Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Elsa said, and then she cast a concealment spell and went into the air, overlooking the city from the air, but still found nothing.

"It seems that I have no choice but to go find Becky."

Elsa still knew where Becky was.

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478、The Job of Reading

Becky has been staying in Kroros to monitor Willy. If Alman's clone has not given up on Willy and sends him a message, then Becky who stays here will be able to capture the intelligence first - although this is the plan, in fact, neither Elsa nor Tricia have much expectations for Willy.

As long as Alman's clone is not stupid, he will definitely not turn back now to contact a chess piece that has little value.

Elsa followed her memory and came to Willy's residence. In order to avoid being monitored here, Elsa cast invisibility and climbed in through the open window to lift the invisibility spell.

She didn't see Willy, only Becky.

At this time, Becky was sitting at the table, concentrating on reading a thick book. She didn't even notice that Elsa and Adele came behind her. She slightly bent her eyebrows, as if she was deeply attracted by the words in the book.

The lamp on the table had burned down, and it looked as if Becky had been reading all night.

This reminded Elsa of the girl she met in the dream world - in the dream world, Becky seemed to have few friends, avoided other people, and stayed alone in a narrow room, flipping through those old books.

If everything seen in the dream world is real, then there is no doubt that half of what Becky said before was probably a lie - Becky could not be called her master's assistant at all. At best, she was just an ordinary servant, or even a low-level blood slave with no status and no need for anything.

Aisha trusted her intuition - Becky was not doing well at that time.

"Becky."

"Alas!?"

Becky was obviously startled by the sudden sound behind her. Black mist suddenly appeared, and in the blink of an eye she had already escaped several steps away. Only then did she realize that she saw Elsa and Adele beside Elsa.

"Lady Aisha? Sorry, I didn't notice you. When did you…"

Becky quickly emerged from the black mist and uttered a few words in a panic.

Aisha interrupted her.

"If it was someone else instead of me who appeared here just now, you might have been ambushed and injured."

"Um... I'm sorry... I was so careless..."

Becky admitted her mistake without saying a word.

——In fact, she was already very careful. Not to mention a living person, she would have noticed even a leaf floating in. But Elsa neither emitted any breath nor made any sound. The usual blood curse magic perception was useless to Elsa. Even the little girl next to Elsa completely concealed her breath. What should she do?

She had a lot of grievances in her heart, but she knew that it would be right not to explain or quibble at this time, and to sincerely admit her mistakes - this was her way of survival.

"Have you received any news in the past few days?"

Aisha asked instead of continuing the topic.

"Well... unfortunately, Willy seems to have been abandoned by Alman..."

This is not unexpected.

"Where's Willy? Is he still alive?"

"He's still alive... but he's in the pub across the street right now. He goes out at this time every day, and to avoid arousing suspicion, I let him out periodically."

Elsa nodded.

After all, it's okay for a living person to suddenly disappear for a day or two, but if it happens for a long time, it might attract the attention of other people - although it seems that it has been noticed now, but in general, it is always more prudent to provide some cover, and there is nothing wrong with Becky's approach.

"He won't run away, will he?"

"Please, please rest assured, Lady Aisha. I have placed a blood curse on him, keeping a close eye on his every word and action. I know who he is with now, where he has been, what he has done, and what he has said. If you wish to find him, I can order him back now."

Blood curse magic and soul magic have some similarities. After all, blood itself is the medium of the soul - which is quite convenient, I have to say.

"Well, you did a good job."

Aisha's praise made Becky secretly happy.

"However, there's no need to ask him to come back again. Go get his Philosopher's Stones and we'll take them away. As for the man... let him report to the Inquisition himself."

Willy is not an innocent person either. He has a blood debt on his back. Elsa will not let him go easily. It is most appropriate to hand him over to the Inquisition. The County of Kroros is the sphere of influence of the Royalist Party. The Duke has been keeping an eye on this place recently. At this time, the Inquisition will surely not let Willy off easily.

"Hey?"

Becky was slightly stunned, and heard something from Aisha's words.

"Lady Aisha is saying... that we should leave here?"

"There's no need to wait in a place devoid of prey; it's just a waste of time. Since Alman hasn't sent any news, it proves he's already aware of our presence, and Willy has lost his value. So, we should just keep the Philosopher's Stones—I'm sure Alman will still be able to receive the message, and Tricia might be able to use them."

Becky acted quickly and quickly retrieved the Philosopher's Stone.

