"Alicia, are you there?
I heard Jill on the other side of the door.
"You can come in."
"No one?
Yeah, it's just me.
When I answered that, after a moment of silence, the door slowly opened.
... Oh, how can you have such a serious look on your face? I wonder if there's anything wrong yet.
"What's going on?
"... I found this at school"
Jill said that in a small voice and gave me a single card.
"Where did you get this?
I received that card from Jill and heard that as I watched.
... This is a tramp. In this world, I thought you said royal cards. Sure, it's used in aristocratic gambling or something. Cards for adult play, … but I wonder why this was in school. Well, I can imagine that students are gambling at play.
"I found it where the wolf appeared."
"Huh?"
I made an unexpected dumb voice in Jill's voice.
"I mean, what's the point of this..."
"I don't know that either. But it's strange why it's the fourth of spades."
Four of spades... does that mean the killer left something behind? Or have you read too much?
Ha, I prefer an exciting life, but sometimes I want to live long hours.
"Suppose this card is the killer"
"" Noble Kate ""
Me and Jill's voices overlapped beautifully.
"Oh, I knew Alicia knew."
In the world of cards, spades are aristocracy, and four readings are Kate, so far I've figured it out.
"But you can't believe this. What could be a trap"
"Well, maybe someone from Lavar State tried to sin against someone at the School of Magic."
"You don't know anything about just this card... It only deepens the mystery."
... I guess I'll have to break into the Lavar country after all.
But your father will never forgive you. Even Mr. Liz's watchman wanted to stop.
You know, going into exile yourself...? That's too shallow of a mindset.
... but you might as well be banished from the country like a bad girl here. And you're coming back to Durkis again. I don't know if this will work, but if this succeeds, surely I'll be in history.
"Alicia? What are you thinking?
"... about Mr. Liz's watchman."
"I can't use magic, but I can tell lies."
Jill looks suspiciously at me.
"I've been thinking about what's best for me to be a bad girl."
"... So, what was the conclusion?
Jill gave me a slightly frightened look.
If you tell Jill what I think right now, he'll definitely disagree. But you can lie to me...
"I can't just be next to Mr. Liz."
That's what I said as I looked to Jill.