Celestial Mage

Chapter 45 First Step Investigation

At dawn the next day, Rosen woke up.

Mana is the power of the soul, mana is getting stronger and stronger, and the spirit is gradually exuberant. Even if I didn't go to bed until three o'clock last night, I was still full of energy after waking up.

There was a lot of speculation last night, but there is actually very little real evidence.

What the truth is, we have to find out on the spot.

After washing up, go downstairs to find Harlek for food first.

After eating a delicious breakfast, Rosen asked, "Where's Uncle Xia Bolai? Are you up yet?"

Harrick was mopping the floor with a mop. He sighed: "I went out early in the morning. I said that I wanted to cooperate with the Mage Guild to arrest Miss Serrandis. I also said that I would not stop until I caught someone."

Rosen hurriedly asked, "Go alone?"

"No, with that little boy named Oleg. They've been inseparable lately."

Harrick's tone was a little dull, as if he looked down on Olek.

Rosen's heart moved, and he asked with a smile: "Uncle, you are not jealous of Olek, are you?"

"I bother!"

Harrick looked unhappy: "I will be jealous of him? I am much more masculine than him."

"Then why are you unhappy?"

Unexpectedly, Harrick's expression became serious.

"Rosen, let me tell you, I've been an innkeeper for 10 years, and I'm a good judge of people. No matter how you cover up a person, you can't escape my eyes."

"That Oleke, don't look decent, but when I saw him, I felt that there was something wrong with him. He must have a problem, a big problem! Chabolai will suffer big losses sooner or later if he mixes with him!"

Luo Sen chuckled: "Uncle, what can I suffer? Even if it's a dry road, it's uncle's profit."

Harrick was taken aback, and then burst out laughing, taking a long time to recover.

"Rosen, I'm serious, don't interrupt."

He looked around, as if to check if there was a third person around, then lowered his voice and said, "Let me tell you, hasn't Oleke been living on the second floor recently?"

"Well, yes."

Rosen nodded. He also knew about this. Olek had lived in the Hound House for more than a week, because Xia Bolai said that there are many rooms here, and there are still vacant rooms.

"That afternoon, when I moved the painting from the third floor, I happened to pass by Olek's room. Coincidentally, the door of that guy's room was open, so I took a look in. Guess what I saw?"

Rosen asked cooperatively, "What do you see?"

Harrick lowered his voice: "I saw him looking in the mirror. Not looking in the mirror like a man, but turning around in front of the mirror like a woman."

"Oh~ God of Gold, he is a big man, he is posing in front of the mirror, there must be a big problem in his heart!"

"Well~ It's really a bit too much."

Rosen also thought it was a bit strange, but it was a matter of personal habits after all. It might be that Olek thought he was handsome, so he became obsessed with himself.

But for a moment, he suspected that the other party might be disguised as a man, but he quickly denied this conjecture.

Oleke is handsome, but he has a thick back and a thick voice. He still smells like sweat that is unique to single men, and he can't find any femininity at all.

What kind of woman does she have to dress up like this.

But then another possibility came to mind: "This guy likes to hang out with the uncle so much, can't he be a lover?"

"Think about it too much. In short, this guy is very dangerous and mysterious. You have to be careful."

He also finished his breakfast and got up to say goodbye.

"Uncle, I'm not very refreshed. I won't draw today. I'll go out and relax."

Harrick only thought that the matter of Selandis had dealt a great blow to Rosen, so he said, "Go, go, anyone who encounters this will feel bad. It is also a good thing to go out more."

"I'll go upstairs to get some money first."

Rosen went back upstairs.

Since Olek was not there, he walked to the door of his room without worry.

After carefully looking at the wooden door, especially the position of the doorknob, he turned around and returned to the third floor.

Once in the room, immediately open the adventure log to check for fingerprints.

Seeing this, he was startled: "How come there are no fingerprints?"

He has now determined that normal people in this world have fingerprints, and not many people care about their fingerprints.

"Could it be wiped by Uncle Harrick?"

Harrick has a cleanliness obsession, he can't see a little dust, and he likes to clean up with a rag when he has nothing to do, so the possibility of being wiped is very high.

Olek's fingerprints were not available for the time being, so he didn't struggle, so he planned to start from other aspects.

After taking the money out of the Hound House, and walking to the street, Rosen felt a little dazed.

Although I made a lot of plans last night, the time was still too rushed, and when things came to an end, I didn't know where to start.

'Go straight to Veronica? '

'Where the hell is that bitch now? '

He saw Veronica for the first time last night and knew almost nothing about her situation.

If the other party is the real culprit, and I come to the door suddenly, it will definitely arouse the other party's vigilance, and if not, I will lose my life.

Standing on the corner of the street and thinking about it carefully, he finally found another breakthrough that was not so dangerous.

"Mapoli embalming fluid."

Selandis had read him a book "General Knowledge of Alchemy", so Rosen knew that this was a product of alchemy, a very professional solvent, and it was difficult for ordinary alchemists to prepare it, so he had to find a master.

But in Silvermoon Castle, there are not many such master alchemists, and everyone has a name.

Then, as long as you find out who has purchased a large amount of Maboli antiseptic solution recently, you can follow the clues all the way.

So, how to find a master?
This is simple.

Rosen walked quickly to the south of the city market, and soon found a herbal medicine shop called 'Vitality'.

