Agnes followed Alyssa upstairs.
The corridor was dark and damp, with a rotten smell, and the wooden stairs that were in disrepair creaked when stepped on. In such an environment, Agnes unconsciously became more vigilant.
Alyssa seemed to feel Agnes's nervousness and gently shook Agnes' hand.
Agnes looked up at Alyssa, who smiled comfortingly at Agnes.
"Here we are, the innermost room on the second floor is here." Alyssa said softly.
This is a wooden door. It seems to have been replaced not long ago. It has not been painted and the scraped wood fibers can be seen.
Alyssa paused at the door, then stretched out her hand and knocked on the door.
"Jermain, are you there?"
Agnes looked at Alyssa in confusion, and Alyssa shook her head at Agnes.
"Hey, why isn't the door locked?" When Agnes saw Alyssa's hand on the door, she pushed the door open and walked in.
This was clearly a place where a single man lived. The window of the room was open, letting in a cool breeze. On the table in the middle were randomly placed some cans that had been eaten but not thrown away. There were also some drunk bottles placed staggered, but it could be vaguely seen that they were divided into two piles.
In addition, there was a smell of sweat in the room. Agnes was keenly aware of the source of the smell. It seemed to be the clothes piled together in the corner of the bedroom. There were traces of dried water stains on the pile of clothes. Agnes did not turn over the pile of clothes due to the dust. She looked at a few shoes scattered randomly on the floor of the room and matched them.
One seems to be missing. Agnes kicked the pile of clothes away with her feet, but there was no missing shoe underneath.
Agnes looked at Alyssa, who nodded to Agnes, shook her head, then smiled, blinked, and looked out the window.
Alyssa walked to the open window, looked out the window and smiled. Agnes saw new shoots sprouting from the wooden window edges quickly, and then snaking toward the bottom of the window.
Agnes heard half a low roar, and then disappeared as if someone covered her mouth. Soon, a figure wrapped in vines was thrown in from the window.
Agnes looked at him curiously. This man was wearing tattered clothes and looked very strong. His hands, feet and mouth were bound by vines, leaving white marks on his skin as he struggled.
Alyssa smiled at Agnes and said, "I didn't expect there would be another harvest today, a 'hunter'."
The man's struggling movements were much weaker. Alyssa looked at him with a smile and asked, "Jermain Moody?"
The vines blocking the man's mouth loosened, and the man took a deep breath.
"Church bitch...oooo..." The man's mouth was blocked by the vines again.
Alyssa said with a smile: "It seems that the wrong person was arrested. In this case, it will be easier to handle."
Alyssa turned to Agnes and said: "Go and tell the old lady outside that something is wrong with Germaine and she needs help. Look a little panicked, um, like seeing a dead person."
Germain's struggle suddenly became more intense.
Agnes nodded, then tried hard to look panicked, and asked Alyssa: "Is this okay?"
Alyssa held her forehead and sighed.
"Forget it, I'll teach you later. I'll go."
Agnes saw Germaine unconscious behind Eliza, twitching all over and foaming at the mouth.
...
Germaine opened his eyes and saw that he was no longer in his home, but in a dark room. He sat up suddenly, feeling that his whole body was sore, his head was dizzy, and he wanted to sleep.
He couldn't help but curse.
"This is just the sequelae of an epileptic seizure." Germaine looked over and saw the older girl sitting not far away during the day, wearing a long burgundy dress. She looked much younger. The thin girl changed into a pair of flat camel-colored clothes. Although her appearance did not change, she no longer felt weak, which even made him feel superior.
Germaine opened his mouth but said nothing. Finally he just asked: "Are you here for the theft of the blacksmith's guild?"
"Yes." Alyssa nodded.
Germaine cursed and muttered: "I knew it, I knew it."
Alyssa looked at Germain with interest and asked: "It seems that Mr. Germain knows something."
Germaine raised his hands and said, "I'll tell you everything I know."
"Wise choice." Alyssa nodded, she leaned back on the back of the seat and said, "Please speak, Mr. Germain."
Germaine took a deep breath, and then said: "On the 5th, I heard two... girls say that the president of the blacksmith guild was a little strange. One of the girls said that she noticed that every time she cleaned, The president of the blacksmith guild and his confidants would keep an eye on her and never let her touch a small safe. Once when the president and his confidants were away, she tried to remove the small safe while cleaning, but the result was that As soon as she picked it up, she forgot what she was going to do, and it wasn't until she was scolded by the president to put it down that she realized that she had been standing there for more than ten minutes."
"When I heard the news, I didn't think much about it until I attended a gathering of extraordinary people on the 8th. At that time, there was news that someone was buying extraordinary items at the party, so I remembered the news and sold them."
"Then I heard that someone had stolen 10,000 lire in cash from the office of the president of the blacksmith's guild, and I remembered the news that I had sold it before. I was a little scared at the time and went out to hide for a few days, but found that no one came. I came back after looking for me. I didn’t expect you to come today... If I had known, I would have hid for a few more days... And I was fired for absenteeism..."
Germaine's voice gradually became quieter, and finally turned into a quiet murmur.
"So you think the person who acquired your information is the suspect in the blacksmith's guild theft case?" Alyssa tapped her index finger on the table and asked with a smile.
Germaine couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and replied: "Yes."
"Where is the Extraordinary gathering you attended? How often is it held?"
Germain hesitated and replied: "At the Firefox Bar in Regla District, about once every ten days, and the next one will be on the 8th of this month."
"Okay, thank you Mr. Germain for your cooperation." Alyssa nodded noncommittally and said, "I will trouble Mr. Germain to stay here to cooperate with our investigation for a while."
Alyssa stood up, followed by Agnes and walked out of the room.
"Wait, don't leave yet, tell me where this is?" Germaine shouted.
Alyssa turned around and smiled, and replied: "Pavla Monastery."
Germaine fell silent. Alyssa and Agnes walked out of the room.
Outside the room, the sun shines diagonally across the eaves, dividing the place into two worlds.
