Chapter 2317: Two-Tailed Cat

Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt both smiled, and the latter continued:

"I want to arrange for those people to help me investigate those who are cooperating with cultists among the local clansmen. Of course, we must conduct an internal self-examination first."

"But before that, can you tell us about 【Blood Sorrow】? What exactly was the situation with that vampire who was covered in 【Blood Sorrow】 scars back then?"

Xia De also asked. Thus, the noble girl looked at the clock in the corner, then put down the teacup and made a gesture of telling a story:

"I told you last time that that unlucky guy was a friend of 'Mother.' You don't need to think about finding his corpse; even I don't know where it's buried. But I found out later that that guy actually deserved to die."

Her eyes looked at the city scenery shrouded in black fog outside the window:

"He wasn't a good person; it's not even right to say he was a human. He... I'm not very willing to talk about this kind of thing. In short, he also had a hobby of sucking human blood while he was alive, but unlike Mrs. Jude, he only fled to Moon Bay after sucking human blood to death in his hometown and being hunted by the church."

Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt looked at each other:

"You continue."

"These things were only investigated by Mother after he died; otherwise, Mother definitely wouldn't have dared to have contact with him. Mother always believed that he died in Moon Bay because he still hadn't changed his bad habits, and that he only fell in the alley after bumping into that ring-mage holding 【Sorrow of Blood】 while out 'foraging'."

She sighed:

"I haven't mentioned this matter to anyone else; otherwise, there would be suspicion that we had sheltered that guy in the past. Two gentlemen, you know what I mean."

"We won't talk about it everywhere."

Mr. Bernhardt promised:

"Did that person say anything about the appearance or other characteristics of the person who attacked him?"

Miss Rice shook her head:

"That person was seriously injured at the time. The wounds caused by 【Blood Sorrow】 generally cannot be easily healed. The simplest treatment method is No. 2 Holy Water Original Pulp; this is one of the characteristics of that sword. Mother didn't have No. 2 Holy Water Original Pulp, and even if she did, she wouldn't have taken it out to save him.

However, in a semi-comatose state, he said that he was attacked by a person shrouded in light. The other party was very particularly skilled in using sword-type weapons. Mother said that most of those wounds avoided fatal positions and were just torturing him; only the last two swords hit the vital points very precisely... about the precision of a scalpel."

"Swordsman... any other clues?"

Xia De asked again. Miss Rice thought for a while:

"That wielder had some divination means. Mother said the other party tried to determine whether the person we rescued was really dead, but the wielder's divination means weren't very strong back then. As for other clues, only this one remains."

She reached out to the maid standing behind her, and the maid handed a prepared scroll to Miss Rice, which was then sent to Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt.

After opening it, they found an oil painting with a scarlet tone inside. The man standing in the center of the painting with his back to the scene was holding a long sword in his left hand. Under his feet was a lake that almost merged into a river, and above his head was warm yellow daylight, while around the scene were blurred people hung on trees.

"What is this? It looks like this painting has some age."

Mr. Bernhardt asked.

"This was 'Mother's' divination dream back then. To say Mother wasn't curious about 【Blood Sorrow】 back then would be impossible; every vampire wants to see that sword, so she performed a divination in her dream and painted what she saw after waking up."

Miss Rice supported her cheek, watching Xia De spread the scroll with his arms spread wide:

"Mother's interpretation back then was that the guy holding 【Blood Sorrow】 would definitely do a big thing, but this thing would be at the cost of our clansmen. Of course, Mother's divination ability couldn't be compared to the 'Amethyst Lady' in the city back then, so I don't know if there were errors in the divination and interpretation."

"I'll ask an extra question: your 'Mother' doesn't live on Herring Street, does she?"

Xia De still remembered the matter of the "Hope Diamond." Miss Isabella asked him to find this relic to determine what Luvia's purpose was and how to stop her plan. When Xia De first came to Moon Bay, it was actually for this matter.

"'Mother' is traveling in the New Continent and hasn't been in Moon Bay for the past year or two."

Miss Rice answered, thinking Xia De wanted to see the other party:

"Communication in the New Continent is very inconvenient. Even if I write to her now, I estimate that it will be too late by the time she rushes back. Now the entire Moon Bay is like a huge powder keg, and the fuse has already burned more than half."

