A week later.
Raven had a peaceful week. He didn't encounter any sudden cases while patrolling, and the people from the Church of Valkyries didn't come to look for him, as if they had forgotten about Raven, the undercover agent.
But Kriska's attitude towards Raven has become ambiguous recently, even a little evasive, which makes Raven very puzzled.
And Krista's mind was constantly thinking about what her parents had said to her.
"It's rare to see someone who can change your opinion. You're not a kid anymore. Do you want to try dating him?"
"We are not such old-fashioned parents. As long as a young man is young and energetic, he will have a bright future even if he is just a guard now. Moreover, he is already a transcendent at such a young age. Isn't he completely worthy of you?"
The instigation of her parents made Krista fall into the belated troubles of a young girl. Miss Krista, who had been a little arrogant since childhood, would actually condescend to work as a magic consultant in the Guards for a man. This opened the eyes of everyone in the Moreira family.
A week later, it was another day off, and Raven got up and prepared to go and find out more detailed information about Congressman Harrington.
Today was a little different, Councillor Harrington was not giving a speech but was working at city hall.
Then his personal bodyguard would naturally follow him closely.
So this is actually a good opportunity to take a closer look at Congressman Harrington's home.
After checking his equipment, Raven put on a tights, a long gray windbreaker, and a wide-brimmed hat and walked out of the camp.
Turning left and right all the way to the alley where Laut's shop was located, Raven knocked on the door.
The door creaked open a little, and Laut peeked out from inside. Seeing that only Raven was there, he gestured for Raven to come in, and then opened the door.
Raven slipped in, Laut gently closed the door, and greeted Raven warmly.
"Look, isn't this Sheriff Raven, Sheriff Ellie's right-hand man? We haven't seen each other for two months."
Raven nodded, sat on the chair that Lauter prepared for the guests, and said, "Yes, it has been more than a month since I last asked you for information."
Laut sat in his chair with a warm smile on his face and asked Raven, "Sheriff Raven, a busy man, came to me. I guess he has something to ask me to help investigate a case? I will do my best to cooperate with him. I will tell you everything I know."
"Oh, no, I'm not here to investigate a case today." Raven paused, thinking about what reason he could use to find out about Congressman Harrington's residence from Laut.
"Oh? So Sheriff Raven is here to patronize our store?" Laut raised his eyebrows in surprise. "I thought with a beauty like Sheriff Ellie in the East Fourth Detachment, you guys wouldn't be able to use my... 'materials' here."
So it can't be used? It's because they don't dare to use it! Look at Maier, after his preference was exposed, he was so socially dead that he almost trained himself to become a superhuman!
It would be fine if the boss was a rough guy, but she is a female police captain. Who knows the feeling of being looked at with strange eyes by a beautiful boss?
"Ahem... not really... at least not today..." Raven coughed twice and said, "As far as I know, you should have a lot of information. I want to ask you about the residences of several congressmen..."
In order to conceal the fact that he was specifically targeting Congressman Harrington, Raven decided to ask a few more questions and naturally hide Congressman Harrington among them.
"Oh? The congressman's residence? Well... this is not difficult information to find out, but Sheriff Raven, why are you asking this?" Laut became a little alert when he saw that Raven was asking about this information.
Raven looked around nervously, as if to make sure that no one was around. Then he waved to Laut to come closer and whispered to him, "Sheriff Ellie is too good and has a deep affection for the East Fourth Detachment... So it will be difficult for me to move to this position in a short period of time. But I have been serving as the deputy sheriff of the East Fourth Detachment for a long time, so I am a little unwilling... So I want to get in touch with the congressman to see if I can... You understand, right?"
"Yes, I understand." Lauter suddenly realized, "Don't worry, Sheriff Raven, I'm very tight-lipped and will never tell anyone about you."
To outsiders, Raven's words were obviously true and convincing, so Lauter believed it almost immediately after listening to it once, and then began to search in the filing cabinet behind him.
"Here, here." Laut came back with a few small cards with some words written on them. "Because of my work... I have dealt with many servants, maids, coachmen, gardeners, butlers and the like of congressmen, so I have collected the addresses of some congressmen. Who do you want to know?"
Raven casually mentioned a few names of congressmen he had inquired about, and cleverly hid Congressman Harrington among them.
"Harrington Friedman?" Laut frowned when he heard the name, which was cleverly captured by Raven.
