The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

There are always countless trivial things that happen during the moving process.

In the process of dealing with these things, Sophia found that Mr. Harry was a cold-hearted person with a soft heart. Even if the servants did something wrong, he would not criticize them harshly, but would patiently correct them.

It can be seen that he does not approve of me becoming Mr. Baron's personal maid, but he does not work perfunctory at all, and still teaches himself seriously and responsibly...

She just doesn't know how to speak... Sophia was grinding coffee by hand while complaining about Harry's expressions.

Just now when he was familiarizing himself with the layout of the villa, Harry suddenly stopped and almost bumped into him who was following him.

"Did you know that Mr. Baron likes to drink a cup of coffee while reading?"

Don't you just ask me to prepare coffee? Just say no... How do I know that Mr. Baron has this habit? He never entered the study when he was at the manor... Sophia squeezed the coffee beans hard, as if she thought it was

Punching bag.

After boiling the hot water, two spoons of sugar and one spoon of milk, the unique fragrance suddenly spread. She took a deep breath and felt much lighter. She had noticed before that Mr. Baron did not like original coffee.

The study room on the second floor is this door... Sophia knocked on the door twice.

"Please come in."

She pushed the door open and saw Mr. Baron sitting at his desk, holding a very old book and reading, so focused that he didn't even look up at her.

"Monsieur Baron, your coffee," she said softly.

"Thank you, leave it here."

Joyce raised his head slightly and pointed to the position on his right.

Before leaving, Sophia glanced at the title of the book, which happened to be a Rune word she recognized: "Alonso's Travels".

The protagonist in the book is a man named Alonso, who is a ranger. It mainly tells the story of Alonso and his talking elk companions wandering and exploring.

When he first read it, Joyce thought it was an alien version of Don Quixote, but the first story described in the book made him change his mind.

One person and one deer came to stay in a strange village for the night. They had a peaceful dinner together, but when they woke up in the middle of the night, they found that everyone in the village had gone crazy.

After some classic reasoning by the talking elk... yes, the elk is the real protagonist... Alonso found the culprit, an evil hypnotist who hypnotized the villagers just to do experiments to prove that the spirit

Diseases can be transmitted subconsciously.

After sending him to the trial court, one person and one deer embarked on the journey again, and met one after another a third party witch who cursed the noble lady's unexpected death. She walked through the storm, a devout believer who forgot the god she believed in, and collected souls as ship wages.

Devil's Ferryman...

Under the aura of a powerful protagonist, the talking elk is almost omnipotent, and can cleverly avert danger every time he is in danger.

Joyce benefited a lot from it, which was enough to help him not be at a loss when encountering extraordinary people on the same path in the future.

Closing the last page, the wording and sentence structure of the entire book gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had seen similar articles somewhere?

"Travels of the Subconscious", last night, Rose Manor, on the desk in the bedroom, written by Paulie Dellaw.

"Alonso's Travels" has no author's signature. Maybe the two books are by the same author? After all, they are both types of travel notes, and the writing style and story structure are roughly similar.

Even if this author is really a powerful extraordinary person who likes to write books, what does it have to do with me... Joyce laughed at himself and couldn't help but lament that he had been too suspicious in the past two days and quickly ignored this question.

It's time to enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea.

Perhaps it was the influence of the original owner, or perhaps the environment changed her personality, but Joyce, who had never had this habit in her previous life, quickly fell in love with this way of leisure.

Sweets always make people feel happy, and it would be better if they don’t gain weight.

Joyce tasted the pastries carefully prepared by the chef and made comments from time to time. At the same time, she listened to Harry's report, but the more she listened, the more something seemed wrong:

"In other words, starting from tomorrow until the beginning of next month, my schedule is already fully booked?"

"Yes, Mr. Baron, I was even invited to multiple banquets on the same day." Harry added beside him.

Joyce swallowed a small fruit cake, with a look of helplessness on his face:

"I am a baron, not a governor!"

