Macon must have killed people in order to hide his tracks, and he would do whatever it took to achieve his goals.

This is very much in line with what happened today, and Macon did not hesitate to burn down the entire botanical garden in order to hide his tracks.

This is an extremely cruel person.

Reiner thought.

The next morning, he explained a few things to Madame Freya, told her to take care of Claire, and prepared to leave the hotel.

Uncle Mason did not continue to dress up for his birthday, but sat behind the counter with something written in the ledger, and Reiner did not bother him, did not know what to say, and silently walked out of the door of the hotel.

Reiner arrived at the plantation site in a rented carriage, which was still cordoned off by the Magical Society, and thanks to Reiner's information, the investigation had been transferred from the sheriff's department to the Magical Society, and more detailed magical investigations would be carried out on the site.

The Midland's Magical Society has been working to promote the identification of magical traces, which is somewhat similar to forensic science, which is a means of reconstructing the situation at the time of the case based on the flow of magic at the scene and the remaining traces of magic, mainly for the magical crimes that often occur in the Midland Federation.

Recently, because of the flood of blood rocks, there have been many vicious crimes in the Midland Federation, at first, these crimes are because of money, because it takes a lot of money to buy blood rocks, so some outlaws have the idea of robbery, kill people and buy blood rocks with the money they have robbed.

And because the blood rock circulated not only among the lower people, but also among mages and nobles, it also gave rise to some crimes involving magic, which caused the federal department in charge of law and order to complain.

By the time Reiner arrived, several mages were already on the scene to investigate.

"Mr. Ian Gray."

The mage at the head has a four-ring level, and Olmster does not have a magical association, and he was urgently transferred from a nearby city.

"I'm Crow sent by the association to be in charge of the investigation, we have some of today's findings here, would you like to take a look?"

Reiner's fame in the wizarding world made the four-ring mage still respect him.

"Good work."

Nodding slightly, Reiner took the record from the other party's hand and flipped through it.

Many traces of magic have been detected in the ruins of the warehouse, which presumably has been used as an alchemy laboratory in recent times.

In addition, traces of a fire-starting technique were found on the outside of the warehouse, which is believed to be the work of Macon to set fire to the plantation.

On the road outside the warehouse, traces of Reiner's spell can also be found.

"There are still traces of the tidal surge here, but strangely, there is no water source nearby, and ordinary tidal surges cannot affect the artificial river in the distance."

Crowe pointed to the man-made river in the distance, which was nearly dry and the water in it could not be used to extinguish the fire.

"Surge?"

Reiner seemed to have something in mind, and then confirmed.

"If there is a water source, can the tide surge do anything in a fire?"

"The tide surge is essentially a spell that controls the movement of fluids, and if there is water, the tide surge can form a water curtain around people, able to isolate the flames, and there have been cases of such escapes in the past."

Crowe explained.

Reiner nodded, in line with his thoughts, the mist around them should have been the result of the tide surge when rescuing the peasants.

But the question is, where does the water needed for the tidal surge come from?

"If you come to this position, then it will be enough to use the water from the artificial river next to it to create a water curtain barrier."

Crowe pointed to a location and Reiner looked around, this should be the location of the peasants he had met trying to get out of trouble.

So, the mist Reiner saw was caused by the Tide Surge?

Confused, Reiner followed Crow to investigate the site again, and they came to the warehouse.

"This is supposed to be where Mr. West fell."

Crowe said, pointing to the ground.

"According to the restored scene, Mr. West fell to the ground after being stabbed with a sharp object, did not move much, and stopped moving."

Traces of crawling were faintly visible on the ground, and Reiner crouched down and fetched a bit of dirt from the ground.

"The dirt here has been tested, but strangely, there is not much bloodshed, after all, Mr. West's cause of death was excessive blood loss and inhalation of toxic gases from the fire, but there is very little blood left in the dirt beneath him."

When Crow saw Reiner's actions, he explained.

"We think it's the cause of the high evaporation, but that's not quite logical."

"Blood rarely ......"

Reiner thought, and soon, a flash of inspiration flashed in his eyes, and Reiner kept wandering in place, his eyes flashing with everything in the ruins.

Finally, he stopped, and the idea already had in his head.

Reiner hurried out of the plantation ruins to Olmster Hospital, where he found the medical examiner and confirmed his suspicions.

After reaching a positive conclusion, Reiner returned to the hotel.

The half-decorated inn was a little deserted, and Aunt Gwen sat behind the counter, stunned, as Reiner walked up to her.

"Aunt Gwen, where is Uncle Mason, I have something to tell you about West."

"Ah......h

It took a long time for Aunt Gwen to come to her senses, and she hesitated for a long time before she slowly got up and walked to the place in the restaurant, her back looking very short.

Ten minutes later, Uncle Mason and Aunt Gwen sat across from Reiner.

"Uncle Mason, Aunt Gwen, about your son West, I have been able to confirm the cause of his death and the process of death through investigation today."

Reiner said as calmly as he could, knowing that saying this now might be a stimulus for the two old men, but Reiner also didn't want everything West had done to be drowned in the dark.

"What can he say, leave on his own, come back on his own, die on his own, and have no consideration for other people's feelings at all!"

Uncle Mason clenched his fists and trembled slightly.

"No, Uncle Mason, West isn't like that."

Reiner said no.

"West came to the plantation for some unknown reason, he found the farmers imprisoned by the criminals, he tried to rescue them, but happened to run into the criminal, and after a fight between the two, West was pierced in the chest by a sharp blade, and the criminals tried to destroy the corpses and set the plantation's warehouse on fire."

Listening to Reiner's statement, neither the Windermeres spoke.

The culprit left, but West didn't die immediately from the wound in his chest, he used his magic to untie the ropes for the other farmers to get them out of the fire, but the fire was too big for people to break through the flames outside.

Reiner paused, seemed to adjust his mood, and continued.

"At this time, West used his last strength to cast a magic, using his own blood as a carrier, using the tide surge technique to dissipate the flames of the heat for the other farmers and open the way."

“......”

Uncle Mason's expression froze.

Shock, remorse, sadness, and forbearance crumpled together, his hands trembling slightly, his fists clenched, trying to suppress his emotions with this.

"West's Surge Technique, I taught it, it was the first spell he learned, and I told him that if he was trapped by fire, he could use this spell to escape......"

It was a long time before Uncle Mason spoke, and his voice was choked.

“...... Turns out you've always remembered, stupid son. ”