Arcane Lord

——[Private mission, investigate the cause of death of the territorial businessman Fairbus and find the murderer. No restrictions on identity or number of people. The reward is generous. Interview. No less than 100 gold coins. 】

Personal mission?

When Xia Duo saw it, he immediately became interested. 100 gold coins was completely worth wasting a day to try. If he could find out the cause of death and find the murderer, then the price-performance ratio would be quite high.

After making a decision, Xia Duo immediately came to the office desk and said to the apprentice on duty: "I want to take on mission No. 001!"

As usual, the identity of Xia Duo was checked and verified, then recorded and forwarded to the mage on duty for filing. The mage on duty then handed Xia Duo a mission voucher.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard the mage on duty reminding him, "Stop it when you see it."

Xia Duo didn't know why and wanted to ask more questions, but the mage waved his hand away and stopped talking. Xia Duo could only leave first, but he also realized that this matter might be more than a simple murder.

Fortunately, Xia Duo didn't plan to investigate further. He wanted to complete the task target for promotion authority as soon as possible, rather than really wanting to do any territorial tasks.

Just being able to get gold coins is enough.

Because it was a private mission, Xia Duo went back and put on the fancy robe he received at last year's award ceremony. Decorated with gold and silver threads, Xia Duo looked like a real mage.

Of course, he is now a true mage, not an apprentice, and he changed into this body just to facilitate bargaining.

…

Savile Town, North End.

This is a group of villas with different styles, but they have certain commonalities. Chateau is relatively familiar with Savile Town. How could he not recognize the elf style.

However, except for the ten villas facing the water in the northernmost part, which have different styles and shapes that make people feel happy at the first sight, the rest are all like imitators of the former, and some of them can't even be copied.

Of course, Xia Duo's target this time was not one of the ten waterfront villas, it was also an imitator, but it was a relatively good copy. However, the aqueduct on the side where no water was visible at all exposed its plagiarism.

Chateau had just seen those ten villas, but they were built near the water and could bring in water from the Wolfburg River to make fountains and pools.

But it's a bit artificial here.

Perhaps this is the "arty style" of another world!

Because Xia Duo's robe is quite gorgeous and exquisite, and the gold and silver thread decorations shine brightly in the sun, and can be seen from a long distance, Xia Duo also received a lot of awe-inspiring looks along the way.

And he tried his best to keep an expressionless face. When someone came up to salute and greet him, Xia Duo didn't stop, he just nodded slightly and made a full gesture.

These ordinary people couldn't tell the reality of this robe at all. They just thought it was a certain mage passing by, and never thought that it was an apprentice showing off.

Although Xia Duo is still an apprentice, he has indeed reached the level of an official mage. He is not afraid of being exposed for pretending to be a mage, because he really is one.

When we arrived at the entrance of Fairbus Villa, the two guards were talking in low voices with sad faces.

As soon as Xia Duo arrived, he looked at the two of them indifferently and said his intention: "I came here to receive a mission from the Mage Tower. Take me to meet the master here."

The mage tower, the mission, and the so-called "mage majesty". After hearing the sound, the guard at the door immediately saluted respectfully, "Master mage, please follow me."

A guard took Xia Duo directly to the living room, and the servant also brought hot drinks at the right time. Xia Duo glanced at the dark liquid in the cup and did not move.

"Sir, please wait a moment, the lady will be here soon."

"Um."

Xia Duo took out the magic book and flipped through it. Before he could read a few pages, he heard a rush of footsteps. Xia Duo put the book away and saw a young woman surrounded by four or five male and female servants. Next, it appeared from one side.

The woman had an outstanding appearance and an elegant body, but her expression was depressed and her brows were furrowed, revealing a morbid aura. Xia Duo couldn't help but look at her twice, but that was all.

A mage's strength must still be maintained.

"My lord, did you receive the mission from the Mage Tower?" The woman seemed a little doubtful, but her attitude was still very respectful. "I wonder what my lord is called?"

"My name is Shado, what is your identity? What is your relationship with Fairbus?"

"Lord Chateau, Ferbus is mine, my -" The woman couldn't say the last words, and her expression became even more depressed.

At this time, a maid next to her spoke up for her, "After the death of the master's first wife, Mrs. Patty has been taking care of him, but because the master's son strongly opposed it, this matter was not made public."

Chateau nodded to express his understanding. He did not ask why Ferbus' son did not show up. Instead, he talked about the remuneration. It was not shameful to talk about money. On the contrary, the mage liked to talk about money.

"Mrs. Patty, I know very little information from the Mage Tower. I need you to provide more detailed information. In addition, the remuneration needs to be discussed in advance."

Regarding the reward, Mrs. Patty did not hesitate at all. She proposed to give 100 gold coins as long as the cause of death was discovered and 500 gold coins for identifying the murderer. If Chateau could catch the murderer alive, Mrs. Patty was willing to pay 1,000 gold coins.

Even if you catch a corpse, you can still get 700 gold coins.

This made Xia Duo very happy, and he wanted to agree immediately, but he was still a little reserved, but his hesitation made Mrs. Patty think that he was dissatisfied with the remuneration.

It actually improved a bit, and Xia Duo also accepted it and asked about the specific circumstances of the case, and of course asked to check the body.

Mrs. Patty suppressed her sadness and agreed, "Sir, Fairbus has not moved since his accident. He is still in the study. Please come with me."

…

The study of Fairbus Villa is on the second floor, up the stairs behind the living room. On the way upstairs, Mrs. Patty told Chateau how she discovered Fairbus's death.

"The morning before yesterday, Fairbus and I had tea on the first floor. Then he suddenly said that he had something to take care of and went back to the study. The servants at home saw it, but at noon, I asked the servant to call him downstairs. After eating, there was no response, and that’s when I realized something was wrong.”

Xia Duo was a little confused. Generally, if there were no obvious traces of death but it was suspected to be homicide, then it would not necessarily be necessary to ask a mage to examine it, let alone what a mage apprentice could find out.

There are too many more professional people. Even among ordinary people, there must be people who know more about autopsies than mages!

"Didn't you find someone to come and see you afterwards?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Patty wiped the corners of her eyes without leaving a trace, and said, "I looked for a wanderer who was good at making poison that day, but found nothing. Later I looked for a few adventurers, but couldn't find him either. If there is any abnormality, it is just a matter of natural death due to old age.”

"Is it too old to die naturally?"

Chateau then remembered that he only knew that the deceased was a businessman named Fairbus, and after seeing Mrs. Betty again, he subconsciously concluded that Fairbus was not very young.

"How old is Fairbus?"

"He is 52 years old."