Arcane Lord

It's no wonder. At the age of 52, he might still be alive and kicking on earth, but in another world, it's hard to say. Xia Duo now also suspects that he died of natural causes.

"Mrs. Patty, how do you determine that Fairbuss died not of natural causes but of an accident?"

"Sir, you will know it when you see Fairbus."

Mrs. Patty did not answer this question directly, and Chateau did not ask further, because the study room had already arrived.

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Entering the study, the furnishings inside are very new. There are not many books in the study, but some account books and artworks collected by the owner, such as statues, paintings, etc., all of which have a distinct elf style.

There was a person lying in front of the desk, and Shado knew that this was Ferbus - gray hair, holding a wooden ink pen in his right hand, while his left hand was pressed on a piece of parchment.

Chateau walked in and took a look. There were only a few simple lines on it. This also made Chateau understand why Mrs. Patty said that he killed Fairbuss.

Because it is written on the parchment - "After my death, the property will belong to Mrs. Patty, and my son Feyard will not inherit it..."

The ink stopped here. It was obvious that there should be more content behind it, but he died before Fairbus could write it down. A person who knew that he was about to die would explain his funeral arrangements?

Then why not write down who the murderer is, and then ask his wife and son to avenge him, because he doesn’t know the murderer? Still don’t dare to write? Or was this directed by Mrs. Patty?

Chateau couldn't help but take another look at this young woman. The will stated that she received all of Fairbus' inheritance. From this point of view, it was very suspicious.

But Mrs. Patty's grief doesn't seem to be fake, and if she is the murderer, why go to all the trouble to find someone to confirm that it was a homicide?

Shouldn’t we inherit property along the way?

Isn't it enough that she just kills people? She also has a desire to express herself and wants to see if the mage tower can detect her?

Xia Duo quickly overturned this guess, but still silently increased his vigilance.

If he wanted to discover the cause of death, he should examine the body. If it was Xia Duo who had just traveled through time, he would not even touch it, but now he has long been accustomed to it.

However, before the inspection, there are still many questions that need to be answered by Mrs. Patty.

"Mrs. Patty, apart from ordinary people's inspections, have you ever checked with a spell caster?"

"I've looked for it. The Chamber of Commerce in Fairbus hired a mage. After the accident, I invited him to come over and have a look."

"How did he say?"

"He couldn't see anything."

Mrs. Patty seemed to have lost some strength and was leaning against the door, a little lonely. "Later, I looked for the temple again. An adult from the temple came to check in person, but found nothing?"

When he heard that Mrs. Patty could still invite people from the temple, he immediately felt that the asking price was low. But the problem was that no one in the temple could see why she came, and he might not be able to see anything.

Thinking of this, he felt a little boring again, "I heard that the temple has a way to talk to the dead, I didn't know-"

Xia Duo is quite familiar with the methods of solving cases. Before killing Old Neil, Xia Duo paid special attention to it. In addition to ordinary people's inspection, the most important thing is the method of the spell caster.

Among them, the temple is the most significant, because in addition to letting the dead speak for themselves, you can also ask the gods. This is simply cheating!

He now wants to know whether the temple has ever used such methods.

Mrs. Patty glanced at Chateau and said the answer, "The master of the temple used a magic to make Fairbus speak."

Xia Duo felt a chill in his heart, as expected!

He quickly asked: "What did Fairbus say? Did you ask who killed him?"

"I asked, but Fairbus just repeated the words on the parchment and couldn't say anything else!"

"Is it the parchment he wrote on?"

"yes."

Chateau then asked Mrs. Patty about what was unusual about Fairbus on the day of the incident. Apart from suddenly saying that she went upstairs to handle business, there was nothing unusual. However, Mrs. Patty also said that she rarely left the villa. It was difficult for her to judge whether there was something unusual about Bosi outside.

It seems that even the starting 250 gold coins are not easy to get!

Next, they were ready to inspect the body. Chateau signaled to Mrs. Patty that she could go out and wait, but she insisted on staying and observing. Chateau couldn't say anything, so he let her watch.

Since Chateau did not have professional forensic knowledge, his examination was only to check whether there were any injuries on Fairbus' body, whether internal or external, and whether there were any traces of spells.

In fact, Xia Duo didn't pay much attention to the spell traces. If he could have discovered it, the people who came before would have discovered it long ago. His focus was to check whether there were any injuries.

In addition, poisoning is also a target of Xia Duo's suspicion, but it needs to be tested later. Moreover, a wanderer who specializes in poison making has checked it before, so Xia Duo actually doesn't have much confidence in it.

First check the spell traces, that is, check whether the connection between the corpse and the magic network is abnormal.

In the magical world, everything is related to the magic network. Even the most ordinary stone is bound to be connected to the magic network in its essence, but this level of connection is usually ignored.

Living people are connected to the magic network, but it is not obvious unless they are casters, while dead people are almost like stones, but something can still be seen.

Xia Duo has seen many corpses, including those of beasts, goblins, orcs, and even humans. He still has some experience with the state of corpses.

After entering the spell-casting concentration state, Xia Duo saw that there was no energy reaction on the corpse. A normal corpse would have negative energy dissipation even if it had been left for two days.

But I thought someone had come to the temple, perhaps to baptize him.

After being messed up by those people before, there was almost no trace of any remaining spells. Xia Duo was a little discouraged and prepared to check the injuries.

Out of caution, Shado did not attack directly. Instead, he cast the spell [Mage's Hand] and laid Ferbus flat on the ground. However, he had been dead for two days and his body was already stiff.

Shado carefully summoned positive energy to confine it near Fairbus. Theoretically speaking, death is the lack of positive energy. Although he summoned positive energy could not wake up Fairbus, it could make his limbs soft.

This is actually a baptism method in the temple, similar to the salvation ceremony on earth, but in other worlds, the real purpose of this baptism is to prevent the corpse from being awakened by bad guys.

This kind of awakening is not resurrection, but becoming an undead creature without any emotions or thoughts during life. Once discovered, it will either be destroyed or enslaved, which is something many people hate deeply.

Sha Duo's positive energy baptism is naturally not as good as the temple. After all, they are professionals, but Sha Duo doesn't want much effect. He only needs to make Fairbus' limbs soft.

After a while, Shado had untied all Fairbus' clothes, and Mrs. Patty, who was watching this scene, turned her head away unbearably.

But Xia Duo didn't care about that much. He was willing to risk everything for the starting 250 gold coins.