Progenitor Vampire: I Have Many Skills!

Chapter 93: Doubts

The guild assigned them the mission of investigating the murders in a mansion where high-ranking nobles used to live. That mansion was not in the city but on the outskirts, a few hundred meters from the city.

The mansion was built on a hill so that the whole city could be seen by its inhabitants. It was a beautiful mansion adorned in a good way.

Even so, it looked a bit gloomy and dark today, giving the feeling of abandonment even though it had not been in daily use for a long time.

"According to the guild, the nobles who lived here served the Kingdom directly, so they were high-level nobles. So how come they had few guards to defend them?" Matt said as he looked around before entering the mansion.

No matter how he thought about it, that didn't make much sense. They were nobles of the Kingdom but had to hire such weak hunters for their protection. Were they idiots, or were they looking for something else?

"Maybe they weren't prepared for an assassin attack? According to the guild, this might have something to do with an organization, the ones who know how to do things very well." Alice replied though it was still not convincing.

At that moment, Miss Assassin spoke up.

"According to my research, they are not direct subordinates of the Kingdom. The guild is wrong, or maybe they don't want people to know. That's why I have my doubts that the guild works with that organization." she said.

"Oh? Do you have any idea who they were working for?" Matt asked, and she shook her head.

"I come to investigate here precisely because I want to find that out." She replied plainly, and Matt then nodded.

"Good, then let's go inside to see. We won't find out anything by standing outside, looking at the mansion." He said, and after that, they went inside.

'Traces of fighting.' Matt thought as he looked at something strange on the mansion's front lawn and walked over there.

"Is there anything, Matt?" Alice asked doubtfully. She couldn't notice anything, but that was normal; she wasn't an assassin.

But Matt nodded, "Traces of a fight in this place." He said this, slightly surprising Alice, Isla, and Miss Assassin, who couldn't see anything.

"Are you sure?" Alice asked back, and he nodded.

He didn't answer or say his reasons because he didn't think it was necessary. Instead, he started looking all over the garden.

There were different parts where he could see footprints and a few small partitions between the garden grass, which could only be made with sharp weapons.

Still, there was something else, for which he looked at the assassin who accompanied them.

"How many corpses were found in this place? On the day the nobles died. The guild didn't tell us that information." He spoke.

But she shook her head. "The guild didn't say that information, but somehow, I got it from my contacts. It was 15 out and 12 in." she replied, causing Matt to frown.

"Are they trying to hide information?" He said as he looked all around.

"What do you mean?" she asked doubtfully, and Matt frowned.

"At least 25 people died outside." He said, and she frowned.

"Can you tell that?" she asked, and he smiled at her.

"I'm an assassin; I'm used to investigating this kind of thing. Although you might not see it as you are not an assassin, there are brain blood stains in different parts, some far from each other, with no trace of them having moved after they fell. Even though they tried to hide them, there are still small particles left in place that are not visible to the naked eye." He replied, and she frowned.

"What do you mean I'm not an assassin? Hmph, even if I don't have investigative tactics, I'm still an assassin.... But maybe you're right. That's why I'm doubting the guild." She said and started walking into the house.

Alice and Isla approached him doubtfully, "She really isn't an assassin? She can hide her presence just fine." Alice said, and Matt nodded.

"Although she can do it, it's just a basic scent and sound technique. I can see that she's not an assassin, if not a normal vampire. It's just that she... She's quite capable." He replied.

Both girls frowned, "Could she have evil intentions?" Isla asked doubtfully, and Matt thought for a moment.

"I want to find that out. I don't think she does because she shows us her back while walking proudly; still, I'm not sure." He said, shaking his head.

Even though he saw them both, "After I investigate here, I will go in the house with her. You girls stay outside for a while, keeping an eye on everything; I want to see if she attacks me when we're alone, but when I leave, keep your wits about you."

"You want to go in with her? That's dangerous, Matt!"

"That's right, Matt; how can we leave you alone? What if that woman is more powerful than you? She could be like Miss Alice, who is hiding her identity and power."

Both girls grabbed him as soon as they said this, but Matt still smiled.

"I'll be fine. If she wants to murder me, then she needs to be much more powerful than Alice to do it without me being able to move, but in such a case, she could murder all three of us at the same time, so there's no point in splitting us up unless she uses strange poisons, but that's just what I want to find out. That's why I want you to stay outside." He replied.

Both girls were a little scared by his decision and wanted to stop him, but Matt continued investigating around the place.

He spent a long time investigating what was outside until he stopped.

'No doubt about it, 25 people died here. It makes me think it was the guards because they don't look that powerful. But... No sign of hunter entry.' Matt thought.

He had several things to consider regarding what he saw in this place, but he decided to clear his mind and enter the mansion.

Inside the mansion is where they were supposed to be investigating, so he nodded to both girls behind him and then entered through the front door, which was half open from the beginning.

"The fight took place in this room." Said the woman who was looking from side to side; she had just come down from the second floor.

"Did you investigate upstairs?"

"That's right, every room was open, but there's nothing else. Still, I left it as it was for you to investigate." She said and smiled with a slight apology.