Mystery: Start with the Reader

"Gentle Words" hotel, in a private room at the upper reaches of the hot spring stream, a woman with a charming face and a hot body is sitting quietly in the pool water, letting the stream bring the inexplicable scent of her fair skin into the stream , flowing to various hot spring pools in the hotel.

This undressed woman is Cecia, the "Charming Apostle" of the Beria family. At this moment, she closed her eyes and felt something quietly. After a while, she opened her eyes.

Her pretty face was slightly red, and she seemed to be intoxicated. After about a minute, she turned her head and looked downstream, muttering silently to herself:

"As expected of a great detective with a good reputation, he travels with three female companions... He is so brave, with such a strong desire... Although I used the 'aura' spread in the stream with the help of the 'Charming Words' to add to the fun... ...But he is so cooperative... Haha, in a short time, I will be able to completely control his desires and make him obey my words and take the initiative to show off his 'devil' characteristics!

"Although this great detective is very famous and seems to be very capable, his weaknesses are too obvious and he still doesn't know how to restrain himself... Is it because it was too smooth in the past?

"Sure enough, he has a great background... No wonder the clan leader spoke so solemnly when handing over the mission...

"I can't kill such a person with my own hands. Once he gives up his characteristics, I will design a plan to attract those idiots from 'Slaughter', 'Death', and 'Light', and use their hands to kill this detective and his companions.

"The only trouble is the two annoying guys, 'Nightmare' and 'Mirror'... Unlike those three idiots, they still have some brains... They will definitely not be fooled by such a crude plan.

“But they probably don’t know that I have already obtained the ‘devil’s’ potion formula, prepared the ‘auxiliary materials’, and completed the relevant rituals!

"As long as you give me a little time, I can advance to Demigod! By then, I must take good care of 'Nightmare' and 'Mirror'!

"Let one of them look down on me because of the favor of the clan leader, and the other one who is in charge of demigod-level items also completely ignore me!

"Once I become a demigod and gain the favor of that being, I won't be able to take over even the position of clan leader!"

Just as she was getting more and more excited as she thought about it, she didn't realize that her inner island had opened up, and her own arrogance, jealousy, greed, and other emotions were rapidly expanding.

And the "black energy" that is difficult to detect with spiritual vision constantly flows along the pool water, along her swelling subconscious, and enters the island of her soul - that is the "Devil of the Heart"!

At this time, Cecia's breathing gradually became heavier, a confused look appeared in her eyes, and she unconsciously said: "It's almost here... The peak of detective is coming, the peak of desire is coming! This is the time!" "

Having said this, she stretched out her palm and shook it violently.

Then, she felt that her actions were completely out of control, so she called her subordinates and told them that she had succeeded and was about to be promoted to "devil"...

At the same time, she issued an order for them to guard the outside of the hotel, completely ignoring the several moles she had already identified.

It wasn't until Cecia felt herself standing up and walking towards the detective's room that her last bit of consciousness finally came to her senses:

"What am I doing?

"Didn't I use my desire to 'detonate' to kill the detective? Why did I temporarily switch to controlling him? And made a more reasonable plan than I expected?

"I have prepared the 'devil' ritual a long time ago? But when did I get the formula?

"No...that recipe suddenly appeared in my memory...someone had tampered with my mind!

"The detective's strong desire was disguised... He controlled me in reverse!"

With this thought in mind, the "Charming Apostle" Cecia made a last-ditch effort, trying to use her spirituality to outline symbols, inspire a spell carved in her body, and then quickly "demonize" her body to get rid of control. .

But what Chessia didn't know was that her having these thoughts was part of Abner's "arrangement" to expose her own trump card.

So just when most of the "symbol" outlined with spirituality was completed, and a shining star appeared on her glorious back, everything came to an abrupt end... Cecia completely lost consciousness!

It turned out that she had already entered Abner's room at this time and entered the "ritual" that had been arranged with high-end items from the "Black Emperor" path as the core.

And with the help of the "utilization" and "distortion" abilities, the "devil" soul herded by the "magic mirror" completely occupied her mind and body.

"Master..." Chesia, who was under the control of "Magic Mirror", said hello to Abner in a somewhat unfamiliar manner.

Abner nodded, and then asked "Cesia" to turn around, revealing her back that still had traces of "stars".

This was not because he had awakened some bad habit, but because this star and the "symbol" that Cecia finally sketched felt familiar to him.

"'Pain Witch' Rey escaped from the control of the 'Original Moon' with the help of three sacred objects and fled to Senator Macht's manor. After being met by Ms. Daly and I, she carved similar symbols and patterns in the carriage. …

"In the 'Daniel Labyrinth' before, the patterns and symbols that appeared automatically when sacrificing '1-025' were also the same...

"If nothing else... they should be the symbol of the 'Mother Tree of Desire'!

"This talisman carved into Chesia's body and used as a trump card has the effect of a demigod-level curse, cursing those who are related to her aura!

