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The mysterious fertilizer had the power to turn crops that grew by eating demon energy into demon beasts.

This is truly a serious issue and one that should not be ignored.

Arcien narrows his eyes.

I have almost figured out the flow of the situation.

The important thing is whether there is evidence for that. Is there a way to prove it?

Therefore, if the proof fails, a huge loss is inevitable.

However, she declares permission without any hesitation.

“Permission to submit evidence.”

-Tiring!

▶Episode XI. The source of the contamination is ongoing.◀

▶The conditions were met.◀

▶You can catch the real culprit who ruined Chatelaine in Defense Time.◀

With the announcement that I would submit evidence, the existing defense time option disappeared and a new window popped up.

Of course, there is no way the imperial family would just overlook something like this.

‘For now, it seems like it went as I intended.’

Shatrene, like Ruthmayer, will later come into Karssein’s hands and take on the role of supplying the necessary funds. Since I had such an important role, the presentation should not have ended like this, but even though I had no choice, I was able to extend the presentation through my remarks.

‘But I never thought it would happen in the stands. ‘You must have been in a hurry?’

Because the word fertilizer appears. It looks like he was trying to twist it into a different topic, right?

Unfortunately, that is your failure. It would have been more difficult if I had stayed still.

-Tap, knock.

“Hmm? Was it not evidence, but a witness?”

“No. This is because witnesses are needed to submit evidence.”

The Waggloo nobles were shocked for a moment, but they looked cheerful again.

Even if you don’t look, you can clearly see what’s inside.

Those guys probably think that’s not enough.

I guess they thought there was no way it could be tracked since they used a means to paralyze Lilpeten’s sense of smell.

“We persuaded the residents to ban fertilizers that were found to be harmful to the soil of Chatelaine and collected them all in one place. But suddenly, within a few days, fertilizers were being sprayed on our fields again. I have no choice but to suspect that this was done from outside.”

▶Use items as evidence!◀

◆Poor evangelization of Chatrene Territory

Florence grinned as she took out the item.

“Does that mean it can be used as evidence?”

“Yes. Because it will prove that this false evangelism is directly related to the Wagluo faction.”

“Where, please explain.”

I went forward and again demonstrated Chatelaine’s evangelism, which was well known at the symposium.

And next to it, the wrong evangelism was placed to enable direct comparison. Then the expressions of the Waggloo faction hardened again.

“Would you please tell us how the two evangelism are different in your opinion?”

Not only the audience but also other symposium participants point to one place.

I marked the exact location with a dart.

-widely.

“This place will look very different to you. Yes? However, it’s not like there aren’t places where this passage looks like one place. This is because creatures that cause mirages live here, so they may not be visible from certain roads.”

“A mirage… Now that I think about it, I think I’ve heard it before.”

“It is said that a certain species of bird living here emits light mana to hide its nest, showing an illusion.”

“Yes. Because it is the environment in which those birds live, it can be hidden. Considering the shape of the paths and the location of the nests, Chatelaine would be able to watch both paths without a problem, but not the other side. That’s why.”

I shifted my gaze towards the Wagluo faction.

“Those who have come over Mt. Waglu from the other side may well be mistaken.”

Attention is drawn to the nobles of the Waglu faction.

Of course, it is much more natural for those who have crossed Mount Wagluu to be affected by the mirage rather than those passing through Chatelaine.

“Then, that wrong evangelism…”

“Isn’t it from those nobles who came over Mount Waglu?”

“And when it happens that there is a problem at Chatelen…”

Attention is suddenly focused on the Waglu faction.

“Wow, that’s nonsense! We never did anything like that!”

“Are you just talking nonsense like that based on speculation?”

“You who are trying to blame the innocent on us are making a huge mistake!”

A man who was a vocal member of the Wagloo faction pointed his finger at me. Then, as if everything went well, he shouted at Talpon.

“Yes. Those westerners, the Lilpeten tribe, have a good sense of smell, right? He tells me to smell the fertilizer and see if there is any trace of our territory left in it!”

“That’s right! They think we sent someone to do the trick, but if they said they smelled it, wouldn’t they know it? There’s no evidence of that, right?”

