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Chapter 325 An Ongoing Investigation

When Carrie went past the ivy wall that separated the camp, she saw that a great fog was blocking her sight . It was the visual effect of Abel’s seclusion circle . She knew that, and she knew that it would be rude if she was to intrude Abel’s private space . If the seclusion circle was open, Abel was probably in the midst of his training session .

However, an order was still an order . After placing her hand on the seclusion circle, Carrie released a small amount of mana to it . If Abel was inside the circle, he would know that someone was calling for him .

Soon, the fog around the seclusion circle began to disappear . A tent started to appear . Abel was walking out in a robe . He was holding an alchemy bottle in his hand .

“What is it, Carrie?” Abel asked with a surprised look on his face . He was obviously in the middle of something .

Carried said in a somewhat apologetic voice, “Well, um . Come with me for now . Grand Duke Edwina wants to have a word with you . She wants to talk on a communication circle . ”

“Oh, alright . Let me tidy up first,” Abel asked as he raised the alchemy bottle in his hand .

Abel didn’t expect the words to go by so quickly . He thought that it would take a few days for Grand Duke Edwina to hear about the assassination . He was already prepared to provide his own alibi, of course . If he was going to be asked about Prince Adolf’s death, he was always ready to have a few eyewitnesses to prove his innocence .

Now that Grand Duke Edwina wanted to talk to him, he knew that the opportunity to come clean was coming to him . After pretending to pack up his alchemy bottle, he came out of his tent and went into Carrie’s .

“Ahh!”

A high-pitched scream took Abel and Carrie by surprise when they were about to walk in . It was from Lady Morrie . She was pointing at Abel with her clothes worn loosely around her .

“Why are you so loud for, Morrie?” the other elven ladies said as they came out of the tent . When they saw Abel, they all took a step back with a dubious look on their faces .

Carrie commanded as she knew how much gossip these girls were capable of, “Be quiet for a while, Grand Duke Edwina wants to have a word with Bennett on the communication circle . ”

All the elven ladies became quiet after that . With her arm covering her chest, Lady Morrie threw a cautious look at Abel . Abel was a bit speechless . Honestly, he thought that they would be on a lot more guard than this .

When Abel came into Carrie’s tent, he could see the hologram of Grand Duke Edwina in the communication circle .

“Greetings, your highness,” Abel said as he quickly came to give a bow .

Grand Duke Edwina smiled in response, “Sorry for calling you this late, Abel . ”

Abel was a little nervous since Grand Duke Edwina didn’t go straight to the point, “It’s fine, madam . What matter did you call me for?”

Grand Duke Edwina chuckled, “Oh, nothing in particular! I just got some news that some organization is out to assassinate you . I just want you to be extra careful these days . ”

“Thank you so much for the notice, your highness,” Abel bowed to show his gratitude .

Grand Duke Edwina waved her hand before she cut off the call, “Okay now . I hope I’m not a bother . You can rest now . ”

Abel and Carrie looked at each other in doubt . That was more than just abrupt . Grand Duke Edwina called Abel all the way from Angstrom City, and that’s all she was going to say to him .

Unlike Abel, Carrie really had no idea what’s going on . Unknownst to her, Grand Duke Edwina was calling for an investigation on him . Now that he gave his response, it was up to her to call the shots .

Meanwhile, Grand Duke Francisco was sitting next to Grand Duke Edwina . They were inside the Grand Duke’s office building . The atmosphere was getting very tense around here . Grand Duke Francisco wasn’t saying anything, but it’s almost as if he was a volcano that was about to erupt .

“How’s the investigation, Edwina?” Grand Duke Francisco finally broke the silence . The tension was finally starting to loosen up a bit .

