In a corner of the aristocratic quarter, the night wind is fierce, blowing the evergreen trees rattling.

Under the shade of trees, there is a half-domed two-story villa, the style is rough and heroic, very characteristic of the Shahran Empire, but, for some reason, this villa looks very gloomy in the dark, like an entrenched monster.

Looking at this villa from afar, Katrina couldn't tell if this was her true "Destiny Lord" premonition, or if it came from a psychological effect, as if the figure that blended into the cold wind around her became fainter and fainter, and gradually disappeared without a trace.

Although a few months have passed since the incident, and the villa has been cleaned with holy light, the precaution that should have been removed should have been removed a long time ago, Katrina did not dare to be careless, and still used spells such as "high invisibility", instead of simply relying on the strength of the knight to infiltrate - she trusts and loves magic more than the power of the bloodline!

The dark clouds did not obscure the silver moon, and the faint light sprinkled on the ground, causing the trees to drag out long shadows, like twisted monsters, Katrina approached the villa silently on such a slightly bright night, and the effect of "high invisibility" made her leave no trace, even if a carriage rushing by at night passed her, she did not notice a lady walking close at hand.

Katrina easily entered the villa, then vaporized into the hall and began to scrutinize the "crime scene".

The hall was paved with smooth, dark stone tiles in the same style as the Shahran Empire, and were enormous, with each floor being as large as five Alinge tiles.

Looking at the ceiling reflected in the surface of these dark stone bricks, Katrina had the feeling that the floor was inlaid with mirrors. "Even in the Earl of Calcut's mansion, the tiles are not polished so smooth, and they are not darkened, except for the wrestling of the guests in pointy shoes, and the only thing left is to peek at the bottom of the lady's skirt, did the owner of this villa design it specifically for this purpose?"

The nobles of the Shahran Empire had always been more extravagant than their "counterparts" in the south, and Katrina did not dare to rashly rule out this possibility.

Under the "Advanced Invisibility Technique", her form will appear every time she casts magic, but she will return to invisibility after casting the magic, so the surface of the dark stone bricks constantly flashes Katrina's changed appearance. Long blonde hair. Turquoise eyes, all clearly visible.

"It's been a few months since I was cleansed by the Light, and no matter how weird and magical the magic is...... Katrina used all the prophetic detection magic she could think of, but she didn't get much. I could only stand in place and laugh bitterly at myself.

Of course. She's not without gains. At least one thing can be judged from the traces of swords and daggers slashing and falling on the floor tiles, that is, no one really used extraordinary power at that time, otherwise they would not be so shallow. It's no different from the marks caused by an ordinary person casually throwing a sword on the floor tiles.

"Not using the transcendent power can only show two possibilities, either the official magician was completely controlled by the demon, or his power was sealed in advance, if it is the former, in the absence of reason, it is impossible for him not to use the magic that he is best at and the most lethal with only the desire to kill and destroy, so whether he worships the demon or not, he should have been sealed at that time. Katrina made simple inferences.

If the magician participated in this killing feast because he wanted to fulfill a certain wish, and controlled himself not to use magic, then at the most dangerous moment, no wish was more important than his own safety, and subconsciously, he would definitely use a spell.

"In other words, from the corpse of this magician, you can figure out how his magic was sealed......" Katrina thought of a clue, but immediately waved her right hand in frustration, "But this magician was characterized by the church as the initiator of the 'demon worship event', and his body was burned at the stake, damn the church." ”

She couldn't help but burst into a foul language, when this kind of thing happened, of course the Northern Church wanted to find a culprit to appease the nobles and the people, and it just so happened that an evil magician died on the spot.

As the furniture, altar, etc. had been purified by the church, and the whole hall seemed empty, Katrina paced back and forth a few steps, and suddenly remembered something: "Gulf mentioned that there were knights present at the time, and they were also dead, and according to the previous reasoning, he was obviously also sealed with blood power...... He is a nobleman, and although his body cannot be buried in his family's cemetery due to the worship of demons, it should also be in a high-end public cemetery, after all, nobles will not allow a nobleman to be trampled on at will......"

After grasping this clue, her expression became slightly excited, and she took the opportunity to check the upstairs and basement, but unfortunately there was no result, and just as she was about to leave, she suddenly felt the vigilance spell being touched, so she turned her head and looked at the window in the direction of the garden.

Then Katrina found the familiar knight's will blowing in like a cold wind through the crack in the window, coldly and carefully probing the situation inside.

As this will spreads to Katrina's body, her "High Invisibility" effect creates ripples, perfectly faking the sign that there is no one here.

Titicaca, after a very slight sound even in the quiet of the night, the window slowly opened back, a thin piece of ice quickly melted into a drop of water, and soon, the "murderer" who opened the window disappeared without a trace.

A dark shadow entered, tall and muscular, and his hands highlighted a layer of snowflakes.

"Yakov, he's really here too......" Katrina stood in the middle of the hall, quietly watching the figure move around to check, and from the familiar aura, it was not difficult for her to judge the identity of the other party.

However, she was not too surprised that Yakov was here, and he was a little out of the ordinary when Anna mentioned the dead magician.

Yakov let out a long sigh of relief after checking around to make sure there were no objects or suspicious marks, but he never noticed Katrina standing behind her, even though she was standing so openly.

"I wanted to think about how to ask him. Now that you've met, don't waste the chance......" Katrina's turquoise eyes flickered for a moment, and she made a decision.

