Don't move, it's a robbery!

March and Little One looked somewhat helpless, but still explained to me that Tina was the valuable wanted criminal. Their words suddenly jolted me awake, making me think of an important question.

Yes, why would the forest witch look like a wanted criminal?

"Leos, does the Forest Witch's transformation ability allow her to change shape at will?"

"Yes, but they usually imitate women they've seen before. I get it, this guy has definitely seen the person we're looking for!"

"Quick, quick, make me some space, I need to interrogate her!"

Without saying a word, I searched the little guy's body and found the lock-picking tools, ready to give the forest witch a smooth interrogation.

But before I could make a move, Leos stopped me, saying that the forest witch had no sense of pain.

"Huh? It's not afraid of pain? Is it afraid of being tickled?"

"I'm not afraid."

"Damn, how can there be something that's afraid of nothing?! How are we supposed to interrogate it?!"

"We have a plan. Let's go find Eve; she can use magic. She's staying at the city lord's mansion tonight. Let's go there now and try to find some clues as soon as possible."

Although Leos's fighting skills are average, his action is top-notch. He can leave whenever he wants without any hesitation.

But just as I was about to stuff the prisoners into sacks, March stopped me.

"Why did you put them both in sacks too? Aren't they innocent children?"

"Because they asked me for help."

"Huh? No, they asked you for help, and then you knocked them out?"

I nodded, indicating that it was convenient to carry this way, since two kids couldn't run as fast as me.

"No, if you think they're too slow, why don't you just carry them on your back? Why do you have to knock them out?"

I patted March on the shoulder with a disdainful look.

"You're still too green. No wonder you've been caught so many times."

"What?"

"Don't you think about it? What if they were being manipulated, or they're bad people to begin with, and the whole 'being seduced' act was just a show they staged themselves? When I'm carrying them, isn't it just a way of exposing my back and neck?"

March was speechless for a moment. She seemed to be about to refute me, but the little one stopped her with a hand.

"March, stop talking. Last time he met me, he just slapped me with a stick. That's the kind of person he is."

I nodded, my expression even showing a hint of pride.

March looked at the child on the ground with a hint of helplessness. She wanted to say something, but I didn't give her a chance to speak and firmly stated my position.

"Fatty, if you want to do something stupid, fine, I don't object, but please don't impose your sense of responsibility and moral constraints on me."

"that..."

"If you encounter a similar situation in the future, you are free to memorize it, I completely agree, but that is your choice, not mine."

"no....."

"No, that's not it! This is how I do it! If you don't like it, you can come and hit me!"

"Can you let me finish? I'm not trying to argue with you! I just want to remind you that the girl has woken up."

"ha?"

I looked down and saw the girl among the two children looking at me pitifully, her eyes filled with fear and grievance. I had been so engrossed in Leos's little lesson that I hadn't even noticed the hostages had woken up.

March wanted to help her untie herself, but because I have unique binding skills, she couldn't untie herself at all, so I had to do it myself.

After I released the girl, March explained what had happened to her briefly. The girl looked at the boy with pity, then turned to us and pleaded timidly.

"Please, please help Zack. He's my only family."

"Okay, don't worry, he'll be fine."

I patted my chest and gave her my assurance, indicating that although my transportation methods were a bit rough, I was indeed there to bring her to ask for outside help.

"Come on, Leos, it's time to show your wisdom. How can we break the spell cast by the forest witch?"

"Why are you looking at me? I don't know either!"

"Huh? No, you were explaining things very logically just now!"

"Yes, I do know about forest witches, but I really don't know how to dispel enchantments. For something like this, you definitely have to ask Eve to do it."

I scratched my head, then pulled out a stick, ready to carry it again, but this time March stopped me first.

"No need, no need! If you're worried, I can keep an eye on her!"

Jingfeng Zhiling drove the carriage to the city lord's mansion. It was still dark and there was no one on the road. We arrived at the city lord's mansion quickly. Since there was no city lord now, the place was basically empty.

It is said that the parliament was ready to move in, but it was delayed for some reason.

Because the Bell of the Pure Wind stood firmly on the side of the Council when it clashed with the Kadir family, and helped them a lot, the Council granted the Bell of the Pure Wind access to the City Lord's Library. Eve has reportedly been reading there all this time.

When we arrived at the library, we were surprised to find that the lights were still on.

"Oh my god! Eve, don't you ever get any sleep?"

