episode_0166

The investigation continued. However, no matter how much the police searched the academy, they could not find anything.

To begin with, students don’t even carry guns or anything like that. What the academy teaches are weapons that are good for carrying mana or energy, such as swords, spears, and weapons. It is the military that teaches bayonet techniques.

A gun was found in the room of Isaac, the only history teacher, and it turned out to be nothing more than a hunting shotgun. It had nothing to do with the air gun that killed Veronica.

But here, there were two people who were guessing the culprit of the murder case.

‘Hey, it’s fun as expected. Indeed, it is Oscar. A murder case by an unknown culprit that occurred in the middle of the night. Should I try something like that next time? If you do it too often, you will be noticed by the archangels.’

The first was Satan, the great devil playing at the academy.

‘You crazy Joker bastard. How crazy is it to commit murder in the middle of the academy!? shit… ! Even though you clearly know the culprit, you can’t stop it… !’

The other was Frey de Siegfried, a hero from a previous life.

Frey’s hands trembled with anger. I felt like I wanted to swing my sword and rush at Evans right now.

Of course, there was no way that would work. So Frey stayed still. That wasn’t necessarily the only reason.

If Frey, who has the status of a warrior, points out Evans, he may be able to arrest him. But that shouldn’t be the case.

Evans should be in the academy. He must stay with Maria at the academy and be educated.

That way, even if Evans defeats Kanos in the future, there will be sunshine in the world after that.

‘Damn, damn! My precious life… !’

Ugh-.

Fishy blood flowed from the chewed tongue.

We are in a situation where we have to overlook the sacrifices of a few people in order to prevent many disasters. How painful this is.

Suddenly, Frey wondered what choice Maria would have made if she were in the same situation as him.

Something like this happened in a past life too.

When the military’s tank unit was isolated in the middle of the Demon King’s army. If you judge rationally, it was a situation that should have been thrown away. In order to avoid further damage, Frey chose to abandon them even though he was a warrior.

But Maria didn’t do that. She entered the Demon King’s army alone and succeeded in rescuing the tank unit by telling a lie about her bravery.

The emotion Frey felt at that time was wonder. Awe. trust.

In the past, when he tricked Joker in Tartarus, he disguised it as ugly jealousy.

*****

A murder case occurred at the academy.

It was the most shocking event that Maria had experienced so far in 18 years.

Maria was a girl who had never experienced much pain, let alone death, in her life. Death and a corpse suddenly came to her. Although it was not something anyone she knew had experienced, Maria’s mind quickly turned white.

“Hmm… Oh, how did something like that happen… .”

Maria instinctively wanted to rely on the person next to her. This is because the strength in my legs has completely weakened.

Maria’s hand touched someone’s shoulder.

“Saint.”

Someone standing next to her called Maria quietly.

“Hwa, Her Royal Highness… ?”

That someone’s identity was Albrecht, princess of the empire.

The girls stayed together because they were roommates who came out after hearing a commotion in the same room.

Maria realized what rudeness she had committed in that bestiality. The moment you hurriedly try to take your hand away.

“Wait a minute, I need to explain something.”

“Yes, yes?”

“Don’t feel unfair. The reason is you.”

widely-.

Albrecht’s white hand grabbed Maria’s wrist. Maria’s mind was filled with question marks.

“You mean an excuse? Me?”

“Yes, you. Saint Mary. do not worry. I won’t report it without knowing the full story. However, I think you need to give an explanation.”

“Hae, you mean an explanation? Did I do something wrong?”

“… Do you really not know, or are you just pretending not to know?”

Albrecht continues his questioning. However, perhaps conscious of his surroundings, Albrecht looked around at the students crowded on his left and right.

Albrecht pulled Maria’s wrist and led her with strides. Maria was taken away without knowing why.

The place Albrecht headed was a bench in Academy Park. Albrecht made Maria sit there. Then he sat down next to me and asked a question quietly.

“Where were you last night?”

“Where am I… ? I fell asleep while reading a book next to you last night… !”

