The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

"You can find a detective to help you with this kind of thing, you don't have to do it yourself."

Joyce breathed a sigh of relief and while talking, he looked for Mrs. Fabian, Naomi's aunt. When the dance just started, he noticed that the two of them were together. This came from the "assassin's" observation ability.

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"I saw Mrs. Fabian. I'll ask her to take you home first."

"No, I won't leave, can you help me? I know they will go out for a tryst every Friday afternoon, that is, tomorrow, can you go with me?"

She grabbed Joyce's arm as if grasping the last straw.

The latter was so helpless that he even saw Charlie not far away giving him a thumbs up.

What is going on... Joyce was about to cry. He supported Naomi and echoed:

"Okay, go tomorrow. Wait until you sober up tomorrow. I'll call Mrs. Fabian."

"Don't scream. How can Ianna be better than my aunt? My uncle is blind!"

Naomi shouted in a low voice. The etiquette education she had received prevented her from doing anything more rude.

"Yes, yes, he is a fool, Ianna didn't...wait, Ianna!"

Joyce changed from being careless and perfunctory, and became surprised, and there was a surprise that came without any effort:

"Did you just say Ianna?"

"Yes, Ianna is the woman who seduced my uncle." Naomi couldn't help but mocked:

"Isn't she just prettier, more coquettish, and more attractive? What else could be better..."

Listening to Naomi's endless complaints, Joyce felt more and more that the Ianna she was talking about was the Ianna she was looking for, but it was obvious that she could not ask anything more from her.

He called Charlie with his eyes:

"Naomi is drunk. Go call Mrs. Fabian and take her home."

When Charlie got closer, he realized that things were not what he imagined. He quickly found Mrs. Fabian, who thanked Joyce and took Naomi away from the dance early with a little worry.

"Why did you make her cry?" Charlie asked in confusion.

What are you talking about? How can she blame me for her own mental illness, and it seems that this thorn has been choking her for a long time... Joyce retorted in her heart and explained:

"People who look strong on the outside often have a fragile heart."

Charlie nodded solemnly with understanding, as if being baptized, but a smile appeared on his face the next second:

"Would you like to go over and have a drink?"

Joyce looked at some familiar friends over there, raised his glass and said:

"OK."

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Unfortunately, until the end of the dance, Joyce did not get any more clues about Ianna from other people.

However, on the way back, Sophia gave him a surprise.

"Did you get any information?"

"Yeah, yes."

Sophia nodded excitedly and said: "Those personal maids of the lady know a lot of secrets. Although they know how to keep secrets, as an 'audience', I can get the information I want through indirect induction."

Unknowingly, she observed Joyce again, and the latter frowned and advised:

“Don’t be too obsessed with being an ‘audience’, as that will make you gradually lose yourself.”

"Okay." Sophia returned to her normal state and said:

"Ianna is General Bright's mistress."

Brett? Isn't it Fabian? She has two legs... No, maybe more than two... She deserves to be called a "witch"!

Joyce was not surprised at all: "Is the news accurate?"

"More than one person said that, and..."

Sophia glanced at her, looking like she was hesitant to speak.

Joyce saw this and asked in confusion:

"If there's anything else you can gain, just tell me. Why are you hesitating?"

"They said that Ianna has unusual relationships with many important people, including... including Mr. William..."

Before she finished speaking, Sophia hurriedly corrected her position: "I won't believe it anyway. Mr. William will never have anything to do with such a woman."

Joyce supported her point of view and said categorically:

"William would not do such a thing, not to mention that rumors and gossip are just based on rumors, so don't pay too much attention to them."

After comforting the maid who worshiped William as a father and a hero, Joyce thought quietly in her heart.

I didn’t expect that the investigation of Ianna would involve William. It was completely like taking advantage of him.

Based on the original owner's impression of William, he is not a person who would go along with the "witch"... What if he is charmed by the "witch", just like "Joyce" and Emily...

No, William is a Sequence Six Extraordinary - "Judge". This is the arbiter path with full spiritual attributes, and he will not be easily tempted.

Unless Ianna is a Sequence Four demigod, but that is impossible.

However, since such rumors have leaked out, and judging from Sophia's performance, the news does not seem to be false... After all, it is not easy to deceive an "audience", even if she is only Sequence Nine.

Presumably, William and Ianna must have crossed paths. As for whether they are friends or enemies, it is open to question... If William's sacrifice is taken into account, it may be more likely that they are enemies.

Suddenly I remembered what William wrote in his letter: Adhering to fairness and justice is the most noble quality of a person, not his status as a noble.

Now it seems that Ianna is not only exchanging chips from Emily for the "Instigator" potion formula, but it is even related to her own safety, so she has to pay more attention to it.

Maybe I really have to catch a rapist tomorrow...

Alas, why do you, as a noble, always do some dirty work? I am not a private detective!

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The next morning, Joyce received a letter, sent by Naomi.

At the beginning of the letter, she fully expressed her apology for her gaffe last night, and told Joyce that the ridiculous decision was just drunken gibberish and should not be taken seriously.

Damn, I really don't care. Although I still want to "catch the adulterer", I will only go alone...

Joyce continued to read, and at the end of the letter, Naomi politely asked him to keep the secret.

Bayam's circle is so big, this kind of thing cannot be hidden, and I'm afraid everyone who needs to know knows almost everything... Well, for Naomi, as long as Mrs. Fabian doesn't know about it, she will

Trying to solve it.

Thinking from Naomi's point of view, her parents died early and she had almost no memory. Now, the uncle and aunt who raised her are facing the risk of their family being broken up...

"Witch" does a lot of harm to people!

After restraining his divergent thinking, Joyce checked the potion sent by Charlie.

Sure enough, potions that enhance abilities... But in addition, there are potions that treat internal and external injuries, and a special potion that stimulates potential. After taking it, people can temporarily forget pain and exert powerful power, but in

You will be weak for two days after the medicine wears off.

That is to say, a stimulant with stronger effects and less side effects... Joyce is very satisfied. No matter what she does, the importance of nanny is always irreplaceable!