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Chapter 1,439 The Wine Thief

"What clue?"

I thought I would come back empty-handed, but Fini suddenly came back with a counterattack, which made me very interested.

"It's from the only wanderer who has been to the Madea settlement, Meow." Feini tilted her head and said uncertainly.

"Cousin, don't have too much hope, meow. I don't think this clue is very credible, meow."

"Tell me what clue it is. Anyway, it's better to have it than none." I stopped and motioned for Feini to continue.

"The wanderer said, Meow. When he was passing by the Madeya settlement, he seemed to see the children there. One of them had something like a silver coin in his hand, Meow."

"Something like silver coins?" I frowned.

This range is quite large. It may be an ordinary silver coin, or it may be a mess. No wonder Fini said the credibility is not very high.

"Didn't he explain in detail what it was?"

"No Meow. At that time, he felt that it was not an ordinary thing and should have some value, so he wanted to trade Meow from the other party, but the other party refused Meow."

Let me see, the wanderer also works part-time as an antique dealer.

"As a digression, by the way, what did he plan to use to trade that silver coin-like thing from that elf child?" I felt that the wanderer's integrity was not trustworthy, so I asked.

"Candy Cat." Feini glanced at me guiltily, but she still said it without concealing it.

I:"……"

Sure enough, he is a profiteer + a weird uncle.

"Is that all the information?" I was disappointed again. I originally thought that Feini's additional information could be of some help, but I was still too naive. It couldn't be such a coincidence.

"It seems that there is no more Meow. By the way, what else did that person say? The reason why the elf child refused was [This is a gift from my father. I have been told that I can only give it to important people in the future, so I cannot exchange it] or something like that."

If so, it probably has no value, so I didn’t remember it.”

"Well, it's really of no value." I responded calmly.

What does it mean to only give gifts to important people in the future? This unscrupulous father, did his daughter start teasing her future when she was still young?

"I'm sorry, cousin, I can't help you much." Feini saw the disappointment on my face and lowered her head in frustration.

"It's nothing. At least we can rule out the alliance. Well done."

After all, Fini was also a big help. I thought about it and stretched out my hand to touch her dog with a smile... It must be a cat head. By the way, what kind of material are these cute cat ears she is wearing? Kazuma actually

It's almost the same, although it's still far from the feel of my Lena and Little Fox.

"Meow huhu~~~This is what Fini should do, meow~~" Under my touch, Fini showed an embarrassed expression of satisfaction and rubbed the hand on her head, Wow, it's better to stop quickly, I always feel

The atmosphere is going to get weird.

"Okay, I've wasted you so much time, your Oona should be anxious, go back first."

I patted my butt and stood up, taking a look at the sky outside. It was almost time to find King Arthur and return to the elves.

"Ah————!!!" At this moment, a maid screamed from outside.

"What's wrong?"

Feini and I looked at each other and rushed out.

Could it be that another blind adventurer is causing trouble while drunk?

When we arrived at the outside area of ​​the bar, the expected chaos did not appear before our eyes.

"What happened?"

I think one of the maids closest to me asked.

"I'm not sure. The sound seems to be coming from the wine cellar. Elder Fan and Bisi are inside. Come and have a look." The maid was busy delivering wine to the guests, holding a cup in each hand.

There was a tray filled with glasses of ale, and I couldn't spare any time. Seeing that the person coming was me, I quickly said.

"Okay, be careful." When I heard it was Bisi, I nodded quickly. Together with Feini, we entered through a remote secret door under the stairs, went down the dry and dark stone stairs, and arrived at the Green Forest Bar.

basement.

The dim yellow magic lights are lit inside, which makes the vision even more hazy. The densely packed wine barrels make people feel like they are in a maze.

Feeling Bisi's breath, I quickly went up.

"Bisi, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Bisi and the other maids were still standing there, I was relieved.

"No...it's nothing, Elder Fan. I'm really sorry for frightening you." Seeing Feini and I hurried over, several maids hurriedly saluted.

"What happened? That scream just now."

Seeing that their expressions did not look like something big had happened, I asked curiously.

"It's...it's me..."

One of the maids stuck out her tongue and raised her hand in embarrassment to indicate that the screaming prisoner was her.

"That's because... because the wine in the wine cellar... suddenly disappeared. This has never happened before. I couldn't help it... I couldn't help but scream."

