627 Companion
Yarin's POV:
Lily was making a lot of noise. I heard that she was trying to provoke the security guards. It was still a little dangerous to put herself in that situation. Although this was her ho, it could have been safer and warr.
I tried my best to go back and forth quickly, dividing myself into many parts to search the study room for valuable clues.
Calling it a study was an understatent for this room. It could be called a small library. The bookshelves that were as high as the ceiling surrounded the place into a small maze.
In the middle of the maze was a long wooden table. The chairs on both sides were ssy. Obviously, people had been having etings, discussions, quarrels, and decisions here all day.
The only thing that could be considered neat was the stack of docunts on the table. They were sorted out and bound with bookmarks or paper clips, lying quietly on the table.
I split into several of myself and quickly read through all the docunts. In the end, I found that there was nothing useful.
Thinking about it, it made sense. How could that kind of confidential information be placed on the table so casually?
Could the docunt have been taken away? Was it my parents? Or Francis or Aunt Teresa.
Just as I was hesitating on which direction to go first, a '' suddenly said, "Co here and take a look! Is this sothing special here?"
Many '' sward over and asked what that '' had found.
"There seems to be a secret compartnt here," that '' said. "I felt so protruding marks on the bookshelf and knocked on it. I found that it was hollow. Maybe it was a secret compartnt!"
"Open it and take a look!"
More ''s suggested, but that '' said, "I've tried. It can't be opened with force. This bookshelf is actually made of tal. I don't have the strength to open it alone. We have to ourselves together."
However, another '' asked, "Must we open it by force? Wouldn't that leave an irreparable mark? Don't we have to try to reduce the signs we leave behind?"
Therefore, we had to find the chanism or keyhole to open the secret compartnt.
Soon, we found a square on the side of the bookshelf that could be lifted. There was a keyhole hidden inside.
"Looks like it's an old design," I sighed in relief. "It'd be troubleso if I had to enter the password."
A '' gradually lted and transford, seeping into the keyhole to fiddle with the lock pages. Soon, with a click, the secret compartnt was opened.
'We' exclaid and imdiately ran to the secret compartnt to read the thin pieces of paper.
Sure enough, it recorded detailed information about the Lily of the Valley and the suspects who had been caught and those who had not yet been caught.
To my surprise, not all of them were humans. Half belonged to supernatural races, such as witches, demons, humans, and even werewolves.
This made exceptionally angry. Even if they were stray werewolves, they at least recognized their identity as werewolves. These traitors killed their kind just to beg for rcy from the other races!
There was a fax machine and a printer in the study. I was about to copy so information and leave when I heard the study door being pushed open.
Oh no, Aunt Teresa was back!
It only took about ten seconds to reach the center of the study. I only had enough ti to restore everything in the secret compartnt and then split it into smaller units to hide in the gaps between the bookshelves and the books.
Aunt Teresa sat back at the desk. I tried to restore everything, hoping she didn't notice anything strange. However, she was a very cautious person. She seed to have noticed sothing wrong. She carefully observed the table, stood up, and walked to the secret compartnt.
She opened the flip of the pearl ring on her hand, and a small key popped out. She used the key to open the secret compartnt and carefully checked for anything unusual inside.
In the end, she didn't see anything and thought she was just paranoid. She sat back at the desk and went back to work. I also took advantage of this and ran back to the vent one by one, leaving without any danger.
I recalled Lily's plan and went to the top floor to look for her, but I found a few burly bodyguards guarding her door. I had to enter the room through the ventilation duct.
Seeing , Lily, sitting by the bed, imdiately stood up and asked, "Well? Did you find it?"
"It went well." I nodded. "Although Aunt Teresa ca back in the end, and I didn't have ti to make a copy, I rembered most of the information. I have a good mory. Believe , I won't forget them even after ten years."
"That's good." Lily didn't ask further. "We'll talk about it later. The most important thing is that you have to leave here as soon as possible. Security will co in every half an hour to check if I'm here. I don't think I can leave with you tonight at least. You go first. I'll think of a way to escape and find you."
"We can leave together. We'll be far away in half an hour," I said anxiously.
"Perhaps, but that would put us in a very passive position. My mother is going crazy. She will look for in the entire city. This will bring us a lot of obstacles. So it's okay for to stay. You have to go, Yarin."
Standing in the shadows of the street, I looked worriedly at the lit window. Lily seed to have seen too. She waved her hand and said silently, "Be careful."
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