How could this happen at a time like this?
"Damn it!"
With great effort, he took two steps and hurried after Katya.
The door lay limply to one side, and the layout inside could be clearly seen from the entrance.
"ah……"
Katya seemed to have witnessed something terrifying, let out a scream, and collapsed to the ground, leaning against the door frame.
I then rushed forward in a burst of energy, following Katya's gaze, but there was no surprise at all.
The layout inside remained unchanged: broken tables and chairs, cracked shelves, blackened bloodstains, and a corpse cleaved open from head to toe.
Many pieces of wooden furniture were covered with claw marks, and some had been cut in half with a knife.
The room was a complete mess, filled with a strong smell of blood and decay, which made one feel nauseous.
"Leon? You..."
Katya looked at me with an indifferent expression, and given her strange behavior just now, the way she looked at me made it seem as if I were a participant in this incident.
For a moment, this was directed at my friend whom I had just made an appointment with.
Katya was filled with doubt, fear, and confusion.
Julius flew above her head and reached out to stroke Katya's head repeatedly, as if to soothe her emotions.
However, there was a hint of hostility towards me.
Even though I'm also a victim, I just don't want to be looked at with that expression.
"I...know who did it."
Upon hearing this, Katya seemed relieved, realizing that I was not involved in the incident.
Julius seems to have regained his cute and charming appearance, and his hostility is gradually disappearing. Is it because he changed along with Katya?
but.
"Is it you—?"
The crying red-haired girl didn't seem to think that way. To her, the phrase "I know who did it" sounded like that of a colleague.
It's unbelievable that someone as small as her could produce such a loud voice.
At the same time, he grabbed a table leg from the side and charged at me.
"Julius!"
With Katia's shout, the so-called cat conjured a barrier out of thin air beneath the red-haired girl's feet, rendering her completely immobile.
"Can he use magic? And without chanting!"
What surprised me more than the magical Julius was that it could do it without chanting!
Compared to ordinary magical beasts, it's not surprising that they possess magic.
It's worth mentioning that the Calo Serpent in the Perio Ruins previously emitted sonic attacks, which are not magic but rather a natural skill of magical beasts.
Just like how Taralu Bear is born with the attribute of being thick-skinned and tough.
Even the weakest slimes possess an innate skill: dissolving. They can dissolve anything that has the ability to devour them, but the dissolving speed is extremely slow.
Aside from large and mutated slimes, ordinary slimes only pose a significant threat to crops and plants.
The "Julius" at that moment was definitely using magic; at that instant, magical power burst forth from its body, unfathomable.
The silent chanting that so many people crave can actually be performed by an incredibly cute gray and white cat.
Even I, who can sing without chanting, was deeply affected.
This is the second person I've encountered who can do no chanting. No, this is a beast!
"From now on, I'd better just stick to chanting spells properly."
I don't want to be compared to a harmless kitten.
"Ah—let me go! You're the murderer who killed Grandpa Crow! I'm going to avenge him!"
Seeing the red-haired girl unable to move an inch, yet still struggling, I felt sorry for her. There is no greater pain than losing a loved one.
It's the same feeling as encountering "Gluttony" and seeing Lilith and Olivia collapse beside you.
If it were the Seg couple, Anna, and Sylvie...
What will happen to me?
They're probably even more outrageous than her.
Not only do they want to tear the murderer to pieces, but they also want to involve his family so that he can experience the same pain.
"Uh... I do know who the murderer is, but I only stumbled upon him by chance. When I arrived, your grandfather was already..."
"Liar! You're the murderer! Who would be wandering around here so late at night! Liar—"
I know she won't believe this explanation. After all, as she said, who would wander around the working-class area late at night, let alone come here?
But I can't exactly say that I was guided here by a deity, and then stumbled upon that crazy woman committing murder, and even suffered the same fate myself.
Who would believe that?
Before encountering the "human god," if someone said they were guided by a deity, I would have thought they were just a believer in a certain god.
They would not hesitate to treat him as mentally ill and then quickly leave.
"I……"
I didn't know what to say next. After all, what I said was the truth, but the red-haired girl wouldn't listen. What should I say next?
"Enough! Leon... Leon is just one of the victims too, please don't take your emotions out on him."
Seeing my troubled expression, Katya shouted at the top of her lungs, in a voice I had never heard before.
"..."
This surprised me. Katya was completely on my side, even though we had just met.
Waaah...
The red-haired girl seemed to have calmed down a bit because of Katya; the table leg she was holding fell to the ground, and she started sobbing again.
“Julius…”
Seeing that she had stopped her attack, Katia signaled "Julius" to dispel the spell.
There were no extra movements; something flashed, and the red-haired girl's restraints vanished, leaving her limp on the ground.
My initial surprise has now faded, leaving me with no other feelings. To be honest, I feel great sympathy for the red-haired girl's plight; her family, who lived with her, has been abandoned.
Even their deaths were so gruesome.
If it were me, I would only feel even more desperate.
"I'm sorry... I only saw that the murderer was an elven woman holding two curved swords. I don't know who she was."
I could only give a rough description of the madwoman's characteristics. As someone who had just arrived in the capital, how could I possibly know who she was after just one meeting? Unless I wandered the streets and bumped into her again, which was obviously impossible.
"Is it the Gut Hunter?"
Upon hearing my description, Julius seemed to understand something, which surprised me once again.
"If what you say is true, then it should be the Bowel Hunter—Agatha, one of the few Sword King-level assassins!"
Seeing the puzzled looks on Katya's and my faces, "Julius" explained to us in a lazy voice.
"The Bowel Hunter—Agatha Christie?"
This term is too unfamiliar...
but.
The term "Sword King" caught my attention; he possessed the same strength as Fisshill!
No wonder even Lilith couldn't withstand it...
"..."
Even the red-haired girl stopped sobbing upon hearing that word, her eyes revealing despair...
It seems that avenging her grandfather is now impossible.
"However, I'm curious... umm... who would offer such a high bounty to hire a Sword King-level assassin to kill your grandfather?"
As expected of "Julius," he saw through the key point at a glance, which made me a little envious of Katya. Having a cat that can not only speak human language and use magic, but also has such intelligence, is simply a source of immense security.
"Um……"
The red-haired girl seemed to remember something, turned around and ran into a corner, frantically pulling at the floorboards as if there were some incredible treasure underneath!
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