Dawn tore through the horizon and shed a ray of light, and the palace of the Prince of Elland was surrounded by a group of silver armored knights.
Surrounded by the crowd, an adult male without an inch of strands folded his knees and knelt on the ground against a wall. He had long blond hair, strong and handsome features, a well-proportioned body with knotted muscles, and a delicate flower engraved on his neck. Blue rose tattoo.
At this moment, a bright and dazzling smile solidified on his pale and faded cheeks, lingering.
The coroner's white rubber gloved hand gently lifted his eyelids and looked at the pupils.
"The deceased Simon Patrick Latin, male, twenty-eight years old, was the deputy commander of the Knights of the White Rose of Elland before his death. The time of death, six hours ago."
The scribe rustled the coroner's dictation, and the latter's eyes suddenly tightened, and the white rubber glove drew a cylindrical elastic object from the dead man's still warm tongue.
White, fleshy, elastic.
The coroner glanced at the lower body of the deceased, and then the corner of his mouth curved strangely,
"The lower body of the deceased was cut with a sharp object, the wound was intact, and the thing underneath was stuffed into his mouth."
Hearing the sound, the eyes of several knights watching were split. A handsome, dignified, and dignified noble knight, who was at the mercy of the murderer to die like this
"Damn! How dare he... dare to insult the Knight of the White Rose!"
Cleveland's teeth clenched, and his eyes were red and about to burst into flames.
"Having provoked the Knights over and over again. Now insulting in such a lowly way! I, Cleveland... I swear by the honor of a knight, I will make him pay back this humiliation tenfold!"
The dozen or so knights next to them were also excited, their faces flushed red.
"Arthur Taylor, Simon Patrick Latin, brothers will definitely avenge you!"
"Don't worry, everyone, please don't interfere with my work..." The coroner's voice was very soft, but it suppressed the restlessness of the knights.
He went around the back of the corpse, stared at the second huge scarlet wound, and said without changing his expression,
"The skin and muscles on the back of the deceased were slashed by sharp knives, and the incision was rough and forceful... rough." On the bloody back of the corpse, two soft fan-shaped fleshy tissues were exposed.
"Two pieces of his... lungs, ripped out by the killer, hang from his back like..."
"Like a pair of wings..."
The young witcher squeezed in from behind the knight. He looked at the dead man's face in amazement, and there was a hint of doubt in his expression.
The dead man was the handsome blond knight.
What's the situation now
The murderer is neither a high-level vampire nor Simon
"In any case, the ritual of the Seven Sins is completely over now. I hope my thoughts are correct, otherwise Lesuo may be in trouble..."
"The elbows and wrists of the corpse are slightly blue, and the sprain is not obvious."
The coroner also showed a hint of suspicion on his face, and then took off his gloves, "I won't say more about the cause of death, everyone can see it. Except for the two wounds on the back and lower body, there are no other wounds on the body of Simon Knight. The initial judgment is that the murderer is The victim's body is controlled by some means, and then he is quickly put into a coma before the 'surgery' is performed, so the victim's struggle is not serious."
"Speaking of which, although the murderer has had six practical experiences, his methods are still horribly rough. After I finish speaking, what do you guys think?" Francis faced the crowd, and the crowd fell into a moment of repressed silence.
"If there is no opinion, I now need to take the body back for further autopsy."
The knights seemed to remain silent in the grief of the tragic death of their colleagues, with no answer.
"Who was the first to find his body." Roy spoke first.
"I… "
A young knight came out of the crowd, his chin was green with stubble, his expression was tired, his eyes were bloodshot, and his sleep was obviously seriously lacking.
"Last night I was on a patrol with Simon Knight. He said... that it was convenient to go, but he went for a while and didn't come back. Then I... I found his body in the alley."
"Damn! It's all my fault!" The young knight slapped himself with remorse, and a bright red slap print appeared on his cheek.
"I should have gone with Simon last night. Don't act alone, don't act alone, the regiment leader has warned many times! I used to do it properly, but yesterday it happened..."
"You, give me a good reflection for a while!" Cleveland sighed again and patted the young knight on the shoulder comfortingly, "I can't blame you all for this matter. The area near the palace is almost occupied by the brothers. The first layer and the outer three layers are round. Who would have expected that guy to be so elusive."
"But for a quarter of an hour, I don't believe that the murderer could quietly subdue the Simon Knight and make him in such a tragic state within a quarter of an hour?"
"That's right..." The same expression appeared on the faces of the dozen or so knights, "Simon Knight is second only to Captain Cleveland among the more than 200 White Rose Knights in Elland..."
"Light is better than me in terms of swordsmanship," Cleveland said with a heavy heart.
