Chapter 412

Upon leaving the room for dawn training, I hesitated on whether to speak to the two outsiders who seemed to be carrying a serious problem. However, upon hearing about a murder case, I acted quickly. The investigation was conducted with the cooperation of the temple and luckily took place within the Royal Class dormitory. The suspect was identified as Druin, the eighth research room manager who had gone missing after the crime. Harryott was shocked to hear about the murder and theft of magic books. She had been with Druin the night before but had no idea what had happened. The investigators thanked her for her cooperation. The investigators stood up and it seemed like there was nothing else to discuss. "Can you catch him?" Harryott asked with fear mixed in her voice, but the investigators didn't give a clear answer. "We'll do our best." "Okay then. Thank you for your cooperation. It was an honor to meet you, Lord Reinhardt." "Yes? Oh...yes." They thanked Harryott and left the duty room after giving some awkward remarks. Harryott's fingertips were still white with shock. She couldn't sit still, so I brewed some tea for her and handed her a cup. "Ah, thanks...Reinhardt." Harryott trembled as she sipped the tea. Finally, after finishing the cup, she took a deep breath. "What the hell happened..." Harryott seemed to have experienced something strange yesterday. "It was him, right?" "Yes..." A magician who suddenly stole a considerable number of magic books. Harryott breathed a sigh of relief. "He seemed to be greedy for the magic books. But to kill someone..." Although she didn't know who Druin was, he would have been a magician who had helped Harryott quite a bit. Even if they weren't close, hearing that someone they had often encountered had killed three people would naturally be shocking. Harryott muttered with narrowed eyes. "I should have noticed it sooner..." She had shown a different behavior than usual because of her intention to steal the magic books. Harryott thought that if she had noticed his intention quickly, this wouldn't have happened. "But there was no way to know." "That's true, but..." Was she blaming herself? If she had quickly noticed that Druin was acting strange yesterday, could she have prevented the deaths? It was impossible to infer that his behavior was strange just because he was greedy for the magic books. So Harryott's self-blame was meaningless. Harryott fiddled with her teacup with her head down. "I'm just stupid. If I had known something was wrong, even if I couldn't do anything, I could have told someone. But I got scared and ran away..." She finally let out a deep sigh. "I'm pathetic." I didn't think it was Harryott's fault, and I'm sure Harryott didn't think it was her fault either. However, she regretted her actions of running away yesterday without trying to find out how strange he was. It was a choice to run away without trying to find out how strange he was. What should we do? This wasn't Harryott's fault, but it was pointless to just let it go when something like this had happened. Above all, a murder case had occurred within the palace, which was a very serious problem. "Shall we try to investigate?"

"Us...?"

"We can't expect anything great, but there's no harm in trying, right?"

As a knight, I have the authority to interfere in almost everything in the empire, and Harryott has a sharp mind.

Of course, I'm not sure if tracking down a murder case is really doing something useful.

And this.

Somehow, it seems like this is the flow...

[Event Occurrence - Murder Case Investigation]

[Explanation: A murder and theft case has occurred within the palace. Please track down the case.]

[Reward: Achievement score of 5,000 points, ???]

I had a feeling that an event would occur, and I was right.

* * *

Saturday morning.

Ellen's usual weekend routine was to practice, but Reinhardt said he had something to do and left with Harryott.

I don't know what happened yesterday, but I found out that Harryott and Reinhardt were getting along like they used to.

I was worried that Harryott and Reinhardt were growing apart.

Even though it wasn't like before, seeing Harryott and Reinhardt talking and heading somewhere made me feel relieved.

But at the same time, I couldn't fully accept it due to my complicated emotions.

So, in this situation, I tried to be more intimate with Harryott than my own feelings. It made me feel even more difficult to endure.

Training couldn't be done without Reinhardt. On weekends when Sabiolan Tana left the temple to do Shana Fel's work, I couldn't get her help either.

I hope it's not something that takes a long time.

Ellen was thinking about how to train alone.

"Hey."

However, Charlotte came to the A-class dormitory to talk to Ellen.

"Let's talk for a moment."

Even if she said it nicely, they couldn't be considered close, but they were bound by a pledge of loyalty.

"Okay."

So Ellen obediently followed Charlotte.

* * *

Charlotte took Ellen outside the dormitory.

It didn't seem like she was trying to tell an easy story, as Charlotte's expression was stiff.

