Looking at the man in the photo, Liya said as if she was thinking:
“We set out two days later than we received the letter for help in order to collect relevant intelligence.
"Mrs. Poulice's full name is Poulice de Roquefort, isn't it?"
She paused before saying:
"We investigated the Roquefort family in the Darriege area and found no such person as Puaris."
In Intis, women do not have to change their surnames to their husband's after marriage, especially if their names contain the character "德", which means they were nobles in the past.
—The "Intis" in "德" means "from", and the surname behind it refers to the original fiefdom.
“No?” Lumian was a little surprised.
He knew that there was something wrong with Mrs. Pualis, and it was a big problem, but he didn't expect that she might even have a fake identity!
Ryan nodded:
"In Darriege, the Roquefort family is large and has a large number of members. They even have a provincial councillor. We are in a hurry and don't have time to conduct a more detailed investigation. We can only preliminarily confirm that there is no Puaris, but there is a man named Pritt who has been missing for more than a year."
"Plitt?" Lumian asked, "What is his relationship with Mrs. Pualis? I think they are quite similar."
Ryan shook his head:
“There is insufficient intelligence to make any inferences.
"What we know is that Plett de Roquefort believed in Trier's most popular 'Dantiism' and had many illegitimate children. He was hated and detested by many people, which may be the reason why he had to leave or was forced to leave Darriege."
"Dantiism?" Lumian was unfamiliar with the term.
The magazines and newspapers that Aurore subscribed to were either oriented towards women or stories, or those reporting on national affairs, with a few supernatural books interspersed, and they did not cover much of the popular trends among men.
Liya laughed and said:
"To put it simply, it means being a playboy who dresses fashionably, speaks elegantly, and acts wantonly."
"The people of Trier really know how to have fun, packaging extramarital affairs into an ideology, a doctrine, and a popular trend." Lumian sighed and made a sarcastic remark.
When it comes to self-cultivation in adultery, we always have to look to the people of Trier. The parish priest is just a child in front of the people of Trier.
… …
"In recent years, Trier has built many arcades." In the semi-underground two-story building, Aurore took a sip of Marquis black tea and talked to Mrs. Pualis, Naaraiza and others about the latest fashion trends. "What is an arcade? It is a street that is closed off, with glass on the top and marble on the ground. There are elegant and gorgeous shops on both sides. During the day, there is light from above, and at night, gas lamps are used and carriages are not allowed to enter. The most famous one is called the Opera Arcade Street..."
Mrs. Pualis held a white glazed porcelain cup of black tea, her bright brown eyes fixed on Aurora, and she listened to her story with a smile.
"It sounds very desirable..." Naalaiza sighed.
It intuitively gives people a sense of elegance, fashion, cleanliness and brightness.
Being able to learn from Aurore about the most popular things in Intis was the main reason why they were willing to be invited to afternoon tea.
After chatting for a while, the topic shifted to Aurore's work, focusing on the emotional aspect.
"Love is really hard to understand and grasp..." Mrs. Pualis seemed to be speaking from the heart.
So, this is why you fall in love with many men at the same time? Aurore couldn't help but complain in her heart.
Mrs. Pualis looked at her, smiled slightly, and said with a sigh:
"Sometimes, I get angry because he makes a mistake, and I want to kill him and send him to death. But when he really faces death, I can't help but save him and refuse to tell him. Maybe, this is love..."
… …
The executive officer's residence, inside the master bedroom.
"Perhaps Mrs. Puaris once fell in love with Plitt, who believed in 'Dantiism', and had a forbidden relationship with him. Therefore, she was no longer mentioned by the family, so she could only find someone to marry and use her family connections to get him the position of administrator of Cordu Village." Lumian made some speculations based on the stories and plots written by his sister.
This would explain why the administrator Beost had a relatively low status in the family.
"Maybe." Ryan responded simply, then said, "Continue searching, but don't try to open the safe or anything like that, lest you trigger some kind of alarm."
Lumian and the others immediately dispersed and searched other places.
Even with the "Hunter" ability to observe subtle traces, Lumian still gained nothing.
The same is true for Leah and others.
As a last resort, they moved to the study and other places and searched patiently.
As time passed, the four of them came to the end of the corridor, where there was a closed room, opposite which was an open sun room, and next to it was a staircase leading to one of the towers.
After searching the tanning room, Ryan turned his attention to Leah.
Leah raised her hand and touched the small silver bell hanging on her veil, then walked towards the closed wooden door opposite, muttering to herself.
This time, none of the four bells rang.
