After sitting at "Wisteria Moon" for a while, several people got up and left.
"Although I like that shopkeeper very much, her clothes are really expensive luxuries." Several students said the reason why they did not buy clothes. The cheapest clothes in that shop cost 300 gold coins, which were obviously not for ordinary people.
Although Sylutia is rich, his identity as "Hedra" cannot afford so much money. Even if he didn't buy clothes, Yingzi still welcomes Sylutia to come again next time.
"If you come to my place for tea more than six times in a year, I will make a beautiful dress for you during "Silver Bell Festival" next year. Various banquets will be held at that time, which is the best time for students to find lovers." Before leaving, Yingzi said jokingly.
Although Sylutia is not interested in falling in love for the time being, he is still quite interested in the Eastern Continent's affairs, so he agreed.
After that, a few people walked around Beetle Street for a while, and they parted ways around 4 p. m.
The weekend passed and life returned to normal. It was December and the weather was slowly getting colder.
In the past four months, Sylutia has completed various basic courses, from "Differences in Local Languages" to "Applications of Thirty-Three Types of Equations", from "Ancient Wedge Writing" to "Selected Poems and Runes". She is like a sponge, quickly absorbing all kinds of knowledge taught in the school. She also constantly borrows books from the library to study on her own, increasing her understanding of the world.
It must not be said that Mage Alliance is much better than Woodland Alliance in collecting and organizing knowledge. As early as more than 500 years ago, Mage Alliance started the Central Grand Library project, with the purpose of collecting any books published and circulated. The books and records are collected and compiled uniformly, and errors and omissions are checked and missing. After the completion of this huge project, it has greatly promoted the education system of the Mage Alliance, and it is extremely convenient to check the development process of certain skills and extraordinary secret techniques, as well as the setbacks and improvements encountered in the process.
The more I understand, the more Sylutia feels that Woodland Alliance did not lose unfairly. Fortunately, now Woodland Alliance is also clearly aware of the existence of the gap and is ready to start reforms.
Before coming to the Mage Alliance, she had heard that Woodland Alliance decided to add special branches in major cities to examine and recruit talented young people, and imitate Mage Alliance to provide early-stage subsidies and support to a large number of students from poor backgrounds.
The reason why this plan can be launched is also due to the successful development of the Dark Mist Mountains, which not only added a large area of resource production, but also expanded a large number of personnel needs, making the various organizations of the Woodland Alliance willing to pay the price to compete for more new members.
Another day after class, Sylutia packed her things and prepared to leave, but the teacher came over and told her that she needed to go to the office.
"Is anyone looking for me?" She has been keeping a low profile since she came to the Mage Alliance, and she couldn't imagine that anyone would come specifically to look for her.
Is it because I have been too obsessed with studying recently and missed some intelligence news? Sylutia came to the office with a hint of doubt.
After seeing the man wearing the police badge, Sylutia had some guesses.
"We meet again, Miss Hedra." The director of the nearby Police Station came and seemed to have made a special trip to see her.
"Did something happen?" the girl asked proactively.
"Yes, there have been several murder cases recently. The deceased were all Orc, and the injuries were all caused by extremely fine silk threads. Although I don't think Miss Hedra would do such a thing, there is no way. The bosses are very nervous now, and we need you to cooperate with our investigation." The other party took the initiative to explain the reason.
Sure enough, except for the robbery and some outrageous things she did, she had always been a good student at the Mage Alliance who didn't care about the world, and there was almost no possibility of her being involved in other things.
"I know, but can you tell me how long it will take?" she asked.
"It's hard to say. In the next three days, you'd better stay in the hotel next to Police Station. This will clear the suspicion as quickly as possible."
"Three days..." This time is not long, but I'm afraid there will be more things to come. If the murderer is never caught, then she will always be suspected.
"Then let me bring some books over there. In addition, I have to ask for leave in advance from the teachers." She looked at the teacher aside, who nodded.
