Andre walked into the alley not far away, and soon he heard his angry curse: "Who stole my sword!" Then there was another series of curses.
Watching Andre disappear in the mist of the long street, Charlotte did not rush to close the door, but called Vivian, whose face was pale, and whispered: "Clean up the bloodstains at the door, including the bloodstains extending from the street outside."
"Yes." Vivian nodded, silently chanting a spell, and the running water instantly cleaned the bloodstains at the door and on the street.
Charlotte came out with a broom and swept around, covering the traces of the cleaning magic with dust.
"Come in quickly." Charlotte pulled Vivian in and closed the door again.
Vivian's hands were cold and her body was still shaking.
"Don't be afraid, he's gone, and he didn't recognize you." Charlotte patted her shoulder gently and comforted her.
"He's here to arrest me..." Vivian's eyes were red, and she grabbed her skirt with her right hand, and said in a trembling voice: "He said he would come back to find me."
"Don't worry, he won't survive tonight." Charlotte smiled slightly.
Vivian looked at him puzzled, even though Charlotte had just saved him.
"It's a taboo to walk in the abyss at night. A seriously injured person, carrying a package and without a weapon, can't walk three blocks." Charlotte explained.
Vivian was thoughtful, but her expression was still uneasy.
"Now we are on the same boat. Unfortunately, the guy named Kapas has set his sights on both of us." Charlotte looked at Vivian and sighed, "If I remember correctly, the agent he found in the Abyss, Carol, is from the Judson family, one of the four major families in the Abyss. In other words, our future days will be difficult."
Vivian bit her lip lightly, thought seriously for a while, and looked up at Charlotte: "Then...then should we run away?"
"Running away is a good idea. But where do you think we can run to? A weak human who can't do magic, a little girl who can only do healing magic, where can we run away from the Abyss?" Charlotte asked seriously.
"My father asked me to run to the Abyss, saying that this is the most chaotic and safest place. If I run again...I don't know where to run." Vivian couldn't stop her tears and sobbed.
After having delicious soup dumplings for dinner, she felt that life didn't seem so bad.
But Andre's arrival was like a cold water pouring down on her head, pulling her back to hell.
Even though she had run to the abyss and suffered so much, she still couldn't escape Kapas's pursuit.
Charlotte looked at Vivian who suddenly collapsed, and suddenly felt sorry for the girl.
She was so young, but she suffered such hardships one after another.
"Don't cry, at least the other party hasn't found you yet. In comparison, I, who run a clinic, am an easier target for them to find." Charlotte pulled a chair for Vivian to sit down, looked into her eyes and said seriously: "But, from now on, we must have a frank talk. Why are you being hunted by Kapas? Why are they so persistent in pursuing you?"
Since meeting Vivian, Charlotte has never asked about her life experience. After all, everyone can have their own secrets.
But now it's different. They have the same enemy, and the other party has chased to the abyss.
Vivian wiped her tears and quickly calmed herself down. She looked at Charlotte in silence for a while, as if she had made up her mind, and said, "I am Vivian. Bernice, my father is Frank. Bernice, who was once the finance minister of the Reims Empire."
Top second-generation official! Charlotte was a little surprised. He knew that Vivian should be of noble origin, but it was still a little unexpected that she had a finance minister father.
However, the word "once" is very important.
"My father and Cromwell have never been on good terms. He once presided over the investigation of Cromwell's crimes of collusion and corruption. Half a month ago, my father was wrongly accused of corruption and treason by Cromwell and was arrested and imprisoned. Many members of the Bernice family were also imprisoned. When the arresters came to the door, my father asked me to leave through the tunnel and escape to the abyss, so I became the only survivor." Vivian looked gloomy, with red eyes.
