Chapter 2899

Margaret put down the coffee cup in her hand:

"Xia De, what do you plan to do? Miss Betani said that they were five years old when they were separated; although they are the same age, I really doubt that the current Albert Bennett remembers anything from childhood."

"Xiris can help restore those deep memories, but the problem is, we don't know if that boy is also part of the pigeons."

Xia De took his gaze back from outside the window and looked at the cherry cupcake on his plate. Little Mia was not brought out; that cat liked this kind of thing the most:

"Margaret, can it be determined who killed Miss Betani now? Who were those two mysterious people talking in the alley?"

Talking about this problem, the Princess hesitated significantly before telling the answer:

"There are clues, but I'm afraid the truth won't be found in the end. I checked the people related to that abandoned logging site, and finally traced it to a Gray Glove agent.

The other party's code name is 'Sage', and he was working in Vista City when Miss Betani died three years ago. I used the authority to check the files and found that his mission that year was to come here and exchange information with agents sent by MI6."

Although the Gray Glove and MI6 are opposed to each other, they sometimes contact each other to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings; this belongs to the tacit understanding of both sides:

"Miss Betani was likely to have bumped into the meeting of the two countries' agents three years ago, which was why she was shot and abandoned. The diary left by 'Sage' after he died in the line of duty two years ago mentioned that they were bumped into by an ordinary citizen during the meeting, and he said it was someone from MI6 who fired the shot."

This was just the one-sided statement of the southern country's spy; Xia De then took Flora and Margaret back to the hotel, and after the Duchess gave the approval, Xia De returned to Tobesk to search for the unsealed MI6 action files.

The northern country spy who went to Vista City to meet with "Sage" three years ago had the code name "Sea Coral"; although it sounded like a female nickname, it was actually a strong man taller than Xia De.

It's just a pity that this Mr. "Sea Coral" had already sacrificed in a top-secret operation last winter, and his body was buried in the small town where he was born in the north of Delarion as an unknown hero.

And regarding the mission three years ago, "Sea Coral" also left a mission record, and claimed in the record that it was the southern country's spy who fired and killed the civilians of their country.

Obviously, even if they were performing top-secret missions, "Sage" and "Sea Coral" didn't want to bear the charge of killing civilians. As for which of that diary and that report's statement was more credible, this was destined to be a mystery now that both sides had died.

"A royal princess drifting among the people, whether killed by her own spies or killed by foreign agents, this is a big news that is completely no less than royal infighting."

At the dining table this night, Miss Jia Lin Na summarized this matter. Margaret also sat at the dining table, and she nodded with a very solemn expression:

"The investigation into the truth of Ashley Betani's death cannot be pushed forward; Albert Bennett's current identity is also not suitable for informing others."

"I am very curious, if they were already five years old when they were separated, then why did the neighbors think that the boy was the biological son of the Bennett family? Suddenly a five-year-old boy appeared, isn't this very strange?"

Dorothy said while wiping her mouth with a napkin, so Xia De looked at Miss Bell; the pale girl had investigated this matter:

"The local hospital has a full set of birth certificates for Albert Bennett, and the neighbors also have memories of Mrs. Bennett being pregnant and giving birth, but they also said that Albert was weak when he was young, so he rarely went out to activities before he was five. In the investigation of the Bennett family before this, we never doubted that the child was not a member of the Bennett family."

"Is it a power of cognitive change?"

Luweiya then asked, and Xia De could not be very sure:

"Now it can only be said that the information I obtained from the demon is accurate and correct. But is it possible that the Bennett family has no other doubts? Did they really hide so well? Miss Bell, did their family's life and work trajectory in the city all look normal?"

"Actually, there is still one doubt."

Miss Bell said again, and Flora raised her eyebrows:

"Charlotte, I haven't heard you mention it before."

"Sorry Miss, this was only seen from daily life after confirming that their family was wrong. With the authority given by Princess Margaret, we checked the tax records of the Accordion Hotel. The daily business hours of the first floor of the hotel are from 7:30 in the morning to 8:00 in the evening, but only on Saturday nights, the Accordion Hotel closes early and has no turnover, providing dinner for residents and no longer entertaining guests."

Xi Wei curiously asked Flora:

"You and Professor Danister lived here for two months; is there such a situation?"

Miss Owl was very puzzled; the red-haired girl was not here now, so she could only recall it herself:

"Why don't I remember this? Does the first floor of the hotel close early on Saturday nights? Xia De, do you remember this matter?"

