Mystery: The Witch and the Calamity

There are always countless trivial things that happen in the process of moving.

In the process of dealing with these things, Sophia found that Mr. Harry was a cold-hearted person with a soft heart. Even if the servants did something wrong, he would not be harsh, but corrected him patiently.

It can be seen that he does not approve of me becoming Mr. Baron's personal maid, but he is not perfunctory in his work, and he still teaches himself seriously and responsibly...

She just doesn't know how to speak... Sophia grinds coffee and complains about Harry's expression.

Just now, when he had finished familiarizing himself with the layout of the villa, Harry suddenly stopped, and he nearly collided with him.

"Mr. Baron likes to have a cup of coffee while reading, you know?"

Isn't it just asking me to prepare coffee, just say no... How do I know that Mr. Baron has this habit, and he never entered the study when he was in the manor... Sophia squeezed the coffee beans hard, as if thinking of it as a punching bag.

The hot water was boiled, two spoons of sugar, and one spoon of milk, the unique fragrance wafted out immediately, she took a deep breath, and her mood suddenly became much lighter. She had noticed before that Mr. Baron did not like the original coffee.

The study on the second floor is this door... Sophia knocked on the door twice.

"Please come in."

She pushed in the door, and saw Mr. Baron sitting at the desk, holding a very old book, reading, so focused that she didn't look up to see herself.

"Your coffee, Mr. Baron," she said softly.

"Thank you, leave it here."

Joyce looked up slightly and pointed to the position on his right.

Before leaving, Sophia glanced at the name of the book, which happened to be a Ruen word she knew: "Alonso's Travels".

The protagonist in the book is a man named Alonso, who is a ranger. It mainly tells the story of Alonso and his talking elk partner wandering and exploring.

At first, Joyce thought it was an alien version of Don Quixote, but the first story in the book made him change his mind.

One person and one deer came to an unfamiliar village to stay overnight. They were all fine during dinner. When they woke up in the middle of the night, they found that all the people in the village had gone crazy.

After some classic reasoning by the talking elk... yes, the elk is the real protagonist... Alonso has found the culprit, an evil hypnotist who hypnotizes villagers just to do experiments to prove that mental illness can Contagion through the subconscious mind.

After sending him to the Inquisition, one person and one deer embarked on the journey again, and encountered a third-party witch who cursed the accidental death of the noble lady, traveled through the storm, devout believers who forgot the gods they believed in, and collected their souls as ship wages. Devil's Ferryman...

Under the aura of a powerful protagonist, the talking elk is almost almighty, and can skillfully turn the corner after every encounter.

Joyce has benefited a lot from it, enough to help him not be overwhelmed when he encounters Beyonders of the same path in the future.

Closing the last page, the wording and sentence construction of the entire book gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had seen similar articles before?

"The Travels of the Subconscious", last night, Rose Manor, on the desk in the bedroom, by Pauly Del Law.

"Alonso's Travels" has no author signature, maybe the two books are the same author? After all, they are all travel journals, and the writing and story structure are roughly similar.

Even if this author is really a powerful Beyonder who likes to write books, what does it have to do with me... Joyce laughed at himself, lamenting that he was too suspicious these two days, and quickly ignored this question.

It's time to enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea.

Maybe it was the influence of the original owner, or maybe the environment changed his character. Joyce, who had never had this habit in his previous life, quickly fell in love with this leisure method.

Sweets always make people happy, it would be better if they didn't gain weight.

Joyce tasted the pastries carefully prepared by the chef, making comments from time to time, and listening to Harry's report at the same time, but the more he listened, the more wrong:

"In other words, from tomorrow until the beginning of next month, my schedule is already full?"

"Yes, Mr. Baron, and even being invited to multiple banquets on the same day," Harry added.

Joyce swallowed a small fruit cake, his face full of helplessness:

"I'm a baron, not a governor!"

"Turn it down, turn down all those boring banquet invitations... Well, I will attend General Gordon's banquet."

