, Luo Wei felt a bad premonition.

"How do you know that?"

Ash pulled open his desk, pulled out a bloodstained booklet, and threw it on the desk.

Luo Wei picked it up and looked at it, the first page was the name of the magician, but because it was stained with blood, it was impossible to read clearly after the Name, only the bottom line of small words Luo Wei could still see.

May the wandering sea eventually find its roots.

"That's the magician's notebook, I traced the traces of magic to the sewers of Plymouth Harbour, and found his body, he died outside the barrier he had set up, the police are ordinary people, even if they thought of going to the sewers to look for it, they were deceived by his barrier, and no one found the existence of the barrier. ”

"And how did he die?" If he wasn't found by the police, why was Ash dead when he found him?

"Probably because his research failed, hmph, at my own peril, after that I continued to explore, discovered his enchantment, and entered the interior of the enchantment. At this point, Ash paused, then reached out to the scar on his face. "Three minutes later, I lost my right eye, but I managed to run out so I didn't get killed by the monster inside. ”

"Monsters?"

What kind of monster?

"The magic that Wandering Sea is best at, or the thing he is best at is human body modification, and the dead magician is good at making dolls, he combines human body transformation with dolls, and came to Plymouth to conduct doll-related research, which he wrote very clearly in his notepad, but it seems that he was killed by a runaway puppet instead of controlling himself. At this, Ash smiled with relief, but his wrinkled face was a little ugly.

"You mean.... Human modification and puppet experiments with babies?" Rowe felt disgusting to think about, even more so than Kent had been.

More importantly, he seems to have done it, and the babies in several hospitals in Plymouth have gone missing, so how many babies have lost their lives?

Just thinking about it makes me feel terrible.

"What stole my eyes was a puppet that was extremely fast and had sturdy limbs, there were at least a hundred of them in that barrier, but luckily, these puppets only attacked outsiders, not the people in the barrier. ”

"What do you mean?" Could it be that there are anyone else in the barrier?

"Of course it was a baby, and after that I was fully prepared, and with my still strong body and some magic tricks that I was not proficient in, I was able to save a few babies from the barrier, but within a few moments, the rest of the babies died inside, and I couldn't save more. Ash said this very flatly, and Rowe could imagine that his feelings at that time may have been numb, which is why he is acting so plainly now.

"And since that enchantment existed, the dragon veins have gradually disappeared, or they have been sealed and gathered, right in that sewer, I don't know what that bastard did to achieve such an effect, but there is no doubt that it has something to do with him. ”

Luo Wei thought about it for a while, but still had some doubts.

"Since he's a doll, what's the use of having babies?"

"Don't you understand? What the baby has is the most tender body, and the purest soul, he separates the two, injects the soul into the puppet, makes the puppet gain more powerful combat power, and then transforms the human body that the body is best at wandering the sea, which is simply the magician's favorite, hum. Finally, he snorted coldly, fully expressing Ash's disdain for this kind of behavior.

"Isn't it a trivial matter that the whole of Plymouth's hospital babies have mysteriously disappeared?"

"I didn't tell the news, and I removed all traces of the hospital's magic in order to prevent the people of the Tower of Clocks from finding the barrier. Ash glared at Rowe. "The person I don't trust the most in my life, except for thieves, is magicians. ”

Luo Wei was speechless, he was not wrong, if the magician of the Clock Tower had discovered it, maybe he would have continued to study it.

"Then the commission is, go and investigate in that enchantment? But those puppets haven't appeared on the ground for so many years, so they must be trapped in the enchantment, so it's not a problem to ignore it, isn't it?"

According to Ash's description, the puppet should be trapped in the barrier, including the research results of the wandering sea magician, so even if you don't care about it, it's okay, right?

"Don't say it so easily, boy, that's not a good thing, and I can only go around the periphery of the enchantment, there are too many dolls I can't get into, there are more terrible things inside, I can feel it, if it's commissioned, it's you go in and see what the hell it is, if it's a dangerous thing, destroy it quickly, put such a dangerous thing under Plymouth, do you think I can sleep safely?" Ash coughed again, maybe his rapid aging was caused by all these years of worrying.

This is indeed a commission, but Luo Wei does not know what the attack power of those puppets is, and the more terrifying things that Ash said are still unknown, so it is not easy for Luo Wei to judge what kind of danger he will face.

"How is it? Do you feel scared? If you are afraid, go back quickly. As he spoke, Ash waved his hand again, as if to dismiss Rovi.

But Rowe laughed.

"How can it be, there is such a thing living under Plymouth, I will not feel at ease, I will take this commission, after all, I still live in your house, and I should do these things. ”

It's just that Ash still said angrily: "Be reckless, lest you become like me." ”

"Don't worry, I don't know how strong the puppet is or what the danger you are talking about, but I still have a strong ability to adapt to emergencies, you just need to tell me where the enchantment is. ”

Luo Wei respects Ash very much, although he looks like an old man in his twilight years now, but what he has done is something that Luo Wei admires very much, so the title has become you.

"Then let Esther take you there tomorrow, he knows the place, if there is nothing else to do, you can leave, I still have something to deal with. With that, Ash looked at the ledger in his hand.

Luo Wei was silent, as if there was nothing else to do, and then he stood up, and Esther on the side also stood up, as if preparing to send off the guests.

After taking two steps, Luo Wei still felt that something was wrong, and said the strangeness he felt when he first entered the study.

"Sir Ash, is there anything special in your castle? I have felt an unusual feeling since I entered the study, can you tell me what it is?"

Ash raised his head, glared at Rowe, and then said, "Who knows? I don't feel anything, my ancestors were also magicians, probably the traces left by the previous magic research in the study, right?"

Luo Wei nodded, but did not ask.

But deep down in his heart tells Rowe that things are not that simple.