Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 388 Manor
"What do you think of what Edwina said?"

After placing the group in a room that had been vacated in advance, Annie caught up with Vinata in the corridor.

"You mean the part about the prophecy?"

Vinata tilted her head slightly. "Even if I have my own opinion, what needs to be done won't change. There's no need to think about so many unplanned things."

"You see clearly."

Anne sighed half helplessly and half relievedly.

"You look a little nervous. Are you worried that Edwina's arrival will affect the cooperation between your captain and the company?"

Venata keenly sensed the hidden meaning in Anne's behavior and asked.

Anne snorted and did not comment, but from her attitude, Vinata was basically certain that she agreed to it.

"Don't worry, Edwina is Edwina, and your captain is your captain."

Venata paused and said comfortingly, "Although I don't know Miss Hall's attitude, she doesn't seem like the kind of person who... gets bored easily. Besides, for a demigod like her, maybe we really don't matter."

Anne nodded, walked past Vinata with heavy steps, and turned to another fork.

Only after watching her back disappear at the end of the corridor did Vinata breathe a sigh of relief, a relieved expression on her face.

According to Tracy's arrangement, Anne, who no longer has a bounty on her head, will stay in Indor Harbor and do some work that an ordinary lady should do, allowing time to gradually wash away the traces of the pirate life left on her, and finally become an ordinary person with a clean resume. Perhaps in the future she can rely on donations to become a small noble again.

However, Venata could clearly feel that Anne herself did not like this arrangement, just as she did not like herself or Elaine.

However, Anne still followed the life path planned by Tracy for her. Whether it was giving up the pursuit of Elaine or following Adele and her group to do ordinary clerical work, she did it without complaint, just because that was what Tracy asked her to do.

Vinata knew she couldn't do that, and Adele wouldn't ask her to do something she didn't want to do on the pretext of "it's for her own good." Hunters, like witches, were a sequence that advocated releasing one's nature, and they believed in doing things at will.

So Vinata didn't like Anne from the beginning. It wasn't that she hated her as a person, but that Vinata could see in her the possible ending for herself and Adele, and that ending was something Vinata absolutely didn't want to accept.

As she was thinking, Vinata found herself walking to the door of the small cubicle where Miss Audrey lived. Then she remembered that she had not made regular reports to Miss Audrey for a while.

She knocked on the door gently, but she didn't expect that the door was not locked. With just a light knock, it slid open silently.

Vinata walked into the room puzzled and found that the colorful sticky notes that were once posted inside had disappeared, and the bedding was neatly folded, which did not seem like something a noble lady could do by herself.

The bell rope on the wall was still fixed there as it was, with a thin layer of dust on the drooping tassel, and it seemed that the person inside had left a long time ago.

When was the last time she came here, Vinata found that she couldn't remember it at all. This was obviously abnormal, and she didn't have any magical items that affected her memory. In the end, Vinata could only attribute it to Miss Audrey exerting some kind of influence on her.

Vinata walked to the desk, where there was a blue sticky note with a few short lines of words written on it.

"I can sense that the opportunity I've been waiting for is about to come. I must hide completely for the next period of time until the backup plan I left behind is triggered."

"According to the time calculation, by the time you see this note, Edwina Edwards should have arrived at Indor Port. Her Sequence Four is called 'Prophet', and she should have also sensed this opportunity. She can handle the danger on the surface."

"However, the dangers hidden in the dark are much more serious than these. Edwina alone is not enough. Therefore, Miss Circe will also return to Indor Port in the near future."

"Of course, if my guess is correct, when you encounter difficulties that cannot be solved, you can try to pray to this honorable name."

"The agent of the kingdom of death, the crown prince of the underworld, the end of everything."

"This is the honorific name of the 'Angel of Death' under the seat of my Lord 'The Fool'. I believe that He will respond to you at the critical moment."

As soon as Vinata finished reading the line, the note turned into star-like spots of light, slipped through her fingers, and then disappeared.

Who is the angel of the Fool? Miss Audrey said that she would not appear until she felt the opportunity. What was that so-called opportunity?
Why did she think I could get a response from the Fool angel? Am I familiar with Him?
Vinata was a little confused, but she still memorized the other party's name in case of emergency.

After doing all this, she lay down on Miss Audrey's bed and stared at the ceiling, as if this would allow her to understand a little bit of her mood at the time.

You are wasting time, Vinata told herself, then sat up suddenly in bed and walked towards the restaurant on the first floor.

Work should never interfere with meals, this is Vinata’s consistent belief.

In the restaurant she met Azik, who ordered a plate of orange juice fish and a pizza plate with white bread, and sat in the corner of the restaurant to eat quietly. When he saw Vinata, Azik waved to her in a friendly manner.

"I'm sorry to dump all the union stuff on you."

Venata sat down across from Azik, "Admiral Iceberg arrived a day earlier than expected, and there were many schedule conflicts."

"It's okay." Azik smiled slightly. "It's a good experience to communicate with ordinary people, especially those who I rarely have the opportunity to meet before."

"Ordinary people..."

Vinata was stunned, holding the fork in her mouth for a long time without taking it out. Azik's choice of words made her feel a little strange. Although the other party's attitude was humble, there was always a sense of nobility between the lines that made people feel respect from the bottom of their hearts, as if he was born with the "temperament of a superior".

"I thought I told you that I was a genetic Beyonder?"

Azik also discovered that there was something wrong with the way he spoke, but he didn't care too much. Through this period of time, he found that the general manager of the Queen Island Shipping Company was easier to talk to than he had imagined. Although she was still the strong woman in front of those gangsters, she was surprisingly quiet and polite in front of him, which reminded Azik of the students he had taught.

