They went down to the first floor. Miss Gino II and Mrs. Yulan had already heard the news and were waiting at the staircase on the first floor. Gino took off his coat and shoes and socks for Lino, put a necklace around Lino's neck that looked expensive, and stuffed earrings that were also not cheap into the pocket of Lino's coat: "It's cold outside, take care of yourself." 」

Valu put Lino down, and Lino and Gino hugged each other, and Yulan grabbed Lino's hand and asked with a sad face, "Are you leaving?"

"Yes, Mother. 」

"Do you have to leave now? It's snowing outside at this time—"

"I have to go, this is for me—" Lino was about to explain, when Yulan grabbed Lino's hand and slammed it down, his fingers sinking deep into the flesh, and Lino opened his mouth in pain.

Tears welled up in Yulan's eyes, "Are you going to leave me, isn't it enough that I love you so much?"

"Mother-sama!" Gino exclaimed, pulling Yulan's hand away with all her might. Yulan's fingernails leave red scratches on Lino's hands.

"Let's go. Rick said.

Gino and the servant worked together to stop Yulan, and she kept crying, "My heart—" and tried to break free and rush towards Lino, but she struggled with all her might, pushing and hitting the servant, until her hair was scattered, her clothes were torn, her eyes were oversized, and her tears flowed down her face, and she looked not at all a noblewoman, but like a madman.

Valu helped Lino and trotted to the door, where the guards opened the door for them and directed the carriage to the door so that Lino could easily get into it.

Rick walked slowly, and as he walked out the door, the carriage was starting. The two of them waved through the window of the carriage and through the glass to Rick. The driver seemed to have heard what Valu had said, turned back and picked up his hat and waved it at Syck, and the carriage was gone. Rick stood in the doorway until the carriage disappeared into the snow and a layer of snow had piled up on his shoulders before he entered the house.

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In the afternoon, Serian continued to visit the family. He saw a very familiar figure in a clothing store on the street, and it was hard not to see it, so he stepped forward and grabbed the other person's shoulder and said, "Namo, long time no see. 」

To outsiders, it seemed that Seren was just putting his hand on Naimo's shoulder, but Nemo could feel Seren's hand exerting force, and he couldn't escape.

"It turned out to be a knight-sama. I'm picking out a new dress for Lisina. Maomao's clothes are perfect for the winter atmosphere, but they are difficult to clean up when they get soil. Of course, the transaction between me and the store is legal and consensual. With that, Namo turned around and picked up a cute apron with a heart-shaped pocket on it.

"Honestly, are you interested in girls other than Lisna?" asked Seren.

"Nope. Naimo replied without replying, as if to imply that the girls were less important to him than a Lisna apron.

"Do you know who has a penchant for collecting girls?"

Naimo looked up and thought for a moment, "There isn't one in this area. If you're going to do that kind of business, you're in the wrong place. There is no market for related products here. 」

Seren laughed and squeezed Namo's shoulders hard, and Namo let out a wail.

Serene said, "Tell me everything you know. 」

Naimo gestured with his hand to make a "currency" gesture: "Intelligence is for money!"

So Serian helped the maid that Nemo bought to pay the bills and report the public accounts. Naimo told Seren's family mages in the neighborhood about all sorts of good things they had done in private, helping the police narrow down the target.

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Although Varu is gone, Syk has been accepted by Varu's friends, and he still has a mountain of food for dinner. Xi Ke breathed a sigh of relief for this, great, the food will not shrink.

Xi Ke was in a super good mood that night, so good that even Hana's stinky face didn't look annoying. Rick cut the lizard's tail while humming a pop song he had heard on the streets. Because he had only stood outside the record store and listened to it for a while, he could only sing the chorus, and he kept humming this passage repeatedly.

"Even though the sky is overcast, your heart lights the lamp for me. Even if the water is flooding, you are my ark. You—love me—"

Hana would open the door to the studio almost every five minutes, and with the ugliest look he had ever seen, but today it didn't affect his mood at all, and asked, "Is the little horn here?"

Rick would sing to Hana with the melody of "You love me": "He's—dead—"

Then Hana would scold a few times like "lazy" and "don't pay him" and slam the door shut.

So care about Xiao Horn, why don't you go to him yourself? It was hard for Xi Ke to understand that Hana Weishenme insisted on putting on a show and not doing anything that she felt was inappropriate. Didn't she feel that she was bound by these faces, and she couldn't even do a small thing? Or did Hana not know how to do things in the first place, so she didn't care if her face got in the way?