“You know how many rivals Adolf’s got, Francisco . From what I’ve been getting from my intelligence force, they’ve already found a mountain of suspects that could’ve done it . ”

Grand Duke Francisco said in a low, assertive voice, “Yes, Edwina, and I want to know the most likely suspects . This is your city, and since you’ve already cleared up my entire intelligence force, I’m sorry, but you will have to take the entire investigation process into your own hands . ”

Grand Duke Edwina tried to calm Francisco down, “Sure, I’ll tell you . Promise me, though: Once I tell you the names, make sure you don’t do anything unsensible . ”

“Adolf’s dead, Edwina,” Grand Duke Francisco said with a calm, almost tired voice, “I’m still sitting here and having a conversation with you . I’m sure you can see how much I’ve changed . ”

Grand Duke Francisco might look like a middle-aged man, but he was actually very old by the standards of the elves . With that in mind, since he’s lost the potential candidate to inherit Jochberg City from him . He didn’t have a successor to develop the city he had committed so much for .

Grand Duke Edwina continued to speak . She wanted to point out some very suspicious thing about the case, ‘I hear you, Francisco . Alright . On the night that Adolf died, there were three elves on the island that he was at . It was him, his butler, and an elf that went unidentified . Adolf and the butler were dead at the scene, but the other elf went missing . ”

Grand Duke added, “That’s all I know for now . For newer updates, you’ll have to ask my intelligence force yourself . ”

“You, tell me more about this,” Grand Duke Francisco took no time to point at an intelligence force standing in front of him .

The intelligence officer bowed after seeing Grand Duke Edwina nod her head, “Your honor, we just brought back the carriage man that was transporting the missing elf . Since it was a rental-purchase, we couldn’t recover any information that could be useful . ”

“That being said, when we confirmed the location that the carriage was paid for, we came to one important conclusion: the carriage was, without a doubt, purchased somewhere that was close to the Blood Hand Union’s main base . ”

Grand Duke Francisco interrupted the report, “I’ve seen Adolf’s body . A sword went straight into his vertebrate from behind . Both the blade and the poison on it were meant to be lethal . Still, I did give him some passive defense magic items . Even if it were the assassins that did it, I’m pretty sure that most of them couldn’t have done it . ”

“With respect, sir, the intelligence forces have already contacted the security forces to arrest the entire Blood Hand Union . We couldn’t make much progress from there, though . If there was anything useful that we could find, it would be that their leader went missing after he left that night . ”

Grand Duke Francisco nodded in approval, “Tell me more about this leader . ”

“Yes, sir . His name is Arvid . He was an elven warrior at the level of a knight’s commander . He’s the one who built the Blood Hand Union all by himself . Despite being the head of the largest assassin’s union in Angstrom City, the local police have chosen to tolerate his existence since he’s never done a hit inside the city . ”

On a side note, it wasn’t just Angstrom City . Most human cities had their own assassin’s union . On the one hand, it was good to have them around since they could deal with matters that the noblemen weren’t willing to get into . On the other hand, since it was impossible to completely ban such organizations from operating, it would be a lot easier to control them if they were legalized in the first place .

The intelligence officer continued his report, “Arvid was an experienced fighter . Apart from his infamous assassination techniques, he could use most elven and human weapons . His famous kill was on a level nine wizard; his reputation grew amongst other assassins after that kill . After using a facial composite, the carriage man has confirmed that it was indeed him that was on the carriage ride . ”

Grand Duke Francisco shouted in rage, “Find him! Whoever finds Arvid, I’ll send him one million gold and the status of a duke! Tell everyone that they just have to find him!”

The case was settled for Grand Duke Francisco . He was already certain that it was Arvid who committed the murder . Grand Duke Edwina was quiet the entire time . From her understanding of the Blood Union and Arvid, she knew that Arvid was too cowardly to attack Prince Adolf . Arvid was only interested in money and power . He might rob Prince Adolf, but it was certainly not in his best interest to kill a prince .

Actually, Grand Duke Francisco knew just as much about Arvid as Edwina did . That being said, he also knew how much gold Adolf had hoarded in Jochberg City . Arvid was a greedy man, so in his mind, it was completely possible that he would kill Adolf for money .

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