He Was Mistaken for the Sword Saint's Heir, So His Strictest Senior Trained the Fake novel · Chapter 15 of 24
Chapter 15: The Missing Lantern
The champion lantern was the size of a washtub and the color of a ripe persimmon.
It had hung over the Assembly stage for two hundred years.
Now there was an empty hook, and a herald standing under it wringing his hands.
"The Second Trial," announced the Council chair, from the stage, "is to find it."
Twelve captains stood below him.
"We were going to do a lantern relay," the chair added, "but this is simpler."
"Is it a real theft?" Mian whispered.
"It is a real theft that has been conveniently declared a trial," said Shouyi.
He was reading the empty hook with narrow eyes.
"The Council hates wasted effort."
"Gilded Crane have brought six detectives," Xiaoman reported, running up with a slate. "Iron Heron are accusing Gilded Crane."
"On what grounds?"
"They have a lot of feelings."
The three of them split up, because Shouyi said a team that stayed together would find only what it already knew.
He took the lantern guard, a small trembling man in a felt hat, and sat him on a stool in the tea tent.
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