Chapter 118: Death of an Innocent

"Do you think noble ladies won't commit crimes? The gentlemen at the police department seem to think that Mrs. Lasoya lived a decadent life and got involved with a group of cultists who fled to the local area at some point. Detective, you also know that cultists can always find companions for themselves."

Miss Miss Beiyasi took out a notebook and a fountain pen from her handbag, asking while recording:

"Ridwich Yard has investigated that Detective Sparrow Hamilton died of a sudden serious illness. Then after he passed away, have you followed Mrs. Lasoya, how many times, and have you been discovered by her?"

"Only followed once, not discovered by her."

Xia De answered honestly.

Miss Miss Beiyasi nodded, her eyes moved from the notebook to her fingers, looked at her ring, and asked again:

"Have you discovered anything wrong with her?"

"No."

Xia De answered truthfully again. He only discovered the wrongness of the young man carrying the relic 【Transformation Ring】.

Seeing Miss Miss Beiyasi look at the ring again, Xia De asked in his heart in a low voice:

"Is that ring a relic?"

【You feel 'whispers'.】

The woman's voice came late. Xia De guessed that the ring had the effect of identifying lies, but the effect was probably not strong, and it was completely ineffective against him in the state of Divine Radiance. At least so far, the young "police officer" Miss Miss Beiyasi had not seen through the detective's flaws.

"Detective, you went to Lakeview Manor on Sunday, was it related to Mrs. Lawrence?"

After saying this, she added:

"We investigated that both you and Mrs. Lasoya appeared there."

"Irrelevant. I was invited by Baron Lavender to play Luo De Pai. Many people can prove it for me. At least dozens of people saw me catch good cards under the grape trellis."

A confident expression appeared on his face. He was very confident about this fact.

Miss Miss Beiyasi lowered her head and recorded:

"Luo De Pai, card game, okay... then, have you seen that Mrs. Lasoya at Lakeview Manor."

"Saw her from afar. At that time, she was with Mr. Lawrence. But because the commission had already ended, I didn't pay too much attention to them."

Xia De was still thinking about how to act more like it, so he made a curious look and asked:

"Did something happen? How did Mrs. Lasoya suddenly get involved with cultists? On Sunday, there were some disturbances at Lakeview Manor. I left early at that time and didn't know what exactly happened."

But the young "police officer" did not answer directly.

Miss Iluna Miss Beiyasi looked very green, not referring to the other party's age, but the means of doing things. She was currently only a Second-Ring, and according to Priest Ao Gu Si, the Orthodox Church did not allow First-Ring Shushi to join Ringed Shushi teams.

Therefore, the young girl with brown long hair probably hadn't carried out many independent tasks, and in the follow-up investigation of this incident, the Sun Church only assigned her the simplest and safest work.

She was now directly at the home of the finisher of the Lakeview Manor incident. Although the Outsider was not very old, he had no problem dealing with such a girl with no experience.

Xia De was also very glad that his figure in this matter was not obvious, so the Orthodox Church did not send those experienced Ringed Shushi to come.

"Speaking of which, during the banquet at Lakeview Manor, did you encounter anything unusual?"

Miss Miss Beiyasi asked again.

"I seem to have encountered a team of people near the garden maze, but my memory was a bit blurry afterwards. Probably the wine was too intoxicating."

Xia De responded skillfully. Miss Miss Beiyasi blinked and avoided this topic:

"Have you encountered anyone wearing a wine-red suit?"

"Saw it from afar near the grape trellis in the garden. That wine-red suit looked very fashionable. But I hate red coats, thinking they are a bit... feminine. I like black, it looks solemn."

Xia De made a thoughtful action, seeing the other party recording very seriously, and tried to take the initiative to take over the conversation again:

"Miss Miss Beiyasi, you are always asking about Lakeview Manor. Did something happen that day? I checked the newspaper afterwards, but the only thing that happened nearby that day was an earthquake, and the earthquake obviously couldn't be caused by humans."

The guy who caused the earthquake asked.

"Detective, it's best not to know too much detail about some things. Generally speaking, neither the Kingdom nor the Church will announce the news of cultists to the public. Do you understand?"

Miss Miss Beiyasi hinted, and Xia De immediately made a sudden realization expression.

"So, the banquet at Lakeview Manor really appeared..."

"Then, when you submitted Detective Sparrow's investigation report to Mrs. Lawrence, did you give all the investigation reports to her?"

Miss Miss Beiyasi asked seriously again, not knowing what the detective opposite was thinking.

"Yes, you can find Mrs. Lawrence to ask for that report. This kind of investigation report contains the client's privacy, I cannot keep a backup, this is professional ethics."

Xia De said, and then got an unexpected reply. Miss Miss Beiyasi's expression was very regretful:

"Actually, the Chu... Ridwich Yard has already discovered that investigation report in Mrs. Lawrence's relics."

"Relics?"

Xia De was startled, his body leaned forward, this time it was not a performance. He killed Mrs. Lasoya, logically Mrs. Lawrence shouldn't have anything to do with it.

"Mrs. Lawrence is dead? How could that be?"

"Yes, it was probably early Tuesday morning. Ridwich Yard received a report from the servants of the Lawrence family. Mr. Lawrence disappeared, and the lady died miserably... I think I'd better not describe the scene to you."

The lady with brown long hair said cautiously.

"Who did it?"

Xia De pursued. He had only met Mrs. Lawrence formally once, and the relationship between the two was nothing more than client and entrusted. Even strictly speaking, the entrusted person was not Xia De, but Sparrow Hamilton.

But he remembered the 13 shillings extra paid by Mrs. Lawrence, and remembered the kind advice Mrs. Lawrence gave when she left. There are countless people in this world, and Xia De can only have intersections with a part of them, and Mrs. Lawrence is considered a pretty good one among the people he has intersections with.

For the miserable death of this lady, he really felt regret. At this moment, he wanted to say something, but all the words were stuck in his throat. He hadn't thought about the cruelty of cultists and illegal organizations, but he didn't expect that lady's ending would be like this.

Miss Miss Beiyasi just shook her head:

"There is no conclusion yet. We suspect that Lasoya's accomplices did this cruel thing. After all, she has already... back to business, may I ask if there are any documents related to those investigations in the agency, I need to take them all away." ===== CHAPTER 119 =====