Mystery: Start with the Reader
Chapter 20 The Brass Charm
Investigating Mr. Grant's lover? Is this the legendary commission to catch rape? Unexpectedly, Mr. Grant with thick eyebrows and big eyes has such a colorful intestine...
Abner looked at Jane, whose face was full of frustration, couldn't help but sighed, and said, "Let's explain the matter from the beginning to the end. Maybe it's because you misunderstood something."
"Really? Abner?" Jane showed a look of expectation. She had been living happily ever since she was a child, and she didn't want her current life to be destroyed at all. For her father, her current feelings are also extremely contradictory. She wants to expose his true face, but she doesn't want him to really betray the family.
"Tell me about it!" Abner was also very patient with this little girl who was always full of energy.
"Let's think about it... I have to start from last Sunday. That day I stayed up late because I was reading a novel. At about eleven o'clock at night, I suddenly heard the door of the store... I found the thief, so I quietly took the shotgun used for defense at home and went to the store door to check... Who knew that I saw my father sneaking out in a robe... I didn't sleep all night, and I didn't sleep until four o'clock in the morning. found him back..."
Abner frowned when he heard this, and felt that this was a bit wrong. According to the experience of the TV series in his previous life, even if a man went to have an affair, shouldn’t he find an excuse to go out in a fair manner? This sneaky... Could it be because of inexperience? And, girl, you're going to catch a thief yourself with a gun? It's a bit tough.
"In the next few days, I pretended to go to bed early, and actually observed secretly, and found that he sneaked out at that time every day!" Jane was a little angry when she said this, obviously complaining to her father.
"What about your mother? She really didn't find anything?" Abner asked.
"My mother has been sleeping very well recently, and she didn't wake up until dawn...and I didn't know what my father did when he went out, so I didn't dare to tell her..." Jane thought of her mother's getting worse and worse in recent days. With a good complexion, I can't bear it.
The quality of sleep has been good recently... Is it such a coincidence?
Abner vaguely felt that Mr. Grant might have other secrets, not necessarily what Jane thought...
After pondering for a moment, he asked again: "So, has Mr. Grant had any other abnormal behavior recently?"
Jian Jianwen thought about it carefully before answering: "Every time he comes back at three or four o'clock in the morning, he will take a long bath. He didn't have this habit before... Besides, he seems very tired after he comes back. His complexion is also very ugly, and it usually takes a rest until noon to recover a little."
This really sounds like going out to have an affair...
After listening to Jane's description, Abner weighed in his heart and decided to help the other party investigate. Firstly, Jane is a good friend of the original owner, and she also extended a helping hand when the original owner was at her worst, and he had to help the original owner out of emotion and reason after accepting everything from the original owner; secondly, the little girl's innocent and energetic smile It once relieved Abner's slightly depressed heart since he traveled, and he couldn't bear to show a sad expression on such a clean and lovely face.
Seeing that Abner accepted the commission, Jane really showed a bright smile. She took out 15 soli banknotes from her pocket and said, "This is my pocket money, and I will use it as your investigation fee!"
Abner was not willing to accept her money, but Jane firmly put the money into his hands, saying: "Abner, you have just advanced your salary for four weeks, and it must be very difficult now. This kind of private investigation cannot You will be reimbursed by Detective Essinger, so don't refuse!" At this point, she half-turned around and brushed her shaved blond hair, and continued, "I know you have always been willing to help me when something happened to your house Be grateful... Actually, it doesn't have to be like that, it didn't have much money, you took care of the business in my store twice later, and you have already returned the little money."
Listening to the other party clumsily looking for excuses to let him collect money, Abner laughed dumbly, but his heart was very warm, and he was more interested in this friend of the original owner, and he was no longer just a friend in memory ', 'A happy little girl'.
After Jane left, Detective Essinger looked at Abner who had sent him out and returned, and said with a smile: "It stands to reason that I will take a commission from you as an assistant in my office...but Seeing that Miss Grant is so cute and makes me, an old man, feel at ease, I don't care about it with you."
Abner had known for a long time that the previous conversation could not be hidden from the teacher, so he ignored his obviously teasing words, and instead asked, "What do you think will happen to Mr. Grant?"
"It can't be cheating! As for the situation, I wouldn't know without investigating." Detective Essinger pointed out first, then looked Abner up and down, and joked again: "He is indeed a handsome young man, no wonder So girls like it, there was Miss Hugh last time, and this time Miss Grant is here again."
"Teacher, stop joking!" Abner protested helplessly. He really didn't have those thoughts. After the Fool arrives at the end of the month, this world will be one big event after another, and even the end is not far away! He is now focused on improving his strength to survive.
