Meet the principal

Olmsted was still bustling late at night, and there was no mourning at all because of the fire in the suburban plantation.

Reiner was sitting on the bench in the hospital corridor. Next to him was Mr. and Mrs. Windermere. The two originally cheerful old people were a little depressed at this time. They were leaning on each other and seemed to be providing strength to each other.

After a long time, the forensic doctor came out of the door, holding a paper document in his hand.

"The comparison results are out... The composition of the bloodline factor of the deceased is more than 90% similar to the two. It can be basically confirmed that this is West Windermere."

He looked at Uncle Mason and Aunt Gwen with somewhat erratic eyes. Obviously, the medical examiner was not happy because he had confirmed the identity of the deceased.

Reiner silently took the document and read it carefully before giving it to Uncle Mason.

I don't know if it was Reiner's misunderstanding, but the two old people looked even more haggard.

"...can I see him?"

After a long silence, Uncle Mason said, his voice trembling.

Reiner and the forensic doctor looked at each other and finally nodded.

They took the couple into the morgue and saw the body that was so burned by the flames that its appearance could not be distinguished.

Aunt Gwen collapsed as soon as she saw the body. She covered her face and cried, and sat on her knees on the ground.

Uncle Mason took two steps forward with a sullen face, looked at the body, and then said in a deep voice for a long time.

"I haven't been back for so many years, I didn't expect it to be like this..."

His voice was somewhat forbearing and suppressed. It could be seen that Uncle Mason was trying to suppress his emotions so as not to collapse like his wife.

Reiner didn't speak. Before this, he had never heard that the couple had children. There was even no picture of West on the photo wall that Uncle Mason was proud of.

"Uncle Mason, we need to know about West's situation, because the current situation shows that the fire in the plantation was caused by magic, and West, according to the records of the Magic Association, should be a first-level mage."

Reiner led the two people out of the morgue and continued.

"You're saying West caused the fire?"

Uncle Mason stopped, looking surprised and angry.

"No, I don't think so, because there are traces of being stabbed with a sharp weapon on West's chest. He should be the victim. Maybe another mage fought with him. West was stabbed, and the other mage was stabbed. A mage set fire to the plantation in order to destroy the traces."

Reiner explained that as for this other mage, if he guessed correctly, it should be Macon Hedathia. Reiner did not say much because it had nothing to do with the Windermere couple after all.

"West has been very naughty since he was a child. He has done tricks and deceptions. I originally thought that sending him to a magic school would correct his character. But I didn't expect that when he was fifteen years old, he stole the family's money because of gambling. I beat him up, and then he ran away from home and never came back..."

Uncle Mason said it with more regret in his tone.

"I thought I didn't have this son for a long time... I didn't expect that he would secretly come back again and cause such an incident, affecting other people!"

It can be seen that Uncle Mason is very angry with West. This couple is good to others, but their son has bad deeds, which makes them extremely disappointed.

"West sixteen years ago, probably shortly after running away from home, he was imprisoned for three years for fraud. After he was released from prison, he spent two years learning magic and became a first-level mage."

After learning the identity of the deceased, Reiner naturally also obtained a lot of information about West Windermere to confirm his relationship with Macon. However, judging from the information currently available, he Since he had no contact with Macon, he probably happened to encounter Macon on the plantation who was trying to leave, and was killed as a result.

"After that, West seemed to have been traveling on the continent for a long time;

According to his entry and exit records, he has visited at least 60 cities and returned to Olmsted two days ago. "

"He must have run away because he couldn't stay in one place any longer!"

Uncle Mason sighed. He was very disappointed with this son. There had been no news for so many years, but when his sixtieth birthday was approaching, news of his death came.

"Honey......"

Aunt Gwen's eyes were red, and she pulled Uncle Mason's clothes corner to signal him to stop talking.

Reiner could also see that Uncle Mason didn't really dislike his son, he just wanted to use this method to prevent himself from being too sad.

"West's body has been inspected. You can take it back and bury it yourself. Alas, at least he has found his home."

The forensic doctor said on the side, a little helpless. In his profession, he has seen too many life and death, and almost all of them did not die well, which is sad.

After hearing what the medical examiner said, Aunt Gwen couldn't hold back her tears and cried into Uncle Mason's arms.

"I'm going to see the farmers on the plantations."

Reiner and the Windermere couple explained a few more words, then took the elevator directly upstairs and went to the ward to check the situation.

These farmers all suffered more or less burns and inhaled a lot of toxic gases, and most of them were in deep coma.

Reiner chatted with the attending doctor for a while and looked at the farmers lying on the bed.

As a result, the clues about Macon Hydraxia were cut off again. Although it is certain that he should have been hiding in the plantation before, but now that the plantation has been burned down, Macon must have taken this opportunity to destroy all He escaped with traces, and West might have been silenced only after crashing into Macon.

"These people were really lucky and did not suffer too many burns in the fire. If they had not wrapped their bodies with wet towels, their chances of survival would have been low."

After checking the conditions of the patients, the attending doctor said to Reiner.

"Huh? When I rescued them, I didn't see any wet towels on them."

Reiner frowned slightly. The artificial river on the other side of the plantation had dried up a lot due to the reduction in planting scale. Therefore, he was unable to put out the flames immediately. When the fire fighters arrived, it took a long time to reduce the fire. Xiao, where did the water come from?

"Is that so? I checked their bodies and found that there were indeed traces of water infiltration. Otherwise, they would have been burned more seriously. I thought they ran out after getting wet."

The attending doctor was also a little confused and muttered to himself.

After the other party mentioned this, Reiner also felt a little strange. When he rescued these farmers, he did see some water mist that offset the high temperature. Where did this water come from?