All people are born unequal, and the so-called equality of all people is just a slogan, and true faith is fooled.

Not to mention that there is no equality between people, even between men and women.

The feminist status of this replica world is much more independent than it was after the first industrial revolution, they can do business, become important government officials, inherit noble titles, become dukes or even emperors.

But it's clear that it takes a lot of effort on the part of a woman to do that, as well as the ability to be worthy of that title. The vast majority of women still choose to watch their children cook at home, and because of this, it is more like a long-standing custom.

The blue-haired girl's family is even more extreme, the Duke of Westford's lifelong policy is to have capable people, and he is also the only one of the four dukes who does not care about his birth and status, as long as he has talent, he will be entrusted with important tasks.

On the other hand, he is also the most typical pragmatist, a guy with no talent, even if it is his own children, he will not hesitate to abandon it, as a political prop is their ultimate destination.

Generally speaking, even in aristocratic families, people like blue-haired girls should not worry about how to keep their status, and their families will at least allow them to wave until they are 20 years old, and if they still can't support the wall, they will choose to give up.

And the situation of the blue-haired girl is very special, she has an older brother and sister who is 8 years older than her, and a younger brother below.

For the former, the 16-year-old sister is a threat to the inheritance, and for the latter, it is a stumbling block for the other party to inherit the dukedom, and both parties are eager to throw her out to get married.

Once married, she lost her inheritance rights, and naturally there was no threat.

By the way, although she will lose the right of inheritance if she marries, the children born to her and other noble men still have the right to inherit the Duke of Westford, but the order is relatively low, and unless the direct blood relatives are dead, it will definitely not be the turn.

In contrast, many ambitious aristocratic daughters prefer to recruit a son-in-law who is also a nobleman, and it is obvious that this kind of son-in-law is also a waste abandoned by the other party's family.

In terms of personal martial arts talent, the blue-haired girl's swordsmanship achievements in military school can only be regarded as middle and upper-class, not to mention shameful, nor eye-catching.

In terms of brain power, it is only at the level of ordinary people, and the means of leading troops learned in military schools still need time to be verified, and there are no tangible achievements at all.

After all, all she currently has is the status of the daughter of the duke's family and the advantage of good appearance.

- It happens to be a good material for political marriages.

It's no wonder that she is very anxious, and if she doesn't think about a way, she will probably be thrown away to marry a noble man she has never met before she reaches the age of joining the army, and then she will live the life of a noble lady who drinks tea and chats at home all day long.

This is certainly not a good choice for a woman who wants to be independent.

An Yizhi didn't know what the curve was, but he didn't have the heart to think about it, because the system sent a piercing beep.

He casually opened the task list, which read, 'Side Mission Activation: Capture the Serial Killer'.

Side quests? It's not even the main line?

Extrapolating from past experience, An Yizhi thought that the main quest was activated, but he didn't expect it to be just a side quest.

Or......

This branch is the precursor to triggering the main line?

Thinking about the task in his mind, An Yi pointed and cocked Erlang's legs and said:

"The bodyguard is fine, but I have one condition."

"Please."

"I also want to participate in the search, rest assured, I will do the work of a bodyguard well, as long as I shout my name in case of danger, I will be on call."

“……”

He seems to have played a tokusatsu hero meme, but the blue cat girl didn't understand it at all......

However, she only came to hire a good bodyguard this time, not to find a search officer, and she also had doubts about An Yizhi's ability.

"Mr. An Yizhi, I know that your combat power is very strong, but you are ...... for investigating the case."

The gist of it is that you are in charge of fighting head-on, and the mental work of investigating the case is not in line with your major.

An Yizhi slowly lit the newly purchased pipe, and sneered very poorly:

"Little girl, how much do you know about me?"

The other party was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment and said:

"You are a student of the alchemy master Nikolai, and your combat effectiveness is very good, comparable to a regular army of thousands of people."

An Yizhi is still waiting for the following, who knows that this sentence will be gone.

Today's An Yizhi is not the little mage who can only run around with Nikolai's name in the past, it can be said that even without the help of Nikolai's prestige, he is now the number one person thrown into the multiverse world, and insiders have heard of his resume, even if it is an outsider, you can get a lot of information by inquiring carefully.

And the blue-haired girl in front of her......

Not to mention Ann Yizhi, I'm afraid she doesn't even know what kind of big guy Nikolai is. It's no wonder that she was almost married, and with this kind of intelligence-gathering ability, don't think about inheritance.

"I gotta say, you don't know anything about power."

“……”

Although An Yizhi said the truth, both his demeanor and tone were quite flat.

