Chapter Seventy-Four: The Cat's Bewitchment!
With Arthur's words, the hall of Amanda's Cat Friends Home fell silent.
Linda, who was crying, looked up in a daze.
It's not the first time she's encountered something like this.
A few days ago, she had seen a similar image at 6 Shiratori Street.
Immediately, the young lady was terrified.
Because, she knows what the scene in front of her represents!
Her friend didn't die accidentally, but ......
Murder!
Thinking of this, the young lady's muscles tightened all over her body, and her whole body was tense to the extreme.
Then, there is anger!
Who is it?
Who killed Jesse?
Subconsciously, the young lady's gaze swept over everyone in the hall.
She could clearly see that everyone's attention was on Arthur, who was listening.
Some people's eyes are even more abrupt.
The guests who were able to come to the 'Amanda Cat's Best Friends Home' in the afternoon belonged to the group of rich and free.
To put it simply, they are all literate.
Literate people read newspapers, and it is the norm in South Los to read them.
Therefore, they all know the 'medium' Arthur. Credos's report.
And at this moment, when they saw Arthur with 'Anna' in his arms, carrying a suitcase, and making a sound of listening, they immediately thought of what they had seen about the 'psychic' Arthur. Credos's report.
These guests are full of curiosity about this 'medium' who has been reported many times.
However, at this time, they did not come forward to disturb Arthur's 'channeling'.
They are all looking forward to what will happen next.
'Medium' Arthur. Credos can definitely find the murderer!
They are so convinced.
Because, that's what the newspapers say.
Again, the murderer thinks so.
The murderer, who had read the newspaper, did not take any chances when he looked at the sudden surprise and incredulity on the face of Arthur, who was listening attentively.
She stepped forward.
"Jesse, I killed you."
Calm words came out of Annsie's mouth.
Everyone looked at this young lady in disbelief.
Especially Linda. Camille.
She looked at her friend in disbelief.
"Why?"
"Ansie, why did you kill Jesse?!"
Linda confronts her friend as she wants to kill another friend.
Ancy looked at Linda and asked rhetorically.
"Do you remember 'Lily'?"
At this moment, the Lily in Anxi's mouth is obviously not the one held in Arthur's arms.
"Remember, it's not overboard......"
"It wasn't drowning, it was choking Jesse and throwing him into the water."
Ancy interrupted Linda.
Linda looked shocked.
"W-How is this possible?"
"How could it be?"
"Do you know why Jesse is wearing a scarf?"
She was covering her cheek scratched by Lily, and she laughingly claimed that it was because of cat hair allergies...... In such a short period of time, this kind of guy probably only thinks of this, after all, she just strangled Lily, and she is really allergic to peanuts. ”
"She killed Lily, so, I killed her."
Annsy's words caused Linda to shake like a lightning strike, and finally fell to the sofa with a pale face.
"So you killed her to avenge your cat?"
Maltz asked.
The Shire sheriff felt a hint of absurdity in his heart.
It's not that it's ridiculous to think that someone kills someone for the sake of a cat.
After all, he'd seen a painter kill someone because their building blocked his view from his home to the mountain he painted.
The Sheriff of the Shire simply didn't think Ancy would do that.
There is no concrete evidence, just pure intuition.
At this moment, although the other party has the temperament of a murderer, it is far from the kind of murderer known to the Sheriff of the Shire District.
"Is that so?"
"You killed Jesse for Lily?"
Arthur sighed and stared at Ancy with a deep gaze.
It was the first time he encountered this kind of situation where the murderer jumped out on his own initiative without throwing out evidence - however, this does not mean that the other party confessed everything.
On the contrary, the other party is still hiding the key points.
And the other party's confession is a cover-up.
"Or else?"
Ancy was fearless.
Having confessed to killing, what else is she afraid of?
But the next moment, the woman's face changed dramatically.
Because, Arthur said—
"The undead I communicate with are not limited to humans."
With a simple word, the intuition broke the defense of the lady who had just killed someone, and she shouted in a raised voice.
"Is it Lily?"
"What did Lily tell you?"
"I bought him such expensive clothes, fed him the best cat food, and prepared an expensive cat bed, why didn't he obey?
I just wish it could show off its beauty to the people around it here?
Why disobedient?
I just wish Jesse taught it a little lesson, who knew it was going to be strangled by Jesse?
Why can Jesse find another cat that is prettier than Lily?
Damn it!
She's provoking me!
Have you ever heard her laugh?
That's laughing at me!
Of course I'm going to kill her!
How dare you laugh at me! ”
With a roar of silence, Maltz directly handled the lady up.
He knew that such a person could not kill for the sake of cats.
It turned out to be an imbalance of ostentation and jealousy.
"Ahhh
When Jesse's parents heard this, they rushed directly to Anxi, but they were stopped by Anxi's parents, and the two scuffled together.
When the glossy white cat was frightened and ran to the side, Arthur picked him up and took him into his arms.
Then, Arthur hugged Lily and the white cat and walked towards Linda, who was still sitting on the sofa in a daze.
"She wants you to be kind to Lily.
And, of course, it. ”
Arthur puts both cats in Linda's arms.
Arthur, who considers himself a novice cat owner, felt that he simply couldn't take care of the three cats, not just for feeding, but also for some of the institutions in 2 Kirk Street.
He didn't want to see burning cats and piercing cats.
As for Pendragon?
With a cat, Arthur was quite confident that he would be able to take care of it.
"Huh? Okay, okay. ”
Linda, who didn't completely come to her senses, just nodded instinctively.
This made Arthur frown, thinking about whether to take care of the two cats with someone else.
As for the parents who handed it back to Jesse and Ancy?
Come on.
Based on the performance of these two pairs of parents, these two cats are in their hands, and there is a high probability that they will not survive tonight.
After all, these two pairs of parents will never admit that their own educational failures caused their daughters to make mistakes, and they will definitely think that their daughters have been 'bewitched by cats'.
At this time, Amanda walked over.
She sighed.
"Leave it to me."
The old woman said.
For the old woman, Arthur was quite relieved.
The professionalism and kindness of the other party are naturally the best choice, but Arthur is worried that he will cause trouble for the other party - the simplest of all, the anger of Jesse and Anxi's parents.
And Linda doesn't!
In the small group of three just now, although Linda is stupid, Jesse and Ancy are dominated by Linda.
Obviously, it's not because Linda is stupid enough to be kind enough.
It can only be because Linda's family background is extraordinary that the two of them subconsciously do this.
As if seeing Arthur's concern, the old woman smiled.
She raised her hand and pointed to the sign—
Amanda's Cat Friends House (founded in 1552, 245 years ago)
The old woman's finger was pointing at the date.
245 years?
Arthur suddenly handed over the two cats.
More than 200 years old, the shop naturally has its own way of being, especially when the world involves mystery.
Arthur then watched as Ancy was taken into the carriage by Maltz.
His brow furrowed again.
The feeling that something was wrong was getting stronger and stronger.
Without hesitation, he used the psychic box as a table, pulled out the pen and paper in his coat pocket, and lay on it and wrote—
Dear Malinda,
Come to my house, my cat will somersault!
(End of chapter)