"Hedra is an outstanding student in our school. I believe she will not be involved in this kind of thing. In fact, she often borrows books and goes to and from get out of class on time every day. She has no time to do other things." This teacher still has a good impression of Sylutia.
"We also know, but it's our responsibility." Director Police Station nodded slightly.
Later, Sylutia talked about this matter with his two roommates, and they had different reactions. Lovier thought it should be a simple matter that could be solved quickly, while Aurora felt a little more worried.
"Don't worry, we will bring delicious food to Hedra every day from now on."
After packing up several books and notes, Sylutia got in the car and went to the hotel next to Police Station with the Police Station staff. This is a store that Police Station has cooperated with for a long time, and Police Station members have always been there.
Coming to the second floor here, Sylutia settled down, had something to eat at night, and then fell asleep peacefully at night.
The next day, she flipped through the book for a while. In the morning, someone from Police Station came to knock on the door and asked about the situation. Then she also learned the general story from him.
"The earliest incident occurred three weeks ago. At that time, the dead Orc woman was found in Black Crab Street. The woman was about 36 years old and engaged in the custom industry, but she did not have a specific residence."
"The second incident was two weeks ago. The location was found under a bridge, where three Orc beggars died."
"The third incident was also two weeks ago. A Orc man was attacked on his way home after dinner at a high-end hotel and his head was cut off."
"The fourth case occurred last week. The deceased was a pregnant Orc woman."
"Because of the continuous occurrence, it caused huge anger and anxiety among the Orc group, so the official superior asked the director to speed up the investigation. There must be clues within two weeks and the arrest must be completed within a month." The police officer explained.
"I understand." Sylutia nodded slightly.
"You said before that he used very thin threads to kill people. Is this true in these cases?"
"Yes, but the first injury was obviously not smooth. There were many irregularities in the tearing. The other party may have killed someone first and then used silk thread to dismember him."
So that's the case, no wonder Police Station didn't doubt herself at first, because the silk thread manipulation she used to injure the robbers before was already very strong, and the wounds were extremely smooth, without that rough and crude feeling.
"Can I see a more detailed report?"
"I need to ask the director for instructions on this." The other party said that he could not show it to her yet.
During this day, Sylutia stayed in the hotel, reading during the day, drinking tea at night, organizing notes, sorting out the knowledge framework, and experimenting with rune combinations.
The next day, she still did not leave the hotel, but just flipped through the books and studied. As usual, in the evening, Lovier and Aurora came over with packed food, and the three of them sat together to enjoy it and talk about recent interesting things.
"There will be an exam at the end of the year. It is said that there will be activities after the exam, and Asura District will set off fireworks." The two talked about what the classmates were talking about today.
"At the end of every year, Academy from each school will hold a "Silver Bell Festival" party. At this time, many members who have gone out will return. Although we are not yet members of those large Academy, if we receive an invitation letter, we can enter at the end of the year and visit in advance."
"They said that such an invitation letter could fetch hundreds of gold coins on the black market, especially since many people want to go there to attend the banquet and find an official Academy member to fall in love with and get married."
"Silver Bell Festival..." This is the second time Sylutia has heard about this festival. It seems that it should be a very important festival here at the Mage Alliance.
According to records, after the rise of the "Mithril Clock" school, their school took on the responsibility of setting the standard time in the Mage Alliance. Every time "Silver Bell Festival" is the time when the school members return to check the calibration time together.
Then these members go to other places and spread the calibrated time to clock towers in various places. Even in countries like Woodland Alliance, many countries use their calibrated time.
Later, this collective return gathering expanded, and other schools of thought would also hold year-end parties at this time in winter, and eventually it became a Mage Alliance custom.
As the key to the rise of the Mage Alliance, the "Mithril Clock" school played an extremely key role. They first formulated the standard time, and then with the help of the promotion of watchmaking technology, they also determined the length, rotation rate, angular variable and other standards. This kind of rules The promotion of the rules allowed a large number of members of the school "Secret Speech" and "Aspect Power" to advance, and the school's "Named One" was born, which is "Clockmaker" Rein Hunter.
