Three days later, in the afternoon, in the office of the captain of the guard battalion Sauron, Karl and Surdak sat honestly in their chairs.

The room was warm, Captain Sauron was wearing a thin cotton shirt with an open collar to reveal his bronzed solid muscles, and he was practicing his swing in front of a practicing wooden man, and the ironwood sword fell on the practicing wooden man, making a continuous dull sound.

It wasn't until this group of slashes was completed that Captain Sauron handed the ironwood sword to the assistant beside him, took the towel and wiped the sweat on his face, before he smiled and said to Surdak, who was honestly sitting in the chair: "I regret a little now, I sent you to the barren land so easily to be the sheriff there, if you can stay in the city of Highlandsa, maybe it will be more valuable." ”

Surdak smiled and didn't speak.

He knew that Isaac had finally come to his senses this morning, and that the investigation of the matter had been officially transferred from the Fifth Squadron to the Out-of-Town Support Group. Baron Miller was reluctant to do so, but Captain Sauron overrode the objections and put Karl in charge of the follow-up investigation at Fornak Manor.

For a long time, Surdak's side has mainly focused on his studies at the Knight Academy and basically does not participate in the daily affairs of the guard battalion, but this time Captain Sauron asked Karl to find Surdak from the Knight Academy, which obviously has a mission.

Captain Sauron sat on the chair, took a sip of the lemon tea handed over by the assistant, and then said to Carl and Surdak: "This time I called you here to let the two of you deal with the affairs of Fornak Manor, a good manor is almost deserted now, you should have heard him say before and after Isaac's injury, yesterday I personally went to Fornak Manor to investigate, but unfortunately I didn't find anything." ”

Captain Sauron rubbed his forehead with some distress and said, "Although the death of Count Fornak has been closed at the beginning, the evil spirit that stabbed Isaac this time looks very similar to Count Fornack, and this matter may need to be carefully investigated." ”

"It may be that the coercion and aura on my body are too scared of the evil spirit to come out, so this time I need you to lure the evil spirit out, I will lurk outside the manor, and you will send me a signal if you lure out the evil spirit, I am ready to completely solve this hidden danger this time!"

"Yes, Captain!" Karl and Surdak straightened up and spoke to Lord Thor.

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The tavern lady saw Carl and Surdak walking in side by side, so she prepared golden cider and craft ale for them, Surdak had drunk twice in this tavern, she had already remembered Surdak's preferences, and pushed over a plate of salted nuts, Surdak sat on the high stool and was not in a hurry to drink, directly pulled out the skinning knife from his leg, and began to peel off the nuts in the plate one by one, neatly arranged on the plate.

The tavern lady had a very beautiful face, gentle and generous, but always kept a silent distance, Surdak had been here a few times, and the two had not talked for more than three sentences, only when Carl was alone, the proprietress would come across from Carl to talk to him, and as long as someone else was around, she would avoid the other side of the bar.

Karl told Surdak about the process of Fourak Manor from prosperity to decay, about a year ago the old Count Fornak died in an accident, this manor continued to have various situations, and then the little Viscount Fornak who inherited all the property thought that the mansion contained undead monsters, and moved to live in the mansion in the city, Fornak Manor was completely abandoned, during this year, Fornak Manor was constantly sent to auction, but for some reason it has not been sold.

"I heard that Fornak Manor was haunted in the summer, but it was said to have been cleaned up by a magician." Karl raised his glass, toasted a glass of wine with an acquaintance in the distance, took a sip of wine, and then said to Surdak: "Is it possible that a servant of the necromancer sneaked into Fornak Manor and disguised himself as the old Count Fornak to harm people?" ”

Surdak shook his head, saying that he had no say if he didn't see it with his own eyes.

He casually asked, "That little Viscount Fornak has been living in the city of Highlandza?" ”

Karl also did some careful investigation of little Fornak, he took out a stack of materials from his bosom, pulled out a piece of paper from it, looked at the dense text written on it, and said to Surdak: "Little Fornak, that guy is a coward!" ”

"When old Fornak died, Captain Thor told him that the cause of old Fornack's death was a little suspicious, but he was probably afraid that those people would take revenge on him, and he did not follow up on the suspicions, and he usually lived in a simple house, and he has always lived in the residence of Highlandsa City, rarely goes out, and has no social interaction, and even the property outside the city is taken care of by a housekeeper." Karl sneered and continued, "However, it is said that he is a swordsman who graduated from the Bednar Advanced Swordsman Academy, and he has a superb swordsmanship, but he rarely shows it in front of outsiders. ”

Surdak didn't expect to be a swordsman who graduated from the Bena Provincial High Swordsman Academy, it is said that this is the Bena Provincial High Swordsman Academy is a golden signboard, but unfortunately Surdak did not see the outstanding people who came out of this academy.

Surdak smiled and said, "The graduate of the Bednar Advanced Swordsman Academy, who inherited all the family property of the old Count Fornak, did not have the slightest merit, so that the title was downgraded by one level, this is really a bit unreasonable!" ”

Mrs. Christie and Miss Brenda came in from outside, and when they saw Karl and Surdak chatting with each other, they sat down between the two of them, and said to Karl with a smile, "What are you two talking about?" ”

"On official business, I'll go out of town with Duck tomorrow to investigate the incident." Carl unceremoniously declined Mrs. Christie's question.

At this time, the tavern lady pushed two glasses of wine over, and Mrs. Christie took the glass, took a sip with Miss Brenda, and glanced at Surdak who wanted to speak and stopped, but Miss Brenda, in just two weeks, had been relieved from the grief of the death of Baron Llewellyn, and when she saw that Surdak was alone, she asked him: "Knight Surdak, why didn't your wife come?" ”

"She's not very good at drinking. ”

Seeing that Surdak had no intention of talking, Miss Brenda could only sigh softly in her heart, and it might be difficult to recover it if she was wrong.

Mrs. Christie next to her also gave her a helpless look, and the thought of her niece, Miss Darcy, and this Surdak knight also had some ambiguity. The ambiguous relationship, Mrs. Christie felt a headache, in fact, from the wishes of her heart, Mrs. Christie preferred Miss Brenda to be able to maintain a love affair with Surdak. human relationship, and Darcy had better get out of it.

Darcy deserves a better and broader future in her life, and what Surdak can give her.

Mrs. Christie and the tavern lady glanced at each other, the tavern lady just pushed over two glasses of wine, and then put herself out of the matter again, and did not participate, Mrs. Christie could only hold Carl's arm, lean over softly, and asked Carl with a smile: "How many days are you going out this time?" On such a cold day, be sure to bring more fire-based magic scrolls to keep you warm. ”

Karl smiled slightly and said, "I don't know for the time being, I may be able to rush back overnight, if it doesn't go well, maybe I'll stay there for three or two days, but it won't be too long." ”

Mrs. Christie whispered in Karl's ear, "Then I'll go back to the castle for two days." ”