63 – Episode 63 The arrow that lost its target
Duchy of Vampires.
Investigation Headquarters.
Together with his grandfather, he visited the place where the criminal died.
Thanks to hunters preserving the site, the situation at that time remained the same.
“How do you feel?”
After looking at it for a while, the grandfather opened his mouth.
“Suicide is certain.”
After trying hard to escape,
This is what happens at the end?
And the criminals at the same time?
“It’s strange, right?”
“It’s strange. “The circumstances are strange, but there are no traces left at the scene.”
While blocking the Vampires Bridge,
These were rats in a poison.
I thought I almost caught everything.
On the contrary, the enemy must have felt fear that they would soon be caught.
‘Did you cut off the tail? To protect the torso?’
This was all I could think of.
If these were the bodies, they would not have chosen the last resort, death.
“Lord So! Lord Su!”
A hunter came running quickly.
This has been a repeat of this recently.
It looks like the body of a criminal has been found again.
“Lord So!”
“Okay, where are you this time?”
“Brilda committed suicide.”
“What!?”
I heard it clearly,
I did not understand the content.
For a moment, I felt like my head stopped working.
“He committed suicide in the mansion.”
“…Why?”
Brilda.
Why?
Is she the type to commit suicide?
No.
Was her mistake a big one?
Not compared to status.
Even if all the crimes revealed so far are true, Brilda will be sentenced to imprisonment in a mansion.
She is the landlady of the Frontier and my mother.
It may be a big deal for commoners, but it is not a big deal for nobles.
But why?
I tore her hair with both hands.
I couldn’t get my head around the shocking news.
“Elwin.”
“Grandpa…”
Her grandfather gently wrapped my hand.
Then he lowered it down.
In a moment, the hair was pulled out in his hands.
“Don’t try to understand everything.”
“…”
“You just have to solve them one by one.”
“I’m sorry. “I was shocked for a moment…”
“Take a slow, deep breath.”
“Yes.”
Take a deep breath,
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I exhaled slowly.
Let’s repeat this a few times,
My dazed mind started to work.
“I’ll leave this place to my grandfather.”
“I understand.”
“I have to go to South Castle. “I’ll take the Chase mercenaries with me.”
.
.
The center of the frontier.
South Castle.
Even after passing through the castle gate, I did not slow down.
I headed straight to the Frontier Mansion.
The Frontier Mansion was quiet.
There weren’t as many maids as usual,
There were no vassals who kept coming.
I entered the funeral hall installed on one side of the mansion.
Only the maids and mansion workers were standing inside.
We went inside and checked the body.
‘Brilda…’
Brilda is certain.
It wasn’t even Brilda’s plan.
He is truly dead.
The cloth was covered over Brilda’s face again.
And then took a few steps back.
I stood there and prayed in silence.
Things with Brilda came to mind.
When I first opened my eyes in another world,
There was no information.
At that time, when he heard that Vrilda was his mother, he clung to her.
‘Brilda’s embarrassed face comes to mind.’
Married Alencia,
I also remember seeing him off when he left the mansion.
Brilda, who had been cold the whole time, laughed at that time.
It would have been because if he married Alencia, he would be removed from the competition for small lords.
When I broke off my engagement and returned to my territory,
I also remembered the way he showed off his power with numerous vassals.
‘Life is truly vain.’
At that time, none of the vassals standing next to Brilda came.
This is probably because the direction of power has been decided.
After finishing his silent meditation, he raised his head.
I received the flowers Anna gave me.
She placed the flower on Bril Da.
Leaving the funeral home,
The heavy air has become much lighter.
‘Following the raiders, even Brilda is like this…’
Too many things happening at once
It was complicated in my head.
Noisy. Loud.
Noisy. Loud.
Suddenly the funeral home became noisy.
Then they began to dismantle the temporarily constructed funeral hall.
“What’s going on?”
“Now that Lord So has paid his condolences, I would like to take you to Paonia.”
“To Paonia?”
Paonia is Brilda’s original home.
Even so, Brilda is already from the Frontier?
When she got married, didn’t her name change to Bril da Frontier?
At that time,
Brilda’s direct maid, Anna, approached.
“It was written in my wife’s will.”
“A will? “Where is it?”
“It’s on the desk in your wife’s room.”
I immediately ran to the third floor.
And I heard the will placed there.
The will was full of regrets about life.
I blame myself for not being able to make Gibson a small lord.
Hate towards my father who confirmed me as a minor lord.
Regrets about overdoing things and attacking the top.
And the fear of me narrowing the siege.
“This… Vrilda wrote it?”
