The utility room by the garden was easy to find.

The mansion itself is backed by a moderately sized annex storehouse, where a stone-paved path leads to both the garden and the mansion.

The only problem is that the door to the utility room is locked.

The Ronald trio didn't have the keys at all.

Seeing this, Thomson in the team immediately complained:

"That's ......"

Knock –

As soon as he spoke, the middle-aged merchant's voice stopped abruptly.

In the face of this level of obstacle, Nessos went up with a kick, and the wood inlaid with the door lock cracked in response, directly making the door lock reach its useful life ahead of schedule.

Crunch –

There was an unpleasant grinding sound between the planks and the ground.

Without saying a word, he pushed open the door, and Nessos simply raised the lamp and walked in, leaving only the stunned middle-aged merchant behind him.

Step in.

The size of the utility room is no different from what you see from the outside.

Two vertical shelves occupy the left and right walls, and there is a diagonally covered cellar entrance at the innermost point. The ladder that the man spoke of was in the corner, and there were tools such as axes and saws scattered in the toolbox.

Space at a glance, things at a glance.

Looking around, Naysus immediately spoke:

"Thomson, you go and move the ladder, and Ronald and I get the tools."

"Hurry up, everybody."

"Good...... Good. ”

Probably to make up for the mistakes he made before, and it is also possible that he will be shocked by Nessos.

Without any rebuttal, Thomson carried the heaviest ladder and walked back on his own.

Ronald and Nessos, on the other hand, each carried the tools in their toolboxes.

Axes, hammers, and saws are enough to break the floor.

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From the time I left to the time I returned, not much time passed.

But standing back in the warm range of the fireplace again, I always feel relieved.

After looking at the two companions beside him and confirming that neither of them showed any tiredness, Ronald asked:

"Without further ado, let's go straight away?"

"No problem."

As soon as I left the living room, the light around me dimmed.

In order to reduce the probability of being discovered as much as possible, the three of them also did not carry lamps, so they moved forward in the dark on the first floor.

Since there is no need to connect to the ground by stairs, the structure of the first floor is significantly different from that of the second floor.

Trying to get to the location of the broken door on the second floor, the three of them first bypassed the stairs on the side of the living room, and then through a circular hallway.

Until I passed through a bathroom and came to a locked room.

Nessos in front of him stopped.

Stretched out his hand to stop the two people behind him, and then he said in a low voice:

"The location is here."

"Ronald, I'm going in."

"Okay."

Without saying a word, Nessos's voice landed, and Ronald began to guard his surroundings.

Thomson really can't rely on it, and this kind of work is the only one he can do.

The corridor in the darkness was silent—

Except for the fact that Naxos had nowhere to find a hairpin behind him, and then stumbled around with the door lock, even the air became dull.

Click-

Less than ten seconds had passed, accompanied by a small sound.

Nessus jerked the doorknob, then twisted it slightly.

The door is open!

This guy is pretty good at even picking locks!

Although it is just an ordinary door lock, it can be picked open so quickly with just a hairpin, which shows the ability of Nessos.

Ronald turned around and gave the guy a complicated look before following into the room.

Tick – tick – tick –

It's a very ordinary bedroom.

Ordinary beds, ordinary wardrobes, ordinary windows.

Only near the edge of the window in the room was the unusual sound of 'tick-tock' water droplets falling to the ground.

If you have a keen sense of smell, you can even smell a faint smell of blood.

That's blood—

From the shattered ceiling, dark red blood was dripping down a cracked piece of wood and spreading through the cracks in the floor.

"It's the one just now."

"That's right."

Ronald and Nessos looked at each other and agreed in tacit agreement.

I still remember that when I was on the second floor, the 'mother' abused and imprisoned the 'daughter' in the room, and there was the sound of wood breaking.

Now on the ground floor, everything is obvious.

With this piece of wood directly through the other person's body, the 'mother' nailed her child to the floor!

Of course, now is not the time to lament the other party's cruelty.

Time is of the essence.

"Thomson, come and set up a ladder."

"Good...... Good. ”

Bring the ladder you are carrying to the window.

He was about to set up a ladder, but Thomson's movements stopped.

Because right next to him, Nessos and Ronald were looking at him with a very strange look.

"How...... What's wrong? ”

Isn't it just a matter of carving out a gap around this wooden stick that runs through the body for people to walk with, and then the matter is finished?

Facing the strange eyes of the two, Thomson asked cautiously.

Immediately, Ronald reached out and covered his face.

He still likes to talk to smart people.

"You don't think we're going to destroy the floor the way that man did, do you?"

"It's hard to ...... Isn't it? Thomson was still confused.

Taking advantage of the time when Nessus opened the window and climbed out, Ronald explained:

"The noise of destroying the floor is too loud, and it is bound to attract that 'woman' to it. We're going to build a ladder outside the window and go straight up to the second floor to get the kid down. ”

"Huh?"

Blinking, Thomson asked again:

"But why are we moving around the house?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to come straight from the utility room with a ladder?"

"Because the windows on the second floor can see the first floor."

Rather helplessly, he explained to Thomson that Ronald did not plan to continue to greet the merchants.

With a companion like Nessos as a comparison, the middle-aged merchant really makes people feel powerless.

But in fact, in reality, there are more people like Thomson.

I can only say that it is understandable......

Following Nessos outside, the two of them set up a ladder with neat movements.

The merchants held up the ladder below, and they climbed one after the other to the second floor.

Through the windows on the second floor, the view is unobstructed.

Under the angry destruction of the previous 'mother', there is hardly a single piece of intact furniture in the room.

A messy room, like a place where a pack of wild beasts were raised.

And very close to the window, a girl in a white dress was lying on the ground.

Just as Ronald guessed, she was almost completely immobilized by a broken chair through her shoulder blades, stained with a large amount of blood.

But even so, the girl's bright eyes kept staring at the window.

She's waiting for someone to rescue her!