It just so happened that he had drawn portraits of both the owner and the shop assistant. After entering the shop, the shop assistant greeted him with a smile: "Rosen, good morning."

Rosen also waved his hand in response, and asked again, "Is Mr. Homerson there?"

"I'm here." A reply came from behind the counter.

Rosen walked over and asked with a smile: "Mr. Homerson, I want to buy some bottles of dragon wine, do you have any?"

Fire dragon wine is a special solvent for mixing various mage potions. The difficulty is similar to that of Marble antiseptic liquid. If you can make fire dragon wine, there is a high probability that you will be able to mix Marble antiseptic liquid.

Homerson shrugged: "This product is too advanced, and I, a herbal juice seller, can't get it. You have to find a professional alchemist."

Rosen sighed: "But I just can't find it. You also know that something like this happened to my original mentor. So I want to ask you for directions."

Homerson sighed and expressed sympathy, then picked up the quill, quickly wrote an address and name and handed it to Rosen.

"Only one alchemist lives in the south of the city. Go ask him to see if he has any in stock."

Rosen thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you very much for your message, Mr. Homerson. When I'm free, I'll definitely draw a family portrait for you."

"Ha~~" Homers was very happy: "Then I will really wait."

These days, painting a family portrait is quite a luxury job, generally only nobles can afford it.

Rosen smiled and said, "Don't worry, come when you are free."

After waving goodbye, after leaving the herb shop, he followed the address to look for it.

'No. 36, Tianshui Lane, is a bit far away, and the road is not familiar, but it should not be difficult to find. '

After walking around the streets and alleys for a long time, it took more than half an hour to finally find the land.

This is a very chic wooden house with a large yard, where many unknown plants are planted, and many places are specially equipped with greenhouses and rain curtains.

The courtyard door was closed. Rosen stepped forward and was about to knock on the door when he saw a wooden board hanging on the door.

A line of words was written in charcoal on the wooden board: "I recently went out to purchase raw materials, and the return date is uncertain. I am very sorry if I delay your urgent affairs."

"Not at home? Is it such a coincidence?"

Rosen looked at the gratifying plants growing in the yard, and felt that this did not seem like a person who would travel far.

Otherwise, if no one takes care of the flowers and plants in this yard, wouldn't it be ruined by a rain and snow?
It is drizzling now, with some snow particles mixed in.

He lowered his head to check the writing on the wooden board again: "The writing is really ugly. The wooden board has not been completely wet, and it was just hung up. That is, just left?"

Since he just left, there should be footprints on the ground.

Rosen looked down at his feet. Because it was muddy, there were indeed many footprints of all kinds.

new, old.People, dogs, cats, cows, pigs, densely packed.

After careful observation, it was found that only one of the footprints could match the footprints in the yard.

Obviously, this footprint belonged to the owner of the yard, that is, the alchemist.

Rosen quickly discovered something strange.

The footprints at the gate of the courtyard are a little fuzzy, as if they were just stepped on.

"It's strange, I'm going on a long journey, and I just left, why are there no fresh footprints on the ground? Could it be that they flew out? Wait, that's not right!"

"Education is expensive these days, and most intellectuals have good calligraphy. A famous alchemist, how could his calligraphy be so ugly?"

He suddenly thought of a possibility, and his heart skipped a beat: "Don't be silenced?"

As soon as this thought came out, Rosen felt his heart beat a little faster.

"As soon as I checked, someone was silenced. Is it so dangerous?"

Fortunately, this alley is quite lively, with people coming and going, and patrolling guards can be seen walking past from time to time.

Coincidentally, a team of guards passed by.

Rosen immediately walked up the mountain and blocked the other party's way.

The leading guard captain stared wide-eyed, and shouted: "Child, are you courting death?!"

Rosen reached out his hand and took out 4 Silver Clays from his pocket, flipped his hand lightly, and secretly stuffed them into the opponent's hand.

"Uncle, I am the nephew of the high-ranking samurai Xia Bolai Omexia, and I would like to ask you to do me a favor."

With money and relationship, the attitude of the captain of the guard softened significantly.

He said kindly: "Oh, it turns out that he is Lord Xia Bolai's nephew, what's the matter?"

Rosen led the guards to the gate of the courtyard, and briefly explained the previous analysis.

"I want to buy a few bottles of solvents. But in this situation, I suspect that something happened inside. I want to ask uncle to open the door and check."

The captain of the guard suddenly showed embarrassment.

"Uh~ Mr. Stan is a famous alchemist, if he's not at home, we can't break down the door forcibly."

Rosen's thoughts moved slightly, and a lovely gold crown silently jumped into the pocket of the captain of the guard.

"Uncle, I will be responsible for what happens. I will compensate for any losses caused."

"I am the nephew of Mr. Chapolet. Even if I can't bear the responsibility, my uncle can."

The captain of the guard touched his pocket, feeling the heavy touch of Jin Kelang, and his heart felt hot.

This is equivalent to half a month's salary. The mother-in-law at home has always wanted to wear a new pair of earrings. If I have this money, I can make the mother-in-law happy and avoid facing a dead fish face when I go home.

He took out the Yin Clay from before, and divided half of each person among his two subordinates: "Why are you standing still? Break the door!"

"Yes, Captain."

The two guards raised their feet and kicked open the courtyard door, then went to the wooden house and kicked the door open with one kick.

The moment the door opened, there was a faint smell of blood wafting out.

(End of this chapter)