Chapter 2299: The Investigation of Three

"The Chosen?"

On the terrace, Amelia, who was talking to Luvia alone, felt slightly relieved after finishing the matter. The girl with pointed ears looked at the city lit by gas lamps and the night sky shrouded in black fog on the terrace. Even though when she projected to the clan's holy land and was asked by Grandma Qishala, her answer was still that she didn't want to become a Chosen. But facing Luvia's inquiry at this moment, she didn't refuse immediately.

Thinking of the city's miserable state she saw when she went out with Xia De on Sunday night, thinking of the burning city and the monsters in the sky, and then thinking of the two elf hero statues she saw in the creek at the foot of Vulture Mountain not long ago, she felt her thoughts seemed to have changed:

"I still don't want to bear it, but if I am needed, to draw the sword again... can I think about it?"

"Of course, until the very last moment, you have time to think."

Luvia said very gently, and patted her shoulder:

"Xia De doesn't want to involve you, and I don't want to let you fall into the vortex of fate. We will all protect you, Amelia."

The long-haired figure they couldn't see was currently leaning on the railing looking at the scenery of Moon Gangwan. She listened to the conversation between herself and Amelia, sighing in her heart that all of this, in the end, had changed because of Xia De.

After Wednesday ended, it was Thursday. When Xia De woke up early in the morning from the entanglement of Miss Galina's red hair, he realized that today was already the 31st day of the Month of Thunder, and July was about to end.

And the end of July meant that the traditional summer of Tobesk had passed by half. This summer left Xia De with many memories, and the most important one was that this summer was really cold.

"It's snowing."

The lazily waking red-haired Duchess pointed at the curtain. As the curtain was pulled open, the gray Tobesk morning scenery with light snow appeared before their eyes. Outside the door came the sound of the cat scratching the door, followed by Dorothy's voice:

"Xia De, get up quickly! Is it that woman again, not letting you get up?"

It seems it wasn't the writer lady, but the Princess.

"Since your own body is uncomfortable, don't blame me."

Galina said to the door with a smile, then sat up, hugged Xia De, and kissed him lightly as a morning greeting. A witch's body is truly special; waking up early in the morning without washing, she still possesses a charm that ordinary girls cannot compare to.

The 【Angel's Right Arm】 was currently being contained at the Belindell Manor. Xia De set off for Moon Gangwan after preparing 【Night Watcher】 and 【Madeleine's Love】 that day. He still entered the city from St. George's Stone Bridge, watching along the way as the city gradually recovered from the riot last Sunday.

When he arrived at Belindell Manor with Little Mia, he found that the great witches were not there. Instead, Luvia was chatting with Miss Eilesser on the second-floor terrace while holding teacups.

For some reason, the blue dragon girl was still a bit reserved when facing Luvia, but after Xia De arrived, they also told Xia De the new news:

"Be careful when you go out today. Miss Belindell said that the police are searching the whole city today, arresting the gangs that tried to storm the core area of Moon Gangwan during the riot last weekend."

"But aren't most of the gangs in Moon Gangwan controlled by the Hawthorne family and the Black family?"

Xia De asked curiously, and Luvia shook her head:

"Besides, there were seven 'light melting' incidents in Moon Gangwan last night. I followed Miss Eilesser and Miss Belindell to see the nearest crime scene early this morning. The victims were two cleaners in the City Council Square. The problem is quite serious. This time, not only did the victims' bodies and clothes disappear completely, but a circular area with a radius of over 30 feet in the square was also affected."

"The church got ideas from your dragon language spell, trying to restore the glowing land to normal by absorbing the light. But the current progress is not very ideal, so if you see a very abrupt temporary wooden hut in the square in a while, please don't be surprised."

Miss Eilesser also said, so Xia De looked at the Big Ben of Belindell not far away from the terrace:

"The restlessness and anxiety of this city are like a volcano accumulating power."

"Oh, Miss Belindell asked us to tell you that the church is trying to contact you through the 【Witch Council】 again. This time they mainly want to ask if you have any way to expel those alien lights."

The dragon girl said again:

"We know your 【Earth Power · Healing Aura】 and dragon language spell: Light Sword can both do it, but you shouldn't have any interest in appearing before the church, right?"

Xia De shook his head decisively:

"It's better to wait for the Chosen of Light to appear and let him or her solve this matter. It should be soon; now that the five holy swords are gathered in Moon Gangwan, the final battle is coming."

"It's six."

