94. List of suspects
In Valentina's eyes, the mist in the ice seemed to be surging rapidly, seemingly escaping irregularly, but invisibly forming a picture of a lake, she looked at the picture in the ice for a while, and did not find that her eyes were becoming rosy under the light of the ice.
"Miss Valentina?"
It wasn't until Officer Mia next to her noticed her strange appearance and spoke to her that she suddenly came back to her senses from her stunned state, and rubbed her eyes in some surprise, but when she suddenly came back to her senses, she suddenly found that her eyes hurt badly, and her stomach was a little nauseated.
She turned her head to look to the side and found that Fisher had been staring at her, but there was no special expression on her face, and the gaze of the others was uninterrupted, so she quickly recovered from her previous state and explained to the others,
"It's okay, I'm just some... Not very comfortable. ”
"Ah, I'm sorry, but this was really an oversight on our part to tell you not to look directly at the ice for too long, as many of our researchers have had severe discomfort in the process of looking at the ice. This is also unavoidable, this is the mineral used by the legendary phoenixes, and we must be careful when touching it. ”
Valentina nodded indifferently at the officer's words, but in the bottom of her heart, she vaguely felt that the feeling of staring at Zhen Bing just now was not like discomfort, but more like something... Guidelines?
It was like the mist in the ice trying to show her some picture, but she was just about to see it when she was interrupted by the officer next to her, and it was only after she got out of that state that the intense discomfort came up.
First the burning sensation in her eyes, the nausea in her lower abdomen, and finally the severe phantom pain in her long-lost legs, she endured the discomfort and felt more and more that the frost and snow plane tree, or the legendary phoenix, was deeply related to the genetic disease in her family.
Valentina's face was calm, she had always been calm in front of the others, she looked at the officers quite naturally, and said,
"We have other things to do after that, so let's get straight to the point, about the disposal of this piece of ice... What the family means is that either you and the Sardinia women's country themselves privately discuss how to share this piece of ice, but you should know the temperament of the Sardinia women's country, and it is really hard to say who this piece of ice belongs to at that time; Or, hand over Zhen Bing to us for safekeeping, so that you don't have to worry about Zhen Bing being coveted, and when the time comes, you can go back. ”
The two officers glanced at each other, and for a moment they were a little undecided.
If Mia weren't such a traditional small country, they could have openly taken out Zhen Bing to claim the orthodoxy of the Frost Phoenix faith, but the problem was that this world didn't just pay attention to the orthodoxy and purity of the faith, but also to pay attention to whose fist was bigger.
The more powerful Sardinia women have the confidence to flip the table at any time, and Mia obviously doesn't dare to bet that they will do so.
They had no choice but to nod their heads, then stood up at the same time and said to Valentina,
"We see, but we can't make up our minds for the time being, so please let us pass on the meaning of the Turan family to the above... Please take a break here and we will be back soon. ”
"Please."
Valentina closed her eyes and nodded, and when the officers and maids left the room, Balzac immediately opened her mouth and said to Valentina,
"This piece of ice is a rough stone, and the color is very good, if it is unearthed from the mausoleum of the bird species, it is likely to show that the ancient phoenix used ice to reward the habits of his subordinates... This is strange, if Zhen Ice is some kind of mineral, then even if the phoenix disappears, it will not be so long without discovering other Zhen Bing. ”
"Isn't that such a small amount of something valuable?"
Balzac glared at Phyllis, whose eyes were shining next to her, and didn't want to pay attention to her at all, and Valentina in the wheelchair had already understood what Balzac meant, and thought about it.
"You're saying that it's very likely that the Ice is a self-made item of the Phoenix Species, rather than a naturally occurring mineral?"
Just when Balzac was about to nod his head in agreement, Fisher next to him gently knocked on the table and inserted the topic,
"It's also possible that Zhen Ice is a naturally occurring mineral, but not a natural mineral of this world."
As soon as Fisher's words came out, everyone... Except for Phyllis and Celti, who had been paddling, they all looked at him in surprise, as if they didn't understand the meaning of his words at all,
"Wait, what does that mean? If it's not the minerals of this world, how can it be..."
Balzac was the first to ask a question, and even Valentina looked at Fischer quietly, as if waiting for his follow-up.
Of course, Fisher said this for his reasons, counting this time he had seen Zhen Bing a total of three times, the first two times had no gain, but this time it was completely different, because he had obtained the spiritual vision strengthened by Yaren Niang's completion manual, so when he just saw Zhen Bing this time, he realized the strangeness of this mineral.
In Fisher's eyes, the mineral as a whole presents a strange sense of abruptness, as if it is incompatible with this world, and constantly produces violent world fluctuations that can only be triggered by magic power, and the mineral itself is even more peculiar, like a shining light source, rippling blue divine light in the space again and again.
