Half-elf Notebook

Chapter 207 Participating in the Investigation

On Sunday morning, the sunny sky was replaced by a sudden snowfall, and the streets of Pamelin were once again covered with a thin layer of new snow.

This was the first snow since Ina arrived in Pamelin, and it seemed that no matter which city you were in - the snow was the same.

The same goes for people.

Ina changed into a newly purchased thick linen women's work dress, used the cloth to cover the magic crystal of the "Flower of Jue Li" long sword, and hid the bracelet and ring inside the gloves.

Came to a cheap but warm restaurant in the Tans district.

This is where she and Bello agreed to meet.

The store was packed with people. The round tables, square stools, and even the wall-mounted tables in front of the windows were almost all occupied by diners, and were filled with various meals and hot tea.

——They had nothing in common in terms of occupation or gender, but they had one thing in common: the clothes they wore were very different from those of the respectable residents of the Volondi area.

Although they are warm enough, most of them are old, and some are even decorated with inconspicuous fabric patches.

In Pamelin, ordinary, non-tailored clothes are very cheap.

Ina's outfit cost less than 15 silver dollars.

Even so, she still stands out from the crowd.

In the crowd, some people just ordered a cup of strong tea and stood at the hanging table by the wall, as if they just wanted to stay in this warm store for a while longer.

Ina looked around and soon found Bello sitting at a round table.

His clothes were similar to Ina's, and his attire vaguely revealed that he had worked in internal city investigations in the past, but it was obvious that he had not worn this outfit very often.

There are two portable oil lamps on the table, with their sharp eyes that make people stay away, as if they are a sheriff who has finished his night patrol and is preparing to hand over his work.

After a simple breakfast, Ina followed Bello out of the restaurant and walked towards the edge of the Tans district.

There is no way. Even magicians and professionals with extraordinary abilities cannot avoid conducting down-to-earth investigations step by step when they encounter the task of finding someone.

Repeat the process of confirming traces, making inferences, narrowing down the scope, and then investigating again.

After all, if criminals worth hundreds or thousands of gold coins were so easy to catch, these criminals who had been on the run for several years or even decades would have been brought to justice by silver-level bounty hunters within a few months of the reward notice being posted.

How could they, the lower-level pursuers, have a chance to...

And now, the two were preparing to go to a place that Ward cared about.

The sewers below the Tans district where Bot Albido's traces were first discovered.

Although Ina is just a country girl who came to the city and doesn’t know what a sewer is…

After passing through the layers of buildings, Ina's eyes suddenly opened up and a wide river appeared.

In winter, there are still scattered large pieces of floating ice on the surface. They move with the water flow and occasionally collide with passing transport ships.

This branch river runs directly through the entire Pamelin. It is hundreds of meters wide and is the main source of water for urban residents and the lifeline of this steel city.

Every year, countless ships bring huge amounts of ore, cement raw materials, cotton and grain from upstream and downstream cities, and then load up the same weight of iron ingots, copper ingots, steel and various finished products, as well as fabrics and leave.

The half-elf grabbed the fence on the outer edge of the dam with both hands and stopped to look. All he could see were the riverside buildings that covered the ends of the river, the city walls, and the misty white fog formed by the falling snowflakes.

"Ms. Ina?" Beno called out in confusion, awakening the half-elf girl who was a little absent-minded.

He had already slipped through the gap in the outer fence, and half of his body disappeared under the platform.

Ina hurriedly followed, and when she got closer she found that it was a section of stone stairs extending downwards.

Above the water, a corridor with iron fences appeared under the platform. Unlike the platform above, the corridor was sparsely populated. The road was covered with a layer of white frost, and not even a single footprint of a pedestrian could be seen.

On the wall on one side of the aisle, there is an arched tunnel with foul-smelling sewage flowing out at regular intervals.

“Is this the sewer?”

Ina quickly adapted to the smell in the air while looking into the deep corridor.

She finally understood why the other members of the adventurer team reminded her to change into cheap clothes.

Bello didn't react much to the half-elf girl's ignorant behavior.

He placed two oil lamps with simple structures, with teardrop-shaped glass and iron frames on the snow, knelt on one knee, took off the lampshades of each, struck a match he had found, and lit the wicks.

Handing a lamp to Ina, he took a few deep breaths and pointed to the nearest sewer opening:

"Let's go."

His voice was hoarse and he was obviously still getting used to the sickening stench.