Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 956 Fiona

Just as Saul was pondering whether Byron's abduction was due to the red worms, he suddenly noticed several suspicious-looking people surrounding the inn.

Thor raised his hand to stop Agu from continuing. "Byron is not in any immediate danger, but others have come looking for you. I'll hide for now, and you can see if it's the same group that took Byron away last time."

The senior is already a second-tier wizard, and he also has an incredibly powerful half-elf companion. Even ordinary third-tier wizards would find it difficult to capture him. There must be other hidden reasons behind this.

Instead of racking your brains to find it bit by bit, it's better to lure the snake out of its hole and then follow it back.

Agu nodded, sat back down at his desk, and pretended that Thor had never come over.

He even rewrote several addresses on the blank pages, just like before.

As Agu turned around, Thor's figure began to fade, eventually becoming a thin sheet that merged into Agu's shadow.

Agu stopped writing and scratched his nose somewhat awkwardly. He used to be the shadow of others, but now there was something more in his own shadow...

It really feels like carrying a heavy burden.

Just then, he sensed someone approaching. He didn't pretend not to know—that would be too fake—but immediately stood up alertly and destroyed the book in his hand.

His reaction was exactly the same as when he discovered Saul's movements.

However, Thor deliberately let him discover it.

After destroying what he had written, Agu immediately jumped onto the roof, shrinking to the size of a mouse, and tried to hide in the shadow of the beam.

He had just taken cover when the doors and windows of the room were simultaneously smashed open, blocking all his escape routes.

Agu could have abandoned his current vessel and transformed back into his consciousness to leave through the wall. However, his current goal wasn't to escape, so he simply hid and, taking advantage of the moment when the people entered the house to search, impatiently tried to climb out from above the front door.

The escape went quite smoothly; they actually made it straight to the door.

Just as Agu was hesitating whether to make some noise to let the person entering discover him, a hand suddenly grabbed his body and slammed him hard onto the corridor floor.

Agu was slammed to the ground, feeling dizzy and disoriented. Then, a spell to dispel the disguise of the magic was cast on him, and he returned to his original form as a vessel, lying on the ground.

"Hmph, it's so difficult to capture a level one wizard. He almost got away."

Then a pink vine appeared out of nowhere, quickly growing longer and binding Agu completely.

Agu, who had originally wanted to put on an act and struggle, turned around unintentionally and stood there blankly.

"Fiona..." he murmured to himself.

Fiona wasn't surprised when she heard Agu recognize her; she blew away the black bangs that were covering her forehead with a "whoosh."

"Since you know who I am, you should also know why you were arrested, right?"

But Agu remained staring blankly at the woman, unable to utter a word.

At this moment, a force gently stirred Agu's mind, bringing him back to his senses.

He lowered his head, not daring to look at Fiona again. "I don't know why you arrested me."

Fiona crossed her arms impatiently. "Fine, you say you don't know, then you don't know. This won't stop us from catching the criminal. Take him back."

The people who had just broken into the room rushed out, surrounded Agu, and took him away. They boarded a closed carriage as soon as they left.

Inside the dark carriage, four people were keeping an eye on Agu, seemingly afraid that he might transform and escape halfway through the journey.

But Agu remained obedient and showed no intention of running away.

"Do you know that woman named Fiona?" Thor's voice echoed in Agu's mind.

"Yes. Actually, I came here with the wizard Byron because I wanted to find her."

"Is she yours?"

"She's kind of like my daughter."

This answer surprised Thor somewhat. "She shouldn't be a Faceless Man."

Agu is a faceless person. This race is born without fathers, mothers, or kinship, and has no clear way of reproduction. Some people suspect that it is self-split, while others believe that it is reborn from its original form.

The people of the wizarding world are also unclear about their origins, and even suspect that they may have been brought from other worlds by ancient fifth-order wizards.

In short, the Faceless Ones are a very rare race in the wizarding world. Thor had never seen any other Faceless Ones on either the continent of State or Neflet.

The woman who captured Agu was a powerful second-tier wizard, but her body and soul were very compatible, unlike the Faceless Man.

"Yes, I once impersonated her father and lived there for ten years. But I was eventually hunted down, so to avoid becoming a burden to her, I faked my death and fled to the continent of Stata. However, due to my severe injuries, I died near Lord Gorsa's wizard tower, and he later took me in as his librarian."

So that's how it is? But if the Faceless One is replacing someone else, wouldn't it need to devour the original owner's body?

"You killed Fiona's father?"

"No, no, when I saw Fiona's father, he had already drowned, and his body was gigantic. I had no other suitable choice at the time, so I devoured her father's corpse."

"Sigh, I felt terrible for many days after swallowing that corpse. Fortunately, people thought it was a side effect of drowning and sent me to Fiona."

Thor had already guessed Agu's past. "So, to avoid revealing your identity, you spent ten years with Fiona and developed a genuine father-daughter relationship?"

"...Yes." Agu was a little embarrassed.

"Then why didn't you go find her sooner?" Saul said. "Didn't I already promise you your freedom?"

Saul's feelings for Agu, Herman, and Ann were different. They had gone through life-and-death situations together several times, and even though they were once bound by the diary, they later became true partners. If Agu had told Saul earlier that he had a daughter, Saul would definitely have sent him to find her.

"I never imagined she would become a wizard. For so many years, I thought she had died long ago."

"Heh, wait this time... never mind, we can't plant the flag. If you want to acknowledge her, just do it now. No need to wait, she's still outside the carriage."

With his daughter so close, Agu hesitated.

"I...I'd better go find Wizard Byron first."

Saul didn't try to persuade him any further; some things are better left for the person to figure out themselves.

The carriage sped along, leaving the capital of Olga and entering the outskirts of the city as the two talked.

Fortunately, the carriage arrived at the outskirts near the observatory. In a way, it indirectly helped Thor travel a bit faster.

Shortly after entering the suburbs, the carriage drove directly into a manor. Once inside the manor's stable, the entire stable automatically closed, and the ground supporting the carriage began to descend.

"Fiona sounded like an official just now, but her subsequent actions didn't seem like those of an official; they were more like those of a secret organization."

Thor remained hidden in the shadows, which did not hinder his observation of the outside world.

"However, they did not encounter any investigation or obstruction while operating within Olga."

The carriage traveled underground for a while before finally stopping in a huge underground space.

Fiona, who was sitting in the car, was the first to jump down, and then had the others help Agu down as well.

"Okay, you can speak now." She looked at Agu, who was still somewhat bewildered. "Can you also see those disgusting red worms?"

(End of this chapter)