Mystery: The Witch and the Calamity

At dinner time, Miss "The Seer" returned to 59 Egram Street.

In the past two days, she spent most of her time outside, with the purpose of investigating Walter's traces, and joining Backlund's Extraordinary circle by the way. It's not difficult, but it requires luck and enough eyesight to discern.

After returning, she found that the atmosphere in the house was not right, the air seemed to be frozen, not only were many servants a little absent-minded, even Sophia became serious.

"Miss has something to do with you." The maid said with a serious expression.

Katrin followed and asked curiously, "What happened?"

She still has a little fear of Louise, but she gets along very well with Sophia, there is not much estrangement, and it seems that she is almost becoming a good sister...

"Edita is dead."

The maid made a brief statement and opened the door of the living room.

Edita... Catherine quickly recalled in her mind that the somewhat thin, ordinary-looking young girl was a maid she had personally selected.

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Louise is reading a book... Well, it's "Storm Mountain Villa" written by Forsi.

Regarding the sudden death of a maid she was not familiar with, she was a little vacillating.

On the one hand, from the employer's point of view, Louise urged the police to investigate the truth of the case and pay some compensation, which is already considered quite benevolent... What's more, Edita only worked for her for less than two weeks. There is no emotion, almost equivalent to a stranger.

On the other hand, she was a little annoyed at the perfunctory attitude of Inspector Wald who came to visit this afternoon. It seemed that if Louise didn't pursue it, they would suppress the matter...

Seeing Miss "Seer" come in, Louise closed the book in her hand... In fact, she hadn't turned the pages for several minutes.

"Come back, sit down first, did you gain anything today?"

Katrin obediently sat on the opposite sofa, straightened her back, and replied truthfully:

"I still haven't heard from Walter, but I found a clue to an extraordinary party, and maybe I can join it in two days."

Louise didn't make any further comments, she was silent for two seconds, and then continued to ask:

"I guess you've heard that too, so describe Edita."

Katrin has already prepared a draft, and she has carefully described all her impressions of Edita in an orderly manner, including the other party's self-recommendation, details during the interview, and her performance after becoming a maid. The image of a young girl from a difficult family but working hard.

"In other words, Edita is not a girl who likes to cause trouble..." Louise concluded, and then asked aloud to herself: "Then why was she brutally killed?"

I wouldn't hire a servant who likes to make trouble... Catherine defended herself in her heart, and she tried to guess:

"Perhaps it was just an accident?"

"After these two days of observation, I found that Backlund's East District is not much better than Bayam's dock area... Gangsters are rampant, people's lives are miserable, chaos and killings are not uncommon..."

Having said that, why did this kind of thing happen to me... The source of Louise's confusion is mainly concentrated on this issue. She is very aware of her own specialness, and she always keeps a close eye on the events that happen around her. A kind of caution and speculation.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do, you go and rest."

She gave instructions to Miss Seer, and the latter got up and exited the living room.

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That night, the crimson moon hung high in the sky. It was not covered by clouds, but covered the whole city with a thin layer of gauze. It was a time-tested but enduring smog.

Louise opened her eyes in the dark and rolled out of bed.

Unexpectedly, she has been promoted to become a "witch", but she still cannot escape the fate of acting in the middle of the night... But her trip this time is not to kill people, but to do good deeds.

She was going to Backlund East, Edita's home, which was the scene of her death... Louise was a little worried about this matter, whether it was out of guilt or caution, she decided to investigate it herself.

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In the era without electricity, no matter how prosperous a city is, it will reveal its quietest side every night.

It was so quiet that the homeless wandering on the side of the road didn't want to make any noise.

They are men and women, trying to survive in the so-called most prosperous city in the Northern Continent. They have no home, no job, and dare not sleep at night, because they may not wake up because they are hungry and cold... This is Inspector Wald. The reason for such indifference to Edita's death.

On the East Side, death might be a good thing.

However, no matter how humble life is, they have the right to pursue freedom and light, even if they have been buried in the soil forever.

Louise walked past these walking corpses with no expression on her face, without being noticed by anyone, and finally, she found Edita's home.

Yes, Edita has a family, she still has parents, and she had a younger brother who was ten years younger than her, but died of illness some time ago.

In later generations, this kind of hut included in the scope of urban development might have a carefree life because of demolition, but in this era, they are not even willing to turn on the gas lamp.

The people in the hut hadn't slept yet, and intermittent sobbing could be heard faintly, accompanied by a faint smell of blood.

"Why did Edita die like this? She just found a good job, and told me that she had made a friend two days ago, and she finally had a smile on her face. Why was she killed?"

This is the cry of a woman, her voice is hoarse, and it sounds like she has been crying for a long time.

Another vicissitudes of life male voice kept comforting.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew open the old window. The middle-aged couple glanced at it, and then the husband got up, walked to the window, and closed it.

In the living room of the hut, several yellow cordons surrounded an unrecognizable female corpse.

This middle-aged couple is naturally Edita's parents. They look like they are in their forties, and they have been tortured by life and are extremely sad.

The corpse was surrounded by the police for the purpose of protecting the scene, but the couple still lived here, because if they were forced to leave, the two of them could only be reduced to Backlund in the middle of the night like those homeless people outside. The lonely ghost.

The fatal wound was on the neck, which seemed to have been stabbed to death by a sharp instrument. Dark red blood was all over the limbs and body, and it was obvious that he had been tortured severely after death.

The abdomen was disemboweled, and all internal organs were emptied...

All, entrails, have been emptied...