However, Sik was also glad that Hana would not have gone to the attic herself, otherwise the protective spell he had set up inside might have turned Hana into charcoal in an instant.

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After work, he went back to the attic. He had barely stepped up the stairs when he felt that something was wrong, someone had come. Rick pulled out the sacrificial knife and leaned against the door, pulling it open a slit. When he opened the door, he was sure that all his protective spells had been broken. Nick made sure of the inside of the room through the cracks before pulling the door open and walking around the panel.

Naimo and Lisna are inside. Naimo crouched beside the bed, facing the compartment that Rick had opened. Lisna stood behind him, smiling and waving at the sight of Syk coming in, her tail flicking. Lisina changed into a black maid outfit and wore a petticoat made of multiple layers of tulle underneath her short skirt. The neat high ponytail has a somewhat neat feel.

Hack closed the door and asked loudly, "What are you doing in someone else's room?" Rick took a step forward, nearly tripping over the little horn, and quickly pulled his weight back again.

Namo also turned around, frowned and asked Rick, "I just wanted to ask." weishenmeThe most heavily defended thing in this house is your panties?I almost killed you just by walking into this room. If you're so careful, how can you forget to lock the door?"

"Because I don't have a key at all. And I'm the only mage in the room who isn't an idiot. Rick said. Actually, there are only two mages in this room. He put away the sacrificial knife and stepped forward to cover the box with all his might.

Namo stepped out of the way and sat down on the bed. Namo pointed to the speaker and asked, "What's going on with that victim, the victim who broke into your room by mistake?"

"I didn't do it. He was like that when I moved in. 」

"Then why don't you get him up to watch the door for you? Sounds like ready-made material. 」

"I don't do that now. Rick squinted and exhaled.

"Oh. Namo took off his hat and put his hair back on. He looked at Xi Ke's appearance, as if he was seven points skeptical, three points incredulous.

Rick was a little irritated by his gaze, "Why don't you just plant it in the ground?"

"It's hard to live down there. Namo said, "It's wet and cold, and it hits the wall. 」

"There's no wall? There's no basement here. Rick deliberately didn't tell Naimo that he suspected there was room underneath. The wall that Naimo will hit should have a spell attached to it so that it can't pass through.

"Yes! It must be a room, didn't you go in?"

"I'm just a low-level mage assistant, and there are many places I can't get close to. 」

Namo's eyes widened suddenly, and his mouth widened, "O King of the Night, you, assistant mage, this degree of overuse is too exaggerated! I don't think you're too useless to be a family mage." The head of the Eastern Academy of Slaughter went to be someone else's assistant, if the former classmates heard this, who would believe it?"

"The situation is stronger than the man. 」

"Listen, don't pay attention to the law, a lot of it is decorative, and no one is guarding it. Naimo bent down to Xi Ke and said, "Aiqing elixir is low cost and easy to sell, as long as the customer group is older than kindergarten and has not yet retired, all of them can be sold, regardless of whether they are married or unmarried. With major festivals regardless of domestic and foreign and whether the origin of the festival is related to lovers, promotional activities are launched, and the silver of white flowers is easily credited. 」

"That's a violation of free will. 」

"Who told you to sell the real aiqing elixir? Strictly speaking, that's right. If you eat chocolate, you will be in a good mood, and if you are in a good mood, the person in front of you will look cute, and when you are cute, you will want to fall in love. 」

"That's deception. 」

"Otherwise, don't put chocolate. With your abilities, you will be able to mix up other delicious potions that secrete endorphins. The Staff of Light doesn't stipulate how good the effect of aiqing's elixir should be, just to make my girlfriend who is emotionally unstable during her menstrual period not get angry with her boyfriend on this day, I promise it will be a big seller. 」

"It's not because it's illegal!"

"Did you know that merchants are launching perfumes and liquors with the name 'aiqing elixir' every day? You can follow this pattern, you don't have to be a mage to sell potions. In any case, it's much better to let the fools who pursue aiqing elixir buy your clean pills than for them to buy those ecstasy pills of unknown origin and impure materials, and then give them to their sweethearts to eat by mistake. It can also save the police the trouble of dealing with this kind of case all day long, so why not?"

"I don't understand what your logic is all about. How did it become a crime prevention topic?

"Okay, that's fine. If you don't like to do a small business and like to eat people's heads, then you can join the credit reporting industry. Help the noblewoman to grasp the evidence of her husband's stealing and assist in obtaining alimony. With your ability, those unseeded guys should be forced to say everything. 」

"Do you want me to collect evidence in the normal way or torture?"