"I've already used the blood curse to order Willy to surrender himself. As for these Philosopher's Stones..."

"You take it first."

As Aisha spoke, she lowered her eyes to glance at the book that Becky had thrown away, then bent down to pick it up. Becky's eyes suddenly became nervous.

"Come to think of it, you said before that you were always working as an assistant under your master, right?"

"Yes……"

"Are you her only assistant?"

"I'm the only one..."

Aisha could see that Becky seemed a little hesitant.

Thinking of Becky whom she saw in her dream, Elsa did not ask any further questions. She opened the book and glanced at the contents. It seemed to be a book recording magic theories. The content was very rich and diverse, and there was no clear signature of the compiler. However, there was a description of the Imperial National Magic Academy at the back, and the book seemed to come from there. Elsa could tell at a glance that this book was not easy to get.

"This appears to be a collection of books from the School of Magic. Your master's?"

"Yes, yes... The Master often gets a lot of books from other places as references for experiments. If there are some books she can't use, I will take them and read them..."

Becky seemed a little nervous, clutching the corners of her clothes tightly with both hands, and stammering when she spoke.

"It seems you like books very much."

Becky pinched the corners of her clothes with both hands and didn't dare to look up - in fact, she lied. Her master had no assistant at all because she didn't trust anyone and never allowed anyone to get close to her experiments. Becky had no status at all around her master. At that time, Becky was just a blood slave without any dignity. Because of her low strength, everyone could bully her at will, and her master often beat and scolded her.

Becky didn't want to remember.

The only thing she could do was to look through those books by herself. This was her only pleasure. Those books were all left in the master's study and could not be stored. They were old, rotten, or simply some false records. They were things thrown away by the master, but she regarded them as treasures. She tried to teach herself magic from those books so as not to be bullied. However, it happened that she came into contact with some of the master's research from those discarded manuscripts, and eventually replaced the master's position in the organization.

Becky never told Aisha about these things in detail, and Aisha didn't ask in detail - but Aisha had guessed some of them.

From this point of view, Becky may be a very talented person.

"That's perfect," Elsa said, returning the book to Becky with a faint smile. "If you like reading, I have quite a few here. I got them all from Baron Fisher. Some of them are probably collectibles. I'll give them to you later. Pick out the ones you like and read them. After you're done, categorize them for me and make a summary."

After all, Elsa had thought about opening a school, and these books should be useful.

If Becky is good at this, maybe she could be put in charge of this—a librarian? Generally speaking, there really is a need for such a person.

"what?"

Becky thought Aisha was going to punish her, but she didn't expect that she would give her a task that was not a punishment at all.

"Pack up quickly. Also, do you know where Grace and Lacey are? And Ebusen and Silbaz, I need help with something."

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479, Try Your Luck

Becky and Adele were simply introduced to each other, and they knew each other. However, Elsa did not specifically mention Adele's identity as a wild god, nor did she clearly state Becky's situation as a prisoner. They seemed to treat each other as someone close to Elsa, and they got along very politely.

If there was anything incongruous, it was only the way they talked - Becky was talking and Adele was mumbling, but the two were able to communicate seamlessly. Becky's face was full of confusion, but seeing that Elsa had no intention of explaining, she didn't dare to ask more.

"Miss Grace has been frequently visiting guilds and taverns lately. She's said to have gotten some clues, but it seems there hasn't been any further progress."

Becky led the way and explained things to Aisha.

According to her, after Elsa and the others left, Grace got the information provided by the adventurers from the commission posted in the guild. It said that someone provided a clue that several people who looked like demihumans were seen in the city, and the time was exactly when the first cold wave came.

No one dared to underestimate the cold wave. For people living in the north, it was undoubtedly a natural disaster. A powerful wave of ice magic came down from the north, and the biting frost was enough to freeze most creatures.

Even the vampires Baron Fisher had sent to transport the mithril perished in the cold wave, demonstrating its terrifying power. What more could be expected of the perpetually starving and powerless demihumans? Even though Kroros was a city located south of the Northern Territory, the cold wave's aftermath could not be underestimated.

So Grace judged that those demihumans must have been delayed in their journey because of the cold wave and were forced to stay in the city of Kloros, so Grace began to search in the city.

However, Grace hasn't made much progress since then.

"It seems Grace is indeed very concerned about Lacey's situation... But there are some concerns about this—if Grace's inference is correct, this may not be something to be happy about."

Aisha paused for a moment and shook her head.