Charlotte frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "If it was just a fight between political enemies, your father has been imprisoned and most of the family members have been arrested. Why did Cromwell keep hunting you down? And let his son lead the team in person?" Vivian was silent for a while, and said: "Because Cromwell embezzled hundreds of thousands of gold coins from the treasury, had an affair with the orc tribe on the border of the empire, killed innocent people on a large scale and took credit for it, and defrauded military funds. These are all facts. The evidence was recorded in a book by the spy, and before he could hand it over to the king, he was caught by Cromwell, and the book is now On my body. "
"In that case, why don't you hand the booklet to the king? The farther away from the imperial capital, the farther away from the king, and the higher the risk of being privately solved by Duke Cromwell. "Charlotte looked at Vivian and pondered: "And with your father's identity, even if he was framed and arrested and imprisoned, he must have a complicated trial and conviction. In this process, he should have the opportunity to pass this news to the king, right?"
"My father was killed in the chaos by Cromwell in the name of arrest." Vivian's face turned pale and clenched her skirt.
This guy is so bold, the Minister of Finance said to kill and kill! Charlotte was shocked, which shows how powerful Cromwell is in the Reims Empire and how arrogant he is.
No wonder Vivian's father asked her to flee the imperial capital and escape to the abyss.
If she rashly handed over the manual, the chance of the manual reaching the king was extremely small, and she might even be sold back.
"Can I see that manual?" Charlotte said.
"I'll get it." Vivian got up and went upstairs. After a while, she came downstairs with a booklet wrapped in gray cloth and handed it to Charlotte.
Charlotte opened the black cloth, which turned out to be a booklet with a black cover. The soft cowhide cover was stained with a few drops of dried blood.
Opening the diary, Charlotte carefully read the contents of the booklet, and her face gradually became solemn.
About half an hour later, Charlotte slowly closed the booklet.
"The crimes of this bastard duke are simply innumerable!" Charlotte said angrily.
The embezzlement of the national treasury was done in collusion with officials of the Ministry of Finance. The amount was huge, but it still fell into the category of corruption.
But on the border, by creating conflicts with the orc tribe, massacring border villages on a large scale, intensifying the intensity of the conflict, and exaggerating the threat of the orc tribe, he achieved the purpose of defrauding huge military funds. The means were shameless and outrageous!
In addition, he also withheld relief grain during several major disasters, causing a large number of civilians to starve to death.
Cromwell embezzled so much money from the treasury that the heartache was for the King of the Reims Empire. Charlotte had no position to condemn it.
But his massacre and plunder of civilians was out of anger as a human being out of conscience.
This booklet lists in detail the numerous crimes committed by Cromwell over the past thirty years. The time, place, and victims are very clear, which shows that Vivian's father did investigate very carefully.
Judging from Cromwell's persistent attitude towards Vivian, this booklet must have caused some damage to him, otherwise he would not have been so nervous.
"Your task tonight is to hand-copy this booklet for me. If such an important thing is not backed up, it is easy for bad people to take it away." Charlotte looked at Vivian and said.
"Ah?" Vivian was stunned.
"What's important is not this blood-stained booklet, but the content in the booklet. If the content in the booklet is true and verifiable, we only need to hand it over to someone who is capable of overthrowing Cromwell, and the task will be completed." Charlotte explained.
"But who can bring down Cromwell? Even my father..." Vivian bit her lip. In the Reims Empire, Cromwell was all-powerful and his power was so huge that it was despairing. Charlotte was silent. A sitting finance minister could be killed at will. Cromwell's power was obvious. He even doubted whether the king was on his side? If so, the existence of this booklet was meaningless. Charlotte had very little information about the Reims Empire, and there was only sporadic information about the medical community in the original body's memory. There was no useful information such as "the secret of the king and the duke" and "the distribution map of Cromwell's power". Maybe some information can be obtained from Harry, who is very well-informed. But even if this information is known, who should he find to submit this booklet? At his level, he can't get in touch with those top classes at all. Wait! Speaking of class, Charlotte suddenly remembered the black stone that he wrapped and stuffed into the corner of the cabinet. The members of the Red Moon Organization might be able to provide him with some useful information!