Struggle in the Steam Age

By the time Lawrence checked Mr. Fontaine who was in a coma and Safiel came out of the bedroom, the other two people invited by the hostess of the manor had already left. According to the servants, they borrowed the carriage from the manor and went to the Amber Mead Hotel on Mirabili Street to find clues.

"What should we do now?" Safir looked at Lawrence, who was touching his chin with a thoughtful expression, and directly reached out and grabbed his arm, with an anxious look on his face. "Shall we go to Zimoli Street now? Those two people have already set off for several minutes. If we were later, we would not be able to catch up with them."

"Isn't it Mirabilis Street? No, we're not going there." As a fighter, Safiel's hand strength is not small, so Lawrence woke up immediately after being caught in the arm. "We're going to Yuangang University now."

Safir was a little puzzled, because she didn't know why Lawrence wasn't looking for clues here or on Mirabilis Street. But she didn't say anything, but directly followed Lawrence on the carriage to Far Harbor University.

"You must be wondering why I don't stay in the manor or go to the Amber Mead Hotel, but I have to go to Far Harbor University." On the carriage, Lawrence began to explain his behavior to the bewildered Safiel. "That's because I just ran through this matter in my mind and suddenly found a doubt."

"Suspicious point, what is that?" Safir looked at Lawrence who was sitting opposite him and asked, "I think there are only two possibilities in this incident, and the high probability is that the victim was in the hotel on Mirabili Street." Something happened to Dan, and there is a low probability that the victim was carrying something with him that hurt him."

"No, there is a third possibility." Lawrence smiled and shook his right hand fingers. "That is, he encountered something very dangerous in other places, and this place is probably in Far Harbor University."

After saying this, he explained to Safiel. "Just now the lady told us about his son's itinerary for those few days. One of the important points is that although it is the school's summer vacation, her son has been staying in school every day recently for his own studies. "

"On the day of the accident, his son went to school after breakfast as usual. According to Mrs. Fontaine's recollection, his son was fine at that time. But that night, the young man ran to Mirage Street gone."

"Huh? It's really not normal for you to say that." Safiel also felt a little bit wrong at this time. "According to Mrs. Fontaine, her child is very good, and she doesn't usually touch these things. If this is the case, it seems very abnormal to run to Mirabilis Street alone one night. Maybe—"

"Maybe he was controlled by something at that time." Lawrence continued, "But I have to go to the school to ask about these things to be sure. After all, in the eyes of a mother, her child is always the best. Now we can't Find out if he's really as good as his mother says he is."

More than 20 minutes later, the carriage arrived at the gate of Yuangang University, and then Lawrence and Safir walked into the campus together. Although it is summer vacation, there are still many professor and student activities in the school.

After entering the school, Lawrence asked Safiel to sit on the bench next to the fountain and rest for a while. And he himself went to the office of the medical school to find his mentor, Professor Black. Fortunately, Professor Black was in the office now.

"Ah, Lawrence, it's you!" After entering the door, Professor Black took off his monocle and looked at the white-haired and blue-eyed Lawrence in front of him. A lot has changed."

"By the way, I have been paying attention to you recently. The article "On the Causes of Infection and the Ways to Stop Infection" you published in the "Federal Medical Journal" is very good. The above arguments and arguments solve many problems that the medical profession has encountered before. , I think the knowledge in this article could save many lives, seriously, if I had read this article five years ago—”

For the next 20 minutes, Lawrence discussed the article with his professor. It wasn't until after the discussion on an important issue in the thesis that Professor Black responded and asked. "By the way, you should be very busy now, why are you free to come to me today?"

"It's like this—" Lawrence roughly explained what he was doing now and why he came to school today. Of course, he didn't go into detail about the specific situation, but said that he had taken on a mission related to Mr. Fontaine, and suspected that Mr. Fontaine had some misfortune in school.

After listening to his explanation, Professor Black was a little dissatisfied that he did not devote himself to the study of medicine now. He believed that if Lawrence devoted himself to the study of medicine, he would definitely become a master in the medical field before he was 35 years old. But he also understood that it was not easy for a young man like Lawrence who came from other places to gain a foothold in a big city like Fort Eagle. It is too difficult to pursue this goal solely by relying on the profession of a doctor.

Besides, from all angles, becoming an extraordinary person, especially a spellcaster, is much better than simply becoming a doctor. In particular, many famous medical scientists were born as extraordinary people, so after Professor Black simply said a word or two to remind him not to forget about medical research, he began to help him think of a way.

"You are very lucky, because I have a very good friend who is a professor in the Department of Literature." Professor Black took his hat from the side and put it on, then stood up and walked towards the door of the office. "And if I remember correctly, he happened to be on duty at school today."

Soon, Professor Black found his friend on the second floor of the office building of the Faculty of Arts. After just saying that there are some things that need to be understood by Mr. Fontaine's classmates, the middle-aged man nodded without asking a word, and then walked out of his office.

"Professor Brown, this is—" Seeing the back of the professor walking out, Lawrence asked Professor Black next to him in some puzzlement. He didn't quite understand why the strange professor went out directly after listening to their words?

"He called someone for you." Professor Black shrugged. "You must know that he was not only the youngest professor in the Department of Literature, but also won the annual novel award from the "Federal Daily" twice. However, geniuses often have some problems, and Professor Brown is the biggest. The problem is that there is a little barrier in interpersonal communication."

Sure enough, within a few minutes, the professor walked in with the same expressionless face as he had just left. It's just that there are two students, a man and a woman, behind him.

"The two of them are the students who have been with Mr. Fontaine for the past few days. If you have anything to ask, you can ask them here." After speaking, Professor Brown sat back in his seat and picked up a book to read.

"Well, sir and the lady next to you, please don't be nervous. I just want to ask you to understand something today-"

For the next 20 minutes, Lawrence carefully asked the two students what Mr. Fontaine had been doing in school in recent days. From their narration, Lawrence found that Mr. Fontaine Jr. belonged to the same kind of person who devoted himself to study and had nothing to do when he was in college.

According to their narration, from the beginning of the summer vacation to the present, Mr. Fontaine has arrived at school on time every day and then went to the library or classroom to write something for the day, and never went to other places except for necessary lunch and toilet.

"Then did you find anything wrong?" Lawrence asked after listening to their statement.

"What's wrong?" After hearing this sentence, the boy showed a nervous look on his face. "Could you tell me what happened to Petit Fontaine?"