The bank hall is spacious and bright, the sound of handling business is constant, and the man is impatient and angry, and comes to the business handling window.

"The woman who handled the business for me is Illya Barclay!"

Syllable!

The safe key slapped on the counter, the bank fell silent instantly, the guest looked at Bill strangely, and the reception staff widened their eyes.

The security guards opened their mouths, as if to say something, and when they heard Illya Barclay, they all stopped where they were, not daring to move.

"Sir, I'll find you a manager right away, please go to the VIP room and rest for a while!"

The reception staff reacted first and welcomed Bill into the rear compartment to avoid affecting the other guests.

With a cold snort, he followed behind the reception staff.

Head to the VIP room, which has patent leather sofas and a dark gold wrought iron coffee table with fruit and pinion decorations.

The wall is decorated with a deer's head, and in the center of the antlers is a brown-yellow mechanical clock, which is placed in the most prominent position so that you can see the time at any time.

Sitting on the sofa, the reception staff was more enthusiastic, showing great concern, and taking out a pen and paper to record.

"Dear guest, what is your name and when did you handle the safe deposit box rental business in our bank?"

"My name is Williams Cliff. ”

"In April of this year, I was received by Illya Barclay on the financial street of Jikrancy, but in less than half a month, I could no longer find this woman!"

"Now that the branch of the Graclonsy is closed, and the safe is missing, I have specially found Brittus from the Geklonsey, and you must return the safe to compensate for the loss!"

Bill banged on the coffee table and acted extremely angry, this kind of debt collection moment, it is necessary to take the first place.

"If the safe can't be found, I will go to the court to complain to you and let the court do justice for me!!"

The receptionists were instantly nervous, they all knew about the closure of the Geeklonsey branch, which had been managed by Miss Illya.

It's a complicated matter that bank staff can't solve at all.

"I see, Dear Mr. Cliff, please wait a moment and have some fruit snacks, and the manager will be there to solve the problem for you. ”

The receptionist walked out of the VIP room with his notebook, and at the same time found another bank receptionist to calm Bill's emotions and ask for coffee and pastries.

After doing this, he quickly left the scene, went to the door of the manager's office, and knocked on the door.

"Manager, something very important to report to you. ”

"Come in. ”

"It's not over yet, what's so in a hurry?"

The manager yawned, he was wearing a suit, with two mustaches at the corners of his mouth, combing his short hair neatly, fixing the shape of his back with hair oil, and resting on the sofa.

"Manager, it's Miss Elijah's business, she left a big problem at the Jikronsi branch, and now the customer has found our head office!"

"Don't laugh, what trouble can that woman leave behind?"

"Although she is only a woman, she never makes mistakes at work, and she will not be caught, so there is no way for Master Barclay to take her. ”

Before the manager could react, Illya Barclay had learned from him about managing a bank, so he knew something about the woman.

"Is it that the customer is vexatious and wants to take some benefits from us?"

"Manager, it was Miss Barclays who didn't return the client's safe deposit box, and the client came to the door, and he had the key to the safe deposit box made by our bank. ”

"And he said that if we can't return the safe, he'll go to court and sue!"

"What? Go to court and sue!?"

"Damn it!"

The bank manager sat up instantly, his expression nervous and serious, he had dealt with many unexpected situations, but today was particularly tricky.

That woman doesn't make mistakes at work, and if she does, then she definitely does it on purpose!

The bank manager's face changed, his brain was racing, his mustache was shaking, he left the office, and accelerated towards the bank hall.

"What about the people who went to the Jikronsi branch to be in charge of settlement, why didn't they take care of this matter and come back?"

"Manager, they have a month off and are not at the headquarters now. ”

"Shit!"

"What does the customer say besides recovering the item?"

"If we don't return the safe, he says he's going to go to court and sue and ask us to pay for the damages, manager, will the safe be left out in Jikransi?"

"No way, the safe must have been hidden by Miss Illya as a bargaining chip to threaten Lord Barclay and make demands!"

"Shall we inform Lord Barclay, then?"

"Wait a minute, try not to disturb Lord Barclay, he's been busy with various dinners and socializing lately, we'd better sort of things out ourselves......"

The manager finally arrives in the VIP room and comes to Bill, who has already eaten all his snacks and drank two cups of coffee.

"The food and coffee here are good, it's hard to buy from outside, and I can come over every day to eat without returning the safe. 」

"Heh, I was used by that woman, and the safe will definitely not be returned. 」

Bill looked at the bank manager, who had carefully read the Barclays Consortium on the cargo ship, knowing Illya's special status in the Barclays family, and also learning about the complicated relationship between their father and daughter.

What Illya was thinking and why she was doing it, one or two can be guessed.

"Hello, Mr. Cliff, I am the manager of the bank, I am very sorry for what happened to you, and Barclays Trust Bank will help you solve the difficulties and make up for the losses. ”

The mustache manager and the bank reception bowed and apologized to Bill at the same time, which was very polite and sincere.

"I just want to get the safe back as soon as possible and compensate for the damage. ”

"Oh, by the way, I've come all the way to Butrice to recover the safe, and you'll have to pay me for the ferry ticket and room and board. ”

After meeting the manager, Bill stopped being loud.

"Yes, Mr. Cliff, we are more than happy to compensate for the damage, but unfortunately the safe may have been lost in transit. ”

"How much is the value of the items you have in the safe, our bank is willing to compensate for the loss twice. ”

Manager Mustache has a sincere eye and a very sincere solution, and if there is no pocket watch in the safe, Bill will definitely agree with the plan.

"Compensate for the loss?"