"Although I have long guessed that the elder of the Beria family will not be simple, if I had not chosen to trick her secretly, but relied on the 'manipulator' to control her, I would have been cursed by the mother tree now. !”

Thinking of this, Abner couldn't help but feel lucky that even though he had received the "epic level" strengthening from the three gods, he had not become "floating".

"This is thanks to Beria's name... After all, how can someone who can become an elder in such a former angel family not have a strong trump card?"

After sighing with emotion, Abner deactivated the "mechanical mind", looked at "Chessia" controlled by the "magic mirror", and asked:

"What other extraordinary items does this 'Charming Apostle' have on him?"

As he spoke, he looked at the red gemstone necklace around the neck of the charming woman in front of him and the silver ring on her finger...

After all, these two items attracted the most attention to her when she was completely naked.

"Master...she...most of the items she has obtained over the years have either been handed over to the family or given to her subordinates. In addition, as the 'Apostle of Desire', her own abilities are very powerful. Normal magical items are not useful to her." It's not very useful...

"So, the only things she has been wearing for a long time are the 'Language of Charm' necklace and the 'Language of Wind' ring.

"Among them, the 'Word of Charm' is created using the extraordinary properties of the 'Poison Professor'. It can release a variety of 'breaths' that make people desire, and then use the 'breaths' to control people or animals who are 'charmed'..." It can be said that half of Cecia's title as 'Charming Apostle' is due to this item.

"The negative effect of this thing is that it is extremely thirsty for fresh blood... This is actually nothing to a demon, so it was carried by Cecia for a long time.

"The other 'Whisper of the Wind' has the ability to control the 'wind', and can use it to use many abilities such as 'flying', 'wind blade', 'wind binding', etc., which makes up for Cecia's 'action' ability. 1 Inadequate problem...

"Its negative effect is that it is afraid of the sea... It makes the wearer afraid of sea water." The "Magic Mirror" controlled "Cesia", and her speech gradually became smoother from the initial stiffness.

Is it okay for an extraordinary item with the "Wind Blessed" ability to be afraid of sea water? Was this ring killed by some "Sea King" during his lifetime?

After complaining, Abner asked "Chessia" to keep two items for the time being, and took a bathrobe for her to wear. After all, he had ended his "mechanical mind" and there was always such a naked beauty. The blurring eyes made him somewhat embarrassed.

Abner, who did not watch the process of "Chessia" putting on her yukata, turned away and asked, "Who do you think will test the attack first?"

"Magic Mirror" knew about Abner's plan to pretend to be captured and then let the demons kill each other, so after integrating "Cesia's" memory, he replied:

"'Light' and 'Slaughter' are in the worst condition. As 'Chessia' just thought, after the traitor spreads the news, they will be the first to be 'semi-crazy' and can't help it.

"As for the demons under their control, those who are under their control will naturally not question the order, while those who are not under their control will have their own thoughts. I am afraid they would like to see the 'apostles' fight each other. Once any of them dies, it will be theirs. Chance!

"'Death' is in a similar state, but his men are all undead puppets, so they are relatively more united... But he will probably receive the news much later than the other two.

"The most troublesome thing is the 'mirror'. His mirror ability is difficult to predict. His condition is almost the best among all the apostles... Moreover, maybe he still has a difficult sealed item in his hand."

The intelligence level of the "Magic Mirror" that only opened one layer of seals is actually not enough to analyze so much content. This is borrowed from the wisdom of "Cesia" and the "devil" who was herded, but it still cannot take the initiative to analyze it. Thinking, "Chessia"'s brain will only be used after Abner gives an order.

After listening to "Magic Mirror"'s analysis, Abner nodded silently, because it was similar to his judgment.

"'Mirror'? Those are the only tricks you can play..."

Abner glanced at the hot spring pool in the room, then pretended to be restrained and sat on the side of "Chessia", and the "magic mirror" also "disguised" itself as "extraordinary characteristics" and fell on the bed. It is in the hands of "Cesia" controlled by it.

…

In another room of "Tender Words", Forsi, Elaine and Fanny wanted to take off their clothes and soak in the pool after taking a short rest.

But at this moment, the "orange cat" who had been squatting next to him suddenly said: "If I were you, I would not go to the bathtub." After all, the water in this pool was spiked...

Only then did the three ladies suddenly realize that there was a cat in the house, but they didn't pay much attention to it. Forsi even asked strangely: "Why?"

"Aren't you afraid of the detective spying?" Because he was afraid of ruining Abner's plan and causing unnecessary variables, Leon felt that his response was very appropriate and the detective would be satisfied.

"It's okay to show Abner..." Fanny straightened her chest and said matter-of-factly.

"Abner is not that kind of person." Forsi shook his head.

"The boss is not you..." Elaine said with certainty, thinking of Detective Blaine's "healthy" daily life.

"Tch, you only saw the surface of that kid..." At this point, "Lion" Leon showed a smile that was quite vulgar in the eyes of humans, and continued,

"You should know that 'Detective' has an extraordinary ability called 'Backtracking'...

"But do you know what the effect of this ability is?"