"Turn it down, put down all those boring banquet invitations... Well, I will attend General Gordon's banquet."

General Gordon was his father William's old boss. The two had fought side by side for many years and had a deep relationship. At William's funeral, General Gordon personally delivered a eulogy. He could not refuse his invitation.

Harry immediately wrote it down and was about to speak when he heard the sound of rapid footsteps approaching from far away. He turned around and saw a footman approaching quickly, leaning over and saying something in his ear, which made him look confused and frown.

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Joyce took a sip of the soothing black tea and asked:

"What happened?"

Harry's expression returned to seriousness and he answered truthfully:

"There is a man in a police uniform outside, claiming to have something important to report to you."

Police? When did he provoke them? Not to mention how could the colonial police dare to investigate a baron... Joyce was open-minded and unafraid, and said with a smile:

"Invite him in."

"Okay, Mr. Baron." Harry nodded to the manservant behind him.

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Dean was born and raised in Rothed. His parents died and he had no education. He relied on his cleverness to earn a living among the local gangs until he reached adulthood.

After experiencing a major turning point in his life, he repented and began to learn the Loen language by himself. He mastered it proficiently in just three months, and then used all the money he had saved over the past twenty years to buy the police uniform he now wears.

On the first day of patrol, Dean saw the gap in status between people. When he met a nobleman about his age who owned a mansion and servants, he vowed to climb higher.

What he didn't expect was that the opportunity came so unexpectedly.

The senior policeman who patrolled with him caught a suspicious person and brought him to the police station for severe interrogation. After that, he learned that the prisoner claimed to be an informant for the resistance, and his purpose was to investigate the itinerary and the journey of the newly promoted baron Joyce Best.

living habit.

According to the rebels, Joyce Best's title was earned with countless blood, and he will definitely be punished by Poseidon.

The police station is accustomed to such cases. The rebels always act impulsively without thinking, and they don't even have the intention to report it.

Because of this, Dean easily obtained all the interrogation reports of the case, but the results surprised him.

The confession was false, he was lying... This was Dean's first thought when he saw the report, because he knew the prisoner.

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"According to what you said, he would rather call himself a rebel than admit that he is a gangster. Wouldn't he be asking for death?"

Dean cautiously raised his head and glanced at the calm Joyce Best, then immediately lowered his head and said:

"Mr. Baron, you don't know something. In cases involving the rebels, the police department may choose to deal with the case simply and choose to deal with it simply. But if it is discovered that the local gang is trying to target a noble, then the matter will be serious..."

Depending on the location, the way of thinking about problems will be different... The police are mostly made up of locals and mixed-race people, and naturally there are many who sympathize with the resistance. However, the gangs are under the direct jurisdiction of the police station, and they must not make mistakes... Joyce

After thinking through the twists and turns, he asked in a deep voice:

"How will the prisoner be treated?"

"Detain him for two days, fine him a sum of money, and then release him."

Dean thought of his experiences when he was a gangster and quickly answered.

"Very good." Joyce asked again, "Would you like to do me a favor?"

This is the purpose of my coming today... Dean suppressed the excitement in his heart and lowered his head:

"My pleasure, my dear Baron."

Joyce picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said in a gentle tone:

"I am a person who likes equal exchange."

"I hope the whole thing has been investigated clearly when we meet next time, what do you think?"

"According to your wishes."

Dean got the most ideal ending and said goodbye wisely.

After listening to the whole process, Harry made a suggestion: "Should we inform Mr. Thomas?"

"There is no need to make a fuss about things that have not yet been confirmed. Besides, didn't I entrust this Mr. Dean to investigate? He will give me a satisfactory answer."

Joyce spoke firmly and noticed Sophia beside him who was hesitant to speak:

"Just say whatever you want?"

"Why didn't he report to his boss?" Sophia pointed in the direction Dean left and wondered.

Joyce glanced at her sideways: "Because he is smarter than you."

"He is also an ambitious person."