"Oh, that's a priceless treasure, it may only be worth a few gold pounds to you, but it means a lot to me!"

"Don't try to send me away, I know the safe deposit box is not lost, and every bank has a special way of managing customer safe deposit boxes. ”

“...... You don't want to take it privately, do you?"

Frowning and staring at the mustache manager, Bill didn't back down, the safe wasn't lost, he was very sure.

"If someone opens the safe and finds wizarding supplies inside, it will soon be traced to me. 」

"There must be no risk!"

"I see, Mr. Cliff, I understand you very well, that it is true that the safe deposit box has disappeared due to a mistake by a bank employee. ”

"We will help you find the safe as soon as possible, please give me a little time, can you come back tomorrow, I will definitely get back to you." ”

The mustachioed manager sat across from Bill, his words calm, his hands clasped together, palms already wet.

“...... Yes, look forward to your good news. ”

"By the way, I'm going to see Illya Barclay tomorrow, and I'd better talk to her about it in person. ”

Surrounded by receptionists and managers, Bill walked out of the Barclays Trust Bank.

As he left the bank, Bill saw a middle-aged man walking up to him, carrying a briefcase, carrying a heavy wooden box camera, wearing a brown trench coat and a hat.

The manager stops and swallows, and Bill notices the wooden box camera on the middle-aged man.

It seems that the camera is still old-fashioned in this world, using a wooden box as a camera obscura, and it needs to be exposed for a period of time to allow the photosensitive material to be imaged.

Still, it's more advanced than the camera that originally required a full eight hours of exposure to image, and it's expensive.

"Mr. Cliff, I have some business to attend to, so I'll send you here, and I'll be waiting for you at the bank tomorrow. ”

"Hmm. ”

The mustachioed manager quickly turned around and fled the scene, not forgetting to tell the reception staff.

"That guy is here again, I'll go out and hide first. ”

"By the way, report today's incident to Lord Barclay as soon as possible, and now only through him can we have access to Miss Elija......"

"Understood. ”

"Hey, manager, I'm ...... this time"

The man with the bag saw the manager running up and passing Bill.

"Huh, that's like...... Is it Williams, he's changed his hairstyle!"

"When did he come back and pretend not to know me when he saw me?"

The man with the bag was puzzled, he stopped, Bill had disappeared into the street, and when he turned back to look for the mustache manager, the manager was nowhere to be seen.

"Damn, let him slip away again!"

"It's all Williams' fault, but why didn't he go to work, what did he do at Barclays Trust Bank, and ask for a loan?"

Scratching his head, the man with the bag was a little concerned about Bill's unusual behavior.

"But seeing that he is well dressed, does he have the money to repay the loan?"

"He still owes me 50pence, and I'm going to go to his house sometime to find him and ask him to give me back the money, and by the way ask where he's been in all this time. ”

Leaving Barclays Trust Bank, Bill returns to the brick building, where he keeps his guard on his toes, but the sniper does not show up.

Rent a room under the attic first, and Bill continued to clean up, only the bed was cleaned last night, and there were still a lot of things to tidy up.

No secret research has been found in Williams' home, and there is no trace in the room that suggests he studied witchcraft.

"Maybe he has some other secret residence to study witchcraft, and it's just used here to disguise himself as a normal person. ”

"I have to thoroughly check every detail of the room, not only the items in the room, the track of his movements, the range of friends, but also to know if he is attending a strange gathering. ”

Throw the bottles out of the room, tidy up the stacks of newspapers, and simply browse the newspapers, all published by tabloid newspapers, full of grievances against the government, and lace news between celebrities and aristocrats.

"Addicted to drinking inferior liqueur, loving to watch gossip, and cutting out all the news of female celebrities, are these women so good-looking, and they are average when they look at photos?"

There seems to be nothing strange about the rest of the newspapers when you put the news of female celebrities alone, except that most of these newspapers are from the same newspaper.

The most noteworthy thing is that the calendar on the wall marks the months, July and August, and I don't know what will happen, let Williams St. mark it willingly.

Night soon falls, and Bill moves Williams' belongings to another room and lies in bed reading the newspaper.

He found many notes in the newspapers, which marked the itineraries of some celebrities and aristocrats, including their range of activities and living habits.

"He doesn't just follow the lace news, he follows them. ”

"Is there any special significance?"

He is not interested in gossip and gets drowsy just looking at it.

"Bang bang bang!"

The voice suddenly sounded, Bill's train of thought was interrupted, the voice did not come from the door, but from the upstairs window, the fat woman had already found someone to repair the attic window during the day, and the efficiency was of course because of the gold pound.

"The killer again?"

"No, he's not going to be stupid enough to do that, he's just going to do it secretly. ”

"Ah, I wonder if he's coming tonight, I can't wait!"

Getting out of bed, Bill returned to the attic and saw a crow perched in front of the window, desperately banging on the glass with its beak.

"Birds?"

Opening the window, the crow went on a rampage and broke into the attic,

"Hey, what do you want to do?"

The crow slammed into the calendar, burrowing into the yellowed calendar paper in the blink of an eye, and the dazzling fire flashed, leaving the blank space with the words burned by the flames.

"August 17, 123 rue Fournier. 」

"Messenger crows, a type of witchcraft. ”

"August 17th ......"

It's early May, and we're still three and a half months away from the date of the crow relay.

The calendar is circled in July and August, respectively, and the mark of August may refer to this event.

"I've heard that August is witch season, and it seems that Williams Cliff has been invited to join a witch gathering. ”

"The August events are confirmed. ”

"And what will happen in July?"