The villain daughter did all kinds of things

The clothes Marcy was wearing on her body were Melson's battle maid outfit, but Marcy rarely wore this magical costume in her daily life because she thought it was a bit too conservative and not sexy enough. When Marcy went to pick up Lulu and Polnareff, she was wearing her own favorite ordinary maid outfit.

There are only two possibilities for why Masie's corpse would be wearing a battle maid outfit.

The first possibility is that Marcy chose to wear a Mystic Code to fight back when she was attacked. However, such a Mystic Code would definitely show signs of use and might even be damaged, which does not match the condition of the corpse, so this possibility is very small.

The second possibility, and the most likely one, is that Marcy was killed before she could put on her Mystic Code. After confirming her death, the murderer abandoned her and quickly abducted Lulu.

Although the evolved Flame of Life that Marcy had acquired later did not revive her directly, it automatically repaired the damage Marcy had suffered when she was killed. As a result, Marcy's body was intact, with no signs of attack inside or outside her body.

However, while the Flame of Life can repair living beings, it is very destructive to non-living things. When it repairs Marcy's body, it will inevitably burn Marcy's maid outfit as well.

To ensure that the maids never acted improperly, the Melson family installed a passive activation function within their magical costumes. When the maid's collar, which seals the magical costume, detects that the maid is outdoors and not dressed, it can automatically activate the magical costume and dress the maid.

These were conclusions that Emerald drew after observing Marcy's body.

Marcy's Flame of Life can automatically repair the damage to her body after her death, which theoretically gives it the ability to revive her.

Why didn't Marcy be resurrected immediately? Emery speculates that it might be related to Marcy's way of understanding life.

It's highly unlikely that Marcy can be directly resurrected using the Flame of Life after her own death; she'll need some external force—theoretically, this external force is unnecessary, and is entirely a setting or limitation that Marcy herself added to her Flame of Life when she was comprehending life.

So what will this restriction be? Actually, it's not hard to guess at all.

The sleeping princess needs to be awakened by a prince's kiss, and the perverted maid who teases Em will only be awakened by her young mistress's foot.

After figuring this out, Emerald lifted her skirt, took off her boots, and with a look of disgust, stepped on Marcy's face with her black-stockinged feet, which actually brought Marcy back to life.

As for whether Marcy's manual resurrection is at a significant disadvantage compared to the original Flame of Life's automatic resurrection... well, not really.

In this world, there are still many ways to counter the resurrection of the Flame of Life. The most common methods are attacking the soul or sealing it. During the war between humans and elves, many mages and even great mages of the Crimson Moon family perished at the hands of humans.

If one day Marcy goes to war with the other mages of the Crimson Moon family, and they are all wiped out by a powerful enemy, she might become the sole survivor.

Because legitimate Crimson Moon Clan mages can automatically resurrect after being killed, the enemy, seeing this, will definitely change their tactics, using soul attacks or sealing methods to completely defeat those Crimson Moon Clan mages. On the other hand, Marcy, who wasn't awakened by Emerald's footsteps, is likely to be disregarded by the enemy since she's already a corpse, thus escaping death.

Even in this case, if the assailant who attacked Marcy is very strong and has the ability to attack souls or seals, then Marcy, who automatically resurrects after death, might actually be in grave danger.

"Ugh... Ugh? No... Something's wrong, Miss Lulu!"

Several seconds passed after Marcy was woken up by Emerald's foot, and her brain finally came back online. She hurriedly stood up and looked around.

"Lulu has been kidnapped."

Emery's voice was quite calm, and she even rubbed her foot against Marcy's face to soothe her.

“But I will rescue her, I definitely will… so I need your help, tell me what happened, Sisi.”

"Okay~~".

Marcy rubbed against Emerald's feet a few times, enjoying the moment, and calmed herself down.

She first looked around and, noticing there were quite a few outsiders, quickly composed herself and knelt on the ground in a very ladylike manner. After a moment's thought, she began to speak:

"I was ordered by you, Miss, to pick up Miss Lulu and Young Master Bobo from school, but I don't know the way to their school, so I brought Miss Shan along... Oh, by the way, where is Miss Shan? How is she?"

Miss San, whom Marcy mentioned, should be the other maid who went with her at the time. Emery wasn't quite sure what was going on, so she looked at the FBI agents, who were the ones who brought back Marcy's body.

"...We did not find the Ms. Shan you mentioned at the scene."

One of the Crimson Star-level investigators, noticing Emery's gaze, quickly stepped forward and said:

“We received a report from an ordinary citizen that a female corpse had been found on the street, dressed in a maid outfit from the Melson family… Of course, we didn’t dare to delay and immediately dispatched the nearest patrol team to the scene. After comparing data, they identified Miss Marcy… We only found her body at the scene and did not find anyone else.”

