Chapter 3 Blame for oneself
"I thought that man was the white sparrow here. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Lusman, who was traveling with Ekko, flattened his lips with a look of reassurance.
"That general officer won't come to trouble us again, will he?"
The old man's words brought Eko back to reality from the association of elves. Ekor smiled and sighed, he reached out and took the water bladder that Ola had handed him, and then took a rather gentle sip of water.
"As long as he thinks we've been secretly brought in by some sheriff, he won't come back to us. ”
"Then we have to keep performing? until the white sparrows here notice us and lead us to the connector here?"
Eko sighed again, and absentmindedly plucked the strings, and the lute emitted several notes that were out of tune.
"Are you thinking about something else?"
"Well, the clerk had just whispered about a woman who seemed to know something worth hearing, and I was thinking of meeting her sometime. ”
"A woman, is it an eyewitness, or is it a white sparrow? are we going to go along?"
Eko shook her head a little awkwardly.
"No, no, I'll just ask her something myself, and I should be back soon. ”
He ran away before Lusman could ask more questions.
A few minutes later, Ekor appeared in front of the house where Akaqi had left, the courtesy who had the advantage did not deceive him, the house with roses and butterflies painted on the gate was indeed surprisingly easy to find, and now, he only had to knock on the door, tell others that he was looking for a woman named Rose, and then ask the woman a few questions related to the murder, but Ekor hesitated for a moment, he vaguely felt that things might become a little delicate because of the other party's business.
Speaking of which, there was no such term as a secret prostitute in the Elven language, and Ekko, who had lived in Elada since birth, still learned from some books analyzing human society that the term referred to a merchant who ran a skin and meat business and sold false feelings. The problem is that almost all of the Eladas are quite loyal to their feelings. Ekor doesn't know how to deal with a woman who can sell even love. He thought about it for a moment before he mustered up the courage to knock on the door. There was a movement behind the door, and there seemed to be a gaze looking at Ekor through the cat's eye on the door for a moment, and then the door opened, and a young woman wearing a low-cut shirt and a long skirt with a corset appeared in front of Echo.
When facing Ekko, the corners of the woman's mouth are shallow as if she has met an acquaintance, and her body exudes a mesmerizing languid atmosphere. Ekor glanced at the woman almost only once, and then turned her gaze to one side a little crampedly.
"I'm looking for Rose. Ekor said.
"Then you've got her. ”
The woman's voice was like an intoxicating wine, and Ekko's face had a look of surprise.
"I thought I'd see a servant or a bodyguard or something like that. ”
This made Rose laugh, and she covered her mouth lightly, her waist swaying slightly like a willow tree.
"Well, when a man comes to me, he usually only thinks about things with his mind when he is ready to leave, but you are a little special. ”
Rose's eyes circled over Eako's body.
"I'm guessing you're not here to have fun, are you?" her tone suddenly became a little colder.
"I'm really here to ask some questions, and of course I'll pay you for the time I take. Ekor smiled politely, his gaze no longer avoiding Rose, but firmly fixed on the area below the jaw, above the collarbone, as if dealing with an elderly and temperamental female librarian.
"Come in, if you choose to be my guest, I'll consider answering some questions, or you can keep standing outside the door, in which case I'll be closing. ”
Rose gestured and put her hand on the doorknob, and she raised her willowy eyebrows slightly urging Echo to make a quick decision. Eako, who had been dealing with this situation for the first time, began to become overwhelmed, and he chuckled a few times to hide his lack of confidence for no reason, and then took two steps into the room slightly sideways. Echo's ears jumped uncontrollably to the sound of the door slamming behind him, and he secretly reminded himself not to overreact, but the scene in front of him was not as easy to make people nervous as he thought.
The interior of the house presented to Eko is not much different from that of an ordinary wealthy family in terms of layout, and if you want to talk about details, it is only a few more feminine items, such as a porcelain vase filled with flowers, a placemat with a delicate texture, and a three-tiered shelf with cute refreshments......
Eko was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but suddenly felt a light on the top of his head, and his hat was pulled by Rose at some point.
