Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 246: The Witch, the Night Watchman, and the Washroom

"January 1, sunny... Although I used to think of the habit of writing a diary as a joke, I now find that after staying at sea for a long time, there seems to be no effective way to pass the time except writing a diary to record my daily schedule."

Adele picked up the round-bellied fountain pen and wrote neatly at the back of the diary that originally belonged to Captain Basque.

"Due to the delay in the party, I have to wait until I return from the Abyssal Vortex to get the other main ingredient of the potion. It is indeed a good thing to have both main ingredients, but it also makes the necessary wait more unbearable."

"We have now reached a place quite north of the territorial waters of the Kingdom of Loen. We are sailing quickly along the coastline. On the distant horizon, we can vaguely see the snow-covered Minerminsk Mountains. Also, Leila is very unhappy about this, because as the ship gradually moves north, the weather is gradually getting colder, which makes her feel very uncomfortable as she can only go out for a walk at night."

I hope she doesn't catch a cold. There's no effective treatment on the ship. Adele thought sincerely.

"Speaking of Leila, we have to talk about the witches who sneaked on board in Jianhai County."

Adele paused, recalled a little, and continued writing: "They have been on board for two days. The novelty of the ironclad ship has basically faded. I have the opportunity to understand their living habits to some extent, which will be of great help in arranging their tasks in the future."

Since entering the northern waters of Loen, Aphra from the southern continent has been hiding in the heated cabin, and only comes out to eat at the restaurant at noon. Adele has already briefly hinted to all the sailors on the ship in advance by entering their dreams so that they will not be too surprised.

Natalie and Leila were frequent visitors to the deck to relax. If the Honeysuckle Queen's ship was not too fast, they would have had plenty of time to enjoy the sea view. However, after a day of sailing, they still succumbed to the temperature of nearly minus 20 degrees.

Lisette was quite quiet during this period, just as she was in the bar, and when she had nothing to do, she would stay in Adele's captain's room and read some books. Perhaps because of their common interests, she and Wendy got along quite well.

Natalie has experience in taking care of children, so Sophie can be left to her care from time to time. Leila is four years older than Sophie, so they can barely play together...

Adele, who had already begun to assign tasks to the witches in her mind, shook her head and stopped her wild thoughts.

"I've listened to Vinata's nagging too much. Now that my ears are suddenly quiet, I feel a little uncomfortable..."

Adele burst out laughing and continued writing, "It's a bit strange. This morning the chef told me that some food was missing from the kitchen, but those witches didn't admit that they took anything. Considering that Leila always says one thing and means another, I just pretended that nothing happened, but I'm still a little concerned."

"Hopefully, nothing will go wrong."

Finally, Adele hoped deeply.

After writing this, Adele took the survivor's hidden blade from the table. After a day of practice, she had already mastered the use of this weapon.

To be honest, although it looks impressive, it would not be so easy for Adele to master it if the assassin had not provided her with a certain degree of weapon expertise. It has too many functions and a complicated mechanical structure. Adele is always worried that she will accidentally cut the wrong weapon and almost cut off her ring finger during her first trial.

Still, Adele couldn't resist the charm of this weapon.

What assassin can resist a weapon that can transform and shoot darts?
(Although it may not be as good as the "Blood-Sucking" in direct combat, but it looks really cool...)
After weighing the practicality and appearance for a while, Adele finally put the survivor's hidden blade back on her arm.

I envy Sister Vesper a little bit. She carries a lot of magical items on her back. The powerful extraordinary weapons alone are more than all the equipment on my body combined...

Adele adjusted the mechanism and retracted the crossbow that had popped out.

……

However, where Adele could not see, a transparent illusory spirit that blended into the environment was slowly retracting from the ventilation duct of the room, passing through the layers of metal structures of the ironclad ship, and finally came to the huge boiler room in the cabin that was originally used to refine whale oil and was now temporarily abandoned.

Britton hid inside the boiler, digesting the information brought to him by the spirit used for exploration.

Although the feed inlet of this type of boiler is not large and it is difficult for a person to get in, there is often a small door at the back of the boiler for maintenance workers to get in for later cleaning and maintenance.

Britton asked the spirit to put its finger into the keyhole and then materialize, easily opening the door. He then asked the spirit to close the door from the outside and lurk in the boiler.

He had long since changed out of his expensive clothes and into cheap dockworker's casual clothes. Sealed Artifact 2-172 took up quite a bit of space, so he couldn't change his position in the furnace at will, and could only move slightly.

"From her sailing diary, she was not used to sailing before, and she didn't seem surprised that a witch boarded a ship in Jianhai County. She is a person with a somewhat mysterious identity... We can't act rashly."

After two days of observation, he found that there were at least six Beyonders on the ship. Apart from the witches he was tracking, the captain of the ship, Adele, and the engineer, Wendy, all seemed to be mid-sequence Beyonders, but the latter could not determine her exact sequence.

Although he thought so, he soon had to face a new choice.

He had been hiding in the boiler for nearly two days. Although he had only stolen some things from the kitchen, he was still eager to solve his physiological problems, so he even gritted his teeth and held on until the evening.

Hearing the voices of the sailors gradually fade away, Britton breathed a sigh of relief. He first sent out a spirit to guard the surroundings, then carefully climbed out of the boiler and tiptoed to the nearest bathroom along the route the spirit had found.

Although there were bathrooms in many cabins of the Honeysuckle Queen, they were limited to the captain's room and the private rooms of important members on board, so public bathrooms were also set up outside the cabins, which saved Britton the need to venture to the deck or other members' private rooms.

Britton quickly went into the bathroom to take care of his physiological problems. He was subconsciously preparing to tidy up his appearance in front of the sink outside when his body suddenly stiffened.

In the bathroom reflected in the mirror, a strange woman with a half-smile on her face was sitting on the marble sink behind him, looking at him.

(End of this chapter)