Chapter 199

["When magecraft is included in the murder weapon, all causes of death are possible."]

[Reines muttered: "In that case, why the formation of a locked room also becomes a clue."]

[Inorai: "I see, you think the locked room was completed by coincidence."]

[Reines: "Yeah, the locked room in detective novels is used to eliminate clues pointing to the murderer. Because theoretically no one can kill, it is impossible to catch the murderer."]

["However, since all the suspects are magi, that kind of argument is meaningless."]

Kiritsugu Emiya: "Indeed, for magus criminals, a locked room is simply superfluous."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Could it be like yesterday's video, using an effect similar to that Mystic Eye to achieve remote killing?"

Kayneth: "It shouldn't be; this happened before that case. If the methods of the two cases were the same, it should have been thought of when the corpse was discovered."

Shishigou Kairi: "The magecraft in this world is strange, so it's not strange for anything to appear."

[Thinking for a long time, Reines had no clue at all.]

[She was really not cut out to be a detective.]

[However, she was not without gains; she did find something wrong.]

[That is, there was no mirror.]

[Any woman should have a mirror in her room, but the Golden Princess's room couldn't see this thing at all, and there were not even related items.]

[Inorai: "At this point, she doesn't want to see her own face at all, right?"]

[Reines: "But, generally speaking, wouldn't it be narcissistic to be so beautiful?"]

["Hahaha, I can understand your theory, but this is the arrogance caused by youth."]

[Inorai teased: "At my age, I would become unwilling to look in any mirror, and I would even think that since it would become like this, I should have worked harder to have plastic surgery when I was younger."]

[Reines: "???"]

["Hehe, I'm lying to you."]

[Inorai smiled: "If I said that until now, I still look in the mirror for thirty minutes every day, would you believe it?"]

["No, sorry, I couldn't help but want to tease."]

Waver: "Another clue, no mirror?"

Fiore: "Even if you don't want to see your own face, you should still prepare one more or less, just in case."

Caules: "Could it be that the maid has it prepared? After all, the other party's maid is almost always following behind."

Fiore: "Indeed, there is this possibility."

[Subsequently, Inorai brought up the acquisition of El-Melloi again, which was cleverly dealt with by Reines.]

[After that, Reines took the opportunity to tell the other party about the Golden Princess coming to find her last night.]

["I see, it sounds very likely to happen."]

[Inorai nodded and said: "In my eyes, the Golden Princess's achievements are also outstanding. When the stage changes, it is common for previous methodologies to no longer be applicable, and Lord Byron cannot be called a flexible-minded person."]

["Then, the Silver Princess might know some information."]

[Reines: "Can I ask you to assist us in a two-on-one interrogation?"]

[Inorai: "It's a pity, intervening so much is considered mixing public and private affairs; after all, this time I am only your monitor."]

Kayneth: "Hmph, this woman really doesn't miss any opportunity."

Sola: "You should be glad that Lord Valuleta is not the type of person with a tough attitude; if it were other Lords, I'm afraid they would have taken the opportunity to make trouble and forcibly annex El-Melloi."

Kayneth: "Are you asking me to be grateful to this guy who is taking advantage of the fire?"

Shishigou Kairi: "The only one who might know something now is the Silver Princess, but if Reines asks, I'm afraid it will be difficult to gain anything."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Yeah, this girl's heat is still a little short."

[Gray suddenly muttered: "...When did it start?"]

[Reines: "What are you talking about?"]

["Ah! No, I mean the Golden Princess."]

[Gray was startled, not expecting her self-talk to be heard, but said: "Of course, she might have been beautiful since she was a child, but human appearance should change during the growth process..."]

[Reines sighed and said: "Gray, in the case of the Stripping City 'Adra,' my brother talked about the psychological preparation needed for investigation, right? Think about it, normal reasoning is meaningless to magi and so on."]

[Gray: "Uh, something like Whydunit (criminal motive) and Howdunit (criminal method) are meaningless in cases involving magi."]

["However, criminal motive might be an exception."]

[Reines: "Hmm, makes sense."]

Waver: "Stripping City Adra case? How did another case appear?"