The little girl was somewhat amazed. She glanced at the bookshelf that had been emptied, then at the mountain of books piled up on the desk, and couldn't help but swallow.

I looked around but didn't see Eve. However, I heard her voice coming from behind the mountain of books.

"We elves only need to sleep for 4 hours a day; it's an innate part of our race."

"So, you've only been sleeping four hours a day lately?"

"No, I haven't slept lately."

Upon hearing March and Leos's questions, Eve slowly stood up, peeked out from behind the mountain of books, revealing a pretty but extremely tired face.

Yes, he's not far from sudden death.

"Go to sleep right now! Otherwise, you'll become the world's first elf to die from staying up all night!"

March was terrified and quickly ran over to help the swaying Eve sit down.

"No! I've gotten to a crucial part of the book! This part is very important, I have to finish reading it, otherwise I won't be able to sleep!"

"Okay, how much content is left?"

"There are only 30 books left. I'll read them and then go to sleep."

"Look at you! Go to sleep right now!"

"Anyone want to sleep? Need my help? I'm an expert at treating insomnia!"

"Wait! Robin Hood, put away your club!"

After a period of fooling around, Eve lay wearily on the recliner, but she kept her eyes open and showed no sign of falling asleep.

"Eve, stop fooling around and go to sleep."

"I want to sleep too, but what are you all doing standing here? You guys make me feel very unsafe."

Although she was speaking to everyone, Eve's eyes were only fixed on me; clearly, the person who made her uneasy was me.

"Ahem, Miss Eve, actually I'm here to discuss a collaboration with you. They probably haven't had a chance to tell you yet. I have a plan to make a lot of money recently, and we'll split it 30/70, I'll get 70%, and you guys get 30%, I guarantee everyone will make money!"

I told Eve about the wanted criminal, and then I took the Forest Witch out of the sack, hoping she could use magic to interrogate him.

Eve frowned, then rejected my suggestion.

Because of her previous haphazard use of medication, Eve's magical energy has become increasingly disordered recently. The reason she has been so diligently searching through books lately is to find a way to help herself.

Persistence pays off; she has now found a solution, but she cannot cast spells arbitrarily during the preparation period.

Hearing Eve's explanation, I was somewhat surprised and turned to look at the haphazardly piled-up mountains of books around me.

"So, the city lord's mansion has a lot of books on magic? But I've never heard of anyone from the Kadir family knowing magic?"

"Books related to magic and magic books are two completely different things. The former is just an introduction to some knowledge and systems, while a real magic book must have the formula for magic to run, and advanced magic books will also provide the corresponding spells."

Eve's words were eye-opening, but I did hear something strange.

"Only high-level spellbooks have incantations? What does that mean? Does that mean low-level magic can be used without incantations?"

Eve shook her head, indicating that it wasn't like that. To be precise, all magic doesn't actually need incantations. As long as magic power can be channeled in a specific way, magic can take shape. Just like many monsters are born with the ability to cast spells, it's because they inherently possess magical circuits within their bodies.

The so-called incantations used by the sorcerer are actually more like a contract.

Some exceptionally talented magicians create unique formulas to aid in the operation of magic when casting spells, making the original magic more powerful and easier to control.

These unique operating formulas are often extremely complex, sometimes even exceeding the difficulty of the original spell. However, these auxiliary formulas have no other effect besides enhancing the spell's effect, making it a waste of resources for other mages to waste time learning and researching them.

A great mage devised a method: to create special spells. With just a little theoretical knowledge of the corresponding magic and the correct magic formula, the mage could simply recite the spell to produce an auxiliary effect when casting the corresponding spell.

She gave several examples, which seemed to be common magic, but as an illiterate person who can't even read, I naturally couldn't understand her explanation.

"Just assume that only extremely powerful magicians can create spells."

"Oh, oh, oh, I understand now."

Eve sighed and then explained the trouble she was in.

"Because of the medicine you gave me before, I now have a lot of messy magic circuits in my body. Whenever I want to use magic, these magic circuits will automatically draw away the magic I control. Although these magic circuits themselves will not harm me, they will greatly interfere with the effect of my spellcasting."

"I've been trying to figure out how to get rid of them recently. Before that, any spells I use might make it more difficult for me to remove them, so no matter how valuable that wanted criminal is, I won't make an exception for her."

"By the way, I don't think your plan to make a lot of money is very successful."

"Even if I can use magic normally, I don't want you to get involved in these things."

"Including you."