"If I remember correctly, you didn't say that."

Venata raised her eyebrows, but her attitude was not very certain, nor did she seem angry because of Azik's concealment.

After all, Miss Hall seemed to have tampered with my memory. It was probably during the time when she deleted her own memory that Mr. Azik told me that he was a Beyonder, and then Miss Audrey deleted it...

Vinata said this to herself, but she didn't seem to believe it at all.

"Oh, maybe I forgot."

Azik smiled kindly, "After all, I am not an insomniac. When I was young, I often stayed up all night to study academics, which inevitably led to the decline of my memory now."

"It's okay, it's not a big deal."

Vinata nodded. No matter whether he had said it before or not, it was no big deal now that he was willing to speak up.

If it had been in the previous Indo Port, discovering a non-warrior Extraordinary person would have been a very serious matter indeed. But now, Indo Port has basically implemented the policy of registering Extraordinary people and Extraordinary people. Azik's delay is only a matter of registering two days later.

"What path did you take as a Beyonder? What's your Sequence? I'll get someone to register you. During this time, you can just focus on dealing with the union."

Venata asked kindly, "I'll just get a form from Annie and fill it out for you when I get back."

"I am now Sequence 7 of the Death Path, 'Psychic'."

Azik spoke out the answer he had been thinking about for a long time. This sequence barely stepped into the threshold of a mid-sequence extraordinary person and had certain active extraordinary abilities. In this way, even if he showed some peculiarities, it would not attract attention.

As the Path of Death is a relatively rare path of God in the Northern Continent, Azik doesn't think Vinata knows much about it, and the final right of interpretation is in his hands.

"Would you mind showing me your abilities?"

Vinata was a little surprised. She didn't expect that this gentleman was a mid-sequence Beyonder, but she quickly calmed down and naturally asked about the other party's abilities.

On the one hand, she had now been promoted to Sequence 6, and under Audrey's deliberate arrangement, she had participated in the planning of many things, and the "Conspirator" potion was digested very quickly;
On the other hand, Azik looked to be in his forties or fifties. At this age, he was still a mid-to-low sequence Beyonder, and it was difficult for him to continue taking potions to advance. So Vinata believed that even if Mr. Azik was an Beyonder, the situation could still be controlled.

Azik nodded, picked up a fork from the table, bent it easily, and twisted it into a slipknot. This was the physical quality he had acquired during the "Gravedigger" period of Sequence Eight of the Death Path.

A Beyonder with strong physical fitness and good control...

Vinata was slightly shocked to find that this lecturer she had hired temporarily was not as quiet or even fragile as he seemed.

Then, Azik whistled softly, and a transparent spirit flew out from the void and attached itself to the fork. Then, the bent fork began to spin wildly on the table, and during this time, nothing touched it to give it power.

"Okay."

Venata waved her hand, indicating that this was enough.

After all, it was just a preliminary investigation. It was good enough that the other party was willing to cooperate. Vinata didn't expect Azik to show her his core abilities.

"No wonder you were able to get those gang members to listen to your lectures obediently. It turns out you have this trick up your sleeve."

At this point, Vinata half-jokingly said, "But the fork costs five kopecks. Just deduct it from your salary."

Azik smiled, knowing that Vinata was joking, and didn't take it seriously.

……

At the same time, in the Port of Berens in the southern continent, there is the Dijin Manor, 200 kilometers away from the city center.

Adele was standing outside the gate of the manor at this time, looking at the scenery in front of her with some surprise.

Château d'Yquem is a famous wine producing area in the southern continent. Due to the tropical climate here, grapes grow very fast. As soon as March arrives, tenants in the estate begin to plant young grape branches and start the year's work.

Most of the land has not yet been planted, but you can still see lush green branches and buds everywhere, and the manor looks full of vitality.

If it were in Loen, they would probably not be able to start planting grapes until early April, a full month late, and the quality would be far inferior to that produced in the southern continent...

Such a thought flashed through Adele's mind, but she quickly put it aside.

She didn't come here today to admire the beautiful scenery of the suburban plantation, but had other plans.

Adele learned from the military that the person responsible for creating the magical item for her was a military partner and also a servant of Viscount Kukwa, and today she came to Dijon Manor in person to pick up the goods.

Originally, the money and the goods were supposed to be exchanged through the military, but Viscount Kukwa heard the news from somewhere, so he asked the military to ask the client to come to the manor to pick up the goods himself, as he wanted to discuss cooperation with her.

Adele always felt as if she had heard of the title of Viscount Kukwa somewhere, but she couldn't remember it no matter what, which gave her a headache.

After all, ever since Miss Audrey believed in the previous Tarot meetings that the seal of the Night Path could effectively prevent Adele from entering that mysterious world after falling asleep, Adele immediately tried the "Night Veil", and the effect was very obvious. After wearing the Night Veil, the City of Disaster could no longer pull her into that strange city.

In order to get a good night's sleep, Adele often wears the Veil of Night for a period of time before going to bed, and uses its side effects to put herself into a dreamless sleep for a period of time.

However, another side effect of the Veil of Night is that it can cause memory loss in the user. Although this decline will not accumulate, nor will it increase with increasing usage, Adele has developed a certain dependence on it. Wearing it for a long time has caused her memory to deteriorate a lot. Even if she does not forget important occult knowledge, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to want to remember these people who have few opportunities to come into contact with her.

After thinking about it for a while, Adele walked to the door and pulled the bell rope twice.

After waiting for a while, the door opened with a bang, and a pale middle-aged man in a butler's uniform said to Adele politely:
"Excuse me, are you Miss Adele Sersi? Elena has been waiting for you for a long time since the Viscount's arrival."

(End of this chapter)