The blue divine light slowly transmitted in the real space, and everything around it, including the air, the table, and the bodies of the people around it, was an obstacle to it, as if everything around it was rejecting it, but when it arrived around Valentina's body, the brilliance actually gathered closer to Valentina's body little by little.
This was the real reason why Fisher had been watching Valentina just now, and at the same time, he suddenly remembered what Emhart had mentioned to him before.
Legend has it that the phoenix species will be forced to stare at the rough stone of the ice when they are young, and in the long gaze, they have gained the ability to see the future, although Fisher has not been sure whether this prophecy is true or false, but one thing is certain, that is, the ice can only be used by the phoenix species, otherwise the blue bird species would not have carried such a large piece of ice into the mausoleum.
If only the Phoenix Species could use Zhen Bing, could it be due to their special physique? So could Valentina, who can also react with Zhen Bing, also be highly related to the phoenix species? And the previous sub-human mother made up the manual and showed that Valentina is a special subhuman race that cannot be recognized, and the magic circuit on her body is not in the shape of a human...
Thinking of this, Fisher's eyes lit up slightly, and he subconsciously glanced at Valentina, who saw that Valentina's fingers trembled a little, and she didn't know why Fisher looked at her with a keen eye that she had never seen before.
Fortunately, the eager and strange look did not last long, and Fisher had already turned his head and explained to Balzac,
"Remember when we met the curse on the island, where it was the Southern Ocean, why could the curse from the north travel so far to lock on to the scroll without any barriers, and Yin Ross escaped the curse's reckoning by just escaping to the southernmost tip of the north?"
This undoubtedly shows that the scope of the curse is limited, at least in the real world, but in the spiritual realm, its reach will be infinitely larger. Zhen Ice replaces the function of the spirit world, and has a similar function to the spirit world, so I think it is a mineral from the spirit world, not a mineral from the real world. ”
Balzac was not a magician, at least he hadn't read Fisher's treatise on the origin of magic from the soul, and of course he couldn't understand what Fisher said, but Valentina nodded thoughtfully and muttered,
"Herdor was right in his guess, the spirit world is real... So, you mean, the phoenix species used some way to obtain this mineral from the spirit world, so the curses that we couldn't see before were also closely related to the spirit world, which is why only you and Herdor used magic to have an effect on the curse at that time, right? ”
Fisher glanced at Valentina with appreciation, she was worthy of being the eldest lady of the Turan family, not only well-informed, but also able to quickly analyze the specific principles of the newly learned theories, so he nodded and said,
"In other words, not only is the curse closely related to the spirit world, but even the demise of the phoenix species and the frost snow plane tree is also closely related to the spirit world, which also shows that the apoption of the phoenix species is inevitably related to the curse that attacked us, and this is also a problem that they have not been able to solve until they die..."
The phoenix species failed to solve the problem, but ended up with a dead clan, isn't this enough to explain the danger hidden by the frost and snow plane tree?
But when several of Valentina's men heard Fisher's warning-like words, they didn't react very violently.
Phyllis stared heartlessly out the door, as if considering when she would be able to go; Balzac pursed his lips, and although he could clearly feel his uncertainty and pressure, he did not show any timidity in the end; Only Celti, the mechanic's face turned white in an instant, and he opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time, and he was embarrassed to speak when the others didn't speak.
As for Valentina, she had been mentally prepared long before she set out to find the Frost Snow Sycamore Tree, and of course she would not be deterred by a word or two from Fisher.
Just as everyone in the room was thinking, the footsteps outside were approaching, Valentina turned her eyes to look at the door, but saw that the two officers who had just left had returned, they took off their hats on their heads, and said to Valentina,
"Miss Valentina, the general has agreed to your proposal and agreed to ask the Turan family to take care of the ice for the time being, and we will take care of transporting the ice to your residence in Mia until someone from your family comes to take over."
Valentina touched her chin and whispered,
"Would you rather give it to us than bow down to the Sardinia women's country, it seems that the time since I left the north has not been peaceful here... Well, let's do it, we have other things to do in the future, and you can just send us into town. ”
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"Line up, this way!"
As Mia and Valentina had agreed before, they had just stepped out of the warm room and into the frosty snowstorm, and there was already a neat group of soldiers waiting on the road to the port, and the carriage prepared for them by the Turan family had slowly stopped, welcoming Valentina, the native emperor from the snowflake fortress.
When they went to find Yin Luosi in the Satinia women's country before, they were in a hurry, so they only brought a carriage, which also caused a very crowded situation in the carriage, and Herdor and Fisher were still crowded together in the coachman's place.
This time, Valentina carefully ordered two carriages, and also equipped them with special coachmen, so that they would not be so crowded, with Valentina, Hedilyn and Celti in front, and Fischer, Balzac and Phyllis in the back, and Zhen Bing was placed in Valentina's carriage.
"Well, is there any gentleman in the back carriage who can help with the handle?"