General Gordon was his father William's old boss. The two fought side by side for many years and had a deep relationship. At William's funeral, General Gordon personally delivered a eulogy, and he could not refuse his invitation.

Harry made a note immediately, and was about to speak, but heard the sound of hurried footsteps from far to near. He turned around and saw a footman approaching quickly, leaning over and saying something in his ear, he heard doubts on his face and frowned. .

Joyce took a sip of black tea to relieve tiredness and asked:

"What happened?"

Harry's expression returned to seriousness and answered truthfully:

"There is a man in a police uniform outside who claims to have something important to report to you."

Policemen? When did you provoke them? What's more, how dare the police in the colony investigate a baron... Joyce said with an open heart and no fear, said with a smile:

"Invite him in."

"Okay, Mr. Baron." Harry nodded to the footman behind him.

……

Dean is a native of Rhodes, with both deceased parents and no education. Relying on his own cleverness, he lived among the local gangsters until he became an adult.

After going through a major turning point in his life, he came to his senses and began to learn the Luen language by himself. It took him only three months to master it, and then he used all the money he had saved over the past 20 years to get the police uniform he is wearing now.

On the first day of patrol, Dean saw the difference in status between people, and saw a nobleman about his age who had a mansion and servants, and he vowed to climb higher.

What he didn't expect was that the opportunity came so unexpectedly.

The senior police officer who was patrolling with him caught a suspicious person and brought him back to the police station for torture and interrogation, and learned that the prisoner claimed to be an informant of the rebel army, whose purpose was to investigate the itinerary and life of the new baron, Joyce Best Habit.

According to the rebels, Joyce Best's title was exchanged for countless blood, and he would definitely be punished by the **** of the sea.

The police station is used to this kind of case, and the rebels always act impulsive, don't think about it, and don't even have the intention to report it.

Because of this, Dean had easy access to the full trial report of the case, and the results surprised him.

The confession was false, he was lying... This was Dean's first thought when he saw the report, because he knew the prisoner.

……

"According to what you said, he would rather call himself a resistance army than admit that he is a gangster. Isn't he asking for his own death?"

Dean cautiously raised his head and glanced at the indifferent Joyce Best, and immediately lowered his head and said:

"Mr. Baron, you don't know. In cases involving the rebel army, the police station may choose to deal with it simply, but if it is found that the local gangster is trying to target a nobleman, that's the case. It's a big deal…”

Different locations have different ways of thinking about problems... Most of the police are locals and mixed-race people, and there are naturally many who sympathize with the rebels, but the gang is directly under the jurisdiction of the police station, and there is absolutely no mistake... Joyce figured it out Among the twists and turns, he asked in a deep voice:

"How will that prisoner be dealt with?"

"I'll be locked up for two days, fined a sum of money, and then released."

Dean recalled what happened to him when he was in the gang, and replied quickly.

"Very good." Joyce asked again, "Would you like to do me a favor?"

This is the purpose of my visit today... Dean suppressed his inner excitement and lowered his head lower:

"My honour, Mr. Baron."

Joyce took a sip from the teacup and said gently:

"I'm a person who likes equal exchange."

"I hope that when we meet next time, the whole thing has been investigated clearly, what do you think?"

"Follow your wishes."

Dean got the most ideal ending, and left with a tactful farewell.

After listening to the whole process, Harry suggested: "Do you want to inform Mr. Thomas?"

"There is no need to make a fuss about things that have not been confirmed. Besides, didn't I entrust this Mr. Dean to investigate? He will give me a satisfactory answer."

Joyce's tone was firm, and he noticed Sophia, who was beside him, who was hesitant to speak:

"Just say what you want to say?"

"Why didn't he report to the boss?" Sophia asked suspiciously, pointing in the direction of Dean's departure.

Joyce gave her a sidelong glance: "Because he's smarter than you."

"He's also an ambitious person."