After that, Charlotte and Elijah were separated downstairs in the dormitory.

After a day of tossing, Charlotte yawned and was about to go back to the bedroom to catch up on sleep, when Elijah suddenly stopped him.

"That...... Mr. Charlotte, tomorrow I want to walk around the non-commissioned officer school by myself, you can investigate it yourself, and when you need me, just summon it with your mind. ”

"Huh?" Charlotte was curious, "What's wrong?" Not feeling well? ”

“…… I have something to think about. Ilya rubbed her little hands together, not daring to look up at Charlotte.

Charlotte was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "I'm sorry, Miss Elijah, if it's a bathroom matter...... I've caused you trouble. ”

Come to think of it, although Ilya is a contract witch, she is also an innocent girl, and I am afraid it will be uncomfortable to be misunderstood like this.

Ilya stroked her long blonde hair and smiled:

"No...... It's okay, it's me, and I suddenly wonder if I've been too clingy to Mr. Charlotte all along.

Since we met in Leyden Forest, we've been to Yerba Crawnshaven, Pam Meadows, Frank City, ...... Along the way, they stick together almost all the time, which is why it has an impact on Mr. Charlotte's reputation, and you need personal space too. ”

Charlotte spread her hands indifferently: "It's nothing, you are a contract witch, and your ostensible identity is a personal maid, isn't it normal to follow you." ”

"But am I too selfish to do this, I ......," she shook her head, remembering the nightmare she had that night, "nothing, Mr. Charlotte, just give me a holiday." ”

"Understood." Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief, "It's been a hard time lately, so relax." ”

……

The next morning, Victor came to Charlotte with dark circles under his eyes.

"The principle of this device is basically clear, it is a timed ignition device. That candle actually acts as a timer. This candle is made of grease from the monster's body, and it takes 7 days to burn it completely, and now there are still most of the candles left, and it is estimated that it only burned for about 3 days, so the device ignited, and then the warehouse was burned. ”

He raised the blueprint in his hand, which had restored the candle mechanism to its intact state.

"But I have to say, the person who made this device is a complete layman, and the candle is a timer? It's really a stupid person with a big brain, but it's a pity that there are empty brains, but things are not reliable, and they can only be used once. ”

Charlotte gave the other party a blank look, and it seemed that these words just applied to Victor himself.

"Mr. Victor, I still need your help to investigate the possible source of these metal parts."

If, according to Victor, the man who made this rudimentary device was a layman, then he was not equipped to produce his own parts, perhaps from other steam apparatus.

"That's it, I'll go first, after all, I have to go to work to pay off my debts...... Every day is a day to take out a loan to work, hahahahaha. Victor waved his hand.

Charlotte put the drawings away and began to sort out the current situation.

On the evening of August 27, Scott, the leader of the first squad of the White Rose Branch, died in the swordsmanship room of the training building.

The immediate cause of death was the monster's madness, and the magic circle that imprisoned the monster failed at the same time.

The joint investigation team hastily concluded about the incident, but Charlotte discovered that someone had fed the bloodclaw frostwolf with the flesh of a tyrannical giant crocodile, triggering its bloodthirsty and furious.

The flesh of the tyrannical giant crocodile, stored in the western part of the alchemy material library, has not been retrieved in recent times, and it has been stolen by someone.

On the night Scott was killed, a fire broke out in the eastern section of the material library, causing quite a commotion, and it was later discovered that some recovery alchemy potions were missing.

There is a large iron gate between the east and west sections, and the keys on it are the only ones that the warehouse keeper has the right to keep.

Near the ignition point in the East End, a candle device was found to set fire at regular intervals.

Buck, a member of the Frank Mounties, suspected of infiltrating the alchemy vault through the Forest Garden that night, refused to confess what he had done that night.

……

After sorting it out, Charlotte made the next direction of the investigation:

Victor said that the candle only burned for a maximum of 3 days, which means that you can check the visitor records of the library between August 24 and 27, and the person who placed the timer must have been among them.

In addition, although the Bloodclaw Frost Wolf was furious, there was also the insurance of the imprisoning circle, and he needed to investigate how the circle failed.

And that weird fire, if it's a suspect, then what is the purpose of the other party?

It stands to reason that the smaller the noise is in the case of murder, the better, unless the purpose of the fire itself is to create a riot and keep someone away from Scott......

Charlotte thought as she headed to the alchemy material library.

Halfway through, many female students greeted Charlotte.

"Ahhh

"Hey, what about the maid lady next to him, she's usually been very sticky, why isn't she here today?"

"I saw her eating breakfast on a bench near the girls' dormitory building in the morning, and she didn't seem to have much energy or appetite, and she was ......only nibbling on two hamburgers in her hand."

"Two hamburgers don't have an appetite?"

"You don't know, she usually eats four big burgers for every meal, and every time she goes to the cafeteria, the bowls on the table are piled up as high as a hill."

"Well, after all, it's Miss Maid, think about it, it's usually a battle of the level of the volley ring, and the physical consumption is much more than that of ordinary girls."

Charlotte coughed dryly and quickened her pace.

The warehouse manager still greeted Charlotte warmly and graciously handed over the beautifully packaged box.

Charlotte opened it and saw a row of candles neatly arranged in the box, and a slender and tough leather whip.

“……”

He was silent for a few seconds before taking the box.

"I have a heart."

He suddenly caught a glimpse that the candle and the candle on the timing device looked identical, and must have been produced in the same place.

"Where did you find this candle?"

"Hehe, candles are not easy to find, I sent someone to look around the nearby store, but there are no merchants to buy them, because there is no market at all. I ended up borrowing it in the cafeteria of the non-commissioned officer school. ”

"Why are there candles in that kind of place?"

"This is where the candles are used because the cafeteria often holds birthday parties for some school birthdays."

Charlotte silently took this information to heart, and then asked the administrator to review the visitor records for those three days.

When she got the list, Charlotte began to look carefully and found that there were many familiar faces inside.