Volume 2 The Triple Trial and the Awakened Eye Chapter 24 New Doubts
After saying this, Roots waved his hand, signaling that they could go in, and at the end he didn't forget to add a few more words: "No one in the second grade is earlier than you." The gnomes should be asleep by now, and you may have to knock on the door a little longer. Ah, and don't forget the evening party. ”
"Thank you. Alan nodded politely, and turned to enter the door, but before he could lift his feet, he remembered another thing.
"That's right...... Wait a minute!" Alan called out to Roots, who was just about to turn around.
"What's the matter?"
"Uh...... Excuse me, do any of your relatives have the surname Labredo?" asked Allen.
"Labredo?" Roots looked at Alan in surprise, frowned and thought for a long time, and said, "As far as I know, no." ”
"What about distant relatives?" asked Alan again.
"My family has lived in Krivari for generations, and there are no relatives living outside. "And I know all the people I had with my father, and there is no one with the surname Labredo." ”
"Oh...... Thanks a lot. Alan nodded, "Then we'll take our leave." Good night. ”
"Good night. ”
The three walked through the gate and came to their familiar campus.
"Look, I'll just say, that old Storey is talking nonsense, and that Mr. Labredo's family has lived in Beya for generations. As soon as he walked into the campus, Riel said, looking like he had seen through the truth.
"Hmm...... Not necessarily......" But Alan shook his head noncommittally, "At least what he said later is true." ”
"I saw that he had drunk all day and had become a fool, and ran to Monsieur Labredo to confess his relatives, and Monsieur Labredo, seeing that he was pitiful, reluctantly recognized him as a nephew. ”
"It's possible...... Although the odds are not very great. Alan thought for a moment and said, "During his time as a gatekeeper, he often failed to do his work seriously, but he never lost this job, which shows that the relationship between him and Mr. Labredo may really be unusual." ”
"Maybe Mr. Labredo took a fancy to his magical talent and wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law in the future? Riel smirked and tilted his head to guess, "I see he's very quick at chanting incantations, and says he's invented some new magic, and maybe Mr. Labredo thinks he's a genius." ”
"Who knows...... Although his memory was severely damaged and his spirit was greatly stimulated, in terms of magical attainments, it was indeed very high. "It's just weird, anyway. You say they're uncles and nephews, Roots says they don't know any Labredo at all, you say they have nothing to do with each other, but all signs indicate that they're close. ”
After thinking for a long time and not coming to any conclusion, Alan had to shrug his shoulders and stop talking.
The campus is quiet. The moonlight isn't too bright, but it's good to have street lights.
The three of them followed the familiar road to the square.
"Hey, it's time for the freshmen to arrive tomorrow night. Looking at the dark auditorium next to him, Arel suddenly said, with some inexplicable excitement on his face, "As seniors, should we be volunteers and take them on campus the day after tomorrow? ”
"Uh......" Alan hesitated slightly. Riel's offer was a good one, but if he wanted to volunteer, he had to apply to Frey, and their relationship had been a bit awkward lately.
"If you want to go, I'll ...... To go to the library. Alan hesitated for a moment and refused, "I haven't finished this year's classes yet, and some of them are too troublesome. ”
"What about you?" Riel looked at Alyssa expectantly, but he regretted it as soon as he said it.
"I'm going to the library too......" Alyssa whispered with her head down.
"Alright, alright...... "Riel pursed his lips and pretended to be nonchalant, "Then I won't bother you, I'll go ...... alone"
By this time they had already walked into the Four Seasons Garden.
Alan and Riel send Alyssa back to the girls' apartment, call the door open, and then go back to their own building.
Sure enough, the door was locked from the inside. Although the lights on the ground floor are always on at night, there is no one now.
"Will, Will!" Alan tried to shout, but it seemed to work, and it wasn't long before Will came out of the corner of the hallway.
"Hey, if it weren't for your voice, I'd have wanted this person who woke me up to stand here until dawn. Will said as he opened the door, "Gnomes hate being disturbed when they sleep. ”
"Uh, sorry. Alan smiled and said, "We don't want to do that either, we were supposed to arrive around six o'clock this evening." ”
"Did anything happen on the way?" Will asked, letting Alan and Riel in.
