Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 419 - 419 276

419: 276.

Useless Effort 419: 276.

Useless Effort Midnight.

The dead branches no longer shook violently.

The heavy rain on the ground had become gentle.

“Do you still remember what she looked like?” the oil lamp sketched out Lu Li’s facial contours.

[Sara uncontrollably recalled “that person,” her blurry memory held her mother with waist-length, creamy yellow hair that was soft and wavy like water rippling on a surface, often wearing a white long dress, sitting atop a tower, gazing out at the plains…]

“When I visited Aunt recently, she was just as beautiful as the years before when the Viscount took you away, her hair had grown even longer.”

Lu Li filled in his invented identity using the plot-relevant information provided.

[“You really…” Sara looked disbelief at the two heavily wounded people, but how could this be…]

[“Impossible!

If my mother had you care for me, why would she betray me and cause Adam’s death!” Sara yelled hysterically at the servants Lu Li and Aileen, her hand tightly clutching the dagger.]

“That wasn’t me.”

Baron, knowing how to respond, shook his head and said, “I don’t know why you would think I was the informant… But do you remember, when we were young I was already your personal maid, we practically grew up playing together, you are my best friend, how could I possibly betray you?”

[“Father personally said that the servant by my side was there to watch me!”]

“Who did he say it was?”

[Sara couldn’t answer, as her father had not mentioned who the informant was, he just said there were servants… David?

Lola?

Vinson?

Or one of those two.]

“The day you met with Adam, I helped you hide it,” Lu Li said looking directly at Sara, adding weight to her statement, “Unfortunately, the Viscount found out the truth by other means.”

[Sara subconsciously thought of the day she met Adam, his once sunny and handsome face now covered in spots, stiffly lying in the dark corner of the basement.

While her heart ached, she also remembered the help from Lu Li and that meaningful gaze.]

[“So it turns out…” Sara’s heightened emotions began to calm down, as she began to believe what they said, because they knew her mother.]

Next, Sara might inquire about the whereabouts of her mother, which neither Lu Li nor the Baron could know, so before that, Lu Li changed the subject, saying, “Do you have someone in mind?

The person who betrayed you.”

They were not truly safe, for Sara, whose mind was slipping into paranoia, might be overtaken by a new thought at any moment, so Lu Li needed to direct Sara to determine a common enemy.

Responsible for diverting all of Sara’s hostility away.

“Who exactly wants to frame me, and force the young lady to do these things?” the Baron interjected timely.

[Aileen’s words instantly made the clueless Sara think of a figure.

A figure with a malicious smile, the culprit behind everything…

that…

devil!]

Devil?

Anna and Lu Li exchanged glances.

The story suddenly became more elusive, was there really a manipulator called “the devil” behind Sara?

“Did you think of someone?” asked Lu Li calmly.

[Sara nodded her head, recalling the figure disguised as Uncle Andrew, the spine-chilling presence.

She even fearfully considered whether all this was part of the devil’s plan.

Perhaps Adam was killed by him…]

Sara’s emotions became unstable again, and the Baron spoke, soothing her.

[Sara felt much better, urgently yet guiltily asked Aileen, “Where is my mother now?”]

The Baron hesitated, remaining silent.

Lu Li answered for him, “We can’t tell you.”

[“Why!” Sara looked towards Lu Li.]

Lu Li, adept at fabricating non-existent things, replied, “It’s related to why the Viscount took you away from Aunt and refuses to let you meet.”]

This conversation made Sara think even more.

The Baron gave Lu Li a meaningful glance during the pause; their situation had become too dire.

One was lying on the table like a fish on a cutting board, while another was shackled against the wall…

Lu Li tilted his head, unable to understand; the Baron was frustrated.

“Sara, let us go…” the Baron tried to make his tone and expression seem sorrowful, but at this point, the plot did it better than her.

[Aileen’s weary words touched Sara’s heart.

She walked towards Aileen, laughing and talking cheerfully, staying close.

The freckled face of her youth gradually overlapped with what was before her…

In the dark, damp basement, Aileen’s eyes were red and swollen, filthy bandages wrapped around her legs, the parts below her knees gone…

Sara pursed her lips, squatting in front of Aileen, and said softly, “Don’t you hate me?”]

“I do.”

The Baron knew what to say at this time.

False lies would only increase Sara’s suspicions.

So, the Baron made himself as sincere as possible, like an ordinary person unable to let go: “But I know you didn’t mean it…

Miss is gentle and kind, even to servants, not like other nobles…

I hate the bastard who made you become this way more.”

[Sara’s expression increasingly guilty, her hands, stained with moss juice, gently caressed Aileen’s cheek.]

The Baron didn’t shy away, letting the black outline stroke his cheek.

“I’m sorry.”

Sara left a brief message and stood up to turn around.

Her long, slender eyes widened, the Baron watched in surprise as Sara walked away, her steps resolute, as if she had made a certain decision.

The Baron’s heart began to beat violently, an unnamed fear reoccupying her heart.

“We can help you!

Think about reviving Adam with us…”

The Baron’s shouting gradually quieted; she already knew Sara’s thoughts from the echoing, ancient tone…

[It will surely raise suspicions…]

[It will surely raise suspicions…]

[Three servants had disappeared, and two were severely injured; they were not suitable to be seen by others.

So after tonight, everyone in the manor would find out about the missing servants, and when they found these bodies, they would know everything was done by themselves!]

[Sara suddenly realized that she had no more time or room to maneuver.]

Their efforts suddenly seemed ridiculous because the plot put them back on the opposing side of Sara again.

“Look around.

Is this what you wanted?” the Baron still said loudly in vain.

“They all died because of you!”

“Was it all worth it?

Just for Adam!?”

“Don’t you want to know where your mother is!”

Sara responded with silence, candles being placed one by one around Lu Li.

“Why?” Lu Li asked calmly as he stared at Sara.

The moss on his body had long since dried up, sticking to his skin like scabs.

Once the candles were placed, Sara picked up a hemp rope and looped it around Lu Li’s neck.

[“I had to do it.” She answered sadly.]

Sara tightened the rope around Lu Li’s neck.