Just as Fisher was about to get on the bus, Hediline's voice suddenly came from the carriage in front of him for help, and Fisher turned his head to look, only to see Celti and Hedilyn standing next to Valentina's wheelchair with helpless faces, bending over and shouting at the carriage behind.
Fisher didn't move and wanted to get on the bus directly, but turned his head to find that Balzac and Phyllis had already gotten into the car, and Phyllis was still hiding in the curtain of the carriage and winking at him, and raised her head in the direction of her boss.
“……”
Fisher had no choice but to turn around and walk towards the carriage in front of him, and asked Hedilyn,
"What's wrong?"
"The eldest lady's wheelchair is too heavy, it has always been carried into the carriage by Herdor, who would have thought that it would be so heavy, the two of us and the coachman are really not strong enough, so we can only call another gentleman to help... Ah, but I guessed that only Mr. Fisher would have come over in the back carriage if he was the kindest, not bad. ”
Hedilyn winked at Fisher, but he ignored it, just looked at Valentina in front of him, and at this moment she was petite and sitting in the wheelchair made of the complex cardinal beneath her, turning her head slightly to purse her lips, as if she was a little embarrassed, but with a little untimely stubbornness.
Fisher crouched down and gently grasped the cardinal's wheelchair under her, recalling in his mind the strange way she had looked when she saw Zhen Bing.
"Rude, Miss Valentina."
"This gentleman, I'll give you a ride..."
The coachman next to him wiped his sweat, and watched Fisher hold the wheelchair under the eldest lady with one hand and wanted to take a handle lest he misjudge the weight and fall the eldest lady, but he didn't expect that the next moment he would directly and easily lift Valentina up, and the rapid lifting action made Valentina feel a rough sense of weightlessness, making her blush and cover the black dress under her.
"Hmm, wait, wait... Slow down. ”
Fisher was just about to look up, when he noticed a cold finger against his forehead, as if to stop him from looking up, but the gentle movement made his head stop abruptly, and even tilted his head a little.
The way he carried Valentina's wheelchair over his shoulder and the way he tilted his head with a finger looked quite funny, and combined with his impatient dead fish eyes, Hedilyn covered her mouth and chuckled a little crying.
"Okay, okay, let's put the eldest lady in the carriage, the eldest lady will be afraid of heights after shaking for a long time."
"Hedilyn!"
In the surprised gaze of the coachman next to him, Fisher easily walked to the front of the carriage and put Valentina on the carriage, only at this time he landed and saw Valentina's shy action of covering the black dress with both hands, it seems that his actions just now were indeed rough, so he embarrassed the other party.
Fortunately, Valentina was a very reserved person, and no matter how irritated she was, the most she could do was glare at Fisher, and then quickly rocked her wheelchair back into the carriage.
"Well, thank you, Mr. Fisher, but unfortunately there is no reward... In other words, you are really strong, this muscle is not fancy, do you exercise regularly? ”
Celti was afraid of the cold and got into the carriage, but Hedilyn came over with a smile and thanked her master, but she didn't know why she was thanking her while stretching out a finger and gently caressing Fisher's chest.
I still remember that when I was on the narwhal, Fisher rejected her very decisively and righteously, but after the fertility of the sheep race, he actually glanced at the other party's figure hidden under heavy clothes, and just this glance made Hediline's smile deeper.
So, she pinched Fisher's muscles fiercely, and after rubbing the oil, she waved her hand and got into the carriage, straightened the crown of emerald hair on her head, and said to Fisher,
"Go back to the carriage in the back, it's cold outside~"
"This woman..."
Fisher exhaled a breath of hot air in the cold weather, gritted his teeth and walked to the back carriage, but he didn't expect this sentence to wake up Emhart, who was dozing in his arms, as if triggering some key words.
"Woman? What woman, who are you going to hook up with? ”
“… There is no woman, but she suddenly discovered one thing, that Valentina, who can resonate with Zhen Bing, either she has something related to the phoenix species, or, she is a half-breed with the blood of the phoenix species. ”
When he said the last sentence, his words became a little irrepressibly excited.
The phoenix species in the north can mean a lot of things, the legendary owner of the frost and snow plane tree, the leader of the six clans, the label holder of the complete manual [Royal Family's Choice], and the high probability identity of the god of the sky...
"Uh-huh, you keep making it up, you go making it up... Whew, I'm sleepy, I thought there was something unusual, okay I know, I'll add Valentina's name to the list. ”
Fisher's movements on the carriage paused slightly, and he didn't care about Emhardt's words at all, and he suddenly asked with some curiosity,
"List, what list?"
"List of suspects responsible for Fisher's death."
Emhart yawned, and since the last time he was injured by the Soul Patchbook, he had often stayed in Fisher's arms to make up for his sleepiness, and only woke up once in a while, and this time was no exception.