Miss Anjili's residence is the best mansion in the big city of Kofardil, specially built by Viscount Harrison for high-ranking visitors to Kofardil. Whether it is the magnificent decoration inside or the beautiful flowers and plants built in the courtyard outside, one can see that a lot of effort has been put into this place. Miss Anjili is the second distinguished guest to stay here, after the King's special envoy.
There were also two members of the Blood Knight Order left behind in the mansion who were immediately subdued by Viscount Harrison's captain of the guard as soon as they made contact. They, like the members at the door earlier, did not choose to draw their swords against Viscount Harrison.
Upon entering the mansion, a thin middle-aged man in a butler's uniform and a young maid came to greet them. "Welcome, Viscount, to your esteemed visit." This man was extremely enthusiastic, clearly different from the Blood Knight Order members outside. He was a subordinate of Harrison, a distant family member of a declining noble family. When he was in trouble, Viscount Harrison took him in and valued his excellent aristocratic manners and good ability to handle affairs.
After a period of testing, he found that he was a reliable person and incorporated him into his own core team, becoming an official in the city of Kofardil. This time Miss Anjili came to inspect Kofardil, in order to make a good impression on her, Viscount Harrison sent him over to temporarily replace the housekeeper to manage the mansion. Using an official as the housekeeper, he wanted to show a grand welcome to Miss Anjili.
Although Miss Anjili is missing now, Harrison has not taken his anger out on his subordinate; after all, he is only a civil servant responsible for managing maids, arranging the daily life of his master, and taking care of the mansion. Guarding is not within his scope of responsibility; the one who has neglected his duty is Angus, the captain of Miss Anjili's guard. However, even if he knows he is not negligent, it's not a time to give him a good face.
"Take me to the room where Miss Anjili stayed on the night she disappeared and send two more maids to help me look for any hair or similar items left behind by Miss Anjili in the room. If there are any nails, that would be even better." Although the butler didn't know why Viscount Harrison wanted to do this, since he asked, he knew better than to be uninterested and ask questions.
The butler instructed the maid beside him and led Han Mu and Viscount Harrison up the grand staircase in the hall to the second floor. The other soldiers did not follow them up at Harrison's signal.
When they reached the second floor and walked along the corridor, the first room on the left was where Miss Anjili stayed that night. The butler took out the keys he carried and opened the door.
The room was pitch black, but as soon as the butler pressed a switch on the wall, the entire room was illuminated by a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling. It was a stark contrast to the dim oil lamps in the hallway.
Han Mu glanced at the chandelier and found that it was not an electric device, but something similar to a "magic consumable item". At this time, two maids quickly walked in and bowed to the three of them. One of the maids had very large breasts, probably around F cup, swaying as she walked. Han Mu couldn't help but look over. What should one eat to develop like this?
"You two, carefully search the room and see if there are any hairs or nails dropped by Miss Anjili." The butler's instruction made the two maids respond and turn around to start searching carefully in the room. It was only then that Han Mu withdrew his gaze.
【Race Switch】skill activated.
【Human】
『Switch』
【Dragon】
Han Mu switched his main and secondary races. Although his body did not change, his pupils turned blood red and slowly narrowed until they were snake-like.
【Information Gathering】
After activating this skill, Han Mu's dragon-like keen sense of smell detected a faint odor. This was a familiar smell - the residual scent left after casting dark attribute magic, the smell of negative magic.Han Mu paced slowly around the room, trying not to miss any corners. He circled back to the starting point. Viscount Harrison looked at Han Mu expectantly, hoping he could find some clues. However, he did not dare to ask, fearing to interrupt Han Mu's thoughts and annoy him.
Han Mu, as Viscount Harrison had hoped, did indeed find some clues. He discovered two areas where the smell of dark magic was the strongest through his sense of smell: one on the luxurious bed's left side and the other in front of the window further to the left. Although he could not determine the specific dark magic used based on the smell, he knew that someone had cast spells in these two places. The distance between the two locations was not far, roughly equal to three steps of a normal person.
It would be unlikely for male guards to be stationed in Miss Angelina's bedroom, meaning that the perpetrator somehow bypassed the guards without being noticed. There was a possibility that one of the two spells involved was a space-related magic. Of course, this did not rule out the possibility of a top-notch thief or assassin bypassing the seemingly high-quality guards and abducting Miss Angelina. If that were the case, however, it seemed unlikely that they would leave behind traces of dark magic casting in two places.
