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"Jingle bell, jingle bell. The bell for the arrival of the visitor rang at 6 Fox Street. When the bell rang, Catherine, wearing a thick light blue home cotton dress and a blanket on her legs, was lying on a chaise longue in the garden on one side of the mansion, taking advantage of the rare winter sun for many days to read seriously. The snow on the ground had long since melted, and the warm sunlight shone on Catherine, dispelling the winter cold, and filling her with warmth.

On the right side of the chaise longue is a round coffee table, and a pot of steaming black tea sits on a tray on the coffee table. There's probably nothing more pleasant than basking in the rare sunshine and sipping a cup of hot black tea on a cold winter's day.

On the other side of the coffee table was an identical chaise longue, on which Pannis, covered with a blanket and covered with his head, was sleeping soundly, with a slight snoring in an even rhythm, accompanied by the rustle of the pages turning, accentuating the silence of the winter afternoon.

It's a scene of warmth and harmony, everything is so harmonious, so harmonious that people can't bear to break it.

However, the bell still broke the scene in front of him, and the moment the bell rang, Pannis poked his head out of the blanket with a snort, and looked straight in the direction of the door.

"I'll go. Catherine put down the book, lifted the blanket and stood up: "By the way, get some snacks, do you want anything?"

"Dragon's Blood Berry Biscuits. Seeing Catherine take the initiative to answer the door, Pannis lay down again, and said lazily: "Help me get another glass of milk, the one soaked in milk is the best." ”

"You really know how to eat. Catherine sighed helplessly: "Okay, wait for me later." ”

"Thanks, hey, hey, hey. Pannis smirked and squinted at the white clouds in the sky, as if all the troubles of the world were gone.

"Huh?" After lying down for a while, Pannis suddenly jumped up from his chair, threw the blanket aside, and with his keen hearing, he noticed three different footsteps coming around the mansion towards the backyard. Pannis knew that Catherine attached great importance to etiquette, and if it was a guest who needed to be invited, she should bring it directly into the living room of the Western-style mansion, instead of attracting the courtyard as it is now, unless the person who came knew her. Listening carefully to the footsteps, Pannis also sighed, and said to himself: "It turned out to be the two of them, tsk, it seems that trouble has come to the door." ”

"It's so sad for me that you think we're in trouble. A female voice full of ** power came from the corner of the mansion: "Men are really not a good thing, right?"

The owner of the other footsteps, the subject of her consultation, said in a cold and stiff voice: "Don't make noise. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm not noisy. **'s female voice sighed in disappointment: "I'll let you go this time, Pannis." ”

"I say, are you Legendary-level professionals already bored to this point?" Pannis didn't have any surprised expression, just said with a bored face, "Running out in groups to do the same thing?"

"We do, we have a good relationship. The footsteps turned around the corner of the mansion, and the coquettish female voice sounded behind Pannis: "You are so bold that you dare to turn your back on us." ”

Pannis slowly turned around, and Catherine appeared in view with two women. The two women leaned together with their arms, one was concave and convex, and every move between the eyebrows and eyes was full of ** style, while the other had a cold and wooden face, although the appearance was equally beautiful, but the figure was obviously much worse than the first.

"Passion, oh, and indulgence. Pannis sat up straight, chuckled and said, "Two beauties in the shadows, do you represent the hand of shadows or yourselves on behalf of the shadow this time?"

"Represents the hand of shadow. The assassin said enthusiastically and coldly: "Indulge you to shut up, you don't know where it will go as soon as you open your mouth, I'll just say it." ”

"Alas. The thief sighed indulgently and pursed his lips aggrievedly. People who don't know her character are afraid that just by her expression and a sigh, they will be attracted to her and completely intoxicated by her charm.

"Well, now Pannis is there. Catherine brought two more chairs, then sat down and asked, "Now tell me more about it, what is it?"

"On behalf of the Hand of Shadows, we are making a commission. Enthusiasm was still expressionless, and said in a calm voice with almost no tone: "Theoretically, it should be entrusted to the Adventurers' Guild, but among the adventurers, we have experienced a fairly tacit cooperation with you, so I hope that you can take it directly." ”

"Hee-hee, in fact, she wants to say that the only adventurer she trusts is you. Indulgence grinned on the side, piercing the true meaning under the surface of enthusiasm: "So she didn't even go to the Adventurer's Guild, and came directly to you." ”

The enthusiastic and indifferent gaze swept over the indulgent and charming face, and the indulgence shrank his head with a smile, raised his hand and said, "Don't look at me like that, I won't say it." ”

"Let's talk about the content of the mission. Catherine was not affected by the charm of indulgence, or, after all, having seen it twice, and had a certain immunity to the natural charm of indulgence, she said with a look on her face: "We need to decide on the answer according to the content of the commission." In addition, your strength is stronger than the four of us combined, so why don't you solve it yourself and entrust it to us?"

