Outside the Crescent Academy, where a large area of land that had been used as a plantation had been turned into an overgrown wasteland due to unmaintained maintenance, Antoine and Reiner were discussing their next sales strategy in the cottage next to the academy castle.

Thanks to the popularity of Piram Coke in the surrounding cities, the trendy drink has gradually gained popularity in the south of the country, and the influence of Bylena's Mage Card marketing has made Crescent Coke a hot commodity again.

In some areas where retail stores are not developed, there is even a situation where a bottle is hard to find.

Of course, most people are still interested in the mage card that comes with Coke.

Due to the unprecedentedly good sales, Reiner hired four skilled mage apprentices for Antoine to produce Coke non-stop, and at the same time, the previous week, persuaded Antoine to temporarily relocate the Atelier to this hut at the Crescent Academy to ensure safety.

Antoine didn't want to move at first, he didn't think that the despicable methods that Reiner said would really be in Piram's hands, but he finally moved out of the cottage where he had lived for more than ten years to be on the safe side.

"In the future, we can buy a few shops in the old street, which will be used as an alchemy workshop for the production of coke on one side, and a direct sales store on the other side, and at the same time, we will be able to open customers to pay for a visit to the cola factory and so on."

Reiner has now invested in Atelier Antoine in the name of the Crescent Academy, occupying twenty-two percent of the shares, and he himself has invested in the technology in his own name, occupying thirty-one percent of the shares, and the rest is Antoine's shares, in a sense, Atelier Antoine is now one of the properties of the Crescent Academy.

This situation is very common, in order to maintain their own funds, the larger schools will make various investments, including alchemy workshops and hospitals, lower schools, business associations, etc., and the Crescent Academy probably had some industries in the past, but they have almost all been lost over the years.

"This is a good suggestion, according to our current performance growth efficiency, it may be achieved in half a year."

Antoine nodded, he followed Reiner's advice and cleaned up his face, and now he didn't look as depressed as before, but like a normal middle-aged man.

Knock Knock Knock –

A knock on the door interrupted their discussion, and Antoine opened the door to find someone familiar.

"Sheriff Sheira?"

Shira, dressed in uniform, nodded to Antoine and continued.

"Monsieur Antoine, we have followed your advice and set up an ambush at Antoine's alchemy workshop in Old Street, and we have captured a few guys who are intent on blowing up your house tonight, and we may need you to come to town and help us make some proof."

"Blow it up?"

Antoine was a little surprised, he didn't expect that what Reiner had warned him before would come true, and that Piram would really find someone to endanger his personal safety.

"Monsieur Antoine, you go with the sheriff, and I'll check on the situation later."

Reiner said, patting Antoine on the shoulder.

"yes, okay, I got it."

Antoine sorted out his emotions before packing up his things and following Sheila away.

And Reiner, thinking for a moment, decided to wake up Claire first and ask her to accompany him.

He needed a bodyguard who could fight.

......

Later, Reiner wakes up Claire, who is asleep with a barbecue-like pillow, and convinces the sleepy-eyed teacher to accompany her to the town's detention center late at night on the condition that she will be invited to a big meal at the restaurant where the protagonist in "The Lonely Foodie" in Prest City went to on the weekend.

By the time the two arrived at the sheriff's detention center in a carriage, it was already after midnight.

The town of Lunamia near Crescent College is the town where Old Street is located, and is under the jurisdiction of the city of Priest, so Leslie and Sheila are the equivalent of civil servants sent by the city to the countryside, and are warmly entertained by the local sheriff.

They requisitioned a separate cell to hold Sanderson and kept all information on hold to prevent the real culprit from being attacked.

Seeing Reiner and Claire, the two sheriffs smiled heartily and led them to the interrogation room with Antoine.

"This observation room can see what's going on in the interrogation room, but you can't see this side in the interrogation room."

Leslie explained simply, to Claire's sense of wonder.

The trio and Leslie went to the observation room, and saw that in the other room, Sanderson was chained to a chair and looked depressed, while Sheila was sitting across from him with a few papers.

"Sandersen. Gran, do you admit that you intended to blow up the Atelier Antoine and kill Mage Antoine? ”

Shira asked sharply, causing Sanderson to shudder and look at the female sheriff in front of him with fear.

"I, I don't know ......"

Sanderson still believed that Piram would save him, just like in the novel, and spent some money to buy off the jailer and get him out, so he didn't reveal the truth.

"You know, if you were instructed to do so, a confession can mitigate your guilt, but if you're determined to keep it a secret, then we'll think you're planning this case, and you're going to be sentenced to death."

Sheila said coldly, getting up to leave, her words made Sanderson tremble, but she still didn't dare to betray her boss.

"We have interrogated your accomplices, and they have been recruited."

As she left the interrogation room, she seemed to mention it inadvertently, and Sherra's words made Sanderson stunned, and her eyes wandered, as if she was thinking.

At this time, Leslie left the observation room and walked into the interrogation room in place of Sheila, where he took a glass of water and placed it in front of Sandersen.

"Sanderson, I know you're not a bad person, but you've been hoodwinked for the time being, and if you can cooperate with our work, then you can minimize your guilt."

Leslie said very gently as she fed Sanderson water.

"We've contacted your boss Piram before, and he's sorry for what you've done and said he didn't know, so Sanderson, you're saving yourself now."

This is the usual black-face-white-face tactic of interrogation, and Sheila's sternness contrasts sharply with Leslie's mildness, where Sanderson has undergone this kind of training, and Leslie's words quickly make Sanderson react.

Sanderson had always thought that Piram was trying to save him, but Leslie's words shattered his illusions, and he didn't even think about the possibility of Leslie and Sheila deceiving him because of the panic and confusion.

"I ......"

After thinking about it again and again, Sanderson thought about it again and again, and all the past came to his mind, and he finally spoke.

"I was instructed to do it by Piram."