I asked Gray, "How many people have died in the two days I've been in a coma?" Who are they? ”

Gray was stunned: "Did you say how many people died?" More than twenty bars...... If you need a detailed list, I'll ask you to check it out. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

I nodded, but my mind was no longer here.

Gray was very efficient, and just after tea time, he made a list of the dead nobles, and he wrote down the position and family and social relations in detail next to it.

I took a closer look at the list and found that there were quite a few nobles involved in this murder, and they all had different backgrounds. There were chancellors of the exchequer, there were scholars, there were generals and some people in the military, and it didn't seem to have much to do with it.

I asked Gray, "Do these people have any private relationships?" Or a special relationship? ”

Gray shook his head: "You said the connection between them? It's hard to say. On weekdays, they are all ministers in the court, and they always have to meet. But secretly, they all have their own careful thoughts, and there must be parties and selfish people, they are either Aubrey's people, Arnold's people, and of course a few people with strange personalities who are loners. ”

"Really?" After listening to Gray's words, I felt that the clue was a little broken: since there was no special connection, why did they die? I don't quite believe it was just an indiscriminate attack.

In order to find out the cause of the incident, I plan to sneak into various crime sites to find clues. Gray reminded, "Have you forgotten how you promised Rand?" You promised that you wouldn't interfere in this matter, but now you have to investigate it, why? ”

I looked back at him and said, "If it's just an ordinary murder, I'm naturally relieved that Lante will send someone to investigate." But now that I've found out that this matter has something to do with the devil, I can't ignore it. A lot of things have happened when we enter Evenerg City this time, and it is estimated that there are few people in the entire Duchy of Sarander who know more about demons than me. So I must get rid of this hidden danger, and think it is my last gift to him before I leave. And Alexander what do they do? After all, they are my friends, and I hope I can help them at the end. After saying that, somehow I felt a little sour in my heart, and lowered my head: "Also, since he doesn't like me to take care of this matter, then we just secretly track it down by ourselves, and don't let him know what we're doing." ”

Gray looked at me and sighed, but finally did what I wanted.

Over the next few nights, Gray and I sneaked into the mansions one by one, in the order on the list, but the results were a little different from what I expected.

Of the twenty-four people killed in the past few days, I can sense that eight of them were caused by demons, and the rest seem to have been committed by humans. Could it be that these murders were committed by two groups of people?

According to the different modus operandi, I tried to carefully analyze the commonalities between the two groups of people who died, but there were still no obvious patterns and clues. The two groups of deceased not only had no regularity in their positions, but also had different subordinate forces. What's worse is that perhaps after being immersed in Evenerge's demonic aura for a long time, I feel that my senses are gradually starting to become numb, and I can't quite tell where the demons have appeared. And the smell of the original demon invasion of Dodro has not completely dissipated, which is also interfering with my judgment, and sometimes I even feel like I am often haunted by demons in my room, and I am already a little confused. Gradually, I even began to wonder if it was just a delusion that I believed that Duke Gould had died at the hands of demons.

Six days have passed.

The cleaning work in the city has been almost completed, but the temperature has dropped as soon as the north wind blows, and it seems that this time it is really going to be winter.

It was only then that the pain on my body really began to show itself, and I felt that even if I was indoors, the scars that had been left on my body would still ache. In particular, the burned right hand will become numb and unconscious as soon as the temperature drops, which is probably called sequelae! I smiled wryly. Look up at the window.

White snowflakes fluttered in the air, falling silently on the ground, paving white.

This is the first snow of the year.

Although I had already encountered a snowstorm when I was in the outer forest before, the snowflakes that were quietly floating in the city also had a different taste.

I stretched out my right hand out of the window, and the snowflakes floated on my gloves for a long time, and the hexagonal pattern was very beautiful.

I can't help but go back to the past.

I remember the winter of my sixteenth year, when Rand and I sneaked out to camp in the mountains outside the city. At that time, the mountains were infested with wild beasts, and the city issued a special notice for pedestrians not to travel alone at night. And the two of us who were not afraid of death insisted on going the other way, and finally Rand was bitten by a poisonous snake, and his hand was swollen for two months before it subsided.

When he was fourteen years old, Dodro fell a week of heavy snowfall, and the snow on the ground was more than half a person's high, and the whole city was closed, and he was suspended from work and school. I said that I wanted to sneak out of the palace at this time to have a look, and although Rand was afraid, he followed me for three days to dig a hole under the palace wall. As a result, a few steps after leaving the palace, he was chased back to the cave by a dog in captivity outside.

At the age of twelve......

I met him for the first time in the battlefield.

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I dusted off the snowflakes on my hands, and at this time the lights were on, and the streets were lit up with oil lamps, which was very beautiful against the snowy scene.

A waiter came to report: "Young Master Rosa, His Royal Highness Lante has invited you to the palace for a dinner. ”

I glanced at him: "I'm the only one?" ”

……

You're the only one.

"I see."

Due to the unbearable onset of illness in my body, I found that I was starting to become more afraid of cold. So I don't go out often these days.

When Gray saw that I was going to enter the palace, he pulled out a thick quilt-like cloak out of nowhere and tied it to me. I threw it away, and he tirelessly picked it up again, and finally I had to compromise.

"When I come back from the palace later, you can pick me up." I said.

"Isn't it? You're a big man and you still need someone to pick you up? ”

I glared at him and whispered, "There's something to investigate." ”

Hearing my words, Gray immediately changed his serious expression.

And so I entered the palace.

Although the decoration here has been damaged a lot, it seems to have been restored to its usual appearance after being restored over the past few days.

The waiter showed me the way and led me to the banquet room. I used to be here when I was playing as a kid and never sat here for a meal.

The status of the royal family's guest must be honorable, and I do not have this qualification.

The red lacquered wooden door was slowly pushed open, but the dining room was not brightly lit as I remember, except for a few silver candlesticks on the long dining table, which glowed dimly.

It seems like I'm the only guest today.

As I thought so, Rand appeared from the other end of the room. He raised his hand and motioned for me to sit down at one end of the table and himself at the other end.

The waiters all retreated when the table was full of food, and we were the only ones left in the room.

The table was big and long, and although we looked at each other, we were far away. The room was dimly lit and I felt a little cold.

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