"Miss Shan has probably perished..."

Marcy seemed to have fully recalled the details, a hint of sorrow flashing in her eyes:

"After shooting us, the attacker used a fire spell on us, probably to destroy our bodies... I survived because of my special talent, but Miss Shan..."

"I immediately sent someone back to the scene to carefully examine all remaining traces!"

The Crimson Star-level investigator reacted quickly, immediately taking out his communication magic device and reporting the situation to the Investigation Bureau headquarters.

Emerald then looked at Marcy:

"Go on, Sisi, tell me what you know first."

"it is good."

Marcy nodded obediently, took a deep breath, and said as calmly as possible:

"Following Miss Shan's suggestion, we decided to go to the Lohid Magic Academy in the Lohid District to pick up Miss Lulu. We went there in a magical levitation vehicle, driven by Miss Shan."

“Although we are members of the Melson family, we are still just maids. It wouldn’t be appropriate to drive directly into the Lohid Magic Academy, so we parked in the parking lot closest to the academy, which is about a 7-minute walk away… Miss Shan said that’s what they always do when they pick up Miss Lulu.”

Upon hearing this, Emerald looked at the family maids beside her. Several of the maids who had picked up Lulu from school nodded in agreement.

Marcy took the opportunity to catch her breath and continued:

"Picking up Miss Lulu went smoothly. We informed the gatekeeper at the Lohid Magic Academy, and Miss Lulu came out shortly after. She was very happy to know that the young lady had returned home today. She skipped and hopped ahead of us, urging us to hurry up."

“Miss Lulu clearly knew which parking lot the levitation car was parked in. She walked ahead with ease, and Miss Shan and I followed less than 2 meters behind her.”

"But the accident happened when we were about a minute away from the parking lot."

"My intuition sensed danger, and I tried to react, but it was too late. I quickly felt a sharp pain in my chest; a sharp crossbow bolt had pierced my heart."

"I tried to heal myself with magic, but the crossbow bolt seemed to be poisoned. I quickly felt mentally sluggish and short of breath, and I couldn't use the healing magic that I should have been proficient in at all... At that moment, Miss Shan was also hit by the crossbow bolt and collapsed next to me."

"After that... my vision became very blurry. I could only see a shadow rushing over at high speed, knocking Miss Lulu unconscious with one blow, carrying her on its shoulder, and then using a fire spell on us. The high temperature quickly enveloped us, and I completely lost consciousness."

"When I wake up again, this is where I will be."

After recounting her experiences, Marcy gracefully bowed to everyone and obediently stood back behind Emerald, no longer speaking easily.

Emerald frowned slightly as she listened to Marcy's account, pondering the clues.

Before Emery could figure anything out, footsteps soon came from outside. It was Lady Catherine, who had heard the news, and she was accompanied by Lady Laura, the head housekeeper of Melson Manor.

"Little Ellie..."

Lady Catherine appeared relatively calm, but her face was noticeably paler, and she gripped Amelie's hand with unusual force.

"I heard Lulu got into trouble... How is she?"

"Don't worry, madam."

Amélie quickly gave Lady Catherine a gentle hug and comforted her:

"No matter who the murderer is, since he chose to kidnap Lulu instead of assassinating her, he must have something to ask of us... Lulu should be safe for now, and I will rescue her."

"……Um."

Lady Catherine then loosened her grip slightly:

“I’ve heard about it… I heard that you’re actually a Fusion Mage, Little Ellie. Lulu and Popo admire you a lot, and I believe in your abilities too.”

"Okay, leave it to me. You can rest for a bit."

As she spoke, Amelie gave Marcy a look, and Marcy immediately came over and helped Mrs. Catherine, whose legs were already trembling, to sit down in a chair, and made her a cup of tea.

Ms. Laura then took the opportunity to approach Emerald and ask for her instructions:

"Should I inform Lord Pias and the head of the family immediately about this, Miss? Dozens of M-class squads from Melson Security are ready to be deployed at any time, and there are also S-class ace mercenaries on standby."

“Hmm… It’s fine to tell my father and grandfather, they do need to know, but it’s not necessary to mobilize the people from Melson Security.”

Emery hesitated for a moment, a cold glint flashing in her eyes:

"Firstly, we need to be wary of this being a ploy by the enemy to lure us away from our base. Let those M-level squads and S-level ace mercenaries go and reinforce the defenses of the family's secret locations."

"Secondly, that bastard dared to lay a hand on Lulu while I was back, so it's very likely he was after me... I'll handle this matter; I'll take full responsibility."

"This……"

Ms. Laura looked hesitant.

She didn't doubt Amelite's abilities, and she knew that Amelite was a powerful cultivator in the Fusion stage, but Amelite was, after all, just a young lady, and had no right to make such a decision and give orders directly without going through her father and grandfather.

