Chapter 59: Chapter 59 Louis: Heroes of the World Are Truly As Numerous As Fish in the River
When Louis and Olivia arrived on the scene, they were greeted by a sea of heads surrounding the grain warehouse.
The Royal Guards and City Guards, who had rushed upon hearing the news, were drawn in and surrounded the area in multiple layers.
Noticing Olivia’s arrival, a crowd of people quickly made way for her.
The head maid suddenly appeared beside Olivia, whispering:
"Your Highness, there’s still residual warmth at the scene."
The little swan giggled and said:
"It’s okay, I’m not afraid of fire right now."
She was in a great mood today.
Everything today was within her grasp.
Her gaze quietly turned towards Louis.
"Louis, oh Louis, this grain warehouse explosion isn’t easy to handle."
"This explosion was always an unsolved case. In the previous life, you were supposed to investigate, but you ultimately handed it over to the City Lord’s Mansion."
"Now you’re at the scene, so you have no reason to escape!"
The little swan almost let out a joyful goose honk.
But perhaps considering that it was too undignified, she coughed and displayed a kind smile:
"Louis, this matter..."
Louis suddenly realized and quickly said:
"I understand, Her Highness Olivia intends to handle it herself."
"But please be mindful of the residual fires at the scene."
Olivia, on the verge of a "goose goose goose" expression, suddenly froze.
Seeing the little swan running eagerly over, looking all curious, Louis simply went along with it and handed it over for her to deal with.
"In any case, it won’t endanger the senior wife’s safety, so if the little swan wants to handle it, let her handle it."
Beside them, Lumi showed a comforting smile.
"Her Highness has grown up and is already starting to actively share Beatrice’s worries."
Joy.
Recently, the little swan’s "subjective initiative" was too strong, even Lumi misunderstood.
Not to mention the Royal Guards.
The little swan and Prince Louis, with their wits, successfully nipped the undead menace in the bud.
This was something the brothers in the troupe all knew.
Now that the two wise figures of the empire were on the scene, maybe they could give some clues to the investigators at a loss.
For a moment, Louis and the others’ expectant gaze focused on the little swan.
The little swan felt a tingling sensation on her scalp, yet she instinctively puffed out her chest.
The little swan was like the spirited fish in water.
If it were a self-proclaimed seasoned angler, no matter how much bait was placed, the result was often nil.
But a novice might just cast their hook into the water, and the spirited one would irresistibly take the bait.
Thus, the little swan was unsurprisingly caught.
"Then let me see what’s going on!"
"No, no, why is my body betraying my will?"
The little swan lamented internally.
But since the words were already spoken, after stuttering for a long time, she couldn’t retract them. She had no choice but to dejectedly droop her head and check out what was happening.
Louis followed along, only to enter and see a strong soldier investigating inside.
——It was William.
But why did he seem different from the previous William?
At this moment, William was squatting, examining traces.
Louis quickly noticed that William’s aura was stronger than before.
Instinct told him that William probably had a career advancement or made some breakthrough.
Louis found himself filled with emotions for a moment.
There were indeed countless heroes in this world.
He thought Limuru devouring the sapphire whelp’s power would advance his career level.
Now at LV4, he could already learn the second-level nine-sword martial arts.
This hadn’t yet made him happy when he suddenly found those around him advancing one after another.
Alice reaching LV10.
The little swan with her suddenly increased sense of threat.
William experiencing unknown changes.
Even Limuru, without merging with a giant slime, advanced from an LV1 slime to an LV4 differently colored slime.
It seemed that I wasn’t the only one cheating.
He couldn’t help but sigh:
"The Imperial Capital is full of cheaters, and there are even more under the royal banner, I overestimated myself."
Noticing the arrival of Louis and Olivia, William spoke:
"Good day, His Highness Louis, Her Highness Olivia. Apologies, as this explosion has drawn you here."
William knew that Louis was learning "craft" from Captain Jino today but didn’t expect the Second Princess to accompany Louis.
Meanwhile, the little swan sounded alarm bells and immediately asked:
"Did you advance to Iron Guard?"
——The implication was naturally to ask if William had regained his shield, becoming a qualified Steel Warrior.
William nodded with a smile.
Olivia cautiously asked:
"Who is it?"
But she already had an answer in her heart.
First, eliminate herself.
Second, Sister Wang had already chosen another lady-in-waiting on her side.
Then it couldn’t be... couldn’t it just be Louis?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"In the last life, William never chose his [Destiny Master] until he was on the guillotine of the rebel state."
"Why would this life choose the rebel state right away?"
Although she guessed the result, the little swan still looked at William with hopeful eyes.
It was as if she wanted to hear him say an unexpected answer.
As anticipated, William answered incorrectly.
"Of course, it’s His Highness Louis."
The little swan’s legs went weak.
Beside her, Louis, not understanding why, supported her.
"Olivia, stand steady."
Louis reminded her.
"You think it’s because of whom that I turned out like this!"
The little swan was full of resentment, then turned her gaze to the grain warehouse.
"Are there any clues on the grain warehouse side?"
"There’s a possibility of arson, but an explosion occurred at the scene too. We’ve already sent someone to check other warehouses."
The grain warehouse outside the Imperial Palace was one of the several warehouses held by the royal family.
Unlike the densely packed traditional Chinese palace buildings.
The Imperial Palace of the Ense Empire was more like a large-scale castle.
——And those with built-in defense and counterattack capabilities.
To ensure a counterattack based on the palace, quite a few resource depots were naturally set inside.
This grain warehouse was one of 10 standby warehouse depots.
Louis took one look and only saw a charred circular warehouse.
Olivia was in a bad mood and went over straight away.
The ground was littered with debris from the collapsed building.
It was as if someone had bombarded this place with a dwarf cannon.
Louis also realized that the Royal Guards suspected someone might be trying to move the royal reserve grain, which is why they immediately sent people to inspect other warehouses.
Olivia walked into the warehouse where the fire had been put out and glanced around.
In the previous life, it was ultimately classified as "an unknown person attempted to invade the Imperial Palace."
Olivia intended to do the same now.
But before she could speak, Louis looked at the bags that had turned to charcoal and said:
"Is the reserve grain here flour?"
Instantly, all eyes focused on him.
Someone responded: "Yes, Your Highness, at the time a personal guard was passing by the warehouse for inspection, and just after opening the door, an explosion occurred."
"Fortunately, no one was hurt, and they have already been sent to the church for treatment."
Louis asked again: "Did anyone see the scene?"
A Royal Guard nodded:
"I was present at the time, but I didn’t see any traces of outsiders."
"Someone might have placed a delayed-trigger explosive device in the warehouse."
Louis thought for a moment and then said: "Can you get me a dry wine barrel?"
The little swan was puzzled: "Why are you getting a wine barrel?"
"Just have someone bring it, I might have an idea."