A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

"But she doesn't want to just sever the relationship with Henry, right?" Levi said.

"Yes, Miss Karina...she loves Henry very much." The maid lowered her head and said.

"I'm afraid I can't fully understand this feeling." Levi pursed his lips and said, "But we will do our best... to catch the murderer."

The maid said nothing and silently led the way.

Martha followed Levi cautiously, and they walked up to the second floor, but the maid did not lead them to the bedroom, but took them in another direction.

It was the large terrace on the second floor. When they opened the glass door, they saw the sun-drenched balcony, the marble fence, and the pothos in the flowerpot.

In the middle of the balcony, there is a group of wicker chairs and a small white table. On one of the wicker chairs, there is a girl who looks a little nervous and is holding a yellow gauze scarf in her hand.

After hearing the footsteps behind her, she stood up quickly and turned to look behind her.

"You are, you are the investigators from BOI, right?"

The girl spoke first before Levi could speak, her voice revealing anxiety.

This actually caused Levi's originally prepared words to be blocked in his mouth. He reacted for a moment before speaking.

"Yes, I'm Agent Lee and this is Agent Westin and Agent Garcia."

The girl nodded repeatedly: "Yes... I have written it down. I am Lina."

"We know, Miss Karina, just relax." Levi imitated the way Field comforted Mr. Brown before and said softly, "Calm down, and then we will ask you a few questions."

"Okay, okay..." Miss Karina put her hands on her chest, closed her eyes, and took a few deep breaths.

Taking advantage of this moment, Levi quickly observed the other party.

She is a girl with long blond hair, which is neatly combed. She wears a simple but well-made black dress with lace cuffs. The only decoration is a string of pearl necklaces around her neck.

Her hands were slender and looked like they had no signs of exercise.

After silently recording the conclusion in his mind, Levi asked Martha to prepare a record. He turned his head and looked at Field, who shook his head to indicate that he did not intend to speak.

Then I have to come... Levi sorted out his thoughts and looked at Karina.

"I have no questions. Please ask questions... Mr. Li, I will tell you everything I know." Karina noticed Levi's gaze, put her hands on her knees, leaned forward and said.

"So, thank you." Levi nodded, "Then... I want to know what Henry did from October 12th to the day he was killed."

"Let me think about it." Karina lowered her head and gradually fell into memories.

"On the 12th, he organized a speech, but he didn't agree for me to go with him. It seemed because my child from an upper-class family would look out of place among the workers, which made me a little angry... Oh no, of course I know him. You're protecting me, but I'm still a little angry..."

As Karina began to recall intermittently, Martha's pen began to move rapidly, and she had now mastered shorthand.

Although most of them were meaningless trivial matters, Levi still listened patiently and occasionally gave some comfort and encouragement. People are not computers. After all, it is impossible to retrieve only the required parts.

"The speech was held the next morning, but I went to listen secretly. I specially made up to look like an ordinary person, but Henry recognized me at once... He told me that it was too dangerous to do so, and that Lausanne is not Not peaceful,” Karina whispered.

Does this mean that Henry already understands that there may be a strike in Lausanne? Well... maybe Mr. Brown told him, or maybe he knew through the Labor Life Improvement Foundation... They had contact with the Federation of Labor...

But it may simply be that Henry is more sensitive, and the atmosphere in the city has been a bit anxious recently.

Levi nodded quietly, suppressed his restlessness, and continued to listen.

After this speech, Henry and Karina had a small quarrel. Of course, this was not a serious disagreement, but Karina wanted to be with Henry, and Henry wanted her to be safe.

The quarrel ended in a day of unhappiness between the two, with Henry finally apologizing to Karina.

"He said he didn't want me to get involved. I'm not from this world." There was sadness in Karina's voice, "But I think we should share the responsibility."

"Maybe it's because of my naivety that he..."

"Henry's death was not because of you, miss." Levi comforted in a low voice.

It's not even necessarily because of what he did... This was just a simple tragedy caused by a monster... Levi added silently in his heart.

Karina nodded, but the self-blame in her eyes did not diminish.

"...After that, he stopped telling me what he was busy with. We went to class, after school, walked, and sometimes had meals together as usual, but we never talked about his work at the Labor Foundation."

Karina concluded after recounting what happened in the next few days.

"We understand..." Levi held his forehead and thought for a moment.

As she said, there was nothing noteworthy.

"The next thing is...preparing for my birthday." At this point, Karina's expression became a little depressed again.

How to prepare, how to try your best to insinuate what you want without leaving any trace, how to give clever answers when you are full of expectations... These small details that can make people smile when they are mentioned in normal times seem to be touching at this moment. Tears from the wound.

Even an unrelated outsider like Levi can feel Karina's sadness.

"He said he gave me a gift, but he couldn't hand it to me personally." Karina said, gently placing her hand on the necklace around her neck.

"This was given to me by Ms. Mora after Henry's death..."

Levi looked at Karina's neck with some offense. The ordinary-looking pearl necklace lay quietly on the girl's collarbone, but this natural and uncarved feeling could just bring out the former's beauty. cute.

Levi thought for a moment and then said carefully: "Can you lend us that necklace for investigation?"

"Huh?" Karina hesitated for a moment, "But there shouldn't be any inevitable connection between it and Henry's murder."

"I know, but this is just in case." Levi didn't know how to explain, so he could only say this.

Karina looked at him, then at the gift on her chest, and bit her lip.

"Okay, I promise..." she said softly, her words revealing her entanglement, "but after that, please be sure to return it to me, because..."

Because this was the last gift Henry left for her... Levi understood what she meant and nodded.