After a while, the carriage stopped outside a luxurious manor in the aristocratic district.

Six servants stood outside the tall iron gate. They saw the carriage approaching and hurriedly ran to greet their master.

Two of them came to stand outside the carriage door and then opened the door to both sides. The other person was responsible for placing the wooden steps under the carriage so that the owner could easily get out of the carriage. The other two people quickly opened the iron fence.

door, then stood beside it and made a gesture of please.

There were five people just to greet Melissa, and the remaining one was responsible for leading the three guests.

Emil didn't have any objection to this difference. After all, those were servants of the Melissa family, so there was no need to be too concerned about outsiders.

However, Melissa obviously noticed this, and she said to a servant with a cold face.

"Who arranged the task of receiving guests today? Ask him to come see me."

The servant was probably in his early twenties and seemed to have just arrived. Faced with the master's questioning, he was stunned for a moment.

"Well, I..."

Just as he was about to fall into an embarrassing situation, a middle-aged man suddenly ran out from the iron door. His hair was neatly combed and he was wearing a spotless butler uniform.

"Miss, I'm really sorry. Something happened in the manor while you were not at home. I didn't make good arrangements. Please forgive me."

"Oh? You didn't do your job well, and you still want me to forgive you in the end. Do you think this is reasonable? Where are the aristocratic etiquette you keep talking about?" Melissa did not laugh it off, but put on a show of wanting to get to the bottom of it.

Attitude.

"This..." The housekeeper seemed to be in a dilemma and was a little at a loss.

After all, something big happened in the manor today, and many people were asked to help. It was good to find these six people now.

Seeing that it was about to reach a deadlock, Anne finally came to the rescue.

"Well, Miss Melissa, it's getting late. Let's do business first. We'll leave the matter of disciplining the servants for later."

Melissa thought about it for a moment and felt that this was indeed the case. At the same time, she also realized that she was venting her anger on someone unrelated to her. She was upset because of Nova and Emil.

"Well, you're right, let's go." Melissa ignored the housekeeper and left directly.

Annie smiled at the two people next to her, and then followed Melissa in.

She finally remembered that this Melissa was a well-known knight in White Peak Town. She was always known for being fair and impartial, meticulous in her work, and treating everyone equally. This time, she was probably so irritable because of her successive mistakes.

Annie had heard about Melissa's reputation when she came to White Peak Town last time. At that time, she heard that she was just an ordinary knight. She didn't expect to be promoted to deputy captain so quickly. This shows her efficiency in doing things.

How tall he is, he must be very popular.

Since the previous knight leader was too unreliable, maybe Melissa will take over the leader's position in a few days.

In fact, teaching servants is clearly a family matter, and outsiders are not qualified to make irresponsible remarks. But the reason why Anne dared to say so was because she believed in Melissa's behavior. Her belief in chivalry has long exceeded

This kind of red tape would definitely be informal. Others reminded her that it was too late for her to be happy, so how could she be angry?

However, it is hard to imagine that a meticulous person like her would make such a big mistake and actually let the person she was ordered to receive be arrested and sent to jail.

So Anne can probably understand why after this incident, Melissa bluntly said that she wanted to resign as a knight. Presumably her identity is not that important to her. She only wants to serve this town.

Immediately after everyone entered the iron gate, they realized how big the manor was. A five-story mansion rose from the ground. There were eight milky white pillars in front of the gate. There were at least dozens of rooms in it.

between.

Compared with this, Lydia's manor is as different as a thatched cottage and a high-end tavern.

At this time, before it was completely dark, the mansion was already brightly lit.

Emil looked at such a luxurious building, but he was a little surprised. How could a deputy leader of a knight order have such a large family property, and the manor was the basic configuration of a nobleman. Could it be that Melissa was also a nobleman?

Probably guessing that they would have such questions, Melissa turned around and explained.

"Don't get me wrong, this is the estate of my father Freddy Cromwell. He is a famous nobleman in White Peak Town, and his title is Earl. As for me, I can only be regarded as a family member of the nobleman. In fact, I am not the same as ordinary people.

No different."

"Ordinary people?" Emil muttered in his mind.

If this were an ordinary person, there would be no aristocrats under the sun, but perhaps this is indeed the case in Melissa's perception.

Soon, they arrived at the hall of the mansion.

Then I saw a man in his fifties sitting on a soft and spacious sofa. His clothes should be made of some kind of precious silk and satin. They looked low-key but luxurious. He had several inlays on his hands.

Jewelry ring.

Emile guessed that he must be Melissa's father, Freddie Cromwell.