Leah breathed a sigh of relief, grasped the handle, and gently pushed the wooden door open.
This is a very empty room with a rocking crib in the middle.
The crib was made of brown wood, installed in a wooden frame, covered with a clean but slightly worn white cotton swaddling cloth, and was empty inside.
It is said that this is the baby room that Mrs. Pualis's two children used. There are no toys in the room except the bed. There are only wheat, barley, rice, rye, oats and other plants scattered on the ground, which looks quite strange.
Moreover, these plants were well preserved, as if they had been brought in just a few days ago.
A glimmer of light appeared on Valentine's body, and he walked into the room and walked around.
Soon, he returned to the door and shook his head at Ryan and Leah:
"No evil aura."
"Okay." Leah looked at Lumian, "Let's go to the tower next?"
Lumian had always been curious about the two towers of the castle, but he didn't expect to have the opportunity to "visit" them today.
Valentine left the strange baby room, and Ryan grabbed the handle, intending to close the wooden door and restore it to its original state.
At this moment, Lumian subconsciously looked inside again.
The brown wooden crib began to shake slightly!
But the windows of this room and the French windows of the sun room opposite were tightly closed, and there was no wind blowing in the corridor!
“This…” Lumian’s pupils suddenly enlarged.
Noticing his abnormality, Leah also turned her body and looked inside.
The crib was still rocking gently, as if an invisible, formless baby was lying in its white cotton swaddling clothes.
Subconsciously, Leah raised her right hand and pinched it between her eyebrows, as if trying to relieve the fatigue in her eyes.
She was preparing to open her spiritual vision to see what was there.
At this moment, the four small silver bells on her veil and boots began to jingle so violently and rapidly that they seemed about to explode!
Lai En's face froze, and he immediately said in a low voice:
"leave here!"
As he spoke, he ran into the tanning room in two steps, turned his body sideways, and bumped into the floor-to-ceiling window there.
He was going to open a passage that would lead him directly out of the castle!
boom!
Lai En hit the French window, but there was no sound of glass breaking.
The rows of windows revealed the transparent faces of young children, some of whom seemed to be babies.
Their faces were pale with a hint of green, which was inexplicably terrifying.
After being "bumped" by Lai En, they opened their mouths at the same time and started crying.
Along with the crying, the entire third floor of the castle became extremely dark, and transparent faces of young children appeared on different walls and glass.
Some of them were crying, while others rolled their eyes and looked blankly at Lumian, Leah, Valentine, Ryan and others.
Just by being looked at like this, Lumian felt his body go cold and he began to tremble involuntarily, his heart filled with the emotion called fear.
The next second, a dark golden light shone on Valentine's body.
The light was like water, spreading out rapidly in the form of a ring, quickly enveloping Lumian, Leah, and Valentine.
A warm feeling arose, and the coldness in Lumian's body instantly dissipated.
He stopped trembling, and his heart was filled with courage. He pulled out the iron-black axe with his backhand.
At the same time, Lai En seemed to have grown taller all of a sudden, and his clothes were filled to the brim.
A little bit of morning light emerged around him, quickly condensing into a silver-white full body armor on his body surface, and forming a broad and heavy giant sword of light in his hands.
Ryan raised the sword high and slashed towards the French window in front of him like a giant.
The pale blue faces of the children screamed and quickly turned into smoke under the giant sword of light.
But the glass window did not break. More transparent faces appeared, torturing the ears and hearts of Lumian and others with their sharp cries.
"Who broke into the castle?"
A high-pitched female voice sounded, echoing in layers.
Almost at the same time, Lumian saw a figure appear on the other side of the corridor, coming up from the second floor.
She was in her forties, with brown hair and brown eyes. She looked pretty good without many wrinkles. She was the woman who had "delivered" Louis Lund.
At this time, she was wearing a gray and white long skirt and holding a huge pair of scissors that seemed to be able to cut off a human head, as if she had just come back from trimming branches in the garden.
She looked at Lumian and the others and said in a deep voice:
“You deserve to die!”
… …
Inside a semi-underground two-story building.
Mrs. Pualis was suddenly stunned and her expression changed slightly.
She immediately put down the white glazed porcelain teacup in her hand and said to Aurore with a smile:
"I'm so sorry, I suddenly remembered that something happened at home and I have to rush back immediately."
"Ah?" Auror was shocked.
Pualis stood up with a look of regret:
"I had originally planned to stay after afternoon tea to continue discussing your works and the beautiful and brilliant love within them."
"I welcome it." Aurore responded immediately.
"No." Mrs. Pualis shook her head. "That matter is about my children."
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