Phantom of the Castle Chapter 17 Deliverance

Kraken's whole body glowed white, and his movements suddenly stopped.

It's like a madman who has been crazy for a long time, and suddenly comes back to his senses.

No more roaring, no more slapping on the water, no more struggling to move forward.

At this time, he was a bit like a baby after a while, tired and silent.

Soon, the huge body began to dissolve.

The winds around him slowly subsided.

The dark clouds in the sky then dispersed, and a gentle ray of sunlight shone on him.

Seagulls reappear on the shore, circling to meet the calm after the storm.

The huge body, under the light of the sun, gradually became blurred. With a gentle sea breeze, it turned into thousands of white dandelions, flying to land in the sea breeze.

Everyone on the shore has never seen such a spectacular scene.

When the dandelions dispersed, there was only one blue gem left on the surface of the sea.

If you look closely, it's actually half a piece.

Miss Angela turned to Lady Isabel and smiled with relief.

Immediately afterward, her body faded away, leaving another gem behind.

The two gems came together to form a complete piece, and then, flew to Isabel's wheelchair.

Madame hesitated.

"Since that's what Miss Angela meant." Bella said, "It seems that she wants to entrust it to you."

The other people present also had no opinions.

At this moment, suddenly a dark shadow flashed.

Everyone was caught off guard, and when they came to their senses, Mr. Yuri appeared not far away, holding the jewel in his hand.

"I'm sorry, I took it."

As if in line with the butler's uniform on his body, he smiled and bowed slightly politely.

"Madame—" Bella gestured to Isabel.

Isabel nodded.

At this moment, Yuri's expression instantly froze.

He felt physically unable to move.

Isabel raised her wand and with a flick of it, the jewel flew back.

"Damn, when?" Yuri found out that he had been tricked, and he was a little unwilling, "Could it be this morning......

He squinted at Anna beside Bella.

Anna nibbled on the apple pie in her hand and smiled innocently at him.

A harmless expression of humans and animals.

"I want to know, how did I get exposed?" The butler asked, looking at Isabel in a wheelchair.

"I can't answer that." Madame said, looking at Bella.

"Actually, you prepared for it from the beginning." Bella said, "When we first arrived at the castle, we didn't see the castle owner, but after listening to your introduction, we didn't have any suspicions. The first time something went wrong was when the Duke was frightened in the cellar."

"I wasn't scared, I just met a demon!" Duke James said unconvinced.

"Anyway, your explanation was that you were about to come down to get the wine – that's obviously not reasonable. But I guess you're aware of it yourself, right?"

"That's right." The housekeeper said, "Actually, I found out a few days ago that there was a problem with the cellar, but there was no progress after repeated inspections. I could see that Mr. James was deliberately searching for secrets that day, and hinted at what might be hiding in his cellar. Sure enough, he couldn't wait to find out that day."

"So you're using me!" The Duke said indignantly.

"I followed quietly and did see the creature. I think maybe it's the elves of the castle, maybe they'll know something about the secrets here. It's a pity that this idiot actually thinks of it as an evil spirit, and uses such dangerous magic as demolition in the basement."

"Who are you calling stupid?" The Duke angrily raised his wand, "See I don't ...... you."

"Wait." Holder hurriedly stopped him, "Let him finish first."

"Humph!" The Duke lowered his wand, his eyes still staring at him viciously.

"As you said, I also felt that the statement at that time did not stand up to scrutiny, so I used the golden cicada to break out of its shell. It was just a precaution, but I didn't expect to use it on the first day." The butler looked at Bella and continued, "However, what I couldn't figure out the most was later. How the hell did you suspect me? I think I'm in good disguise, and I haven't had any flaws in the past two days, right?"

"Indeed, you are well disguised and have a good plan. After all, it is easy to exclude people who have cleared their suspicions, let alone the "victims" who are rescued by everyone's own hands." Bella said, "However, your flaws have already appeared before."

"What's the flaw?"

"That night, the maid passed out in front of the attic. I guess you used illusion to scare her so that everyone could find you, right?"

"Not bad."

"Mr. Holder examined the food on the floor that day, and it was only enough for a full-grown man's meal, and if a man like Mr. Ully had eaten only one meal a day, he would not have been able to satisfy himself. But that day, although you looked embarrassed, it didn't look like you had been hungry for days. And the strangulation marks on your neck are basically gone the next day, and if you are imprisoned for a few days, the bruises will not dissipate so quickly."

"I was careless."

"Most importantly, what you said to the maid when you first came down."

"What?"

"You say, 'Thanks to Mary's nightly food, I'm alive today'—that's the biggest flaw. The attic is so dim that you can't see your fingers, and you have to light the light to see it even during the day. And the maid delivers meals every day in the evening. And according to her, she always put it at the top of the stairs and never went up. Since she never showed up, how did you know that she was the one who delivered the food every day? Then most likely, you are the one who tells her this thing every day."

"Alas......" the butler sighed, as if regretting his mistake.

"One more thing." Bella asked.

"What's that?"

"That night, the dark shadow on the stairs ......"

"It's me, too." The butler wanted to nod, but because his body couldn't move, he could only speak with his mouth, "I didn't expect your alertness to be so high, so I could only hide in the attic in a hurry. I thought you'd search every room, and I'm ready for battle."

"I'm not that reckless." Bella shook her head, "It's too late, everyone is resting. I can't confirm who it is, but there are a lot of people who could be. And I didn't feel any hostility at the time."

"Well, should I be glad? Perhaps, that wouldn't be bad."

"So, who are you? Who sent you?" Mr. Holder asked.

"Well...... butler smiled.

At this moment, his right hand suddenly asked for the fixation technique, and with a snap of his fingers, a cloud of smoke rose from the ground.

Everyone didn't dare to act rashly, so they could only defend in place with their wands to prevent the other party from sneaking up.

"Miss Carlos, we'll meet later."

When the smoke cleared, the "butler" was nowhere to be found.

Only the charm of Lady Isabel fell silently to the ground.