The Divine Hunter

It's almost winter, and the cold and wet sea breeze blowing from the sea port makes people shiver.

Yalin stood in front of the counter of the Lucky Cat Flower Shop with her eyelids braced. The jasmines, lilies, and water lilies in the shop were all blown away and listless, just like their owners.

The young woman was so sleepy that she didn't hold back her drowsiness, her nose moved, and she made a soft snoring sound like a cat's meow, her eyes were half-closed, her petite body fell to the side uncontrollably. "Ouch" called out.

She widened a pair of watery eyes with dark circles under her eyes, and covered her forehead full of grievances, which was a striking red and swollen from the hard wall.

"Oh, if only Elsa were still here." She lowered her head and muttered to herself, thinking of that good employee and good sister again.

When Elsa was still there, the two sisters had been taking turns looking at the store, not to mention how comfortable they were.

But since she has not heard from her two months ago, the burden of work has completely fallen on Yalene's shoulders.

Lucky Cat Flower Shop mainly serves the wealthy people in the city, and has high requirements on the appearance of its employees. It is not so easy to find a qualified replacement in a short period of time.

She has to support herself for at least a month.

Thinking of this, Yalin couldn't help but feel a little depressed. The fear of worrying about her sisters has caused her sleep quality to drop so much recently. Now that she has been deprived of even the chance to nap, she feels that she can't take it any longer.

"Aisha, come back and save my sister, don't let anything happen to you."

"Boom, boom," a hand suddenly slipped into Yalin's line of sight, and tapped twice on the counter in front of her.

The latter was startled and almost jumped up in place. She didn't hear any footsteps or movement at all.

"This guest is so mysterious."

When Yalin looked up, she was already in a good mood. The corners of her mouth were curved, revealing a professional and sweet smile. She saw a completely unfamiliar young face.

Dark golden eyes, sharp eyes full of beast-like aggression, slender body, gray-black armor, not like she has received most of the rich, but like...

A trace of fear flashed in Yalin's dark eyes, and she noticed the two sword hilts protruding from the opponent's shoulders.

"welcome,

Dear guest, this is your first time at Lucky Cat, are you ready to choose a gift for your wife? Lucky Cat Flower Shop has the most complete range of flowers of the highest quality in Novigrad," Yalin forced a smile, trying to avoid the cold eyes of the young man, and said slightly flatteringly, "If you don't mind, tell me your details. Request, I will give you a reference to make you satisfied. "

"Sorry, I'm not interested in flowers... flowers other than roses..." Roy casually surveyed the flower shop. The flower shop is small in size, but it is better than the exquisite decoration and elegant colors.

As soon as the guests come in, the nose and mouth are filled with the pleasant fragrance of flowers, which makes them feel comfortable and relaxed.

At this moment, there was no one else in the shop except this young woman, and he made a look at the majestic man outside the flower shop.

"You, what do you want to do?" Yalene noticed the witcher's small movements, realized that something was wrong, and suddenly leaned back against the wall, her body shivering.

Then very consciously, he took out a bunch of scattered copper coins from the drawer, "Please, don't hurt me, okay? I'll give you all the money!"

"My flower shop is protected by Lord Olof, you don't want to offend that kind of big man, right?"

…

"Who am I? Collect the money quickly!" Roy shook his head. Although he loved money like his life, he was far from robbing women. "Don't be nervous, I have a few questions to ask you... It's very simple, you won't get hurt if you cooperate obediently." After the witcher finished speaking, he ignored the little girl's pleading. A shadow emerges.

The upside-down triangle seal was printed into her pupils, and Yalin lost her sanity instantly, her eyes were blank and her head was lowered, like a puppet.

"Name, age." Roy leaned on the rattan chair behind him and put his left leg on his right. He really liked this simple and direct way of torture.

"Yarin, twenty-five years old." The woman's thin lips moved, and she answered mechanically.

"You are the owner of the flower shop. You should know how many people have worked in Lucky Cat Flower Shop in the past six months?"

"Two people, sister Aisha and I. Because she suddenly disappeared two months ago, I am the only one left in the flower shop, serving as the owner and clerk."

"Then how is your relationship with Elsa?"

"Sisters of love, eat and live together."

The witcher nodded, and Yalene's words were consistent with Todd's. It seemed that the flower shop owner was not too suspicious.

"As far as you know, does Elsa have any other acquaintances in Nuocheng, and what is their relationship?"

The woman was stunned for a few seconds, even though she lost her mind under the captivity of the French seal, she still recalled instinctively.

After a moment she shook her head,

"Aisha, she has been working at Lucky Cat for less than half a year. She is shy and seldom speaks to other people except the guests of the flower shop. In addition, her range of activities is very small, and she spends most of her time at Lucky Cat, or else It's the dormitory, and the area in the middle."

"Very simple way of life." Roy tapped his index finger on his temple, "For a beautiful and innocent little girl like Elsa, there will definitely be guests with bad intentions to court her and harass her, right?"

