Section XVI: Conclusions
Of course, this kind of thing can't be said nonsense, after all, the other party is also a nobleman with a head and a face, Marin has been in this world for less than half a year, to be honest, he has not really seen what a nobleman is, and he doesn't know what kind of situation is between the nobles and the church, in line with the idea of not causing trouble to Colin and everyone, Marin decided to slightly complicate this simple question from a different angle: "Your Excellency. ”
Mr. Michel, who was wiping tears with his handkerchief, was a little surprised by Marin's greeting, and he put down his handkerchief: "Little priest, is there any problem?" ”
"It's the first time I've seen a real nobleman, what kind of title do you have?" Marin smiled innocently.
"Viscount, my family is a fief in the eastern part of Fort Carter, and my ancestors were one of the thirty warriors of Fort Carter." The proud smile on his face at the mention of his ancestors was quickly replaced by sorrow: "But does all this have anything to do with my wife?" ”
"Of course, how much income does your fief have a year?" Speaking of this, Marin felt that there was something wrong with his question, so he immediately answered: "Because I think that if all this is for money, then the kidnappers should know your identity and income very well, otherwise if you kidnap a poor wife, then the cost of their crime will be very high." ”
Mr. Michel, who was almost annoyed by Marin's question, smiled a little awkwardly after listening to the second half of Marin's words: "You are right, little priest, I and the chief of the police department both think so, the murderer must know my family very well, so he chose my wife from so many decent gentlemen in the North District. ”
"Yes, Your Excellency Viscount, you said that your ancestors were one of the thirty warriors, and the warriors who can follow the first generation of Fort Carter Castle Lords, even if it is a one-in-thirty chance, there are not many chances, not to mention that these murderers were facing the entire North District at that time, everyone is so decent, if it is not a random crime, then the murderer must be able to confirm that you will be able to pay a very large ransom for your wife."
This child's heartfelt and invisible flattery was very useful to the viscount, and he nodded: "Yes, I can give everything for my lady." Then he sighed again: "In fact, the thirty warriors later became married and extinct, and now there are only seven families, and the master of our ancestors shed blood in the last tide of death, so Fort Carter finally became a free commercial city......"
"By the way, sir, I have heard of insurance, will a gentleman like you buy insurance for you and your wife." The drama is coming, and Marin can't wait to get the answer.
"Well......" the Michelle shook his head a little embarrassedly, "According to the provisions of the Insurance Convention, as the largest and only shareholder of the Fort Carter Insurance Company, my wife and I are not eligible to buy insurance. ”
Well, it looks like this guy is really very rich, and that's really interesting information.
Marin quietly memorized this information in his mind, and since the possibility of deception had been ruled out, Marin then decided to lead the topic in another direction that he was ready to know: "According to my observations, your wife has a huge open wound on her chest. ”
"Yes, Mr. Colin of the church has already told me, and he said that you purified Camilla...... I'm sorry, little priest, but I was trying to get angry with you. The Mr. Michelle said in surprise.
"Sir, you are so fond of your wife, so I will not show your anger for a moment." Marin turned his head to look at Colin: "Mr. Colin, I was wondering, if it was a kidnapping, would it be possible that the murderer did not want to get a ransom from Mr. Michel from the beginning, but from the beginning, he aimed at sacrifice and looked for a suitable target. ”
Colin raised his eyebrows: "Why do you think so." ”
"Because I don't think Mrs. Michel would have had a wound like that on her chest if she had been killed by fighting the kidnappers while she was on the run." Marin said with recollections, to be honest, even killing chickens is nothing more than that, and she is a living person: "I have heard from the teachers that the followers of the evil gods always like to use young and beautiful women as living sacrifices. ”
"It's a possibility, but there haven't been a lot of cases of people going missing at Fort Carter lately, so we didn't treat this incident as a living sacrifice incident."
The head of the police station jumped out at this time.
Looking at him, Marin was silent for a moment - why did this person who had existed as a listener since the beginning suddenly jump out and say this at this time.
Do you feel that if you don't say something, you will be treated as a dereliction of duty?
With such doubts and suspicions, Marin noticed that the policeman who ran in, his face was full of uneasiness and nervousness, and he came to the person in charge and Colin: "The team that has just searched in the west of the city has found a living sacrifice site and found the remains of six victims. ”
"Marin, it looks like you have what it takes to be a detective." Colin took a deep breath: "Mr. Michelle, and Inspector Lawn, let's go for a trip." ”
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The west of the city is the most chaotic area of Fort Carter, which houses a large number of refugees - there are war refugees who fled from the north to the south, and poor people who have escaped from other countries, plus the local poor and gangsters, all forces are intertwined, and it is not an exaggeration to say that a few people die every day, so there is basically not much security in the west of the city, and even if there is, it is a garrison organized by the residents themselves, and the police patrol only takes the avenue.
If it weren't for the disappearance of the viscount's wife this time, it would have been impossible for them to turn the western part of the city upside down.
Marin also followed Colin to see a scene, and Colin seemed to want his little junior brother to see blood, so he was willing to fight and suffer.
As Colin approached the scene, Marin smelled a strong smell of rust.
Needless to say, it must be the work of unruly cult believers, and only they would use innocent humanoid creatures as living sacrifices.
As soon as he entered, Marin saw the blasphemy and evil symbols written in blood, but it seemed that there were good transcendents on the police side, who had already destroyed the symbols and erased certain phrases of blasphemy with paint and the like.
The site had been destroyed, but Marin felt that if it hadn't been destroyed, all the mortals on the site would have been polluted, so he couldn't blame him for it.
The remains of Mr. Michel's wife were quickly identified as his wife, who had been identified by Mr. Michel as having a fractured lower leg bone on her left leg.
Such a tragic situation also made the viscount lose the strength to stand several times, and he had to be helped out of the scene by Mr. Policeman.
"It's a standard living sacrifice, but I can't confirm who was sacrificed, it's not like the four." After confirming the altar, Colin said, "Who was the first to discover the scene?" He asked.
"It's me." A middle-aged policeman approached, and Marin quickly confirmed that he had extraordinary powers.
"When you're around, can this altar still be used?"
"It works, but because of the blasphemous power, I have to tear it down, or my colleagues will die."
"I'm not blaming you for this, I'm just wondering, can you confirm it's someone."
"No, we can't confirm who will be on the other side, but considering the number of living sacrifices, we can summarize it as a living sacrifice event with at least six victims, and there are not many Chaos Evil Gods who need a large number of sacrifices at one time, so we can still slowly identify the object."
Speaking of which, Colin has no other way, confirming the identity of the evil god through the clues on the scene is not Marin and Colin's forte, and only professionals can be responsible.
Putting the Mr. Michelle in the carriage, Colin came to Marin's side: "You are suspicious of Michelle, are you?" ”
"Yes, I instinctively felt that something was wrong." Marin decided to trust his instincts: "Colin, even if all the evidence is now proving Mr. Michel's innocence. ”
"Since it's a suspicion, then don't say it, if one day you have a strong enough chain of evidence, you can take it out and kill him, then you can show your evidence openly, and you can't now." Colin reached out and patted Marin on the head: "Okay, let's go back." ”