After entering the temple of Minoa, Dr. Kadanya and I were silent. He could feel the obvious rejection and coldness of the people in the temple, and although we had come to deliver some scriptures and medallions from Egypt to the priests, they looked at them with a clear discernment.

I fastened my veil and followed the medic with my head down. A Minoan priest came to invite him into the inner chamber to speak, but when I tried to follow up, he was blocked. The man was condescending and arrogant, saying that women were not allowed to enter.

Medical Officer Kadanya was about to retort, but I lowered my head and whispered, "Then I'll wait outside for the adults to come out." ”

He was embarrassed for a moment, the last time we separated, I disappeared mysteriously, and it is no wonder that he was once bitten by a snake, and now he began to be vigilant, like a frightened bird, the Minoan priest urged again, and he could only whisper: "You must not wander around, just wait for me here, and I will come out as soon as I finish delivering the things." ”

I whispered, "Yes." ”

He followed the man in, and looked back twice in disapprehension. I stood where I was until he turned a corner and couldn't see it anymore.

If he loses me again, he will kill himself and apologize.

However, I came to the temple with me today because I had other plans.

He's gone, and I've turned a corner and entered another walk.

I vaguely remember Immorton saying that he had a room of his own in the temple here.

Although he didn't know very well, I asked his servant again, and it was not difficult to find it in combination with the architectural features of this place.

There were three doors on the left side, I looked back and forth, walked to the first door, listened to the movement inside, took out a hair pin and gently opened the lock on it, and dodged and pushed the door in.

The house is very simple, and everything that can be moved is probably empty. After Imorton cleaned it up himself, someone must have come here to clean it up, and there must have been something nailed to the wall, and it had been removed, leaving only a few nail marks there. The tables, chairs, and benches on the ground had apparently been removed from their places, and there were still small pieces of broken pottery in the ground, something had been broken here. A small window of light let in a little light, and there was a ...... in the abandoned room It makes me sad smell.

I stood by the door in a trance, and couldn't help but wonder how Immorton had spent his time here. He would sit at the table, he would scratch the clay tablets or the pieces of wood with a knife and pen, he would ponder, he would ......

Will you think of me......

No matter how much I imagine it today, it's impossible to get back the time when I had everything.

Nothing can be done again.

As Immorton once told me, there was another world in his room, and the Minoans, though shrewd, might not be able to see through them all.

Immorton is a man who does things thoroughly, except for the stabbing I was there that year, there are ...... And this time, I've never seen him miscalculate.

I walked over to the table. This wooden table is rough and solid, and the top is polished smooth.

Those people shouldn't have thought too much, this table should still be the original one, just look at the traces of the ground.

I leaned over and put my arms under the table.

Fingers slowly wandered and groped under the table, and there was a little pattern that was not too obvious.

Yes, the same as Immorton's old habits.

There was also such a secret compartment under his original table, and if he hadn't said it, I would never have found it.

I remembered what he had said, and slowly spun to open the dark compartment. The subtle sound of the brass button rubbing against the wooden board.

I was a little distracted, but my fingers had reached into the dark compartment and touched a slender box.

Immorton will surely hide something very important here.

What will it be?

Will...... Can you find out why he was killed?

Who is the murderer, exactly?

My fingers trembled a little, and I quickly opened the wooden box.

The box did contain something, but it was completely different from what I had thought.

It's not what I'm guessing it is, it's probably some secret, or someone's handle.

Not the reason why he might have died.

Inside the box is a short wooden flute.

I know this flute.

It was one of the few instruments I picked up from Essis when I went to the temple for the first time since I became him.

I used to love this flute and play it with it in my hand.

Later, I don't quite remember where I put it.

But here, across a distant sea, I saw it again in this distant and strange Minoa.

Did Immorton put him away?

My fingertips touched the flute and retracted my hand as if it were hot.

Immorton ......

