After some time, the carriage stopped outside a luxurious manor house in the aristocratic quarter.

Outside the tall iron fence stood six servants, who hurried to meet their master as they saw the carriage approaching.

Two of them came to stand outside the door and opened it to the sides, another was responsible for placing the wooden staircase under the carriage so that the owner could get out of the carriage without difficulty, and two others hurriedly opened the iron fence door and stood by and made a gesture of please.

Melissa alone was greeted by five people, and the remaining one was responsible for leading the three guests.

Emir didn't have much of an opinion on such a difference, after all, they were all servants of Melissa's family, and there was no need to pay too much attention to outsiders.

Melissa noticed, though, and said to a servant with a cold face.

"Who arranged the task of receiving guests today? Tell him to come to me. ”

The servant, who was probably in his early twenties, seemed to have just arrived, and was momentarily stunned in the face of his master's questioning.

"That, I'm ......"

Seeing that he was about to fall into an embarrassing situation, a middle-aged man suddenly ran out of the iron door, his hair was neatly combed, and he was wearing a spotless butler suit.

"Miss, I'm really sorry, when you are not at home, something happened in the manor, and the arrangements are not good, please bear with me."

"Oh? Do you think it's reasonable for you to do your job well and you have to bear with me in the end? Where is the aristocratic etiquette you keep talking about? Melissa didn't laugh it off, but put on an attitude of wanting to get to the bottom of it.

......The butler seemed to be in a quandary, a little overwhelmed.

After all, there was a big incident in the manor today, and many people were asked to help, and now it is good to be able to find these six people.

Seeing that it was about to reach an impasse, Anne finally broke the siege.

"Well, Miss Melissa, it's not too early, let's get down to business, and we'll leave the matter of disciplining the servants later."

Melissa thought for a moment, and felt that this was indeed the case, and at the same time she realized that she was taking her anger out on someone who had nothing to do with it, because she was upset about Nova and Emir.

"Well, you're right, let's go." Melissa ignored the butler and left.

Anne smiled at the two next to her, and then followed Melissa inside.

She finally remembered that this Melissa was a very famous knight in Baifeng Town, and she had always been known for being fair and just, meticulous in handling things, and treating everyone equally, and this time she was probably so irritable because of a series of mistakes.

As for Melissa's reputation, Anne had heard about it when she came to Baifeng Town last time, when she heard that she was just an ordinary knight, but she didn't expect to be promoted to deputy head so soon, which shows how efficient she is, and she must be very popular.

Given that the previous Knight Captain was too unreliable, maybe in a few days, Melissa would take the place of the Captain.

In fact, teaching a servant is obviously a family matter, and outsiders are not qualified to talk nonsense, but the reason why Anne dares to say this is because she believes in Melissa's style of acting, her belief in chivalry has long exceeded this red tape, and she will definitely be informal, and others remind her that she is too late to be happy, so how can she be angry?

It's just that it's hard to imagine that a meticulous person like her would make such a big mistake and let the person who should have been ordered to receive him be caught in prison.

So Anne can probably understand why after this incident, Melissa bluntly said that she wanted to resign as a knight, presumably her identity is not so important to her, she only wants to serve this town.

Immediately after everyone entered the iron gate, they realized how big the manor was, a five-story mansion rose from the ground, and in front of the gate were eight milky white pillars, of which there were dozens of rooms.

Lydia's manor house was as different from this one as a thatched hut and a fancy tavern.

At this time, before it was completely dark, the mansion was already brightly lit.

Emir looked at such a luxurious building, but he was a little strange, how could the deputy head of a knight order have such a large family business, and the manor is the basic configuration of the nobles, could it be that Melissa is also a nobleman?

Presumably guessing that they would have such a question, Melissa turned and explained.

"Don't get me wrong, this is the manor of my father Freddie Cromwell, he is a famous nobleman in Baifeng Town, and his title is earl, as for me, I can only be regarded as a family member of a nobleman, in fact, I am no different from ordinary people."

"Ordinary people?" Emir muttered inwardly.

If this were an ordinary person, there would be no nobles under that sky, but perhaps this is indeed the case in Melissa's cognition.

Soon, they were in the hall of the mansion.

Then I saw a man in his fifties sitting upright on a soft and wide sofa, his clothes should be made of some kind of precious satin, looking low-key but luxurious, with several jeweled wrenches on his hands.

Emile guessed that he must be Melissa's father, Freddie Cromwell.

Strangely, he sat alone in the whole hall, and there were no servants beside him, and he lowered his head, his eyes glazed, as if he was thinking about something, and the surrounding lights were a little dim, which made the whole hall exude a gloomy atmosphere.

As Melissa walked in, Freddie heard the movement and realized that it was his daughter who had returned, and the confused expression on his face was suddenly swept away, and his eyes became bright.

But Melissa still saw at a glance that something was wrong, when she went out in the morning, her father was normal, and the manor was full of joy, why did it change now?

She suddenly remembered what the butler had just said, saying that something was wrong, so she hurriedly asked.

"Father, what's wrong with you? Did something happen? ”

Freddie looked at her and sighed heavily before telling the truth.

