Or, why don’t you find another savior?

“Things may not be that bad.”

Seeing that he was serious, Kallen had to express a slightly more conservative attitude as a neutral measure.

Chapter 34 Suspicion

After that, Gray went back to her room to get some rest, and Shiomi stayed behind to take care of Kallen.

The two chatted from time to time, and Karin soon fell asleep due to the influence of the psychic medium.

When she opened her eyes again, Gray was knocking on the door urgently.

Karen crawled out of bed and went to open the door for Gray. She saw that the gravekeeper girl was unusually anxious.

The tension was different from his usual difficulty interacting with outsiders, it was as if something extremely urgent had happened.

"What happened?" Kallen asked.

Gray looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated: "I don't know where to start..."

"Then let's start with the results."

Kallen yawned and went into the bathroom to wash up. Gray was waiting at the door.

"Yes, that's right." Gray lowered her head, "Then I'll start with the result... This morning, the Golden Princess was found dead in her room."

"...The one from last night?" Kallen looked in the mirror, checking if there were any stigmata that had not yet faded. "What a coincidence. He died in his room the day after he said he was going to flee. Was he found by the Izeluma family?"

She analyzed the intelligence as a matter of course.

If that's the case, then the Golden Princess didn't lie last night.

"It's not just that." Gray's face was full of worry, "Teacher Shiomi is the most suspected and is being questioned..."

This answer made Karen silent for a while. She sighed and said, "You finally decided to take action?"

"Take action?" Gray was puzzled.

"Don't mind me, I was just saying that." Karen brushed her hair, "It seems that something unexpected happened after I fell asleep. Please tell me in detail on the way over."

Afterwards, after washing up, Kallen followed Gray to the Moon Tower.

The Golden Princess' room is in the Moon Tower.

And all those who had not left after the social gathering yesterday were now gathered there.

According to Gray's description, it seemed that Shiomi went to the Golden Princess' room as promised early in the morning, but found that no one opened the door.

Smelling the blood behind the door, Shiomi opened the door alone.

This is also the reason why Shiomi was suspected.

Just as the Golden Princess said last night, the doors of their sisters' rooms have magic locks.

The magic lock itself is a kind of gift, and there are various styles, but basically all of them use the user's small source wavelength as a key. It has many disadvantages such as high price, only being usable by magicians, and not being able to flexibly change users. However, due to its high reliability, it is widely used by magicians.

The Clock Tower's treasure room also uses this type of door lock.

According to common sense, only the Golden Princess can open the door lock of the Golden Princess.

But Shiomi is an exception.

He would use a magic called "Knocking Technique". Any magic lock would not be an obstacle for him. He could simulate the wavelength of the owner of the lock without doing any damage to the magic lock, and then open the magic lock.

And the magic lock will continue to work.

Therefore, although the Izeluma family was notified immediately after the scene was discovered, Inole, who also stayed here, as the head of Baruereta, naturally could not deny Shiomi's suspicion.

This monarch knew some of Shiomi's unique magic.

In the past, Baliuereta was unable to continue investigating because the owner of a family treasure house disappeared. At that time, Shiomi was entrusted by Inole to handle the matter. It was then that he unlocked the treasure house and demonstrated the existence of the knocking technique.

Because this magic was ultimately considered difficult to teach by the Clock Tower, unable to form a specific theory, and not of high enough value, it was simply recorded.

——Just like the people from a locksmith company are registered by the police station in the city where they are located.

"I miscalculated. After I smelled the blood, I didn't think of calling for help first, but opening the door first..." Shiomi sat in the reception room next to the Golden Princess' room, looking at Inolai opposite him and Byron standing behind the sofa, "No, even if I did nothing, I would still be listed as the prime suspect."

When Kallen arrived, Shiomi was facing the monarch of one of the three great noble families of the Clock Tower and the head of his branch family with a relaxed attitude as if he did not understand his situation.

"Don't have that attitude, Shiomi." Inolai smiled calmly, "You are indeed the most suspicious, but I still trust you very much. In my opinion, if you were the real murderer, the scene would definitely not be so bloody."

