It must be said that Makana's decision to ask the old housekeeper to remove the mirror immediately seemed to be the right one... But who would have thought that what proved this for him was exactly the occurrence of another accident!
The accident happened on the afternoon after the old housekeeper sent people to deal with all the mirrors in the castle.
"... I happened to be passing by the corridor at the door of the bathroom and heard a strange sound coming from inside. When I opened the door and went in, I found Sulaini... her head was immersed in water. The sink is motionless! Oh... How could someone drown in the sink? This is so scary... "
In Mr. Blois's study, the servant who was the first to discover the accident scene was speaking, his hands could not help but tremble slightly. Obviously, until now, he has not been able to get over the horrific scene he saw at that time.
At the same time, Mr. Blois was sitting behind the desk in an imposing manner as usual, frowning as he listened to the servant in front of him.
Behind him, the old housekeeper silently acted as his observer and did not interrupt at will.
Maka watched the two of them fall into thinking after the servant who was brought to report finished speaking, making the other person stand slightly at a loss, so she simply asked first:
"Then when we went to the bathroom, why was that... um, called 'Sulaini'? Why was she lying on the ground? Didn't you say that when you entered, she was lying on the sink with her head soaked in the water? In the water?”
"Oh! I just wanted to see how she was doing. Really - even though she was already motionless at that time, I thought she might still be able to be saved... I mean it!"
Probably out of fear of being suspected, the other party reiterated it several times.
However, Maka actually had no intention of doubting him at all, and even the content of the questions she just asked was almost just looking for something to say.
In fact, Maka almost had nothing to ask.
"Mr. MacLean, is there anything else you want to ask him?" At this time, Mr. Blois said, "If you have any questions, just ask!"
"No, not for the time being." Maka then shook her head, "But... if you want to be suspicious, he seems to be the most suspicious, isn't he?"
"Well, let's go here first!" Mr. Blois heard what he said, and immediately waved his hand casually and said, "Take him to the basement and guard him, remember to watch him carefully."
Before he finished speaking, two family wizards from the Blois family rushed out immediately, tied the servant with a magic rope and left the study. No matter how much the servant shouted that he was innocent, the two of them ignored him.
It wasn't until he was dragged out of the room that Mr. Blois waved to the other maids and male servants standing not far away, and said calmly:
"You guys should go back first! Just do whatever you need to do."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old butler, who had never moved, finally took the initiative to walk towards the servants and led them out. From the looks of it, he might have gone there to appease the servants who looked very uneasy at first sight.
And until now, only Maca and Mr. Blois were left in the study again.
"Mr. McClain," Blois paused and then said, "Do you really think he is the suspect?"
After Maka heard it, he immediately shook his head - the reason why he said such suspicious words was just to make the other uneasy servants know that the "prisoner" had been controlled. Just feel at ease. And his ultimate goal is to let those people temporarily eliminate the panic among the many servants in the castle after they return.
If everyone is afraid, things will only get worse.
"Of course he's not a suspect."
Maka was sitting next to Blois' desk, also frowning and saying slowly:
"Mr. Blois, you should already know that I asked Mr. Butler to remove the mirrors in the castle, right? I'm wondering if the water surface of the sink filled with water is also Is it equivalent to a mirror?"
After hearing this, Mr. Blois couldn't help but nodded again.
"Maybe it's not that clear, but... I think if it's still water, it can still be used as a temporary mirror."
After saying this, he changed his subject again and said quite seriously:
"But Mr. MacLean, what's going on with the mirror?"
"Well, how should I put it?" Maka scratched her head in embarrassment, "Anyway, it has something to do with that guy Haierbo! He has a very weird ancient mirror, and that mirror is in my hand - last night , I lifted the seal above once."
Just as he was talking, Maka suddenly spread his hands, shook his head and said:
"Although I thought I had set up enough protection in the room at that time to isolate certain bad influences, it seems now that its power has spread in a situation that I don't currently understand."
"Is that so?" After hearing this, Blois couldn't help but sigh slightly, "If even Mr. MacLean doesn't know what the problem is, this seems to be a bit bad."
"Yeah!" Maka said, "I didn't expect that after I sealed that thing again, accidents would still happen!"
After saying that, the two couldn't help but be silent for a moment, and then Blois said:
"So... Mr. MacLean, can I take a look at the 'ancient mirror' you mentioned?"
"Of course," Maka said, "In other words, I can only show it to you now - because in the next period of time, I plan to leave here with it."
While saying this, Maka gestured to Blois, then turned and walked towards the door first. When Blois saw this, he immediately stood up and followed him.
To be honest, now that things have happened, Maka really wants Mr. Blois to take a look at the Devouring Mirror. Let’s not talk about whether he can see what the trick is. At least he is very good at sealing magic, so he might be able to help him a lot in that regard.
However, due to the special nature of the Devouring Mirror, it obviously cannot be taken out casually for others to see. Even if the facts have proven that his protection seems unable to completely isolate the influence of the mirror, it is still better than doing nothing.
Not long after, Maka took Mr. Blois to the top of the tower where he lived, and immediately began to rearrange the rune array very carefully.
Blois looked on, occasionally nodding, as if he understood something from it, but most of the time he still had the same puzzlement on his face as other people who had seen diagrams like Maka.