“Hmm… ? What kind of trick was this? Saint, you went out through the window last night, didn’t you? No matter how much I don’t care about you, I can’t ignore a murder case.”

“Yes, yes, yes? I went out? And by jumping out of the window?”

Maria’s mouth dropped open at the shocking news.

Albrecht, who was watching, wondered if this child was sane. Deeper doubts appeared within the princess’s dark circles.

“Your acting skills are amazing. But don’t you go out of the dormitory every night? Are you going to deny that you didn’t know, even though you gave permission to your wife?”

“Well, that can’t be possible… It was clearly written in the notebook that I would only read books and sleep in the dormitory… What, what… ? Has a new personality been created? ?”

“… ?”

Among them, Albrecht sensed that something was unusual. she asked.

“Personality? Are you really trying to say that you have a double personality?”

“Oh… ! Well, that… !”

Maria waved her hands and tried to object. However, since Dulmi had already been captured, it was not a good idea to just hide it. Especially if the person you are dealing with is the princess who spends day and night with you.

“Fact… yes that’s right. Actually, I have a dual personality… .”

Maria lowered her head and spoke as if confessing.

Albrecht was not particularly surprised. Instead, he shook his head.

“Dual personality… Are night personalities and day personalities separate?”

“Yes… .”

“Personality seems to change periodically. The changing times are 8 a.m. in the morning and 8 p.m. Is that right?”

“Uh, how could that… ! Did you really know from the beginning?”

“I just realized it. At 8 o’clock you suddenly stop and the prayers around you change. Unless you are a very insensitive person, how can you not know?”

“Wow… !”

Maria couldn’t hide her surprise at the words that went into each detail. It was truly an extraordinary memory and reasoning ability.

“You always wrote something in your notebook before 8 o’clock. After 8 o’clock, you go out the window and head somewhere. The main woman, who was not particularly interested, lay in bed and did not interfere, but if it were a murder case, the story would be different.”

“That means… So, are you saying I could have committed murder at night? No way! For what reason!”

“I don’t know. First, look at the circumstances. They say no one in the academy has ever been outside, except for security, but only you. The air gun could have been hidden somewhere.”

“Wow… !”

“Even if you didn’t commit the murder yourself, you may have seen or heard something. It would have attracted quite a bit of attention to kill someone in the dormitory and move the body to the outer wall of the main building.”

It was an argument based on logic. Maria couldn’t find anything to retort.

In fact, there was no reason to refute it. Because Maria had no idea what she was like at night. I just believe what is written in the notebook, which is the channel of communication.

“No way… Really me at night… .”

“It is too early to jump to conclusions. Whatever your current situation, I haven’t seen any air rifles on you. Also, when you came back, there was no scent of blood coming from your body.”

“, what time did you come back? Me?”

“I left at 8 PM and came back after 7 AM. I was out there for about 11 hours. I asked for her understanding. It seems like I didn’t actually report it to you.”

“Ugh… I had no idea… .”

Even though he is a night person with whom I have never had a conversation.

Maria vaguely knew her disposition. From a young age, people who watched her thought, ‘Maria is so absorbed in reading at night? This is because he praised me by saying, ‘Be quiet.’ Thanks to this, Maria was able to infer that she was quiet and intelligent at night.

Therefore, what happened now was even more shocking.

Even if the night self was not involved in the Academy murder case, he went in and out of the deviant without even saying a word to himself.

That fact alone was enough to make me feel betrayed. This was even more so because Maria had reported all of her life to Maria at night without hiding anything.

“Why, why is it like that… ? Did I do something dishonest? ?”

“… .”

“Your Majesty, may I ask you a favor? The only person at the academy who knows about my dual personality is Your Majesty… .”

Maria gently pursed her lips.

Albrecht had the dignity of a man in power who controlled people. Asking her for a favor was not as easy as it sounds.

“What is it?”

“Well, well… Can you find out where I’m going at night?”

It was a very cautious request.

“Sure.”

I don’t know what he was thinking, but Albrecht accepted it very willingly.

“Yes, yes? Really?”

“Is there any reason not to? Since I was also curious, I will find out now.”