Hakai no Miko

The air in the room froze for a moment as the Elf lady reported it.

Eladia, who was the first to regain herself, speaks up.

"What do you mean?! I should have ordered you to keep an eye out!"

Eladia scolds the elf girl for shaking her body small before she answers.

"I was constantly watching the tavern Casio was staying in.As well as watching the tavern stairs up to the second floor where the accommodation room was located, our arrangers held the accommodation room and all the rooms except those of Casio.I can assure you that there was no entry or exit of any suspicious person.--But when we stepped into the room, Casio was already dead! "

When Eladia asks about the cause of death, the elf girl answers slightly.

"The cause of death, as I mentioned earlier, is poisoning.― ― The body was examined, but there was no trauma that directly resulted in death.However, there is a scratch on the neck that is slightly bleeding.They probably used poisoned needles and thorns. "

"If so, it means that someone poisoned Cassio with it!Or did the killer sneak into the room like air or something?! "

Eladia's sword curled her elf.

"As a matter of fact... only once since Casio returned to the room has the man from the tavern visited the room."

"Then that person would be the most suspicious!Of course, is he already in custody?! "

On Eladia's sword screen, the elf girl suddenly fell on the spot.

"But I'm sorry! He went to the market in the evening and went out to buy it, but he hasn't come back yet, and I haven't heard from him!"

"Ah, you guys....!"

Eladia even felt dizzy (dizzy) about her trusted sister's catastrophe.

There can be no excuse for just losing a witness who would have obtained important testimony from someone who wanted to assassinate a pale horse, or even getting away with a suspect who did.

Still, the elf lady had a point.

"But it's every day that the pub servant comes to see the guests for dinner in the evening, and there was no strange conversation or noise at that time," the watchman said with his mouth shut!The same is true when a lowlife goes out to buy dinner ingredients!Besides, the man had been working at the tavern for over a decade and was no longer like the owner of the tavern.I didn't think he was going to kill Casio! "

In her desperate explanation, Eladia regained a little calm.

If you have been working as a servant in a tavern for more than a decade, it is not impossible for your sisters to be alarmed.After all, ten years ago, a pale horse appeared on this continent.It is impossible to say that he has been hiding in the inn since then to kill Cassio at this time today.

In that case, it would be more likely that Casio happened to die suddenly in the room, and then the visiting servant blinked at the golden object in the room and stole it to make him disappear.

But Eladia reconsiders.

Cassio was killed shortly after he handed Marco the poison that would prove decisive.This is too much of a coincidence.Considering the circumstances, it is better to assume that the killing was for silence.

What the hell happened?

Eladia glanced at the beautiful eyebrows.

Eladia didn't know.

The vanished man was a Baljibotian.

He was a "root" man who had been lurking in a tavern for ten years to gather information in King's Landing.

It was the weak voice of Marco who cut off Eladia's thoughts, which had become grandiose because she did not know about it.

"Hmm, did your brother die...?You're lying, right? "

Marco's words, which shook his voice, seemed to plead.Marco tried to walk to Eladia with a ghostly step without strength, hitting his feet on the table on the way.

Eladia rushed to support Marco, who fell to the applause.

"Are you okay, Marco?! Calm down!"

Marco grabbed Eladia's chest with a trembling hand.

"Is your brother dead?! What should I do...?I don't know what to tell my father..... "

In Marco's words, Eladia opened her eyes coolly.

"......! No way?"

Caution to seal Cassio's mouth without knowing the success or failure of poisoning.The audacity to poison Casio even under strict surveillance.Be prepared to succeed in it.And above all, the ruthlessness that can determine them.

"This enemy could be...!"

Eladia raised her face with a noise and shouted at the girl.

"Somebody, hurry up to Pipi-sama!Borrow someone who is confident in his wings, even among the Harpyans! "

Eladia strikes at the orders of a confused woman.

"Hurry up and let the lords who rule Marco's homeland know that Marco's family is safe!"

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Everyone dawned without fail.

The morning sun finally plunged in at the end of the east, and there was a heavy silence in the office dyed in white light.Everyone's gloomy face is face-down, and a loud wing-shaking sound pops in.

"Alert! Welcome to the Alert!"

