"So how did your wife know Inez Caron was an assassin?"
"It's an investigation."
…… No, it's a little bit. "
"Inez's legging was different from that of a regular person, and I thought this guy was suspicious. Besides, he's been pointing at me for a long time. So I tried to disable it, but I was lucky to look like I was really an assassin"
"Ah, lucky...... But according to other people's stories, your wife had a detailed idea of the assassination plot. How did you know about Lord Risel Rosso's circumstances?"
"It's a survey. He's been trying to kill me since the party, and I thought he was dangerous. So I tried to camouflage him, and it seemed like he was really trying to kill me. I was lucky."
"But"
"It's an investigation."
……
The lead stares at me like I'm in trouble. Looking back hard at those eyes, he gently placed the pen he had in his hand.
... I won.
As soon as I returned to my room, as the Duke had said, the lead soldier of the hearing came to visit me.
In the meantime, I explained all the way through how I acted and what I knew in the last loop to the extent that there was no "fugging" out. "I haven't found anything poisonous," he said, although he had subtly cautioned that the dreameater might use poison. They don't have anything suspicious coming out of Ines' possession, either, other than a dagger.
Has everything in evidence been recovered by the assassins who fled? Even though I had no choice, I still feel a little guilty about more than I expected I missed due to my cage castle operation.
"So, for now, so be it. Next, about the disappeared servants, do you know anything about them?"
With that said, the soldiers have handed over the paper. On the paper received, the names of the people are lined up in shifts. This is all, it seems, the name of the disappeared servant.
"What I know, even if I say... I just got here, so I only know the names of the ladies on the side."
Having said that, I'll check the names on the list once and for all. There are about 10 names in line, and I was a little relieved to wonder if all of them were assassins.
I wonder how big an organization is a dreameater with all these assassins. The end result of their battle is about Mr. Risel bullying, but it doesn't make a difference that they are a horrible group.
But in the end, I never confronted an assassin other than Ines. Where were the other assassins hiding? It's kind of like an array of people saying 10 are lurking when they find one.
"Hmm?
I catch my eye on a piece of paper.
Among the lists I'm not supposed to know, there was a name I remember.
Amanda Denier. —— Serenia's, she's a sidekick samurai.
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Sure, Amanda was suspicious, but she allowed Serenia to be taken out so lightly, I took her off the suspect. I wonder how she missed me and Serenia on that occasion. Was it unmotivated?
—— No, this isn't limited to Amanda. That night I was free to move around without major obstacles. My brother is the only one who has stopped me from acting. I didn't know you were doing more solid work inside than the assassins.
You hunted me down generously about Mr. Riselle, but I still have my doubts about the M.O. of the dreamers, who barely interfered with my behavior. Something there, I don't feel like I have another thought.
This can only be done by directly questioning the assassin (Ines) himself.
After the hearing, I decided to take action. The sun had already fallen, but I can't wait for tomorrow. Although Inez is currently imprisoned in the castle, he doesn't even know when he will be transferred elsewhere.
By this time the sore nose had healed, and Mr. Arge's outrageous story, which he had forgotten, was well remembered. Really, I wonder... It's possible that you lied to make me grow up, but I don't want to be sure.
In the meantime, let's be careful not to be unscrupulous and staying up late.
Getting out of the room was easy. When I went to wash my hands, I said to the guard soldier, "It's hard to break my stomach. Get away from the washing of your hands because you're embarrassed," I told him face to face, and the soldier looked complicated and stepped away from the washing door. In that slight gap, I ran off on the spot without sound.
By now that soldier will be waiting for my return in front of the wash of no one, thinking "naughty".
It was definitely an operation to lose something, but there's no other way.
Then he moved to the east wing basement where there was a cell and knocked on the door of the dungeon entrance with dignity. The watchmen were upset at the appearance of the Duchess at midnight, but when I pushed him forcefully through, "I have my husband's permission," I managed to get him to guide me under Ines.
The prison that hasn't been used in the last few years is dim and dusty. In the gap between the stone walls, the spider's nest is stretched. Was it in storage, or each room separated by an iron lattice stacked with old crates?
In such an atmospheric one of the worst jail paintings, Ines sat quietly in a chair.
"... ma'am"
To my appearance, Ines opens her eyes just a little bit.... but immediately turned off his expression and distracted himself from me.
"Ines, I just wanted to ask you something."
It's a waste of time, so let's get down to business.
Both Operation Abdominal Pain and Operation Gorilla can buy you a lot of time. The story of me breaking into a cell will soon be passed on to the Duke. Before that happens, I just want to talk to Ines and the two of us.