"Since Lacey's sister is in the city, she must have known that Grace and Lacey were looking for her after so much time had passed. Furthermore, since Lacey's sister has been here, someone must have seen her, especially an outsider, who would be easily recognized here. And there's still no news of her until today. There are only two possibilities—she doesn't want to see Lacey, or she can't see Lacey. Whatever the reason, this fact alone is enough to make people worry."

Becky lowered her head and said nothing.

Abandon and be abandoned? Or fall into danger and be forced to give up? Or is it because of no choice, or something like that...

In this world, these things are nothing out of the ordinary.

Becky herself was abandoned by her most trusted family, facing a sad life alone, and ended her life under the abuse of her master. She thought that was the end, but she didn't expect that she would come back to life as a vampire, continuing to suffer with an unknown end.

In fact, when Becky learned that her master died at the hands of Elsa, she felt a little grateful in her heart.

She was grateful to Elsa for avenging her and freeing her from the sea of ​​suffering - even though Becky knew that none of that was intentional on Elsa's part, and that she was only trying to avenge Charlie, and that she just happened to get that little bit of favor that was missed, but even so, the facts would never change.

Soon, Elsa and Adele arrived at their destination, a tavern. The tavern was located near the Adventurer's Guild, just across the street. It was much busier than other parts of the city, with adventurers, hunters, mercenaries, and merchants from other places passing through. Although the heavy snow had left most people with nothing to do, these people always found opportunities to make money.

There are inns, blacksmith shops, pharmacies, leather workshops on both sides of the snow-covered streets, as well as shops specializing in buying and selling materials. As long as adventurers are still active, they have no reason to close down.

Of course, the same goes for taverns. No one doesn't want to have a sip of warm wine in the cold winter. It is undoubtedly a good experience. In addition, taverns, especially taverns in front of adventurer's guilds, always gather all kinds of people. Anyone may bring useful information, so people often come here to try their luck.

At this time, the door of the tavern was closed tightly, blocking out the cold outside. Elsa stood outside the door and could hear noisy sounds coming from behind the door. It was obvious that the business here was good, at least much better than the inn she had stayed in before. Was it because it was close to the Adventurer's Guild?

"Adele, go back to the sword first."

Aisha said.

"Well, okay..."

After saying that, Adele returned to the black sword in Becky's extremely shocked gaze.

Becky's eyes almost popped out of her head.

"Eh? Huh? Huh? Miss Adele...her...sword..."

Even among the vampires, Becky had never seen anyone hide their body inside a sword.

"I don't have any use for her right now, and her appearance is too eye-catching for a place like this. I don't want to be stared at by everyone here."

Elsa came here to find someone, not to show off her presence.

As she spoke, Elsa put on her hood. Seeing this, Becky still had a thousand questions in her heart, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she followed Elsa and put on her hood.

At this time, several men with red faces staggered out of the tavern, and Elsa stepped aside to let them pass first. Elsa naturally pulled Becky over, but Becky was frightened very unnaturally.

Becky lowered her head and remained silent.

At this time, several men came towards Elsa. They reeked of alcohol and staggered as they walked. They were obviously drunk. The fact that drunkards could appear here at this time probably proved that they had plenty of money. They might be adventurers from nearby, or they might just be businessmen who were used to coming here. Such people were not uncommon in the city of Kroros.

Those people met Elsa, but when they saw Elsa, they all stopped in their tracks, their eyes wide open, surprise or joy appeared in their eyes, making their gazes become eager, staring at Elsa, unable to move away - Elsa is very beautiful, this is something no one can dispute, of course, except for those dwarves who regard muscles as beauty.

Such a beauty can easily make people have some thoughts wherever they are. Under normal circumstances, people may be a little restrained, but alcohol will always magnify those desires.

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480, Come to work

Just as Pastor Marvin had said to Aisha, her appearance did easily attract other people's attention, and sometimes caused her trouble for no reason. However, Aisha did not intend to hide anything deliberately, and she did not intend to avoid those troubles - if the other party went too far, then Aisha would not mind teaching him a lesson, otherwise these people would sooner or later cause trouble to other girls.

Perhaps because they were drunk, the gazes of these people were not concealed at all. Rather than appreciation, they were more inclined to obvious possessiveness. Such gazes were too explicit to make people feel uncomfortable. They stood at the door, blocking Elsa's way, and seemed to have no intention of moving aside.

Elsa coughed lightly, intentionally reminding them: "You are blocking the door, gentlemen."

Aisha smiled and maintained basic politeness, which made the other party smile with a crooked mouth.