House of Spells Chapter 8 Preliminary Investigation (2)

Who can do it, exactly?

Mr. Terrance is the head of the House of Zarvia and is a high-ranking archmage. When it comes to strength, apart from Madame Isabel, I'm afraid that there are few people in the entire Iberian Peninsula who are his opponents.

Isabel certainly wouldn't do that.

Is it someone from outside?

"I've ordered someone to investigate, and no magically powerful person has been to Castile lately." Madame seemed to see Bella's thoughts, "Besides, Aragorn didn't find any suspicious figures."

It turned out that in the afternoon, Mrs. Murray had left Mr. Murray alone to report on the investigation there.

Mr. Murray, the nephew of Mrs. Isabel and the military in Aragon, must have had no difficulty investigating customs records.

"Of course, the possibility of the other party's hiding whereabouts cannot be ruled out." Isabel continued, "However, there are only a few people in the entire European continent whose strength can reach the level of the Grand Magus. And he is not young, and there should be no deep hatred between him and his brother."

Even if other people have any grievances, it is generally difficult to invite them.

What's more, those archmages have their own different habits, and I haven't heard of anyone who would directly prick the heart with a magic wand.

It's still the other party's wand.

This behavior is more like that of a knight or a swordsman than a magician.

No, if you are a knight or a swordsman, whether it is a sword or a spear, it is better than a wand.

Moreover, piercing the heart with such a small wooden wand may not even be able to do it with the "Europa Juggernaut".

Because it is not a weak ordinary person to be faced, but Terence Segovia, who is the Grand Magister.

All in all, at least in terms of strength confrontation, no one can cause such a cause of death.

If there were, it could only be one person, and that person was now lying on the stone bed in front of Bella and Isabel.

Suicide is not considered for the time being.

Bella continued to examine Mr. Terrance's body, trying to find some clues from elsewhere.

Mr. Terrance's hair was neatly combed.

According to Mrs. Isabel, no work was done on the combing of the remains.

It seems that it should be a habit that Terrance maintained during his lifetime, and even his clothes are relatively neat.

It's justโ€”

"What's wrong?" Isabel asked.

"It's ...... here," Bella looked closely at the collar of Terrance's shirt, "it looks like a sweat stain."

"Sweat?" Isabel looked a little confused, "Is it so obvious?"

"Yes." Bella confirmed, "Looks like she's sweating a lot."

"That's weird." Isabel said, "My brother liked to be clean when he was alive, and if he soaked his clothes with sweat, he should have changed them in time. Could it be that he experienced some strenuous exercise before he died?"

"However, looking at his clothes, they are relatively regular, and there are no signs of fighting."

Neither the shirt nor the coat showed any wrinkles, let alone damage. Except for the wand on his chest, which was impaled by a wand, it was almost considered intact.

If you have experienced a fierce battle, even if you are not injured, your clothes will be a little messy.

But except for the blood stains on the wound in the heart area, the clothes in the rest of the place were clean and tidy.

Mr. Terrance's hands and cuffs were stained with some dust, though not very noticeably.

"Does Mr. Terrance wash his hands often?" Bella asked.

"Yes." Madame nodded.

Bella pointed out the new discovery to Madame.

"This ......," Isabel frowned, "how can this be?"

"What's wrong?"

"My brother is a person who pays special attention to hygiene, and it can be said that he is almost clean. If it gets dirty, it will be cleaned immediately." "Not only that, but every corner of the house is cleaned frequently. Sometimes I am not satisfied with the work of the maid, and I will even clean it myself."

Terrance himself is also a mage of the wind system, and it should be easy to deal with dust, how can he get his hands dirty?

"Strange, where did this go......" Isabel muttered to herself.

But except for the palms and cuffs, the rest of the place is still clean.

Bella continued to check for a while, and found nothing in particular.

"But, how do you feel......" Bella touched her chin thoughtfully, "Something is wrong?"

"What's the problem?"

"Oh, no, nothing." Bella replied, "Let's go back first."

Lady Isabel nodded, waved her wand, and covered Terrence with a white cloth back over her body, then resumed her defenses and left with Bella.

"Excuse me," Bella asked, on the way back, "what kind of man was Mr. Terrence when he died?"

"He's a qualified parent." Mrs. Isabel said, "Terrance and his first wife, the late Miss Lydia, were very much in love. Although Lydia was a princess of the Aragon royal family, there was no political element to the marriage. At the behest of my father, we both went to the Pyrenees to practice. It was there that he met Lydia de Aragorn. She is a very gentle and very kind child, so kind that she will lend a helping hand to injured little animals. At that time, in the mountains, she was only willing to collect wild fruits to satisfy her hunger, and was not willing to hunt animals. Every time she catches a monster, she just cuts off a little bit of hair as a sign and lets them go."

Hearing this, Bella remembered that when she was in Venice, Elena had mentioned her grandfather, and it seemed that she had a similar anecdote.

"I majored in wind magic, not anything, but Terrance majored in spells. You know, curses are very lethal. The curse itself is almost a magic invented for assassination." Isabel continued, "Terrance was upset by Lydia's behavior. Because as soon as he strikes, his prey is often either dead or injured. This is also to be expected. Although Lydia had no intention of targeting Terrance, every time she saw her prey dying in front of her eyes, the kind little girl would be very sad and cry with tears in her eyes. This made Terrance feel very guilty, and in the end, he couldn't help it, and even asked me to do healing magic."

It seems that Terrance is also a kind person.

"Later, Terrance began to learn to control the intensity of the spell, trying to use less lethal spells such as restricting movement or interfering with nerves. So, Lydia was very grateful to him. Because he didn't have to. Spells are the specialty of the Segovia family, who have always pursued strength and lethality. And it is not easy for Terence to change the traditional practice habits for the sake of a girl."