224 You must die
Where is she going?
When Luna re-enters the room and sees Merron's expression, she knows something might be wrong. Although she has done her best to hide her panic. But she couldn't control her curiosity. She waited in the corner outside the dormitory, watched Merlen leave the dormitory, and followed. She wanted to see where the maid she had been with her for the longest time was going, and what she was going to do.
Unaware of the tail behind her, Merron, who was already a little flustered, made her way through the street, squeezing through the crowd, and finally entering a small building that Luna was unfamiliar with. However, even though Luna was not familiar with the place, she still recognized the sign in front of the small building.
Elena Anti-Investigation Bureau.
The black letters on the small wooden sign were thick, like the shadow of death. Luna stood not far away, staring at the sign for a few seconds, then let out a soft, soft sigh. Her hands gripped the hem of her skirt tightly, and her palms were covered with beads of sweat. The passers-by looked at her in amazement, wondering why this good-looking girl was wandering here.
"Luna-sensei!"
Someone recognized her, after all, in night school, Luna's class was still very popular. Luna subconsciously looks over, only to realize that she doesn't know the person. She smiled at him with some embarrassment.
"Luna-sensei, do you still have your class today? We'd love to hear the stories of the Great Magus! β
Ever since Gastens cast the forbidden spell, Luna's class has become crowded. The peasants and workers who came to the lecture did not pay much attention to what she normally said, but looked forward to her ten minutes of Q&A time after the class. During that time, they would ask questions about the Archmage repeatedly, trying to understand the Archmage's characteristics, personality, hobbies, and way of behaving. Luna knew where their passion for the Archmage came from, and naturally she didn't try to suppress it. On the contrary, she began to deliberately increase the time for answering her questions, and through her own introduction, she began to establish the characteristics of the Great Magus being invincible in the world and being able to do whatever she wanted. And for her introduction, those students listened very carefully, and the emotions in their eyes gradually became fanatical.
Luna knows that frenzy. There are also such people in the Mage Tower, and there are also such people in the Tritheistic Sect. It's just that the mage tower calls people like magic believers, and the trigod sect calls people crazy believers. She didn't know why these people had become so fanatical after just telling a few stories. However, she felt that this kind of fanaticism was not a bad thing, after all, for the man closest to the Grand Magister, he was worthy of such a believer.
"Oh, yes, yes."
Luna nodded, suppressing her panic. There are still classes in the evening, and she still has to go to them. Even if Melen sent the news to the Anti-Investigation Bureau, she was not helpless. In the days since the 82 Massacre, she has been thinking of a way, a way to get herself out of suspicion. Luckily, a few days ago, she finally found this way.
"We'll be looking forward to your lesson!"
Seeing that Luna didn't want to speak, the man hurriedly left his leave. Luna wiped the sweat from her palms and subconsciously touched the satchel on her shoulder. Either way, she had to finish the lesson.
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By the time the evening school ended, it was nearly ten o'clock. Because Luna's Q&A was so exciting, she exceeded the expected end time of class today. At this time, most of the peasant comrades around Elena had already fallen asleep, except for those who were still studying at night school. But those factories are still roaring. The war that had just ended had taken a toll on Elena, and in order to make up for those losses, she had used almost all of her production capacity. In the midst of the roaring factories, Luna's figure flickered by, disappearing into an ordinary small courtyard at the end of the street.
"Why are you here?"
Martinez, the spokesperson of the Wizard Tower capitalists, was a little surprised to see Luna. This compound is the stronghold of Elena for the Mage Tower capital he developed earlier, and he told Luna, but he didn't realize she was back.
"I'm here to see Mr. Hedland."
Luna said this with a serious expression on her face, and her body was straight. Martinez froze when he heard this. Mr. Hedland, whose full name is Rob Hedland, is one of the three bigwigs of the Mage Tower's capital department. It is said that his family has served three generations of great magisters, and they have always stood tall, and the accumulated assets are immeasurable. After Luke Brewster's death, Rob Hedland had disappeared like the other two capital tycoons of the Sanction Mage Tower. Unexpectedly, a thundercloud storm from Gastens completely alarmed him.
"How do you know Mr. Hedland is here?"
Martinez looked at Luna with some bad thoughts in his heart. All along, he has been the target and contact person placed outside by the Mage Tower Capital Department, that is, taking risks and enjoying benefits. The three bigwigs also have little interest in directly interfering in these trivial matters. And, more importantly, Mr. Hedland came this time to meet Gastens to talk about something, how could Luna know about it?
"Mr. Hedland told her."
Out of the shadow of the courtyard came a muscular lady, who glanced at Martinez, worried that he was thinking too much, and explained again.
"Sir has a good impression of what you did, and the main reason why I told Luna alone this time is because she is the closest person to Gastens right now, and Sir has always wanted to meet her."
"I see."
Martinez bowed and said no more. Luna glanced at him and said to the lady.
"I have something to see Mr. Hedland, and I would like Mr. Martinez to be there."
"Wait a minute."
The lady nodded at Luna, turned away, leaned slightly, and she reappeared, leading Luna and Martinez into the house in the middle of the courtyard, through several rooms, to a normal study. Rob Hedland, one of the three bosses of the Mage Tower's capital department, was standing on the side of the study, looking at the two with a smile.
"Little Luna, it's rare for you to take the initiative to come to me, what's the matter?"
For these three big guys, Luna really doesn't have much contact. Previous contact with them was directly handled by Luke Brewster, Grand Magister and Brooklyn Arquette. She nodded at Hedland and got straight to the point.
"We probably can't hide the fact that we killed Daisy."