"Isn't torture a normal method?"

"It doesn't count in a civilized society!"

"When you catch a man rolling naked on the bed with a woman other than his wife, and he says it's a quilt and just chatting, you will never have the words 'civilized society' in your head. 」

"How many of the laws of civilized society are you going to encourage me to commit the crimes of obstruction of secrecy, invasion of privacy, invasion of personal liberty, and harm?"

Naimo looked at Rick very seriously and said, "I'm afraid that the defendant won't be able to become a big man. 」

Cheek looked at Namo sadly and said, "I just want to be a civilian. 」

"Anyway, it's strange that you're so good at it, but you're going to be someone else's assistant!" Namo stomped his foot hard. Rick was a little worried that he would step on a hole in the floor.

Rick lowered his head, "This seems to be a normal phenomenon in civilized society. 」

Naimo straightened up, crossed his hands on his chest and asked, "Do you have to be a bird?"

Rick frowned and said nothing.

Namo stared at him, tilted his head, and said, "Things don't go as they should. 」

"I don't want to go back to my old days. Rick whispered. He is sincere, but even such sincerity is a little shaken.

"I think it's a very good day. Naimo shrugged, "Forget it, it's your personal freedom. I'm going to work, and if this work is successful, I can eat and drink spicy food for a while. Break!" Namo hugged Lisina by the waist, and the two sank to the floor.

Rick waved goodbye to Naimo, squeezing out a wry smile. After the two disappeared, Rick fell back on the pillow and laid his arms out on the bed, his feet still on the floor, contemplating his situation.

Namo's logic was messy, and his actions were messy, but he was thinking about the same things as Nick. This is the truth of society, the effect of civilization is that those who make mistakes are not punished, and order prompts the powerful to stay at the bottom. There is nothing of value for this society.

Xi Ke is depressed, but he doesn't want to go back to the Shijie who relied on violence to live, and chooses to find a job in a civilized society with a dead face, so there is nothing he can do about it. He identifies with the big sign of civilized society: peace and stability, and dreams about it, forcing himself to adapt. However, he found that not everyone in a civilized society could receive these blessings.

All the protective spells were dismantled by Naimo, and Syk didn't have the strength to set them up again today. He first set up a few spells to protect himself, and then got into the bed, his eyes slowly closed, and his consciousness moved towards sleep. Suddenly, the floor lit up. The sensing circle senses fluctuations in spell energy.

At the same time, Syk heard a woman's screaming outside the window. Rick suddenly came to his senses. Xi Ke thought that the monster must have caught the girl again. Xike's sense of justice was not strong enough for him to go out in the snow in the middle of the night, most likely in vain to find the girl who had just run out of her boyfriend's house. Xi Ke wanted to close his eyes and continue to sleep, but he thought that the monster had something to do with the secret of this family, and the fluctuation of spell energy might have something to do with the opening of the secret basement. So he reluctantly lifted the quilt himself, returned to the cold air poured into the room, and took out the round steel mirror to peek into the room.

Almost all the lint was cleaned up, and even if there were, it was stuck in strange places, like the cracks between the back of the cabinet and the wall, which was useless. Xi Ke kept switching pictures in a hurry, and finally found a few fluffs that could still be peeped at: one on the curtains, one stuck in the cracks on the edge of the wallpaper, and one on the broom, which was placed in the warehouse.

Xike kept cutting back and forth between these three viewpoints, except for the curtain, which had a better view, and the other two could only see a small area, and then they were blocked by obstacles.

Rick looked at the curtains first, then at the wallpaper edges, then at the curtains, then at the broom, and then back at the curtains. According to the field of vision, the curtain is more likely to see the basement entrance, but there is no movement in the field of view of the curtain, but it is seen when looking at the corner of the wallpaper. That place is on the ground floor and you can see a whole row of candles. Originally, all the candles were extinguished, but when Nick turned the camera back, one candle was lit.

At the same time, a foot passes through the frame. The foot was like a human foot, but the bones were much thicker than those of a human being, the shape was much sharper, the soles of the feet were hairy, and the veins on the feet were floating. It certainly wasn't human feet, it wasn't anyone who didn't listen to Lady Yulan's ban to shake around, it was the monster.

Syk waited for a while, but the monster's feet did not appear again. He looked elsewhere, and the candle was extinguished. Back to the wallpaper, the candle is lit.

Nick didn't think the monster needed light. He had seen the monster's eyes, pupils that could be seen in the dimest light.

Rick gave up on tracking. He has to work tomorrow and can't stay up late.