Chapter 212



212 The Red Shawl

Selma Payne’s POV:

After all, folded spaces were created to hide from outsiders, so they wouldn’t be discovered so easily.

As a result, we were at a stalemate again. However, in any case, we finally had a breakthrough after many days of searching.

I was already exhausted from delivering the information, so Frank didn’t allow me to return to the team immediately. He told another team member and me to rest in the ruins of the witch clan for the night and set off tomorrow morning.

Before the lights went out, Aldrich and a few other werewolf grandmasters came to find me.

As soon as he entered, Master Mary went straight to the point. “You suspect a hidden folded space in Frank’s residence?”

“Yes, I even suspect that the house he’s living in is Mullwica’s residence.”

I told them about my conjectures, and with all the coincidences combined, it was hard not to be suspicious.

“As we all know, Mullwica fled from Europe to escape pursuit. The first half of her life was filled with fear and anxiety. In that case, even after she settled down, she would still use spatial sorcery to hide her residence. It’s not that hard to understand.

“From 5:30 am to 10:30 pm, this is the sorcerers’ active time in the old era. During this period, Mullwica would open her residence to her relatives and friends, but she would hide it at night to prevent possible accidental attacks.

“Dorothy had a precognitive dream before. The hints in the dream were vague, but she could see that Mullwica was resistant to the outside world. We’re guessing that Mullwica was on guard against someone, not the church hunting her down or her ex-husband, but a third party that we don’t know about.

“It’s impossible to know whom she’s guarding against, but this is strong evidence that she sealed her residence.”

After confirming this, it was inevitable to go to Frank’s cabin to confirm it.

The problem was that we couldn’t be sure if Frank were a friend or foe, so we had to avoid him.

“We have to find a way to distract him,” Aldrich suggested. “Why don’t we get him and Master Mary to inspect the canyon tomorrow? As long as we can delay him for a day, it’s enough for us to carry out our investigation.”

This was a good idea, but how should we do it?

The next day.

“Miss Selma has a fever?” While I was pretending to be sick in my sleeping bag under the effects of the spell, Frank came to visit me in a hurry.

After coughing a few times, I weakly said, “Actually, I felt fine last night, but I suddenly had a fever today. I’m sorry. I’ll return to the reconnaissance team immediately after I get better and try not to drag down the team members’ work.”

Frank placed the blanket he brought over on me and said kindly, “Don’t say silly things, child. The most important thing is to take care of your body. Someone will take over your task in the reconnaissance team. You don’t have to feel guilty about this. It’s inevitable to have a headache and fever when you’re on a mission in extreme weather. This is a common thing, let alone a burden.”

After pretending to treat my condition, Master Mary suggested, “Why don’t I take Yuri with me? Although he’s a bit mean, he’s very efficient. I think he’ll be able to adapt to investigation work.”

“No.” Frank shook his head. “That kid, Yuri, was assigned a search job today. He left with the team a long time ago.”

“What about Alvin? Or Margaret? They’re both very smart.”

After thinking about it, every team member had already arranged their work, so it was not impossible for them to be transferred temporarily. However, this would not only affect the work of the reconnaissance team.

In the end, Frank said, “I’ll go first today. I’ll take the opportunity to inspect the situation of the canyon. Words and photos are never as straightforward as what you can see with the naked eye.”

Yay! The plan was working!

He did not always stay in the witch clan’s ruins. He had to patrol the other three bases regularly. Generally speaking, when he left the team, he would let Master Mary or the team’s experienced members take over the responsibility of the temporary leader. But now that Aldrich was here, an experienced general would be the best choice.

After they left, we immediately entered the cabin to investigate.

Now was when the dimensional space would open, but the cabin’s appearance was completely different from Dorothy’s dream. This made sense. Frank would have noticed something was wrong if the cabin had been different from day to night.

We carefully explored every corner, but we still didn’t find anything.

Could I have been wrong? This was just an ordinary cabin?

I asked Dorothy for help and asked her to think about any useful details in the dream.

“Oh… that was just a blurry dream. I really can’t think of anything special,” Dorothy said. “If I have to say something that left a deep impression on me, it would be that ‘I’ – the daughter of Mullwica in my dreams – always wore the same shawl.”

“A shawl? What does it look like?”

“I think it was bright red. I’m sorry, that’s all I can think of. It’s been a long time since the dream. I can’t remember many details other than the specific plot.”

Alright, it was just an ordinary-looking shawl. Didn’t the women in ancient times wear that during winter?

But a bright red shawl?

Had I seen a red scarf somewhere before?