The Golden Princess died on the bed in the room, her whole body was brutally dismembered into twelve parts.

This method of killing is not consistent with Shiomi's practice.

As the designated executor of the original seal, Inole was very familiar with Shiomi's style.

Clean and neat, kill the enemy with one move.

The most recent example is the former monarch, El-Melloi.

Although the autopsy later confirmed that Kenneth was indeed injured by the magic duel and was even retaliated by Shiomi, causing him to be in a state of mercury poisoning, the truly fatal blow was the one that pierced his heart.

If it wasn't a head-on battle, but an assassination.

Either the Golden Princess would be found dead in bed, or not even a corpse would be left.

That's why Inole did not rule out Shiomi as the biggest suspect, but on the other hand believed that Shiomi did not kill the Golden Princess.

"It would be great if Mrs. Inole could understand my attitude." Shiomi smiled faintly.

He had just explained to Inole what he talked about with the Golden Princess during his last meeting last night.

Byron, the father of the Golden Princess, had no choice but to believe in the escape.

If Shiomi really escaped with the Golden Princess and the Silver Princess as originally discussed, not only Baluereta but even Barthemero would not be able to find them easily.

"I understand. But I'm afraid I can't let you return as scheduled today," said Inole.

"Are you going to put me under house arrest?" Xi Jian asked.

Inola's eyes were full of experience. "Don't be so sarcastic, Xijian. It's not because Baliuereta can keep you here, but because you don't want to leave."

"That is to say..." Shiomi looked at the other guests in the room. They all stayed after the party for their own reasons.

These people are also suspicious, but none of them are as suspicious as Shiomi.

"Until the matter is thoroughly investigated, Izeluma will not treat you and your companions unfairly." Inolai looked at Kallen and Gray at the door, "Please stay in the Twin Tower until then. After all, I was the one who suggested inviting you here, and to some extent, I also have a responsibility."

"Of course. I suddenly went from being a guest to a murder suspect, and I don't want to leave so easily."

Shiomi, who was sitting in a casual posture, slowly smiled, with a cold light shining from his teeth.

Chapter 35 Investigation

"I never thought that one day, I would be the one responsible for monitoring you."

An hour later, outside the Moon Tower.

The person who came out with Shiomi Tenki was Aozaki Touko.

As Shiomi squatted down to look at the dense footprints on the grass, Orange said behind him.

"Indeed, in the past, I should be the designated executor of the seal and investigate your movements." Xi Jian also smiled, "It is said that a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Today, I have thoroughly experienced the weight of this saying."

Orange took out a Zippo lighter and lit a cigarette. "You are too unreasonable. The magic lock has been improved by countless magicians for generations and can only be cracked by brute force. But with you, you can perfectly avoid the limitations of the magic lock and unlock it without damaging it."

"It's just a preliminary expansion of the original runes." Shiomi squatted there, looking at the grass carefully, "You should know. Of the 18 runes that were originally discovered, only the great god Odin knows the true function of the last rune. The other 17 runes basically cover all aspects. As long as they are used properly, there is basically no situation in the world that rune magic cannot deal with."

This made Orange laugh: "So why did you agree to help the Golden Princess escape? As a favorite of Teacher Inola, there is no reason for you to offend Baliuereta, right?"

"At first I thought this was Lady Inole testing my position, but it wasn't until I found out that the Golden Princess was dead that I realized that the poor girl really wanted to escape." Shiomi sighed, "I wonder if she would have survived if I hadn't agreed to help her."

"Is this sentimental regret due to the sadness for the passing of life, or the destruction of Izeroma's magic crystal?" Orange asked.

"The former." Xi Jian stood up, "But now if I do this, the reward that the Golden Princess promised to give me will be gone."

"What kind of reward?" Orange was very interested.

"A relic." Shiomi did not hide anything. "The Golden Princess seems to know that our eldest daughter wants to participate in the Fifth Holy Grail War, and that her relic is still not in place... I also heard that Izeluma seems to have bought a very valuable magic item that can be used as a relic."

"I see." Orange understood. "That child, I remember her name is Ying, right?"

