The Return of the God Level Assassin [BL]
Chapter 824: Smiled Like A Winner

ONCE Luo Yan and Sofia walked in, every gaze inside the drawing landed on them. If this was any other time, some might replace them being together as suspicious. But everyones nerves were still frayed by the two consecutive deaths that happened within hours of each other. So, everyone was undoubtedly on edge right now.

He nodded to Sofia, indicating that she could sit somewhere with the others. After that, Luo Yan looked around and sure enough, aside from George and the footman, Edward and the fake Sorcha were also not there.

Have anyone called Mr. Edward and Miss Sorcha? he first asked.

S-sir, I did call the missus but shes not in her room, the maid said.

Father is also not in his room, Harry said with almost no energy.

Eddie is not in his room? Thats odd. Hes clearly there when I woke up, Sofia said. Maybe hes just in one of the rooms? After all, this manor is too big.

Harry seemed to be triggered by what Sofia said. He turned to her and almost growled, Do you think I dont know that? Thats why I only said that hes not in his room. Did you hear me say that hes not in this house?

Okay, lets not let out emotions get the better of us, Luo Yan said. Why dont we all search for them. With all of us here, Im sure we could search the whole place and replace them in no time. What do you say?

Although some grumbled, the rest still agreed. So, it was quickly decided that they would go around the manor to search for the two. They decided to do it in pairs and divided their search area to make everything faster.

Of course, Luo Yan made sure that the area he would search involved the fake Sorchas room. And he also partnered with Daphne. This way, he could ask the other about how they found Catherines body.

Im sorry to ask you to search around like this despite what just happened, he said first when they started their search.

Daphne shook her head weakly. Its fine. With few people around, its important that we all work together.

Do you know who first found your mothers body? he asked.

Its me, Daphne answered. She was silent for a few seconds, a sad expression on her face. My room is on the third floor. I didnt want to go out after what happened last night. So, I had been staying in my room. I was looking outside the window when I saw a body suddenly fell. I looked outside the window, when I saw the body, a bad feeling quickly filled with me. I didnt even think much and I just ran downstairs.

Some of them probably saw me running like crazy so they followed. When I arrived where the body fell and when I saw the clothes, I- I just knew its my m-mother. I was truly out of it. I probably only understood the severity of what happened when that maid screamed her lungs out upon seeing the b-body.

So, it was the maids scream that Luo Yan and Sofia heard. May I ask how are you so certain that it was your mother? You saw how badly mangled the bodys face was. Honestly, it could be anyone.

I- its the clothes. Im very familiar with my mothers nightgowns. So, I knew it was her.

Luo Yan nodded. When you looked out of the window, did you notice anything? Aside from the body, of course.

No, not really. Then, as if she remembered something, an expression of enlightenment appeared on her face. Wait- there was something. I didnt think much of it because my mind was just filled with that body, but I think I saw someones shadow. They were standing at a corner, so I could only see their shadow. But there was definitely someone there. Do you think they had anything to do with what happened to my mother?

This corner should be the corner of the manor near where the body fell. From Daphnes perspective, she truly wouldnt see whose shadow it belonged to. So, while she was running down the stairs to reach where the body fell, the owner of this shadow smashed Catherines face with maybe a stone or something. And then, they joined everyone when they gathered around the body. Thus, making an illusion that they also just got there.

With this, its certain that at least two people were working together to stage everything that had happened so far. One of them was most definitely William Harcourt. He already had an idea who the other one was. He just had to look for more evidence to make sure that he was correct.

Im not sure, he said in response to what Daphne said. When you arrived at the spot where the body was, did you still see the shadow?

Daphne was silent for a moment as if thinking back to that moment. No, I dont think I did.

Luo Yan nodded. That was to be expected. With how careful they were, its probably only an accident that Daphne even managed to see a shadow.

He and Daphne continued on with their search. As expected, they hadnt found the two they were looking for. Until they finally reached the fake Sorchas room. Upon entering, the room was empty as expected.

Shes not here just like the maid said. Should we go to another place? Daphne asked.

No, theres something I need to check first.

Daphne only nodded and didnt ask much question. Luo Yan then walked to the bathroom. He looked around at every corner to see if he could replace anything. And there, just beside the vanity mirror, the medicine cabinet was slightly opened.

He didnt hesitate to open it. Its content was pretty normal. First-aid kit and all that. But the one thing that attracted his attention was the shaving cream inside. The one that men used to shave their facial hair.

Luo Yan smiled like a winner when he saw that.