Explanations and Crimes

"I received your message, Selena. What exactly happened?"

Just as Selena was hesitating over whether to follow Sirius's suggestion, another group hurried in from the elevator hall. At their head was Eriel, who had been monitoring Amosta at the hotel in the World Trade Center, along with his team.

The moment he squeezed into the office, he began pressing for answers. Then his attention was drawn to Fawkes, who was crouched on the light fixture and calmly observing the chaos. After a moment of startled disbelief, he noticed the man gripping Selena's arm.

"You're... Sirius Black from the British wizarding world?"

Eriel said with a frown.

"What are you doing here?"

So Selena quickly explained, and as she spoke, Eriel's expression gradually became comical, as though he had been struck by lightning.

"So the Muggle who delivered your meal was Morgans, the one we captured before. He disguised himself as a Muggle, poisoned you, and wanted to take Mr. Breen's fang."

Eriel said with difficulty.

"And he most likely kidnapped Mr. Grevis too... This is absurd. How could he have escaped the holding cell and subdued Mr. Grevis?"

"It's not impossible."

Unexpectedly, it was Selena who took the initiative to explain. Her face was grim as she said,

"We checked the visitation records for the holding cells tonight. Earlier, Mr. Grevis used the fireplace in his office to travel to the holding cells. I suspect he intended to interrogate that Vampire alone, to find out why the Vampires were collecting those dangerous magical creatures—something we still haven't uncovered.

"Mr. Grevis may have let that Vampire catch him off guard. Such dark creatures don't necessarily need wands to cast their evil magic. He subdued Mr. Grevis, hid him away somehow, then impersonated Mr. Grevis and brazenly left the Congress Building to