Strangely, he was the only one sitting there in the entire hall, and there were no servants around him. He had his head lowered and his eyes were dull, as if he was thinking about something. The lights around him were dim, giving the entire hall a gloomy atmosphere.

Atmosphere.

As Melissa walked in, Freddy heard the noise and realized that his daughter was back. The confused expression on his face suddenly disappeared, and his eyes became brighter.

But Melissa still saw something was wrong at a glance. When she went out in the morning, her father was normal and everyone was happy in the manor. Why did he change now?

She suddenly remembered what the housekeeper had just said, saying that something big had happened, so she asked quickly.

"Father, what's wrong with you? What happened?"

Freddy looked at her, sighed heavily, and then told the truth.

"Isn't there a guest coming today? You should know that it's your Uncle Victor. He heard that Ophelia came to our place yesterday. Father and daughter haven't seen each other for many years, so he wrote me a letter,

You must let me keep her, although this is not difficult, after all Ophelia also wants to meet him, but..."

"But?" Melissa quickly asked.

Freddy took a deep breath and continued.

"When he came in the carriage, something happened. Because he was still nowhere to be seen at the appointed time, I sent the servants of the manor to look for him along the road. No, there were not even enough people to greet the guests. But someone just came back and said

, Victor’s body was found on the roadside more than 20 kilometers away from the town.”

Melissa was really shocked when she heard the news. She fell down on the sofa and was speechless for a long time.

Because this uncle Victor was not only his father's good friend, but also her swordsmanship teacher who had been with her for ten years. He occupied most of her life and was already regarded as an important family member by her.

Hearing this, Emil knew very well the ins and outs of this matter. Presumably the person who was bitten to death by the monster was Victor. Anne also killed the monster, which was regarded as revenge for Melissa, but he had

One thing that concerns me is that Freddie just mentioned Ophelia. Could it be the Ophelia he knew?

However, in this atmosphere, he was embarrassed to ask carefully.

Afterwards, Freddy noticed several guests brought back by Melissa, and after a brief introduction, he understood their identities.

"Something happened to our guests. I'm sorry that I can't entertain you wholeheartedly," Freddy forced a smile and said to them, and then looked at his daughter, "Melissa, don't worry about it.

Tomorrow you can go investigate the cause of Victor's death. As for now, you only need to entertain these guests."

Melissa nodded silently, then got up and took Emil and the others to dinner.

On the way to the restaurant, she remained silent, Emil and others did not dare to speak, and the atmosphere became very awkward for a while.

Finally, after hastily finishing dinner, the three of them were arranged to the guest room of the mansion.

Emil hesitated to tell Melissa what happened during the day, but Anne told him that it was not necessary, after all, she would always find out.

If it were mentioned that the three of them had appeared at the scene of the crime, it might cause extraneous problems and cause more unnecessary misunderstandings.

Emil thought about it carefully and felt it made sense, so he was relieved. He now needed to think about meeting Leonard. As for what Freddy mentioned about Ophelia just now, he didn't take it to heart.

Maybe it's just the same name.

He experienced a lot on this day and felt exhausted, so he decided to go to bed early.

However, just as he was about to close the door and go to sleep, a hand suddenly stretched out from the side and blocked the door.

Emil was surprised when he saw a familiar figure appearing in front of him, wearing pure white armor.

"...Ophelia! Why are you here?"

"Hmph, it's me who should say this. If you don't want to be your city lord in Blackpool Town, why are you here?" Ophelia said angrily.

Emil had no choice but to tell her what happened in the past two days, but what surprised Ophelia the most was that Anne actually had the ability to create another space. This was no longer on par with her, but a few steps ahead of her.

, she couldn't help but sigh, humans' attainments in magic could already surpass that of elves.

Ophelia was wearing a helmet at this time, so Emil couldn't see her expression. He suddenly remembered that Freddy said that the dead Victor was Ophelia's father.

But there was no trace of sadness in her tone, and she was still in the mood to chat with others.

"Ophelia, if you feel uncomfortable, you can tell me." Emil said seriously.

He still remembers everything Ophelia did for him, and now he finally has a chance to repay her.

However, Ophelia just shook her head. Of course she understood what Emile meant, but she didn't need comfort at all.

"So you heard about that. In fact, he is just my adoptive father. I have learned swordsmanship from him since I was a child, so..."

Emil couldn't understand that even his adoptive father couldn't pretend to be indifferent.

Ophelia saw his expression and guessed what he was thinking.

"Oh, please listen to me first."

"...Oh, I'm sorry." Only then did Emil react.
To be continued...