Kayneth: "Stripping City, what happened there?"

He still has some friendship with the current lord of Stripping City, "Geryon Ashborn."

Rin Tohsaka: "Constantly encountering cases, II is really going to develop into the detective industry."

Feng Xi: "Waver, you can change careers in advance."

Waver: "Spare me, I don't want to get involved in these troublesome things."

["Master, placement complete."]

[Trimmau spoke; she had already put the Golden Princess's corpse together like a puzzle.]

[All parts are there, with nothing missing.]

[Reines: "It seems there was no Magic Crest originally, but the Golden Princess and the Silver Princess can be said to be the achievements of magecraft, so the Magic Crest itself is held by Byron who performed the spell."]

["Hmm?"]

[After checking the corpse, Reines's Mystic Eye suddenly reacted, pointing directly at the corner of the damaged door.]

[Reines went over to check, rubbed her fingers lightly between the door fragments and the floor, and found that something was stuck to her fingers.]

["Is it some kind of powder? It makes my eyes hurt, which means this thing already carries some kind of magic power. But considering this is a magus's residence, it doesn't seem strange."]

["What's wrong?"]

[Gray and Inorai also gathered around to ask.]

[Reines: "Nothing."]

[She quietly collected some powder with a handkerchief and didn't tell them.]

Shishigou Kairi: "Very good, another clue, and it's a key clue."

Darnic: "Smart approach; at this time, it's better not to let others know your discovery easily."

Kotomine Emiya Emiya Shirou: "If we can figure out what kind of magic powder this is, maybe there will be a direction."

[After the investigation, Reines planned to go back to the room to organize her thoughts.]

[After returning to the room, Gray's stomach growled.]

[So many things happened in the morning, they hadn't had breakfast yet.]

[But in the current situation, she didn't dare to eat the food provided by Izelma again.]

[Seeing this, Reines took out some canned food and dry rations from her bag for her, and even the drinking water was mineral water she brought herself.]

[Gray: "Ms. Reines, do you always carry such things?"]

[Reines: "I often lived a life of fleeing before I inherited El-Melloi, so I developed the habit of carrying minimum preserved food with me."]

["Iheeheeheeheehee, another murder case, I think it's possessed by a ghost. No no, being possessed by a ghost is a matter of course. You are also an elite Gravekeeper in the UK, and it is inevitable that magi will be cursed by those around them. Ugh-gogogogogogogo!"]

[Halfway through, Add couldn't hold back his sharp mouth again, and then naturally was thrown around by Gray.]

Mordred: "I didn't notice it before, but this guy's tone of voice is very familiar."

Lancelot: "...Kay."

Mordred: "Right, it's that big mouth; this tone is exactly the same as that guy!"

"Sir Kay, Brother..."

Artoria also thought of the foster brother who had been supporting and protecting her since she was a child.

When they were traveling together, every time Artoria and Merlin caused trouble, it was this foster brother who cleaned up their mess.

Although he was a poisonous-tongued big mouth, he was a knight everyone could trust.

Add's way of speaking is really similar to Kay.

"..."

Looking at Artoria like this, Feng Xi couldn't spoil it for her; Add's personality was created by imitating Kay.

Anyway, it should be the "Contract of Atlas" chapter in tomorrow's or the day after's video, and everything will be revealed, and Artoria will also be able to see Kay, although it is in the video.

I don't know if Kay will join the chat group; after all, this guy has never landed.

However, the First Emperor of the Pan-Human History has joined the group, so Kay should be fine, as long as the time comes.

[When the two finished eating and were about to talk about business, Trimmau suddenly gave a warning.]

[This is a warning that someone is coming.]

["Can I bother you for a moment?"]

[Sure enough, the next moment, a black-skinned man didn't even knock and came in directly.]

[It was Mick, who had previously taken the lead in making trouble for Reines.]

["Rude intrusion is not worth praising."]

[Reines narrowed her eyes and said: "What's the matter?"]

[Mick: "Sorry, didn't you hear any strange screams just now, like a wild cat being thrown out with a cage?"]

[Reines: "...No, you're overthinking it."]