Whispering Verse

"Antique? Is it valuable?"

The doctor asked casually while examining the body, and Shade, who was checking the blood stains around him, also listened. The rain was so loud that the three of them had to speak louder.

Silver tableware is still a symbol of status in this era. In adventure novels, there is often a scene where a maid elopes with her lover and takes away the master's silver tableware in exchange for travel expenses and living expenses. If the silverware is still antique, it will be even more valuable.

"It's very valuable. Even if a noble of the earl's level owns these two sets of silver tableware, they can be used as family heirlooms."

Miss Louisa once again demonstrated the "useless knowledge" she had, and most likely learned it from another princess.

Shade turned around and asked:

"That's strange. Didn't the doctor's investigation say that the factory owner was just the agent who held Tobesk's property for [Mercury Blood]? He shouldn't be rich himself."

Then he looked at the boy's body suspiciously, and he concluded:

"Could it be that......"

"It's hard to say yet, let's keep moving forward."

The doctor restored the body to its original position, prayed quietly for the boy amidst the sound of rain hitting the glass, and signaled to the other two that they could leave.

After leaving the kitchen, the bloodstains returned to the living room and then to the stairs.

There was a very cruel scene on the stairs, with the corpses of an old woman and a middle-aged housewife hugging each other. Thick blood dripped down the carpet on the stairs, making it almost impossible for the three of them to find a place to stay.

After examination, Mr. Schneider found that there were no obvious external wounds on the two people. The blood seemed to flow from the mouth.

"It's kind of like a curse."

Miss Louisa judged, and the doctor nodded:

"I also think it was a curse caused by magic. After entering the door, I killed the maid with a knife, then walked into the kitchen and killed the little boy. When I turned back to the living room, I met two ladies coming down the stairs. I immediately used magic or magic to kill the maid. The technique caused them to vomit blood and die...The murderer is a ring sorcerer, there is no need to doubt this."

Shade looked around vigilantly to prevent anything from jumping out of the darkness, and was startled by the sound of thunder again:

"If there is anything unusual, remember to remind me in time."

He whispered in his heart.

【no problem. 】

The murmuring voice came back.

Probably because of the heavy bleeding from the two corpses, the murderer finally got blood stains on his boots here. The blood stains were very faint, and it still required Shade's eyes to distinguish them. The blood stains on the boots were only towards the upstairs, not downstairs.

The two people who examined the body made new discoveries. In the neck of the middle-aged housewife, the doctor found a string of pearl necklaces. According to Miss Louisa's on-the-spot valuation, the necklace was worth at least 3,000 pounds.

"This was definitely not jewelry that the factory owner could afford."

Shade said, and then the three of them continued walking upstairs.

No one proposed to take away the pearl necklace or the silverware. They were not robbers or thieves. Although they broke into the crime scene on this rainy night and destroyed the clues, doctors, writers and outsiders all had their own bottom lines.

The sound of rain covered up the sound of footsteps. The three of them arrived on the second floor. The blood stains extended to the interior of the floor. A sixteen-year-old girl with freckles fell on her back in the middle of the corridor. She looked very similar to the middle-aged housewife on the stairs, and the cause of death was the same as the maid at the door, with a sharp knife piercing her heart directly.

Shade didn't know what to say about this cruel scene. After the doctor examined the body, he knelt down next to the body and prayed for her. Only then did Shade know that Dr. Bill Schneider believed in the True God [the Lord of All Things], that is, [The God of Nature and Evil Thoughts].

The scope of this righteous god's ministry includes "death". When Shade first came to this world, the corpse carrier who took away Detective Sparrow's body had the holy symbol of this righteous god.

Miss Louisa was already suppressing her anger:

"This is so cruel. Who could do such a thing?"

If they could find the murderer, the blonde would probably show no mercy.

Amidst the increasingly violent rain outside, a group of three people followed the light of the silver moon at Shade's fingertips and entered the three bedrooms on the second floor. The murderer seemed to be looking for something, but there was no trace of his footsteps stopping.

The blood trail then led them to the third floor, which was the top floor of the house except for the attic. The window on the third floor facing the stairwell was actually open. The rainwater blew into the corridor with the wind, and the wind blew the curtains constantly. This scene was especially strange on this rainy summer night.

"The bloodstain extended into the corridor, but another bloodstain extended out and disappeared near the window."

Shade provides information about what he saw.

"After the murderer entered the third floor, he did something inside and then left through the window?"

Miss Louisa stood behind Shade and deduced that after entering the house, although there was no prior consultation, the doctor followed Shade and the female writer walked last.

The doctor cautiously approached the window and looked outside. It was pitch black in the night of heavy rain, and even the lights from nearby blocks could not penetrate the rain curtain. Such heavy rain will wash away the blood stains, making it impossible for Shade to continue tracking from the window.

"Go to the third floor first and see what he did."

said the doctor, looking frowningly at the window, and then winking at Miss Louisa. Miss Louisa immediately understood what he meant, so she wanted to wink at Shade, but she didn't expect that Shade had already shown an expression that said, "So this is a trick."

The blonde smiled at him, the murderer clearly underestimating what Shade's "eyes" could see.

Following the blood stains, we entered the third floor. After turning into the study, we finally found the body of the male owner of the family, Mr. Ponton, who ran a screw factory.

The gas lamp on the wall of the study was turned off, but the gas lamp on the table was on, illuminating the body.

Mr. Ponton, wearing a homely loose shirt, sat behind his desk and leaned on the table. Shade stood at the door of the study, Miss Louisa went to check the pages on the table, and the doctor checked the body:

"The cause of death is different from the one downstairs. It should be that the brain was shattered by the [Brain Crushing] spell. I noticed the marks on his forehead. This kind of spell has a similar principle to [Corpse Explosion] and is very famous. Such a Come on, no one can know what's in the dead man's head unless he's a psychic. What's on the table?"

"Ledger."

Miss Louisa said.

Raindrops hit the window, thunder rumbled overhead, and Shade at the door suddenly looked to the other side of the corridor:

"I think I saw a figure!"

"Human figure? Be careful and don't be impulsive."

The doctor frowned and walked towards the door of the study, wanting to go to the end of the corridor with Shade to take a look. Miss Louisa continued to lower her head and check the files on the table.

Lightning flashed across the sky, and in the interval before the thunder could be heard, in the study room illuminated by the lightning, a figure of a man holding a short knife appeared quietly behind Miss Louisa.

He raised the sharp dagger at the female writer's back.