Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 157 Mr. Wizard strikes again

"The Place Abandoned by God", Silver City.

Derrick Berg returned to the real world. He took a deep breath and lamented that the Lord had fallen.

This feeling is not particularly sad, but I just feel that after looking forward to it for so many years, I feel helpless and a little... relieved after finally knowing the result.

Of course, it was because he found new hope in The Fool that he didn't feel so desperate.

Derrick realized that he couldn't tell anyone else this news unless that person was also willing to believe in The Fool.

Then he thought of his research on the "Hermit", so he immediately got up and went to the Round Tower to ask to see the Chief.

Chief Colin soon met with Derrick. The gray-haired chief asked, "Do you have something important to talk to me about?"

"Actually, I'm not sure if that's important." Derrick already had some experience dealing with superiors. "It's just that the more I think about it, the more strange it seems. I feel like I should report it to the Chief as soon as possible."

Colin nodded: "Go ahead."

"The last time I was patrolling outside the city, passing through the swamp in the north of Silver City, I seemed to sense a strange power," Derrick said seriously.
"I had never felt anything like this before and it went away quickly, so I didn't think much of it and didn't report it at the time.

"But last night, I had a lot of dreams in a row. I always dreamed that I was looking for something in the swamp. It felt like there was something very important in the swamp!"

The experienced Colin said almost immediately, "Perhaps you saw some important information at the time, but because it would cause you some harm, you ignored it. Those dreams were your spirit reminding you."

He thought for a moment and said, "I will immediately organize a team to conduct an investigation. If necessary, I will also let you join the investigation team."

Derrick felt a little relieved and was about to say goodbye and leave.

Chief Colin suddenly asked, "I heard from the patrol that they saw you fishing in the swamp?"

"Ah, yes... yes." Derrick had previously provided the Hermit with a strange fish when he was doing business with him.

If it were in the past, Derrick wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong when the Chief suddenly brought up this matter, but Derrick is no longer the same Derrick he used to be.

He realized that the chief might have noticed his lie, but the chief still said that he would set up an investigation team immediately, which seemed to mean: I know you are lying, but I also know that your reminder is important.

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Backlund, No. 66, Rose Street.

The Tarot meeting ended and Odysseus returned to the real world. He stared at the ceiling for a while as usual, then stood up to prepare for the ceremony and complete the transaction with the "Hanged Man".

The Tarot Club earned 630 pounds from the sale of magical items and extraordinary weapons, and 1000 pounds from the information exchange with Alger, for a total of 1630 pounds.

Odysseus took a deep breath. The Tarot Club has now become one of his main sources of income.

After cleaning up the altar, Odysseus went to the basement and used the "teleportation array" there to return to his residence at No. 77 Hailin Avenue. He turned back into the owner of Gar's Herbal Medicine Shop and took a rented carriage to the herbal medicine shop.

Today was the day for checking and sorting the accounts, something Odysseus always did himself.

After Mandy's assistants Bella, Enoch and Kena showed Odysseus the account books one after another, Odysseus made some notes and talked to the three of them for a while.

Then he looked around the herbal medicine shop again, and seeing that there was no problem, he left the shop and returned to No. 77 Hailin Avenue.

Today, Odysseus rested for a night at his residence on Hailin Avenue. The next morning, he changed into a wizard's attire and returned to No. 66 Rose Street. He studied witchcraft while waiting for new customers to come.

Ding ding ding ding~
I waited until the afternoon before someone finally knocked on the door.

Odysseus opened the door and saw the old gentleman, York Elton, who had previously doubted whether his son was his biological son.

Behind him, there was another middle-aged man dressed like a gentleman, with a clean-shaven beard and wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He looked very gentle.

The other person adjusted his glasses and looked at Odysseus carefully.

York politely took off his hat and said, "Hello, Mr. Wizard. This is my friend Verdu Jackson. He wants to ask for your help with something."

