Chapter 103 Clues in the Will
"In other words, everything Mi You said to Aunt Wolf was probably just an excuse to stop her from prying into the gossip. It's not trustworthy at all," Takumi murmured. Then she looked up suddenly. "However, the 'Charter of Dark Arts' was indeed provided by Mebucha Huntington."
"Yes, that's proven by the note written by Mebucha himself," Andre said. "However, the best lie is half-truth. The truth of one part doesn't mean the whole statement is true. To verify which part is true and which part is false, the key lies in what the evidence says."
He continued writing on the parchment, writing down what Mi You needed to transform into a lich on the left and the provider on the right, connecting the two with a horizontal line. However, at the moment, the right side was mostly filled with question marks, representing the unknown.
[The Dark Arts Charter - Mebucha Huntington
The Great Magic Book——?
Drawing a magic circle——?
Material of the phylactery—?
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"I remember that Mi You wrote in her diary that her life was coming to an end. If she couldn't become a lich, she would die... Maybe the accident was true?" Jiang You was still trying to recall.
"Not necessarily." Andre's pen scratched on the paper. "Perhaps, she was threatened by Evil Eye Moon at the time. The other party might have told her that if she failed to become a lich, she would be killed...
"Of course, this is just a random thought. I just want to use this example to illustrate that the term 'end of life' is too vague to accurately refer to a specific event."
"But if she was threatened and forced, why did Mi You leave behind a text that was like a will, asking to leave all her property, her mother's crucible, and the magic books and materials she collected over the years to her mentor?" Jiang You asked puzzledly.
Andrei's pen suddenly drew a line. "Wait, you said that in Mi You's will, she wanted to leave everything to her mentor, and specifically noted 'the magic books she collected over the years'?"
Jiang You nodded vigorously: "Yes! I remember it very clearly."
Andrei took a deep breath. "I've thought of two completely different possibilities... One is that Mebucha Huntington was involved in a conspiracy to kill Mi You, and he forced Mi You to write this diary, which resembles a will. His goal was to fabricate everything as a magical accident, thereby obtaining Mi Funa's Crucible of Time and all the 'evidence' left by Mi You, and naturally retrieving the erroneous magic book.
"But there's something about this theory that doesn't make sense. If Mebucha was trying to clear himself of suspicion, and he was still in the Magic Tower in the royal capital when Mi You died, then why didn't the accomplices who forced Mi You destroy all traces of magic, take back the magic books, and take away the magic materials? Why would someone need to discover this will and hand over the inheritance? This is putting the cart before the horse."
"What about the second possibility?" asked Jiang You.
"The second possibility is that Mebucha Huntington had nothing to do with Mi You's death. He only provided Mi You with the 'Black Magic License'. It was Mi You, who was being coerced by the mastermind, who even asked Mebucha Huntington for this license. Unable to escape the coercion of the mastermind, and believing that he would inevitably die, Mi You pretended to be crazy and stupid, scribbling words similar to a will in the notebook.
"She did her best to plant clues in her seemingly harmless mumblings, and left these clues, which could bring justice to her deceased self, in her will to the mentor who was the only one who understood her. Given that the account she left in her diary matches the excuse she gave to Aunt Wolf, I suspect she was probably gambling that the nosy Aunt Wolf next door would notice her death and come to collect her body and deal with her inheritance!
"Whether the magical accident was a fabricated excuse by the coercer or an excuse Mi You came up with himself, after Mi You vaguely wrote it in the diary that was comparable to a will, it was able to give the uninformed the impression that Mi You died in an unfortunate magical accident and there was no coercion from any third party. This evidence helped the coercers conceal their existence and distance themselves from the incident, so they did not destroy the will diary."
"Wow!" Jiang You followed Andre's line of thought and thought: "So Mi You emphasized the 'magic books she has collected over the years'. But Mi You is a poor student with no interest in magic. How could she collect magic books?!"
"Not only that, if the murderer didn't clean up the scene in time, and Aunt Wolf gave the magic book to Mebucha as Miyou's inheritance, Mebucha would know that the "Great Magic Book" was a forgery, and that the incorrect magic circle in the book led to his apprentice's death. He would definitely get to the bottom of it!"
Takumi You felt like his skull was buzzing because his 'brain' was working too much: "This will diary is the Dying Message that Mi You wrote in order to deceive the mastermind behind the incident!" It felt like he was doing a classic reasoning!
She looked at Andrei with sparkling eyes: "What a brilliant deduction! Detective Andrei!"
But Andrei frowned. "No, there's one thing about this theory that doesn't make sense: How did this mastermind control Mi You and force her to follow his instructions? Mi You could clearly communicate with Aunt Wolf, but she chose to conceal it instead of asking for help. She could only seek justice after her death by writing a will with hidden clues. So, her communications with the outside world must have been blocked by the mastermind..."
"This suggests that the mastermind has been monitoring Mi You and controlling her every move, forcing her to live in constant fear and feel the approach of death. However, no one in the surrounding neighborhood noticed the presence of other people in the brewing workshop.
"Furthermore, after Mi You died and you were summoned to this world and resurrected as a lich, the mastermind vanished without a trace. He never even returned to collect those magic books, magic circles, and Mi You's will... No, perhaps not completely. I've spotted the presence of raven servants several times. Now that I think about it, perhaps they were checking on the situation on their master's behalf."
Jiang You exclaimed, "Ah!" and couldn't help but ask, "Will I be in danger?"
"Don't worry, I'm here." Andre's frown softened. "I won't let anything happen to you."
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