"Forget it, it's a bit of a blow to say it, I'll take your commission, but the premise is that the remuneration is satisfactory to me."

Anyway, the other party didn't know An Yizhi's information, and it was useless to explain more.

The blue-haired girl also simply borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, skipped the topic, and continued to talk about the employment agreement.

She took out a stack of gold coupons from her bosom and said:

"The down payment is 100 gold, and after the end, another 400 is paid, for a total of 500 gold."

It seems that investigating this case is indeed very dangerous, and the blue-haired girl dares to make such a bloody investment.

In this dungeon world, the purchasing power of gold coins is very high, and if you don't care about the taste, a dozen coppers per meal are enough. 500 gold is definitely a huge amount of money for ordinary people.

However, he still had in his pocket the funds from the last robbery of the treasury, and there were more than 400 gold coins alone, as well as other precious stones, gold and silver artifacts, etc., which were even more valuable.

"I'm not interested in money."

The blue-haired girl looked at An Yizhi, then looked down at her big breasts, and suddenly realized.

"I'm not interested in you either!"

Is the mind of the aristocracy so dirty......

"I want a magic gem, the perfect magic gem you gave me last time, I want two."

"One piece."

The blue-haired girl said expressionlessly:

"That's an order-to-order product, and even if you use the authority of the Duke's family, you can't order two at once."

An didn't force a finger, just one by one, anyway, it is already a good income for ordinary copies to produce perfect-level inlaid gems, not to mention that it is only a side quest.

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continued to discuss the details for a while, and then asked the young lady in charge of signing the contract to help draw up a magic contract, and when the two parties signed their names on it, it represented An Yizhi to officially accept the commission and become a bodyguard.

As a nobleman, the blue-haired girl still has some privileges, at least she has a carriage of her own.

Standing in front of the Adventurers' Association, looking at the carriage decorated as low-key as possible, An Yizhi wanted to complain that there were no three hundred taels of silver here, because he could sit in the carriage and go around in the imperial capital, no matter how low-key he was, it couldn't be an ordinary person......

Hela, who had stayed on his shoulder, flew up and flew around the carriage to get back on Ann's shoulder.

"Salted fish for a long time, fly around and spread joy?"

Hela pecked Ann angrily and pointed at it, and communicated with her mind:

[This carriage has a defensive spell attached to it]

[It's normal, after all, it's a carriage of a big nobleman]

This is similar to the bulletproof car used by state dignitaries, and safety must be considered.

[But I saw a bugging spell in the defense spell]

This nature is different.

[However, the eavesdropping spell seems to have been added later, and the person who did this must be very familiar with this carriage, and can contact and understand it for a long time, and basically can't see that the defensive spell has any signs of being interfered with, but the quality of the caster is not very good, whether it is eavesdropping on the spell or covering the aura and other hidden spells, it seems very rusty]

Nodding, An pointed in understanding.

Due to the communication through psychic communication, in the eyes of outsiders, An Yizhi could only be seen nodding, and he didn't know what he had just done.

An Yizhi didn't remind the blue-haired girl of her plans, and she casually got into the carriage one step ahead of her employer, and she didn't know that she thought he was the customer.

After all, etiquette is a bit far away for An Yizhi.

As the carriage started, An Yizhi asked:

"Idle is idle anyway, let's talk about the case."

Although she was a little skeptical about An Yizhi's ability to participate in the search, perhaps it was An Yizhi's self-confidence that gave her a little confidence, so she thought about it and said:

"The first killings took place in a slum outside the city, where few guards passed by, and by the time the victim's body was found, it was already decomposed."

"It didn't get noticed at first, did it?"

"Well, because the deceased was a resident of a slum, there is almost no law and order there, and the official case is just a vendetta."

"Then the case gradually moved to the city, and even involved more important people, such as government officials or nobles, so you attracted attention?"

"As you say."

This is a very simple association, and the blue-haired girl is not surprised by it.

"But I would like to know, why did you combine multiple murder cases, and what evidence do you have that the same murderer did it?"

"Because the crime scene was carefully arranged by the murderer, the body would be posed in various poses, and he would leave the same number of gems as the victim at the scene."

"Gems?"

What kind of habit is this?

"And it's a magic gem, depending on the identity of the victim, and the value of the gem left behind is also different, what is left in the slum is only a few gravel, and in the most recent case, it is a fire agate."

Not all gems with supernatural abilities are called magic gems, such as the two gems set in the magic wand are more formal names, and for outsiders, the gems that can be used to craft magic items are magic gems.

"Is there any connection between the victims?"

"There is no connection, there is no contact in terms of identity or social composition, and it is completely indiscriminate crime."

It's no wonder it's hard to catch, it's really tricky.