Chapter 185: 181. Everything is a Big Problem

181. Everything is a Big Problem

"Judging by the scene of Count Bluebeard's death, the Count's fatal wound was not caused by this Stone Statue." After entering the Count's bedroom, the four of them first began an investigation of the corpse; Kelake only observed the body for a moment before reaching a conclusion.

Milaier stared at him blankly, pointing at the "murder weapon" that had smashed the Count's pig-like head until brains splattered out, and asked in wide-eyed suspicion: "It's already like this and it's still not the fatal wound? Even if it is the Count, he couldn't possibly have such tenacious vitality."

Hearing this, Kelake immediately offered an explanation, pointing to the neat bedclothes: "Look at the bed the Count is lying on now. If the Stone Statue had killed him, a single blow would not have been enough to be fatal. Even if the Count didn't have time to scream for us to hear, he would have inevitably struggled in pain. This bed could never have remained this neat."

Milaier suddenly realized.

"In that case, the Count must have been stabbed to death by this knife?" Hela looked at the saber piercing the heart and speculated.

"Very likely," said Walunte. As the only person present who kept gloves on hand, he was responsible for examining the corpse. He unbuttoned the Count's clothes and checked every part of the body, finding fatal wounds only on the head and chest. Since the possibility of death by having his head smashed in was ruled out, the remaining guess was very likely the Count's true cause of death.

"Just how much did the murderer hate the Count to destroy the corpse like this after killing him?" Milaier felt a chill and trembled all over.

The other lady present, Hela, was also hanging her head, shivering secretly.

Hearing Milaier's words, Kelake did not think so.

To be able to kill the Count so silently and leave no traces behind, the murderer certainly did not act out of passion. Judging by the precise assassination technique, the murderer was highly likely to have premeditated it. Such a murderer was unlikely to go out of their way to destroy the corpse after killing the Count, as doing so would only leave more hidden dangers.

Therefore, Kelake deduced that the person who killed the Count and the person who destroyed the corpse were likely not the same individual.

Thinking of this, Kelake could not help but secretly glance at Hela on the side.

Based on his current impression, Hela was the person he considered most motivated to kill the Count. After all, from the signs observed while tailing her last night, the Count's persecution of Hela did not stop at sexual harassment, and although Hela disguised herself well on a daily basis, she absolutely loathed and hated the Count from the bottom of her heart.

Subsequently, he swept a glance at Walunte and Milaier.

Although Walunte's move to prevent others from investigating the corpse was understandable, he also remained a suspect.

Milaier was the first person to discover the Count's corpse; while she might not be the murderer, she had the suspicion of destroying the corpse. After all, she had sufficient time to destroy it; she could have smashed the Count's head and then pretended to suddenly discover the death scene and scream, attracting others in the Castle over.

Kelake felt a sincere chill, because in his view, the person who later smashed the Count's head was even more dangerous than the person who killed him.

The Stone Statue should have been an item kept in Kande's room, well hidden and sealed, but it was unknown who had taken it out and used it to smash the Count's head. This meant that the person in the shadows likely knew the Stone Statue had been moved, and Kelake did not know if that person in the shadows had seen his own actions last night. If the other party had seen them, he might be at risk of being the scapegoat.

However, being framed was not what made Kelake feel most uneasy; what he feared was that the person in the shadows had smashed the Count's head.

This act of inserting the Stone Statue of the Peering Shadow of All Things into the corpse's eyes was not merely pure venting of anger; it was also a most sinister form of Demon-Descending Art.

Inserting the Stone Statue of the Peering Shadow of All Things into the eyes of someone who had just died was equivalent to using the corpse as the eyes of the Shadow of All Things, guiding the Shadow of All Things to gaze upon this place. When she noticed this place, the person using the Demon-Descending Art could pray to her, and she, in her "kind-heartedness," would listen quietly and grant the person's wish.

It was just that there were no gods in this world, or rather, there were no normal gods that people were familiar with. There existed a chasm of understanding between humans and them; people's wishes might not mean the same thing to them as people intended, and what was ultimately realized would likely be a distorted wish.

Therefore, this meant that the person in the shadows had likely observed the entire process of the murderer killing Count Bluebeard, and after Count Bluebeard died, had used the Count's corpse to perform the Demon-Descending Art.

Kelake suddenly felt a deep sense of danger. This Castle was indeed quite abnormal. Excluding himself, there were originally only four people in this Castle, and now there had already appeared a calm and rational murderer and a sinister Demon-Descending practitioner; Count Bluebeard's identity as a "lecherous noble" was, by contrast, not so detestable.

After checking the corpse, the four of them took turns surveying the scene and questioned certain individuals regarding items that appeared at the scene.

Walunte: "There are cake crumbs on the nightstand. Hela, did you bring a late-night snack to the Count last night?"

Hela: "Yes, just like usual, I brought him a late-night snack. He was perfectly fine at that time."

She heard Walunte's suspicion of her, so she countered: "Speaking of which, Mr. Walunte, did you report the daily work summary of the Castle to the Count as usual last night?"

Walunte said calmly: "Naturally. At that time, the Count was still reading. I remember it was the book in front of the candlestick on the desk, titled 'Metamorphosis'."

"What book!?" Kelake immediately stepped forward and picked up the book. When he saw the title and the author's name, his shock could not be concealed.

"What, has Mr. Kelake also read this book?" Walunte squinted and asked back.

Kelake closed the novel in his hand, slowly placed it back on the table, and said with feigned calmness: "No, just curious for a moment upon hearing such a strange title. I won't hide it from everyone, I am also a lover of good books." He closed his mouth and secretly gritted his teeth.

Something is wrong! Something is wrong! Everything here is too abnormal!

Kelake felt like he was going crazy. After seeing the book the deceased had read while alive, his brain and heartbeat began to run out of control.

It was possible for a novel titled "Metamorphosis" to exist in this world, but it should absolutely not be the one Kelake knew. It should not exist in this world, nor should it exist in this era.

There is a big problem with this world!

Walunte did not seem to notice the agitation Kelake was trying hard to suppress, and turned to look at Milaier: "Speaking of which, Miss Milaier, you were the first person to discover the Count's death; your suspicion is not small."

"But... but I have no reason to do that. I am a maid in the Castle," Milaier shook her head in a panic, trying hard to clear herself of suspicion, but unfortunately, she was a bit clumsy with words.

Hearing this, a trace of inexplicable mockery appeared on Hela's face: "That's right, but you have only been at the Castle for less than a month."