Yakov straightened up and was about to look at the room upstairs, when suddenly, a sense of unease passed through his heart, and the experience of many years of mercenaries made him rush forward without thinking, and his body began to become huge, and frost was wrapped around him, and at the same time. I thought inexplicably in astonishment. "There is an ambush?"

As soon as the thought came to him, his head buzzed suddenly, and his eyes became blurry, as if he had fallen into a fog.

"I have a question for you. And then. He heard an ethereal voice that he didn't know whether he was male or female.

The sound is quirky though. But in Yakov's heart. But I feel that this voice is so familiar and so noble, like the Lord I worship on weekdays, and like the girl I have a crush on in my heart. So without any resistance, he said a little flatteringly: "What's the problem?"

"What is your relationship with the magician who died here, and why is he coming to investigate?" the voice continued.

This question pierced Yakov's deep fear, and he subconsciously refused to answer, but the inexplicable state of surrender and worship made him unable to resist, and he still replied frankly: "At the beginning of May, I met a full-fledged magician by chance and worked with him for a while. ”

"I gave him information and led him to the plains to search for various resources, and he gave me some information to stimulate the bloodline, with which I corrected some of my past mistakes and found my way to become a full-fledged knight, and then, I led the mercenary team to another mission, to the ice field, and only after returning did I hear that the magician was involved in the cult of demons. ”

"Because I was worried that his affairs would involve me, and I was facing the critical moment of the seal, I couldn't rest assured and came to search, intending to destroy all the clues left. ”

Katrina was stunned: "Why does his business involve you? He was only alone when he cooperated with you?"

The official magician is dead, and there must be no Yakov tokens or other items on him, otherwise he will be approached by the church as soon as he returns to Calkat City, so what is he to worry about? There will be no clues to this temporary cooperation.

"Yes, he's the only one. Yakov answered honestly, as if facing his allegiance to the lord.

He had come to the city of Karkat with several companions, but had left them behind to work with Yakov...... Katrina folded her hands and did what Heidi and Reelia liked, "What about the other question?"

"Because, because our cooperation was introduced by Sir Duda, before I left for the icefield, the Mr. Magician was also happy to tell me that Sir Duda was going to invite him to a private party, and that this was a good opportunity for him to enter their circle. Yakov hesitated for a moment, but finally told the truth, "I don't know what kind of circle it is, but Sir Duda has always been powerful and mysterious, dominating the underground order of Calkat City, there must be some big man behind it, I am worried that the affairs of the magician have something to do with him......"

"If the church finds out about him, we mercenaries who have been in contact with magicians will definitely be killed by him, and I happen to know that the magician likes to use password cryptography to mark things, and I have been fortunate enough to see it a few times, so I plan to come and find it and destroy all these secret marks. ”

Katrina muttered, "Sir Duda is still alive?"

"Of course, he is alive and well, and I saw him in the morning at the town hall. Yakov shuddered slightly, as if he was afraid of the Sir Duda.

After repeated inquiries, Katrina found no more, so Yakov told him about the magician's secret features, and then the vaporized form left the hall and returned to the hotel.

In the hall, Yakov "accepted" Katrina's order, and stood there in a daze, until a cold wind blew in through the open window, making him shiver, and he woke up suddenly, only to feel that it was like a dream, and he told others the secret of his heart in a daze.

"It's, it's horrible...... The five-ring magic 'dominates the humans'?" Yakov guessed what had just happened based on his knowledge, "Did the Magic Council send someone to investigate?"

"Fortunately, that powerful magician only needs clues, and has no intention of killing, otherwise it would ......," Yakov thought fearfully, in that case, whether he lived or died was all in the other party's thoughts.

"I thought that after I activated my blood power and became a knight, I could finally be called a strong man, and I could get rid of the dangerous life of involuntarily, but now I really understand that the knight has just started, and there are many dangerous people on it, and the five-ring magician just now doesn't know how many times stronger than me, let alone a high-level magician and a heavenly knight......"

Yakov restrained his thoughts, hurried to leave, and was blown by the cold wind, only to find that the cold sweat from his back had wet his clothes.

............

The next day, Yakov went to the Adventurers' Guild as normal, and Katrina continued to pull Anna to inquire about the identity of the dead knight and the burial cemetery.

At night, Katrina, who had received the information, entered the neat but gloomy cemetery and found the grave of the dead knight.

Just as she cast her magic to open the tomb, a magnetic male laugh suddenly came from the tree behind her: "Investigator of the Magic Council?"

"Who?" Katrina turned around vigilantly, and when she checked her surroundings just now, she found nothing, indicating that this man was very strong in concealment.

On the tree stood a handsome blond man in a black shirt and red coat, who held an unseemly glass of red wine: "Good evening, beautiful lady, you can call me Viscount Calendia." ”

"Viscount Calendia, grandson of Mr. Rhein?" Katrina linked the man in front of her to the vampire Viscount described by her teacher.

"Huh?" Viscount Calendia rubbed his face and said with a slight toothache, "Am I so famous?

"My teacher is Lord Atom Master. Seeing that it was an acquaintance, Katrina's heart relaxed a little.

"That monster...... Uh, no......" Viscount Calendia blurted out, and then said with a disguised smile: "Your teacher is a true genius, I admire it very much, by the way, I am here to investigate the inexplicable death of my descendant, and your purpose should be the same." (To be continued......)

PS: It's close to four thousand words, so it's a little late