Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Dilia didn't notice anything amiss and was still comforting her father, "It's okay, I can just change my clothes."

Verdoux stayed in the classroom for a while longer, and after his daughter returned in a change of clothes, he apologized to his daughter and the teacher before leaving the classroom.

As soon as the classroom door closed, Verdoux almost jogged downstairs to the reception room where Audis was waiting, "Mr. Wizard, just as you said, there are wounds on the inside of Dilia's arms and legs."

Then, he briefly described the verification process.

After listening, Audis nodded slightly and said, "In that case, I can confirm my guess."

At this point, Verdoux was completely convinced by the wizard before him and waited on the side for the wizard's instructions.

Audis paused and then said, "Have someone prepare a full-length mirror that is taller than a person, the sturdy kind. Also, prepare a piece of opaque cloth large enough to cover the entire mirror."

Verdoux went out again, and soon two male servants carried in a tall, solid wood full-length mirror, and a maid brought in a piece of black cloth.

Under Audis's direction, the sofa and coffee table were moved aside, and the full-length mirror was placed in the center of the room.

Audis took out the spiritual materials and pen he had prepared earlier and began to draw a magic circle on the back and sides of the mirror.

York and Verdoux, after seeing the mysterious symbols, although they didn't know what they were, looked like they were very powerful. They had even more confidence in the wizard's next actions.

The magic circle was almost complete, with nothing written only on the mirror surface.

Audis temporarily put the pen and spiritual materials aside and then directed everyone to move the mirror to a corner of the room, in a position that could not be seen from outside the door.

"Now, there's only one last thing left to do," Audis said. "Find a reason to call Dilia here. She must not have any suspicion before she enters the door and sees this mirror."

Verdoux thought for a moment, "She'll be out of class in half an hour. I can call both children down, just say they're coming to see Uncle York Elton."

Audis said, "What's about to happen might be a little terrifying. Are you sure you want to bring the other child along too?"

Verdoux took a deep breath and said, "It's good for him to broaden his horizons."

Audis nodded, "Okay, you also need to be mentally prepared. No matter what you see later, don't panic."

Verdoux and York both nodded in agreement. They believed they had seen a lot and would definitely not panic.

After waiting for another half an hour, Verdoux went out to find Dilia.

Audis hid beside the mirror, where he would only be seen after entering the door.

A few minutes later, Audis and York heard Verdoux coming to the door with his son and daughter, chatting and laughing. York, inside the room, took a deep breath, feeling somewhat nervous.

The door was opened, and Verdoux came in first. He was also somewhat nervous, but he was walking in front and didn't show it.

"Come on, say hello to Uncle Elton," Verdoux said with a forced smile.

Clang~

Just as the three people continued forward, walking towards York, the door suddenly closed.

Almost at the same time, Audis threw out a handful of white powder from the corner and shouted, "Dilia Jackson!"

Actually, he didn't need to shout, he could have just sprinkled the powder, but for the sake of performance, he solemnly shouted Dilia's full name.

Everyone immediately looked at the mirror. Verdoux and York almost fell to the ground. Their gazes passed through the sparse white powder and saw the image in the mirror.

There, surprised expressions appeared on the faces of Dilia and Verdoux's youngest son, but behind Dilia, a very charming female figure was entwined.

That woman had a bewitching smile, and her eyes seemed to be able to discharge electricity, making her very eye-catching.

But her body was soft, and her limbs were like those of a mollusk, naturally wrapped around Dilia's limbs, her hands wrapped around Dilia's elbows, and her feet wrapped around her knees.

After the white powder that Audis sprinkled revealed the charming woman, it seemed to be blown by a gust of wind and immediately turned into two white, somewhat illusory ropes, one end of the ropes rolled towards Dilia.

The smile on the "charming woman's" face disappeared, she opened her mouth, revealing fangs, and let out an angry roar, but before she could "get off" Dilia, the ropes had wrapped around her neck and shoulders.

The other end of the illusory ropes was thrown into the mirror surface by Audis.

