The day passed quickly. All the magicians were secretly planning something, and some formed alliances to face this unknown situation. No matter what, [Legacy] was the top priority.
Early morning on the third day.
Although everyone guessed that there would be a victim, the victim actually appeared. This time she was not pierced by the angel's holy sword, but died quietly in her room.
The person who discovered it was the maid of the castle.
The magic protection in front of the door was intact, and there was no mess inside the house. Everything seemed fine, except for the body lying on the ground.
El-Melloi II looked at the familiar figure. He gritted his teeth tightly, and the sound was like teeth rubbing against each other.
"Kayano... Hisri...!"
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This time, the victim was none other than Hisashi Hanano from the Legal Affairs Department. Even though her body was covered with a pool of dried blood, it did not lose the beauty from a foreign country. This intertwining of blood and beauty gave everyone another shock.
feel.
"how could this be……"
El-Melloi II made a groan-like sound, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood, which was simply nauseating.
Of course, others did not ignore a very important thing. Hanano Hisri's fair, smooth and exotic face was turned back, and one could see that the two eyeballs on it had been gouged out, leaving only two bloody ones.
The dark cave.
"Hachasiah..."
The invitation letter belonging to her was placed on the table. As if mocking something, El-Melloi II picked up the invitation letter and softly read the words on it.
"Is it really an eyeball?"
His brows furrowed even more tightly. Although this confirmed his suspicion, it also showed the crisis of the whole matter. In this castle, there really were unknown monsters secretly killing these heir candidates.
Although El-Melloi II cannot be said to know Kano Hisri very well, he has worked with him for a long time and he still understands him to some extent.
There is no doubt that the other party is a qualified magician with high attainments in magic and is not bad in actual combat.
Judging from her appearance, it looked more like she had been attacked silently. In his impression, there should be only one person in this castle who could cross the magic barrier and successfully sneak attack her to death.
It's just that there is no need for the adult to do this. He can't think of a reason for doing so.
"It's really, really bad..."
He repeated this sentence again and rubbed his eyebrows.
Suddenly, he felt as if he had left something behind.
El-Melloi II thought about it carefully and found that he had not found Ryuri Hano's glasses. They were not ordinary glasses, but a magic gift called [Demon Eye Killer], which was specially used to suppress the Demon Eye.
The effect is a blessing for some people who have uncontrollable evil eyes.
It's just that I didn't find the glasses. Maybe they fell somewhere? Or...
His thoughts were complicated, and El-Melloi II felt that he had a headache, as if he was trapped in some kind of whirlpool.
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"It's really bad. I didn't expect Miss Huano to be killed as well. But does that monster have any interest in collecting things like that?"
Friuga played with the throwing knife in his hand, looked at the body of Hano Hisri, and said casually.
Although he always looked smiling, he was actually a mercenary. The corpse in front of him was nothing in his experience. Perhaps the only pity was that a beautiful woman died like this.
"Let me tell you, brother Gulanid, you don't know what is inside this castle, right? This is your family's castle."
As he spoke, he looked at Gulanid Ashborne who was standing on the other side.
"I deeply regret what happened to Miss Huanye, but I don't know much about the city of Peel. After all, I don't have the qualifications, and my father has never told me many things."
Gulanid said with a solemn face, and he didn't look like he was faking it.
"No qualifications... Tsk, what a convenient excuse."
Friuga curled his lips and showed a strange smile. The meaning of that smile was self-evident.
"In any case, I did not lie. My father rarely told me about the matter of Peeling City, and he even refused to let me get close to some places."
Facing Friuga's provocation, Gulanid did not get angry or angry, but explained calmly.
"who knows……"
Friuga was about to say something, but was interrupted by Orlok.
"On this point, I believe Gulanid, and I believe this series of things has nothing to do with him."
"But……"
Faced with Orlok's sudden opening, Friuga narrowed his eyes slightly. The old magician actually stood in the opponent's position, which seemed to be a little bad for him.
"There's nothing wrong with that. Is it possible that the ghost of my friend Grevin Ashborne is still wandering somewhere in this city?"
Orlok responded rudely, and everyone couldn't help but be surprised that he believed in Gulanid so much.
"Grevin and I are also old friends, and I watched the kid Gulanid grow up. I know this kid very well, so I don't think he will lie, and these things have nothing to do with him.
"
As if aware of everyone's doubts, Orlok slowly explained, but then he let out a sneer.
"But I do feel that these things have nothing to do with a certain wild dog."
Everyone looked at him and fell on Cedric who was standing aside. Everyone knew that he was Grevin's illegitimate son, but they never knew why Orlok was so hostile to him.
"It's so boring."
Cedric crossed his arms and ignored Orlok's words. Instead, he looked in the direction of Hano Ryori, but his eyes were unusually solemn.
That was the injury caused by the familiar left by his father. He could never mistake it, but he did not order the familiar to kill any magician last night.
So, what exactly happened?
………
The voices of the magicians were rising one after another. If Heine's death was an accident, then the death of Hisri Kano proved that they will also face this situation. If the truth is not revealed, who knows who the next victim will be.
It will be myself.
Of course, they were not afraid, and were even more convinced that something existed.
Suddenly someone's voice interrupted their noisy conversation.
"It's really boring. It's time to put an end to this boring farce. Everyone happens to be here, so let's solve it together."