Luweiya gave the answer for Xia De:

"Xia De definitely doesn't remember; he has to have a tryst with Dorothy in Tobesk City every Saturday night..."

"It's class."

Xia De corrected, and the purple eyes glanced at him:

"Yes, class. Except for Dorothy coming here recently, he definitely spent every Saturday night at his home in Tobesk. But after Dorothy came, Miss Yi Lai Se also came; he rarely enters the first floor of the hotel at night, even if he wants to go to the kitchen to get something to eat, he always goes directly to the kitchen on the ship through the portal.

But this is not right either; if the Accordion Hotel doesn't open on Saturday nights, the witch followers can't be unaware, right?"

"The hotel kitchen is on the first floor; when I went to the kitchen to help the lady serve hot tea on Saturday night last week, the first floor was indeed empty, but there were no other problems."

Miss Bell said again. Thinking that today is Friday, Xia De decided to go to the first floor of the Accordion Hotel tomorrow night to see the situation. If this was just their overthinking, then he could only use other means to test the Bennett family.

This Friday is the closing day of the half-week "First Snow Music Festival." The reason why this celebration activity is not celebrated for a whole week is because the church forced the City Hall to shorten the duration of all large-scale celebrations held recently to prevent more people from coming to Vista City.

If it weren't for the enlightenment elements triggered by the prosperity of the city, which had become one of the important pillars for maintaining the fragile time stability of the entire area at this critical moment, the church even thought about evacuating the residents of the entire city.

It's just that this kind of thing couldn't be done for the time being, and the official didn't give the reason for the early closing of the music festival, so the citizens guessed one after another that this was related to the recent widespread national conscription.

And the witches' task of contacting those old god cults that they were familiar with in the past according to the requirements of Speaker Adele Isabella also made great progress this Friday.

Vanessa still didn't want to do this kind of thing that needed to show her face, so this matter was done by Megan and Audrey sisters. The sisters could also be considered senior councilors in the council, and plus the physical transformation ability brought by the peculiar physical talent, they didn't mind at all doing things with various faces—

Xia De only knew afterward that Megan changed her face into Vanessa's appearance, while Vanessa once thought it was transformed by Flora.

However, the contact between the witches and the old god cults was temporarily unrelated to Xia De. After saying goodbye to the worried Margaret this afternoon, he gathered with Bella and Luweiya to arrange the upcoming "Paradox Worm War" according to the various divination results obtained by the divination ladies.

It's just that the results given by the church and the academy were very bad. After consulting the literature provided by the elf clans and analyzing the Paradox Worm remains obtained in the "Phantom Tree" incident, the church believed that the power of the "Keeper" was actually not important, but it should possess the ability to forcibly wake up all the bugs in the entire forest.

This was the worst thing, which meant that the hunting operation of the "Keeper" could not be carried out immediately. Either put this matter to the end, and after solving the "Keeper," immediately hold the Chosen One ritual to let the Chosen One of Time suppress the bugs in the entire forest; or wait for the church and the academy to discuss a better way to kill the bugs, but this was definitely not something that could be completed in a few days.

In short, the hunting operation of the "Keeper" was temporarily shelved. The Vista Forest was shrouded in huge dark clouds, and everyone knew that there was an ancient and evil terrible existence hidden behind the dark clouds, and even knew that it was watching people from behind the dark clouds, but the dark clouds could not be dispersed for the time being.

"Since the war against the Paradox Worms cannot start for the time being, then wait for Miss Isabella and Sister Daifulin to arrive... I will deal with the Bennett family's matter in these few days."

After eating on the ship this night, Xia De took Little Mia home again. Originally, he wanted to prepare some relics that might be used in the near future and see if Miss Gao's letter at the beginning of the month had arrived. But after arriving home, facing the house that was cleaned by maid girls every day and lit with a fireplace to pretend that someone was at home, he thought about visiting Dr. Schneider:

"It has been five days since the ritual was held on Monday; I don't know what the doctor's situation is now."

When returning to Tobesk on Monday, Bill Schneider was still in the appearance of just recovering from a serious illness, and when he saw him in the reception room of the psychological clinic tonight, he looked at least very good from the outside.

The doctor didn't let the clinic's servants help, but personally poured a cup of tea for Xia De to express his gratitude:

"Although I haven't completely controlled that new power, at least I can cast spells at will now."

He said and sat on the single sofa opposite Xia De; the firelight of the fireplace reflected the Fate Ring appearing behind the doctor wearing a black formal suit—he had just been seeing a patient.