"Why, two more people are missing?" Thrall's eyebrows tightened together.

Mr. and Mrs. Ian are the town's famous doctors, who migrated to Springwater Town after the turmoil in the empire ten years ago, and have a very good reputation in the town, helping many sick townspeople, so when the couple disappeared for a day, the townspeople immediately reported it.

Quanshui Town is a small place, with a small population, but the people are very simple and familiar with each other, and the psychological impact of the successive disappearances on the townspeople is immeasurable.

"If only my father were here. Sal rubbed his eyebrows and laughed at himself, he had the impression that his father had the wisdom of a mage, and he could stay calm and calm when he encountered anything.

Fortunately, there was a helper in town.

"How many townspeople are missing?" said Diana.

"So far, there are fourteen townspeople who have disappeared, and including the Ian couple who have just disappeared, sixteen townspeople have disappeared. "There are not enough people in the town, and I hope you and your knights will help us find the missing ones." ”

"Of course, if this kind of thing happens on the land of the Holy Empire, I, as the imperial daughter of the Empire, naturally have an unshirkable responsibility. "I will have Diderot lead my knights to search every part of Fountain and find them." ”

"Excuse me. Sal bowed.

The next day, Diderot led a hundred guards and began to interrogate them from house to house, but after searching for most of the day, the whereabouts of the dozen or so townspeople were still unknown.

"Sorry, Your Highness, I have done my best, but now it seems that I can only hope that the Lord will take care of those who are missing. After a day of searching, Diderot returned to the hotel and gave a succinct report.

"What do you think? Constantine. After Diderot left, Diana asked Constantine beside her.

"Your Highness, this is not my job. Constantine said sincerely, "I can only pray for the safety of the poor who have disappeared." ”

"One by one, the townsfolk disappeared, and my gut told me that it was definitely not easy. Diana sighed, her beautiful emerald pupils filled with worry, "To be honest, this feeling has been around me every moment since I left the province of Bynes, like a beast lurking in the dark, and I don't know when it will suddenly pounce. ”

"I can only pray that they are not captured by some devil. Constantine said casually, "But the Lord tells us that the devil is always present in people's hearts. ”

Diana was stunned for a moment, and looked at Constantine steadily.

"Your Highness, I'm just kidding. Constantine said.

"I hope so. Diana froze.

The group spent two peaceful days in the town, during which no one went missing, but the missing townspeople were never found. Mayor Thrall became more restless, the atmosphere in Springwater was particularly gloomy and oppressive, and the smiles on the townspeople's faces were much less.

"Let's go pay a visit to Grandpa Clough, maybe he will do something. Diana proposed, and Constantine went with her.

"Your Highness, please come in. Sal beckoned, and hurriedly welcomed the two into his home, and Constantine and Diana entered the residence belonging to the mayor of Springwater. However, my father was still in church and usually prayed until after 6 p.m. before returning. ”

"Okay, I'll wait a minute. Diana nodded, and then walked into a study with Constantine, the layout was simple, two chairs, a desk, and the sunflowers that grew everywhere in the town grew in the basin by the window, which had withered, and it was worth noting that the shelves in the study were full of books, Constantine glanced at them, and found that they were all related to magic.

"Your Highness, was this old mayor a mage in the past?"

"Yes, but since he studied magic in the Duchy of Fran when he was young, his status was not recognized by the Imperial Magicians Association, but he is indeed a very capable magician, knows a lot of unpopular spells, and has a lot of experience in spell casting. ”

"I used to be in this room, listening to Grandpa Clough tell me the stories of his travels in the world when he was young, and watching him explain to me all kinds of magical magic in the book, although he was not a powerful mage, but his stories touched me, and my study of magic was also related to this venerable old man, and it can be said that this old man had the greatest influence on me besides the teacher. ”

Diana pulled a yellowed book from the shelf and read it with a look of nostalgia on her face, which she still remembered when she spent her childhood with the old magician in Springwater.

