"Okay, please come with me." Maruna wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, patted the corner of her skirt and got up from the side of the bed, and led the two of them to the side stairs.

From the outside, the house should be two floors, a little lower than the surrounding buildings, and perhaps it was only designed for solitary dwellers.

Draenor followed the captain and walked sideways up the narrow wooden staircase, which hadn't been renovated for an unknown amount of time, and with every step he could hear a scream beneath his feet, and if it weren't for the colorful light outside the window, he would have even suspected that it was a haunted house.

Maruna held on to the door at the end of the staircase, ready to push it gently upwards. Draenor turned his head sideways from the gap beside the captain and caught a glimpse of the layout inside the attic. Unlike the first floor, the attic is made entirely of timber, with asphalt-coated planks staggered upwards, presumably a space that was expanded after the house was built.

"It's a little shabby, please keep an eye on your surroundings, just don't touch anything dirty......" Maruna smiled wryly and led the two of them to the attic, her tone revealing an unconcealed inferiority, for fear that her dilapidated abode would stain the knight's armor.

Dino looked around the dimly lit attic, nodded to Draenor, and walked toward the desk near the round window.

A rectangular blanket was laid out on one side and appeared to be the seat of his son Miliusha, while the so-called desk was nothing more than a folded wardrobe, the left corner almost completely wrapped in melted ash. An old, yellowed thick book was spread out on the table, and the gaps left between the words were filled with crooked handwriting, which was deliberately imitating the printed font.

"Did Miliusa say anything before she disappeared?" Dino flipped the pages of the book and asked Maruna at the same time.

"Yes, but nothing special, just a normal conversation." Maruna replied with a shake of her head.

“…… Does he know your profession? After hesitating for a moment, Dino still threw out the topic that he cared about the most.

"Yes, he's known for as long as he can remember, but I told him it wasn't a good thing...... He is also a sensible child, and understands that this is also forced by life. Maruna inadvertently crumpled the corners of her skirt and whispered away from the knights' gaze.

"It seems that the possibility of running away from home can be ruled out." Draenor muttered, crossing aside the guesses he had written down on the paper.

Dino bowed slightly, checked that it was correct, closed the book, and walked to the attic window, beckoning to Draenor to come over.

Looking through the window at both ends of the street, it was an alleyway that branched off from Lily of the Valley, not wide enough, and at most one person could pass through.

"Did anything unusual be found near his home before he disappeared?" Delaeno thought of another possibility, turned and leaned against the window and asked the lady.

"It doesn't seem to be welcome... Wait a minute! I remember, he told me about a weirdo a few days before he disappeared! ”

Drano paused, quickly took out a file and wrote down the other party's words, waiting for her to continue.

"I don't know who it is, but Miliusha is a man in a black robe, like a giant crow, hunched back, and there is a 'click' sound from the beak of the bird."

The two of them instantly became nervous, and hurriedly confirmed with her: "Did he mention specific details!?" ”

"Huh? Hmmm......" Maruna subconsciously put her hands to her chest and looked at the two in front of her in a panic, "He has only seen two or three times outside the window, and the beak of the bird seems to be a mask, and there are no eyes to see, only two round holes inlaid with glass...... But that was a long time ago, so does it all have anything to do with that weirdo? ”

Yes, and it's very tight...... Draenor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and clearly felt that he had become a member of the "horror story". He gasped for breath and regained his composure, looking up with a reassuring smile.

"It's just a child's imagination, don't worry, he should just go out to play and get lost." Handing the document to the captain, Draenor exchanged glances with him, and together they addressed the lady:

"In the name of the Knight of Kerton, we will bring him back."

The preliminary investigation was completed, and after comforting Maruna until she was emotionally stable, Draenor took the book left behind by Miliusa, said goodbye to the other party, and followed Dino out of the house.

The two of them walked down the street in silence, and for a moment they felt that the dazzling lights around them seemed a little dim. After turning back to make sure that Ms. Maruna had locked the door, Dino covered his head and sighed, and finally squeezed out half a sentence.

"I'm in trouble......"

"Tsk." Draenor smacked his lips and reached out to scratch the back of his swollen head, hoping that the subject of Dino's words was not Maruna's son.

The captain pinched out a ball of powder from the silver box and put it in his mouth, raised his eyebrows, squeezed out indistinct folds in his scalp, and looked up at the dark sky. Draenor knew what he was worried about, but a man who was complacent with his horror stories had himself been caught up in the story, and he must not have recovered yet.

"You're wasting your time." Draenor didn't consider the identity of the other party, but reminded him in the tone of a teammate or friend, "Miliusha's disappearance is related to the epidemic doctor, this is undeniable. ”

"Missing?" Dino closed his eyes and sneered, and punched his thigh, "! This is kidnapping! ”

"You've acquiesced," Draenor pulled out the document in the book and handed it to the captain, "the fact that the plague doctor exists. ”

“…… This guy is a fan! Dino turned and sat down on the stone steps, looked at the rough image of the paper, and shouted angrily. It seems that he already wants to give up this rare opportunity for promotion, and if he only relies on this clue to find the whereabouts of the child, it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

"It's impossible for us to turn the surrounding area upside down, even if we don't eat or drink. The child has been missing for ten years, and his life could be in danger at any moment......"

"Okay, okay, don't go any further......" Dino impatiently stretched out his hand to stop him, he frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly a light flashed in his eyes.

"The plague doctor does exist, and those horrible rumors are never true, he is just a human trafficker from a foreign land. Only the man with the Resident Registration Scroll can move from city to city at will, and he must still be left in some corner of Kerdon, we just need to find that dark 'cave' and pull him out like a snake catcher......"

The captain grew stronger and stronger, his arms fiddling in the air for a while, as if the plague doctor was standing right in front of him. Draenor was a little puzzled, and the problem seemed to be back to square one after a long turn.

"But that's the hardest part, isn't it?" He patted the captain on the shoulder.

"It's not difficult...... Forgive me for being a little anxious before. When I was working as a trainer at the check-in desk, I heard from a colleague that a man who was called a 'doppelganger of the gods' was a soothsayer who needed not many materials, a few items that had been in contact with the divination object, and some necessary gold coins, to tell you what was going to happen in the future. ”

Can you pull it a little more...... Draenor sighed, it seems that the captain really needs to take a good rest, and it is only a matter of time before he goes crazy like this.

“…… What kind of eyes do you have? I'm serious! Dino looked a little impatient, he quickly stood up and explained to the other party, "'Hearing is false', I know this truth!" So I had already been there the day before you joined the company, and the old man did have two hits, and this promotion opportunity was heard from him! ”

"......" This time Draenor was completely speechless, and the situation in front of him was very similar to the law he had heard from somewhere, "People can't resist magic, but more powerful magic can!" ”

Shaking his head helplessly, he took a step along the way he had come to the alley, and Dino got up excitedly and hurried to catch up with him.

"Have you figured it out? Where can we give it a try? ”

Draenor smiled bitterly and looked up at the other with a look of almost hopeless eyes.

"Is there another way?"