A vein visibly throbbing on his forehead, Count Eisher said loudly while turning around, "On who's authority do you think you can take over this inve-"
However, as he turned around and saw the blue uniform the man who had just arrived was wearing, he gulped ending his complaint.
Marcus himself was also incredibly surprised to see who had entered, because he had no idea why he was in the royal capital let alone here right now.
"Royal investigator Ophiria what are you doing here." Count Eisher said with a tense voice.
He had no idea why such a prominent royal investigator was here, but if he actually stuck around, it would spell disaster for his plans.
"Oh, I was just passing through the area on a walk when I heard the commotion here and decided to see what was happening. Then as I was looking for the headmaster, I could not help but overhear you wanting an impartial royal investigator to take over, so I am more than happy to oblige."
Wade then gave Marcus a quick look to tell him not to say anything since if their past involvement was found out it would give Count Eisher a reason to get rid of Wade.
Quickly locking on to this chance the headmaster bowed his head towards Wade and said, "Then as the headmaster of this academy I welcome the impartial investigation by the renown royal investigator Ophiria. I trust that with someone of your caliber on this, the situation will be resolved quickly.
The headmaster then gave a knowing look towards Count Eisher saying "Your move."
"Royal Investigator Ophiria, are you sure that this insignificant incident is worthy of your time. A man of your station certainly has better things to do especially with your wedding coming up. Surely another royal investigator would be able to handle this" Count Eisher said hoping with all of his being to get Wade out of here.
Wade had been one of his greatest nuisances in River Landing, having put away many of the nobles and high-ranking officials that had been apart of Permafrost.
Unfortunately for him, Wade had already latched on and had no intention of letting go.
"No, it is fine. I doubt that this will take too much time to clear up. You already have two suspects in custody, so it is only a matter of figuring out which one is lying. Though if you had another royal investigator in mind, I would be happy to bring them in to help me." Wade said with a devilish smile.
He already knew the count was involved to some degree with Permafrost, though any proof of said involvement was nonexistent only being whispers.
Grinding his teeth Count Eisher could tell things were not going his way.
He had personally come out here to bail out one of his best agents, but now the biggest pain in his neck he could imagine had shown up.
Naturally he could not suggest any of the royal investigators that worked for him since this as what Wade was fishing for by asking for a specific investigator.
It had taken Permafrost years of hard work to get just two agents within the royal investigators, and Count Eisher was not going to risk one of them being found out on the very slim chance they could get Avery out of trouble.
"Very well if you really wish to investigate this small matter, I am in no position to stop you, so I pray for your success." Count Eisher said with a plastered-on smile.
Inside he was feeling unbridled rage, but letting it show would not help him in anyway. Now his only hope was that Wade would be unable to pin Avery to Permafrost and only as the culprit of this one incident.
Leaving the room Count Eisher planned to head back to his home and get to work, since Avery was supposedly the member of a family under his, he would have to publicly denounce him after he was proven to be a criminal.
With Count Eisher now gone Wade smiled at Marcus and said, "It is good to see you again Irene. Though it appears you have gotten into a bit of trouble so allow me to help you out."
Nodding his head and smiling, Marcus responded saying, "Yeah I am glad you showed up but how did you know to be here, no one believes you were just taking a stroll and happened to walk by."
Shrugging his shoulder Wade said, "You are right, it was actually my great grandmother who told me I should go check out the royal academy."
Hearing this surprise was evident on Marcus' face since he had no idea why Aria knew to send Wade here.
"Ah I can see you are confused. My great grandmother has taken an interest in you, so of course with her ears everywhere she heard about your maids' abduction, and she told me to come and help you saying it would be worth my while."
Understanding now that Aria had already been aware of the situation even though Marcus had not contacted her, he could only wonder how much she knew.
'Did she see me kill those members of Permafrost and does she know I am a monster.'
Wondering this Marcus was hoping she had not been paying that close of attention, and if she had he did not know what she would do if she knew he was a monster.
However, uncertain possibilities did not matter right now, and all that needed to be done was to clear Lilia and implicate the man who tried to kidnap her.
"Wait you two know each other." The headmaster said with astonishment.
He had already been surprised when Wade had shown up since it was practically a miracle for him.
Yet seeing that he knew Marcus made him understand that Wade's involvement was actually personal.
"Oh yeah we met almost a year ago back in river Landing and Irene here helped me out on a job. Obviously, I cannot tell you what it was because her involvement was a secret, so keep quiet about it okay."
Furiously nodding his head, the headmaster had no wishes to have some like Wade as his enemy.
"Now do you want to spill your guts or are we going to have to do this the hard way." Wade said as he looked at Avery.
Glaring at Wade. Avery responded saying, "I have nothing to say to you."
After that Avery shut mouth and did not say another word, ready to be punished for his mistakes.
"Very well, I will just collect the evidence here first before we go back to the office to have a nice long chat."
Leaving the room, Marcus, Wade, and the headmaster went to the scene of Avery and Lilia's battle and collected evidence
Luckily with Wade's skills it did not take him long to find evidence of Avery's wrongdoing and eventually even found his little hiding spot of poisons and a sending stone that he used to get in contact with Permafrost.
"Well, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that Avery did indeed attack Lilia Geist. After looking over the scene as well as the items that were in his magic bag and belt pouches, there is no other conclusion. I also managed to find a stash of poisons and other tools along with a sending stone. Unfortunately, I found nothing that would link him to Permafrost, but he certainly is an agent for someone."
It was unfortunate that nothing could be found linking Avery to Permafrost, but now it was certain that he was guilty of at least attacking Lilia and thus she was now in the clear.
However, even though they did not find anything about Permafrost here, Marcus had a number of documents that incriminated several people and he had even more insider knowledge from Obadiah's soul.
"Actually, Wade if you want some evidence on Permafrost, I happened to pick up some after leaving one of their bases where they tried to coerce me into making weapons for them."
Taking out a few stacks of papers, Marcus handed over the evidence he had acquired to Wade, who skimmed over a few pages before saying with a happy smile, "This certainly is going to come in handy. Though now I am going to be quite busy for the next few weeks."
But Marcus was not done yet and leaning in he told Wade some of the secrets he had gotten from Obadiah's soul as well as a promise for more evidence later.
"I see you really do good work Irene; with this we will finally be able to get rid of this leech that has been sucking the blood of the kingdom for too long. It really is a shame that you did not take me up on my offer to become a royal investigator, because you do great work."
After that the two of them made a plan to bring the entire organization of Permafrost to its knees, unbeknownst to the criminal organization hat had stood for two centuries.
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