Chapter 43

After stepping into the main fall, Le Xaan was met with the careworn Le Finn, his Second Mother, Third Mother, and other family members.

His biological siblings and even his cousins were among them.

On a day that was not a festival, it was rare that they would gather without anyone missing.

Everyone gazed at the currently strongly built Le Xaan as he strode through the doorway with a blade at his hip.

Le Finn's face showed a hint of joy but then a trace of worry.

"Xaan, you... Sigh, you shouldn't come back now..."

"Dad, tell me, what happened? Did Yuri die?"

Le asked straightforwardly.

Due to Dark Shadow Qi, which had circulated around his body these few days, Le Xaan now looked somewhat menacing.

It then dawned on everyone present that Le Xaan was a formidable figure who had killed two treacherous wanted criminals.

This realization lessened their panic in ways big and small.

"Let me explain it to you." Louir Cayv sighed.

Le Xaan took a seat to the right.

"Please, Second Mother."

Louir Cayv started the story after organizing her thoughts for a moment.

"Everything started with Yuri's sudden death a few days ago."

She sighed again.

"That day, a relative of Yuri visited us to ask whether Yuri had left for her home. I told him that she had set off a long time ago.

That man, Yuri's relative, said that the family hadn't waited for her for three days, but Yuri didn't return home. That's why he would come to our Mansion.

I was also puzzled and decided to send people to look for Yuri. Immediately afterwards, the sheriff force delivered us the word that Yuri had died in an alley several days ago that her body was stiff.

Then, I allocated a sum of money for Yuri's funeral.

Yet, two days later, another servant at our Mansion went missing. I sent people to search for him, only to discover that person's body in a river outside the city."

To this point, Louir Cayv was already looking careworn.

"From then on, a person would go missing every day, yet we can't dig out the murderer! Today is the fifth day.

Every evening, the room where Yuri once lived would be haunted by a woman's faint weeping sounds. When we sent some of the guards into the room, we couldn't find anyone there.

That room was originally shared by five people, but now three among them are missing..."

Le Xaan's face darkened as he listened to the story up to this point.

"What did the sheriff force say?"

"What can they say? They found no clues. They just gave an excuse and let the matter rest there."

Le Cinsin could not help but interject with an indignant tone.

"I asked your Eldest Uncle to arrange some soldiers in the room, yet that didn't make any difference. When there were lots of people around, that sound would disappear. It could only be heard when the room was nearly empty."

"Where's Cinci?" Le Xaan noticed that Le Cinci wasn't present in the main hall.

"She had gone to help the Zein family. They are in trouble too."

"The Zein family also ran into this sort of thing?"

Le Xaan was stunned.

"Not the sort of thing we are now facing. It's a bandit group. Those bandits pillaged the Zein family's merchant caravan. It is unclear where Cinci got her information, but she suspects that the bandit group has something to do with the Xavir family's case. She went to investigate yesterday but hasn't returned yet."

Louir Cayv replied.

Le Xaan harrumphed.

"That girl is becoming more and more ill-behaved.

By the way, the occurrences in our Mansion aren't caused by a female ghost. It is highly likely the work of a martial arts expert who had exceptional mastery in footwork!

Where is Elder Zaner? What did he say?"

"Elder Zaner and the other experts were enlisted by the sheriff force and taken to a location on the outskirts. They haven't returned yet either."

"That means that the person must have taken the opening to trick us in our Mansion."

Le Xaan further assured everyone that the recent weird occurrences were the work of a person instead of the doings of a ghostly entity.

Regardless of the truth, he could only give such a conclusion!

Otherwise, there was a risk that the whole Le Mansion might not operate normally and even fall apart.

Le Finn immediately got the gist of his son's words and nodded in agreement.

"What you say enlightens me. It truly seems like the work of a person."

"The weeping sounds of a woman in Yuri's room, right? Tonight, I will stay in the room and see if anyone goes missing once more. "

Le Xaan announced his decision.

"But, Xaan..."

Le Finn was of a mind to persuade him, but Le Xaan stopped him while holding up his hand.

"Rest assured, Dad, I know what I am doing."

Le Xaan said calmly.

Whether it was a human or a ghost, it was still in fear of a sufficient number of men. Solving it would not be a difficult task.

If Le Xaan was unable to handle such a minor situation, did it mean that he would be at the mercy of a more formidable entity, such as the perpetrator that slaughtered the Xavir family overnight?

"Xaan... mind your own safety..."

Louir Cayv said in a worried tone.

The rest of the family members now displayed an expression of relief.

Since someone like Le Xaan said those occurrences were caused by a human, it was highly likely, as he said.

Now that Le Xaan had returned, the perpetrator would definitely be caught soon!

Le Cinsin, Le Yinin, and others soon spread this piece of information around.