Chapter 02 Inquiries
"October 7th, drawing."
"On October 8, Mrs. Sievers of the flower shop commissioned two postcard illustrations, and the income: 3 prang."
"On October 9, a dragon was drawn. It's not the kind in fairy tales, but my father came back from archaeology to tell me, that the dragon in ancient mythology is like a snake with claws, or a crocodile, which is flexible and long, and most of them have no wings. Curious, how can a wingless dragon fly? ”
"On October 10th, I washed Belinda's clothes. It's so annoying, I only do laundry all day and don't do anything. ”
"October 11th, drawing."
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After a few pages, this is not nutritious and full of complaints, it is indeed a diary written by myself.
"Lowe." Belinda, who was on the other side of the glass, shouted at him coldly.
"Yes!"
"Mr. Evan said that in order to investigate the case, in order to investigate the case, your diary, they have read it all."
Lowe: "Yes...... So ......"
Belinda closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then slowly spit out after a long time: "So, if you can come out alive, when you keep a diary in the future, please write more about the advantages of your sister, is it okay?" ”
"Yes! No problem! Don't dare again! ”
Seeing the little girl nodding in satisfaction, Luo Wei breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, and then asked, "But did they allow you to give me the diary?" I mean...... There's no spell on it or something......"
"See for yourself." Belinda propped her hands on the edge of her chair and pointed to the diary in Lowe's hand with her chin.
Lowe quickly flipped the journal to the last page.
"On October 22nd, I discussed it all day with Mr. Lawrence, and he insisted that spells of unknown origin should not be attempted. I stayed at Lawrence's house for that copy of "*****", and he said he was going to study it again. I copied down the mantra by the way:
*******,
********,
****! ”
On this page of the diary, the title and incantation were smeared with a blood-red liquid.
"What is this?"
Lowe's eyes straightened, and he showed Belinda the erased parts.
"I don't know." Belinda said, "I can only confirm that you didn't erase it yourself." You didn't take your diary with you when you went out yesterday, and then you were taken here and locked up. ”
When Luo Wei heard this, he flipped through the content for a few more days.
Strangely, all the key to the spell was erased with this red liquid.
"I asked Mr. Evan, and he said it was a secret technique that would make it impossible to undo anything that was trying to be eliminated. Even wizards can't do anything about it. Belinda sighed.
"Wait...... So, someone erased the contents of my diary? So there's something else going on here? Lowe gets to the point.
My sister shook her head: "I don't know." What Mr. Evan meant was that it was just possible that some evil organization was involved, because he had seen this kind of modus operandi, but now there is no evidence that the murderer is anyone other than you. Of course, there is no evidence that you murdered Uncle Lawrence. ”
Belinda added to the police's current verdict on Lowe: "Until you know what that technique does, you're still innocent." ”
The situation reassured Luo Wei a little, but fortunately he did not immediately sentence himself to death.
However, he soon found a hint of deliberate concealment in his sister's pretended relaxed face. From the time she entered the door to the present, her sister's behavior has been a little faintly unnatural.
This made him realize that after he was put in the cell, she was probably going through a difficult time.
Lowe immediately asked, "Belinda, how are you?" ”
"I'm okay, the exam results came out last week, and this time I'm still second in the grade."
"I'm not asking about grades, I mean...... Money. Do you still have money at home? Lowe swallowed.
He already had the answer in his heart-
Before they were in prison, they were penniless, and the only thing left in the family was the 10 pirangs that Mr. Lawrence had given them two weeks ago, and the food money of about 5 palang a week had already been spent.
"Reluctantly......" Belinda looked to the side and whispered, "I borrowed 5 prinz from Yvette, and then paid the public service tax for this month, a total of 4 prim and 3 nits." The remaining 9 nits were all used to buy bread, which was enough to eat for a while. ”
The currency system of this world is similar to the British pound system in ancient times, with 1 pound = 20 pron = 240 nits. The purchasing power of 1 nit is about 5 yuan from the previous life of Blue Star.
Other words...... Bought more than forty dollars of bread.