The young woman thought about it and gave three names, namely a jeweler, the son of a small nobleman, and the owner of a grocery store.

The witcher wrote down the names and planned to wait until the evening to visit a few people one by one.

Only Roy and Todd, the lookout at the door, are left in the flower shop.

"Did Elsa show any unusual behavior or say strange things before she disappeared?" Roy took a delicate rose from the flower basket next to it and put it between his nose and sniffed.

Yaleen denies the claim.

"One last question left." The witcher paused. "What do you know about Elsa's disappearance? Tell me more about the situation that day, and don't hide a word."

"At eight o'clock in the morning on September 9th, Aisha and I came to Lucky Cat to open a shop, and then she left the flower shop as usual and went to the farmers market to buy supplies..."

...

five minutes later.

"Dear guest, welcome to our store. This is your first time at Lucky Cat. Are you ready to choose a gift for your lover?"

Yalin's pretty face returned to a sweet smile, but she was a little embarrassed. She was sure that the guests in front of her saw her dozing ugly state.

However, why did it seem to have seen him somewhere?

In a dream?

The witcher didn't speak, winked at her mysteriously, then dropped a crown and left the flower shop with a bouquet of fragrant roses amid the inexplicable expression of the female shopkeeper.

...

"Master Roy, what did you chat with that lady just now? Did you find any clues?" Todd stepped up and stood side by side beside Roy, his face full of anxiety, and the breeze blew him stinky sweat.

Roy rubbed his slightly itchy nose.

"You'll find out later."

...

According to Yaleen, when Elsa disappeared, she was rushing from the main road of the commercial street where the Lucky Cat Flower Shop was located to the Novigrad Farmers Market.

The two are about twenty minutes away.

Roy took Todd for a walk along the way, and had a brief understanding of the entire terrain structure.

On this side of the commercial street, almost all the shops are high-end shops targeting rich people. The surrounding security environment is very good, with heavily armed guards patrolling by every quarter of an hour.

It is not easy to make a little girl with outstanding appearance disappear in broad daylight.

Most of the distance from the commercial street to the farmers' market is located in the bustling and bustling city, with countless pedestrians passing by, and the people of Novigrad who went to the market at 8:00 in the morning almost trampled the ground.

In this kind of place, under the watchful eyes of the public, it is necessary to get Aisha away without knowing it, unless Aisha takes the initiative to send it up.

The only crime scene that Roy agreed with was the long, dark alley between the commercial street and the farmers market.

Close to the edge of the backward civilian area.

Compared to the bustling avenue, it is shorter and closer to reach the farmers market from this alley.

It takes about ten minutes from start to finish at the girl's normal pace.

"Um... what is this?"

Todd squatted down without disdain, and pointed at a curved wooden bar with a broken finger in the alley with dirty water.

"A pipe...a thing used to smoke tobacco." The witcher was not too dirty, he picked up the "wood stick" and looked at it. "This kind of hidden place is very suitable for those addicts to meet."

The walls on both sides of the alley were covered with moss, and some were engraved with obscenities and inexplicable graffiti. The ground was sticky and wet, and in the corners were piled a few simple mattresses made of straw and linen. It can be seen that rotten and moldy domestic garbage, and even a few lumps of disgusting, livestock or human excrement.

Almost nowhere to go.

"Junkie? Do you think Elsa chose this alley in a hurry, and was then robbed and kidnapped by those bastards?" Todd muttered, his face worried.

"This possibility is not ruled out. It's reasonable for a drug addict to get excited and make a little girl dizzy," said the witcher, "but if it's that simple, it's common sense that it shouldn't be able to hide Chapelle and the Beggar King. eyes and ears."

The Beggar King never gave Todd any news.

Eternal Fire didn't find any clues either.

Although this kind of speculation is cruel, Roy doesn't think that Elsa has the possibility to live.

At present, he can only do his part, investigate as meticulously and comprehensively as possible, and then catch the murderer.

However, it had been more than two months since the incident, and there were many factors interfering with the scene, so the witcher spent half an hour searching the entire alley, but could not find any clues directly related to Aisha.

But there are also surprises.

"Buzz...buzz..."

"Master Roy, I seem to have been distracted by the stench in this alley, and I actually see the pendant on your neck vibrating?" Todd pointed at the pit viper pendant on the witcher's chest with his carrot-thick finger , looks weird.

"You read that right," the witcher felt the vibration of the pendant, moved quickly to the place where the reaction was most violent, spread his hands and felt it for a moment, his pupils contracted like a snake - the center of the alley, a mossy corner, the size of a fist a light group.

Hazy blur, almost dissipated.

"Rare, but also genuine chaotic energy... It's enough to show that someone once cast spells in this alley!"

The witcher analyzed, "In this dark and humid environment again, the chaotic energy can remain for about two months... It's about the same time."

Todd stammered, his face full of shock, "You mean, Elsa, spells..."

Past experience tells mercenaries that anything related to magic is dangerous and tricky.

"Hopefully it's just a coincidence," Roy sighed, "otherwise it's going to be a big deal."

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