When Clevy woke up again, he found himself lying on his back on the ground, and Anne was crouching next to him with an empty glass of water, apparently waking up by Anne splashing him with water.

However, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw someone in the house, and he couldn't help but be apprehensive, because his first reaction was that someone was looking for trouble, and it was not until he saw Anne's appearance that he was finally reassured.

"What, it's Miss Witch, it scared me." Clevy quickly got up from the ground.

“…… Why do you look a little surprised, didn't you give me the key? Anne also stood up, then crossed her waist and said, "I should be the only one who can be here." ”

"No, I have many more of the same keys, and so far there are ten people with the keys, and they can all come in as they please."

"What? It turns out that I'm not the only one, it seems that I will be wrong, I thought you were interesting to me. Anne scratched her head and said embarrassedly.

"Haha, less coming, Miss Witch, you should know that I'm not interested in little girls."

“…… Ha? Who do you say is a little girl! Be careful, I demolish your house. Anne said suddenly with a menacing voice.

"Okay, okay, spare me, this is the place I managed to find." Clevy hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Hmph, I won't spare you if you call me a little girl again."

"Yes," Klevi nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and then got to the point, "Anyway, did you come to me for something?" ”

"Hmm...... It's not a big deal," said Anne after a deep sigh, "that's it...... Do you have any clue about the case of the missing magician? ”

She was a little hesitant when she talked about it, because she was worried that Clevy would be involved, although she had come to inquire about this matter in the first place, but seeing Clevy's current situation, she suddenly felt a little unbearable.

Due to her past experiences, she hated humans, but she had a lot of respect for Clevy, as this man rarely interacted with other people, and was a man who had devoted his life to magic, unlike those who would rather abandon humanity for the sake of profit.

However, Clevy seemed to have known about this, and he hurried to the small window to make sure no one was eavesdropping, and then checked to see if the door was closed.

Anne was not very surprised by this, after all, even the people of Baifeng Town had heard of it, so they were afraid of witches.

Still, she was a little puzzled by Clevy's actions.

"What's wrong? It's a mystery, even ordinary people know it, shouldn't it be a secret? ”

After a while, after making sure that he was safe, Clevy finally regained his senses, and he walked slowly up to Anne, sat down in his chair, and motioned for Anne to sit down as well.

"It's really not a secret, but I promised Melissa that it must be kept strictly secret, and it has nothing to do with whether outsiders know about it."

"Hehe, it's you." Anne smiled knowingly.

"However, I still trust you, so it doesn't hurt to tell you."

"Oh? It turns out that I have such a big face, well, you speak, I'll listen. ”

"Well, speaking of this, it was first discovered by the Knights, because the magicians in the town disappeared one after another, and people kept going to the Knights to report the crime, but unfortunately the people of the Knights didn't know anything about magic, so their deputy head came to ask me, if it wasn't for the generous bonus, I wouldn't agree, and after a few days of investigation, I roughly figured out the ins and outs of this matter."

"Tell me what's going on?" Anne was immediately interested.

"First of all, it's certain that all of this is a ghost made by a witch named Arena, if I guess correctly, those missing magicians should have been killed, this Irene is the last person the missing magicians met, and they all got a piece of information from her, about a once-in-a-millennium spirit gathering grass, you should also know the gold content of this thing, for magicians, this is the supreme treasure, so everyone wants to get their hands on it, and then Arena told them, This Gathering Spirit Grass is in the underground of Baifeng Town, she also found the entrance, but there is a huge door that cannot be opened, and a magic lock is used on it, but it needs to be injected with a very large amount of magic power, she can't do it alone, so she specially issued a reward to recruit partners who open the gate together, and when the time comes, you can divide this Gathering Spirit Grass equally, although most people think this is a scam, but there are still some people who believe it, and they went to the entrance as agreed, but they also disappeared......"

Hearing this, Anne had a question.

"Since there are only a few missing, why do I feel that there are few magicians in Baifeng Town, they are all missing."

"Well...... With the disappearance of those people, the remaining magicians all felt that Baifeng Town was very dangerous, after all, being deceived should only be a loss of money, so that they would not even disappear, so the more they thought about it, the more scared they became, so they all left here. ”

"Oh, I see," Anne nodded, and then she asked, "but how did you find out all this?" If the people who were deceived are missing, or have died, as you say, where did you find out? ”

Clevy didn't speak, just smiled, then opened a drawer under a table and took a piece of parchment out of it.

"This is ......" Anne took the parchment and looked at it, "leaflet?" ”

"That's right, Irena used a leaflet to inform those magicians, but it was sent out at a venue at the time, and everyone participated, but unfortunately there were very few people who believed in it, so I asked those who didn't believe it for a copy during the investigation."

"That's right."

Anne then continued to look at the parchment, which, in addition to the seductive promotional text, also contained a small map, apparently an aerial view of the town of Baifeng, with a place marked with a red circle, and the accompanying text indicating that the Gathering Spirit Grass was there.

“…… It's actually that place, I just went to yesterday. ”

Anne finally reacted, and the red circle marked the White Peak Town Prison within the black wall.