It makes no sense.
What kind of person is Brilda?
‘Then who killed him?’
The problem is that this also makes no sense.
Who could break into the third floor of the manor house and kill the hostess?
And no one will notice.
Put your will on the desk,
I looked around the room.
I can’t believe the contents of the will.
The fact that Brilda committed suicide also seemed like a lie.
Then there must be some trace.
I searched every single speck of dust in the room.
“It’s so clean.”
No more, no less,
It was a typical noblewoman’s room.
There are moderately expensive items,
The books on culture that noble women mainly read are on the bookshelf.
The popular tea leaves and refreshments were arranged among them.
“This is Brilda’s room?”
There was no room for doubt,
That’s why I had doubts.
I have often entered the rooms of noble women.
To be exact, it is Alencia’s room.
What was her room like?
It was full of all kinds of important information.
Is Brilda any different? Not like that.
Neither Alencia nor Brilda are ordinary noble women.
These are people who actually do politics.
While my father was protecting the territory,
The person who managed the inside of the Frontier was Brilda.
A person like that’s room is like this?
One person came to mind at that time.
“Anna.”
I looked out the window.
It was dark as they searched the room.
I ran to the first floor and found Anna.
But,
“You already left?”
“Yes, I left for Paonia with my wife.”
With the Chase mercenaries,
I chased after Anna.
No problem. All right.
No problem. All right.
Even on a fast-running horse
Her head moved non-stop.
‘The person who can organize Brilda’s room is Anna.’
Even if she hadn’t cleaned it up herself, she would have noticed the change in her room.
But she didn’t say anything…
‘Could it be related to Brilda’s death?’
What if Anna helped the assassin?
Couldn’t he have killed Brilda in her mansion?
No way… Anna herself?
She shook her head.
Everything is just my own thoughts.
If you catch Anna and interrogate her, some outline will be revealed.
“Stop!”
The Chase mercenaries blocked the transport procession.
“Where is Anna?”
People looked at each other,
Soon, one person came forward.
“The maid Anna said she had some work to do and she left midway.”
“She broke up in the middle? Where?”
Specify the location where Anna left,
She came back down the road.
‘I’m glad it’s the Chase mercenary group.’
The investigation headquarters included the Salamander mercenary group and the Chase mercenary group.
It was a good idea to bring in the Chase mercenaries.
Because the Chase mercenaries have hunters.
She arrived at the place described,
We analyzed the traces left there.
“They are right. “One of the group headed that way.”
“Good. “Tracing footprints.”
“Yes!”
Footprints that deviated from the path continued to enter the forest.
‘It’s strange. ‘A maid goes to the forest alone?’
It was a dangerous act not only on Monster Island, but also on the continent.
“Lord So!”
“What’s going on?”
“The trace… Is broken.”
“It was cut off?”
I ran to the lead.
The hunter who was tracking explained the situation.
When I looked at the direction he was pointing to, I saw a trace, although subtle.
But…
“Not in front. “It disappeared like a charm.”
“Have you been kidnapped? Or even a monster attack?”
“There are no traces of people or monsters approaching. He literally disappeared by himself.”
“You mean…?”
“Yes, the maid hid her traces herself.”
Ana wasn’t just a maid?
Are you skilled enough to avoid the hunter’s pursuit?
I weighed it in my head.
Should I bring my grandfather here?
So, should we pursue Anna until the end?
At that time,
“This won’t be easy even for you, Campbell.”
“Grandpa is going to have a hard time too?”
“It’s just a prediction, but it seems likely. “I can’t even see the slightest trace.”
What on earth is Anna?
In the past, I was surprised by my excellent economic knowledge.
However, I did not expect that she would be armed.
“No way…”
What she dismissed as a delusion may be true.
‘A person of this level of skill… Can kill Brilda without a trace.’
Besides, wasn’t she a direct maid?
She would have been easy to approach quietly.
It is true that Anna is an important clue.
But… What if her grandfather is also difficult to find?
Should she give up the chase here?
Have you found a clue to explain Brilda’s death?
Moreover, they might even find out about the unknown enemy that exists behind them?
The hunter who had been examining the traces stood up from her seat.
Then she shook her head.
“It is simply impossible. Even if Mr. Campbell comes, it will be difficult. In the meantime, any traces that may have remained will disappear.”
Am I missing a clue again?
As time passes, she wonders if Anna will also be found dead.
I had all kinds of thoughts, but She
She can’t stay like this.
As the leader, I have to make decisions.
“For now… let’s go back to the mansion.”
First of all, start with what you can do,
Let’s deal with them one by one.