Odysseus looked at the other person's glasses carefully. As long as they were not monocles made of crystal, it would be fine.

"Come in." Odysseus invited the two gentlemen in. After everyone came in, he waved his hand slightly and the door closed by itself.

Verdu, who was behind, became a little nervous when he saw this scene.

But York already trusted the wizard very much because of Odysseus's previous performance, so he smiled at his friend, his eyes seemed to say: See, I told you this wizard is very powerful.

After both parties were seated, Odysseus said, "Sorry, I don't have any drinks for you."

York recalled that the wizard "Gandalf" had said that his drink was poisonous to ordinary people, so he quickly said, "We are not thirsty."

Odysseus smiled slightly and said, "Then let's get to the point as soon as possible. What do you want to see me about?"

Does Mr. Verdu also suspect that he is going to be a father?

Verdu said: "Mr. Wizard, please keep what I am going to say confidential for me."

Odysseus thought to himself: Why does this sound so familiar?

Verdu took a deep breath and said as if he had made up his mind: “My daughter Delia seems to have been invaded by some evil thing, and her temperament has changed drastically!

“She sometimes stood on the terrace in the middle of the night, as if waiting for something.

"Sometimes he would suddenly smile evilly, especially at night, and that smile was scary.

“Sometimes he would hum some very sad ballads at night, which gave people goose bumps.

"Delia used to be a very gentle and lovely child and would never do anything like this."

The middle-aged gentleman finished speaking in one breath and looked at Odysseus with expectant eyes.

Odysseus pondered for a moment before saying, "I suggest you go to the church you believe in and tell the pastor about this."

"I asked the bishop of the Church of the Evernight Goddess to come and see her." Verdu said with a wry smile, "The bishop said that Delia was frightened by something in her dream and that's why she became like this.

"They gave Delia some potions, which did work, but soon her behavior became strange again."

Odysseus was stunned. It sounded like the Nighthawk's judgment was correct. Either in a dream or through accident, her spirit sensed something contaminated. Judging from Delia's reaction, it wasn't serious, so it shouldn't relapse.

He thought for a moment and asked again, "How long has this been going on, Delia?"

Verdu replied, "More than a month." "Have you ever been in extreme pain, or said anything crazy?"

"No."

Odysseus frowned and asked, "Has anything strange happened in your family recently?"

Verdu smiled helplessly: "No."

The bishop had asked this question before, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of anything strange that had happened.

Odysseus asked again, "Besides the changes you mentioned before, has Delia changed in any other way?"

Verdu was silent for a moment and then said, "Please keep my description confidential."

Odysseus nodded and said, "Go ahead."

“Delia’s eyes seem to be brighter, and her temperament has also changed.” Verdu said a little uncomfortably: “She…she is obviously only in her teens, but she often exudes the temperament of a mature woman.

"And...and Delia used to be very introverted, but now she loves chatting with young servants. I've dismissed several servants in the past month or so because I'm afraid of accidents."

It was no wonder that Verdu had repeatedly requested confidentiality. In Loen, where the people were conservative, a woman, even a minor, who behaved in this way would easily be labeled as "unreserved."

Odysseus seemed to have found a clue: "I should know what's going on. It's understandable that the bishop of the Church of the Evernight Goddess doesn't know this, because this is very obscure knowledge."

He also accidentally read the relevant knowledge in the "wilderness of knowledge".

The church should also have this knowledge, but because such situations rarely occur, it may not be disseminated to members at the captain level or below.

For such extraordinary cases that do not show much harm, at most the captain will lead the investigation.

Verdu breathed a sigh of relief: "Then...then what should we do now?"

Odysseus thought for a moment and said, "I have to go to your house to confirm. Hmm... you guys go wait in the carriage first. I'll make some preparations and then come find you."

He now felt more and more that preparation was very important for a "wizard".

This approach doesn't seem to be good at frontal combat, but in Odysseus's opinion, if you are well prepared, you can also fight head-on!
Therefore, this requires rich knowledge and experience to predict the difficulties you may encounter and make corresponding preparations in advance.

