"" I wanted to show you Celia's face back then. I must have gotten a better honor than being invited to the royal castle. "………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………"

Return the completed notebook to Celia.

It's more a diary than an investigation note.

It's funny to hear stories about unresolved events such as what you talked about with Celia, what you ate, and what you thought when you saw Celia smiling.

The so-called autobiography of the parents who danced with their first child. It's also a pretty painful class of parent idiots.

"I read it too, but what happened to the first half of the day when I was seriously writing my diary?

"Were you always in love with you?

"I don't remember that. They took me everywhere on holidays, but I didn't have a lot of conversation. I don't suppose you could have measured my distance now."

I was clumsy.

"Maybe. It's just..."

Looking back at the past, Celia looked up at the ceiling with one elbow.

"Even though there was no direct expression of affection, there was a sense of being loved. When asked why, it's not a good word."

When I felt a sign of breathing next to me, I gently touched Risha's hand under the table.

"So, I continued with the diary, but I also saw Celia's notes. It was a child's handwriting, so I had a hard time reading it."

"I don't know what to do, because I was actually a kid. So, did we have to answer each other?

"Well, that's Celia, even though she's a kid. No, maybe it was because I was a kid that I was close to being a patchworker."

That's why?

Affirmative, I stir apple juice and wet my lips.

"Everyone only sees the brutality and planning of patchworkers. I don't know how I killed him, how I got away from people - well, that's where the eyes go first because of the adult sensitivity. Somewhat helpless."

"... the" why ”part is missing."

"Yes, the focus should be on" Why did you partially connect the three "and“ Why did you dress and pose like a theater scene? "

"Is it some kind of message?"

The gaze gathered on Lisha, who leaked.

"Hmm!? Did I say something weird?

"No, it's the other way around. That's what I thought, that's what logic thought."

"The problem is the content of the message. Risha, do you have any ideas?

Hmm, I twisted my neck as I roared.

Though only speculative, the message hidden behind this crime may be better understood by people like Risha.

"Three victims of different races, with different eyes, hair, skin colour, connections, costumes, theatre...."

Lisha lined up the pieces to murmur with bumps.

"If you think about logic, it's not a hate crime. 'Cause it's weird to dress up and clean someone you hate."

"... I'm dying well."

"Well, in a way, he's like the best apprentice I've ever had."

I shrugged my shoulders at Celia, saying that she was stunned.

"Yes, it's not just about killing that you're taking time after killing. In that case, the joining part makes sense....."

Follow up with Risha with her face shut.

"But...."

"That means that Risha is probably getting the answer right. Thank you, I'm sure. I'll tell you the rest."

Put your elbows on the table and put your hands together.

"Here's your thoughts on arrival, Lisha.“ But if your hair is not silver, or if it is not elf's ears, then one of them belongs to someone else. "

A color of relief appeared on his nodded face.

Well, that's how you react.

"... I'm sorry, I asked you in a mean way"

When I coughed, Risha's shoulders trembled.

"And I thought about it.“ If you're discriminated against because you're different, you should all be the same. "

No, my mouth moves to deny it, but my voice doesn't go on.

"It doesn't matter, if you've ever experienced so-called discrimination, it's a natural feeling. I won't hate you if you forgive me for being a con artist."

She laughed at Risha, who nodded in fear, and returned to her story.

"Just think like Risha. Anyway, there will be one or two aspirations that everyone wants to mess up the world. But it was the“ patchworker ”who actually put it into practice."

"Wait a minute, Rosie. Do you believe that crap I wrote when I was a kid?

"Really? I think I'm shooting a target. It's at least hundreds of millions of times more likely than the latest racist antagonist theory."

"So this is what you want to say? The“ patchworkers ”hated discrimination and decorated their claims with three successors."

"The point is not to bleed any blood, and to pose like a play. Three people of different races mix together, and the time stops forever as if they were the end of a happy story."

Although the details of Celia's childhood were vague, she came to this conclusion.

The adults investigating this case were finally unable to reach a real “patchworker” because they looked ridiculous as they grew older.