Section C, Chapter 16: Poison Residues (Anusen)

"Wait, what are you talking about?" the Mad Dog had just delivered a message that made Anusen a little stunned: he had no idea that would happen.

"Don't you hear me, Mr. Knight? Mad Dog raised an eyebrow, "I went to the Bachelor's room, and found some traces of the poison in it—though the traces were extremely faint and tried to conceal them, but I found them. ”

"What kind of traces?" Lucina seemed to completely forget that Ceresya had just snatched her cake, and stood up to ask with a "rub".

"Oh, don't worry, don't worry. Ceresya slowly ate the remaining half of the cake and rubbed her hands against Lucina's cheek.

"What are you doing?" Lucina shook off his hand dissatisfiedly, "Eat my tofu, you?"

"No, I don't. Mad Dog put on an innocent expression again: "Look, I just got a lot of cream sticking to my hands. Gotta find a place to rub around, don't you?"

"Isn't that a napkin, do you have a problem with your eyes?" said Aya angrily slamming the napkin on the mad dog's face. Unhurriedly taking off the napkin, Ceresya threw it back to the table and said proudly, "You see, how convenient it is—the cream on your face is gone in just two or three seconds." ”

Really...... Anusen looked at Lucina in amazement: Aya had seen her self-cleaning ability many times, but she was surprised every time.

"Nonsense!" Lucina grabbed a cake and took a small bite, "Okay, let's talk about it." ”

"Give me another piece of cake. Seresya Tian shamelessly asked: "Although it is not as sweet as the one you baked yesterday, it is still very good." ”

Sure enough, I didn't eat it...... Anusen secretly rejoiced and poured herself a glass of ice juice. The cold and fragrant drink calmed his heart slightly.

"Why are you so grinding?" Lucina glared at him, picked up a piece of meat floss cake and threw it at his nose.

"I can't afford to be so enthusiastic. The grinning Cereya intercepted the cake with her left hand and looked at it carefully: "Yo, the meat is flossy? ”

"Hurry up!" Lucina was already waiting impatiently. However, the more impatient she became, the more Mad Dog enjoyed procrastinating time to wear down Aya's patience.

Seresa took small bites and ate her cake unhurriedly, squinting at Lucina's expression. Finally, Lucina couldn't hold back anymore and cried out, "Hey, are you angry with me?"

"No, I don't. Why are you spewing blood?" Mad Dog looked at Lucina in surprise: "As the saying goes, chew and swallow slowly......"

"Chew and swallow slowly, uncle!" Lucina raised her voice angrily: "If you don't eat it quickly, I'll help you stuff it in, believe it or not?"

"I don't believe it. Take it and stuff it and try it?" Mad Dog triumphantly defiant: "With Aya's fragile bones, if I break you lightly, you'll have to break a bone." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lucina's palms shone with a faint white light. The cake in the mad dog's hand suddenly burst into his mouth and forcibly stuffed it, choking him half to death.

"Well, you've seen the power, right?" Lucina patted her chest proudly, "Tell you, don't mess with the mage easily." ”

After swallowing the cake with great effort, Mad Dog hurriedly took the drink handed by Lusha and drank it in one gulp.

"Aren't you cheating?" Ceresya was indignant: "Forget it, I won't play with you...... I got straight to the point. ”

Glaring at the smug Lucina, Seresa pursed her lips, "Actually, I can't go into details, because you don't know much about poisons. ”

After a slight pause, Mad Dog began to speak, "There is a laboratory in the Bachelor's room, and it is there that I found the remnants of poison-making - a trace of bloodweed's fibers stuck to the inner wall of the stone vessel of the pounding medicine. ”

"That's it?" Lucina exclaimed in disappointment, "You can't be mistaken, right?" ”

"Definitely looks good. Seresa shook her head, "I'm an expert when it comes to poison. I know exactly what it looks like when it's mashed. ”

"Can you tell when the poison was prepared?" asked Lucina eagerly.

"Depending on the discoloration and dryness of the fibers, it does. But the conclusions reached are not quite right. Mad Dog raised his eyebrows: "Can you imagine? ”

In other words, the mage hid in the room to make poison after killing the Bachelor. Anusen pondered for a moment: "Then disguise yourself as a bachelor and poison ...... at night"

"It's impossible. Seresa interrupted the knight, "The poison of this poison will decay to the point where it cannot be lethal within three hours. The reason why he poisoned those barrels was that he somehow got the news that at seven o'clock in the morning, a large number of barrels would be taken out of the cellars and transported by horse-drawn carts to five barracks. Considering the time spent on the road, he had to poison the barrels in a short period of time before they were transported. ”

"But if the time difference is ......," Anusen was puzzled, "Isn't it about the same time as discovering the death of the Bachelor?"

"It's the same time I saw the imposter in the kitchen. Lucina leaned against the table and asked suspiciously, "By the way, mad dog...... Are you sure that guy in the cellar isn't wearing a human skin mask?"

"Didn't you wear it?" Mad Dog snorted: "Damn, I just stared at the bachelor for a long time, but the more I looked at it, the more panicked I became...... The shape and face were exactly the same. The main thing is that even the age spots on his right hand have a pattern. Makeup can't get to this one. ”

"It could only be a change spell. Lucina pondered what she had learned: "He copied the appearance of the Bachelor......"

"How else can I call you stupid—you'd be stupid to do that?" Seresa sneered, "Don't forget what Eddes said before he set off to the barracks to stop the soldiers from drinking their beers—no one saw the mage pretending to be a bachelor in Snowcastle. In other words, he can use his stealth and teleportation while fighting me to avoid people's eyes. Do you need to change shapes?"

"Yes...... I don't understand it at all!" Lucina lamented, sitting back in her place, "The mad dogs are back, why hasn't Eddes come yet?"

"Ah, I forgot if you didn't say it. Seresa patted her head and said, "I just came out of the bachelor's room and saw Deerno and Edus. The two of them were anxious to find Mace when they heard my new discovery—so they asked me to tell me that they weren't coming. ”

"It's forgetful...... Why are you not reliable at all?" Anusen was extremely helpless: "Co-author, we waited for so long in vain?"

"No, no, no, Denoro told me everything you need to know. Cereya twisted her neck and continued, "First of all...... Didn't find the mage in Snowcastle. ”

"Of course, right?" Lucina, who was eating the cake, interjected, "The Cold Snow Castle is so big, there are so many places to hide...... And he also stealth and teleport. ”

"I think he's out of Snowcastle. The knight pondered for a moment, "The door, even the tunnel in the living room of Mace." ”

"I think the opposite of you. Mad Dog squinted at him and picked up a meat floss cake again: "I think he's definitely still hiding somewhere, just waiting for the opportunity to poison again." This guy is very shrewd - I guess he went to the kitchen purely to be discovered and attract troops. The real purpose is to poison the cellar in the corridor on the other side. In order to delay the discovery of poisoned wine. The door was also locked in the cellar. ”

"How many people have been poisoned by poisoned wine?" Lucina put down her glass and turned her head to look at the mad dog behind her.

"His plan was very successful. There's no way a cold snow castle without a crow would have had time to stop most of the soldiers from drinking beer at a breakfast party - you know, almost everyone wouldn't drink this on an empty stomach. Seresya narrowed her eyes: "He killed more than 2,300 people." Now the guards of Neverwinter City are almost only about a thousand recruits. ”