Zongman, start your journey to godhood by saving the heroine of anime

After finishing her sobbing, the girl heard Bai Ye's mutterings and asked him a question.

"I am indeed very curious. I should say I am very curious about everything in this world that is related to mystery."

Bai Ye nodded, still trying to recall where else he had heard the name Dantalian Bookshelf besides that book of ghost stories.

"Since you're curious, Bai Ye, how about I give you this bookshelf?"

Avril took out the key and handed it to Bai Ye. However, Bai Ye politely declined.

"After all, it's something your grandfather left you, it wouldn't be right for me to just take it away like this."

"There's nothing wrong with it. Anyway, I don't really like reading. I usually just like adventures. As for bookshelves and such, they'll probably just sit at home collecting dust if I inherit them."

"not to mention..."

The girl suddenly blushed.

"What's more, Bai Ye saved my life like a prince."

"Humph!"

Victorique, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore and let out a very arrogant snort.

"Jealous?"

It was rare for Bai Ye to see Victorique like this, and he felt a desire to tease her.

"Hmph! Who would be jealous of you!"

Victorica turned her face away haughtily, as if she didn't want to see Bai Ye looking angry.

Seeing this, Bai Ye bent down slightly and whispered something to the girl next to Victorique's ear.

"I can actually be the prince of Victorique!"

"call!"

As he finished speaking, he blew a cool breath into Victorique's little ear.

"Screech!" Victorica shuddered, her little feet stumbled and she almost fell to the ground, but Bai Ye caught her.

Then Bai Ye saw Victorica puff up her purple face again, turn around and glare angrily at him.

"Baka! Gaa!!!"

"what!!!"

"what!!"

"what!"

"..."

After an interlude with Victorique.

In the end, Bai Ye still did not accept the key the girl offered him.

He made a promise with the girl that he would go with her the next time she went home to check on the old house left by her grandfather.

"Anyway, once the girl is won over, everything will still be yours, right?"

This is Little Saint being mischievous again.

"Nonsense, how could you blurt out what I was thinking! Oh, this conversation was originally just in my mind, so it's alright!"

......

"However, I didn't expect Avril's grandfather to be a book lover like Victorique! I thought that adventurers who travel around wouldn't like reading much."

Walking together on the path back to the top of the garden tower, Bai Ye inquired about the girl's grandfather from Avril.

"That's right! Unlike me, who only thinks about adventure, Grandpa became an adventurer, I heard, so he could travel around and collect more books!"

“Actually, I noticed my grandfather’s love of books when I was a child. He even gave up half of his territory to exchange for a very rare book, ignoring the advice of his family.”

As the girl recounted her grandfather's past, a smile involuntarily appeared on her face.

"Therefore, apart from me, the other members of the family actually didn't like my grandfather very much."

"is it?"

The more Bai Ye listened, the more familiar this setting seemed, but it must be a memory from a very long time ago, and Bai Ye couldn't recall it for the time being.

In addition, they had already formed a preconceived notion that this world was the GOSICK world.

Bai Ye simply recalled that when she was looking at the ghost story catalog in the library that day, she seemed to remember that it mentioned the Dantalian bookshelf, which seemed to contain...phantom books with magical powers?

"Um... Avril, did you ever hear your grandfather talk about anything related to the Book of Illusions when you were little?"

Ask away as soon as you think of it; Bai Ye's intuition told him that this thing called the Illusionary Book should be of great help to his growth.

"Phantom Book?"

Avril looked up, gazing at the sky as she pondered for a moment.

"I think I heard my parents and grandfather arguing once when I was very young, when my parents took me to my grandfather's house to play."

"At that time, I think the term 'phantom book' was mentioned."

The girl clapped her hands, as if she had suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, it was because of that argument that my parents never took me to my grandfather's house again, so I have a very deep impression of that incident."

"Really? If the Phantom Book is real, then the stories of mysterious powers recorded in the ghost tales might also be true."

Bai Ye nodded, choosing not to press the girl further.

Soon, the three arrived at the entrance of St. Margaret's Library. However, it was only when they reached the entrance that Avril remembered that she needed to go to her teacher to re-register her identity because her identity had been stolen.

And so, the girl said goodbye to Bai Ye and went off alone to find her unconscious teacher, Cecil.

Chapter Forty-Four: The Terrifying Power of a Yandere

The next day, as promised, Gureven brought the identity information of the mummified corpse from the ancient tomb.

The deceased man's name was Maxim, and he was a former graduate of this school.

