Wizarding World Beekeeper

"Let me go...I didn't steal anything from you!"

"Who else but you wanted to run away after stealing something, but luckily I discovered it in time!"

"I just bumped into you accidentally, and I have already apologized to you..."

"Do you think I will believe your lies? Give the things back to me!"

The noise came from the hall door.

A burly, bald man wearing leather armor and carrying a broad and heavy sword was grabbing the wrist of a short-haired woman, who was wearing a light green cloak and was only as tall as the strong man's chest.

From the conversation between the two, it seemed that the strong man suspected that the woman had stolen something from him and caught her in time before she left.

The disparity in strength between the two sides is too great. The woman struggled desperately, but the strong man's hand hovered steadily in mid-air without even moving, like an eagle grabbing a chick.

Originally, Hua Mi would not be interested in this kind of farce, so she continued to lower her head and read her book.

But something suddenly occurred to his mind, and he raised his head and glanced again.

That woman... looks familiar?

Seems like I've seen it somewhere.

But he couldn't remember why he thought she looked familiar.

Hua Mi was pretty sure it was the first time she saw her.

Is it because of who he looks like?

Hua Mi was about to investigate in his mind when a figure stood in front of him.

He was a thin young man with an anxious look on his face.

"Have you ever seen a shadow beast? It's about this big. If you help me find it, I'll be very grateful."

Hua Mi shook his head.

He didn't even know what the Shadow Beast was, and he had been concentrating on reading a book just now, so he didn't notice anything unusual.

The young man walked away with a melancholy look on his face and asked the people next to him.

At this time, there was new progress on the other side of the gate.

The noise between the two attracted the guild's security personnel.

It was a handsome man wearing bright silver light armor and a diamond sword in his hand, followed by two team members with slightly worse equipment.

"You've come just in time. This little thief dares to steal things on the guild's territory. Do you care about it?"

"I repeat, I didn't steal anything from you!"

"Huh, Sulka accent. That's a filthy place full of thieves and robbers!"

"you……"

The two glared at each other angrily.

"What did you lose?"

"My secret pocket watch! It's worth more than forty gold coins!"

The security captain said calmly: "Madam, in order to prove your innocence as soon as possible, do you mind if we search you? Of course, I will let our female employees do this. You know, this is the best way to do it." Quick way to clarify.”

Although the woman looked reluctant, she still nodded.

His expression was filled with humiliation.

"Can you let me go? I've decided to be searched."

"snort."

The strong man let go of her wrist with a cold snort, but his eyes still stared at her with disdain and warning.

Then a female staff member in uniform came over and searched the woman.

After the search, he first bowed to apologize to the woman, and then shook his head at the captain.

Before they could say anything, the strong man shouted again: "It's definitely not with her. It's either hidden somewhere or passed on to her companions... These dirty little sulfur thieves have many tricks!"

"I don't know what prejudice you have against Sulka, but you can't conclude that I am a thief. Now there is no evidence that I stole your things, so I am leaving."

"You can't leave!"

The strong man grabbed her shoulders: "I bought my pocket watch for more than fifty gold coins. You have to compensate me for the loss."

"Fifty...you just said it was more than forty gold coins!"

"Haha, you must know that there is no shortage of stolen goods."

"You... you are stupid but don't know it!"

The woman was also completely irritated, and the two started to exchange words. If this place wasn't the guild's territory, they would have started fighting long ago.

Most of the adventurers around were just watching the excitement.

Hua Mi blinked, a flash of light flashing in his pupils.

The vision instantly became extremely sharp and clear.

Vision is magnified to the extreme, so much so that hearing is suppressed.

For a time, the noise in the hall weakened a lot, as if separated by a thick barrier, and when it reached his ears, it was as thin as a mosquito.

Hua Mi scanned the crowd and saw many traces of magic power.

Finally, his gaze stopped in a corner.

There happens to be a shadow area.

He saw something moving in the shadows.

Injecting more spiritual power into his eyes, he saw that the shadow seemed to come alive, revealing a pair of bright big eyes, looking curiously at the crowd over there, as if he was watching the fun like the adventurers.

More importantly, Hua Mi saw a shining silver chain hanging on the shadow.

"Is that the Shadow Beast?"

Hua Mi thought of the "Shadow Beast" that the man just said. Although it was his first time seeing it, the name seemed very fitting. This kind of monster must be good at illusions lurking in the shadows.

Things were getting worse at the main entrance.

The two of them quarreled so much that they even talked about going out for a duel.

Hua Mi got up and walked over.

"She didn't steal the thing."

quiet--

Hua Mi's words immediately attracted everyone's attention.

It also attracted firepower.

The strong man looked at him first, then immediately turned his attention: "You must be her accomplice! Captain, catch him! The thing must be on him!"

"..."

This guy doesn't seem very smart.

I guess it gets stolen a lot.

"Excuse me, do you have any clues?"

Faced with the suspicious gazes of the security personnel, Hua Mi said, "The person who stole his pocket watch was not a human being."

As soon as these words came out, all the non-human species present were shocked.

Hua Mi did not point the finger at them, but walked over and patted the thin man on the shoulder. The latter was still asking about the trace of his pet in the crowd.

He obviously overheard what he said just now. When Hua Mi put his shoulder on his shoulder, he was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly denied: "It's not me, I'm a human, a 100% pure-blood human!"

"I know, what I mean is..." Hua Mi pointed to the shadow, "Do you think that is your pet?"

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed.

The shadow beast felt the gazes of the eyes, thinking that it had been discovered, and jumped up with a "swish" - like jumping out of the water, it ran out of the shadow in the blink of an eye, and formed a circle in the crowd. Shuttle and shift among the shadows.

The figure disappears and appears, and all you can see is that it is completely black, like a big black mouse.

Everyone present is an adventurer and knows exactly what to do in this situation.

So they immediately dispersed in a tacit agreement, not to leave a shadow on it.

The shadow beast was suddenly exposed in full view of the hall, and froze in place at a loss.

Its appearance is like an irregular shadow fragment, with a shiny silver pocket watch hanging around its neck.

The owner of the shadow beast held a piece of cloth with a surface that resembled the pattern of stars in the night sky, and rushed forward to cover the shadow beast.

There was a "squeak" sound, and the shadow beast rushed left and right under the cloth, but to no avail. The owner skillfully wrapped it in cloth and lifted it up. After struggling for a few more times, it stopped moving.

The owner of the shadow beast immediately reached in and took it out, and suddenly withdrew his hand with a hiss, as if he had been bitten.

But his bleeding fingers had already pulled out the pocket watch.

Without caring about the injury, he immediately returned the original pocket watch and apologized profusely.

Then he came over to express his gratitude to Hua Mi.

"See? I'm not a thief!"

The wronged woman finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Hua Mi gratefully.

The strong man put away his pocket watch and glanced at her: "It's hard to say. Captain, I suggest you check this guy from Suika carefully. His hands and feet are definitely not clean."