Along with that voice, an elf lady opened the office door and a Harpyan woman literally jumped in from there.A soaring horse kicked up his chair and shouted at Harpyan, who knelt down and bowed his wings in gratitude.

"I don't want to thank you right now!Report it now! "

"Yes! I told the local lord my orders and confirmed the safety of Marco's family..."

After a moment of hesitation, Herpuan said the following words.

"Your family has already been killed without a trace!"

Before the finish of the word disappeared, a loud bang was heard.

It was the sound of Marco lying on the floor.

"Marco! - Somebody help Marco now!"

The elf ladies who were waiting in the room rushed over Marco, screaming like a pale horse.

After my brother's poisoning, my family was all killed, but I think I finally reached the limit of my mind.Take Marco, who has lost consciousness, to a separate room with a few people holding him.

The pale horse that dropped it dropped his hips into the chair without strength.Then, when you put your elbows on the desk, put your fingers together and place your forehead on it, face down.

"Tell me more about what happened...."

A Harpyan woman nodded by a pale horse continues to report.

"Sincerely. - As you ordered, when I went to check Marco's house with soldiers from the local lord, as I told you earlier, all his parents, including his younger brother, were killed.The house looked terrible and there was no place for my feet to step because of the blood.Based on the condition of the body and the solidity of the blood, it is likely that it has been committed in the last few days. "

The pale horse, thinking of the harpy situation on the scene in Harpyan's report, leaked his tongue small.

"So you have eyes on the killer?"

In response to a silent, but deeply angry question, Harpuane shuddered, then answered "Yes" and continued to speak.

"When I spoke to my neighbors, I recently saw a well-dressed man of human race and his squire frequently entering and leaving Marco's family.Probably those people. "

The blue horse frowned.

"Weird-looking men of human species?"

"The neighbors I saw thought they were some kind of aristocrat.And since they came in and out, Marco's family suddenly got better. ”

Having been asked to speak more specifically by the blue horse, Harpyan continued.

"They were paying off their neighbors' debts in bulk, they were starting to wear the finest clothes they didn't deserve, and they were listening that they would soon be born great."

After hearing the report, the pale horse lowered the Harpyan and leaned against the back of the chair and looked up at the ceiling.

"You got Marco into trouble with me."

Eladia replied, "Thank you," to the pale horse who asked no one with a powerless voice.

The blue horse was unknown, but the position of king cook was an important one comparable to the country's heavy duty.

Needless to say, in an era of concern for assassination by poison, the seriousness of the King's trust is simply to cook the food he talks about.This is all the more true because in an era when medical care is underdeveloped, it also has a responsibility as a doctor to manage the King's health.

These roles are accompanied by numerous privileges for the king's cook, such as the right to speak directly to the king and the right to be touched by his balls to confirm his state of health.

In addition, the king's cook, who is entrusted with the culinary task of entertaining the meritorious subordinates and welcoming the dignitaries of various foreign countries, will also have a great influence in internal affairs and diplomacy.

In view of these things, you will understand how important the king's cook was to the country.

However, the pale horse, which has the feeling of the general public of modern Japanese people, regarded Marco only as a personally important person.

The pale horse, which Eladia told me about, nodded in disappointment.

"It was my fault.I should have protected Marco's family when we started the country. "

The pale horse uttered the words of reflection in a bitter tone.

"No, I'm in a state of disrepair."

Eladia also expresses her regret.

"I failed to advise you, knowing that your Majesty was neglectful of it."

In fact, Eladia was also considering the possibility of contacting his family because someone with a bad intent would use Marco.

However, in addition to letting Marco have the role of bait to catch those who had such a good intent in the first place, Eladia, who had heard from Marco that he had been treated coldly by his family - although he didn't even seem to have noticed - did not have a good feeling for Marco's family and dared to leave it unattended.

This is what happened when it came here and suddenly became a problem and erupted.

Ask Eladia to bow her head and apologize, and the pale horse says to raise his head.

"There's nothing I can do about it.I'm sorry, but I want you to be more attentive to the people around me.- And I asked for Marco. "

"All at Your Majesty's pleasure."

Eladia bowed her head again to show understanding.