"I don't know you well, but it seems like your clothes are a bit heavy. What do you think?"

"I don't know."

"Yeah, you're living without even thinking about those things."

Ellen is someone whose mouth is heavy enough to not even have the concept of being light or heavy. She's naturally oblivious to rumors and doesn't even have the concept of spreading rumors.

Charlotte takes a deep breath a few times.

She was thinking of telling a secret that few people knew to her knight who was not acting like a knight. "Do you know that I was kidnapped and then released from the Demon King's castle?"

"Yes."

As the threat of the Demon King grows and his existence could potentially threaten Reinhardt, Charlotte finally makes a decision. "At that time, there was a child who escaped with me." "Together?" "Yes." Charlotte nods her head. "And I think that guy is the Demon King now." A secret among the few secrets that only a minority knows. Charlotte planned to share it with Ellen. Few people knew about Charlotte's escape from the Demon King's castle. Only Charlotte, Berthus, and Reinhardt among the Temple students knew about it. So it was natural for Ellen to be shocked when she heard Charlotte's confession that there was a child who escaped with her and that the child was now the Demon King who was shaking the continent. "At that time, I didn't know, maybe he was using a disguise spell. This is not important, but now it's almost certain that he is the Demon King." Charlotte bites her lip. She had to tell everything she promised to say, but she hesitated as to whether she should say this. After thinking it over, Charlotte looked around. There was no one in the park in front of the Royal Class dormitory on an early weekend morning. "If you're going to keep living as my knight, you need to know. I'll tell you." "Yes." "You know I'm a psychic, right?" Ellen nodded at Charlotte's words, but she knew that Reinhardt knew that Charlotte had some serious problems. After returning from the Demon King's castle, she had some kind of post-traumatic stress disorder, but that was all. Charlotte's psychic ability. Ellen didn't know what it was. Charlotte quietly spread her right hand. -Sssshhh. Ellen felt like she was going to be overwhelmed by the simmering darkness that started to boil from Charlotte's right hand. She didn't know what it was, but it was a force that gave her a ominous feeling just by looking at it. "The Demon King's soul is in my body." "...What?" The next words that followed only made Ellen more astonished. "When I was trapped in the Demon King's castle, the Demon King did something to me. At that time, I couldn't understand the meaning, but now I do. The Demon King planted a part of his own soul in my body to prepare for a contingency plan to resurrect himself." Even Ellen, who was indifferent to most things, couldn't hide her astonishment at Charlotte's words. She had escaped from the Demon King's castle with the successor of the Demon World, and even had a part of the Demon King's soul sleeping in her own body. The words that exceeded Ellen's imagination were pouring out. "The current Demon King, the child who escaped with me back then, didn't save me to keep me alive, but to revive the Demon King's soul that was embedded in my body. I had some idea that the child might be a demon, but I pretended not to know. I even turned a blind eye to how to find the child. I admit that I was foolish and weak. I tried to believe that the child's intentions were for my sake, but I don't believe that anymore. And now, with the situation where the Demon King is targeting Reinhardt, who has saved me many times, I want to re-examine the clues that I intentionally ignored and missed. And the Demon King's story is not unrelated to you, and you are also my knight, so I will tell you all the secrets. Just as Ellen decided to protect Charlotte regardless of her personal feelings, Charlotte also recognizes Ellen as her knight regardless of her personal feelings. "I don't want to burden Reinhardt anymore. Reinhardt will do whatever he wants. I've received help many times, but I want to avoid such situations now. So if you're okay, I want to track down the Demon King with you. I can't use anyone else. It's also related to my sensitive secret, so I have to investigate it myself. Of course, it's not very likely that we'll find the Demon King's whereabouts, but doing something is better than doing nothing. I also want to try something now." Charlotte looks at Ellen quietly. "Do you want to do it together?" Investigation into the whereabouts of the Demon King. Charlotte tries to reconnect the severed ties with regret. As the existence of the Demon King began to threaten the entire continent, Charlotte realizes that she and herself must do something. If this sect has continued because of her own foolishness, as a noble, she vowed to do at least the minimum duty. Although it is already a missed clue, it may lead to something. "Yes, let's do it." Ellen nods quietly at Charlotte's suggestion. Protecting Reinhardt is the same as reaching the Demon King. There was no reason for Ellen to refuse. "