Miss Emma Sylvia looked at the three people in the room, and all three were startled by the lady who walked in quickly and stopped attacking each other.
The Great Witch showed a look of disgust on her face, and turned her eyes away from the bald man. Then she saw Xia De, and suddenly her eyes widened with an incredible expression:
"you... ... "
"I'm that lady's man!"
Xia De immediately picked up the badge on his chest:
"The lady will explain everything to you. This is the ringmaster of the Pantanal Voodoo Coven. He murdered Count Sakia!"
Xia De shouted loudly, and the young witch looked at the bald man closest to her. The latter was startled, and then said viciously:
"No matter who you are, if you know the truth about this matter..."
Miss Sylvia raised her hand and waved it at the air—
Bang!
The man's face seemed to be hit by an invisible hand, his head turned 180 degrees on his neck, and his body fell straight down.
Both Shade and Mr. Bernhardt looked at the big witch who was wiping her hands with a handkerchief with some horror. Shade knew that this was the application of spatial power. It seemed that the power was waving in the air, but in fact it was directly attacking people five meters away.
"I'm that lady's man!"
Xia De had to emphasize it again to ensure his own safety.
This witch with short black hair ignored the retreating vampire and appeared in front of Shade. She took a closer look at the pendant on his chest, and then, like all the witches Shade had seen, she grabbed his wrist with her white and warm hands.
"Are you really a man?"
Although her eyes were sharp and her actions were decisive, her tone was surprisingly not aggressive. She loosened her hand, then looked at her palm and asked a question that Shade had heard countless times.
"certainly!"
Xia De nodded immediately:
"God has promised it."
He smelled the "smell of witch" perfume, Miss Sylvia's perfume, which had the scent of jasmine.
"Did you use the space magic just now?"
The witch asked again, and Shade nodded again. Miss Sylvia's brown eyes looked at him carefully:
"So, you're really a man?"
As he was about to grab Shade's wrist, he heard the sound of the doorknob turning again. It was not the doorknob of the room, but the doorknob of the bathroom.
Miss Martha came out of the bathroom after changing into another set of clothes, and was stunned. She was an ordinary person, and could not feel the fluctuations of the elements just now. Because of the Silencing Spell, she could not hear any sound outside, so she could not imagine what happened in the five minutes when she changed her clothes, which led to such a beautiful young lady appearing in the room.
Then she saw the bald corpse on the ground and wanted to speak, but the great witch Miss Sylvia just stretched out her hand, and as the gray light jumped around her, Miss Martha froze in place as if petrified, with her eyes completely lifeless.
This is the basic spell - petrification. Shad has read about its improved and weakened version "partial petrification" in the Pink Book.
"Sir, I'll ask your question later."
The witch looked at Shade:
"Now, first explain who you two are and what exactly happened in this murder case."
"Before that, you'd better deal with him first."
Xia De pointed at the "corpse" on the ground whose head was turned 180 degrees. The voice in his ear made it clear that this guy was not dead.
Sure enough, as Shad pointed his finger at the bald man, the latter jumped up from the ground and then turned into a worm-like vine group and rushed towards the window again.
"Imprison!"
The witch pointed her finger, and the dense and terrifying vines and the human skin in the middle were frozen in the air like a three-dimensional photo. This time it was not petrification, but a method similar to "confinement of space". The witch Emma Sylvia corresponded to the "space" seat, and was a genuine ten-ring warlock who was good at space power.
"Now, can you introduce your identities?"
She asked again in a low voice, and Shade nodded immediately:
"I'm Shad Hamilton."
Since he had been seen by the great witch, and she was only suspicious of the "man" instead of thinking that Shade's appearance broke the witches' rules, Shade no longer hid:
"That lady will explain my affairs to you. This is Viscount Armand Bernhardt. You should have heard of him from Mother-in-law Cassandra."
Miss Sylvia frowned slightly:
"The blood-sucking creature who attempted to rob the auction house on the night of the Battle of Midhill Castle but was caught by the apprentice?"
She glanced at Mr. Bernhardt, who was trying to make himself less conspicuous, and he fully understood who she was. The psychological trauma caused by his near-death experience at Cassandra Auction House made him want to disappear from the room immediately.
"We are all good people. Meeting His Highness today is purely a coincidence."
Xia De emphasized again, feeling relieved at the moment. He motioned the witch to sit down and talk, and then told her everything that happened in the White King Club on Thursday afternoon.
Miss Sylvia listened quietly, and nodded slightly after Shade finished speaking:
"The most important thing now is to get Margaret out of this matter and not delay Tobesk's visit."
She pointed at Miss Martha, who was petrified:
"I will modify her memory and make her think that she was captured by you after she knocked Colonel Wood unconscious. I will also modify the colonel's memory and make him think that he was knocked unconscious. As for the crack in the ring, this simple alchemical item is easy to repair."
Then, he pointed to the terrifying vines trapped in the air, which looked like a statue left by the most insane artist:
"I will hand him over to the Orthodox Church through the black market and leave some clues to let the church know that this matter is related to the ring wizard. As for the follow-up, let the Orthodox Church of this diocese investigate it themselves. This has nothing to do with Margaret's visiting group."
After saying that, those extremely sharp and bright eyes looked at Xia De again:
"I'll give each of you a quarter of his bounty."
"No need, it's all yours!"
The middle-aged vampire said immediately, and Xia De nodded:
"Yes, there is no need to give it to us, as long as this matter has nothing to do with us."
Miss Sylvia did not refuse, her tone seemed lighter, and there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth:
"I have no business dealing with the vampires over there. I'll just pretend I didn't see you today."
Mr. Bernhardt breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, he did not dare to reveal Miss Sylvia's identity. Before leaving the auction house, Grandma Cassandra asked him to sign a soul contract.
"As for you, Mr. Shad Hamilton."
She grabbed Xia De's wrist again and looked carefully at the handsome face in front of her:
"I seem to have heard this name somewhere... Yes, Margaret mentioned this name when she talked about the gossip in Tobisk. So that's it. It turns out that the gossip and rumors about her that have been circulating in Tobisk in the past six months were not deliberately released by that lady to avoid being pressured to get married. This is actually true. She actually found someone like you. This is really..."
Suddenly he smiled and let go of Xia De's hand:
"If you are her lover, I will certainly not do anything to you. But I will meet that lady tonight, and she needs to explain this matter. Sir, please clean up here first, and don't let this matter delay the visiting delegation's schedule."
"No problem, it's great that you think so!"
Xia De took a deep breath, and as the invisible air flow rushed to his nostrils from the surroundings, the damaged walls and the floor corroded by acid returned to their original state as if time and space were reversed.
Mr. Bernhardt lowered his head and didn't dare to look up, so he didn't see this scene, but the witch naturally recognized what it was.
"Time? I didn't expect you to be proficient in time. But isn't it a waste to cast this kind of magic just to clean the room?"
Miss Sylvia looked at him with increasing curiosity:
"Jia... That lady has really found a treasure this time... Do you know how to report what happened here to Margaret?"
"Yes, ma'am!"
Mr. Bernhardt lowered his head and said, he was really afraid of these witches:
"This matter has nothing to do with the Ringwitch. Let the church investigate the real cause of the Count's death."
"Yes, now please wake up Colonel Wood and go to see Margaret together."
After saying that, he walked towards the door:
"I will first go and tell Margaret that you have found the murderer... Mr. Hamilton."
He suddenly turned around and looked at Xia De, with a smile on his lips:
"I've read Hamilton's Detective Stories. It turns out that you are really a famous detective."
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