"I hear Amanda is one of you. Actually, I met her in front of Serenia's room last night. But there's something puzzling going on there."
Even if this one starts talking, Inez doesn't keep staring at the stone wall with nothing.
I will continue to ignore her.
"Your plan must have been a big premise to be holding Serenia hostage. But Amanda didn't stop me from taking Serenia out. As a result, Mr. Risel no longer had to kill me, and the assassins were to leave one of you behind and disappear.... This is crazy, right?
……
"Hey, Ines. Could you have betrayed me? What Amanda did was what she thought was only a negative thing for the assassins. Don't you get angry that you're just beaten up and tied up and left in such a dumb place? Wouldn't you like to go back to Amanda? If we're gonna get caught, we'd rather have two than one, wouldn't we? If so --"
"... I don't understand the meaning of the words your wife says"
When I said this to fold up, I got sick of my voice coming back.
"As I have said many times, I am not an assassin,"
"No, no. Then what are those boots that I planted that blade on?"
"It's just for protection."
For protection, how many women in the world plant blades in their shoes?
It's too tight an excuse, but Ines says so with a straight face.
"But he had the same dagger as Mr. Risel."
"I heard that story from the soldiers, but I don't know anything about daggers. Someone must have let you get into my personal belongings. By and large, does it make sense that the assassin deliberately has the same dagger as Master Riselle Rosso?"
"Ugh."
Around showing no upset, I'm not in the same shape as Mr. Riselle. Even though he would still be cute enough to sweat, Ines mouths a slightly impossible claim, even naturally.
It was too grand, and for a moment I thought "maybe it makes sense".
No. Don't let Ines' pace drink you.
I still have a note for you to keep.
"... I can see how you intended to use the dagger."
I determined Inez to be an assassin because I heard Mr. Risel talk about the signal.
But that's not all.
Second loop. Only then was I killed by poison smoke.
Until I found out about the existence of a dream eater, I always thought that was a crime by Mr. Risel, but now I don't think so. You can't possibly imitate that clever guy like that.
Whatever you think of that, Inez did it.
On second thought, when Serenia was murdered, both I was openly vigilant, and there were brothers and dukes beside me. Killing me under that circumstance would have been difficult for even an amazing assassin. On the other hand, during the second loop, I didn't understand the situation and there was just Petra on the side. There was still room for the assassins to kill me.
So Inez decided to kill me with his own hands and used poisonous smoke... and I feel that Tsujitsu fits.
No, no, she was falling down with the other samurai too, that would be weird, but this was the practical experience that led me to the right answer.
"You dreamers will use poisonous smoke."
Ines looks up. I see a slightly surprising color behind her eyes, though I try not to move her expression.
"That, even if I just inhaled it a little bit, it would have the effect of clogging my throat and then losing my voice, wouldn't it? But then you raised your voice in poisonous smoke: 'Ugh'. I still know if you're going to cough up, but I can't tell you how 'Ugh' is in that smoke jam. I've smelled it twice, so I know exactly what I mean."
"... what? Smell it?"
"But if you hold your breath, you can move in poisonous smoke for a while. So you filled the room with poisonous smoke in advance, and put Teresa and Harriet inside in your hands. And when me and Petra were coming back, I held my breath and pretended I was falling in the room. But you can't stay in poisonous smoke for long either. So I made a deliberate voice to pull me and Petra inside outside the room. That way, we'll have to go inside to help you. And being lured into the room properly, I inhale poisonous smoke and fall. But it doesn't make sense to kill me just to die. Something needed to leave a trail leading to Mr. Riselle.
... So you stuck the same dagger that you gave Mr. Risel to me, dying. I mean, the dagger was meant to sin against Mr. Risel!
Nevertheless, this method is somewhat weak to sin perfectly against Mr. Risel. No matter how much he was threatened and Mr. Risel pleaded guilty to "doing it," the question remains, and there is a good chance that it will be considered a crime committed by another human being. Even as assassins, my murder at their own hands was probably a last resort.
... Wow. Isn't that the best I can do now?
On second thought, I just showed Ines this name reasoning, though I can't be sure if it's the right one.
But Ines' face was now stunned and full. It would be more impossible to tell them not to be surprised if they uncovered a murder plot they don't remember and pointed out the presence of poisonous smoke that they shouldn't have used.
I'll stab you in the todome at once here. I nudged my right index finger towards the assassin at the end of the iron lattice.
"It's all a prospect to me. The killer, you!
"Naturally. So he's in jail."
Horizontal spears can be put in to make you feel better.
No, it is, but it's not like that.
I look back and wonder whose wild voice puts an innocent scratch into my name reasoning.
There stood a father whose face was bright red with anger and a duke.