Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 969: Section 634: Some Promises (Part 2)

Chapter 969: Section 634: Some Promises (Part 2)

Mendel’s case had reached a deadlock—no sufficient clues could be found in Victor’s house, and the Dark Fellowship Guild didn’t have enough clues either—the one who took the mission at that time was the Canine Lady, opposed by an illusionist expert. According to those present, each saw the guest with a different appearance; what the Canine Lady saw was a white-haired, face-markless female elf.

Another staff member saw a tall and slender man.

The sentry on the lookout outside saw a half-human.

It can be said that apart from Malin, who is immune to illusions, there were not many who could handle this guy.

And after this guy dropped the money and confirmed the mission target, he left the scene, then the Canine Lady might have been influenced by a Suggestion Spell, she didn’t ask anything and just listed the task. Normally, Victor wouldn’t show up at the guild for half a month, but that day, right after the target left, he came in right afterward.

Malin, Jason, and Sostack No.3 had discussed the possibility of Victor being under a Suggestion Spell; both Jason and Sostack No.3 thought it was possible—Suggestion Spell could imply to the victim through language, something that could be done without a Spell Formation, and given Victor’s half-crazed state, it was possible to be manipulated by the power of words to take on a task.

And after Victor took on the task, Malin knew what happened next.

Victor found Mica and his group, who then found the two non-guild Assassins they silenced, eventually leading to Mendel’s death.

Mendel probably wouldn’t have imagined that the two who appeared to be vagrants would be the killers sent to murder him.

And due to the special nature of the Guild, a Spellcasting is performed every day after business hours to disrupt the possibility of tracing back, Malin couldn’t possibly trace back to the appearance of the killer, and a week after it happened on the streets, any pursuit of the murderer was a real headache.

It was simply an impossibility, after retracing, Malin could only helplessly shake his head at the sight of hundreds of targets.

After comparing five testimonies and personally questioning the witnesses, Malin had to regretfully inform Todd and Lagrov that the clues were probably truly cut off here.

The only breakthrough was the Canine Lady; she said she had sniffed the scent of the person. If that person could show up in front of her again, she could confirm the identity just by the scent.

Initially, Malin was somewhat skeptical, but after confirming that the olfactory systems of the Canine people overwhelmingly beat all Orcs (a point Malin had affirmed from Matilda and Maya), Malin was very glad he hadn’t told anyone about this.

Then Malin secretly bought the ownership of the Canine Lady from the Guild—she was a child sold by her mother to settle debts, an overly simple matter that could be handled with money. At the same time, through certain channels, the news of this transaction was leaked, maliciously portraying Malin’s purchase as a collector’s impulse.

This explanation was very marketable; even Lulu, who was initially unaware, believed it, not to mention the girls down in the South, Malin had to personally go down South to explain, and knowing that it was for avenging a friend, his lovers finally cleared their doubts.

Of course, for the sake of performance, Malin still asked them to show a bit of mild distress. He believed that Faye and the others would do a great job.

The ownership of this little Canine Lady named Donna was given to Lulu; Malin planned to have Lulu bring her to various parties and banquets in the coming days.

Although Malin had spoken well with the Dukes, don’t forget, there’s a saying in China: "The Emperor isn’t anxious, the eunuchs are." This means the Dukes and Earls might not regard Mendel as a real opponent (after all, killing only Mendel can’t threaten North’s principle; it could even provoke their anger), but their subordinates might act on their own volition beyond their masters.

So Malin let Lulu take this Canine maid to seek people out; if she found someone, let Malin come and face them himself; if not, treat it as a day out.

Moreover, Malin also dispatched several intelligence teams from Carterburg, got identity proofs through Emperor Manheim’s relations and entered Copenhagen under the pretext of investigating the Chaos Cult; then started to investigate every Duke’s transaction records in Copenhagen—a sum of ten thousand Mowish is not a small amount, if one was diligent, issues could be discovered.

Lulu had no objections to Malin’s cautious approach to survival—she wasn’t a flower that grew up in a flowerbed; in fact, she was quite happy—Malin hadn’t been deceived by the words of the Nobles alone.

By the way, I forgot to mention, through Malin’s mediation, the Council finally inducted senior member Lulu Gaiate as a new Council member, with a three-year observation period. If there were no problems, she would become the first female Council member.

Speaking of which, Malin had never known that his girl would be a member of North’s ideology.

But thinking about it, there was nothing wrong after all; before her first attendance at the Wizard rally, Malin also wouldn’t have thought that this girl would actually be a Wizard.