Chapter 458 The Missing Martin

"Now the only person who can help Senior Martin prove his innocence is himself, but he just left overnight without saying goodbye..."

Joan sighed, and really didn't want to think about why Martin left without saying goodbye. The events of the night had exhausted him physically and mentally, as if the whole world had turned gray.

"What should we do next?" Rebecca asked timidly.

Her words were like a kite with a broken string, echoing in the dead silent room, no one answered, everyone seemed preoccupied.

Joan stood up and said to Thomas, "I'll go first."

"It's still dark, where are you going?"

"Go back to school and go to Senior Martin's dormitory. Maybe he went back early."

"I will go with you!"

Thomas stood up quickly, and Edward and Rebecca also stood up to follow.

Joan waved his hand: "I'll fly back to the school directly. It's better for you to stay and watch over Little Jack. After dawn, take a carriage to the city. First hand over Little Jack to the police, and settle the case of Mentor Rawls as soon as possible."

Joan thought for a while, and then said: "As for Senior Martin, the accusations against him are just one-sided words of Little Jack, which may not be credible, and there is no reliable evidence that he is related to the death of Walter Lee. What happened tonight It’s best not to bring it up to the police, it’s not too late to draw conclusions after the investigation is clear.”

"Don't worry about that, we will all keep our mouths in check, and we can't wrong good people just by guessing." Xiao Miao solemnly promised. The others also nodded in agreement.

"Then see you tomorrow."

Joan cast a spell and turned into an eagle man, walked out of the firewood house, flew into the air, soared in the hazy dawn, flew back to the sky above Leiden College in less than ten minutes, and landed quietly in a forest at the corner of the campus. so as not to attract attention.

After landing, Joan turned back into a human form and hurried to Martin Smith's dormitory.

Martin was not a gifted student, and he did not receive special care from the school or his tutors. He lived in the most ordinary student dormitory, and the advantage was that the rent was very low.

Living in the same dormitory with Martin are three poor students in the fifth grade. Their life is no better than Martin's. Fortunately, they are not Walter Lee's students and can expect to graduate before the end of the year.

Joan knocked on the door, and waited for two minutes before a disheveled young man came out to answer the door, his face full of impatience.

"It's not yet dawn, what are you trying to do when you knock on the door in a hurry!"

Joan could understand the other party's upset mood. A mage needs a quiet environment to ensure the quality of sleep. If someone wakes him up during his deep sleep and does not get enough rest, he may not be able to obtain spell slots tomorrow. No wonder he is annoyed.

"I'm sorry, senior, but I'm in a hurry to find Mr. Martin Smith."

"Martin?" The man looked at Joan in surprise, "What a coincidence, Martin just left half an hour ago."

Joan's heart skipped a beat, and he barely kept his composure and asked, "Did senior Martin say where he's going and when he'll be back?"

"That guy ran back to the dormitory in the middle of the night, looking flustered as if he had lost his soul. He packed his luggage in a hurry and left. He didn't say where he was going, but it looked like he was going on a long trip, otherwise there was no need to leave Roll up the bedding and take it away.”

"That's it..." Joan felt pain deep in his throat, and what he was most worried about happened.

"What's the matter with Martin? He ran away in a hurry overnight. Did he owe a loan shark outside and had to run away to hide his debt?"

"I don't know either..." Joan answered bravely, "Senior Martin... maybe there is something urgent at home."

"Ha! This unlucky guy, first of all, his mentor died, and then there was an accident at home, which is really unlucky." The boy who opened the door did not hide his gloating.

"I don't think he will graduate in this life." Another boy who was woken up sat up from the bed and said coldly.

"He'd better never come back, so as not to bring bad luck back to this dormitory. I don't want to live under the same roof with this 'thousand-year repeater' for a long time, and get bad luck!" Another person said angrily. .

Qiao An felt blocked for a while, he couldn't tell what it was like, but felt inexplicably uncomfortable, so he closed the door silently, turned and left.

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The next morning, Thomas, Edward, and Rebecca went back to school and told Joan that Little Jack had been taken to the police station.

Due to the appearance of Edward, the son of the general, the handover of the case went smoothly. The police investigators accepted the clues they provided and Little Jack’s confession. reputation.

Knowing that Martin packed his luggage and left Leiden Academy overnight, Thomas, Edward, and Rebecca had different expressions. Perhaps they had already guessed that this would be the result. They didn't seem very surprised, and they didn't comment on it, as if Everyone reached a tacit agreement and deliberately avoided discussing this matter.

For the next three days, Joan went to Martin's dormitory every day to find all the students and even teachers who were said to have a good relationship with Martin to inquire about his whereabouts, but unfortunately there was no news.

Gradually, Joan became impatient with people's attitude towards him, and asked him repeatedly why he cared so much about an insignificant Martin Smith. There were too many people dropping out of Leiden College every year, so why bother with such nosy business.

Although Joan's emotional intelligence is not high, he also knows the good and the bad. Seeing that he is being tracked down as harassment, it is difficult to inquire about Martin's whereabouts.

As for why he was particularly concerned about Martin's whereabouts, on the one hand, it was because Walter Lee's murder had not yet been resolved, and more importantly, it was because he had a special concern for Martin Smith.

Martin is actually not his friend, and he hardly had any contact with him during school, but Joan can't forget that when he braved the wind and snow to break into Leiden College ignorantly, he had nothing but a heart to pursue his dreams. Martin was the first person in this school who made him feel friendly.

During his entrance examination, Martin took good care of him, helped him test his blood, and enthusiastically provided advice on choosing a major. Knowing that his family was poor, he also offered to help him apply for a student loan.

Although Joann did not accept Martin's suggestion to apply for the Warlock major, looking back, applying for student loans did more harm than good, but this was all "hindsight". As far as the situation at the time was concerned, Martin was undoubtedly sincere. He wanted to help him so much that he is still grateful to this day.

In addition, Joan also saw his own shadow in Martin Smith.

Like Martin, he was born in the same poverty, had the same mediocre intelligence, and came to Leiden College with the same dream, trying to change his destiny through hard work.

The two started from the same starting point, but fate pushed them to take completely different paths in the end.