Mystery: The Witch and the Calamity

If Louise knew that her butterfly finally started to flap its wings, causing some insignificant changes to the original story, what kind of mood would she be in? She would be delighted or confused...

Unfortunately, she still has no way of knowing.

Throughout the day, Louise engaged in only one activity: shopping.

The decoration of the house at No. 59 Egram Street was too shabby, which didn't match her personality, and it looked a bit shabby, so Louise went out in person and came to the largest department store in Backlund, Philip's.

It's strange to say that no matter in her previous life or present life, she has never been keen on shopping, but this time, she had a good time shopping with the maid... Probably because she is rich now, and she can easily buy whatever she wants Next, don't have to think about the price...

Alas, the life of the rich is so simple and boring.

In the evening, the master and servant returned home with a full load, and Louise unexpectedly discovered that the "Seer" lady had a serious expression on her face.

She suppressed her smile and asked, "What happened?"

Katrin led her to the room. There was a khaki package on the table, and there was a faint smell of blood coming from it.

Louise's face froze, she stepped forward, and found that there was a dead heart in the package, the size of a fist, the whole body was blood red, and the blood on the outside had already dried up.

She frowned, but she didn't feel much discomfort, and said in a firm tone:

"This thing doesn't belong to humans."

"Who sent it?"

Katrin shook her head and explained earnestly: "Someone left this package outside the door, and a servant found it. I thought there was a problem and opened it. It's what it is now."

"Can it be traced through divination?"

Louise asked, closing the package casually, covering the slightly bloody picture.

Catherine maintained the sensitivity of a "seer" and had already performed divination in the first place. She replied:

"After too many people's hands, the breath is mixed, and there is no way to divination."

Louise nodded lightly. Miss "Seer"'s answer was within her expectations, because this package is not affected by extraordinary power, it seems to be just a threat...

I just came to Backlund, so I didn't even have time to make enemies...

The first person Louise thought of was Major General Brett, but with his personality, there is a high probability that he would come to the door and do it directly... Not to mention how could he find himself, I am not Joyce now, but Lu Louise...

As for Viscount Connor and Miss Audrey, they definitely have nothing to do with this matter... Other than that, there is only the owner of this house left, Mr. Baron Bartley.

He fell into a trap carefully designed by others, and almost went bankrupt. His only daughter was cursed by an unknown Extraordinary. If he hadn't met him, his family might have been ruined...

Now that Bartley and his daughter have gone to live in Dixie, so the person who designed him found him?

Louise didn't know many people in Backlund, so she quickly speculated in her mind the most likely cause of this intimidation, but she was still puzzled... Is this necessary?

It's not enough to swindle people's property away... Even if you really want to kill them all, you go after Dixie, why do you bully me, a poor "ordinary person" who rents a house...

"How to deal with it?" Catherine asked aside.

Louise thought for a few seconds, smiled, and said:

"This kind of thing naturally needs to be handled by professionals."

Professionals... the police? If a wild Extraordinary went to the police, wouldn't it be a trap... Catherine thought in amazement.

Naturally, Louise would not go to the police, not because she was afraid of trouble, but because she felt that the efficiency of the police in this era was too slow. The "professionals" in her mouth referred to detectives, and they were detectives who were Extraordinary...

One of Backlund's most famous great detectives, a member of the "Church of Knowledge and Wisdom", Detective Essinger.

Because Louise is the most familiar with this great detective, and she also considers that there may be extraordinary factors involved in this matter, it is not a good idea to involve ordinary detectives... and Detective Essinger can compete with Sequence Five The existence of the "Apostle of Desire" that has persisted for a long time, even if it is dangerous, it will not be fatal...

If it wasn't for Klein who hasn't come to Backlund yet, maybe he can take care of Mister Fool's business... Well, forget it, leave it to Klein, maybe it will cause a lot of trouble!

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"My dear lady, what can I do for you?"

Walking into the detective office, a well-dressed male servant stepped forward to greet him.

Louise responded with a smile, "I want to issue a commission, is Detective Essinger here?"

The servant gave an affirmative answer: "Yes."

"Come with me, do you like coffee or black tea?"

"Black tea." Louise walked into the living room, watched the servant making black tea skillfully, and asked aloud:

"You are Detective Essinger's assistant, what's your name?"

The valet put the steaming black tea on the table, and politely responded, "My name is Abu, and I am Mr. Detective's new assistant."

"Thank you."

Louise said, she took a sip immediately, the quality of the black tea is quite good as expected.

Soon, Detective Essinger with blue eyes and gray temples appeared, and said enthusiastically, "Sorry for keeping you waiting, a customer just left."

"You're being polite." Louise stood up and responded politely.

The two sat down as host and guest, and Essinger formally asked, "What commission do you want to issue?"

Louise signaled the "Seer" lady behind her to open the package in her hand, and explained:

"Yesterday, someone dropped this package at my door, and I wonder who it belonged to?"

Essinger glanced at the withered heart in the package, turned his head and looked at Louise with a flat face, thought for a few seconds, took out the pipe, but did not light it.

"This seems to be the method of a certain gang in Backlund. Who have you provoked recently?" He asked in a deep voice.

"As expected of Backlund's well-known great detective!"

Louise smiled and praised, and then began to tell her story:

"Not long after I came to Backlund, I bought a house on Egram Street. The original owner was Mr. Baron Bartley. He owed a lot of debts due to gambling, and disappeared after selling most of his property..."

"In addition, I haven't had time to make friends in Backlund, so according to my guess, this package may be related to this matter. As for the more detailed process, I will entrust you to investigate."

Essinger played with the pipe in his hand, listening to Louise's unemotional narration, his experience told him that the woman in front of him might not be simple, after all, how could a normal rich lady be so calm when encountering such a thing... and she was not It did not explain how to deal with the results of the investigation, which is enough to prove that it has no fear...

"For a week, the entrustment fee is seventy pounds."

Then, Essinger with thin cheeks added: "Because nobles are involved, most detectives will not accept this commission, so the price will be relatively high."

Naturally, Louise would not bargain, she took out thirty pounds in cash:

"It is precisely because I heard about your reputation that I came here. This is the first deposit. I look forward to your investigation results."

"Pleasant cooperation."

"It's a pleasant cooperation. If there is any news, I will inform you in time."

Essinger got up to send them off, watched Louise's leaving back, took out a brass ornament from his pocket, rubbed it in his hand, and replaced the previous smooth-surfaced pipe.

The brass ornament was a small open book with a vertical eye in the center.