At the beginning, Duanmu Huai just dealt with it with the idea that "it's no problem to hand over this matter to Lani".

But soon, he found out that things seemed to be ......... A little off.

Although she didn't know what Lani had done, Mary's expression looked very abnormal.

At first, he was pale and said, "It's scary, it's really scary."

Then it became a blank "I want to live, I want to live.........

In the end, it changed to "Just kill it......... Just kill it........."

“………………………”

To be honest, how does it feel super unstable.

"I mean, what kind of training did you give her?"

Duanmu Huai finally couldn't help but find Lani and asked, the golden pupil that I finally obtained, don't play bad for me.

"Ah, actually, it's nothing."

In the face of Duanmu Huai's inquiry, Lani seemed very calm.

"I just threw her in the catacomics."

"Catacombs......... You're not talking about the Heroes' Graveyard, are you? ”

"Of course it's there, after all, actual combat is the most important, isn't it?"

“…………”

Duanmu Huai finally understood why Mary had that expression.

"Are you alright?"

"It's okay, although that kid looks like that, he's actually a very strong kid, and his escape skills aren't ordinarily good."

Well, that's right, Duanmu Huai also felt that Mary didn't practice anything at the beginning, only the skills of escaping, and now it seems that it is really useful. But this is also normal, don't listen to the word escape, it feels like it's very simple, avoiding the pursuit of monsters in the dark city, it's not as simple as a headless fly running around, not only does it reflect the gods, but you must also have the ability to judge and choose the road in a short time, otherwise you can see a road running into a dead end, then the rest is to be slaughtered.

In this respect, Mary's escape skills are at least professional.

The premise is that there is such a profession.

It's just that Mary must not let her friends see it at this time, otherwise there will be some trouble.

Fortunately, during this time, the master's school has been on vacation, and Mary also explained it to her friends under the pretext of going out for internships, otherwise it would be really hard to say.

"But then again, the golden pupils are really powerful."

According to Lani, Mary's golden pupils can not only easily capture the trajectory of the opponent's attack, but even the magic condensation point and direction when the magic is cast can be easily grasped, like some range magic, even the caster himself may not be able to determine the distance, but Mary can easily dodge them all, according to me, as long as you see it, you can understand the direction and destination of these spells...............

This golden pupil is too buggy, isn't it?

It was also thanks to this that Lani became interested in Mary's golden pupils———— which may have been tragic for Mary, but considering that the real battle would be more dangerous in the future, Duanmu Huai also went with Lani.

It's better than dying on the battlefield.

After that, Duanmu Huai also watched Mary's battle......... Well, how to put it, perhaps because she is used to running away, Mary's fighting style is more based on dodging and counterattacking. She will hardly attack an enemy on her own initiative, let alone sneak up on them first, but will only dodge and fight back when they attack her.

Frankly speaking, this is a bit negative in Duanmuhuai's opinion, and he prefers to strike first rather than fight back after being beaten passively like Mary. However, from the initial blind escape to the current counterattack, it can be regarded as a considerable progress.

Well, probably.

Although Lani has a very careful teaching, according to her, Mary's own magic power is not very high, so she only let the other party master a few magic, such as "Magic Radiant Sword", "Kalia Swift Sword", "Kalia Return", "Starlight" and "Calm......... According to Lani, after mastering these few spells, Mary basically has no problem protecting herself.

Well, at least judging by the way she trains, it does.

As for more powerful magic......... Well, Mary can't use it because she doesn't have enough magic, that's what Lani said.

"Next, just take her to experience a few actual battles, and it's almost fine."

"Huh? Wasn't that a real battle before? ”

Hearing Lani's words, Mary's whole face turned white.

"It was just training, real combat......... It's still a long way off, and all in all, I'll leave it to you. ”

For Lane, teaching Mary these magic spells would be a complete task. Well, actually, if it is trained according to a magician, it is obviously impossible to achieve results without two or three years, but since Mary just wants to learn how to use magic, and does not want to delve into magic, then it is not too difficult. It's like driving, as long as you get started with the training for a long enough time, you can almost learn it.

As for advanced skills such as drifting, it will naturally be discussed later——— of course, for most people, it is estimated that they will not need the ability to turn the drain in their lifetime.

It just so happened that the master's college was also in session, so Duanmu Huai returned to her world with Mary.

"Mr. Duanmu, if you receive any more commissions this time, please be sure to bring me!"

Unlike before, this time Mary seemed very positive, well, Duanmu Huai can also understand, it is not easy to learn how to use magic and deal with danger, Mary also wants to practice it herself. For example, if you have learned to drive, you must be excited to drive at first.

