I was expelled from the team and was recruited by the demons?

"Is this normal?" Eli

pointed to the kneeling armor in front of him, and looked at Elena beside him with some confusion.

Elena did destroy the joints of the armor with molten silver ingots, but... It's not going to make them as immobile as they are now.

"The man lifted the puppetry.

Elena kicked the armor in front of her, and now it was a mere ornament again.

"Why, isn't she trying to do it anymore?"

Eli opened her mouth wide, the man was so arrogant just now, why did the situation change so quickly?What

about the dignity of the puppeteer?

"I don't know, maybe she... The skin is relatively thin.

Elena glanced at Eli helplessly, and at the same time sighed faintly in her heart.

Hasn't this young master of his own family realized how insulting what he just said was to the puppeteer?

Now that the armor and puppets left by that person have been disposed of by the two of them, what is she going to do with it, and can she stay to withstand Eli's mental attack that can make her half angry?

Of course, Elena will not say this, she will only applaud Eli for his awesomeness, which is a necessary quality for a good student.

“...... I didn't have enough information to ask.

Eli crouched on the ground and looked at the armor, and after turning them over, he noticed that there were small magic circles drawn in blood on the back of the armor.

It seems that the puppeteer should have controlled the waiters in the house first, and then controlled the waiters to draw these puppet circles.

The question is...

As Christine mentioned earlier, the waiters at Duke Wens's palace were not temporarily recruited from outside, but old people who had served in the mansion for many years.

Judging from the situation of the previous ball, there should be some adventurers who have retired from the front line in the house.

How did such a group of people become

puppets?

and those magic arrays used to block magic power...

Eli looked up at the corridor in front of him, he was now curious about what kind of person could not only sneak into the Duke's Palace, but also turn the entire villa into a cage without Vins and the others noticing.

"Eli... Sir?"

As Eli was lost in thought, Christine's somewhat trembling voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Oh, wake up. "

I... I had my throat cut!Who did it!Who!"

Eli turned to look at Christine, who had just woken up, only to find that the other party was looking around with a frightened face, and his hands were clutching the wound on his neck.

"Uhhh

"Christine-sama, you just lost consciousness, how much do you remember what happened during this time?"

Elena stepped forward and crouched in front of Christine, she turned her head to look behind the other.

It wasn't the exposed magic array that controlled Christine, it was the thing in her throat, no wonder she didn't notice it when she was in the bungalow at first.

"I...

Shh

It seems that the puppeteer who controlled her used some special tactics against Christine in order to disguise his identity.

Elena shook her head at Eli, apparently she didn't have any good ideas.

"That's right, brother!" Christine

, who came back to her senses, quickly turned around, and after finding that Byron was only unconscious, the look on her face was a lot more relaxed, but her elder brother seemed to have been stabbed in the neck.

"Christine, are you sure Duke Wens asked me to come over?" Eli

sat in his chair and silently stared at Christine in front of him.

"Hmm—"

Christine thought for a moment, then nodded heavily.

“...... Such.

Eli crossed his legs, pupils flickering with flickering light, all known messages swirling wildly in his mind.

Judging from the previous situation, this situation was obviously caused by the puppeteer, in order to lure himself over.

But there are too many blind spots in this matter, after all, if it is just to deal with themselves, they should not be guilty of provoking the Duke's Palace.

You must know that the gang didn't know that Eli had a witch by his side, which led to Duke Vince being more tricky than Eli, an A-class adventurer, no matter how you look at it.

This is equivalent to catching a rabbit and not hesitating to provoke another, more troublesome beast.

Or do they know about the existence of witches...?

No way, but those people who have a little brain shouldn't provoke witches.

What's more, if you count Iloti, Eli has a luxurious lineup of four witches on her side.

"Young master, this thing..."

Elena silently lifted the curtain on the side, revealing from behind was a portrait of Chizuru and Christine and others.

That painting was left by Kristen who asked Chizuru to leave it, saying that it is now very popular to put the teacher at home for it.

At that time, Emma felt that the usefulness of this thing was similar to the posthumous image, and she secretly pulled Eli to laugh for a long time.

And then they were painted as well.

“...... the case.

Eli looked at the painting, then covered her forehead a little speechlessly.

Now, he can tie it all together.

The purpose of those people was originally Duke Wens, presumably because of the political dispute between countries, and they planned to take down Duke Wens, who was the pillar of the country.

Then I saw this painting in this place, and I decided to solve it myself.

After all, when he was in the labyrinth before, Eli also posed a threat to the gang and slaughtered a puppeteer under them.

However, at this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the villa, and it seemed that there should have been a lot of people.

"Did you contact anyone else besides me?" Eli

turned to look at Christine, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.

At the same time, he waved his hand forward, and Elena nodded, instantly understanding what he meant.

She turned and pulled open the window behind her, using the lattice to hang herself out of the window, thus avoiding the suppressive effect of the enchantments in the villa.

As long as Eli gave the order, she could slaughter the gang in the first place.

"Mistress Eli, wait a minute, please wait a minute! That's Lord Kayla's Knights of the Sky Flame... I contacted them!"

Byrons, who had been in a coma, also regained his senses at this time, and when he opened his eyes, the first thing that caught his eye was Elena with a murderous aura written on her face.

Byron felt it very clearly, although Elena compressed the magic power on her body to the extreme at this time, the terrifying sense of oppression still overwhelmed him completely.

"Knights of the Sky Flame—"

Eli raised an eyebrow, then silently leaned against the window and glanced at the people below, his gaze quickly drawn to the person in the front.

It was a slender figure with brilliant golden curly hair, and the heavy magic power diffused from his body was enough to show that this person's strength was by no means below that of Duke Wins.

"Hmm...,

" Eli touched his chin, then turned back to Barons and asked

, "Byrons, do you know the profession of this captain?"

The reason for his question was simple, because just now,

he had already found out the man's information through the system's identification function.

Now there was only one thing left for him to confirm.

"Mistress Kayla's profession is... Knight of the Sword.

Byron was stunned, as if he didn't understand why Eli was asking such a question.

"Hmm... Knight of the Sword—"

Eli looked at the dismounted figure, a smile flashing through his eyes.

Things seem to be more interesting than he thought.