"Yes, the child adopted by the Tousaka family." Shiomi smiled, "She is the second daughter of Tousaka Tokiomi who asked me to ask you for help to make a prosthetic arm."

Orange nodded and stopped talking about this topic: "Have you made any progress in the investigation?"

"It's hard to say." Shiomi pointed to the lakeside forest behind the Moon Tower, "But the Golden Princess's footprints did go there."

"I'm just responsible for surveillance. If you want to go, please feel free to do so. Just don't use your proud transfer magic to disappear from my sight." Orange spread his hands.

Today she changed into the same casual outfit of shirt and jeans that she wore when she opened the Garan-no-do in Tokyo. Her casual demeanor made her look like a different person at first glance than the one she was at the social gathering last night.

——Of course, from a certain perspective, it is not impossible. Shiomi is willing to call it the second on the Orange Joke List.

The first one is a topic that cannot even be mentioned.

He then waved his hand, and the runes appeared, then turned into glowing powder and finally disappeared on the grass.

In contrast, a line of flickering footprints spread along the grass and into the depths of the forest.

Shiomi and Touko walked into the forest one after the other.

"Teacher Inola has such a bad taste that he asked me to monitor you." Orange said.

It's not just one suspect monitoring another suspect, but also acquaintances monitoring acquaintances.

This option is even better than "letting Kallen monitor Shiomi".

"Are you saying that she isn't worried that I bribed you and then forged an alibi?" Xi Jian laughed.

"It is indeed possible. As long as you show me an original rune that I haven't analyzed, I will join you." Orange also nodded.

"How much resentment do you have about this matter... Is it greater than the resentment that your sister robbed you of the right to inherit the family business?" Shiomi said. This is the third topic of Orange Jokes.

Orange exhaled a puff of smoke and happily retorted: "If I can get all the original runes, the fifth magic can go to hell."

"What the hell..." Xijian was amazed at her lion's big mouth.

But Inola's move was indeed vicious.

Regardless of whether Orange protected Shiomi during the surveillance period, if the situation worsens afterwards, it means that the suspicion of the two will increase again.

Even though he had said that he trusted Shiomi before, Inolai still continued to test him and even his own students.

As the two men gradually went deeper into the forest, thick fog obscured their vision and visibility became shockingly low.

This is not ordinary weather, but a barrier set up by the Izeluma family, the owner of the forest.

A barrier even more exaggerated than the Einzbern Forest in Fuyuki.

Shiomi crossed an uneven gully filled with rotten branches and leaves and animal feces and urine, turned around and reached out to Orange, but then she remembered that she was a crown magician after all, and she wouldn't be unable to move because of the natural ecology that the forest had deliberately maintained.

"Thank you." Orange naturally held his hand and crossed the more than one-meter-wide gully before Shiomi could withdraw his hand.

Nodding in response, Shiomi turned around and looked around the forest in the thick fog, "This is really a good spiritual vein. No wonder the Izeluma family built the Twin Tower here."

"If this murder hadn't happened, I would like to invite you to take a walk in the forest." Orange said with a smile.

"Hey, hey... you know, I've already--"

Before Xijian could finish his words, he suddenly turned around and stretched out his hand. A shield woven with magic instantly covered the two of them, isolating the things that were attacking them.

After the violent collision, Xijie opened the shield and the two took a few steps in the direction where the attacker fell.

He let go of Orange's hand and prepared for the next magic trick.

"It's actually an automatic doll... Could it be yours, Orange?" Shiomi's voice became a little dangerous.

Orange also took off his glasses: "That thing looks like an antique no matter how you look at it. It's better than what I made."

Just as magic accumulates mystery over time, so does puppetry.

The older the automatic dolls are, the higher their quality is than today's dolls, even surpassing Orange's puppet technology.

Obviously, the automaton placed in this forest, which may be one of the assets of the Izeroma family, is of this type.

"Oh, by the way... one of the reasons I was invited to Izeluma was to be asked to repair these antiques."

Even with the Lengche personality pattern, Orange had to add some explanation.

"...I'll settle the score with you when I get back..."

Shiomi said bitterly.