"Don't worry, if there is a commission, I will definitely call you."

Duanmu Huai also assured Mary of this.

Outcome...............

"It's really idle..............."

Lying on the sofa, Duanmu Huai looked at the TV with blank eyes, looking bored. I thought that after changing places, there should be a lot of commissions, but in fact, there were indeed a lot of commissions before, but in the past half a month, similar situations have decreased sharply. It really made Duanmuhuai feel a little bored, although some letters were sent, but after reading the above content, Duanmuhuai found that it was not a decent case———— at least for the investigator, he was not interested in investigating other people's marital cheating.

Unless the other party is cheating on an evil god, it's a different matter.

By the way, the business of exorcism items is surprisingly good, and there are even many repeat customers, and according to the maid and Lorena, they are all excited, "This thing is so easy to use, please give me a few more".

How so......... People in this world are too hard-headed, right, and would rather solve problems by themselves than go to a detective?

And after you get it, do you think it's useful, and you plan to get a few more? Does it mean that you will solve the problem yourself in the future?

How to say it, from the perspective of the Inquisition, it is a good thing to be able to pull souls, but on the contrary, what is it to rob your own business!

Duanmu Huai felt very speechless, and the people of this world were really outrageous in this regard.

But if you think about it, if it weren't for that, there would be no such profession as an investigator in this world.

Fortunately or unfortunately, when a person complains that he is idle, most of the time he is not idle.

It's like now.

"Knight, there's a letter for you!"

Lorena walked into the room excitedly, and then handed a letter to Duanmu Huai, who reached out a little boredly to take the letter, and after confirming that it was not a stupid banquet invitation, she opened the envelope and took out the letter inside.

That's what the letter says.

Dear Sir,

I am here only on behalf of my client, Best of Cornwall. Greetings from Mr. Hank. I suppose you must have been baffled by this letter, the fact that what you have done for the Baskervilles is no secret among us. We are all well aware that you are a very good, expert in solving such tricky incidents. Therefore, on behalf of my client, I would like to take the liberty of inviting you to come to my office to discuss some matters that are inconvenient to record in the letter. If you're interested, head to 139 Knight Street, I'm here for you...............

"Yo, that's kind of interesting."

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai also sat up, this is the first letter mentioning the Baskerville family, of course, it is naturally impossible for Duanmu Huai to publicize the previous incident loudly. After all, he is a detective, and he also needs to have a duty of confidentiality, and whether the Baskerville family will say that it is their business, since the other party mentioned this matter, it is equivalent to telling himself that he has a certain relationship with the Baskerville family.

Well, to put it bluntly, it means "an acquaintance introduced me".

At least it's more like listening to the rumors of the streets, or the idiots who don't listen to people's words.

So Duanmu Huai dialed the number according to the phone number on the letter, and on the other side of the phone was a polite and polite man, and after making an appointment with the other party, Duanmu Huai took Lorena out with him and went to the place written in the letter.

In a modern-looking office, Duanmu Huai met the owner of the letter, Schiller. Bobst, a legal counsel.

"Welcome, honorable Mr. Duanmu."

The moment he saw Duanmu Huai, the legal counsel with the mustache was also taken aback, but he quickly showed a warm smile and invited Duanmu Huai and Lorena to sit down.

"I've heard of you, but it's really ......... to actually see you in person It's amazing. ”

"It doesn't matter, I think we can skip these boring pleasantries and get straight to the point, you should not have asked me to come here just for coffee."

Duanmu Huai said as he reached out and took a sip of coffee.

Well, it tastes pretty good.

"Of course not, this time I invite you to come, as stated in the letter, on behalf of my client, Best. Mr. Hank asks for help. ”

At this, Schiller restrained the smile on his face.

"In fact, there have been some very strange things going on in Cornwall these days, ............... in short"

Speaking of this, Schiller also explained the situation to Duanmu Huai.

To put it simply, in the past few years, Cornwall has not been peaceful, and from time to time local residents suddenly disappear and then their bodies are found. Of course, if only that were it...............

"Vampires?"

"Yes."

Schiller nodded, then took out a folder and placed the photos inside in front of Duanmu Huai. Above is a picture of a corpse, and it can be seen that his neck has a scar similar to that of being bitten by a snake's fangs, and his whole face is pale——— although the corpse should have been like this.

"According to the coroner, the bodies of these people were all drained with a lot of blood, but not only that, in fact their bodies were found missing shortly after they were buried."

"Missing?"

