Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Higher Possibility

Roland left Aldo’s manor with a bronze badge, as well as Aldo’s continuous nagging, asking him to check in at the magic tower and complete the registration as soon as possible .

Roland did not go to the magic tower straight away . He decided to take a rest in Lamb Girl first .

Although players did not have to sleep, they might get tired if they worked too long . However, they could generally recover after a rest of twenty minutes .

While Roland was considering questions, someone knocked on the door .

He opened the door, only to discover that it was a woman . He remembered her to be the woman he met in Gray Sand earlier . The freckles on her face were rather distinctive .

The woman seemed awkward when she saw Roland .

“How may I help you?” Roland asked after he observed the woman for a moment .

The woman was silent for a while, her head lowered . In the end, she summoned her courage and said, “Lisa is my sister . I didn’t know until yesterday that you saved her . Thank you very much . ”

After that, she solemnly bowed to Roland .

Then, she continued, “But our family is too poor to pay the two gold coins back . The only worthy thing in my family is my body . So, can I serve you for several days as our payment?”

Looking at the woman, Roland shook his head . “That’s unnecessary . You’re too kind . Besides, it was my partner, Betta, who saved her . Maybe… he will accept your gift . ”

From what Roland had seen, Betta must still be a virgin . It was a chance for him to learn how to hang around with girls .

The woman, however, was stunned and put on a bitter smile .

Roland comforted her . “Rest assured, we won’t ask you to pay the money back . Is there anything else?”

The woman shook her head .

Roland slowly closed the door .

The woman looked at the closed door and turned away in disappointment .

As a matter of fact, she had talked to the young man who was handsomer and seemed to be a noble . Though embarrassed, he declined her firmly .

That was why she came here, hoping to try her luck again .

She truly appreciated them for saving her sister, but deep down in her heart, she felt that it was an opportunity for her to become a noble’s mistress . In that case, she would earn much more than she could in Gray Sand .

However, both of them had declined her .

It seemed that she was truly not pretty and could not arouse their interest at all .

The freckled woman was greeted by her mates, who learned the result from her dejected appearance and comforted her .

The freckled woman put on a grateful smile, but she was actually bitter . She could tell that none of them were really sympathetic toward her . Deep down in their eyes was gloating and mockery .

As the same kind of person, she knew them very well .

That being said, the smile on her face was even sweeter, as if she were touched by them .

As fellow courtesans, it was important for her to maintain a superficial bond with them .

After a brief rest, Roland practiced Language Proficiency in his room . The spell had too many nodes and couldn’t have just one effect . Just like Inferior Fireball, there must be other derivative functions in Language Proficiency, which had more than a hundred nodes .

He tested the nodes one by one and wrote notes on the memo . Two hours later, he rubbed his dizzy head and left the city for the woods .

With his memory, Roland found the drag marks in the wood again . Luckily, the site was not ruined . He circled the site and recorded a video, before he searched for possible clues .

However, he found nothing in the end .

There was no blood, no strips of cloth, and no semen .

If this was the scene of a murder, blood should’ve gushed everywhere considering the stab wound on the girl, but nothing was found . It was quite odd .

Following the drag marks, Roland entered the cave again .

The stench was even more intense after a day . The hole was not blocked, and judging from the footprints, nobody else had been here .

Covering his nose, Roland took multiple photos of the corpses in the cave . Then, he sealed the hole with Hands of Magic .

“Rest in peace . I’ll avenge you,” said Roland in a low voice .

Roland returned to the city and found Betta .

Betta was seated on a hill and was staring at a house down below .

Roland approached him and asked, “How is it going?”

“The girl is awake,” said Betta with an awful look . “Just like you speculated, Brother Roland, she didn’t see the criminal . The criminal assaulted her from behind and threatened to kill her if she turned around . She was too scared to resist and could only crouch and let the man continue with her eyes closed . But in the end, the criminal still tried to kill her . She said that her chest was cold before she passed out . It must’ve been an iron weapon . ”

Roland’s eyes glittered when he heard that . “An ice sword!”

After a brief daze, Betta understood . “That’s right! There’s no blood in the cave or the crime scene . I’ve been wondering how the criminal managed, but none of my theories seemed plausible . You’re truly smart, Brother Roland!”

If it was a magic ice sword, bloodlessness would make sense .

Roland chuckled . “Of course . After all, I’ve watched more than three hundred episodes of Detective Conan . ”

Betta laughed aloud for a while . Then he frowned and said, “But there was no semen at the crime scene . How do you explain that?”

Actually, Roland already had a guess, but it was too disgusting and perverted, and Roland did not intend to tell it to Betta, who was still little .

So, he changed the topic and said, “I visited Aldo not a long time ago . ”

“Oh? You intend to join the Association of Mages?”

“It’s only one of the reasons . At first, I thought that Aldo was a suspect, because he’s lustful and smart . ” Looking at the clouds, Roland explained slowly, “So I met him under the excuse that I wanted to join the Association of Mages . But then I discovered that he was unlikely to be the criminal . After all, there are plenty of beautiful maids in his house, and he has no reason to hunt a plain-looking girl . However, since the criminal used a magic ice sword, the possibility that he’s the criminal is higher again!”