"What happened to this congressman? Do you know any news? This may be crucial to my... promotion." Although it is not a promotion in the Guards.
"I got the address of this congressman from his personal bodyguard. He asked me to deliver goods there several times," Laut said. "His hobby is... a bit unique. I had to place special orders from suppliers to meet his needs, so I was deeply impressed."
His hobby is a bit unique, I know that. Raven nodded and stopped asking questions. After all, it was Lauter's duty to keep the XP privacy of the customer, so it would be better not to make things too difficult for him.
"Is that all? Sheriff Raven." Laut confirmed with Raven.
"Well, these are enough. I'll visit you with some gifts during my break. Thank you very much." Raven wrote down the addresses of several congressmen provided by Laut in his notebook, thanked Laut, and left.
Congressman Harrington lives in the villa area in the south of the city. It is a villa in the Hain Empire style, with distinct red and white wall tiles, Baroque arches, and a cylindrical spire tower. According to Raven in his previous life, it is quite Gothic.
Raven climbed over the wall without any worries. Since magic was forbidden in Weimar, Raven was not worried that there would be any magic in the yard that could detect him. However, after entering the house, the law turned a blind eye, and there was a high possibility of magic traps or warning magic.
In response to this, Raven also made sufficient preparations. He secretly brought a spell mirror and magic-suppressing gloves that were specially used when hunting down spellcasting criminals.
Both of these items are products of the magic industry. The spell mirror has three types of observation magic. It can be used as a telescope to see distant objects, and can also see invisible magic traps. Even people who have used invisibility can use the spell mirror to see traces of magic.
The magic-forbidden gloves were much more precious. Raven had managed to bring them out entirely by taking advantage of his position, and he had to return them before lunch break to avoid being discovered.
The magic-removing gloves have a permanent magic removal effect, which is very useful for removing magic traps and buff magic on enemies. As for removing offensive magic... it depends on whether the person wearing the gloves can catch it, and there is also the risk of damaging the gloves.
However, this item can only be used three times a day, after which the magic crystal inside must absorb the free magic power in the air to naturally recharge before it can be used again.
Even with many restrictions, the Anti-Magic Gloves are still one of the highest-specification conventional weapons equipped in the Guard Army. They are generally not used and are only taken out from the warehouse when arresting criminal suspects and fugitives of spellcasters.
What Raven hopes most is that the gloves are only used once or not at all. If they are used up, he will have to pray that no one finds out, or find a way to ask Kriska to help recharge them.
After climbing over the wall, Raven lowered his body, hid in the shadow of the corner, took out a spyglass and started looking.
Switching the peephole to magic vision mode, a faint aura emanated from several places in the villa.
After confirming that there was no magical aura on the first floor, Raven took out a hairpin, activated [Mythic Trick (Nethercraft)], easily pried open the door of the house, and walked in.
The entrance is the lobby of the villa, which is furnished with several sofas, coffee tables, and some collections such as portraits. It is obviously a place for receiving guests. The stairs lead to the second floor, where is the private bedroom of Councillor Harrington and his guards.
Raven went to the second floor first, took out a sniffer and carefully checked the rooms of Councillor Harrington and the guard. He found that there was a glow on the door lock of Councillor Harrington, suggesting that a magic trap had been set up, but there was no glow in the guard's room.
Raven looked at the magic-suppressing gloves and decided to go to the guard's room to check if there were any clues before deciding whether to go to Senator Harrington's room.
Walking into the guard's room, I saw a little girl sitting on the bed in the bedroom, staring there with lifeless eyes.
The little girl looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, with blonde hair, blue eyes, a delicate face and a petite figure. She sat motionless on the bed and did not react at all when she saw Raven come in.
Raven was startled when he first saw the little girl, but the little girl didn't seem to see Raven, which made Raven feel relieved, but at the same time he also had some doubts.
Can't this girl speak?
"Hello?" Raven greeted her tentatively, but the girl still didn't respond.
Puppet?
Raven took two steps forward and saw that the little girl was still sitting on the bed, motionless and without any reaction.
Could this be the item that the guard Laut mentioned ordered? A life-size doll? This is really fun. Raven had this thought in his mind, but when he walked forward, the little girl suddenly moved.
She turned her head to Raven, a hint of fear flashing in her originally dull and blank eyes, her mouth opened dryly, and she let out short "ah, ah" sounds.
alive.