"Something has happened......," said Allen, "and you've probably heard of it, werewolves have been moving a lot lately, and the area northwest of Krivari has become restless. ”
"Oh, yes, I've heard little Seaphus from two other buildings say that some of the third- and fourth-graders who came here before you had seen werewolves, but luckily they've learned enough here and no one was hurt. ”
"That's good...... However, it may also be that the number of encounters they encounter is not very large. "We met six at once near Little Black Mountain, and surrounded us, led by the same one who had committed many murders fifteen years ago. If it weren't for Riel's starlight, I'm afraid ......"
Thinking back to the situation, Alan couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, after all, Kayla's claws were close to him. But thinking of this, Alan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Fifteen years ago?" Will also looked at Alan with a strange expression, "If it was a werewolf who committed murder fifteen years ago, he should be at least over thirty years old by now, right?"
"Yes......" Alan nodded, a little stunned, suddenly aware of a problem that he hadn't noticed before.
"But as far as I know, although the old age of werewolves is very short, most of them are between thirty and thirty-five years old. "Thirty is almost immobile for a werewolf...... An old werewolf is now running out to make waves again?"
"No...... He doesn't look old at all......" Allen's forehead couldn't help but sweat a little when he thought of this, "He still looks very young and strong, not at all like he is about to get old......"
"Could it be that Briskus used some strange magic on them?" asked Riel.
"I can't rule it out," Alan ...... more carefully he thought back to the scene not long ago, the more suspicious he became, "and...... The moment we moved here, I seemed to see ......"
"Another one-eyed werewolf, isn't it?" said Riel suddenly.
"You saw it too?!" Alan was taken aback by his words, "I thought I was dazzled by the mistake!"
"No...... As I was about to chant the incantation, I found out that there was another one-eyed among the werewolves!" said Riel, "I was about to tell you about it, but he was taken aback, and I had to reprepare because I ran out of time. ”
"Does that one-eyed werewolf have a scar on his left eye too!?" Alan quickly asked.
"Well...... "Rare, too, looked a little worried, "I watched him for a while, his muscles, his claws, and Kayla's penchant for sniffing around when he was fine...... Almost exactly the same......"
"What's going on...... One-eyed werewolves who look almost exactly like Kayla......" Alan suddenly felt a little anxious as he remembered what Kayla had said at the time, "and their so-called stronghold...... Is there anything else but Little Montenegro?"
"You don't have to worry too much, at least it's safe in this castle now. Just as Alan was worrying, Will's voice suddenly rang out, "This is the realm of Krivari, a place where security will come in an instant with just a distress letter." And no matter how strong the werewolves are, they won't be able to pass through the school gates. ”
These words reassured Alan a lot, at least he couldn't help but think about it like he did just now.
"Good night, gentlemen. Will said and took out two more keys from his arms, "Go back to your room and rest early, both of you will have to continue to work hard in the new school year." ”
"Hmm...... I will. Alan nodded and said goodbye to Will, "Good night." ”
The two of them returned to the fourth floor together.
There was no one in the house. But even though they hadn't lived here for two months, the house was clean and spotless, as if it had been cleaned in advance by the gnomes.
The two of them quickly sorted their luggage, washed up briefly and went to bed.
I have to say, thanks to Torreel, they can sleep comfortably in bed tonight, instead of sleeping in a carriage like other people who are still on the road, and it is inconvenient to even pee.
Perhaps it was because he had consumed too much mana at once, and Riel slept until nearly nine o'clock the next day before he got up in a daze, sleepy-eyed and wanted to go downstairs for breakfast in his pajamas, until he came to the common room and woke up, this is school, not home.
Alan got up before seven o'clock, rushed headlong into the library after breakfast, and spent the whole day inside with Alyssa. Since there were only 3rd and 4th graders, the library was extremely deserted.
It wasn't until about six o'clock in the afternoon that they heard a rumbling sound at the door, as if suddenly a thousand troops were rushing towards the castle, and the whole castle was trembling. Only then did Alan realize that all the carriages had arrived here at the same time, but they had different departure times.
It was a spectacular scene just to think about, and they hadn't been able to see it for two years in a row. Last year it was because it was late, and this year it's too early.
Alan couldn't help but put down the book in his hand and came to the school gate to take a few looks from a distance to make up for this regret. Alyssa seemed a little unhappy, but she followed.
But what Alan didn't expect was that as soon as he walked to the school gate, he found that many carriages had stopped at the school gate, and a familiar figure was walking towards him in the bustling crowd.
"Yo, I arrived before I did. A slightly enthusiastic and calm voice sounded, in this somewhat playful way of speaking, "Are you here to be able to pick me up?"