Hearing this, Hedland's brow furrowed, and Martinez's body trembled slightly. They all knew that this matter could not be kept secret forever, but they had always hoped that this matter would be kept secret for a little longer, until the Mage Tower and Elena were already tied together, and there was hope for survival. However, the reality is not always the same as planned.
"Tell me about it."
Hedland sighed and sat down. Luna stepped forward and told her all about what had happened to her that night, and there was a long silence after that.
ββ¦β¦ Killing Daisy was not in our plan in the first place, and we naturally didn't have a complete plan when we started. It's ...... that you didn't even expect such an obvious mistake in the sheets."
Hedland hated that iron was not made of steel. However, he knew it was too late to talk about it, so he went straight to Luna.
"Luna, I know you've been trying to get close to Gastens lately, how's it going? Can you help? β
Luna was shocked, knowing that she hadn't hidden her thoughts from the gentleman in front of her. But she didn't deny it, just shook her head gently. With her current relationship with Gastens, it would be absolutely impossible to get Gastens to forgive herself for killing Daisy.
"Then ...... It's hard to do......"
Hedland's brow furrowed even tighter. Although he was rich, after losing the protection of the archmage, his energy and influence had already dropped several levels. What's more, in the emerging force of Elena, his influence is almost non-existent, and he has no respect for those forces other than himself. If this incident really broke out, he didn't seem to have a good solution.
"Sir, I have an idea," Luna looked sideways at Martinez and paused for a second. Hedland looked at her, waiting for her to continue. Martinez, on the other hand, felt a chill.
"Daisy's killer is Martinez, not me. If we give up on Mr. Martinez, we may be able to get away with itβ"
"Luna!"
Martinez looked at Luna in surprise, her eyes full of incredulity. Luna didn't respond to him, just looked straight at Hedland.
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Hedland didn't speak, just pondered for a moment before coming to a conclusion.
"This matter should be sooner rather than later, since that Merren has sent the news to the Anti-Investigation Bureau, then we must act as soon as possible. Luna, you can admit to seeing Martinez in her dorm room and knowing that he wants Daisy's keys. However, you can never say that you have ever met Daisy. We'll take care of the rest. β
"Mr. Hedland!"
Martinez panicked even more, he hurriedly stood up, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Hedland.
"Alright, Luna, you can go, I'll do the rest."
Luna nodded and got up, leaving the room without looking at Martinez. Behind her, Martinez's inexplicable gaze followed her until the door cut off her vision.
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Two days later, Gastens got Zink's report.
"It has been preliminarily ascertained that Daisy's death is directly related to the people of the Mage Tower. Luna's maid, Melen Warren, confesses that on the day of Daisy's death, Miguel Martinez, a capitalist from the Wizard Tower, went to talk to Luna, and the content of the conversation is unknown. Meanwhile, the sheets that wrapped Daisy's body most likely belonged to Luna. Moreover, investigations of the surrounding personnel of the bodies revealed that they had been in frequent contact with a man named Charles, and that they had recently had significantly more pockets. Our intelligence indicates that Martinez sometimes uses the pseudonym Charles when operating within the Elena base. My personal advice is to arrest Miguel Martinez as soon as possible and find the answer out of his mouth. β
"Martinez ......"
Gastens frowned and touched his chin. The suspect may not be surprising to him, after all, the Mage Tower has always been in contact with Luna, and it is normal for him to know Daisy's whereabouts. Merely......
Thinking of Luna, Gastens was suddenly shocked. Could Luna be involved in this?
"Why did Martinez know Daisy had the key? You say he attacked Daisy in her dorm room and took Luna's sheets to wrap around the body? Why is it so coincidental that it happens to be Luna's sheets? β
Speaking of which, Gastens suddenly recalled a detail. That day, when he went to Luna to ask for the key to her little box, Luna's first reaction was a little strange. She was a little flustered and said that the key was with Daisy.
She was obviously not talking about the key to the box, she was talking about the key that the mage tower on Daisy's body wanted to get.
"What should Luna know?" Gastens judged based on the memory. He is not the hairy boy he seems, and his life experience is far more than these people can imagine. Luna's reaction was definitely not normal. And her panic obviously didn't look like an uninformed person. Thinking of this, Gastens gave his own advice.
"Luna, too, might be involved in this. You just find someone to ask her, if you don't cooperate, what should you do? Don't worry about my feelings. Daisy is my lover, isn't she, you know? β
"I see, I also think this matter has something to do with Luna, but I'm worried about your attitude, so I'm going to start with Martinez. If we don't want to hurt Miss Luna's feelings, we can secretly control Luna and wait until Martinez confesses before taking action against her. β
"Don't be so troublesome, two people ask together, ask separately, don't let them collude. Whether they killed it or not, the matter must be investigated, and then, what to do. If they really killedβ"
With that, Gastens hesitated rarely, and Luna's figure flashed through his mind. But soon, it was hidden by Daisy's face.
Hearing this, Zink hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice.
"If they really killedβ"
"Let's find out first, if it's really them who did it, they should be killed."
Gastens finally made up his mind. Daisy was the girl he really liked, but she died so silently. He could have taken her to witness the beautiful times after the victory of the revolution, but he didn't expect to end up with such an ending. Anyone who kills Daisy, or designs to kill Daisy, is not entitled to his mercy, let alone just a spokesperson for the old forces!
"I see."
Zink nodded, took a few steps back, and quietly left. Gastens stood still, stunned for a moment, walked around the table, and took out the picture again. Daisy in the photo is smiling like a flower, revealing sunshine and happiness on her face.