"The task is to investigate. Enthusiastically said lightly: "You adventurers are professionals, and we shadow walkers have no experience in this kind of work. ”

"Well, that's an acceptable reason. Seeing Pannis nodding secretly, Catherine said, "So, what is the mission?"

"In recent months, there have been some problems in our sinless city. Enthusiastically and indifferently explained: "Although the problem is not big now, it shows no signs of stopping. This situation annoys the guildsmen, but if the guild leader or the chief-level administrators, including us, come forward to investigate, the goal is too obvious, and we don't have a clue about this kind of thing, so the guild leader wants to bring in reliable adventurers to help solve the problem. ”

"What is the problem?" Catherine asked, "I have to know the contents before I accept the commission." ”

"The sacrifice of life. Enthusiasm hesitated for a moment before continuing: "In recent months, there have been more than twenty life sacrifices in the City of Innocence, and each time the situation is the same, the body of the victim is lying in a strange circle, the whole body is covered with wounds, the blood is almost completely drained, and there are many symbols written on the body in blood that have never been seen before, presumably it should be a kind of writing. ”

Catherine and Pannis looked at each other, hiding their surprise in each other's hearts, and Catherine asked, "What text?"

"This is a facsimile. Indulgence took out a few pieces of paper and handed them over: "All sacrifices are the same words. ”

Catherine frowned and unfolded the facsimile, many never-before-seen symbols were written on paper, the symbols were very messy, and there was no text at all as it should be, if someone hadn't explained it in advance, people who saw it would probably only regard these words as some abstract patterns.

"I've never seen it before. Catherine handed the facsimile to Pannis, "Look at it."

"Oh. Seeing the symbols on the paper, Pannis stretched out his voice and sighed, "So that's it." ”

"Do you know?" the three women looked at him expectantly at the same time and asked in unison, "What is written?"

"Of course not. Pannis spread his hands and said very seriously: "How can I know this kind of ghostly thing." ”

"Then you have a serious face, oh what. Indulgent crying and laughing shouted: "If you don't know, don't make a sudden realization, okay?"

"I don't know each other, but I didn't say I haven't seen it. Pannis said innocently: "I have seen a similar pattern once before, and your guess is correct, this is indeed a kind of text." ”

"Where have you seen it?" asked Indulgence, "under what circumstances?"

"It was a long time ago, in an ancient ruin. "It was a very old ruin," Pannis recalled, "dating back to the age of First Age mythology. ”

"You mean, this is the text of the First Age?" indulgence concealed his red lips, but his two seductive eyes were filled with disbelief: "Could this matter be related to the events of the Age of Mythology?"

"That's not right. Catherine secretly poked Pennis: "Although the writing of the First Age is rare and complicated, it stands to reason that some scholars should know a little bit about it, and there will not be such a situation that no one has ever seen." ”

"I know a little bit of the First Age text. The side door of the mansion opened, and Vivien, who had slept until noon, walked out and leaned over to Pannis's side to take a look: "But it's not like this. However, there is not only one type of writing in the First Age, and it is normal for some of the more obscure types of writing to be unseen. ”

"Yes, this is a very rare text. Pannis explains: "According to two scholars, this is supposed to be the exclusive text of the clergy in the age of mythology, and it is a sin for the rest of the people to even see it." ”

"Things are connected. Enthusiastically and indifferently, he said: "It is a very reasonable explanation for the use of clergyman's special script in the sacrifice of evil gods, but how can anyone still use this kind of script?"

"Could it be related to the events of the mythological era?" indulged in white jade-like teeth and gently bit his fingers, and said in a somewhat distracted manner: "Impossible, that's too complicated?"

"No concrete judgment can be made right now. Catherine knocked on the coffee table and concluded, "So, all judgments must be made after the actual investigation." ”

"So, you accepted this commission?" said Indulgence's face with joy, "Thank you very much." ”

"We also broke a demon sacrifice a few months ago, and I wonder if it could be done by the same group. Catherine didn't answer, but changed the subject: "If it is, it will be troublesome, when we met that time, the main messenger was a legendary mage. ”

"Rest assured. He said enthusiastically: "When the time comes, the two of us will assist you in your investigation." ”

"That's fine. Catherine nodded: "We accept this commission, but the commission is limited to the investigation, and we are not responsible for solving it." ”

"That's as it should be. Indulgence exhaled and said relaxedly, "Our Shadow Hand will take care of the problem." ”

"Also, we can't leave right away. Catherine remembered something and hurriedly added: "We need to leave after the New Year." ”

"It's okay, let's go back to the City of Innocence and wait for you. He said enthusiastically, "You can come to the headquarters of the Shadow Hand and look for us." ”

"Well, look forward to a pleasant cooperation. Catherine stretched out her hand and shook it tightly with the enthusiasm that represented the hand of shadow.