The time was stuck very accurately. A few seconds after the conversation between the two ended, the light came again. The only figure in front of Lu Ning disappeared and turned into a bustling crowd. She was not standing by the wall at this time, but in the corridor about five or six meters away from the door.
"Everyone, the inspection is over. Please continue to visit the library as usual." The reminder sounded again. After hearing this, the crowd quickly regained their composure and continued to do what they were supposed to do.
Lu Ning turned back to the direction of the library, but she paused slightly when passing a reading room.
Although the library is open today, there are definitely people who come to borrow books normally. There will be no one in the reading rooms at this time, not to mention that people who are tired from reading may also choose that kind of place to rest.
She sniffed, and there was a faint fishy smell floating in the air. If it weren't for someone like her, she might not even notice it. Lu Ning frowned and reached out to open the door of the reading room. Several students who were reading inside suddenly raised their heads.
"Excuse me, was it dark here just now?" Lu Ning asked them in a low voice.
"It's a drill, it's not a big deal." One student replied.
"So you didn't leave your seats?" she continued.
"Of course, you can just follow the notice after it is announced. Are you here to borrow books? Although the library is open, you still need a library card to borrow books here." The student said.
Lu Ning sniffed again. The smell of blood here was also very light, and there was always incense in the library to prevent insect bites. These students probably couldn't smell the smell full of death.
"Thank you." Lu Ning nodded to him and walked inside. In addition to the public area, the reading room also has several private rooms, specially set up for those who don't want to be disturbed. There are two or three in each reading room. Lu Ning passed by He walked into an empty room, and when he walked to the second one, the ominous feeling in his heart had reached the extreme.
"Classmate, please don't disturb..." Seeing Lu Ning reaching out and pressing the door handle, the student quickly stood up, but Lu Ning had already pressed the door handle, and the door was unlocked. Inside was a small room about four square meters in size. There is only one set of tables and chairs, and an old book is spread out on the table, half of which is soaked in blood. The person on the seat has his head lowered, his golden hair falling into the blood, and his hands hanging weakly by his side. A sharp knife was inserted from behind, nailing her body to the wooden bench.
As soon as the door opened, the smell of blood wafted out. The students who came to stop him suddenly changed their expressions, rushed to the door, and saw the scene inside. He hurriedly turned his head and shouted, "He's dead! Go call the guards!"
Lu Ning walked into the room.
Her heart was beating violently. Of course, it was not because of the scene of the murder, but because the deceased was chatting happily with her not long ago - Dilea. Lu Ningwan couldn't imagine how she could resist without resistance based on her strength. Killed.
A fatal blow. The blade penetrated the back of the chair, slit the heart, and continued to pass forward for a few seconds. It was steady, accurate, and fast. It was an extremely sophisticated assassination method. The length of the blade is about the length of a forearm, with no special shape or mark. The only thing special is that the thickness of the knife is slightly higher than the normal length, as if it is specially designed to penetrate hard wooden chairs.
Dilea's body was still warm, and judging from the degree of blood coagulation, the time of the murder was within the dark hour. This also explains why she was still successfully attacked despite her skill. The question is, why did Delea come to this reading room? Maybe Stevenson knows what's going on...
Lu Ning turned her attention to the ancient books on the table.
It may be precious, but it has been soaked in blood at this time. Even with magic, it will probably take a lot of time to repair it. It can be seen from the text and chapters that this is a printed book, so there should be other versions circulating. The title of the book is "The Myth of Karui". If you insist on saying so, it can only be regarded as a book for the divine arts department. Although the Paladin also uses divine magic, there is a different reason for being placed here.
Lu Ning took note of the situation here and turned to the back of the chair.
"Hold the knife with your backhand and cut from the bottom left to the top right. This is done with your right hand. In order not to be discovered, you squat down to hide your footsteps and approach quietly." Lu Ning quickly simulated the scene from the traces left by the knife on the chair. , "But the distance between the chair and the wall behind her is less than one meter. Dilea is facing the door. Even in dark time, this distance is still within the visual range. What's more, she is good at holy light spells and can illuminate spontaneously in the dark. It’s still feasible, so it won’t come through the door. That’s an attack that uses the spatial changes during darkness. Wait...those fluorescent bodies...are wrong.”
Lu Ning approached the hilt of the knife and squinted his eyes for a moment to observe.
"Old knife, this is an attack by humans, not those 'ghosts'."
At this time, two guards rushed in, and judging from their attire, they were not ordinary.
"What are you doing? Don't disturb the scene! Come out!"
"Wait a minute, Candida." The other guard was not so impulsive, "What's your name? Why did you enter the scene? I wonder if this will bring us some trouble, and will it also make you suspect?"
Lu Ning looked up at the two guards and bowed slightly: "Two gentlemen, I couldn't help but walked in because I knew the deceased, and the identity of the deceased was invited to come to the Evar Gallery for academic exchanges. It is very important for people to accompany you to protect them. As a friend, I must understand the cause of my friend’s death.”
"What is her name, and which invitee does she belong to?" the guard asked.
"The deceased's name is Delea, and she belongs to Prayer Stevenson's escort."
"Candida, go and confirm." He whispered to his companion, and then continued to say to Lu Ning, "In this case, I will not arrest you for the time being. Please come here. We will discuss it after confirming Regarding your handling issues.”
"Thank you very much for your understanding."
"nothing."
Lu Ning returned to the door, and while standing next to the guard, she caught a glimpse of the identity plate on his chest - Jin, Captain of the Guards.
Guards is the name given to the guards of the Violet Library. As the captain, he should have magical attainments ranging from a senior magician to a sorcerer, and his force value should also be at a comparable level. Although it seems that the strength is somewhat insufficient compared to such a core area, what the guards actually want is the ability to handle affairs and early warning sentry, which is not so closely related to the level of magic.
