The Divine Hunter

"Two masters, please..." The crisp footsteps of "da, da" sounded in the long corridor of the castle.

The plump maid wore a long blue dress with a ruffled apron tied into a bow at the waist, and the neckline and wrists were embellished with flowers.

She's in good shape, and from the witcher's point of view, you can see her embossed curves. Such a figure can't help but remind Roy of Rita Ned. Although he often communicates through telescopic mirrors in the wilderness, he hasn't dated her for a while since he left Vizima.

Unconsciously a little miss.

"Little devil!" The dull voice of the bald man awakened him from his thoughts, "It's been a month since the incident, can we find clues?"

"I probably can't..." Roy rubbed his ribs, "Maybe you can."

That's why he's calling Letho, the witcher's senses allow him to detect clues that ordinary people, not even sharp-smelling hounds, can't detect. If there are certain places that are inaccessible and minimally affected by the outside world, they can even dig out suspicious traces from a year ago.

...

The two followed the maid to the main banquet hall on the second floor, which was the venue for the celebration dinner a month ago.

Bright lights illuminated the gorgeous square table in the center of the hall, the neatly folded seats, and the empty dance floor, so clean that there was hardly a speck of dust.

Roy observed it roughly, "Ms. Sylvia, do you have to clean this place several times a day?"

The maid's face was haggard and looked a little out of her mind. She was stunned for a few seconds before slowly replying, "Mrs. Louisa is very particular about the living environment and requires absolute cleanliness and hygiene. After giving birth to Miss Anais, Madam can't see the slightest bit of filth, otherwise, you won't have the appetite to eat."

"So we clean the restaurant every morning, noon and night."

"Three times a day? Mrs. Louisa probably has a habit of cleanliness." Roy thought to himself, "Even if there is a clue, it will be lost by frequent cleaning." He rubbed his temples, but he couldn't let Tangtang pull. It is understandable that Baron Varetti's mansion is not cleaned for a month.

Leto was a little disgusted.

For a witcher like him who slept in the wild all year round and didn't take a bath for ten days and a half months, any clean-up work was a waste of time. "It's all about personal hygiene, it's a shit job."

"Sylvia, please get the guest list for that banquet, let's search the hall first..."

The maid lowered her head for a moment, remembered the baron's order, and then left.

The two witchers exchanged glances and walked towards the opposite ends of the hall.

After turning on the witcher's senses, the eyes of the bald man lit up with a strange light, like the pupils of a wolf in the dark night. As his amber pupils swept across, light and messy footprints, brooms and mops dragged on the ground appeared. The marks, the armrests of the seat, and the surrounding pillars vaguely outline the impression of the rag being pressed.

And in the air of the hall, there were circles of colorful "ribbons" composed of smells. Leto's fingers gently brushed the table and chairs, and got close to the "ribbons", his nose moved.

"Let me see what the baron ate yesterday?"

"Apple pie, bread, grilled sausages, wine Breche's Shore, blueberry cod... smoked pork? Hmm... smoked pork aroma,

Familiar...where did you smell it? "Lesso carefully discerned the familiar compound spice smell, and then thought of the signature dish of the Chicken Coop Tavern," The Baron's house is also a frequent visitor to Old Barton? "

...

Roy stood on the other side of the dining room, leaning on a column with his arms around his chest, quietly observing all corners of the hall where the lights couldn't shine, his eyes changing.

After a long time, he came to the edge of the stained window, leaned out of the window sill and looked down from the outside. The outer wall of the castle was made of neat blocks of marble. Although it was old, it was well maintained and still smooth and smooth. Where we started, and about twenty meters down from the wall, there was a clear water ditch that was artificially dug around the castle.

The sun is shining brightly, and the ditch is sparkling, which is truly beautiful.

"I bet that group of maids changed the restaurant inside and out at least twice," Leto didn't know when to get close to Roy, "They didn't have any sense of keeping evidence at all, except for last night's dinner and today's breakfast. The smell, only the 'elegant' footprints of the ladies, and the cleaning marks of the rags, mops, brooms..."

Leto sighed,

"You, kid, have you noticed?"

The young witcher shook his head, "I don't think there's anything good in this main banquet hall, but it's not all good... I've been studying the structure and topography of the castle since I entered the castle, and how did the murderer get in? , how to leave?"

"Anyway, it's unlikely that they came in through these windows. There are so many people..." Lesso looked out the window, and the outer wall of the castle was straight down, unable to do anything even with the skills of a witcher, "If you escape through the window, Jumping into a ditch will inevitably cause a huge movement and cause the soldiers to be alert..."

