Vincent noted each of the answers down, nodding with every answer Quebec gave him.
“Thank you, this will be useful soon enough. Thank you for your cooperation” he kept the small notebook in his cloak’s pocket.
Turning back to Lucisan…
“Would you like to go to the ‘crime scene’ with me or would you prefer to sleep? Your room’s just there” he gestured to the door deepest into the hall.
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Quebec closed the door and locked it before turning back to Matthew and shrugged at him.
"So, the gem, what is it?"
“My guess would be sapphire judging from its color and cut but I wouldn’t guarantee it though” the jewel was only about the size of Matthew’s pinky finger in length but was quite large in width and depth.
“…and that silver-eyed dude, I think I sold him something just earlier this week though I don’t remember what it was” Matthew mentioned, handing the jewel out so Quebec could get a better look at it.
"I think I'll go with you. I don't trust this place enough to fall asleep willingly." He shrugged, closing his book and slipping it into his bag as he moved closer.
It was clear was Draco was complaining about the pain, he was having a knife through his neck after all.
“I mean… kinda—AHH!!” the knife the other man held went quite deep inside the Dragon’s neck as they moved it down a bit. Pulling the sharp object out, a small, sharp, and bloody piece of metal came out with it.
“Alright… all done…” the ‘doctor’ of the room carefully placed the sharp metal piece on a thin sheet of white cloth as Draco began to heal himself with his scales.
“Is there something I can do to help you?” The ‘doctor’ turned to ask Lata, keeping their mask and gloves on. The badge on them was one of a bird symbol.
Lata shook her head. "No… I think I'm good, thanks," she replied, voice a bit shaky. The stabbing had really made her insides churn. Not because of the blood, but the fact that the 'doctor' was the one doing it. "I came to check on Draco," she added. It was the truth, but only part of it. She mostly just needed direction as to where to go, but it was a bonus to know that the other would be alright.
Vincent nodded and guided Lucisan to the ‘crime scene’. Upon arrival, another figure was examining the corpse. They looked up when they heard footsteps.
“Died an hour and a half ago, reason of death was stabbed through the heart but had several stab wounds throughout their body. The weapons used were not theirs but of the other more popular Knights; Pheonix’s, Draco’s, and Reticulum’s. No finger prints nor foot prints…” the figure said as if they knew what questions Vincent was going to ask them.
“And you arrived…?”
“Fifteen minutes earlier” they answered.
Vincent sighed as he jotted everything down. “Quick as always, Delphinus” he stated.
“Well, Luc—“ Vincent turned to face him “—within the three names of the Knights mentioned, do you know anyone of them? Not that they’re the culprit, but it’d be great to question them first as to where they were exactly”
The ‘doctor’ nodded and slid his stool to come check on another Knight.
Draco stood up and walked to stand in front of Lata.
“You don’t have to worry too much about me, self-healing is one of my key features after all” he said with rueful smile.
“Well, do you need anything from me? Seems like you’re lost or at least want something right?”
Quebec held the blue gem gently on the tip of his index and thumb. His face got closer and closer to the gem as he inspected it.
"What do you plan on doing with it? I obviously have no plan on what I can do with it except sell it" He handed it back to Matthew as it lied on his palm
Matthew took it back and looked at it again.
“I might have a friend of mine from Liestha take a better look at it first, maybe its value is more than I thought” he mentioned as he slipped the jewel back into his pocket. He picked the letter up and read it through again.
“Damn, this dude’s gotta be quite strong, a royal’s interested in him” he commented.
Luc shook his head. "All I know about them is what I've read." He stated, biting his lip. "Oh wait! I fought Phenoix. The bird brain, yes."
Vincent noted this down.
“I doubt you know about her to know if she hates him or not so I’m not going to ask…” he looked into the room. He walked to the corpse and touched the parts of the pool of blood which have not dried up yet, staining his finger with blood. He then knelt down, touched the floor and closed his eyes.
“Argentum Sense…” he muttered out loud as the spot his hand touched revealed faint blood trails in a silver shade of hue leading outside the room and into the hallway.
Vincent stood up straight and started to follow the trail.
The ‘doctor’ nodded and slid his stool to come check on another Knight.
Draco stood up and walked to stand in front of Lata.
“You don’t have to worry too much about me, self-healing is one of my key features after all” he said with rueful smile.
“Well, do you need anything from me? Seems like you’re lost or at least want something right?”
Lata nodded. "Yeah, sorry. I pretty much have no idea where anything is," Lata admitted. She had only arrived, learned about some weird dragon power thing she now had, met some villain of some sort, and was left alone after that. So not the greatest first day. Especially for the fact she wasn't fully sure on the position in the first place.
Luc followed the foreign knight with a frown, mind wandering. If I could find any of them, I could interrogate them. I don't have most of my materials, but my magic will always work.