"Unless he was attacked..."
"Okay..." Roy raised his hand to signal the knights to keep silent, "Let's not talk about time. Now, I have a very important question that I need you to answer for me."
"Master, as long as it helps to catch the murderer, we must know everything." Cleveland patted his chest, and the others nodded solemnly.
"How does this Simon knight behave on weekdays?"
"Simon Knight is very capable, has a great sense of responsibility, and shares a lot of my daily job pressure. Most of the time I am busy in the palace." Cleveland looked at the corpse, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, "His character is commendable. He is noble, humble and friendly and gets along well with his brothers in the regiment, and often takes his only free time to help the underprivileged in Ellander."
"If there is anyone in the Knights of the White Rose who can thoroughly implement the five virtues of knighthood. It is not me, the leader, but the Simon Knight..."
For a dead man, there is no need to be jealous, so a group of knights complimented him, and there was a sound of praise.
Roy rubbed his chin after listening, "This guy is really perfect, dazzling like a sun. I think Simon Knight should be especially popular with women, right?"
"It's not..." Cleveland glanced at the witcher in surprise, not knowing why the other party suddenly mentioned this matter, but thinking that the other party might have found some clues, he answered truthfully, "Simon knight is impeccable in character and appearance, It's just a pity that his family background is rather special."
He hesitated, hesitating.
"Something unpleasant?" Roy persuaded upon seeing this. "If Simon was still alive, he would definitely want to catch the murderer."
Cleveland looked at the corpse and gritted his teeth, "A righteous knight shouldn't discuss the strengths and weaknesses of others after death. But now I have no choice... If there is disrespect in my words, brother, your spirit in the sky must be considerate of me."
"Simon's family originally came from Nasser from the South, but after Nasser returned to Nilfgaard, some members of his family moved to Elland. Since then, they have not been very popular with the locals. Welcomed by the forces, repressed. His family was fading, the people were dying, and now he is the last bloodline of the Patrick Latin family in Elland."
"So, although he has the name of a knight, the local nobles disdain him and do not accept his marriage request. And he does not despise the daughter of commoners and merchants."
Cleveland seemed to feel it, "The Knights of the White Rose are in a very similar situation to him. Because our base is in Vizima. The Knights are also 'foreign forces' in the eyes of most of the prince's officials. The diehards have been with us Akari All kinds of incomprehension in secret."
"If it weren't for the kindness of His Royal Highness, I'm afraid the Knights would have been driven back to Vizima!"
…
"Sorry," Cleveland sighed, "I was a little excited just now."
"Speaking of Simon Knight, maybe he was hit too hard in his marriage, so he devoted most of his time to work. He didn't talk about women."
Another knight added, "The brothers occasionally go to Peacock Flowers to relax. But for Simon Knight, drinking is okay, but he has always been very restrained when it comes to women. Sometimes people joke that Simon Knight is like a Ascetic ascetic."
Roy put his hands around his chest and stared at the corpse and fell silent.
According to the knights, why is a person who is not greedy for sex, why is he chosen as a sinner by the murderer.
Is he a hypocrite
Or a lover
At this time, the commander of the guards, Dennis Kramer, waved at Roy behind the knights.
After a while, the dwarf whispered to him,
"I have investigated the knights on that list... Not only that, there are all the White Rose knights, there are twenty-five in total," the dwarf handed over a piece of parchment, "The family information is all on it, how about it, I'm interested enough. ?"
"Thanks a lot."
The teenager asked slowly while flipping through the pages, "Kremer, as far as you know, besides Simon, are there other knights with Nilfgaardian backgrounds?"
"No..." The dwarf shook his head firmly, "The remaining twenty-four Knights of the White Rose are all Temerian natives."
"Are there any Nilfgaardians in their ancestors?"
"I don't know!" Dennis Kramer said, blowing his beard and staring, "Roy, you won't let me check the eight generations of their ancestors again?"
"never mind."
Roy shook his head, his face sinking like water.
Simon, who is currently the most suspect, is actually dead.
If he really is a murderer, can he kill himself and put on such a disgusting look
Impossible.
But to say that Simon is an innocent victim, not necessarily!
He has a Nilfgaardian background, is an honest man, and has no relationship with women on the surface.
Between the two it seems...
The boy returned to the knight's side, and he wanted to test an idea.
"Master Roy... cough... Let me take the liberty to ask, did you find out?"
Roy faced the doubtful eyes of the knights, nodded and said, "I already have some eyes on the identity of the murderer."
"Knights, who of you can take me to see Simon Knight's house?"
His eyes swept across the crowd of knights.
"The housing of the first six deceased people... I've looked into almost all of them, and I think there are some clues in the Simon Knights home..."