Chapter 383

Conqueror King: "To struggle for a day without eating, it's really in line with your style."】

Waver: "... top talking."】

【Soon, El-Melloi II, who had replenished his energy, went to Reines's private room, and the other party let out a strange cry when she saw El-Melloi II coming.】

【El-Melloi II: "There is one thing, I want to think about it with you."】

【Reines: "That doesn't matter... but are you okay, Onii-chan?"】

【El-Melloi II: "It's hard to say, I still want to escape until now. Ever since you personally sealed me in the Lord position, I've always thought so."】

【"Oh my, that's really absolute!"】

【Reines laughed: "Although I am very busy here, I will prioritize the request of my beloved brother."】

【"However, is it really okay? I have considered the situation of you quitting here, and supporting Hartless depending on the situation. You pulled yourself together here, does it mean you decided to choose the latter?"】

【El-Melloi II dead fish eyes: "..."】

【Reines: "I hope you don't misunderstand, I don't mean that supporting Hartless is wrong. Depending on the situation, there should also be the possibility that yielding to Hartless counts as a victory for El-Melloi."】

【El-Melloi II: "... orry, I don't intend to do that."】

Waver: "Yielding to Hartless... to think she dares to think of such a bold assumption."】

Kayneth: "Humph, otherwise how could she have protected El-Melloi in danger."】

【Reines: "Very good, then what is your intention, my Lord?"】

【"It's about the corpse at the Burial Agency mentioned by Aozaki Touko."】

【El-Melloi II lit a cigar and said: "Now three of Hartless's five disciples are missing, one died in the Burial Agency, and the last one, Ashira, is also missing."】

【"From the timing, the possibility of her actively fleeing is very high; we also saw her at the Burial Agency before. Like the dead Kalg, it seems she has already realized that Hartless is the culprit of the disappearance case."】

【Gray nodded: "Indeed, thinking about it now, she gave that feeling at the time."】

【El-Melloi II: "Because when we talked about the disappearance of Hartless's disciples, she didn't say anything. Considering that Kalg probably collected monsters from Albion to deal with Hartless, I think she also conceived some countermeasures."】

【"Of course, it may also be purely that Hartless is one step ahead and has already kidnapped her."】

Kayneth: "Ashira... from the performance in the previous video, this woman is very shrewd, and must know something."】

Waver: "Hartless has entered the labyrinth; if Ashira really escaped a disaster, then she might be the last key to figuring out the truth."】

Shishigou Kairi: "After all, Hartless didn't bring anyone else when entering the labyrinth. Unless Ashira was dealt with by him one step ahead."】

【El-Melloi II: "Regarding magecraft, I consider myself to have some knowledge, but this matter is based on the conspiracies that are always present in the Clock Tower, so I want to borrow your wisdom."】

【Reines: "Oh my, don't make your cute sister sound like a little sister-in-law who loves to make trouble."】

【El-Melloi II: "What's important is the meaning of Aozaki Touko deliberately leaving words about that corpse, that is, why did Kalg die there?"】

【Gray: "What why?"】

【El-Melloi II: "... alg said he had a brother, right?"】

【Gray: "Uh, remember it seems to be called Jorek Kurudes."】

【El-Melloi II: "That's right, Kalg said his brother changed his surname after being adopted. However, what if the truth is the opposite?"】

【Gray: "Opposite?"】

【El-Melloi II: "One is in the Burial Agency, one becomes the adopted son of a local magus and changes his surname. What if they took different paths because they had this need?"】

【Gray still didn't understand: "What's going on with this?"】

【El-Melloi II: "According to what I heard, Jorek and Kalg seem to be brothers of similar age. What if they often swapped identities?"】

【"What!"】

【Gray was even more confused: "But, what is the purpose of them doing that?"】

【El-Melloi II: "Information from the Burial Agency cannot be obtained elsewhere. To prevent internal personnel from easily leaking information, there are various defensive measures. So, for the brothers to establish actual achievements sufficient to infiltrate the Burial Agency, they entered Albion for mining."】

【"At first glance, it looks like a detour, but since the Burial Agency is responsible for managing Albion, the easiest candidates to be hired from the outside are survivors of Albion."】

【"The reason why one of the brothers, Jorek, became an adopted son and changed his surname is also for this reason, so that their relationship would not be easily exposed."】

【"If the two brothers use the same kind of magecraft, even the Clock Tower's defensive measures would have difficulty distinguishing them. And, a transformation spell that makes the two brothers look similar is something even a freshman can use."】