“Hmph. Prove it somewhere!”

You idiots.

They bite right on this flimsy bait.

Of course, I know that the fertilizer was manipulated to make it smellless.

But, if I didn’t know that, I wouldn’t have done anything about it.

“Just as you guys say, fertilizer has no smell. But the ones you sent smelled bad.”

“What, what!”

“I knew the wrong part of that evangelism and set a trap along the way. A western flower with a peculiar smell was planted inside it, and Talpon smelled it very well, probably because he stepped on it.”

The faces of the Waggloo nobles sitting in the stands turned pale.

Talpon testified, snorting as if he was quite satisfied.

“The smell passed over Mount Waglu, exactly along the path of Chatelaine. And beyond that mountain, I was born in your territory.”

This will force anyone to think similarly.

All I have to do here is to very carefully insert needles into the criminals’ chests one by one.

“For your information, Chatelaine is currently closed due to my instructions. And in the meantime, those who tried to ruin the territory came out one after another. Isn’t it amazing?”

Coincidentally, there was someone who signed a contract at the nearest territory.

“When those people who were inciting and ruining the territory by saying that we should blindly trust in that ridiculous fertilizer were arrested and strange rumors were spread, who was the first person to come?”

The rumor that the Maf gang was fighting to the death spread widely, but the people who came first were identified.

“According to this report, 35 people, including Maf, secretly bought fertilizer even when the territory was closed, and even received compensation for carrying out the request. Which territory would you consider to be in the right location?”

To begin with, there is only one.

They were the only ones who had any influence on Chatelaine, which had been closed off even before Mt. Wagluu was breached.

All darts on the map fall, leaving only one dart in one location.

▶Use your own items!◀

“Since Ruthmire is my territory, there are only you.”

All eyes in the conference room turn to them.

Even though they didn’t even point a finger, countless eyes were focused on them with the correct answer.

Everyone picks up and reads the duplicated copies of documents scattered across the conference room.

Each document bore the seal of the Waglu faction, which had devised plans to destroy Chattren.

“This is…!”

“It is definitely the seal of the Waglu clan nobles.”

“It’s not only in the contract but also in the request!”

“…Don’t you think the content of the contract or request itself was very wrong in the first place?”

“Oh my god… How can you be so vicious!”

However, the most notable ones were probably the phrases related to fertilizers that turn crops into demons.

Fertilizer that contaminates the soil of Shatrene and causes demonic beasts to grow.

Its manufacturing method was revealed to the world.

In other words, it can never be denied that the source of this pollution itself was born from the hands of the Waglu faction.

‘ruler. ‘What do we do now?’

Count Retelvik.

Even in the Wagloo faction, you are the highest ranking person.

With all the evidence pointing to you, can you find a way to escape?

Looking at Count Retelvik with such a confident expression, the angry old man stood up, biting his lip.

“Her Royal Highness! Here’s an unproven fact!”

***

‘…You turned your brain around quite a bit.’

Count Retelbeek, who rose up, said that there were unproven facts.

“It has been revealed that the person who spread the fertilizer on the chatelaine was from the Wagluo faction, but there is no evidence that the fertilizer was found in the Wagluo faction. If you want to blame someone, wouldn’t it be right to do it after searching and finding the fertilizer?”

All kinds of evidence emerged showing that he had a hand in Shatrene, but a line was drawn as if he had nothing to do with fertilizer, which is the most serious crime.

You will be punished, but if there is no fertilizer, you will not be guilty. So, search our territory and bring back the fertilizer I mentioned.

That is what they are claiming.

‘I’m sorry, but that was in vain.’

You might think that it’s a black market and all you have to do is cut off the tail, but if you use Talpon’s power to search, the location of the fertilizer will soon be revealed.

When I entered there, I secretly took the Western Flower with me and took steps to ensure that it could be traced later.

‘There’s no way Talpon couldn’t smell that. It would just be a waste of time.’

One thing to be aware of is that you may make a last-ditch effort there.

If the game ended in a way that required an external investigation, there were cases where the game would give a bad ending instead of clearing the episode.

There are two conditions to remember.

It was a situation where they either set off with a relatively small number of troops, or Karssein himself set foot there.

