OBS Chapter 2761 "Detective" Flora
Chapter 2761 "Detective" Flora
Chapter 2761 "Detective" Flora
Early on Sunday morning, when Shad handed the umbrella in his hand to Miss Bell and sat down on the third floor of the Accordion Hotel, the gray-black-haired witch immediately came forward and sniffed.
Miss Bell put her umbrella into the umbrella tube and hesitated to speak, wanting to remind her teacher that it was not decent to do so. Miss Danister, who had just put down her book, had already adapted to Flora Winslet's childishness in some aspects:
"Well Flora, did you smell anything on Shad?"
As she spoke, the red-haired girl smiled at Shade.
“The smell of the forest.”
The witch said frankly, then looked at Shade suspiciously:
"Did you take a shower this morning?"
This was a very personal question, one that the witch would never have raised before the dream at the Love Lake, but now it was a commonplace question for her.
"Of course, as long as I'm not too pressed for time, I'll always do a quick wash early in the morning."
Actually, he only does this when the girls stay over at his house, but considering that there always seems to be someone at home lately, it wouldn't be wrong to say it's a daily habit.
Flora nodded, and looked at Shade carefully with her golden eyes, but did not continue the topic:
"I will be performing at the Golden Music Hall tonight, which is also the Harvest Festival performance. According to the order of appearance, I will be on stage around 8:30. No matter what plans you have today, don't forget this. Don't you want to find out the secret of the Temple of Time?"
"I will never forget such things. But I do have something to do today. My friend has seen the black flame. He said it was the power of the split demon. But compared to the essence that was sealed by the church three hundred years ago, the one last night was really inferior. The demon is not in a very good condition now, and its power has definitely not recovered to its peak."
Xia De briefly talked about the doctor's conclusion last night, and mentioned that it was because he used sin when sealing the soul of "Bronte" that he attracted the other party's action:
"Miss Bell, can you determine now where the bodies of the Hoy family were buried after the fire?"
The young witch apprentice nodded immediately:
"Last night, after we traded intelligence on demons with the church on the black market, we also confirmed the situation many years ago from the church. According to the information provided by the Church of Nature, after the 'Forest Ranger' sealed the demon, the team that arrived later was responsible for handling the demon-related events in Ximu Town. They were a special force under the Church of Nature that specialized in dealing with demonic events.
They basically determined that the fire at Hoy Manor was related to the devil, so they dug up the body that had been buried for three months for examination. Although they did not get much conclusion, the church ring sorcerers at that time still performed exorcism on the body according to the procedures, and then burned the body and disposed of the ashes harmlessly. "
Although this sounds a bit too cautious, past lessons have shown that when dealing with matters related to those ancient evil spirits, one can never be too cautious.
Shade had guessed this outcome when he talked to the doctor last night:
"Have all the bodies been dealt with? Nothing left?"
"According to the information provided by the church, if the demon had not appeared again, the information would have been permanently sealed. In fact, if it were not for your reputation, I think the church would not have completely believed that the demon had become active again before confirming the situation inside the Ice Box."
Miss Bell said, and Flora suggested:
“How about going outside the city to look at those burning trees again? Perhaps we can infer some clues from the distribution of those trees.”
Shade shook his head:
"Flora, come with me to Hoy Manor. We haven't picked up the goods we got from the auction last night yet."
Although the fire last night was sudden, it was actually brought under control very quickly. Therefore, when Shad came to Hoy Manor again, he could only see from the outside that the westernmost window on the third floor was burned black, and it seemed that the fire only affected that one room.
Today is Sunday, and Mr. Kant, the police chief, personally apologized again to the people who came to the manor to pick up the auction items.
Flora was not familiar with the local police chief, but Mr. Kant was very enthusiastic towards her and wished her a smooth performance tonight.
So "Riverwood Town and the World Tree" and the "Antique Elf Arrow" came into Shade's hands. The arrow was fine, it was the arrow that the elf girl asked Shade to find. According to the police chief, he bought it many years ago, and he couldn't remember where he bought it from.
Xia De understood it as "This antique has an illegitimate origin, so I can't say anything."
"Does he have a time curse?"
After leaving the manor, Flora asked again, and Shade immediately shook his head:
"I observed it last night. No matter whether it was the director or the other members of the Kant family present, there was no sign of the time curse. Of course, the beacon acorn did not detect any time travelers."