Another possibility was that Miss Angelina herself was a dark magician. But if so, they would likely have noticed something amiss during the casting of the spells. For now, considering these possibilities, the likelihood of being abducted through space magic was very high. If one of the discovered dark magic spells was a space transfer magic, the absence of any signs of struggle or damage at the scene might indicate that the other spell was a mind-controlling dark magic. In this case, the perpetrator used space magic to enter the house, then used mind-controlling dark magic to take control of Miss Angelina and left from the previous casting location. This possibility seemed very likely.
While pondering, Han Mu approached the bed, hoping to find more clues. Standing before the bed, on the right side was the busty maid he had just met, now searching diligently for any traces of Miss Angelina's hair. Han Mu, however, was focused on solving the problem and did not continue to appreciate her impressive figure.
In the corner between the bed sheet and bed frame, the maid seemed to find something and became excited: a golden hair! Han Mu immediately shifted his attention to it. Judging from its curly shape, it did not seem to be human hair… It appeared to be… ahhem…
The excited maid did not notice Han Mu standing behind her. Enthusiastically, she picked up the golden hair between her right index finger and thumb. As she turned around, she collided with Han Mu, her soft, ample chest hitting him squarely. Han Mu remained unshaken by the minor impact, but the busty maid bounced and almost fell back.
Quickly, Han Mu extended his arm and wrapped it around her waist, finding her quite solid to the touch, probably due to her constant housework. The maid, now blushing and feeling shy, thought of Han Mu as a very gentlemanly figure for helping her so promptly. Just as she raised her head to express her gratitude, she saw a horrifying set of eyes: the most intense, blood-red colored pupils staring at her. The slits of his pupils resembled those of a snake... no, a monster.
These eyes stood out even more under the eerie silver mask. A primal fear welled up from the depths of the well-trained maid's heart, causing her to lower her head involuntarily. She hugged her shoulders and began to shake violently, as if she could hear her teeth chattering.Frowning slightly, Han Mu let go of the maid after straightening her up. The maid collapsed on the ground, trembling incessantly.
Miss Angel's hair was carelessly discarded on the bed, nowhere near the excited state it had been in before.
Seeing the maid in such a miserable state, Han Mu thought to himself that his appearance shouldn't be so frightening. Why was she so scared?
Was it because of the mask?
After all, even Han Mu himself found the mask's appearance quite eerie.
However, no matter how he thought about it, the maid's condition was undoubtedly caused by him. It wouldn't be right to just ignore her.
Crouching down, Han Mu placed his hand on the maid's head.
Before the maid could shrink back, Han Mu quickly activated a skill.
【Advanced Fear Resistance】
This was one of the advanced buffs unique to the Holy Dragon Knight class.
It can only be cast when the dragon race is activated as the main race.
A layer of azure light enveloped the maid's body, then quickly disappeared.
Seeing that the spell was completed, Han Mu let go and stood up.
An immense courage, seemingly coming from nowhere, allowed the maid to stand up again, with her body no longer trembling.
The butler was shocked and terrified, as the maid had dared to offend a distinguished guest of the viscount. This wasn't a punishment that could be escaped with just a whip.
Due to his upbringing, the butler didn't discriminate against poor servants, and seeing this situation, he immediately tried to help the maid.
"You dare to offend the distinguished guest of my lord, you really deserve severe punishment!"
While saying insincere words, the butler hurriedly walked up and was about to slap the maid's face heavily.
As long as the maid endured a few slaps from him, she would be considered punished, and he could then order her to leave.
Perhaps if the other party's anger subsided, they would not make it difficult for her anymore.
Han Mu probably guessed the other party's intention, as the butler had previously seemed to respect the servants.
Controlling his power to avoid hurting him, Han Mu grabbed the butler's wrist.
"Forget it, I don't care about these trivial matters. You two can leave."
"You are a distinguished guest of the viscount. If we don't punish her severely, it doesn't seem appropriate..."
"I·said·I don't care, leave!"
The scarlet gaze swept over the butler. At this glance, cold sweat broke out all over the butler's body, and his shirt was slightly soaked in just a moment.
"…Understood, since the distinguished guest doesn't care about it…"
Hearing this, Han Mu let go of the butler's hand. The butler took the maid and left the room, and the maid seemed a little grateful and nodded to Han Mu as they left.
However, Han Mu pretended not to see it, and turned around to pick up the "Golden Hair" that had fallen from Miss Angel with an awkward pinch between his index and middle fingers.