"You're an elf? ”
Although the soft facial contours are one of the characteristics of elves, in fact, most people can only distinguish humans from elves by their "knife ears". So when she heard that Destin was not very friendly to the elves, Eko prepared a wide-brimmed hat for herself. Now that the hat had been lifted, the unusual pair of pointed ears peeking out from behind the long sideburns, but Icco was surprisingly calm.
"I can imagine you know quite a few elves. ”
"No, if you're not kidding me, you're the second elf to enter this house. ”
Trick her?, Iko was puzzled, he had never seen this woman at all, could it be that he was somehow similar to Rose's first elven guest, though he was more inclined to believe that it was some kind of accosting attempt. Having figured this out, Eco didn't ask a word on the subject, and silently followed Rose towards the living room, turning his head from side to side to look at every part of the house as he went, and Echo noticed that the house looked as if there was no one else.
"Now it's just me and you. Rose said suddenly.
She glanced at Ekko, and her tone became intoxicating again.
"Are you worried about me?"
Rose raised her elbow to hang Ekko's hat on the hanger, and then turned to face Echo again with a dance-like grace, her dress swirling like petals and a goldfish's tail, and as she sat down on the stool in the middle of the drawing-room, and reclined to look at Echo, the dress was tucked around her like a bird's wings, outlining the soft lines of her body. Eko had to admit that this woman was indeed very attractive.
"By the way, you've been very concerned about servants and bodyguards when you first entered the door. ”
Rose clasped her hands together and patted her in front of her.
"Let me tell you the truth, my guests are merchants, officials, officers, and even assassins, and you still worry about me?"
With that, she stretched out her arms and made a seated gesture to Ekko.
"Tell me what you want to know?"
Ekor exhaled with a light smile, he picked the chair opposite Rose and looked across the coffee table from her, while Rose straightened up, and picked up the silver teapot on the table and began to make tea for Ekko, the atmosphere in the room fell silent for a while, only the sound of tea pouring into the cup. Eko didn't ask a question right away, he took out the money he had prepared and pushed it in Rose's direction. The woman put down the teapot and raised an eyebrow at him.
"Oh, pay before we talk about anything else. It's really consistent style. Elves are like that? Or are you pretending to be joking with me?"
As soon as she finished saying this, Rose stood up, and she suddenly pressed the right hand that Eko had placed on the coffee table before she could withdraw it, and then her whole body leaned in the direction of Eko, and the tip of her nose almost touched Eko's face.
"Akachi?" she asked suddenly, softly.
Icor was startled by her abrupt move, and her whole body stiffened as if frozen, not even realizing that Rose whispered a name.
"Akachi...... Do you all like to talk to people in this way?" quipped, but his lingua franca began to uncontrollably sound small tongues that shouldn't have been.
"I've been told you've heard a little bit about everything, and I want to know all the rumors about the murders, who are the people involved, where are the deceased, what are their common characteristics, what are their deaths, how did it begin?"
"I see. Rose sat back in her seat, and Eko breathed a sigh of relief.
"You are asking about murders, are you referring to the cases in which corpses were desecrated? and if my guess is correct, you are a white sparrow?"
Ikor smiled, acquiescing to all the other party's guesses. Then, he saw Rose shift her gaze from herself to the ceiling.
"Among the dead were homeless men, assassins with quenching daggers, and homophonic people. ”
Eko nodded subconsciously. The White Sparrow got its name from the shape of the emblem - the transverse flute and the sparrow, but in fact, "homonym" is the official name of the organization, and the reason why Ekor came to the elf-de-stare is because the connector here sent a letter of help to Elada's Nexus, asking them to help investigate the cause of the White Sparrow's misfortune in Dstaing.
I only heard Rose continue: "The first few dead are just ordinary vagabonds...... The tragic deaths of the Assassin and the White Sparrow followed, with the former being innocent and the latter most likely being the result of meddling...... That's all I've heard. ”
"Nosy?" Ikor couldn't help but frown.
"Sort of a reward for being a good boy, please send me a personal item to the sheriff of the city, and in return, he should let you see the corpses of those people. Rose sighed.