Lord of Arcane

Chapter 141 Mrs. Patty
——[Private task, investigate the cause of the death of the territorial merchant Felbers, find the murderer, no limit to the identity, no limit to the number of people, generous rewards, interviews, not less than 100 gold coins. 】

Private mission?

When Xia Duo saw it, he immediately became interested. The 100 gold coins were completely worth a day for him to try. If he could find out the cause of death and find the murderer, then the price/performance ratio would be quite high.

After making a decision, Xia Duo immediately came to the long office desk and said to the apprentice on duty: "I want to accept task No. 001!"

As usual, Xia Duo's identity was checked and verified, and then recorded and forwarded to the on-duty mage for filing, and then the on-duty mage gave Xia Duo a mission certificate.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard the mage on duty remind him, "Just accept it when you're good."

Xia Duo didn't understand, so he wanted to ask a few more questions, but the mage waved away people again, and stopped talking. Xia Duo could only leave first, but he also realized that this incident might not be just a simple murder case.

Fortunately, Xia Duo didn't intend to do more in-depth investigations. He wanted to complete the task indicators for promotion authority as soon as possible, rather than really wanting to do territorial tasks.

It is enough to get mixed with gold coins.

Because it was a private task, Xia Duo went back and changed into the magic robe he received at the award ceremony last year. Under the decoration of gold and silver threads, Xia Duo supported Xia Duo like a real mage.

Of course, he is now a real mage, not an apprentice, and he changed into this body to facilitate bargaining.

……

Savile Town, North District.

This is a group of villas with different styles but with some commonalities. Xia Duo is quite familiar with Savile Town, how could he not see the elf style.

However, except for the ten villas facing the water in the far north, they have different styles and shapes, which make people feel happy at first glance. The rest are like imitators of the former, and some of them can't even copy well.

Of course, Xia Duo's target this time is not one of the ten waterfront villas, but also an imitator, but it is considered to be a relatively good copy, but the diversion channel on the side that can't see the water at all exposes its copying.

Xia Duo had seen it in those ten villas just now, but they were built near the water, and they could bring in water from the Wolfburg River to make fountains and pools.

But it is a bit rote here.

Perhaps this is the "arty" of the other world!
Because Xia Duo's robes are quite gorgeous and exquisite, and the gold and silver thread decorations are shining in the sun, they can be seen from a long distance. Xia Duo has also received a lot of awe-inspiring eyes along the way.

And he also tried to keep his face expressionless. When someone came up to salute and greet, Xia Duo didn't stop there, just nodded his head slightly, and made a full gesture.

These ordinary people can't see the reality of this magic robe at all, they just think it's a mage passing by, and they don't even think that it's an apprentice ostentatiously passing by.

Although Xia Duo is still an apprentice now, he has indeed reached the level of a formal mage, and he is not afraid of being exposed as a mage, because he really is.

When they arrived at the gate of Felbers Villa, the two guards were chatting in low voices with sad faces.

As soon as Xia Duo came, he looked at the two of them indifferently, and said his intention: "I received the mission from the mage tower, take me to meet the master here."

The mage tower, missions, and the so-called "mage majesty", the guards at the door immediately saluted respectfully after hearing the voice, "Master, please follow me."

A guard led Xia Duo directly to the living room, and a servant brought hot drinks in due course. Xia Duo glanced at the dark liquid in the cup, but did not move.

"My lord, please wait a moment, Madam will be here soon."

"Ah."

Xia Duo took out the magic book and flipped through it. Before he could read a few pages, he heard a rush of footsteps. Xia Duo put the book away and saw a young woman surrounded by four or five servants and maids. Down, emerged from one side.

The woman has an outstanding appearance and an elegant body, but her expression is depressed, her brows are tightly furrowed, revealing a morbid aura. Xia Duo couldn't help but take a second look, but that's all.

The compulsion of a mage still needs to be maintained.

"My lord, did you receive the mission from the Mage Tower?" The woman seemed a little skeptical, but her attitude was still quite respectful, "I don't know what your name is?"

"My name is Xia Duo. What is your identity? What is your relationship with Felbers?"

"Master Xiaduo, Pelbers is mine, mine—" The woman couldn't say the last words, and her expression became more depressed.

At this time, a maid next to her spoke out for her, "After the death of the master's first wife, Mrs. Patty has been taking care of him, but because of the strong opposition of the master's son, this matter has not been made public."

Xia Duo nodded to express his understanding. He didn't ask why Pelbers' son didn't show up, but talked about the remuneration. It's not shameful to talk about money. On the contrary, mages like to talk about money.

"Mrs. Patty, I don't know much information from the Mage Tower. I need you to provide more detailed information. In addition, the remuneration needs to be discussed in advance."

Regarding the remuneration, Mrs. Patty did not hesitate at all, and proposed to give 100 gold coins as long as the cause of death was found, and 500 gold coins to confirm the identity of the murderer. If Xia Duo could catch the murderer alive, Mrs. Patty was willing to pay 1000 gold coins.

Even if you catch a corpse, you can get 700 gold coins.

This made Xia Dao very happy, and he wanted to agree immediately, but he was still a little reserved, but his hesitation made Mrs. Patty think that he was dissatisfied with the reward.

It actually improved a little bit more, and Xia Duo also accepted it as soon as he saw it, and asked about the specific case, and of course he asked to check the corpse.

Mrs. Patty suppressed her grief and agreed, "My lord, after the accident, Felbers has not moved and is still in the study. Please follow me."

……

The study room of Felbers Villa is on the second floor, and you can go up the stairs behind the living room. When you go up the stairs, Mrs. Patty introduced to Xia Duo how she discovered Felbers' death.

"The morning before yesterday, Felbers and I had tea on the first floor, and then he suddenly said that he had something to deal with, so he went back to the study. The servants at home saw it, but at noon, I asked the servant to tell him to go downstairs I ate, but there was no reaction, and only then did I realize that something happened."

Xia Duo was a little puzzled. Generally, if there were no obvious traces of death, but he suspected that it was homicide, he didn't necessarily have to ask a mage to check it, let alone what a mage's apprentice could find out.

There are too many more professional people, even among ordinary people, there must be people who know more about autopsies than mages!

"Didn't someone come to see you afterwards?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Patty wiped the corners of her eyes indiscriminately, and said, "I looked for a wanderer who was good at making drugs that day, but found nothing. Later, I looked for a few adventurers, but they couldn't find anything." Any abnormality, it is only said that he died naturally when he reached his age."

"A natural death at the age?"

It was only then that Xia Duo remembered that he only knew that the deceased was a businessman named Felbos, and after seeing Mrs. Betty, he also subconsciously made a judgment that Felbos was young.

"How old is Felbers?"

"He is 52 years old."

(End of this chapter)