However, even though the man has graduated, he would suddenly return every spring, stay at the school for a while, and then continue his travels.

Therefore, the teachers and students at the school all described him as a very strange man.

"According to rumors, he was a delinquent in school, and he has done all sorts of bad things, such as fraud, intimidation, theft, and extortion!"

Holding the man's file folder, Gurevan explained his reasoning.

"Perhaps he was killed because he did too many bad things and was hated by many people!"

"Incidentally, Maxim died eight years ago in the spring, because that was the last time he left a record at this school."

"We also sent people to investigate his dormitory at school, and his luggage was indeed still there, but it was covered in dust."

"Now it seems that the man must have died after being trapped in the tomb eight years ago when he last returned to the school!"

At this point, Gurevan sighed.

"However, eight years have passed since then, and it's practically impossible to find the murderer who killed Maxim now."

Victorique, who wasn't smoking a pipe this time but instead had a lollipop in her mouth, clearly disagreed with Gureyvin's statement.

"Hey, did you do some research? Who was the last person to use that tomb before the end of the year?"

"puff!"

"Speaking of which, I've been wanting to ask this since I got here: what's that stick that guy's got in his mouth? He talks weirdly while he's eating it!"

Hearing Victoria's off-key speech while she was sucking on a lollipop, Grevin asked Bai Ye curiously.

"Oh! You mean this? This is called a lollipop, it's a kind of snack from my hometown. If you like it, I'll give you one too?"

Bai Ye was in a good mood today and, unusually, gave Gureven a kind look, pulling out a lollipop from his pocket and handing it over.

"Snacks from the Far East? I'd like to try some!"

As Gurevan spoke, he reached out to unwrap the lollipop.

However, the next second, Victorica angrily snatched the candy from her hand, and as she left, she didn't forget to stomp on Grevin's foot, seemingly in retaliation for him laughing at her voice earlier.

"Okay, okay!"

Remembering that he still needed the other party to solve the case, Gurevin sighed again and began to recount some of the things he had investigated.

"According to school staff, the last person to use that gravesite was a girl named Millie Maru eight years ago. She reportedly died young from illness, and the iron gate has never been opened since."

As if lamenting the passing of a young girl's prime, Greaves' voice lowered slightly.

"Oh, by the way! The staff also said that the tomb key was stolen before the girl was buried."

Gurevan stroked his chin.

"It's really baffling! Maxim wasn't even there when Millie Maru was buried, so why was he there wearing knight's clothes later?"

Gurevan was completely baffled, but after hearing the explanation, Victorique clearly understood the details.

Before speaking this time, Wei Baozi didn't forget to take the lollipop out of her mouth.

"The fragments of chaos have been gathered!"

"Now I'll tell you the whole story!"

Victorique pulled out her little pipe from somewhere again.

"Milly Marou, she is the murderer who killed Maxim!"

The moment those words were spoken, the room fell silent.

"Why?"

Gurevan stared wide-eyed at Victorique in disbelief.

"Wasn't that girl already dead? Could it be that she was faking her illness?"

"Fool! Since you're already inside the tomb, you're obviously dead!"

Victorique looked at Grevin as if he were an idiot.

"Why is that? Could it be that there really are ghosts?"

Victorica took a puff from her little pipe; she no longer wanted to pay attention to her brainless brother.

"Because Maxim was chosen by Millie Maru to be her knight and be buried with her!"

"So, that's why Maxim's body was dressed in knight's attire?"

Gurevan said blankly.

"The whole case should be like this."

"After choosing Maxim as her knight to die with her, Millie Maru stole the key to the tomb's door beforehand and then drugged Maxim."

“The girl used a key to open the tomb door beforehand and swapped the unconscious Maxim with one of the corpses.”

"In the end, Millie Maru died. Maxim was actually sleeping next to her when the funeral staff carried the girl's body inside. Then the tomb door closed, and Maxim woke up. Unable to open the door, he could only die of exhaustion and despair!"

The truth finally came to light, but the process of what happened left Grevin stunned and unable to recover for a long time.

"Do you still remember the orchid on the mummified corpse?"

"I remember, the flower language of orchids here is: to be with you forever!"

Gurevan was horrified.

Even Bai Ye, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.

"Yanderes are terrifying!"

"That's right!"

"Victoria must not become a yandere like this in the future."

"Stop talking!"

After seeing off Grevin, who had come seeking their help to solve a mystery, Victorique once again found herself bored.