OBS Chapter 2946: Dark Clouds in Vista Forest
Chapter 2946: Dark Clouds in Vista Forest
Chapter 2946: Dark Clouds in Vista Forest
Margaret put down the coffee cup in her hand:
"Shad, what are you going to do? Miss Bettany said that they were separated when they were five years old. Although they are the same age, I doubt that Albert Bennett can remember anything about his childhood."
"Sirius can help restore those deep memories, but the problem is, we don't know if the boy is also part pigeon."
Xia De withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at the cherry cake on the plate in front of him. Mia was not brought out. The cat liked to eat this kind of thing the most:
"Margaret, are you sure now who killed Miss Bettany? Who are those two mysterious people talking in the alley?"
When it comes to this question, Her Royal Highness the Princess obviously hesitated for a moment before giving the answer:
"I have a clue, but I'm afraid I won't find the truth in the end. I checked the people associated with the abandoned lumberyard and finally tracked down the Gray Gloves agents.
The other party's code name is 'Sage'. He was working in Vista City when Miss Bettany died three years ago. I used my authority to review the files and found that his mission that year was to come here and exchange information with the agents sent by MI6.
Although Gray Gloves and MI6 are opposed to each other, they sometimes come into contact with each other to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. This is a tacit understanding between the two sides:
"Miss Bettany was probably shot and her body was dumped after she happened upon a meeting between agents from the two countries. In the diary left by Sage after he died in the line of duty two years ago, he mentioned that they were seen meeting by an ordinary citizen. He said that it was someone from MI6 who shot them."
This was just the unilateral statement of the Southland agent. Then Shad took Flora and Margaret back to the hotel. After the Duchess gave her approval, Shad returned to Tobesk to look for the MI6 operational files that had not yet been unsealed.
The Northland agent who went to Vista City to meet "Sage" three years ago was codenamed "Sea Coral". Although it sounds like a female nickname, he is actually a strong man taller than Shade.
It's a pity that Mr. "Sea Coral" died in a top-secret operation last winter, and his body was buried as an unsung hero in the small town in the north of Delairion where he was born.
Regarding the mission three years ago, "Sea Coral" also left a mission record, and claimed in the record that it was spies from the South Country who shot and killed civilians in their country.
Obviously, even if they were carrying out a top-secret mission, Sage and Sea Coral did not want to be accused of killing civilians indiscriminately. As for which of the diary and the report was more credible, now that both parties were dead, it was destined to remain a mystery.
"Whether a royal princess who has been exiled to the countryside was shot and killed by her own spies or by agents from another country, this is as big news as the internal strife of the royal family."
At the dinner table that night, Carina summarized the incident. Margaret also sat at the table and nodded solemnly:
"The investigation into the truth of Ashley Bettany's death can no longer proceed, and Albert Bennett's current status is not suitable for informing others."
"I'm curious. If the two siblings were already five years old when they were separated, why did the neighbors think that the boy was the Bennet family's biological son? Isn't it strange that a five-year-old boy suddenly appeared?"
Dorothy wiped her mouth with her napkin and said, and Shade looked at Miss Bell, the pale girl who had investigated the matter:
"The local hospital has a complete set of Albert Bennet's birth certificates, and the neighbors also have Mrs. Bennet's memories of her pregnancy and childbirth. However, they also said that Albert was weak when he was a child, so he rarely went out before he was five years old. In our previous investigation of the Bennet family, we never doubted that the child was not a member of the Bennet family."
"Is it a cognitive-altering power?"
Luvia then asked, and Shade was not quite sure:
"Now I can only say that the information I got from the devil is accurate. But are there no other suspicious points about the Bennet family? Are they really hiding so well? Miss Bell, are their family's life and work trajectories in the city all normal?"
"Actually, there is still a doubt."
Miss Bell continued, and Flora raised her eyebrows:
"Charlotte, I haven't heard you say that before."
"I'm sorry, Miss. We discovered this from their daily life only after we determined that something was wrong with their family. With the authority given by Her Highness Margaret, we checked the tax records of the Accordion Hotel. The daily business hours on the first floor of the hotel are from 7:30 in the morning to 8:00 in the evening, but every Saturday night, the Accordion Hotel closes early and has no sales. We provide dinner to the residents and then no longer entertain guests."
Xiwei asked Flora curiously:
"You and Professor Danister have lived here for two months. Has this ever happened?"