Immediately afterward, a huge suction force seemed to appear in the mirror, pulling the ropes quickly into the mirror.

The "charming woman" struggled desperately while making a terrifying sound, being pulled closer to the mirror by the ropes, but she didn't let go of Dilia, so they were pulled over together.

Audis imbued his long wooden staff with spirituality and struck the back of the "charming woman" hard.

The "charming woman" let out a scream and immediately released Dilia.

Audis took this opportunity to use the staff to stuff her into the mirror, and then sprinkled a handful of black powder, and the mirror surface suddenly became less bright.

Thump thump thump~

The solid wood mirror shook violently. The "charming woman" realized that she couldn't escape using the "world in the mirror" and was trapped in this mirror.

So York and Verdoux and others saw a very strange scene, a "charming woman" was pounding on the mirror surface, as if she were a prisoner wanting to leave a prison.

Audis then picked up the spiritual materials and pen again, quickly writing a series of complex or simple occult symbols on the mirror surface.

He tried to concentrate and not look at the "charming woman" because just one glance would easily be affected by "charm".

The black powder could only play a sealing role for a certain period of time. In the end, the other party still needed to be sealed in the mirror with a magic circle.

But Audis was still affected to some extent because the "charming woman's" eyes were so beautiful that people wanted to take a few more glances.

Even Audis, as a Beyonder, was attracted. Verdoux and others were already red-faced and wanted to rush over to pull the wizard away and rescue the "charming lady."

Fortunately, Audis had prepared the corresponding medicine. He smashed the glass bottle containing the medicine on the ground, and the room was filled with a stench.

The stench was like the smelliest fart people had ever smelled, like the stench of severely spoiled meat or eggs. In short, no one in the room had ever smelled a smell worse than this.

So Verdoux and others couldn't care less about the "charming lady" and squatted on the ground vomiting.

Audis couldn't help but gag. While he was gagging, the speed of his hands became faster, and he quickly wrote the last occult symbol and injected spirituality into the correct position.

The situation in the mirror immediately became blurred, making it impossible to see the face of the "charming woman", so she would not be affected by her.

Finally, Audis covered the mirror with the black cloth, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the full-length mirror, except for occasionally "thumping~" and making a sound, would no longer have any impact on the outside world.

Verdoux and others were still vomiting. This room was no longer habitable. Audis went to open the windows and then the door, letting the servants help the people inside out.

When the servants came in to help, they couldn't help but vomit as well.

The scene was chaotic for a while, and it took a minute or two to help everyone out of the room.

Audis took out a bottle of essential oil that he had prepared earlier and smelled it under his nose, and the feeling of nausea immediately disappeared.

Then he put the bottle of essential oil under the noses of the others, and everyone stopped vomiting, but both the room and the doorway were a mess, and Verdoux and others were covered in vomit.

Under the service of the servants, they went upstairs to tidy up and changed into a new set of clothes before coming downstairs to entertain the wizard.

Audis used this time to sprinkle a handful of medicinal powder in the reception room just now, and it wasn't so smelly anymore.

At the same time, Audis felt that the potion was showing signs of digestion again, which meant that this act was very successful, and Verdoux and others believed that he was a very powerful wizard.

To be precise, he didn't really act much, just presenting the "charming woman" in front of Verdoux and others was enough.

Everyone sat down in the living room, the servants served tea again, and Verdoux said with some lingering fear, "Mr. Wizard, what was that monster just now?"

One mistake, one first, one hair, one inside, one content, one is, one look!

"That's called a Succubus," Audis explained. "It's a type of extraordinary creature that is rarely seen in cities."

The eyes of a Succubus are one of the main materials for advancing to "Pleasure Witch". These Succubus usually live in the wilderness and occasionally go to places where people gather to "charm" some men as food.

Audis continued, "Usually, the Succubus that appears in the city will have a 'female companion'. This is a very rare phenomenon because the female companion is required to be born in the same year, month, day, and time as the Succubus, and the souls of both parties must not have signs of rejection.