Outside the Qingshui Ditch, more than a dozen heavily armed soldiers were standing guard.

In addition, according to Roy's observation, the density of patrolling soldiers on the first floor of the castle is higher, and the blind spot area can hardly be found, and the witcher at the main entrance of the castle has also seen it, and can't get in without the baron's invitation.

"Assuming that the murderer is not Amos, it is most likely from inside the castle: the baron's servants, or among the guests of the baron's banquet that night..."

"That guy knows the situation of the castle quite well..." Roy further analyzed, "Only can Amos be dealt with quickly and covertly..."

...

"Two masters, this is the list you want..." The maid Sylvia handed the witcher a piece of vellum with a gold edge. Roy glanced through it roughly, and there were about twenty names. "Elvis, Auston..."

"A total of twenty-four guests came that night..." Sylvia explained thoughtfully, "among them, twelve baronial merchants, five confidants of the master, six relatives of the master and his wife... and one..." Sylvia leaned over to the witcher and glanced at the names in the first row of the list, "Testave... This is the lord from Vizima, a close friend of the master..."

The witcher smelled the faint fragrance of Sylvia, a hint of doubt flashed in Dark Gold's pupils, and then the corners of his mouth twitched, "Testave...this name..."

"The two masters know him?" Sylvia blinked her big round eyes and asked curiously,

"I've seen it once, and I have to say that the relationship between this Lord Testaf and Baron Baron is really 'brotherly'..." Roy said with a deep meaning. "Cough cough... Let's get down to business, Ms. Sylvia, Baron Baron trusts you so much and sent you to assist in the investigation. You must know something about the guests on this list?"

Sylvia crossed her fingers on her lower abdomen and nodded solemnly,

"Then how do they get along with Master Aryan?" Leto interjected, "According to your understanding and inference, is there any relationship between them that is particularly close, or not very harmonious..."

Sylvia replied almost without hesitation after hearing this, "I am quite clear about this, since Master Aryan was born, I have been by his side, watching the young master grow to thirteen years old..."

The maid's round face showed a hint of maternal brilliance, "Sylvia can guarantee that the young master is an upright, brave and kind person, he is as dazzling as the sun, he dreams of becoming a knight of noble character, and he has always been Follow the dogma of the knights. Be gentle and amiable to everyone, let alone the guests on the list, even the servants in the castle and the people of La Valledi outside the castle like him, and there is no hatred."

"What about the children of these guests? Are there any conflicts between the playmates who are the same age as Master Aryan?" the bald man further asked,

Sylvia shook her head decisively.

"Are you so sure?" The witcher had some doubts about her firmness.

"To be honest with the two masters, Sylvia has been serving the La Valledi family since her grandmother's generation, and has always been responsible for nurturing the family's children... I raised Master Arian..."

The witcher's heart was clear, no wonder Sylvia made such a statement, she probably regarded Arian as her son.

Basically, all nobles and rich people hire professional mothers to take care of their newborns. On the one hand, the biological mothers of the children and the noble ladies cannot stand the crime, on the other hand, it is also a custom to show their status.

"Then Ms. Sylvia..." The witcher put the list close to him and pondered for a moment, "Please take us to the side hall to see... the room where the Sea Scorpion Acrobatic Troupe rested, and the bedroom where Master Arian disappeared. "Just go to Sea Scorpion's room first."

Sylvia nodded, but before turning around, she pleaded with a sincere face, "Two masters, please catch the real murderer and wake up Master Arian, Master Arian... he has always been very Worship the witcher..."

"What do you mean by that?" Leto and Roy both looked strange. In their impressions, it was very valuable for noble children not to discriminate against "mutants", so where did the worship come from?

"Young master couldn't sleep when he was a child..." Sylvia pursed her red lips, and a flash of memory flashed in her clear eyes, "I just like to hear me tell him stories about witchers, especially witchers Bailang and Lun. The story of Frie and her gang... He is especially envious of White Wolf's swordsmanship..."

"That guy Geralt is so famous?" The two witchers had mixed feelings after hearing this, and then comforted, "Ms. Sylvia, please believe in the credibility of the Snake Sect witcher, since you have accepted the Baron's entrustment, We will definitely do everything in our power to save Master Aryan."

"The most important thing is to save the sea scorpion..." Roy added in his heart.

"Let's lead the way now, time is running out, we have to hurry!"