There are only four guards in the library, and it seems that the opening of the library has also mobilized a lot of troops, including the captain.
Soon, the guard named Candida came back, followed by a magician and Stevenson. Stevenson's expression had become a little panicked, and he was no longer as calm as usual. When he came to the door and confirmed the body, he immediately turned pale.
"Gone……"
"Your Excellency, please don't be too sad. We will investigate the cause of your guard's death. Of course, please tell the truth about the relevant circumstances you know so that it can be easily verified." The magician comforted him while stepping in. within the room.
Lu Ning paid attention. This magician was probably a "forensic doctor" in the magic world. Her examinations so far had been based on her own experience. She really wanted to see how magic dealt with this. kind of cases.
"Thirteen minutes of death. It's a pity that all the monitoring networks on the first floor during the dark time have also been disrupted. We can't directly call the magic network records at that time to see what happened. Let me see..." The magician squatted Lower body, his lips moved a few times, and his fingers lightly tapped on the table a few times.
"Sharpening, Silent Steps, and Night Cloak are all common spells, and there are similar branches in each system. It is difficult to determine the specific magic system. But it is certain that the person coming is a person who is good at assassination work. This is an Deliberate murder rather than improvisation.”
Then, the magician raised another mirror, facing Dilea's body sideways, and observed the situation inside the mirror.
"The echo of death is unknown. The person who came was retreated in one blow, leaving not much opportunity for soul prying, and the cloak of darkness did not fail, making it impossible to tell. This person is very good at erasing traces and is a professional killer."
Lu Ning also noticed this. Although she could reconstruct what happened at the scene, she couldn't find any traces that could truly point to the identity of the murderer.
The last person who gave her such a trick was the alchemist's house at the end of the alchemist case, but the two were obviously not the same kind of people.
"It's tricky...it's difficult to verify, and the murderer is obviously a sophisticated person who knows our methods. Mr. Stevenson, we still need you to explain why your guard is here."
Although there are many differences in the methods, there are still many similarities in the inquiry. The magician immediately started to start from other channels.
"Because the opportunity was rare, Dilea wanted to find a magical book in the library that she had wanted to read for a long time." Stevenson told the story in a sad tone, "I happened to be in the library at that time I found a very meaningful magic book and was reluctant to give it up, so I let her move freely. I didn't think anything would happen at all. This was the Violet Library or an open day for the library. It was heavily guarded. How could it happen? Thinking of an exercise that led to..."
"I can understand your sadness. Did she say what book she was looking for? Is it the one on the table?" The magician moved his fingers slightly and lifted the blood-stained book out of thin air, revealing the cover. .
"'The Myth of Karui'? No, the book she has always wanted to read is 'The Glorious Crusade', and it must not be this one... There should be this book in the library, right?"
"Yes." The student behind him answered, "And there is one in this small reading room."
The reading room will not be equipped with as many books as the library, but there will always be some bookshelves divided into categories. The books here are almost all from the divine arts department, and the students who come here are also related. The magician's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Then please help me show the way."
The group of people followed the student to the bookshelf, which was in the third row of bookshelves. After entering, in the middle, there was indeed a copy of "The Glorious Expedition" placed there.
"It's in such a conspicuous location, so you can't find it." Jin looked at the gilded font on the spine and was a little confused, "Unless she didn't come here to find this book."
"I don't have to lie to you about this," Stevenson said.
"No, I think what Captain Jin means is that she might have lied to you." The magician explained.
Stevenson shook his head, "That's not necessary. When Delea made the declaration of knighthood, she became my guardian knight. She is my arm. There is no need for any lies between us, and our trust does not need anything else." hidden."
"Maybe it was a spur of the moment decision."
Lu Ning said suddenly from the side.
"What?" The magician turned his head.
"The original location of "The Myth of Karui" should be here." Lu Ning stretched out her hand and tapped the space next to her, almost above her knee. "This place is farther outside than the "Glorious Expedition". Maybe Di Leia had read the relevant description somewhere, but she didn’t pay much attention to it. She happened to see it when she was passing by today and decided to read this book first.”
The books in this column were all myths and legends spread from various places. Candida immediately checked the arrangement of the books and confirmed that the missing book was indeed "The Myth of Kare".
"If this is the reason why she was killed, then Mr. Stevenson, we need you to recall whether Delea mentioned relevant matters in the conversation with you earlier."
"Wait a minute, if Miss Delea got this book on a temporary basis and was killed, does that mean the murderer was related to this book? Then... wasn't the previous judgment that it was a deliberate murder not accurate?" Jin looked at Magic. division.
"This is a seasoned killer." Lu Ning said, "For such a person, ten minutes is enough to constitute all the conditions for deliberate murder, from murder intention to planning to action. The problem now is that this person Did the murderer hear that Dilea was looking for the "Glorious Crusade" and set out to kill him, or did he decide to kill because he learned that Dilea had obtained "The Myth of Karui"."
"Is there any difference?" Stevenson was stunned for a moment.
The magician was a veteran of this kind of work for a long time. "The difference is huge. First, we can judge the time and the way the information was leaked. Second, we can infer the relevant people based on the content of the book. Mr. Stevenson, I know. This will be painful, but in order to avenge Miss Delea, please recall the parts of the past where these two books were mentioned between you."
"Also, is there an identical version of "The Myth of Karui"? We can compare it and maybe we can find something." Lu Ning added, and the magician also agreed with this suggestion. So Candida once again became the one running errands.
As persons related to the case, Lu Ning and the student had to stay and continue to "assist in the investigation."
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