"I've only seen relevant records in ancient books, which is why I guessed that Dilia became the Succubus's 'female companion'.

"The Succubus with a 'female companion' is very cunning because she lives with humans. If there is a slight danger, she will hide in the mirror.

"So the biggest difficulty in catching it is not arousing her suspicion in advance."

Audis believed that the previous "Night Watchers" had been preemptively hidden in the mirror by the Succubus because they had not paid attention to this point.

In the end, they only found that Delia's spirituality was somewhat unstable, believing it was caused by seeing something she shouldn't have in a dream.

Weildu sighed, "Fortunately, we asked you for help, otherwise we wouldn't have known what to do."

Audis calmly accepted the wealthy man's gratitude, because this knowledge was indeed very obscure. By the time the official Beyonders discovered Delia's abnormality, the girl might have already suffered irreversible damage.

At this moment, the old gentleman York asked, "Mr. Wizard, how did this... this monster come here?"

"It may have found its way here through the mirror," Audis replied.

Of course, it was also possible that someone was deliberately raising a Succubus. Audis had also seen such descriptions in the 'Wilderness of Knowledge': the older this extraordinary creature is, the more powerful the 'charm' ability becomes after an Ascetic uses its eyes to advance.

According to some information Audis had obtained, there was more than one Witch in Backlund using socialites as cover, and now that the 'Witch Sect' was cooperating with the royal family, there should be many more Witches hidden in the corners of the city.

It was very likely that they sent this Succubus here, but of course, these things could not be told to ordinary people who only had a slight understanding of the extraordinary.

After chatting for a while, it was getting late, and Audis got up to say goodbye.

Weildu took out a paper bag filled with banknotes and asked Audis to accept it.

Audis took out a portion, and his spiritual perception told him it was exactly 20 bills: "I only need a portion. As for the other reward, I would like to take the mirror away."

Weildu was more than happy to agree and immediately sent a carriage to take Audis and the mirror away, instructing two coachmen to help the wizard move the mirror into the house.

Back at 66 Rose Street, Audis watched the coachmen drive away and immediately went out to send a telegram to the Backlund Mechanical Research Society and bought dinner.

Audis returned to his residence and saw that the mirror was still occasionally making "thump thump thump~" sounds, proving that the Succubus was still inside.

He went to the dining room, put the roasted meat and fish he had bought, as well as roasted pig skin and Feynapotter garlic shrimp, on the table, and then opened a bottle of wine for a small celebration.

Looking at the mirror in the living room again, Audis smiled in his heart: This deal has earned a lot, it's a bit like the antique industry, not opening for three years, but eating for three years when you do.

The garlic shrimp was still very good, very suitable for drinking, and the roasted pig skin had to be eaten quickly, otherwise it would harden in a while.

About an hour later, the wine was almost finished, and the food was almost eaten.

Audis then went to the living room, turned up the gas lamp, and quietly waited for his guests to arrive.

Just after taking two sips of tea, Audis seemed to see a figure flashing on the window glass in the corner of his eye.

Audis smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. There's another group of guests."

"You can decide whether to take action after seeing that group of guests."

"Hehehe~"

A burst of silver bell-like laughter suddenly sounded from the window: "It seems you're not completely ignorant either."

Ding-ling, ding-ling~

The doorbell suddenly rang, and the figure on the window disappeared instantly.

Audis went to open the door, and the person outside was Max, the squad leader of the 'Mechanical Heart'.

Seeing Audis's glued-on long beard, Max couldn't help but smile: "Why are you dressed like this?"

Audis smiled and said, "I've always wanted to be a wizard since I was a child."

Max shook his head, obviously not believing such nonsense. He entered the house, looked at the mirror in the middle of the living room, and asked, "You said you found traces of a 'Witch'?"

"Not only that, but I also caught this," Audis said, pulling back the black cloth on the mirror.

Because the world in the mirror was very blurry, Max recognized it for a long time before saying, "This is... this is a Succubus?"

A living 'Succubus'!

Audis nodded: "I hope to sell it for a good price."