On the table, there was a rich breakfast, with small cakes, desserts, and mostly meat, beef, pork, lamb... all kinds of livestock meat, carefully cooked into various steaks, fried meat, small crispy meat...
Yesterday’s dinner was very sumptuous. Since dinner is a main meal here, Lin Xiaoman didn’t think much about it. But now...isn’t breakfast a bit too much?
Perhaps because they were afraid of affecting their mood for eating, Sidney and Ika didn't talk much during the meal. They just ate one bite at a time. The same went for Long Jiujiu. The three of them were concentrating on eating.
Lin Xiaoman felt inexplicably uncomfortable. He wanted to ask a few questions, but couldn't find the opportunity to speak.
Breakfast was over, and just as Lin Xiaoman was about to ask, Sydney spoke first, bringing up the old matter again, "Erica, you should go back!"
"No, father, I want to stay! Even if you send me back, I will sneak back!" Lin Xiaoman was extremely determined.
"Erica, it's dangerous here!"
"I know, but father, I have grown up and I want to share your worries!"
…
Faced with Lin Xiaoman's extremely firm attitude, Sidney sighed helplessly with an expression of 'I lost to you', and finally gave up the idea of sending her back.
After leaving the restaurant, Sidney and Ika went to the office together, obviously having something important to discuss.
Lin Xiaoman, who was told not to go out, could only wander around the building for a while. When he caught the knight who came back from night patrol, he started questioning him.
Shao Qi also came back. After saying a few words in a very formal manner, Shao Qi went to have dinner. He took a few simple bites and went back to sleep.
The night patrolmen were back, and Lin Xiaoman began to arrest the servants and staff in the administrative building to question them about the situation.
Unfortunately, I asked around but didn't get any useful information.
About half an hour later, Sidney and Ika finished their discussion, and Sidney took Jerrica and several other knights out to investigate. Before leaving, Sidney specially arranged for two knights to follow Lin Xiaoman closely and provide protection.
Ika and Sidney split into two groups. Ika stayed in the village. He first gathered the villagers together, showed his leadership spirit and gave them some chicken soup, and then arranged for the villagers to work.
Lin Xiaoman was away from the crowd, carefully observing each villager, especially the villager Aubrey. While observing, Lin Xiaoman and Long Jiujiu were discussing in the group.
Long Jiujiu: "That Aubrey, he looks fine."
Lin Xiaoman: "Me too, I can't see anything."
Long Jiujiu: "Other people can't see anything either. Oh, this is so frustrating."
Lin Xiaoman: "Just treat it as a detective case."
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After Ika arranged the various tasks and was about to go about his business, Lin Xiaoman approached him and asked, "Master Ika, I'd like to ask, after Old Charlie's death, who will be in charge of the clock tower?"
"Well, because old Charlie died under strange circumstances, no one wanted to ring the bell. No one rang it for several days, so I finally arranged for the village guards to take turns ringing the bell. Now there's no one in the bell tower. They ring the bell when it's time and then leave."
"Can I go to the clock tower and take a look?"
"This..." Ika was in a dilemma, his expression full of panic and worry, "That place is unlucky. What if we encounter any danger..."
"It's okay. It's daytime now. I'm sure the monster isn't there."
"Well... okay then." Seeing Lin Xiaoman's determination, and then glancing at the three knights behind her (two bodyguards and Longjiujiu), Ika nodded helplessly and said, "The tower is always open. You can go there on your own. Old Charlie died on the second floor of the tower. Given your status, it's best not to take any risks on your own."
As he said that, Ika looked at the three people behind Lin Xiaoman again, and his meaning was very clear, asking the bodyguards to check.
"Okay, thank you for your reminder." Lin Xiaoman smiled and responded appropriately.
Afterwards, Lin Xiaoman asked detailed questions about the details of the dead and missing persons. Ika couldn't answer some of the questions.
Seeing that a lot of time had been wasted and Ika, who was obviously busy with something, had already shown impatience and irritability in his micro-expressions, Lin Xiaoman tactfully said goodbye.
Lin Xiaoman: "Go take a look at the clock tower?"
Long Jiujiu: "Alright."
Because most of the villagers went to work in the fields, they couldn't find many people to ask for a while. After discussing it in the group, Lin Xiaoman and Long Jiujiu went to the tower with two bodyguards.
The tower, located in the western corner of the village, is a three-story tower-shaped building with a large metal bell on the top.
It was an oval-shaped tower with stairs outside. There was no rush to go up, so Lin Xiaoman pushed open the small door on the bottom floor of the tower.
The circular space, about 50 to 60 square meters, was filled with some wooden boxes and other items, all miscellaneous things.
The first floor of the clock tower is a storage room, where some collective items belonging to the village that are not used by villagers on a daily basis are stored.
Lin Xiaoman brought his men around this floor and carefully checked among the pile of debris.
After a moment, Lin Xiaoman asked, "Did you find anything?"
Long Jiujiu: "No."
After communicating in the group, Lin Xiaoman left the room without being noticed. Just as she reached the stairs, a bodyguard knight who was originally behind her took the lead and stepped in front of her.
"Ms. Erica, please be careful and let me go first."
"Okay, please be safe."
Led by the bodyguard knight, the group walked up the brick and stone stairs on the outer wall of the tower.
The bodyguard knight who was ahead was obviously cautious, walking step by step, slowly but steadily.
Because of his highly prepared attitude as if an enemy might appear at any moment, Lin Xiaoman couldn't help but lower his breathing and felt the atmosphere became tense.
The atmosphere is set to this point, so it’s time for the monster to come out, right?
Going up step by step, the group soon arrived at the small platform on the second floor.
On the small platform on the second floor, there is a small, dilapidated door embedded in the tower wall. There is a wooden latch on the door, but no lock. You can open the door and go in by pulling it open.
Lin Xiaoman reached out and was about to pull the latch when the leading bodyguard knight stepped forward with a look of loyalty on his face. "Ms. Erica, to prevent danger, please step back and let me do it."
Although he had six lives, if he fell to the ground and came back to life, he would be burned to death as a witch if he was discovered. So without much thought, Lin Xiaoman withdrew his hand, took a step back, and said to the bodyguard knight, "Please be careful."
"I will."
The bodyguard knight had a serious look on his face. One hand was already grasping the sword at his waist, ready to swing it at any time, and the other hand was pulling the latch.
After opening the latch, the bodyguard knight raised his leg and kicked the already dilapidated door, which opened inward.
The room inside suddenly came into everyone's sight...
Added the third chapter. Thanks to the leader of the song (w)
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