"Don't worry, you're mine from now on. If that fellow Diodore dares to do anything bad to you, I'll let him know the consequences."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Crawford knelt down with an excited look on his face.
"Don't kneel, I don't like this!"
"Yes, I will remember this!"
After getting Felena's official approval, Crawford finally felt relieved.
It was not until he left Langarde due to business needs that he realized that he had been careless.
Unfortunately, before he could ask Felena for help, he was sent away by Berzera...
... ...
Time goes back to the present.
"I deliberately let you see it, why?"
the investor asked with a smile.
"There's a reason for that, of course."
"First is where Crawford was killed."
Hulim said slowly.
"This is Mr. Filcorn's estate. As the owner of the estate, Filcorn must be held responsible."
"At this point, Alicia will definitely come forward to help Phil Cohen solve this problem, and the situation will evolve into us investigating the matter."
"And if we investigate, we shall inevitably find the letter you sent to Crawford outside the city."
"Yeah, that's right~!"
The "investor" smiled and nodded.
"And then~?"
"...After that, combined with Felena's reaction and the contents of the letter, we naturally inferred that there was a high probability that there was other evidence proving the mastermind's identity. Therefore, a search of Crawford's mansion became inevitable."
"Finally, we did find it..."
"Hehe~, so, you found the letter, but there's no evidence that it was a trap for you, right?"
"Of course."
Hulim answered affirmatively.
"The evidence is the letter itself, found in the mansion! The letter—"
"You used magical anti-counterfeiting stationery, didn't you?"
"Magic letter paper? What does that even mean? Magical anti-counterfeiting letter paper is very common in the communication between nobles, right?"
"It's certainly common, but the letter being on this kind of paper is very unusual."
“… …”
"Because magical anti-counterfeiting stationery is generally only used for formal communications between nobles in accordance with etiquette! How could anyone use it for secret letters?"
"Just like your second letter, it's just plain stationery."
"The reason you chose to use magical anti-counterfeiting stationery for your first letter was simply to ensure we could find it."
"That's really interesting~ Even if it's what you guessed, normally in this situation, you would think someone is secretly helping you, right? Why do you think it's a trap?"
"That's only if you really want to help us."
"Oh~?"
"...You deliberately exposed the evidence to us. It seems that you were only helping us find the criminal so that you could successfully implicate the Third Prince. But if that was your sole purpose, there's no need for you to provide the clues to us. Giving them to others would be perfectly acceptable."
"It's obviously not necessary for us to be the one, but they still left the clues for us. It's like saying that they hope we will catch the criminal."
"But is there really such a good thing in this world? Although we didn't know the specific relationship between you and the Crown Prince Drehak at that time, one thing is certain: you are definitely not a supporter of Alicia."
"Since you're not a supporter of Alicia, then what you're doing can't possibly benefit us. That means there must be a trap waiting for us behind the capture of Bozera, which is the ambush you're setting..."
"If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid you noticed the omission in the letter yourself?"
“… …”
"But you still did it. This shows that compared to this small omission that might expose the problem, it is more important for us to successfully find evidence and arrest the murderer..."
Snap! Snap! Snap!
The "investors" applauded again!
"Beautiful~! What a beautiful analysis~! But..."
The "investor" looked at Hulim with a smile on his face.
"Since you clearly knew it was a trap, why did you step in anyway? Miss Genius, you seem a bit too conceited, aren't you?"
As he spoke, the "investor" opened his arms and gestured around.
It was quiet outside the temple.
"You heard me, right? Even though you've been trying to delay, the knights still haven't arrived. Do you know what this means?"
“… …”
Hulim did not answer, but just stared at the "investor" silently.
Seeing this, the "investor" smiled even more happily.
"Like I said, I have plenty of time~. You are indeed very smart, but do you think you can break through all the traps with your current strength~?"
"That's totally wrong! A genius who hasn't grown up is just a genius after all. He will die if he encounters a more powerful force!"
Hulim glanced down at the magic circle beneath her feet.
"...Indeed."
She raised her head again and looked around at the people in the hall.
"You clearly have an A-rank and several B-ranks, a sufficient fighting force, yet you still prepared such a method. You are really cautious."
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