A bright moon hangs in the dark night sky, and the water-like cold moonlight shines on the ground, adding a touch of chill to this late autumn season.

As soon as Emil and Sion came out of the bathhouse, they were hit by a gust of cold wind and both couldn't help sneezing several times.

The brand new clothes made them no longer look like dirty and smelly commoners, but more like children of aristocrats, but Emil was not happy at all.

Because he knows very well that no matter what clothes he wears, his identity has not changed. Even in the eyes of others, they are regarded as guests of the nobles and are already worthy of envy, but the inferiority complex engraved in their bones cannot be changed.

However, the hardships of life have long made him accustomed to hiding his inner feelings. Perhaps one day when he really achieves success, he can completely get rid of this inferiority complex. But now, he is just a commoner from a mountain village, and he can be looked upon by nobles.

It's just because the other party wants something from him.

Emil was lost in thought as he walked. He looked at the moonlight falling on the water of the pond. A feeling of loneliness suddenly came to his heart. He suddenly remembered that he didn't know how his grandma was doing at home. He didn't get the consolation money.

How can he make Joey willing to help him take care of his grandma?

Thain didn't have such worries. He wished he would never go back once he came out, but as a friend, he still had to care about Emil.

However, just when he was about to say some comforting words, a sharp scream interrupted him, which also made the two of them feel frightened.

It was a woman's scream, coming from outside the woods they were passing through. Because it was very close to them, the sound was very obvious and it was definitely not an auditory hallucination.

"What, what's going on?" Sain was frightened by this unexpected situation, and his voice was trembling.

"Let's go and have a look." Emil suggested, and he took the lead to calm down.

"...Huh? There won't be any danger, right? I don't dare to go." Sain said, taking half a step back.

"Don't worry, there will be any dangers in the manor. We are people who have even killed monsters." Emil comforted him.

"But, but..."

Sean knew that he couldn't shirk it, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement, then huddled behind Emil and moved in the direction of the sound.

After about a few minutes, they walked out of the woods and came face to face with a building about the same size as the bathhouse just now. From the appearance, it should be a warehouse.

Unexpectedly, several servants had gathered at the entrance of the warehouse. They all held lanterns in their hands, illuminating the area around the warehouse.

When Sean saw so many people, he finally lost his fear and ran over with Emil.

However, when they approached, the servants seemed nervous and whispered in front of them.

"What happened?" Emil asked.

"You are...the guest here today, right?"

A middle-aged woman asked warily. She looked panicked and her whole body was shaking.

She was the only female among these servants, so it seemed that she was the one who made the scream just now.

"Yes, yes, what's going on?"

"...It's okay, we have to go find Miss Lidia. There's been a death here." After the woman finished speaking, she ran away.

"What!"

After that, the remaining servants ignored them and ran towards the central building.

However, perhaps because there was too much movement, Lidia also rushed over quickly, with Daniel following behind her, as well as the housekeeper Joelson and the maid Margaret.

The strange thing is that the maid named Phyllis didn't come.

It wasn't until everyone walked into the warehouse and under the light of the light that Emil finally understood that the deceased was Felice.

The warehouse was filled with sundries, including large pieces of furniture, tables, chairs, benches, fresh ingredients, and flour bags piled as high as a mountain.

The maid Phyllis was sitting on the ground with her back against the pile of flour, her hands hanging limply on both sides, and a short sword stuck in the middle of her chest. A large amount of blood flowed out, dyeing the white apron on her body red.

This was obviously murder, perhaps not long after it happened, as the blood on Phyllis's body was still spreading around, but strangely, her expression was peaceful and she didn't seem to feel any pain.

Emil and Thain were shocked by this incident, and several girls among the servants who arrived at the scene were so frightened that they began to cry.

"Lord Daniel, it seems that the murderer hasn't gone far yet." Joelson said after checking the scene.

He did not report to Lydia, but chose Daniel. Perhaps he felt that only men could remain calm in times of crisis.

However, Daniel didn't say much, and instead turned the topic to his sister, because he was not interested in finding the murderer at all.

"How's it going? Lidya, do you have any idea?"

Unlike what Joelson thought, Lidia was unexpectedly calm. After all, she had also been on the battlefield and killed more than a dozen monsters. How could she be frightened by such a thing.

