Mystery: Start with the Reader

Feysac, Port Indo.

On Sunday morning, in an Intis-style restaurant, Siltana, a member of the "Demon Hunters", the official team of the Church of God of War, looked at the menu in her hand, filled with struggle in her heart.

She is a true drunkard, and even without the aid of strong alcohol when handling cases, even the effect of "channelling" will be much worse. However, at this moment, she has not been able to taste those little cuties for nearly a week...

And this is all because of the woman sitting opposite her wearing a black gauze hat and a white elegant dress.

This lady is not very old, but she has a beautiful appearance and beautiful long fiery red hair. She is very elegant and looks like a beautiful picture just sitting there.

She is the youngest daughter of the Duke of Graycastle, Miss Nathalie.

Since receiving the task of escorting and protecting this young lady from the captain on Monday, Sirtana has been with her everywhere, so there is no chance for her to drink too much.

Seeing Sirtana's drooling look, Nathalie covered her mouth and smiled: "Sister Sirtana, if you want to drink, just ask for a few bottles of brandy. Someone will reimburse the expense anyway."

After a few days of getting along with each other, the young lady from the Duke's family had become familiar with the "witcher" in front of her, and she spoke much more casually.

Sirtana was a little moved when she heard this, but she still resisted the alcohol bug in her stomach, closed her eyes and said: "Forget it, although drinking a little wine will make me more awake... But if you let me A personal maid saw me drunk, and the image of our 'Witcher' team will inevitably be damaged..."

Seeing that Sirtana was not tempted, Nathalie frowned slightly, but it quickly disappeared and her face was filled with a smile again.

Then, they ordered an Intis palace-style meal, which cost nearly 20 gold horns.

While waiting for the food to be served, the lady from the Duke of Graycastle's family took off her gauze hat and took the opportunity to chat with Siltana and asked casually: "I heard that there are many magical legends outside the Port of Inns? "

When Sirtana heard this, her heart moved, and she took a serious look at Nathalie, trying to confirm whether she was really just asking casually, or whether she was interested in inquiring, but she only saw a standard smile on her face.

She thought for a while and replied: "They are all far-fetched false stories...most of them are actually made up by drunkards, only..."

"Only what?" Nathalie showed a curious expression.

"Only more than ten years ago, a fisherman seemed to have really seen something and then went crazy... But you should know that a big event did happen in Indo Port more than ten years ago. Maybe he was unlucky enough to see it. There's something that shouldn't be seen." Sirtana released the spirit she controlled so that the sound of their conversation could not be heard.

"That's that incident... I remember that it was in that incident that Your Excellency Ping Ning made great achievements and became the Lord's 'sacred object' contractor." Nathalie seemed to be stunned, and rolled her eyes and said, "That What happened to the fishermen?”

"During the second month of my madness, I accidentally fell into the sea and drowned." Sirtana sighed.

Ordinary people are so fragile when it comes to extraordinary events, and even a casual glance may lead to a tragic ending.

As soon as they said this, Nathalie seemed to sense something and suddenly turned her head to look out the window.

A few seconds later, Sirtana looked at the same thing, but only saw a red cloak flashing away. She couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it, can't that bastard take a break? He just did it in his dream last night. It's a big event to 'solve the problem', and then come out to be a 'good citizen' during the day!"

"That's 'Doctor Strange', right? The headline of today's newspaper is his statement 'My eyes can see through everything in the world, and your sins are invisible to me'... What a handsome statement!" Silta Na said with a wink.

“But the trouble he caused for us ‘Demon Hunters’ was equally huge!

"He is quite measured in front of ordinary people and rarely uses his extraordinary abilities. Even the 'Doctor Q\u0026A' at night does not have a great impact... But he is not so gentle when dealing with extraordinary people who harm ordinary people. , caused a lot of big scenes, and we spent a lot of effort to suppress the impact.

"That guy is also good at being cool, and he can obviously solve problems without being noticed, but he has to appear in an eye-catching way, and then exit with a gorgeous curtain call...

“And it’s not just him, that ‘Iron Man’ has also been taking action frequently recently, and seems to be competing with ‘Doctor Strange’!

"Hmph, sooner or later we have to catch these two troublemaking bastards."

There was a series of complaints from Sirtana's mouth.

"Recently...are there many Beyonders coming to Indo Port?" Nathalie asked in "surprise".

Aren’t you? Pretending to know nothing, weren't you attracted by that rumor? Siltana consciously saw through the disguise of the Duke's lady, but she didn't point it out. Anyway, she just wanted to keep an eye on her and avoid causing trouble.

At this time, what just happened outside was also spread into the restaurant with the arrival of new customers. It turned out that a man who went bankrupt due to the stock market jumped from the securities building, but was caught by "Doctor Strange" with acrobatic skills. down.

"More and more families have gone bankrupt due to stocks recently. The financial market is really harmful!" Siltana was silent for a while after hearing this, feeling depressed and wanting to drink.

One of her friends' family was ruined by this. After losing the protection of his parents, that friend had to go to sea to make a living at a young age and has not returned yet.

Other guests in the restaurant also talked about this topic from Doctor Strange's magic, but most people attributed the financial downturn to Rune's monopoly on raw materials and the blockade of routes to the Southern Continent.

In fact, this is just in line with the development of the times... Nathalie lowered her eyes, hiding a trace of helplessness.

Next, neither of them seemed to be interested in talking. After finishing lunch in silence, Nathalie returned to her standard smile, looked at Sirtana next to her and said:

"Now that I'm here in Indo, how can I not take a hot spring bath? I heard that there is a hot spring hotel in Tamik Mountain with a good reputation."

…

Indo Port, in a villa at No. 16 Minato Avenue.

Abner, who had changed his face again, was sitting on the sofa, drinking black tea to calm down his shock, and said to Ms. Crossfia who was sitting lazily opposite: "Thank you for your help, otherwise I might have been killed by that person just now. A senior deacon of the God of War Church was caught."

"Since I asked you to do those unnecessary and dangerous actions, I naturally have to ensure your safety." Ms. Crossfia waved her hand and said nonchalantly.

So you also know that those actions are "superfluous"? Abner cursed, but ostensibly looked around and asked, "Where's Captain Dunn?"

"He went to investigate a case and won't be back until night." After finishing speaking, Ms. Crossfia smiled and said with a wink, "If you have anything to say, just tell him. Don't worry, I won't tell him."

Madam, your words sound a bit awkward and ambiguous. Will Mr. Loreto be angry if you find out?

After complaining a few words in his mind, Abner thought about it and asked:

"Have you heard of Lady Lamia?"