evening.

The reflection of the sunset sank into the delta and the dusk begins to merge.

The witch hunter ended the afternoon investigation.

"Master, have you seen Visshaw? What did he say?" Linus couldn't wait to ask Oaks, "Why are you missing for a week for no reason? He must give a reasonable explanation!"

Ox and Cantilla looked at each other, and under the dim light, his face became very serious, "He can't explain, Mr. Linus..."

"What's the meaning?"

"The door of your assistant's home is open and empty, not only him, but even his old mother who lives with him is not in the house."

Linus Pete looked in disbelief and frowned.

Oaks said in a deep voice to everyone, "You should understand that our senses are different from ordinary people and are more sensitive... I smelled a faint smell of blood at his home. I searched along the smell and found several pools of dried blood on the floor... It was left six to seven days ago, and this was obviously not a simple disappearance."

"And the door was violently destroyed, and the lock was seriously deformed," the witch hunter analyzed. "There were clear signs of kicking on the door, and there were messy horse hoof prints and footprints outside the house. At least seven or eight people broke into the door, robbers or thugs."

"Intruder, six to seven days of blood?" Linus Pitt opened his mouth slightly, stunned for a moment, his voice became extremely dry, "Didn't my student have an accident just as soon as he got home?"

"He's so miserable?" The scholar sighed, his expression full of regret.

Visxiao, a diligent, hardworking and honest farmer, went through a lot of hardships to be admitted to Osenfort University, and was able to graduate in two years, find a decent job, and take his old mother out of poverty. How could this sudden change happen?

"Are my students still alive? Is there a chance of surviving?"

The witch hunter was silent.

Linus clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "Several masters, please help me rescue Visshaw and his family."

"I haven't finished my words yet...I'm sorry," Oaks said in a low tone and shook his head. "Wishshaw and his family have been killed. We tracked the suspicious traces near the house. In a wheat field thirty meters away from the house, the body of a family of two was dug out..."

"A young man in his twenties killed the back of his head with a blunt weapon. His appearance matched your previous description of Visshaw. There was also a woman who was about 40 years old and had a disability in her left leg. The cause of death was the same, and it should be his sick mother."

After saying that, Oaks stretched out his hand to the scholar, let go of his curled fist, and a bright golden Ossenfort University student nameplate was suddenly found in the palm of his hand:

Visshaw

First grade of Natural History Department

Linus Pitt took the nameplate with trembling fingers, grief and regret drowning overwhelmed his thin face, his body trembled slightly, and his eyes were faintly red.

"Professor Linus, I feel sorry for you... After we took off the token, we have buried the poor mother and son on the spot." Cantilla explained, "two wooden monuments were erected."

Linus's face was slightly relieved when he heard this.

"Do you remember, did he specifically explain anything before leaving the academy? Or did he have some abnormalities?"

Linus shook his head decisively and denied.

"Then this should be a sudden incident, a robbery and murder case..." Roy, who had been quietly staying next to him, analyzed, "The assailant may be a robber around Orsonfort, or a robber who was wandering from other places."

"As the academic center of Redania, Osenfort's bandits are so rampant, and the security environment is so bad?" Frius raised his eyebrows.

"That's not the case. There has been no similar vicious murder in the sphere of influence in the bullburger for more than two years." Linus pinched the nameplate hard and said gritting his teeth, "Those bastards dare to attack Ossenfort's students... I will report this incident to the management of the college. Vizmir II will never tolerate robbers killing talents in the country."

"In addition, several masters, are you willing to assist the college in pursuing the murderer? This is a private commission. I will pay 200 kronor, no, 300 kronors, is it enough?"

Roy confirmed with his eyes to his companions and nodded. The robber who killed and robbed meant a lot of experience, and he had no reason to give up.

What's more, Linus Pitt is responsible for food and accommodation, and provides generous rewards, so there is no reason to refuse.

"My Excellency Linus, I still have a doubt," Oxs paused, recalling, "When I checked the bodies of Visshaw and his mother, I found traces of abuse and torture on the surface of my body, such as blood stasis on the wrists and ankles tied with twill ropes, scalding of candle oil on the skin, and slap marks on both cheeks... Ordinary robbery does not need to torture them."

"The dilapidated and simple house, the old lame mother, what else is worthy of the robbers' coveting and torture?"

Everyone fell into deep thought after hearing this.

"It is possible that the murderer has had a grudge with Visshaw, or wants to find some secret, so he torture it in one go, including threatening his mother's life." Ox guessed.

"It is also possible that the murderers are mentally perverted and torture and have fun while robbing property; or they are angry by Visshaw's words and use cruel torture methods. With Professor Linus's honest and stubborn character, it is entirely possible to anger the murderer." Seret put forward another view.

"This statement cuts off all the clues..." Resor said, "I temporarily agree with Oaks' analysis. The murderer and Visshaw have long been involved and want to find out some secrets, so there is a high possibility that an acquaintance will commit the crime."