"Isn't there a guest coming today? You should know, it's your Uncle Victor, he heard yesterday that Ophelia came to us, father and daughter haven't seen each other for many years, so he wrote me a letter, make sure I keep her, although it's not a difficult thing, after all, Ophelia also wants to meet him, but ......"

"But?" Melissa hurriedly asked.

Freddie took a deep breath and continued.

"When he came in a carriage, something happened, because the appointed time was still nowhere to be seen, so I sent the servants of the manor to look for him along the road, no, there were not enough people to greet the guests, but someone just came back and said that Victor's body was found on the side of the road more than twenty kilometers away from the town."

When Melissa heard the news, she was really shocked, she sat down on the sofa and couldn't speak for a long time.

Because this Uncle Victor is not only a good friend of his father, but also a swordsmanship teacher who has been with her for ten years, occupies most of her life, and has long been regarded by her as an important family member.

Hearing this, Emile knew very well the ins and outs of this matter, presumably the person who was bitten to death by the monster was Victor, and Anne also killed the monster, which can be regarded as avenging Melissa, but he has one thing that he cares about, that is, Freddy mentioned Ophelia just now, could it be the Ophelia he knows?

It's just that in this atmosphere, he is embarrassed to ask carefully.

After that, Freddie noticed several of the guests Melissa had brought back, and after a brief introduction, he also understood their identities.

"Something has happened to our guests, and I can't entertain you wholeheartedly," Freddy said to them with a forced smile, then looked at his daughter again, "Melissa, don't worry about being sad, tomorrow you can go investigate the cause of Victor's death, and for now, you only need to entertain these guests." ”

Melissa nodded silently, then got up and led the Emir to their meal.

On the way to the restaurant, she still didn't say a word, and Emir and the others didn't dare to speak, and the atmosphere became very awkward for a while.

Finally, after a hasty dinner, all three were arranged to the rooms of the mansion.

Emile hesitated to tell Melissa what had happened during the day, but Anne told him that it was not necessary, after all, she would always find out.

If it is mentioned that the three of them have appeared at the scene of the crime, it may cause more unnecessary misunderstandings.

Emir thought about it carefully, and felt that it made sense, so he was relieved, he needed to think about the meeting with Leonard now, and as for Freddy's mention of Ophelia just now, he didn't pay attention to it, maybe it was just the same name.

He had been through a lot that day, and he couldn't help but feel tired, so he decided to go to bed early.

However, just as he was about to close the door and go to bed, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and blocked the door.

The emir was surprised when he saw a familiar figure appear in front of him, dressed in pure white armor.

“…… Ophelia! You, why are you here? ”

"Hmph, this sentence should be replaced by me, you are not your city lord in Blackpool Town, what are you doing here?" Ophelia said angrily.

Emir had no choice but to tell her what had happened in the past two days, but Ophelia was most surprised that Anne actually had the ability to create another space, which was no longer on par with her, but the strength of throwing her a few streets, and she couldn't help but sigh that human beings could already surpass elves in magic.

Ophelia was wearing a helmet at this time, so Emir couldn't see her expression, and he suddenly remembered that Freddie had said that the dead Victor was Ophelia's father.

But there was no sadness in her tone, and she was still in the mood to chat with people.

"Ophelia, if you're feeling uncomfortable, you can tell me." The emir said with a serious face.

He still remembered everything Ophelia had done for him, and now he finally had a chance to repay it.

Ophelia, however, just shook her head, she certainly understood what Emir meant, but she didn't need comfort at all.

"So you've heard about that, but he's actually just my adoptive father, and I've been learning swordsmanship with him since I was a child, so ......"

Emir couldn't understand that even if he was an adoptive father, he couldn't put on an indifferent attitude.

Ophelia saw his expression and guessed what he was thinking.

"Oh, please listen to me first."

“…… Oh, sorry. Only then did the emir react,

"That's right, after learning about this, I immediately ran to the scene to see, the man was obviously bitten off by the monster's fangs, but I can be sure that it is not Victor."

"Huh?" Emir's eyes widened.

"And I just said it, Victor is my swordsmanship teacher, and his strength is still above me now, how can he be easily killed by monsters? Unless it was a demon army, but there was no sign of that at the scene. ”

"I see." The emir couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn't know why he felt relaxed, maybe then he wouldn't need to comfort Ophelia, after all, he wasn't good at comforting people.

"Alas, it's really troublesome, I'll have to explain the truth to Melissa later, that kid must be sad." Ophelia sighed, and could tell that she really didn't like to do repetitive things.

"You two ......"

"Oh, I forgot to mention, Melissa and I grew up together, and we also studied under Mr. Victor, so we can say that we are like sisters."

"Well," the emir nodded, then asked, "why did you leave before?" Also, what are you doing in Baifeng Town? ”

"Well...... Ophelia hesitated, but she looked at the innocent eyes of the emir, and she still planned to say it, "Well, forget it, I don't need to hide it in front of you, do you know that there is another candidate for the throne in this town?" ”

"What?" Emir's eyes widened, he had never heard of such a thing.

"Hehe, I know you will be surprised, after all, the candidates for the throne are all competitors, they want to kill their brothers and sisters with their own hands, how can they appear in the same place casually? But my master, Byron Yarnia, was an exception, and he asked me to come. ”