Constantine couldn't help but see such a picture in front of his eyes: an old man sitting in a wicker chair with reading glasses in the dim light of the night, and a young girl sitting by the window with her chin in her hand and listening to the story. The gentle old man held the magic book, and his eyebrows fluttered as he told all kinds of incredible spells, and the girl listened attentively, and her eyes were full of admiration and longing.

It's really an enviable picture.

Constantine sighed to himself, and then walked back and forth in the room, although there were many books on the shelves, but for him who had spent two years in the library of Augustinian Theological Seminary, it was not very attractive.

He casually glanced at the room, the floor of this room had accumulated a lot of dust, and it seemed that the owner had not bothered to clean it for a long time, and maybe even hadn't come back for a long time.

Suddenly, something caught his attention, some dust on the floor was not the same color, emitting a faint dark green glow, which was difficult to detect with the naked eye, but Constantine, who was a bounty hunter, crouched down and carefully picked up the dust, and found that it was some dark green powder.

"Your Highness, was that Mayor of Clough a believer of the Lord when he was young?" Constantine asked.

Diana was stunned for a moment, "As far as I know, he didn't believe in the Lord of Light before. ”

"Did he tell you what kind of magic he majored in when he was younger?"

"It's like elemental magic. Diana recalled carefully.

"So, he's not proficient in alchemy?" Constantine asked, glancing at the books on the shelves.

"Yes, his knowledge of magic is limited to the elemental aspect. Diana said

"Your Highness. Do you know what this is?" Constantine handed the dark green powder he had picked up from the floor to the four princesses, and the dark green powder glittered in front of Diana's eyes, drawing her gaze completely.

"This is a rather rare alchemy powder, called the Mirand's Magic Stone, the powder of this stone is usually used in the manufacture of high-level magic weapons, but it also has the most primitive use, that is, as a raw material for drawing magic circles. Constantine recounted unhurriedly that alchemical materials for distinguishing various attributes had been commonplace for him in the first ten years of his hunter's career, and that he was no stranger to the Mirand's magic stone, which was contained in the scabbard of Dawn.

"Even for many alchemists, the Mirand's Magic Stone is quite rare, so why is this material here?"

"What do you want to say?" was asked by Constantine continuously, even the dullest person realized that there was something in the words, and Diana's eyes became serious.

"I mean, it's so unusual that a magician who has never believed in the Lord would go to church every now and then to pray, and at the same time this rare alchemical material appeared in his room. Constantine replied.

Diana fell into deep thought, since she left the province of Baines, on the way back to the imperial capital, she has been experiencing various conspiracies and assassinations, her mind has been in a state of tension, after coming to the familiar place of Spring Town, although she is still very calm on the surface, but it is inevitable that she will relax a lot psychologically.

But now that Constantine had pointed out the suspiciousness before him, Diana's mind began to come alive again, and although only insignificant details appeared before her eyes, Diana's ingenuity had faintly discerned the outline of an undisturbing fact from them.

"Sal, when did the townspeople start disappearing?" Diana asked the new mayor.

"I remember, about a month ago. "Although he doesn't have his father's magical talents, Thrall's memory is pretty good.

"Is it a coincidence that a month ago, presumably the same time I left the province of Baines?" Dianna thought, her face growing pale.

When she was a child, she was burdened with the dual identity of the Holy See Divine Lady and the Holy Empire's Imperial Princess, and now she is designated as the Holy Daughter of the Holy See, she has experienced more than one terrible conspiracy, and her pure and flawless jade eyes have seen too many blood-drenched pictures.

But no matter how sinister the scene, she was able to survive the difficulties with the calmness and decisiveness she had experienced since childhood, and thus won the heartfelt love of the guards.

The bloody battle in the valley a few days ago, as well as the endless assassinations that had occurred before, she managed to survive, and fought back with ease against her opponent hiding in the shadows.

However, when the enemy's tentacles reached Springs, the only place where she felt warm and at home when she was forced to leave Olympia City as a child, she could not react for a moment.

She suddenly felt that the town in front of her, Quanshui Town, seemed so strange and gloomy to her.