The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

At dinner time, Miss "Soothsayer" returned to 59 Egram Street.

In the past two days, she had spent most of her time outside, with the purpose of investigating Walter's traces and joining Backlund's circle of extraordinary people. This was not difficult, it just required luck and enough eyesight to identify.

After returning, she found that the atmosphere at home was not quite right. The air seemed to be frozen. Not only were many of the servants a little absent-minded, but Sophia also became serious in her smile.

"Miss, I have something to do with you." The maid said with a serious expression.

Katrin followed and asked curiously: "What happened?"

She still has a little fear of Louise, but she gets along very well with Sophia. There is not much of a barrier, and they seem to have almost become good sisters...

"Edita is dead."

The maid said briefly and opened the door to the living room.

Edita... Katrin quickly recalled in her mind that thin, ordinary-looking young girl, who was the maid she had personally selected.

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Louise is reading a book...well, she is reading "Stormy Heights" by Forsi.

Regarding the sudden death of an unfamiliar maid, her thoughts were somewhat hesitant.

On the one hand, from the employer's point of view, Louise urged the police to investigate the truth of the case and pay some compensation, which is quite benevolent... What's more, Edita only worked for her for less than two weeks.

No feelings arose, almost like strangers.

On the other hand, she was a little angry at the perfunctory attitude of Inspector Wald who came to visit this afternoon. It seemed that if Louise did not pursue the matter, they would suppress the matter...

Seeing Miss "Soothsayer" come in, Louise closed the book in her hand... In fact, she hadn't turned a page for several minutes.

"I'm back, please sit down first. Did you gain anything today?"

Catlin sat obediently on the sofa opposite, straightened her back, and answered truthfully:

"Still no news from Walter, but I have found clues to an extraordinary gathering. Maybe I can join it in two days."

Louise didn't make any further comments and was silent for two seconds, then continued to ask:

"I guess you've heard about it, so please describe Edita."

Katrin had already prepared a draft and carefully recounted all her impressions of Edita in an orderly manner, including the other party's self-recommendation, details during the interview, and her performance after becoming a maid. She gave a relatively clear description of a person living in the East End.

The image of a young girl who comes from a difficult family but works hard to live.

"In other words, Edita is not a girl who likes to cause trouble..." Louise concluded, and then murmured to herself: "Then why was she brutally murdered?"

I won’t hire a servant who likes to cause trouble... Katrin defended herself in her mind, and she tried to guess:

"Maybe it was just an accident?"

"After these two days of observation, I found that Backlund's East District is no better than Bayam's dock area... Gangs are rampant, people's lives are miserable, and chaos and killings are not uncommon..."

Having said that, why does this kind of thing happen to me... The source of Louise's confusion is mainly concentrated on this issue. She is very aware of her own specialness and always maintains a cautious attitude towards the events that happen around her.

A kind of caution and speculation.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do. You can go and rest."

She gave the order to Miss "Soothsayer", who got up after hearing the words and exited the living room.

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That night, the crimson moon hung high in the sky, not covered by clouds. Instead, it covered the entire city with a thin layer of gauze. It was a long-tested but enduring smog.

Louise opened her eyes in the darkness and rolled out of bed.

Unexpectedly, even though she has been promoted to a "witch", she still cannot escape the fate of operating in the middle of the night... However, her trip this time is not to kill people, but to do good things for others.

She was going to Backlund's East District, Edita's home, the scene of her death... Louise was a little worried about this matter. Whether it was out of guilt or caution, she decided to investigate it herself.

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In the era without electricity, no matter how prosperous the city was, its quietest side would be revealed every night.

It was so quiet that even the wanderers wandering on the roadside didn't want to make any noise.

They are both men and women, surviving in the most prosperous city in the Northern Continent. They have no home, no job, and dare not sleep at night because they are likely to not wake up due to hunger and cold... This is Inspector Wald.

The reason for such indifference to Edita's death.

In the East End, death may be a good thing.

However, no matter how humble a life is, they all have the right to pursue freedom and light, even if they have been buried in the soil forever.

Louise walked past these zombie-like people with an expressionless face without being noticed by anyone. Finally, she found Edita's home.

Yes, Edita has a family, she still has parents, and she had a brother who was more than ten years younger than her, but he fell ill and died some time ago.

In later generations, such huts included in urban development may be able to live without worries due to demolition, but in this era, they are not even willing to turn on the gas lights.

The people in the hut were not sleeping yet, and there were faint sounds of intermittent sobbing, accompanied by a faint smell of blood.

"Why did Edita die like this? She had just found a good job. She told me two days ago that she had made a friend and finally had a smile on her face. Why was she killed?"

This was the cry of a woman, her voice was rough, and it sounded like she had been crying for a long time.

Another old male voice kept comforting me.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew open the old window. The middle-aged couple took a look, and then the husband got up, walked to the window, and closed it.

In the living room of the hut, several yellow cordons surrounded an unrecognizable female body.

This middle-aged couple is naturally Edita's parents. They are in their forties, have been tortured by life, and are extremely sad.

The body was surrounded by the police in order to protect the scene, but the couple still lived here, because once they were forced to leave, the two of them could only become like the wanderers outside, becoming Backlund late at night.

The lonely ghost.

The fatal wound was on the neck, and it seemed that he had been stabbed to death with a sharp instrument. There were dark red bloodstains all over his limbs and body. It was obvious that he had been severely tortured after death.

The abdomen was disembowelled and all the internal organs were removed...

All the internal organs have been ripped out...