Other "wizards" may need time to accumulate knowledge before they can achieve this.

But Odysseus can already do this now. First of all, he has the help of the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and has a very broad knowledge reserve.

Secondly, he has a "God's perspective" and has sufficient understanding of the twenty-two paths. The combination of the two makes Odysseus a "senior wizard" shortly after he was promoted to "wizard".

After making the necessary preparations, he took the carriage outside and followed the two gentlemen to Verdu's house.

Seeing the confident look of "Mr. Wizard", Verdu finally saw hope. His daughter's recent affairs had exhausted him both physically and mentally, and he really didn't know how to solve such a problem.

York was also very happy that the wizard he introduced could help his old friend solve the problem, which made the old gentleman feel very honored.

The atmosphere in the carriage was very harmonious, and the three people came to Böklund Street, where many wealthy people and politicians lived, while chatting.

Verdu's home is a large villa with a large yard and a garden in the backyard.

The main body of the villa is a three-story building that looks spacious and grand.

After the carriage entered the yard, Odysseus said, "From now on, you must follow my instructions and not make any mistakes. Otherwise, the monster will likely escape, and it will come back to affect your daughter at some point in the future."

Verdu nodded quickly: "Okay!"

"After I enter, take me to a reception room. Don't let too many people know of my presence," Odysseus said, "so that the monster won't be on guard."

Verdu nodded repeatedly, and after thinking about it for a while, he came up with a solution.

After the carriage stopped at the door of the villa, Verdu got off first and gave the servants who came to meet him various instructions, asking them to do them immediately.

When there were no more servants at the door, Odysseus got off the carriage and, under the personal guidance of Verdu, came to a reception room that was rarely used.

The attentive Verdu asked his valet to wait at the door. The tea, snacks and fruits brought by the servants were all delivered by the valet. If someone asked, he would say that he was discussing important matters with Mr. York Elton.

After all this was arranged, Odysseus, who was sitting in the upper seat, said to Verdu: “Go and take a look at the inside of Delia’s left arm, around the elbow, to see if there are two small round wounds.

"It should be on the inside of the leg. There's a similar wound somewhere around the knee, but it's hard to check there. We only need to confirm one of them."

"Okay." Verdu left the reception room and thought for a while before going upstairs. Delia was in art class at this time, and her personal maid was waiting outside the study.

Verdu waved to Delia's personal maid and asked, "Is Delia normal today?"

The maid replied, "No."

Verdu hummed and said, "When Delia was getting dressed this morning, she didn't have any wounds of unknown origin on her body, right?"

The personal maid said, "It seems like there are two small round wounds on the inside of the knee."

Verdu took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down: "Okay, I understand."

Because Verdu had been asking about his daughter's condition frequently recently, the maid didn't become suspicious.

Verdu pondered for a moment and decided to check the wound on Delia's arm to be on the safe side, so he asked the servant to bring tea and snacks and entered the classroom.

There were only two students in the classroom, Verdu's youngest son and daughter. Verdu's eldest son had already gone to college, and his youngest son and daughter were preparing for the college entrance examination under the education of a tutor.

After entering the classroom, Verdu first exchanged greetings with the teacher, and then asked the servants to serve tea and snacks.

Then Verdu let his son and daughter take a break, and he looked at their easels, as if to see if they had made any progress recently.

Just as the servant brought tea to Delia, Verdu was quick-witted and knocked over the cup, spilling the tea on Delia's arm.

Verdu immediately squatted down anxiously, and while rolling up his daughter's sleeves, he said, "How is it? Are you burned? Oh, you're old and clumsy..."

He saw two small round wounds on the inside of Delia's arm, around the elbow, as if they were caused by a thicker needle.

Verdu tried his best to keep his hands from shaking. He continued with a smile, "...I accidentally knocked over the teacup."

(End of this chapter)