Luvia corrected:

"Last night I talked to Amelia alone, and she said the Moon Creek Clan collects an Angel-level relic longsword 【Flute of Time】. That is the Blade of Time, contained in the Holy Tree, but if Amelia speaks to the clan, that sword can arrive in Moon Gangwan tomorrow."

She asked Xia De with her eyes if it was necessary to let that sword come here, but Xia De just shook his head:

"Don't involve Amelia easily; at least it's not necessary now. She doesn't have the determination of Sister Dairin, Iluna, or the Guardian of Earth, nor does she have the special opportunities of Grace, Helen, Dorothy, or Princess Lei Qianya. The identity of a Chosen will crush her."

"No problem, all matters are decided by you; you are the master of this home."

The purple eyes revealed a gentle expression, while the dragon girl on the side coughed. Seeing that both of them were looking at her, she put her hands behind her back and said:

"Xia De, don't worry so much either. I have that dragon language spell Miss Violet asked me to teach you here. Although it can't help you defeat the gods, but... other situations should be manageable."

Luvia planned to stroll around Moon Gangwan with Miss Eilesser; she seemed to have many topics with the blue dragon girl. And hearing that they were going to take a boat to the offshore islands today, the elf girl and the little princess also went out together.

The little unicorn therefore had more opportunities to go outside. Compared to the city, the church's surveillance power at the offshore harbor would be slightly weaker.

As for Xia De, after handing Little Mia to Tifa for care, he went to the morgue at the end of Spider Alley to meet with Mr. Bernhardt.

Coroner Mr. Albert was also waiting for them; he was going to act with the two today. Now the days of the vampires in the city were becoming increasingly precarious, and he also wanted to contribute.

"The divination of those letters has results."

Xia De brought good news, and Mr. Bernhardt's investigation also had major progress. The three exchanged information inside the morgue. Both vampires were surprised that the diviner Xia De found could divine such precise information.

And the information Mr. Bernhardt investigated surprised Xia De even more:

"After I investigated around Mrs. Jude, I actually discovered that other living people had received similar letters. Those were all our kin, and you know them too. Captain Rudolf and Hou Jue Morsen; the former has arm-wrestled with you, and the latter is evaluated by us as bloodthirsty."

"Didn't they have any vigilance after receiving the letters?"

"Vigilance about what? They usually have quite a few enemies, and those letters indeed had no special elemental reactions. In fact, if I hadn't taken the initiative to ask and investigate, they wouldn't even have realized the difference between those letters and other letters."

Mr. Bernhardt said, and Mr. Albert also nodded:

"Although the tracking of those corpses in the Lower City that died of heart disease was not easy, I also found similar letters. Basically, those corpses whose cause of death was heart disease can be linked to Mrs. Jude's threat letters. Mr. Watson, it's fortunate that you kept asking me to pay attention to those corpses, otherwise this would really be hard to investigate.

So today our task is to meet Captain Rudolf and Hou Jue Morsen together, and in the afternoon, we will meet Mrs. Jude. Since the diviner said Mrs. Jude will face danger at night, at least we don't need to worry about her safety during the day today."

"Then let's set off now. Who to find first? The Captain or the Hou Jue?"

"I have already sent visiting letters, but the problem now is that they are in different places. The Hou Jue is at the racecourse in the northern suburbs, and the Captain is on his own ship at the harbor in the south of the city in the morning. Considering that we definitely cannot fly around in the city, the speed must be increased... Let's go to the north of the city first; I heard Princess Margaret is also there."

Mr. Bernhardt said, and Xia De nodded to show he had no opinion. The coroner proposed to change clothes before going out, so the two waited for a while, and then saw Mr. Ptolemy Albert change into a brand-new brown robe, with a brown messenger bag slung over his shoulder.

Except that the robe was newer than the one he wore when working, it was actually the same style.

Probably worried that the smell on him would affect others, when the three boarded the carriage, Xia De also smelled the perfume sprayed on Mr. Albert. It wasn't the pungent perfume Xia De hated; he even asked the coroner for advice, and the latter shared his unique perfume formula for extracting floral scents.

Because the carriage had to leave the city from St. George's Stone Bridge in the north, the three people in the carriage inevitably talked about the aftermath of the riot last weekend on the way.

The coroner, who had many connections in the local police station, shared what he saw:

"Ordinary people can only deal with ordinary people. The police have had major actions against city gangs in the last two days; I think they will fill the prisons soon. However, the Hawthorne family and the Black family are surprisingly cooperative, even taking the initiative to help find people in the city. Now, except for the dock gangs which have almost no losses, gangs in other areas of the city have almost all been involved." ===== CHAPTER 2300 =====