Zion narrowed his eyes after hearing that. Sure enough, coming here was a good choice. He was starting to find something interesting about the case. All his thoughts of doubt and hesitation flew out of the window in an instant.

The officers seemed to have calmed down after hearing the chief's words. They were silent for a long time before speaking again. "Then, let's discuss the information we have on the killer until now, and then we will decide further course of action."

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This was exactly what Zion wanted to hear! His ears perked up as he focused on the voices even more.

There was a voice of putting something on the table, and he could only assume that the people inside might have opened some scroll. After that, one of the officers said in a solemn voice, "One of the witnesses saw the murderer kidnapping a child about a month ago. The man was around six feet long, and his face was adorned with a silver-colored mask. The important thing was that the silver mask seemed to have been created out of real metal, but we still don't have confirmation about it because this is all based on the observation of that witness. Secondly, the murderer would always find children at night, which is a benefit for us. We can spread soldiers across the village to find that b*stard!"

The detective noted down the information in his mind and pursed his lips while listening. He knew he was sure to find out more information about it. At this time, he was hiding well in the bushes. He was lucky to find a window near the bushes where he could hide and hear what was going on inside the room at the same time.

"Then, why haven't we heard it before?" The village chief also heard this information for the first time, so he frowned after hearing the officer's words. "Not a single citizen knows about this."

"You don't understand, chief." The officer sighed. "The killer can be anyone. If we let the public know about such things, we will practically tell that psycho that we are one step closer to him. He will be on guard. So to prevent such a situation, we are keeping everyone in the dark. In any case, the murderer is currently hidden in the dark, which is more dangerous. We have to be more careful."

That was probably the reason why Zion hadn't heard rumors about this among the public. Just was about to listen to more, he heard a sharp voice of a soldier laced with anger. "Who's there?"

Zion's body lowered automatically at that as a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes. Did someone see him? He pressed his lips in a thin line and silently walked away before anyone could see him.

The princess, who had also observed her servant retreating and the soldiers coming at this place to scan the area, also opened her eyes and got up from the lotus position. She had been observing everything through her third eye, and now she was also curious about what these people had found out about the murderer. Still, seeing the situation getting out of hand, she forced herself not to think too much about it and continued to do her original work, which was to follow Zion.

After all, this was her initial motive behind stalking her servant like this. She didn't care about what happened to the elves.

When Zion escaped the house, he felt a bit regretful for not hearing more about the killer. After finding out that the man was habitual of wearing a silver mask and tonight would be his last day in this village, he felt closer to catching the murderer. His shoulders relaxed as he continued to walk through the crowd. Most of the elves frowned when they saw a human walking outside without any permission.

"Hey, human." One elf approached Zion and glared at him. "Go and find your master."

"Yeah! Go away! Don't spoil our shopping day."

"You filthy humans." One old elf lady fumed in anger and threw dried vegetables at his face. "What do you think you are doing here in broad daylight? You should always stay locked up inside the shop, and the only time you're ever allowed to come out is with your master, but I don't see anyone here!"

"Looks like this human's abandoned." One of the shopkeepers gossiped while squinting his eyes at the man.

Lia, who was observing it all, felt uncomfortable in her heart. It was one thing for her to scold her servant, but when she saw others saying terrible words to Zion, she pursed her lips. Without thinking twice, she walked out from the shadow as her body flashed right in front of her servant before she glared at all the elves and looked at her servant with a trace of anger in her eyes. "Servant, hadn't I told you to follow me? What do you think you're doing walking around on your own? Let's go!"

Before Zion could react, he was dragged away from the marketplace. The two of them quickly entered a nearby restaurant and sat at the table inside.

The detective was astounded at this time and glanced at the princess suspiciously. She had been following him for quite a while, hadn't she? But he didn't dare to ask her for the sake of his life. At this time, he wasn't powerful enough to even defeat her without a weapon. So he sighed and drank water from the cup.

Just then, a wisp of conservation fell on his ears.

"Have you heard? The killer is going to do something big tonight!" A waiter gossiped with one of his customers near Zion's table. "The rumor's that he is only choosing kids between the age of ten to twelve. One of my friends has seen a few officials talking about this in a restaurant!"

"Yeah, I have also heard that the officers had come to the village to have a meeting with the chief." The customer's expressions were grave as he drank the tea. "What do you think will happen tonight?"

The waiter sighed. "Only God knows that. We'll have to be extra careful tonight."