"But in this way, we still haven't grasped the next investigation clue about the wielder of 【Blood Sorrow】."

Mr. Bernhardt pondered:

"Since that clansman died, have similar wounds never appeared in Moon Bay again?"

"At least I haven't seen them. Perhaps that person left Moon Bay after that and just returned recently."

"Two gentlemen, I have an appointment with another guest; you still have five minutes, please hurry. If you want to chat with me again, you can come back in the evening or tomorrow."

She urged suddenly. Thus, Mr. Bernhardt looked at Xia De, who was still looking at the painting, and signaled Xia De to continue asking.

"Can I take this painting away? I will return it later."

"It's a gift; it's useless to keep it."

Miss Rice said generously. Xia De nodded and carefully rolled up the painting again:

"Viscount Bernhardt and I are both outsiders and are not familiar with the local area after all. We still need Miss Rice's help with some things. As for the matter of Blood Sorrow, this painting is enough; I have excellent diviners by my side, and I will let them help."

But he actually didn't want to divine this matter anymore; he already understood.

"As you wish; I just listen to your instructions and don't decide what to do next."

Miss Rice said this, and the three chatted a few more sentences before Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt very consciously got up to say goodbye.

When they reached the corridor, they happened to see a young girl wearing a lowered hat standing at the door, and under the cover of the maid, she entered Miss Rice's room in the club.

The two looked at each other, said nothing, and left here together.

Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt parted ways at the entrance of the Parliamentarian Club. Vampire Viscount would use the connections of the clansmen he had just obtained to continue investigating the local clansmen, and of course, bring along finding more people willing to help to cope with the predictable great battle afterward.

Xia De continued to investigate 【Blood Sorrow】 and other matters. If necessary, the two would still help each other.

"I'll keep the matter of believers praying in mind for you. Although I don't expect to reach that step, it's better to make some preparations in advance. This matter definitely won't hold us back."

Mr. Bernhardt had to go to a place relatively far away, so he got on the carriage first after finding one at the entrance of the Parliamentarian Club. This was the city center, so Xia De wasn't worried about not finding a new carriage in a while. After waving goodbye to Mr. Bernhardt, he was considering whether to go talk to Mr. Albert or visit Margaret, when he suddenly saw the figure of a cat wearing clothes flash by at the edge of his vision.

"Hmm? A cat wearing clothes?"

He thought he had misread it, but when he turned to look, he indeed saw a black and white cat with golden eyes crouching at the alley entrance next to the club looking at him. The clothes on the cat were clearly women's clothing, and there were white lace decorations at the ends of the four limbs of the clothes, which looked like a very beautiful "evening gown" at a glance.

Of course, more importantly, there were two tails swaying behind the cat, and such an obvious abnormality was as if no one around saw it.

"Oh, don't appear here~"

Xia De whispered, and ran over in a hurry, but the cat with golden eyes turned and ran into the alley with a small trot.

She showed agility far beyond ordinary cats, and specifically walked in alleys with few people. During this chase between a man and a cat, they actually soon arrived at the pier in the south of Moon Bay from the city center.

Hearing the sound of the waves, Xia De realized that this chase was coming to an end, and after the cat walked onto the pier with elegant cat steps, she even turned her head and looked at Xia De "charmingly," and then continued to move forward along the pier, finally jumping onto a private yacht.

"Really."

Xia De said in a low voice and followed onto the yacht, and the sailors busy on the deck and the maids in the cabin didn't stop him.

Soon Xia De followed that "two-tailed cat" into the master bedroom of this yacht. After he also entered the room, he heard a "bang" behind him, and the door locked automatically. Afterward, an extremely complex ritual base was lit up on the door panel, and the lines depicting the ritual base spread to the four side walls of the entire room. Even if Xia De used the 【Key of the Door】, he wouldn't be able to get out immediately.

Looking at the interior of the room, red and purple curtains surrounded the large bed in the center, and the windows and curtains of the cabin were naturally drawn. There were no gas lamps on in the room, only two red candles on both sides of the bed were illuminating. Of course, using candles on a rocking boat was a very unwise act.

The dim light made Xia De unable to see the specific details inside the curtains, only seeing the figure of the two-tailed cat stop on the bed. And after a burst of light suddenly appeared and wrapped around the two-tailed cat, the cat's shadow began to deform as it squirmed.