Chapter 595 595 Wolfe’s Eyes
Chapter 595 595 Wolfe’s Eyes
595 595 Wolfe’s Eyes
Rail frowned in annoyance. “They’re under investigation for money and magical goods laundering schemes going back nearly a decade.
First, our informant went missing, and then suddenly half the staff from the Casino went missing, and now nobody seems to remember a single thing. We suspect that they were mind wiped by the Chimera before he left.”
Wolfe smiled. “We’ve got the Leprechaun as well, assuming that was your informant. They were summoned as Familiars by the Witches in our town.”
“That’s impossible. The odds of …” Rail trailed off as she put the pieces of the puzzle together.
The Justice finished the thought for her. “It’s impossible unless the Leprechaun betrayed you and fled for their world, and then used his luck magic to summon the rest of his conspirators out of our jurisdiction.”
Rail sighed and sat down directly on Wolfe’s lap before stealing his tea.
“I thought you were bringing me here for good news, but instead I get to find out that our fugitives are off world, and we can’t even go find them, despite knowing where they are.”
Wolfe poked her thigh to draw her attention. “You know, I’m the city leader, and the Patriarch of the Noxus Family, I can give you permission to go get them. But they are Familiars, so there might be some reparations to be made to their current witches.”
Rail shook her head and finished the tea. “Even if we have permission, we can’t. You would have to bring them back to us, it’s how the law works. But at least we know where they are now, so we can stop searching for them. We thought that they’d managed to make off with all the money and disappear into one of the other Kingdoms.”
Wolfe chuckled at that. “Well, if they wanted to get rich, they picked the wrong place to escape to. We don’t really use money in the conventional sense, our primary trading currency is Mana Crystals.”
The two Demons shared a shocked look.
“How does that hold any value? It’s mana, everyone can use it and gather it.” Rail asked as she turned around on Wolfe’s lap to see his face.
He smirked and booped her nose before continuing. “That’s just it. It doesn’t have any inherent value. It’s merely a convenience for the users. You see, with so many rank one magic users, plus the humans, who usually can’t use mana at all, the crystals save time.
It wouldn’t take any resources to have the spell cast, but it takes time for the casters. Then there are the Elemental Arrays, which Witches can’t use at all, so they need a suitable Demon or one of the few remaining Magi to create the inscription. They need to be activated, and having a crystal on hand for the upkeep is essential.”
Rail gave him a confused look. “But, you’re a Magi, you can layer Mana Gathering Arrays into your spells. Why would they need upkeep?”
She paused for a second. “No, wait, I get it. The lower ranked Magi can’t do that either. So, asking for one is a favour, and nobody wants to owe favours, so they just pay for the basic versions.”
“Very good. Yes, that is the answer. Also, if you do everything for them, they won’t try to do anything for themselves, and it will cripple their growth. Just take the huge guards that met me outside as an example. They all put great effort into their physique. If they could get the appearance without the work, how many of them would actually grow beyond simply looking impressive?”
The Justice laughed at Wolfe’s suggestion. “Those ones would have, for sure. The job is chosen based on combat power, not appearance. It’s only coincidental that the entire group that found you were from the same species of Demons.”
“Alright, bad example. But you get my point. A bit of incentive to grow, even while living in relative luxury, is a good thing. Like enchanting the chairs for comfort, but making the user recharge them every day, or not putting mana gathering arrays on flying staves.” Wolfe corrected.
“You know the array to enchant new chairs?” Rail asked, with wide eyes.
“Of course. You can just look at the inscription and see it. So, once you’ve seen an enchanted chair, you can make a new one.” Wolfe replied, somewhat confused.
The Succubus climbed down off him and grabbed Wolfe by the hand. “Show me. There is an enchanted chair in the other room.”
She led the way to the sitting room across from the office, and pointed at a chair. “That one should be enchanted, see.” She poured a bit of mana into it, and activated the same air cushion spell that Wolfe preferred. The inscription was on the back of the seat, inscribed without marking the wood, but it was clearly visible to Wolfe now that it was activated.
“It’s right there. Wait, am I the only one that sees that if it’s not physically carved into the wood?” Wolfe asked.
The two of them just looked at Wolfe like he was crazy.
“Of course you’re the only one who can see that. Have you ever met someone other than a Magi who could see that?” Rail nearly shouted in an exasperated voice.
“Well, the Witches can’t see it after it’s placed, unless it’s carved, but I assumed that was a deficiency of the Witches. Demons can use much more similar magic to my own.” Wolfe reminded them.
“The undead, so-called Demons, that came from Magi souls can use magic similar to your own, and probably see what you see. But we’re not them.” The Justice reminded him.
“Justice, can I keep him, just for a little bit?” Rail begged.
The old Demon smiled down at the much smaller succubus. “Yes, but not in the way that you think. Since Mister Noxus here has a sentence to work off, I want him to work with your team. That will be the official sentence, and once I have it written, there isn’t anyone who can countermand it.”
Wolfe sighed. “Is there no way to get back more quickly? I really don’t have a century to spare at the moment, and my people are under attack again.”
“The details will be in your paperwork. Rail, would you kindly show him to the investigator’s suites?”
Rail sighed at the chair and gave Wolfe a pleading look. The sitting room here was obviously for the exclusive use of senior judges and other officials, so she couldn’t just lounge about here, but she wasn’t willing to just let it go without finding out more about the inscription.
“We can talk about inscriptions when we’re all settled in.” Wolfe agreed, and the succubus beamed a smile full of perfectly aligned white teeth at him. This was going to be a very long detour. Hopefully, the Fae weren’t going to send the Witch Saints home too quickly.
What Wolfe didn’t and couldn’t know was that the Fae Queen only held court once a decade to deal with major crimes. The last time was less than a year ago, so the two Saints would be in the care of the Faerie prison system for quite some time, unless they managed to convince the Fae to have mercy on them.