Of course, neither of those conditions are currently satisfied.

It appears that the imperial family is taking this matter seriously and intends to send sufficient troops, so there is no need for me to go there myself.

In other words, it is my victory.

Even if you wait, you won’t be able to find fertilizer. We’re far from the bad ending of dying there, and we’ll find evidence soon.

Now, I was relieved.

Soon after, defense time ended, and the imperial family summoned the knights and took the Lilpeten tribesmen with them.

Count Retelvik and the Waglu faction, who were designated as suspects, are detained in a separate room, and the 21st Eastern Noble Conference draws to a close.

“I think everyone realized this through this symposium. How difficult it is to take care of the territory on your own without the help of the head of the household. You who will become the pillars supporting this country in the future—”

Princess Arcien’s speech continued.

Soon the status window displayed a message that satisfied me.

-Tiring!

▶Episode XI. The source of pollution has been cleared!◀

▶The 21st Eastern Noble Meeting ends.◀

▶Settlement the results.◀

…

…

▶He pointed out all the problems in the territory, drove out the internal enemies, and returned Chattren to its former glory days.◀

▶Your final grade is S rank.◀

▶Recognition level within the Peselos Empire increases!◀

‘Normally, A rank was the limit. ‘The maximum wasn’t A+?’

I didn’t know there was such a thing as S rank, but…

Still, it doesn’t matter.

The fact that I don’t die here is enough for now.

As seen in the game.

I just wanted to see the episode end while watching a scene I was familiar with.

Rather.

‘I should focus here.’

While I was looking at the status window, I heard the sound of footsteps getting closer, and my family had arrived near me.

Isabella.

Flora is squeezing Isabella’s hand and trembling.

And even Arina standing behind those two people.

I don’t know where Claire went, but it was those three who came to visit me.

As they lingered for a while, choosing what to say, I answered directly.

“I told you. I won’t do anything that will cause trouble for the family.”

“Carcein.”

Isabella shook her head and called my name, as if she didn’t mean to say that.

But, I don’t really feel like having a conversation.

“I’m tired. I want to go down now.”

“…So?”

Isabella questioned it as if she was disappointed, but seemed to be convinced and was willing to let him go. But the kid right next to me didn’t seem to understand.

“Okay… can I stay a little longer? I have something to say.”

Whether you have something to say or not is none of my business.

Moreover, seeing them all flock together like this, it looks like they came to give me a disgusting compliment, but I don’t want to receive anything like that.

Here, it would be enough to come up with a reasonable excuse.

“As someone said, I don’t want to get punished for going overboard.”

“…!”

Arina’s shoulders twitched.

“What?”

“Act as you please. I arbitrarily skipped the mid-term evaluation. I have to pay the price for causing so much worry while refusing the offer on my own.”

“What is that…”

“If you’re not sure, ask your great eldest sister.”

I answered that and left without looking back.

***

“If you’re going to do that, please at least tell me. Ugh. Is this how you make people worry?”

Claire muttered dissatisfied.

But actually, there are no complaints. Because she is already walking down the hallway with a brisk step, as if she is satisfied.

It is true that there was a lot of worry when it was announced.

There were bad rumors going around in Shatlaine, and it didn’t seem like Karssein had much of a plan.

But as soon as the presentation started, my anxiety disappeared.

Contrary to expectations, the presentation prepared by Karssein was solid and full of valuable information, and the result also presented jaw-dropping evidence.

It’s not that I wasn’t prepared.

Everything was prepared from start to finish.

“Now that we have completely restored the chatelaine… this is probably the best result in the symposium history.”

Then I guess I should give him a gift commensurate with his grades, right?

…I also have something to be sorry about. I guess I have a lot to say in many ways.

It was bittersweet, but I still wanted to congratulate Karssein. This time, I’m asking for forgiveness that I haven’t been able to get before.

“I should just take the gift and go back quickly. It shouldn’t take too long.”

Claire walked down the hallway with lighter steps again.

Right then.

“If we want to make that plan even a little bit successful, we have to get rid of that guy, Karssein.”

Inside a separate room where the door was not closed, a sound came out that made Claire roll her eyes.