The two boarded the carriage that was waiting to take them back to the city center, but soon the owl flew out of the window with the cat in its grasp. The two stood by the roadside and watched the carriage carrying the illusion go away:
"Since everything is OK, take me to see the antiques in the secret room."
Going to the secret room under the house, Shade still chose to go through the ventilation window in the well in the back garden of the manor. He can transform into a red butterfly, and Flora, who is proficient in transformation, can also transform into a small bird.
The boxes were still in the secret room. It seemed that no one had been here since Shade left last night. Flora opened the boxes and checked them. Although she was not an antique appraiser, she was able to see something that Shade had not seen, thanks to her knowledge of oil paintings:
“These antiques are genuine, that’s for sure. But the problem is, they’re too new.”
"What does it mean?"
Shade walked behind her, so Flora pointed to the "Girl with a Pipe" in her hand, an abstract painting that Shade did not appreciate very much:
"This painting is framed for protection. You see, this frame is more than 300 years old. In the lower right corner are the initials of the craftsman who made the frame and the time of completion. Although the painting is protected, the frame is directly exposed to the air."
She pinched the wooden frame, then moved closer to see if there were any cracks in the wood, and finally checked the metal parts behind the frame:
"Although the style is that of three hundred years ago, it doesn't have the texture of being washed away by time. Or to put it simply, the degree of oxidation is not enough. But except that the frame is too new, it doesn't look fake in other aspects. Do you understand what this means?"
If Shad had to hesitate somewhere else, he didn't have to hesitate here:
"Could these antiques be brought directly from three hundred years ago?"
Flora was very cautious and went to check other antiques in her high heels:
"It's only possible, but it's not ruled out that someone has mastered special maintenance techniques, or that the owners of these antiques have commissioned a ring wizard to maintain these goods."
But now that we have an idea, it is easy to prove whether these antiques have gone through three hundred years to arrive today, or whether they skipped three hundred years and arrived today. The magic [Return of Time] that Shad learned from Adele is specifically used to send away those things that do not belong to normal time.
Just to avoid attracting the attention of the owners of these items, Xia De did not choose to return the individual items. Instead, he pulled out a nail from the back of the picture frame and flicked it lightly with his fingers:
"The return of time."
The nail disappeared in front of the two people. Xia De raised his eyebrows and heard "her" voice in his ear:
[The time when the nail returns is the 1546th day of the first month of birth in 29. ]
"Oh?"
After hearing Xia De finish talking about the date, Flora, who seemed to be unconsciously playing the role of "detective", looked up at him in surprise:
"But if I remember correctly, the information provided by the church said that the date of the fire in the Hoy family was also the 1546th day of the first month of 29. Although the information did not mention a more specific time, it was at night."
"The exact time when the nails returned was 29: p.m. on the th. Was this batch of property brought from the night of the fire at Hoy Manor to now?"
This is somewhat unexpected, but from the local situation, this seems to be more reasonable:
"So, the fire three hundred years ago was not set by Director Kant in 1854? In order to eliminate the Hoy family, so that he could take possession of the treasure three hundred years later?"
Shade made some guesses based on this and even began to imagine what role the devil played in all this.
Flora put the painting back:
"But you didn't find the time curse on Chief Kant. Regardless of whether this incident is related to the police chief, it shows that there is at least one tree hole leading to 1546."
She asked Xiang Xiade:
"Three hundred years ago, this is the oldest time we have come into contact with so far. Have you noticed? The things we deal with locally are taking longer and longer time spans."
"When would be the best time to deal with matters related to the Fifth Era?"
Shade stretched out his hand to stir the air, using magic to make the stirred dust return to its original place. The witch laughed, she knew what Shade meant, and she actually wanted to meet the legendary witch emperors:
"So how do we deal with this? There is this treasure and the suspicious police chief's family in the city, and there are burning trees outside the city. What do you think? Should we handle it ourselves or report it to the church? As long as we report it, the Kant family will definitely be arrested for suspicion of having a connection with the devil."
"Don't tell the church yet."
This is not a worry that the church cannot handle this matter, but a worry that the church can remedy and handle this matter.
The doctor still needs this demon's power. If the church succeeds in sealing the demon this time, the doctor's third core spirit rune will be gone again.