Your most important secret, the treasure stored here, is such an inconspicuous flute? But if you have collected it so preciously, why did you leave with you when you packed up some other things and didn't take this flute with you? Is it too late, or is it ......

Still is......

There seemed to be the sound of people moving outside the door, and I didn't have time to think about it, so I took the flute into my arms and dodged behind the door.

The people outside the door just passed by, whispering and drifting away.

I gently dodged the door open a crack, and the hallway was empty.

I walked back to the place where I had been separated from the medical officer, and the flute in my arms was obviously only wooden, but I felt as if I was carrying a piece of fire in my arms, burning and aching.

There weren't many people in the Minoa Temple, and I came and went, only dodging and avoiding people twice. It doesn't look like there's some amazing secret here that deserves to kill another person, of course, it's just what it seems. I stopped, and Dr. Kadanya walked over from the other side of the walk, and when he saw me, he immediately looked reassured.

"Delivered?"

"Well, but I can't leave yet." Kadanya whispered, "Priest Grados is not here, but he has sent a message that he wants to discuss with me the recipe for the herbs written on a few pages of paper, and he will not be back until noon after entering the palace, and he will have to wait for him to come back and solve this matter before leaving." ”

"Grados?" I'm a little confused, I seem to have heard the name. This man seems to have been mentioned in Julian's previous messages.

"The most powerful man in the temple is probably the priest of Grados......" said Kadanya in a low voice, "he was also a very important figure in Minoa, and the Queen Mother trusted him very much. ”

I nodded and didn't say anything more.

Seeing that there was no one in front and behind, Kadanya whispered: "The temple of Minoa seems to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, just now I was in the back, and I noticed that there are a few people there who have very serious and cautious expressions, and they seem to be different from other people.

I nodded.

The island on which the Minoan palace is located looks like an undefended island at first glance, and even the walls of the palace are not remarkable, and there are many places that are built along the hillside without walls at all.

I really couldn't believe it before I came, Minoa dominated the Aegean Sea, but the royal palace was completely undefended?

No, it's not.

It is precisely because of the strength of the navy that there is such self-confidence, there is no coastal defense on the island, no palace defense.

However, are the Minoans too ...... Arrogance?

Egypt is also a powerful man for a while, but it is surrounded by scheming eyes. If you are not careful, you will inevitably capsize in the gutter.

Are the island nations around Minoa so obedient to it?

Absolutely not.

The good days of Minoa are only a few years, but how it came to fall is a mystery in history.

Ancient Greece, which rose a hundred years later, is said to have inherited the civilization of Minoa.

Our lunch was arranged in a room behind the temple. This room is very large, and it seems that the priests usually eat here.

Our location is on the side, Minoa's habits are very different from Egypt's, Egyptian priests don't eat fish, but here in Minoa, it seems that dishes made with fish and meat are considered delicacies.

In addition to us, there are also other people who dine here.

I faced the wall, ate two slices of bread and didn't eat again. Kadanya was not in the mood to eat, so she moved symbolically a little and whispered to me, "It's better to ...... You go back to the post house first, and I'll go back when I'm done here. ”

I thought about it, it was impossible to find any clues on the surface in the temple.

"It's fine. Then be careful yourself. ”

He breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, I know. ”

As I went out, the servant of the temple, I was met by someone who came up to me, and I avoided it and hung my head.

The man walked up to me and stopped.

"Who are you?"

The servant of the man on the side replied respectfully, "The great priest, this is the priestess who came from Egypt and the medical officer to deliver the scriptures." ”

I whispered, "Hello Grand Priest." ”

"Hmm." The man agreed in a deep voice.

The Great Priest, is that the man named Grados?

I lifted my eyes and peeked at him.

The man was tall, with broad shoulders, thick and dark eyebrows, slightly curly black hair, and a broad face and forehead. In this way, he doesn't look like a priest, but like a military general.

Could he be the one who plotted against Immorton?