This Time, I Became the Fiance of a Duke’s Daughter. But She is Rumored to have Bad Personality, and Ten Years Older

Releasing the two people who were sealing the motion, Jared put the knife away. But Pfile doesn't know the two of us, so he's on guard.

It's okay, unless he himself is convinced that explaining it won't work.

"Jared...... why are you here?

"That's our dialogue. What the hell are Laurenz and Berta doing at Kevin Harrington's mansion?

Asking Laurenz, he gave him a bitter look.

"Master Kevin Harrington is my mentor."

"You're lying, aren't you?

Information from the Duke of Alway and the Sorcerer's Association should have shown no involvement with Laurenz.

"It wasn't a formal mentoring relationship, but to my relative, Master Kevin, I hit the one who taught me the basics when I woke up to magic. Since then, if I had the time, I'd be like my brother, who even consulted me when I was stretched out."

"... Was I? You've been a real shame this time. Let me offer my condolences."

"Thank you. I'm sure Master Kevin will be delighted"

Berta is pointing at Laurenz, whose face is still about to cry, and the gaze that guided him.

"So, what were you guys doing in this mansion? Though you shouldn't be able to stop by without permission from the Association of Survivors and Mages?

"... I did visit this place without permission. But I can't stay or stand thinking about Master Kevin."

I don't think so either. A relative and master was murdered. There is more to his mind than a guess.

I want to keep it calm, but it doesn't work either. Jared could be targeted by the killer who killed Kevin. If you can take the life of a candidate for court magician, you should think of it as equivalent to or more than Jared.

"I know it's bad you're grieving, but I want you to let me hear it. Did Laurenz know Kevin Harrington was a candidate for court magician?

"I didn't know. I first found out yesterday when my obituary was communicated"

"Do you have any idea who did this?

"There's no way! If I had, I would have killed the killer with this hand!

"Bad"

All I got was words of apology.

Sure, if Raulenz is grieving Kevin's death, he should be on his way to defeat if he knows the killer combined with his emotional personality.

Which means he came here again for some clue.

"No, that's okay. I'm sorry. I really can't contain my emotions right now. So, why are Jared and the others here?

"I'll tell you sooner or later, but don't say anything else. Besides Kevin Harrington, a candidate for court magician has been murdered. I'm the only one left."

"- That's stupid."

It wasn't just Laurenz, Berta was out of line.

"I can't do anything more than be targeted, too. So I thought I'd take a look at the crime scene and get some clues."

"Well, that's why you stayed with us."

Jared himself, we didn't think there would be Laurenz, so it's mutual that surprised us.

"Like Laurenz. I'm Pfile. I'm being looked after at Olivier Alway's mansion. I just want to ask you one thing, okay?

"Ask me anything."

"What caused Kevin Harrington's death?

"Pfile, it's you... you're too direct with whatever it is. Can't you just listen softer?

"That's okay. Pfile, that was it. You better listen to me clearly. So it was a cause of death, but it was stabbed with no resistance by a sword."

Heard of no resistance, Jared wonders. Would Kevin Harrington be irresistibly murdered, even if the sorcerer hears that it also specializes in attacks?

The use of sword-like means an attack from close range. A magician with combat experience has been killed too easily.

"No, I'm a little off. Laurenz, are you looking at the body?

"I saw it. I saw it. We can't forget how desperate Master Kevin, who was such a magician, is with his chest pounded. Must have been careless. He was a sorcerer, but he couldn't resist, and he was killed with a sword."

There was more anger in Laurenz's voice than sorrow.

"Jared would also know if he was a magician. If you have pride as a magician, I want to die using magic. You can't fight, and more importantly, you get killed with a weapon, that's the extreme of humiliation!

Berta supports Laurenz, who mourned, grieved, and wept.

Although I am proud to be a mage, Jared, who only considers magic to be one of his means, can't figure out Laurenz's anger.

When humans die, they die. Jared thinks there's nothing to do with magic or anything.

"Jared, are you aware?

"You don't have to tell me. Being punched in the chest means looking at the killer's face. But there is no resistance. That's crazy."

Pfile and Jared raised questions.

I also know I couldn't resist if they attacked me from behind. Absolutely no magician is more experienced in action than someone trained like Pfile.

But unless you're being attacked directly from the front.

"Hey Laurenz, did Kevin Harrington have any defensive wounds? Were there any marks on your arm or your sword?

"... No, I didn't. Master Kevin was just getting his chest pounded."

"I see. No, this has been a pain in the ass"

"What do you mean, Jared? Tell me, too."

I don't know if I can tell you, but I know I can't stop Lourenz from acting, whether I tell you or not. Then maybe we should let them take measures by giving them information.

Because even Laurenz, who was close to Kevin, could be targeted more than he knows why he acted.

"Needless to say, there are no defensive wounds, which means I'm not resisting. But I'd be on guard if someone strange or hostile was in front of me. As long as you are alert, you can act on something even if you are suddenly attacked. That doesn't happen in the end of being irresistible. So whoever killed Kevin Harrington... is his acquaintance."

It's just one of the possibilities in the status quo, but Jared decides he's not so wrong.

If this idea was different, it would have been a real unexpected hit. It's not impossible to kill Kevin irresistibly if he monitors him and raids him at a relaxed time. But if you did that, it should be rough in the mansion, but it doesn't feel the same way you saw it.

Unless the killer went out of his way to get organized and go home, but he won't be.

"An acquaintance, who the hell is it?

"I don't know either. I don't know that Kevin Harrington."

"Jared."

Pfile called in a small voice so that it didn't sound like Laurenz, who had his head.

"This is not our job. Perhaps I have just not been informed of my request to kill the candidate for court magician, but at least there are no Vault Yifer humans in the Wang capital. If you're there, you'll see soon enough."

"So it was an acquaintance's crime, after all?

"Most likely as you expected. But besides Vault Toyfel, there's an assassination group out there, and most importantly, you know you're going to get an adventurer for a murder request."

"But I don't think a candidate for court magician will be killed to the extent of an adventurer taking on the killing"

There is no first-rate adventurer to take on the kill. Hannellone and Olivier would have died if they had.

It's not like there's any possibility of an assassination group, but I still consider it an acquaintance's crime because Kevin Harrington is irresistible.

"The conclusion is not here. There's nothing left in the mansion to prove the killer. Just one thing."

"What the fuck?

"Murder by weapon, which is humiliating to the sorcerer. Wasn't this done on purpose?

"Even more so if you're an acquaintance. That's a resentment to think about."

The letter I received from the Sorcerer's Association stated the findings of being an association, but concluded that it was not a sorcerer's offense.

But neither Jared nor Pfile should think it's a crime because he's a magician.

It's only natural if you think that being a mage can produce the humiliating death of a mage.

"You should get more information from Mr. Dennis. It's not enough as it is."

Perhaps the Sorcerer's Association is looking for the killer with all its strength. Then it is possible that one or so of the suspects is up.

Jared decided to visit the Sorcerer's Association once.