"It's just to let you relax! When you came back, you were full of tension and unwillingness. What stimulated you?" Mr. Detective's eyes were bright. At a glance, I noticed that my students' mentality was wrong.
After Jane's visit, Abner had actually calmed down quite a bit, but he still sighed and said, "Thank you, Teacher, for your concern...I may have met a Sequence Five today...so I feel that I am really too weak!"
Involving a Sequence 5 powerhouse, Detective Essinger also became serious. He didn't ask specific details, but just patted his student on the shoulder and said, "Knowledge is power! Since you feel weak, I will teach you a skill today." Ritual knowledge to enhance actual combat strength is ready."
"What ceremony? Teacher." Abner asked in surprise. He has also learned a lot of ritual magic in the past few days, but each one needs to be prepared for a long time in advance, and it is useless in an encounter unless an ambush is set up.
"The ritual of making spells! We readers lack the means to fight against the enemy in the low sequence, but the spells can be quickly activated with simple spells after they are made!" Detective Essinger replied while taking out various ritual items .
spell? I remember that in the novel, Klein used the sun flame spell made by the blood of the eternal blazing sun to interrupt the descendant of the real creator.
Just when Abner was thinking wildly, Detective Essinger said to him: "I remember that when you bought the main material of 'Reader', you should have bought 50 grams more of the brain slices of the Manhas monkey? Take it out, I need to use it."
"How do you know that?" Abner realized as soon as he said this, how could the teacher not know the formula of 'Reader'? And he bought it at a party organized by his teacher.
Detective Essinger really didn't bother to answer the students' stupid questions. After placing the three candles, he found three pieces of brass spell carriers that had been prepared earlier.
Abner took a closer look and found that the front and back of the brass talisman were engraved with symbols symbolizing the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom".
Immediately afterwards, Detective Essinger found a bottle of mercury, and directly guided the liquid inside to flow into the notch of the spell with spirituality, filling all the lines.
Finally, the process was repeated, and after completing the three spells, Detective Essinger placed them in front of the candle, took the slices of Manhas monkey brains that Abner handed over, and put 10 grams on them.
Until this time, Detective Essinger explained a few words to Abner: "The power and effect of the spell depends on the material you sacrificed. The brain slices of the Manhas monkey are not of high quality, and the spells produced can only be It's low-level, but it's good enough for you."
Abner nodded, and after putting away the remaining 20 grams of brain slices, he continued to watch the teacher perform the ceremony seriously.
After reverently saluting the holy emblem, Detective Essinger took a step back, and recited in ancient Hermes with a voice full of vicissitudes:
"I pray for the power of knowledge;"
"I pray for the power of reason;"
"I pray for the gift of the God of Wisdom;"
"I beg you to let the items on the altar form a spell..."
...
Detective Essinger was very frustrated. As soon as the rhythmic and mysterious voice fell, the altar he saw suddenly became dark and deep, as if an indescribable and ineffable divinity was emanating from the candle in the middle. .
The candle flame suddenly rose and became larger, but it failed to illuminate the surrounding area. Instead, the three pieces of brass charms on the altar were stained with countless complex symbols and flowing numbers, whether large or small, sparse or dense.
But in a blink of an eye, those symbols and numbers disappeared again.
Detective Essinger rubbed his dizzy head, then narrowed his gaze, and said in a deep voice:
"Thank you for your gift;"
"Praise you for being there."
After that, without delay, he immediately ended the ceremony and removed the spiritual wall.
"Okay, I just took a look. You should thank the gods for making them effective for at least half a year! You should know that it is normal for similar spells to last for a month or two." Detective Essinger played around. He looked at the three spells, then handed them to his students, and said. "Since it is the extraordinary material you provided, I will give it to you."
Abner was not hypocritical, and he and his teacher did not need to be polite. He happily took the brass charm and asked, "What is the function of this charm? How can I use it?" He can actually analyze it with pure white eyes. It worked, but facing the teacher at such a close distance, even with glasses covering him, he was afraid of being exposed.
"Use the ancient Hermetic language to say 'Blue Star', and it can be activated. As for the effect, it can overload the brain of the spellcaster for 1 to 2 seconds. Of course, this is only for low-sequence, for Sequence 7 and above Existence will have no effect, at most you will be in a trance." Essinger said here, and then joked with Abner with a smile: "Actually, you still make money, and spells with this ability are very sought-after. They are very popular at my party. A piece can be sold for at least 30 pounds!"
Abner's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he agreed with the teacher's words very much in his heart. The defense of low-sequence Extraordinary is very average, and a second or two is enough to tell life and death. This spell is very effective as a hole card to catch people by surprise.
Thinking of this, Abner used practice as an excuse to rub the teacher's ritual items, intending to make all the remaining slices of Manjas monkey brains into spells, so that he might be able to sell one or two at the party at night.
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