His rise also allowed the "Mithril Clock" school to eventually replace "Origin Hourglass" and become the number one school of the Mage Alliance.
Several people talked about the situation of Silver Bell Festival, with some curiosity and freshness. Although for them, Silver Bell Festival is not yet accessible to them, the school they currently attend will also hold simple parties. Everyone will have something good to eat, and then sit together in the open space of the school to watch the fireworks show.
"Hedra must come out quickly, otherwise you will miss it." Lovier cheered for this girl, although Sylutia didn't know how hard he should work to come out early.
On the third day, Sylutia spent less time flipping through books and studying, and instead turned his attention to the guests coming and going in the hotel, as well as the quiet discussions among Police Station members.
With her hearing, she can easily distinguish the faint sounds from upstairs and downstairs, but she usually doesn't have the energy to deal with them, so she will directly filter them out.
This hotel has many guards and many hidden arrangements to monitor and prevent escape.
On the fourth day, this weekend, Sylutia was originally going to be released, but unfortunately, as she had expected, things did not go well.
"Another murder occurred, but we still haven't found the murderer." Director Police Station explained to the girl in shame.
"The deceased was a child who was killed on his way back from buying fireworks."
"Still haven't found the person? When was the person killed?"
"Last night."
"At that time, I happened to be having dinner with my classmates at the hotel, and many waiters saw it." Director Police Station expressed his knowledge.
"Let Miss Hedra leave today." When he said this, his tone was not very full. Sylutia guessed that if the murder case continued, she might be called over again for questioning.
If one day the director is forced into a panic and plans to arrest someone as a scapegoat, her situation will become very dangerous. After all, with the identity of "Hedra", she has no power in the Mage Alliance, and it is difficult to resist the pressure of power.
"Although I am still a student, this incident has also affected my life. I wonder if you can show me the case file, and then I will help you find the murderer." Sylutia decided to solve the current problem quickly.
"Miss Hedra." He shook his head.
Even though this girl has excellent looks and excellent grades, it is not of much use in solving the case, and if she is involved as a suspect, it will be difficult for him to explain if other situations arise.
"You should go back." Without agreeing, he let Sylutia leave the hotel, and then participated in the intense analysis and discussion.
Back in the dormitory, the other two congratulated Sylutia on his return.
"Although it's only three days, it feels like it's been an extremely long time since I left Hedra." Lovier greeted her with nostalgia and hugged her.
Feeling the warmth coming from her ears and front of her body, Sylutia hugged Lovier, touched her hair, comforted her, and then let go.
Afterwards, she talked about her worries. Aurora thought about it and nodded, "It is indeed possible. If the other party cannot catch it, Hedra's situation is still a bit dangerous."
"Mage Alliance shouldn't there be many ways to solve the case, why can't it be found?" Lovier was curious and puzzled.
"The powerful Mage can see the time and space images that have been lost in the past, but that can only be done by a very powerful person. Such a small thing will definitely not be able to invite that kind of existence." Aurora shook his head.
"However, things are not without improvement. Let me ask an acquaintance."
"Alas, is Aurora finally reconciled with his family?" Lovier knew that Aurora came from a well-known school of thought in Greater Airo District, but he didn't know the reason why Aurora had a falling out with his family.
"I didn't have any big conflicts with my family. I just didn't want to be disturbed by their preaching, so I had very little contact." Aurora explained helplessly.
"Although I contacted you, you will definitely come over to ask about my current situation in the future, but compared with Hedra, this is not that important."
The three of them have lived together for more than four months, and their relationship with each other has become more and more harmonious. Although Aurora is a bit cold, in order to prevent his roommate from encountering trouble and danger in the future, he decided to participate in it and help her solve it.
"We are friends." She finally replied.
"Wow, Aurora is so great~" It was obviously Sylutia who was helped, but Lovier was so moved that he threw himself on Aurora and pressed him on the bed.
Afterwards, Aurora stood up to resist. After a while of playing, the two sat up again and took Sylutia with them to discuss the next plan.
Happy New Year (*^▽^*)~