Chapter 62: Destroying Corpses And Eradicating Traces
Back in the store, Solim was not in a hurry to search. Instead, he walked around the entire store, and even destroyed the fireplace on the second floor, lest someone suddenly come here through the fireplace. On a cabinet on the first floor, Solim found an object. Through experiments and observations, Solim determined that this was the object used to identify himself as a minor.
"This thing is interesting, but the application area is very small, so it's useless." Solim threw the thing into the box without any hassle.
I have to say that there are still a lot of good things in the store of "Amazing Lavis", but of course, there are more garbage. Solim simply threw all the things he saw into the box. Fortunately, the box Elrond gave Solim was big enough, otherwise it really couldn't hold so many things. Solim is going to put away all the things first, and then slowly screen them when he goes back. The sooner you leave this kind of right and wrong place, the better, no one knows if there will be any changes after staying for a long time.
Solim shook his hand, using his wand for a long time and frequently, fatigued the muscles in his hand. But at last I moved almost all the things in the store. Only then did Solim remember that there were still two corpses in the basement to be dealt with. One was the result of Fiendfyer blinking, and the other was stabbed to death by his wand. He at least wanted to cover up these traces, and the most convenient way was to burn them with a fire. However, Solim found a jar of corrosive potion in the store, and he was going to use this to destroy the corpse.
"Hey! It's really dark, I can't see anything." Solim drew out his wand and used a fluorescent flash to illuminate the dimly lit basement.
Two corpses were lying on the ground in strange postures. Solim didn't pay attention to the corpse on the ground, but looked at the basement.
The basement is not very big, Solim estimated that it is less than 30 ping. Three walls are filled with shelves, and there is a workbench in front of one wall. Solim didn't look carefully, and neatly packed all the things here and threw them into the box—except for the two corpses on the ground. Without any nonsense, Solim poured a whole pot of corrosive potion on the two concrete bodies. Having done this, Solim returned to the surface before being choked to death by the smell of the caustic potion.
Looking at the empty room, looking at the empty shelves. Solim felt a little emotional for a while, he was obviously planning to deal honestly, whoever imagined it would end up like that. But this incident also reminded Solim: If it is not a fluke this time, then it should be him who is lying in the basement now.
Yes, Solim thought his escape this time was mostly a fluke. If the two wizards hadn't relaxed their vigilance after learning that they were a minor wizard, they would have no chance of fighting against two adult wizards, especially in such a small place. Solim thought of the alchemy item that could see through his disguise. It is here, and maybe it is also available in other shops in Knockturn Alley. It is better for him not to come to Knockturn Alley casually in the future.
Looking at the messy shop he had rummaged through, Solim began to recall the whole incident and his own measures, wanting to see if there was anything missing. Solim was resting his chin and thinking about something, when out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a portrait hanging on the wall - but there was nothing in the portrait.
"Broken `「!" Solim suddenly realized something. A splinter instantly shattered the portrait. "It can only be burned... I hope it can be burned cleanly." Solim knew that it was time to race against time, so he didn't hesitate at all:
"Fire!"
Golden flames spewed out from the "bone spur" in Solim's right hand, instantly setting the shop on fire. Solim retreated back while maintaining the spell.
"It's on fire! It's on fire!" The people in Knockturn Alley discovered the situation here.
Solim didn't panic about this. He used the Flame Curse. The magic fire from the Flame Curse would produce smoke when burning things. If it was Fiendfire, no one would notice it unless it was burned outside. Solim's only worry now is that the burning is not complete, and some of the traces he left are not completely destroyed.
Within five minutes of Solim slipping away, the fire of the "magic Lavis" was extinguished. Three wizards in black robes stood atop the still smoking ruins.
"Damn it! What the hell is going on!"
"We came here as soon as we received the news, it was still a step late. If the place where the portrait was hung was not too remote, we should have known it immediately. Both Lavis and his nephew were dead, and the portrait saw them It was thrown into the basement."
"It doesn't matter if these two trash are dead! But what the Rich family wants is in this store, and they deliberately went through such a hidden channel, so as not to be discovered by others. Tell me, is there someone who leaked the news?"
"It's unlikely. The goods just arrived today. If the news is really going to leak, it's either the Rich family or the three of us. Think about it carefully, how to explain to them."
"The basement is here, and hopefully their bodies will give us some clues."
"Who did it? Lavis is not a weak hand. The portrait says that the uncle and nephew were killed in an instant."
"Look at the corpse first, and see if you can see anything."
When the three black-robed wizards looked at the pus on the ground and some fragments of clothes, they didn't speak for a while. This is because they put out the fire quickly, otherwise after a while, even the pus would be gone.
"It's difficult now..."
After leaving Knockturn Alley, Solim found a deserted corner in Diagon Alley, drank a drop of the shrinking potion, which counteracted the effect of the aging potion, and Solim turned back into the appearance of an underage wizard. Hood down Solim even bought two cones at Florin's Soda before going back.
Seeing her brother come back from the outside, Sirna said hello. She is lying on the bed now, playing with her little snake—Teles, while looking at Yicai, the first grader.
"Strawberry and banana, which one do you want?" Solim asked, taking out the cone he had just bought at Florin's Cold Drink shop.
"Strawberry's." Silna didn't look up, but just opened her hand, motioning for Solim to hand the item to her.
"Don't get it on the bed." Solim said casually.
«It's okay, you can clean it anyway. "Sirna took a bite, "Besides, this bed is for you to sleep on. "
...... I have some things to be busy, if I have something to do, I will knock on the box. "
Solim opened his own box and couldn't wait to get in. Standing on the stairs, looking at the mess below, Solim was a little speechless.
"Hopefully don't break too many things."
The ground was covered with a large pile of things that Solim threw in, and Solim didn't know how long it would take to sort out so many things, but now that he was on vacation, he had plenty of time.
Solim was about to sort out what was broken and what was obviously a hoax, and when Solim hadn't finished the job, Sirna poked her head out of the box to remind him that it was time for dinner.
When Solim and Silna were eating on the first floor of the Leaky Cauldron, they heard many people talking about the fire that happened in Knockturn Alley this afternoon.
Solim pricked up his ears and began to pay attention to what these people were talking about.
As Solim expected, someone turned up there afterwards, and was still looking around in the ruins. But when Solim heard that people from the Rich family also came to the scene of the incident, he knew that there must be something important in his box. He didn't have time to look at (Qian Dezhao) when he was rummaging around the store, so he had no way of knowing exactly what he took from the Rich family. But the things that can make a wizarding family like the Ritchie family care about are definitely not simple things, Solim decided to pack up those things overnight to see if there are any good treasures. However, to achieve this, there is still a problem to be solved.
"Well, you can sleep in your room tonight, I have some things to do, I need to use the box tonight." Solim said to Sirna.
"Didn't it be agreed? I'll sleep inside, you'll sleep outside." Sierna put down her fork, holding her mouth against Solim dissatisfied.
"Just tonight, I do have some things to do."
"Then you do your thing, and I'll sleep with mine."
Solim really didn't want Sierna to see the stolen goods there, and it would be difficult for him to explain. I went out for a while in the afternoon, and brought so many things when I came back. Sirna is not a fool, on the contrary, she is still very smart, and she will definitely be sympathetic to the fact that Solim came back in the afternoon, and then went out with the suitcase. Questionable.
Solim scratched his head, how about going back to the room and giving her a stun spell? How about pouring some water of life and death into the water she drank?