Chapter 105: Investigation

At that moment, Noel also regained some courage upon seeing his teacher's face and soon ran towards him. Although one of the lackeys tried to move his sword towards the running Noel, Charles instantly used his [Magician's Hand] skill and gripped his neck with invisible strings.

"Don't think I wouldn't kill you now," Charles said as he dismissed the skill and then looked at Noel. The right half of his face was swollen, and a thin white cloth was wrapped around his left hand to stop the blood.

'They seem to have put some ointment on the wound.' As Noel arrived in front of him, Charles patted on his shoulder and spoke.

"Come on. I will heal your hand."

Saying so, he turned around, returned to the reception hall, and added in a loud voice.

"You can come down now."

Within seconds, running footsteps were heard from the second floor, and soon a black-haired girl in a button-down white shirt and cardigan with navy blue pants stepped down with hurried footsteps through the curved stairs.

Once she reached the floor, she instantly ran towards them, and soon her eyes zeroed on Noel's wounded hand.

"Give that severed finger, lass." Without minding the headless corpse, Charles said as he went near the chesterfield sofa, and sat on it.

Covering her nose, Rhea took out the finger from her small leather pouch and gave it to Charles in trembling hands.

"Good." Nodding, Charles removed the wrapped white cloth on Noel's hand and soon furrowed his brows as he saw burn marks.

'They used the cauterization method to stop the bleeding.' He waved his right hand, conjured a greenish-blue flame on his palm, and applied it on the wound.

At the same moment, he took the severed finger and attached it to Noel's wounded hand.

A moment later, the blood-drained finger started to get revitalized by the mystical greenish-blue flame, and soon tissues and blood vessels started to grow.

Charles then focused his full attention on the flame and patiently reattached those severed blood vessels and tissues using his thoughts.

After ten minutes, he retrieved his hand and nodded.

"It's good now."

Then, he asked them to go upstairs and patiently waited for the five muscular men to move Leo's headless corpse away.

With a gloomy look on their faces, they walked in, stored Leo's body in a void pouch, and started cleaning the house in helplessness.

On the other hand, Charles leaned his back against the sofa and patiently waited for them completely clean the blood. Once they have done their job, he quickly shooed them away and stood at the entrance.

After an hour, a group of guards in silver armor came to his house and inquired about Leo's death. Charles told them that Leo kidnapped his disciple and threatened him to give money. He also conjured a ball of flame and indirectly showed the Head Guard that he was an Ember Wizard!

Upon seeing the dancing flame, those guards instantly understood that Leo had provoked someone he shouldn't have and silently went back on their way.

But Charles knew this was just the beginning of the investigation.

'Mr. Runeth, I want you to erase the past event.' Charles spoke in his mind and went back to the reception hall.

'How did you know that I can erase the past?' The Holem's Crown asked in a shocked tone.

'Humph, do you think I wouldn't know about the time when you erased my battle against Addie Baker? I know that you erased that incident from the 'past' to gain more information about Edith's fake identity. Unfortunately, your action gave me a clue that you possess the ability to see past incidents and erase them. If not you, then who has the ability to keep things hidden from a Rank-4 Historian Class Mystic?' Charles mocked inwardly.

'Alright, I will erase this in a moment.' The Holem's Crown responded in obedience. A moment later, an invisible ripple went through the surroundings, and soon Charles saw the past event like the holographic video!

After that, another ripple came from the black cane and soon broke those videos into pieces.

"Done." An old voice came out from the black cane.

Charles wore a pleased smile as he nodded his head and patiently waited for the next investigation squad.

As he had expected, a team of five members in black robes came to his house and did another investigation. Charles instantly knew that they belong to the Moon Church's secret organization, Undying Moons, and silently observed their movements once they entered his house.

Unlike the previous time, a Rank-3 [Seeker] stepped forward, used his [Wonder See] skill, and searched for clues like an expert.

Unfortunately, he only saw an empty reception room in the vision and got confused. After some time, he finally realized that this old man already erased the past 'Time' and became startled. But he didn't even say a word about it and brought his other companions out of the house with a helpless look on his face.

He knew that even if they report it to the organization higher-ups, no one will take action against this old man!

'This man is a powerful mystic! Moreover, it was the information broker's fault to go and threaten a monster.' He sighed in sympathy and then explained the situation to his companions in detail.

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Meanwhile, Charles breathed out a sigh of relief and started to ponder about his next plan.

'No, I need to reseal the Traveler Tree's Twin Leaf first and think about how to extract the coordinates.' While he was in muse, Rhea and Noel came from the second floor and soon stood beside him in silence.

After some time, Charles stood up from the chesterfield sofa, informed the kids that he would be in the underground basement for the next few hours, and went towards the metal shutter door on the other side of the reception hall.

He then opened the door with much difficulty, walked in, and then shut it from the inside.

At that moment, darkness enveloped the area and completely blinded his sight as he cast his gaze on the front.

In the darkroom, Charles curled his dry lips, conjured a ball of orange fire, and illuminated the room.

Stone stairs appeared in front of his sight and went down to the underground basement. With a calm look on his face, he lit the fire torches placed on the walls. Then, he took a step forward and went downstairs with loud footsteps.

Soon, he arrived at the vast empty underground hall and lit the fire torches, placed all over the corners. After that, Charles went towards the center of the hall and took out the sliced wooden trunk from his space ring.

'Hmm, the spell hasn't ended yet.' Charles nodded his head and soon asked.

'Mr. Runeth, can you tell me about the method to extract the coordinates of the Fire Elemental Plane from this Traveler Tree's Twin-leaf?'

'Hmm, that's very simple.' The Holem's Crown deliberated for a moment and added in a calm voice.

'You have to kill the real owner of this leaf and become its owner.' Confusion appeared on Charles's face as he raised his eyebrows for a moment and frowned.

'How can I find the real owner?'

'You don't have to find him. He will send one of his lackeys from the other side to learn more about the current situation of this leaf. You see, the Traveler Tree's leaves are Twins and they always choose one person as their owner. I think a Night Goblin obtained the other leaf by some dumb luck and became the real owner of these twin leaves. If you want to obtain the coordinates of the Fire Elemental plane, then you have to go to the other side and assassinate him. After that, you can put a drop of your blood on the ownerless leaf and become its owner.' The Holem's Crown said in a serious tone.