“Well… I’ll tell you the places that you will have to know. As you know, Syzen’s meeting room is the deepest room of the left hall after the first corridor while Frensa’s on the right hall. Pass the second corridor, the left hall is where we are, the nursing room and the room deeper down the hall is the armory while the right hall—“ he gestured in the direction “—will be your rooms which are labeled clearly. The third corridor’s left hall is the library, the right hall is a small Arena. The second and third floor of the palace are filled with Frensa’s Knights’ rooms — our rooms, which are, once again, all labeled. The fourth floor is the Viscounts’ floor and the fifth floor is the Prince’s. Outside the palace, to the right is the archery range and the outside field and the left is where we just came from, known to the Knights as the Silent Field…” he breathed before continuing.
“That should be it for the things you need to know about for now for what’s inside the palace. As for outside, there’re different kinds of shops scattered all around so it should be easy to find whatever you would want to buy”
The silvery blood trail faded away somewhere around the center point between the right hall where they were headed and the left hall of the second floor they came from. There were also two other ways the culprit could have went; up to the third floor or down to the first floor.
“Damn it…” Vincent cursed out loud, trying his best to make his ability work to its fullest potential.
[Where should Luc and Vincent go?]
[To Second Floor’s Right Hall]
[Up to the Third Floor]
[Down to the First Floor]
"First floor is where I would go. Easier to escape that way and where most people go when murdering someone." Luc offered up absentmindedly, his brain still turning it's cogs.
“Better than a dead end” Vincent commented as he headed for the stairs.
Upon arriving on the first floor, his eyes glowed a silver hue again as he looked down at the floor. There was a very faint, almost invisible trail of blood on the floor which lead outside the palace.
Luc slipped on some gloves from his bag, humming a bit, still frowning. He followed the other, not saying a word. At least I have my gloves and a knife, I have a scapel and apron somewhere in my bag…
As Vincent got outside, his eyes locked onto a single position; the grouping of trees outside. He touched his earpiece.
“This is V speaking, is A here…?” he waited a bit for the answer before his earpiece shook a bit.
“Alright, just don’t kill him okay? He is not gonna be happy if you do…” Vincent ended as he unsheathed his dagger.
His turned back towards the shadowy trees and revealed a silver colored figure.
“See that? That’s our man…” he fidgeted with his dagger.
"Do you want me to talk to him and you detain?" Luc asked, cracking his neck. This was more what he was used to, easier too.
“That would be just perfect and in case he really tries to escape—“ Vincent pointed upwards where one shadowy figure hung to the side of the building holding a sniper and aiming at the silvery figure “—we’ve got company”
He started to make his way towards the figure in the woods silently. Getting close to him, Vincent held his dagger to the figure’s neck.
“Freeze” he spoke out loud as the figure turned around in shock with nowhere to run. They did not have a Selas badge on but rather a Qiryu coat.
"Probably reverse time or something powerful like that. But if I were one of the royals, there's no doubt I'd want him as one of my knights. The alive version of him of course"
Quebec ended with a chuckle, he didn't take the murder case seriously.
“Well, I mean… you’re definitely right in that sense” Matthew commented with a chuckle as well. He set the letter down.
“Your room looks better than mine, mine’s like… all white and scarlet colored” he brought up as he looked around the Aquarius’ room.
"I haven't payed much attention to the decorations. As long as the bed is comfortable, I'm fine with living here"
Quebec laughed at rested on his bed
, Of course, it was a Qiryu. Luc sighed and released the gas, a layer of calm but brutal honestly surrounded the figure. "Who are you? Why did you kill that person? What was your goal?"
“Well sorry for being difficult” Matthew laughed a bit and sat down on the edge of the bed. He stared at the furnitures, one at a time before he stood up.
“Well, I’ll be heading back to my room n—“ a knock came from outside Quebec’s room.
“The name’s Alex, a bounty hunter from Qiryu. I was hired by a Knight from Selas though I don’t know his name. I don’t know why but after they told me to kill using the weapons in the armory, they gave me the key to the room and as soon as I opened the door, the key disappeared and I killed him when he was reading a letter” he was spewing out the answers as fast as thunder and he was stressing out. He covered his mouth but he already answered all the questions Lucisan asked so far.
Luc nodded and committed the others answers to memory. He tilted his head towards Vincent. "Any other questions you want me to ask him? It'll only work if I ask them." Luc hummed, eyes still trained on the killer.
Vincent nodded subtly.
“I need more information on the Knight’s physical feature” he answered.
The Alex struggled to get out of Vincent’s grasp only resulting in the agent to press him against the tree even harder.
"Information on the knight's physical features," Luc growled at the figure. "Now. And don't try to say it was concealed by a mask or anything else." He fixed his gloves, somehow making the gesture threatening.
The figure flinched before answering…
“Black hair, green eyes, taller than I am… t-that is all I remember” he answered.