Shishigou Kairi: "Oh, another quite bold speculation, and it's very reasonable."】

Kayneth: "If it's true, for these two brothers to Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take such a big risk and spend so many years, I'm afraid they are planning something big."】

Waver: "Could it be that Hartless made them do this?"】

Kayneth: "Very likely. In other words, is this killing the donkey after the millstone is finished?"】

【"I see, it's a common technique in detective novels."】

【Reines looked at Gray and smiled: "Haven't we seen this kind of trick once?"】

【"Ah! At Izelma..."】

【Gray immediately thought of what happened at the Twin-Spire Iselma, then wondered: "But, does doing that have meaning?"】

【El-Melloi II: "There are as many meanings as you want."】

【"The Burial Agency is very strict about whether there are traitors inside, because the benefits that can be obtained from smuggling or bribery are too many. Therefore, it is full of surveillance, but if a bureau member with a certain status can prepare another person's body and an alibi, they can use various means to break through the surveillance."】

【"Hmm, that explains why Hartless entered the Burial Agency without triggering any barriers."】

【Reines nodded: "If the brothers often swapped identities, they should have designed a mechanism to avoid defensive measures. Hartless has already captured one of the brothers, and it's simple to use that mechanism."】

【"We've seen it, Hartless's brilliant transformation spell."】

【She was talking about Hartless turning into Caules and lurking beside El-Melloi II on the Rail Zeppelin.】

Waver: "Hartless, that transformation spell is indeed hard to guard against."】

Shishigou Kairi: "So, solid fortresses are often destroyed from the inside."】

【El-Melloi II: "Servants can follow in by becoming spiritual, but the barrier will naturally react to such spirits, but it will repeatedly materialize and spiritualize; after all, dangerous familiars that surpass the vast majority of modern magi are not within the expectation."】

【"The loopholes Kalg opened over the years shouldn't be difficult to use."】

【"Then, Kalg probably resisted with Albion's monsters. Probably realized Hartless's danger from his brother's disappearance. But unfortunately, those monsters are not Faker's match."】

【"No, maybe the one who died there wasn't Kalg, but Jorek."】

【Reines: "Oh, you mean..."】

【El-Melloi II: "That corpse at the Burial Agency. What if someone discovers that the person who died at the scene is not Kalg?"】

【"Eh! Is the person who died at the scene not Mr. Kalg?"】

【Gray was surprised: "What if the one who died is the younger brother Jorek?"】

【El-Melloi II: "If this is found out, the Burial Agency will naturally discover that the beginning of the case occurred a long time ago. Of course, just having a murder case in the bureau is a big event, and the result is that the person who died is not a bureau member, the direction of the investigation will fall on who this victim is."】

【"If this is an unforgivable mistake for Hartless?"】

【Gray: "..."】

【The content El-Melloi II said was too complicated, and she understood less and less.】

Rin Tohsaka: "Good guy, now even the identity of the deceased is in doubt?"】

Shishigou Kairi: "Mistaking the person... I don't think that man would make such a mistake."】

Waver: "Indeed, this probability is too small."】

Kayneth: "If the one who died is really Jorek, I'm afraid the entire Burial Agency will explode."】

As a security agency with the strictest management, such a thing actually happened, and it wasn't just one or two days, can it not explode?

【El-Melloi II: "So, Hartless completely destroyed the corpse to avoid the exposure of the corpse's identity. It would be easy if he could Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take the corpse away, but the Burial Agency's facilities should have left him no energy to do so."】

【Gray: "Mr. Kalg and Mr. Jorek may have secretly swapped identities. But, when did they conceive of this thing?"】

【"Yes, when did it start?"】

【Reines pondered for a long while, her eyes lit up: "I see, I finally understand what you meant by discussing it with me. So that's how it is, my brother?"】

【El-Melloi II: "That's how it is."】

【Gray: "???"】

Waver: "I understand too."】

Kayneth: "This question is too simple."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Hmm? What do you understand?"】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Very simple, the planning of this kind of thing was clearly before becoming a labyrinth survivor, and Kalg joining the Burial Agency was also for this purpose. In this way, things are extra simple."】

Rin Tohsaka: "???"】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Hartless, it was just a guess before, but now it can be determined that they must have done all this as Hartless's plan."】

Waver: "Exactly, not just Kalg, the other four are probably the same; becoming a labyrinth survivor is their action to achieve the goal."】

Kayneth: "However, it seems something went wrong."】

Waver: "Hmm, Hartless's little disciple who escaped from the labyrinth, Kuro."】