"Yes, the grave was dug up, and the body inside was missing......... Therefore, the local people are very scared and think that it is the vampire. ”

"Oh......... It does sound like a legitimate vampire story. ”

People who are sucked by vampires will turn into vampires, then disappear from the graveyard and attack others.

"So what did the police say?"

"Nothing."

Schiller spread his hands helplessly.

"The police only think that it is likely that some gang did it, and they do not plan to investigate in depth about the disappearance of the body."

"Then why should your client care about such a thing?"

Duanmu Huai looked at Schiller curiously, if he can entrust such a legal adviser, he must not be a poor ghost, if he is just worried about safety, it would be good to move directly.

"Because my client is also a well-known person in the local area, there will only be fewer and fewer people there if this continues, so he hopes to be able to investigate the truth of the incident and solve the incident. He had also invited detectives and the like to assist in the investigation, but nothing had progressed. While the client was distressed by this, he stumbled upon what had happened in Devon, and after contacting the Baroness Baskerville, he recommended you to my client. ”

"Oh............... I see, by the way, is your client also a nobleman? ”

"Yes, Best. Mr. Hank is an earl. ”

"Oh............... Got it. ”

It's no wonder that the baroness will tell each other everything, the aristocratic circle......... This kind of thing is definitely still indispensable on the old road.

"So......... Would you like to go to Cornwall and investigate this? My client is willing to cover all the costs of accommodation, food and transportation for you and your assistant, and if it does solve the problem, then there is a generous remuneration. ”

"Uh-huh..............."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai thought for a moment, no matter what the other party's motive was, but for now, this should be serious. After all, they all said that they would bear the accommodation and transportation expenses of themselves and others, which is not a small amount of money, as for the specific situation, it is better to ask the earl when the time comes.

"Okay, I'm going to go back and do some preparations, and then I'll give you an answer, but I've taken the commission."

"It's amazing."

Hearing this, Mr. Schiller also smiled.

"Well, you can contact me at any time at this phone number, and I will inform my client of all this as soon as you decide on a date, and he will be happy to hear the good news."

After talking to Schiller, Duanmu returned to his apartment and asked Lorena to inform Mary of the good news.

In fact, this was good news for Mary.

"So, we're going to Cornwall to investigate?"

Mary, who hurried after receiving the notice, had her eyes lit up and was as happy as a puppy that had been taken out for a walk by her owner.

"That's pretty much it."

"But the vampire rumors in Cornwall......... I've heard some of them talk about it. ”

"Oh? Has all this been reported here? ”

"I didn't pay much attention to the stories I saw in some street tabloids, but a lot of people seem to like this kind of story."

"Oh......... Street tabloids. ”

Again, this kind of rumor is unlikely to make it into a serious newspaper, but it is the tabloids and magazines on the streets that like it the most, and many train magazines used to have stories like "the mysterious events of the Bermuda Delta".

"By the way, do you have time?"

"It depends on how long it takes........."

"Half a month, maybe a month if it's long."

After all, Duanmu Huai didn't know what kind of monster was entrenched there, so he wasn't sure how long it would take.

"Uh............... Maybe a bit ................"

"It depends, can you find time?"

"I, I'll figure it out! If it's an off-campus internship, you should be able to take a leave of absence, but it's not easy to say to Xia Li and Ashelica. ”

After all, Mary studied ancient writing and archaeology, and it is not impossible to say that she is not unable to pass the internship when she goes out to do archaeological homework.

"Oh?"

"Because Xia Li and Aselika don't feel very good about Mr. Duanmu......... Hey, actually, I don't think it's a big deal, but they always think that Mr. Duanmu, you look a little dangerous......... I'm reluctant to let me have more contact with you. ”

Well......... From the standpoint of ordinary people, this is not wrong.

"Can't you just make up a reason?"

"If I find out, I'll need to cover it up with other lies, Xia Li and Ashelika are very smart girls, and if they find out, they'll only worry more about me. But don't worry, I'll try to convince them! ”

Since Mary said so, then Duanmu Huai had no choice but to go with her, and Mary was right, there were too many lies, and it was very troublesome to want to fulfill the lie.

Of course, Duanmu Huai also helped a little, and he applied through Professor Pamar, after all, if he passed the full professor of the master's college, it would be much more convenient to apply for a vacation or something. After the Antarctic scientific expedition, Professor Pamar seemed to be more or less aware of something, but he didn't ask, but readily agreed to Duanmu Huai's request.

In this way, even if Mary has been approved by the school, she can take a leave of absence in the form of an off-campus internship.

(End of chapter)