"What is certain is that the murderer has not escaped from the manor yet. Joelson, please quickly send someone to seal the gate, and then patrol around the manor. Don't let the murderer escape." Lidia immediately ordered.

"This is best, then I'll go on patrol too."

Daniel nodded, not doubting his sister's decision at all.

However, just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and turned around and came to Emil and the others.

"You two are grandpa's new apprentices. This is Daniel Frost, who is Lydia's brother. I'm really sorry that this happened to you on your first day here. I hope it didn't affect the mood of the two of you.

."

"...Oh, it's okay, can we help?" Emil shook his head and asked.

"No need," Lidia answered him, "You two have important things to do, so you can't delay them here. Just leave these things to us."

"But……"

Emil wanted to say that this matter had indeed affected them, and they would feel bad if it was not resolved immediately.

After all, he has received too much care from Lidya, so he must do his best to repay her.

But he also knew very well that Lidya was not discussing with them, but giving an order.

"Okay." Emil had to compromise.

At this time, the servants who were watching began to whisper, and peeked at Emil and Sean from time to time.

Their voices sounded very clear in the quiet night, so Emil also heard some fragments of words, probably saying that the two of them were the most suspicious because they were common people and a murder occurred as soon as they came here.

Sean obviously heard it, and he suddenly became very angry. If it was a reasonable suspicion, forget it, but the reason for the suspicion was actually because of their status as common people. This cannot be justified. Are common people necessarily bad people?

Sean had had enough. After arriving in Blackpool Town, he kept feeling the malice of those people, so he couldn't help but speak loudly.

"Hey, are you done yet? Do you think I am willing to come to a place like this? Yes, I am a commoner, but if your master hadn't asked for something from me, I wouldn't bother to deal with you. Don't look down on me yet.

I look down on you snobs even more. Really, I have never suffered from such cowardice. Well, if you have evidence that we did it, then we will be willing to pay with our lives. If there is no evidence, then we can only say goodbye.

We cannot afford to be nobles like you."

"Sion! What are you talking about?" Emil quickly stopped him.

But it was too late, everyone present heard this complaint, and the servants immediately fell silent and just looked at Lidia.

At this time, Lidia's face also looked ugly. She bit her lip and fell into silence. It took a long time before she spoke.

"Which of you doubts the guest? Say it!" Her voice was very calm, but full of majesty.

"No, we have reasonable suspicion," a servant whispered, and then prepared to explain his guess, "Look..."

"Shut up!" Lydia roared.

"I……"

"Miss Lidia, you can't protect them." Another servant seemed to be unable to stand it anymore and stood up and said.

"Haha, how dare you say that I'm covering up?" Lidya laughed angrily.

"Oh, forget it, our lady needs those two people, no matter how much we say, it's useless, just go back." A maid said.

"Tsk, that's enough, you guys," Lidia was about to collapse, but she cheered up and said, "No matter what, you guys who doubted the guests must apologize."

However, these servants did not comply and even left the warehouse without taking Lydia seriously at all.

"Okay, if you don't apologize, you can all get out of here tomorrow. My family can't afford to support you."

No matter how threatened Lidia was, they were fearless and no one came back to apologize.

"hehe."

At this scene, even the emir couldn't help but sneer, thinking that these servants really have the backbone and would rather lose their jobs than give up their discrimination against the common people.

He couldn't help but feel strange, were they born into a noble family? And then they also felt that they were nobles?

"Miss Lidia, I'm sorry for saying some angry words just now. Please don't take it to heart." Sean apologized suddenly.

However, Lidya looked at him angrily.

"I should be the one to say this, Sion, do you hate me?"

"Don't think too much about it." Emil explained.

"Well, maybe because I am also a commoner, that's why they look down on me," Lidia sighed heavily and continued, "To be honest, these servants originally served another noble, but it was just because my grandfather was granted a title.

They came here only because they became nobles. However, I hope you can understand that I have never looked down on you because you are common people. I also hate this kind of discrimination, but I can't change it. I really... Very...

I'm sorry for you."

"Stop talking, I understand," Emil shook his head and comforted her, "Sion actually understands too. It's just that we have suffered a lot of injustices these days and have resentments in our hearts, so he couldn't help but explode."

"Really? Thank you for your understanding." Lidia showed a tired smile.

Sean nodded and continued.
To be continued...