"So that's it." Hearing this, Fini and I were completely relieved. What, it turns out we just ran out of wine.

"What's going on? Why is the wine gone? Was it stolen or something?"

Although it's not a big deal, since I'm following him, let's investigate carefully. Maybe the wine thief is still in the wine cellar, and it's not safe for Bisi and the others to be left behind.

"Elder Fan, it's... it's like this... Hey... you'll know after you come over and take a look." The person involved, the maid who looked a few years younger than Bisi, couldn't explain clearly at the moment, so she simply led us to the

Get up and walk forward.

"Bis, are you really okay?"

Following behind, I glanced at Bisi walking next to me. I don’t know when she let down her straight and neat bangs again, and the ends of her hair touched her upper eyelashes. As a maid, in order to show respect to the guests,

She habitually lowered her head a little, so that her very beautiful eyes looked half-covered and not so conspicuous. If I hadn't seen Bisi just now, I wouldn't have noticed it.

She has such beautiful and moving eyes.

The light makeup on her pretty face has also been removed, and she has returned to her usual self. However, even so, in the Green Forest Bar, where there are so many beauties and is known to have the highest quality of maids in Kurast, she is second only to Fini and Oona.

The third sign after that.

Having said that, I have always had a question. The landlady who is suspected of being a charter woman has really good eyesight. The orphan girls she takes in are all beautiful women when they grow up.

It would be great if you could teach me this kind of vision. No, no, no, don’t get me wrong. I have absolutely no wrong ideas. I just think it’s always good to have more skills at your disposal.

"Really...it's really okay." Bisi lowered her head shyly and shook her head gently. Her fair and pretty face with a faint blush looked unique in the dim light.

After not walking far, we stopped and walked towards a wine barrel pointed by the little maid.

The aged wine barrel exuded a pleasant smell mixed with the aroma of wood and wine. It was surprisingly large. It was placed on the shelf and was about the same height as me. It could hold at least a hundred liters of ale.

If you let an old drunkard sneak into this place, wouldn't it be like going to heaven?

I thought to myself, squatted down, and checked carefully.

There were no signs of damage on the surface of the barrel, so Annoying must have stolen the ale inside according to conventional means. I checked an outlet at the bottom of the barrel. It was a bit like a common faucet in the original world. As long as it was lightly

Turn the top of the rotor to pour out the ale.

At this time, the head was turned loose, but only a few drops of ale dripped out from the outlet, leaving a small puddle on the dry ground. The aroma of wine overflowed, but it seemed that all the wine inside had been stolen.

I picked up the barrel, weighed it, and knocked it again. It was indeed true. It was already empty. It was definitely due to a simple reason such as the outlet being blocked.

"It's not just this barrel." The little maid led us forward, counting barrels one by one. A total of twelve barrels of ale were stolen.

This quantity is not small. When the business of Green Forest Bar is at its best, it only consumes two barrels a day.

"Have you noticed any suspicious guy entering or exiting the wine cellar?" I stopped, pinched the pipe (?) in my mouth, and asked with a deep look. Watson, Watson, where are you?!

"No." Everyone shook their heads.

"Elder Fan, the real entrance to the wine cellar is in the yard behind the bar. The entrance here is for the convenience of getting wine." Bisi explained softly from the side.

It turns out that this is the case, but that would be difficult. The entrance is in the courtyard, and there is no concealment at all. The annoying person might have slipped away from there.

I glanced at Fini, and even she, who was experienced in the wild, shook her head, indicating that in this situation, it would be almost impossible to find the prisoner.

"Cousin, ordinary people can't steal that much wine. Even ten or eight strong men would have to load it in many containers and carry it for half an hour. It's impossible for no one to notice such a big movement.

"

"You mean, the prisoner is an adventurer, and only an adventurer with an inventory can steal so much wine quietly." It suddenly dawned on me, why didn't I think of this? Well done Watson.

, you are worthy of being my assistant.

"That's what I mean, meow. The prisoner can't be anyone other than the adventurer, meow." Feini nodded and confirmed.

"It seems there is no way out." I sighed.

If the prisoner is an adventurer, it will be even more difficult to find a loophole.

I looked around on the ground without giving up, but found no clues to solve the case - shoe prints, a handful of strange soil and the like. As for fingerprints, I'm sorry, the Dark Continent doesn't like this.
To be continued...