Even if Amelite wasn't in the fusion phase, Ms. Laura wouldn't have consulted her; she would have reported directly to Pias and Baphomet.

Emerald, of course, saw through Ms. Laura's thoughts at a glance. She smiled slightly, took out the dark gold ring engraved with her full name, and waved it in front of Ms. Laura:

“I said I would take full responsibility for this matter. My father and grandfather will not have any objections, and it will not violate any family procedures.”

"what?"

Laura was visibly shocked upon seeing the dark gold ring, and then became even more respectful to Emerald.

"Yes, Miss!"

Laura quickly left to relay Emery's orders to Melson Security. At that moment, the FBI's Crimson Star Investigator stepped forward, his face grave, and said:

"News has come from the scene. We have indeed found some remains of human remains and traces of fire magic at the place where Miss Marcy was found... It is now almost certain that Miss Shan has perished."

"……I see."

After two maids remained silent in mourning, Emerald instructed another maid:

"You will be in charge of handling Shan's funeral arrangements. In addition to distributing the compensation to her family members in accordance with the family rules, you will also take a sum of money from my account and send it to them in my personal name... Let's make the amount double the compensation."

"Yes, Miss!"

The maid had also seen the dark gold ring on Emerald's hand and understood its meaning, so she accepted the order without hesitation.

Even Lady Catherine, who had already sat down and taken a few sips of tea, looked surprised before taking Amelie's hand and saying with relief:

"I was wondering why you came back this time... I didn't expect that the head of the family would give all of this to you. It seems that you are really excellent, little Ellie. I can rest assured now... You will definitely rescue Lulu as soon as possible, right?"

"Of course."

Amelie answered without hesitation and with full confidence:

"Madam, please stay for dinner tonight. I'll personally cook something delicious for you and Lulu."

"Ah."

Lady Catherine's panic subsided considerably, and she regained the composure befitting a noblewoman, even managing a slight smile.

"If there's anything I can help you with, Ellie, don't hesitate to ask. Just tell me what you need."

"There is indeed something I need your help with, Madam."

Emery didn't hold back at all, and immediately said:

“Since they have kidnapped Lulu, they will most likely come and make demands… At that time, I hope you, Madam, will negotiate with the kidnappers. You can act a little panicked and helpless. No matter what demands they make, you should agree to them first, but try to delay the execution as much as possible… You don’t need to worry about the rest; just leave it to me.”

"it is good."

Catherine agreed very readily, and a look of understanding appeared in her eyes:

"I can do things of this level too."

Seeing that Lady Catherine had also become determined, Amelie didn't waste any more time.

To prevent any further accidents, Emerald first personally went to the Sphinxt main campus of the Magic Engineering Institute to bring back her little Nan-niang's younger brother, Bobo.

Bobo is quite sensible. Although he was worried after learning about Lulu's situation, he also had a mysterious admiration for Emerald and believed that Emerald would be able to resolve the matter perfectly.

Seeing this, Amelie didn't say anything more. She patted Bobo's head and told him to go and stay with his mother, Lady Catherine.

Emery continued her investigation into the matter.

At this point, 31 minutes had passed since Marcy's body was discovered, and approximately 39 minutes had passed since Lulu was abducted, yet the kidnappers still hadn't sent any messages.

Waiting idly isn't an option, so Amelie decides to take the initiative and try to find out the kidnappers' true identities and where they're hiding.

Emerald first went to the scene of Marcy's attack and confirmed that the clues left at the scene matched Marcy's account perfectly, but it was difficult to find more clues at the moment.

Emerald was quite confident in her reasoning and analytical abilities, but she was ultimately not a professional police officer or detective, and there was still a gap between her and excellent police officers and detectives.

Therefore, Emerald was not blindly arrogant. In order to rescue Lulu as soon as possible, she thought for a moment and decided to ask for help.

There was one person who was perfect for the job, and Amelie directly connected to the other person's communication magic device:

"Mengmeng? There's a case of a minor girl being kidnapped. Would you take it? It's urgent!"

Miss Mengmeng arrived very quickly.

She originally focused solely on cases involving human infants, and Lulu was indeed a minor, perfectly meeting Miss Mengmeng's investigative criteria. Moreover, Lulu was Amelie's sister.

Without any hesitation, Miss Mengmeng took over the case, and the two Crimson Star investigators who were originally in charge of the case automatically became Miss Mengmeng's temporary subordinates.

The two Red Star Investigators showed no dissatisfaction; in fact, they were quite excited.

Because a Purple Star-level investigator is involved, this case will become a major case. If the case can be successfully solved in the end, even if the two Red Star-level investigators are just running errands, the merit they will receive in the end is likely to be higher than if they handled an ordinary case on their own.

An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action.