(Western Fantasy) The Devil's Sorrow

At the end of April, a servant died in the mansion where the princess lived temporarily in the Holy City.The young servant was lying in front of his bedroom door, his cheeks were swollen, and there were some reddish-brown spotting after opening his eyelids.There was a circle of blood on his neck, apparently he was suffocated by someone holding his neck forcibly.

No one knew who broke into the mansion at night. The servant must have struggled, but the sound did not reach their ears at all.

The young man in the dark blue court uniform bent down and covered the dead man's face with a white handkerchief.

He said to the knight Arthur who was walking by, "This is really a coincidence."

"Your Highness, I don't think this is a coincidence." Arthur analyzed, "Everyone in the mansion didn't notice the movement. The visitor let us go, but he was the only one who killed him. The one who died , or the most special."

The young man looked back at him and smiled softly: "So, is there any clue about what the king told us?"

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When May came, the theoretical courses for learning magic were finally all over.Both Loretta and Noah breathed a sigh of relief, one was happy that he no longer had to read a lot of manuscripts every day, and the other was glad that he finally didn't have to stay up late to write textbooks.

Umbrellas were placed in the courtyard of the mansion to provide shade during the season when the sun became strong.Noah sat under the umbrella, following Loretta closely, completely blocking her lazy intentions.Chloe, who came to visit Her Majesty the Goddess in the mansion, had no choice but to wait under the umbrella, and talk to Noah about the royal family of Rennes by the way.

"They didn't announce the servant's death, and they didn't inform the tower privately. They are suspicious of me." A voice came from the empty black robe, "The king has been suspicious of me since the princess was escorted to the holy city. attitude."

"You are indeed very suspicious." Noah was alluding to how weird his old enemy's behavior was, "I haven't seen your real body since April, and I hid in a corner to do sneaky things gone?"

Chloe ignored him and continued: "There are not many people in the world who can cast an inextricable curse on the princess. For the first time in several years, I responded to the royal family's request and asked for a huge reward. No matter how you look at it It's a self-directed and self-acted drama. They sent the princess here in order to prevent 'me' from being black again. I can't let the princess have an accident on my territory."

Noah didn't say a word about what he had done, and he expressed his approval: "I would do the same."

"But there are still many doubts about the matter." Chloe asked, "For example, when the kingdom's politics were in turmoil, how could His Royal Highness the second prince Ulysses, who was supposed to stay in the capital to handle state affairs, come to the holy city?"

Noah was sure that Loretta couldn't hear the conversation here, but just now, when Chloe said the name "Ulyses", he saw the girl turn her head and look at this side.After meeting his indifferent gaze, Loretta shuddered and hurriedly threw herself into practice.

"If other princes sneak in, I will only suspect that the royal family is targeting the tower." Chloe said, "But the reward I ask for is the relic of the goddess, and it happens to be the second prince Ulysses." .”

Noah snorted.

Wren's second prince, Ulysses, although talented, is not as good as his brother; he has a good face, but is not as beautiful as his brother.He is an excellent prince, but he is too mediocre when he is always overwhelmed by his brothers.

The only special thing about His Royal Highness Ulysses is that he is favored by the gods. The goddess who was bestowed on Rennes has been by his side since he was ignorant, and it is only natural to choose to assist him.

Chloe understood his displeasure clearly, raised her head and sighed, "Rival in love."

"Don't talk nonsense." Noah looked away from Loretta, and looked coldly at the black robe, "What do you like about this kind of stupid woman who has nothing but her face, and there is a seven-year age difference? Wren's stupid prince is out of his mind?"

Chloe was speechless.This kind of statement of stepping on others while clarifying yourself is really naive. By the way, didn’t you despise Her Highness the Goddess before, how can you admit that she is good-looking now?There is also the age difference, how dare you talk about others?

Although he is now in a dangerous situation of being suspected by the royal family, Chloe is Chloe after all, and his age is not in vain.

The knight Arthur entered the tower that afternoon and asked why the great magician suddenly started martial law throughout the city.Before the holy city was only allowed out and not allowed in, but today at noon an order from the high tower directly locked the city gates, making it impossible for people in the city to leave.

"To tell you the truth, the tower was attacked last night." The masked man said solemnly, "My puppet's neck was cut off, and a mentor was hanged to death. I just found out that when it happened, I didn’t hear anything at all.”

Arthur, who had doubts about the tower, was stunned, never thinking that the other party was also a victim.

"You must be aware of how dangerous a murderer who can sneak into the tower and commit crimes without alerting me is. If this kind of person leaves the holy city, maybe no one will be able to catch him again .”

The knight scratched his head. The words of the great magician were very reasonable. It is indeed wise to lock the city gates completely.

He cautiously asked: "Then... do you have any clue about the murderer?"

"There is residual magic power at the scene, and the other party should be a master of black magic." Chloe betrayed the Demon King mercilessly. A ball of light rose from his fingertips, and a lifeless black mist was locked under the golden streamer.

Arthur became more suspicious. There was also an aura of black magic in the princess mansion. It was hard to say that the tower was deliberately clearing up the suspicion.

However, Chloe's next sentence reversed everything.

"I plan to visit door to door in the Holy City. Your Excellency Knight, you are here just in time. Please be sure to accompany you in the next investigation."

Arthur's heart was in his throat for a moment, the dead body in the princess mansion had not been hidden, and His Royal Highness was still in the Holy City, how to explain the extra two?

However, this is exactly what he wants the most.His Majesty the King was suspicious and asked them to try to find out whether there were people related to the goddess hiding in the holy city.It was inconvenient after all to be sneaking around under the eyes of the archmagician, and things went nowhere.Now that he finally had a chance, even if the holy city had been prepared, Arthur could find clues from the clues.

At the same time, in the mansion where the goddess lived.

The class in the courtyard was interrupted by the maid, and Nia looked anxious.

"Miss, sir, there is a visitor here." She said nervously, "It's Her Royal Highness the Princess."

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