"Ox, Cantilla, think about it carefully, are there any suspicious clues missing at the scene? Are there any witnesses near the house?"

Cantilla glanced at Oaks, she didn't have a unique talent in investigating.

Ox looked unhappy and glared, "I have searched the scene twice, and there is no omission! If you don't believe it, go check it yourself. As for the witnesses," Ox said disappointedly, "The Wisxiao family is a mile away, and the distance is the road to Oxenfort. There are frequent vehicles and horses, which are extremely disturbing."

"From this perspective, there is no better choice at the moment, so let's start with acquaintances of Visshaw." Resor made the decision, "Professor Linus, what do you think?"

"It can only be done." The scholar said in a daze. "Although I admire Visshaw very much, he was under my command for less than a year. My knowledge of him was limited to family and relatives. He had no other relatives except his widowed mother."

"I know the relationship in the college. Those who have more intersections... First of all, I have to refer to the dormitory roommate, another assistant in the ecological park, Ben..."

Linus listed, "Then the students in the Department of Natural History. But I don't think the students would do such outrageous atrocities."

"Just leave the interrogation work to us..." Resault said confidently, "Lying to the witch hunter is a technical job, especially for nerds... You only need to find time to gather students. We will never wrongly accuse the innocent, and will not let any murderer go!"

Linus Pete nodded, but it was too late today and he could only act again tomorrow's working day.

"Professor, who does your assistant have more contact with in the town of Ossenfort, except for the college and the college island?" Roy said a lot, and he felt it was not that simple, and the murderer was probably not among the students.

The scholar rubbed his swelling head, "Wishxiao has always been responsible for purchasing food from endangered animals in the ecological park. If you want to deal with it, the vendor selling fish and meat in the cattle market talked the most. The child is very honest. How much money does each purchase cost and which transaction is recorded in detail in the account book. I will give it to you."

After getting the account book, everyone discussed for a while, decided on plans for tomorrow, and then returned to the dormitory arranged by the professor to rest.

…

Linus Pete left Roy alone and entered the rare zoo together, because he had said before that he wanted to have a physical examination for Golfin, who had recovered his original form.

"Why don't you solve your student's case and be busy with this matter? I'm not in a hurry." Roy observed the other party's haggard expression and said softly.

"Don't worry, I can tell the difference between work and life!" Linus rubbed his sore cheeks hard and cheered up.

"Then I'll be there for you."

Roy was sweating and practicing swordsmanship and crossbow shooting in the zoo for hours. The late night finally came, and the Golfen Halffishman turned back to his body in a rising smoke. He was the size of a calf, with a brown and yellow body, gray-black wings, and a black and lively young griffin with black eyes.

Compared to a month ago, it has grown a little bit older, with a faint sense of power as a top predator.

"Master Roy, please carry it to the operating table and hold it down, but don't hurt it too hard."

In a rare zoo, under the bright magic lamp, a pair of thin and pale palms groped on the soft body as instantly as squishy. Sometimes they opened their long beak to check their tongue, sometimes they stretched their hook-like claws, sometimes they checked their mane and two wings between their necks.

Despite the care of his master, the griffin's arrogance still made it cry in a low voice.

"Okay, Golfin, be patient, and after the check-up, you will have a nutritional and balanced meal!"

"Roar--"

Half an hour later.

"Well, about seven months, it's normal development... Master Roy, the little guy is very healthy, and he can't even find a parasite or a flea. It can be seen that you have never treated it badly." Linus took his hand back from Golfin's furry paws, took off his gloves, his eyes softened a lot, and he became more and more sure that the other party was a like-minded animal protectionist.

"But remember to repair your nails every month... Golfin is in a deformed state for a long time and does not have enough time to find hard objects to sharpen his claws. His nails may grow in reverse and hurt himself. The daily exercise volume is not up to standard."

"You know, you have to do some disguise when you take it through the downtown area." Roy explained, then shook his head, "but it was indeed my negligence,"

He hugged his furry body on the operating table deeply, "I promise to pay attention to these situations in the future!"

Linus nodded, "If it's OK, Golfin will live in the zoo in the next few days, further exercise, flight, hunting tests, and by the way, I'll customize the recipe for it."

"I'll bother you." Roy gave Golfin a look of contact at any time, and asked hesitantly, "Mr. Linus, I've always been curious, have you ever tried riding Black or Chelsey?"

The witch hunter's dark gold's pupils were filled with a hint of longing, "Sit on their backs and soared in the sky--"

"I understand what you mean..." Linus Pete shook his head helplessly, "Normal situation, ten-month-old griffins can already bear the weight of a person and fly with people. Unfortunately, one thing is that I have acrophobia, and two, a proud creature like griffins does not allow anything to ride on them. If I force them to force them, they will be very wronged and angry."

Ten months, that's not long.

"Don't worry, Golfin is very obedient and obedient, and doesn't have that big temper. Riding on its back is the best way to get close to it," Roy touched Golfin's head and smiled gently at it, "Am I right?"

"Roar?"
Chapter completed!