"Oh? That's not something ordinary people can go to, either a nobleman who was invited to the castle, or a crime and was arrested and put in prison, which one do you belong to? ”

"Of course it's the latter," replied Anne without hesitation, and then said with a smile, "but that's just a misunderstanding, how can a law-abiding man like me commit a crime?" ”

"Hehe," Clevy couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, "You must know that in this prison in Baifeng Town, you are not the only prisoner who has been misunderstood. ”

“…… And so it is," Anne immediately understood what he meant, and then added, "can you give me this piece of paper?" ”

"Eh, wait a minute, you're not going to believe it, are you?" Clevy's eyes widened.

"Aren't you curious why I'm asking you about this?"

"Oh? Could it be that someone commissioned someone to come to investigate? ”

"No," Anne shook her head, then told the truth, "because Irena is my enemy. ”

“…… Uh, what's going on between you and her? Clevy couldn't help but ask.

However, Anne shook her head, she was not going to tell anyone about it.

"Well, this piece of paper was given to you," Clevy said without further questioning, and then he suddenly whispered, "but you don't want to go to Erina alone, do you?" Uh, I mean, if you want a helper, I'm always there to help, you ......"

"No," Anne decisively refused, "it's between me and her, and I don't want you to get involved." ”

“…… What? Clevy was stunned, he couldn't understand what Anne meant.

"Hehe, don't think about it, I'm not interested in you, it's just that I have my principles."

With that, Anne stood up and walked towards the door.

"Ah, wait." Clevy quickly stopped her.

"What else?"

"Since you're going to face that evil witch alone, you'll have to be prepared...... Oh, don't be angry, I'm not saying you can't beat her, it's just that there is a case in everything, I'm afraid you'll end up hurting. Clevy was visibly embarrassed when he said this.

Anne could see his heart at a glance, but she didn't intend to debunk it.

"It's easy to do, and I'll heal magic too."

"No, you can't help it when you're fighting, what if you don't have enough magic? So it's better to buy some potions, although I'm not a potions store here, but I just happened to research some good potions, which can make people get the ability to heal wounds automatically in a short time, and the effect is comparable to those powerful monsters, how about it? Don't want to have some? ”

"Oh, so you were trying to sell me, I thought ......" Anne realized that she was wrong again.

"Why? Think I really like a little girl like you? Oops, all said I was right...... Uh, I'm sorry, I'm in the palm of my mouth. Clevy suddenly remembered and quickly slapped himself.

"Haha, you're so interesting, okay, give me ten bottles."

"Alright," Clevy smiled as he took out the potion from the medicine cabinet, "Ten bottles, ten thousand gold coins." ”

“…… What, what? Ten thousand? Anne gasped.

"Oh, don't be so surprised, this is already a friendship price, I sold three bottles of low-quality potions to a nobleman named Orlov before, originally five hundred gold coins a bottle, I charged him thirty thousand, and this is the highest quality, the original price is two thousand a bottle, I give you a discount is not good? There is no one in the world with such a conscience as me. ”

"Tsk," Anne looked at him with disdain, "I can't see that you have the talent of a profiteer." ”

After all, she hadn't seen high-quality potions, at most a bottle of 1,000 gold coins, so Clevy's price was not too much, just asking her for a favor.

"Oh, don't bury me, people are willing to pay, but at least I won't do this to you, who told us to have a good relationship? You say yes, right? ”

Anne was speechless at all, and she handed him a bracelet with space magic, which contained 10,000 gold coins.

"Alas, I didn't expect you to be so eloquent, if you used this kind of eloquence in interpersonal communication, you would definitely not be the lonely and helpless you are now."

"Where, I'm just doing this to you." Clevy scratched his head and said, as if he was deliberately showing affection for Anne.

"Okay, then I'll go, I'll ...... Indefinitely. ”

Anne didn't pay any attention to his words, and after putting away the potion, she walked straight out, and waved goodbye to Clevy without looking back.

Clevy watched her back fade away, but couldn't say anything, and his mood couldn't help but become depressed.

“…… Alas, forget it. ”

He sighed and returned to his workbench, intending to continue his research.

After a while, there was a sudden figure in his room, and it seemed to be an illusion.

Clevy knew who it was, so he said without looking back.

"Don't worry, I've done what you asked, and I'm sure nothing goes wrong."

"Very well, so what kind of pay do you want?" Behind him, a woman said.

“…… By the way, do you really have a deep grudge against Anne? Clevy finally turned to face the woman, and it was Irina.

"Well, it's none of your business," Erina said unceremoniously, but after a while, she changed her mind again, "Forget it, it doesn't hurt to reveal a little bit to you, no matter what she thinks of me, I don't hate her, and I won't kill her." ”

"Is that so? Can you leave her to me? Clevy asked cautiously.

"Hey, you're really interested in that kid," Irene said with a meaningful smile, "What?" Do you want to experiment with her, or do you want to use her for something else? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, you just have to say yes or no."

"Hehe, whatever you want, it's good if you're satisfied, after all, we will have more cooperation in the future, and it is also appropriate to give you some benefits." Irena clasped her hands to her chest and spoke in a nonchalant tone.

Then, her form vanished, leaving Clevy standing still, not knowing what he was thinking, only to see the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if excited about what Irena had promised.