Traveling to another world, inheriting a mess at the beginning

"I have a question for you, but you can choose not to answer it."

Looking at Xia Ye's calm and pretty face, Aarons finally resisted the urge to expose the truth.

Even if he exposed Xia Ye's other intentions here, he would not get any reward.

"Why are you willing to bear such a result? What good will it do for you?"

"I have been wandering outside for many years, and I have always believed in the principle of equal exchange."

This answer sounded a bit irrelevant at first, but Aarons quickly understood the meaning of Xia Ye's words.

"Working should be paid, and mistakes should be paid. As long as you can always follow this principle, life will become easier."

"I understand."

Aarons already knew the answer, so he didn't plan to continue asking.

"If I catch the real criminal and prove that you are innocent in the end... I allow you to ask me for compensation equivalent to this."

"Thank you for your understanding."

Although he didn't know how much compensation he would have to pay in the end, Aarons decided to respect this lifestyle.

Regardless of whether Xia Ye is serving other forces, she is still an alien who has left her hometown and is wandering alone. She cannot truly integrate into the human world, and there is no place to return to.

——Perhaps his actions are indeed a bit extreme.

"Just take a good rest here for a few days."

...

After leaving the basement, Aarons came to the yard alone again.

Because Karin temporarily canceled Els's training plan, there was no one else in the yard at this time. However, after wandering around for a while, he met the old gardener who came out to trim the flowers and plants.

"Old man, didn't I say you don't have to do these things every day?"

"Young master, the old servant can't do anything else, and doing other things will only cause trouble for you... Just let the old servant do something at least."

"Well, if you have any difficulties, tell me, I will find a way to help you solve it."

Looking at the old gardener with a serious hunchback and trembling walking, Aarons couldn't believe that he would steal things from home.

This old man stayed alone during the most difficult time of the Marquis's family. Just for this reason, Aarons was willing to pay for his old age and see him to the end.

But if he really took the money and things from the family, Aarons also wanted to know why he did such a thing.

"The old servant has only a few days to live, but you are still young... No matter what happens in the future, you must protect yourself and live well..."

"I know."

Even if it was just to clear the suspicion of the old gardener, Aarons decided to seriously find out the truth of the matter.

——And soon, he got the opportunity.

After lunch the next day, Aarons returned to the Marquis' study as usual to read the information he had obtained before. However, not long after, Karin, who was still on duty downstairs, knocked on the door of the study.

"Master, the silver coin you gave me before is gone. Also, I just checked all the rooms and found that a magic sound machine in Xia Ye's room has disappeared."

The magic sound machine is similar to the radio in Aarons' previous life, except that it uses special communication magic instead of radio waves. Although the value of this thing itself is not high, it is not so easy to buy in this border area.

"What are those two little ghosts doing?"

"The silver coin was still in the kitchen this morning, and Els and Mary were with me this morning. I am sure it was not them who did it."

The perpetrator may have some uncontrollable motives. After all, Xia Ye has been listed as a suspect by Aarons. If it is just a general theft, it should not be risked to commit a crime in this case where someone has already taken the blame.

However, something has been stolen again in the Marquis's mansion.

"Xia Ye has been locked up, but this man still dares to commit crimes... Tell Els to go out and wait for me. If anyone asks where I went, just say I was bored and went out for a drink."

"What should Mary and I do?"

"Just pretend nothing happened, but don't let anyone out when you are guarding the door. If Mary suddenly 'comes to you for something', just throw a bag of garbage out the door."

However, Aarons did not intend to catch the man red-handed directly. He was actually more curious about why this man did this.

"I don't plan to arrest anyone today, but I want to see what this man is going to do after taking the money. So you should relax a little and don't let anyone see the flaws."

"Yes, I'll go get ready now."

After letting Karin return to her post, Aarons quietly walked out of the mansion alone. After confirming that no one saw him, he carefullyHe walked out of the yard cautiously.

After he waited outside for a while, Els also walked out of the Marquis's mansion.

"Little boy, you already know what to do today, right?"

"Yes, but... I still don't believe that it was Grandpa who took the things from the mansion."

"I don't believe it either, so I asked you to come with me."

After hearing Aarons' words, the boy's originally very resistant eyes changed a little.

He didn't expect that this noble young man would be so protective of his own people, and when he realized that he might be one of them, his hostility began to waver.

"Let's find a place to hide first and wait for Karin to give us a signal."

Since there were almost no other buildings on the street facing the gate of the Marquis's mansion, Aarons and Els could only wait in a restaurant a little further away on another street.

In order not to attract other people's attention, Aarons also ordered several dishes and asked Els to eat with him.

"There's not even a chef at home, and I'm a little dissatisfied."

"Why don't you eat these?"

"Eat as much as you can, I'm not hungry."

Actually, Aarons is also at the age where he gets hungry again soon after eating, but because he is the kind of middle-aged man who is always worried about health indicators, he won't take the initiative to add more food even if he feels very hungry.

"I'm asking you a question... You don't have to stop, just keep eating."

Looking at Els constantly putting the stew into his mouth with a spoon, Aarons felt that his mood had improved a lot.

"If it's really the old man who took the money from the mansion, how would you deal with it?"

"Grandpa... he must have some difficulties. If it were me, I would definitely find a way to help him solve the problem and trouble."

"Humph, so naive."

Although he is a rebellious child, Els has a very kind heart - in this peaceful world, such people don't need to worry about being swallowed by the muddy current of intrigue.

However, he also has to learn how to deal with evil thoughts first,