The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

It seems like just a blink of an eye, there is only more than half a month left before the New Year of 1350.

Before Louise could enjoy this peaceful and leisurely life enough, things seemed to start to come to her door.

The origin of the story is simple: Louise went out.

Although people in this era do not have the custom of buying New Year's goods, it is the beginning of a new year after all. People are always used to buying some accessories to decorate their houses, or some delicacies that they are reluctant to try on weekdays, and enjoy this short-term joy and joy.

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After all, shopping is also a pleasant thing, of course, provided you have enough gold pounds.

As Louise, she doesn't have to do the shopping herself because she has enough servants who are divided into different categories.

The main reason she went out today was to attend an appointment, and the appointment she attended was Thomas's appointment.

Since Thomas returned to Backlund from Byam, he actually stayed directly at the MI9 headquarters to work. As a result, the relationship between the two has been restored a lot.

No, as the New Year approached and work became easier, Thomas took some time to invite Louise to watch a play together.

If it was in Byam, if Louise was still a boy, then the two of them would probably choose hunting, but now, drama can be regarded as a suitable way to spend time and entertainment.

Backlund's largest theater, the play to be performed tonight is a classic play created by Emperor Russell, which is hard to find, but it is for the ordinary middle class, and with the status of Thomas and others

, naturally it is a trivial matter.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the theater. Thomas got out of the carriage first, and then very gentlemanly, he let Louise put her arm on his wrist and stepped out of the carriage gracefully.

"Speaking of which, this is my first time to watch a play since I came to Backlund." Louise glanced at the splendid Grand Theater in front of her and said with a smile.

Thomas asked the coachman to stop the carriage, and then responded:

"In fact, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't want to go to the ball, I wouldn't come to the play."

Louise smiled, looked at Thomas with crooked eyebrows, and joked:

"You! The Viscountess is so worried about your life-long event. If she knows that you are deliberately avoiding the invitation to the ball, she might scold you!"

Thomas smiled bitterly, and then said nonchalantly:

"Anyway, I'm already here, the matter is a foregone conclusion, it doesn't matter."

Louise stretched out her finger and pointed at her friend. Without any further persuasion, Louise walked towards the theater in front of her and said:

"Then let's go, let's see how amazing Emperor Russell's talent is!"

Naturally, Thomas could not understand the deep meaning of these words. He just paid attention to the cars, horses and pedestrians on the roadside, and accompanied Louise towards the theater door.

However, Thomas, who was already a mid-level Extraordinary, was very spiritually alert. He suddenly realized that someone seemed to be watching him, so he immediately turned back and quickly found the source of his sight.

The owner of the eyes belongs to a middle-aged man. He has bronze skin, a medium build, black hair, and soft facial features. He looks harmless. He is just an ordinary middle-class person, or perhaps more like an intellectual.

However, Thomas instantly recognized the identity of this person, the suspect wanted by MI9, Azik Eggers.

The next second, Thomas's body tensed up, as if he wanted to fly to catch the man who had been running away, but his wrist was held by someone.

Looking sideways, Louise had a slight smile on her lips. At this time, she also turned behind her, shook her head gently towards him, and said:

"Since you are watching a play, why should you become an actor?"

Thomas seemed a little surprised, but when he looked around and saw a large number of joyful people, including many nobles, he immediately understood that once he clashed with the fugitive, it would definitely cause a large-scale chaos.

Moreover, in just a few seconds, the fugitive Azik had disappeared without a trace.

But these were not enough to be the real reasons for him to give up catching fugitives. On the contrary, when he thought of Azik Eggers's several battles with MI9 and the combat effectiveness displayed by the latter, the reasons were very good. .

This is an "emergency escape"!

"At least, I should send the information back." Thomas said softly, as if he was just chatting.

Louise pulled him and turned towards the theater door and said casually:

"By the time the people from MI9 arrive here, they will already be gone. But you can go if you want."

Thomas took a deep look at Louise, didn't know what he thought of, nodded, gave up the idea of ​​delivering the message, and walked into the theater easily.

Following the waiter, he came to the reserved box and sent the waiter away at will. Thomas couldn't wait to ask:

"Why did you stop me? Do you know the man just now?"

Louise smiled slightly and replied:

"I don't know him, but I know you can't beat him. Even if you add me, you won't be that person's opponent."

Although he knew that Louise was an Extraordinary, and that the probability of the sequence was not low, or at least a mid-sequence Extraordinary, Thomas was still very surprised by this, and he asked curiously:

"How do you know that man's sequence is very high?"

"Hey, don't underestimate me, I'm very powerful, okay!" Louise emphasized, raising her voice slightly.

"Okay, I admit, you are awesome." Thomas sighed inexplicably and simply described:

"That man is a wanted criminal by MI9, but he is very sharp and has escaped our many encirclements and suppressions."

"I just don't know why he appears here?"

Louise couldn't help but sigh, because she felt that Mr. Azik's vicissitudes of life just now seemed to be looking at her?

This feeling was very unfounded, but Louise did not dare to ignore it, although she did not know that she had any connection with Azik... This made no sense!

"Maybe it's just a coincidence?" She guessed wildly: "The wanted criminal might also have a hobby of watching dramas!"

Thomas wanted to complain, but he held back. After all, he had indeed failed to fulfill the duties of an MI9 officer.

Although he also had his own reasons, for some reason, it was difficult for him to refuse the other party's request in front of Louise. Although he really couldn't beat Azik, if he had really rushed up just now, it would probably turn into "I'm in, I'm out" situation.

In fact, it doesn't make much sense whether to report this intelligence to MI9, because Azik cannot stay in the same location for too long, and Thomas did not see Azik entering the theater. The latter seemed to just happen to pass by. …

Soon, the conversation between the two stopped temporarily because the drama began.