"How many meals can you eat?! And there is no meat and no vegetables, when you are growing your body, how can this work! Luo Wei said anxiously.
"Just be fed. And you're ...... now" Belinda pointed to Lowe's prison uniform, smiling reluctantly and not speaking.
Lowe felt deeply anxious.
Damn, starving my own sister.
He obviously had a belly of money-making knowledge in his previous life, but now he can't do anything.
"It's fine. If you really can't do it...... I'll just borrow some more from Yvette. ”
“……”
Luo Wei's eyes flickered, and he didn't answer.
Yvette is her sister's classmate, and listening to her sharing after returning from school, she should be a good girlfriend with a good relationship, and she has a particularly good grade.
Thanks to Yvette, even if her sister works hard, she has always been only the second in the school.
Luo Wei knew that although Belinda usually did not show it, she was very strong in her heart. Let her keep her voice down and go to her friend and rival to borrow money to live...... Not to mention his sister, Luo Wei himself felt ashamed.
"No, I need to find a way out as soon as possible!"
If you don't go out, your family will really be ruined! If this kind of thing really happens, Luo Wei is an absolute super scum in the army of time-travelers.
Ding Ling Ling Ling –
Behind Belinda, the bell rang at the door of the iron gate.
"I'll go first."
The little girl stood up and straightened the folds in her dress.
"When I get out, I must find a way to make money as soon as possible!" Lowe said seriously.
"Okay."
Looking at his sister's dark blue eyes, Luo Wei suddenly said again: "You don't ask me, did you really murder Mr. Lawrence?" ”
Belinda also stared at him seriously for a while before leaving.
Then she replied flutteringly, "Now I know, you don't." ”
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"Now I know, you don't."
On the screen in the mirror, the girl got up after saying this and left the isolation room.
The man standing by the mirror exhaled, then raised his hand and patted the floor mirror in front of him, hiding the image.
"Evan, what do you think?"
On the sofa next to the man, there sat an old man in cotton pajamas, which were made of pink cloth and tattooed with many small white flower patterns.
"At least the suspect was very honest and didn't lie." Evan replied.
"The Security Service has asked for a week to deal with this case, and today is the next day." The old man reminded happily.
"Teacher, you know, I'm not good at solving cases......"
"I know, I transferred you personally. But since you're here, you have to follow the rules, and if you feel any difficulties, you can discuss them with me. The old man interrupted him and said, "Moreover, you found out about the person, so naturally the case will be left to you." ”
“…… All right. Evan furrowed his brow in annoyance.
"What's this called...... Austin, how is this lad usually doing? Did you ask his neighbors? The old man asked.
Evan nodded, "Yes." Living in a simple place, being polite, although he won't make money, he has always been very good to his sister, and he has no enemies. ”
"I know that little girl, who is from the same school as my granddaughter, and is exactly the same as her brother except for her academic performance." The old man laughed happily twice, and then asked, "Has he checked it at home?" ”
"Checked. There are only a few ordinary books related to magic, and they are all common categories on the market. ”
The old man nodded, "So the key is to figure out what the content of this technique is." ”
He pondered for a moment, as if he had suddenly remembered something, and looked up and asked, "Did you say anything about it from the wizarding court?" How is this case going to be judged now? ”
"There is insufficient evidence to conclude that murder was intended, and most of the time it is treated as manslaughter."
Evan paused at this point, hesitated for a moment before continuing: "But according to the Muggle Regulations, this case dates back twelve years, when Lawrence leaked the secrets of the existence of the wizarding world to Muggles and performed witchcraft in front of Muggles. If this premise is added, he should be sentenced to a reduced sentence of many years. ”
"A few years less? Okay......"
The old man looked up at Evan, and then said to himself, "It's just a pity little girl." Her brother was stupid and went to prison, but she herself was going to live on the streets...... That's how it should be, right? If according to Muggle law, they should have to pay Lawrence's family a lot of money, I am afraid they would have to sell the house. ”
“…… Yes. Evan was silent for a long time before giving this answer.