Miss Owl was very confused. The red-haired girl was not here, so she could only recall it herself:
"Why don't I remember this? Does the first floor of the hotel close early every Saturday? Shade, do you remember this?"
Luvia gave Shade the answer:
"Shad certainly doesn't remember that he meets Dorothy every Saturday night in Tobesk."
"It's class."
Shade corrected, glancing at him with purple eyes:
"Yes, in class. Except for the recent visit of Dorothy, he must have spent every Saturday night at Tobesk's house. But after Dorothy came and Miss Elaether came, he rarely went into the first floor of the hotel at night. Even if he wanted to go to the kitchen to get some food, he always went directly to the kitchen on the ship through the portal.
But this doesn't make sense. If the Accordion Inn is closed every Saturday, the witch's followers wouldn't be unaware of it, right?"
"The hotel kitchen is on the first floor. When I went to the kitchen to serve hot tea to the lady last Saturday night, the first floor was indeed empty, but there were no other problems."
Miss Bell added that, thinking that today was Friday, Shad decided to go to the first floor of the Accordion Hotel tomorrow night to see what was going on. If this was just their suspicion, then he would have to use other means to test the Bennet family.
This Friday is the closing day of the half-week "First Snow Music Festival". The reason why the celebration is not celebrated for a whole week is that the church has forced the city hall to shorten the duration of all recent large-scale celebrations to prevent more people from coming to Vista.
If it weren't for the inspiration brought about by the city's prosperity, which at this critical moment has become one of the important pillars for maintaining the fragile time stability of the entire region, the church would have even considered evacuating the entire city.
It's a pity that this cannot be done for the time being, and the official has not given a reason for the early closing of the music festival. Citizens have therefore speculated that this is related to the recent domestic large-scale conscription.
The witches also made great progress on Friday in their mission to contact the Old God Cults that they were familiar with in the past, as requested by Speaker Adele Isabella.
Vanessa still didn't want to do something that required her to show up, so Megan and Audrey were the ones to do it. The two sisters were also the most senior members of the parliament, and with their unique physical gifts that brought them the ability to transform their bodies, they didn't mind doing things with all kinds of faces.
Shad only found out afterwards that Megan had changed her face into that of Vanessa, while Vanessa once thought that it was Flora's transformation.
However, the contact between the witches and the Old God Cult had nothing to do with Shad for the time being. After saying goodbye to the worried Margaret that afternoon, he got together with Bella and Luvia to arrange the next "Paradox Worm War" based on the various divination results obtained by the fortune-tellers.
However, the results given by the church and the academy were very bad. After consulting the documents provided by the elven clans and analyzing the remains of the paradox insects obtained in the "Dream Tree" incident, the church believed that the power of the "Guardian" was not actually important, but it should have the ability to forcibly awaken all the insects in the entire forest.
This was the worst thing, which meant that the hunt for the "Watcher" could not be carried out immediately. Either this matter should be put off until the end, and the Chosen Ceremony should be held immediately after the "Watcher" was dealt with, so that the Chosen of Time could suppress the insects in the entire forest; or the church and the academy should discuss a better method of killing insects, but this would definitely not be something that could be completed in a few days.
In short, the hunt for the "Watcher" has been put on hold for the time being. Today, a huge dark cloud is shrouding the Vista Woods. Everyone knows that behind the cloud lies an ancient, evil and terrifying existence, and they even know that it is watching people from behind the cloud, but the cloud cannot be dispelled for the time being.
"Since the war against the paradox bugs cannot begin for the time being, let's wait for Miss Isabella and Sister Devlin to arrive. I will take care of the Bennet family's affairs in the next few days."
After dinner on the boat that night, Shad took Mia back home. He originally wanted to prepare some relics that might be used in the near future and check whether Miss Gold's letter from the beginning of the month had arrived. But when he got home, he saw that the maids came to clean and light the fireplace every day to pretend that someone was at home, so he thought he might as well visit Dr. Schneider:
"It's been five days since Monday's ceremony. I don't know what the doctor's condition is now."
When Bill Schneider returned to Tobesk on Monday, he still looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness, but when he saw him in the visiting room of the psychological clinic tonight, he seemed to have recovered well, at least on the outside.
The doctor did not ask the clinic's servants to help, but personally poured a cup of tea for Xia De to express his gratitude:
"Although I haven't completely mastered that new power, at least I can now cast spells at will."
As he spoke, he sat down on the single sofa opposite Shade. The firelight from the fireplace illuminated the life ring emerging behind the doctor in a black suit - he was just seeing a patient.