The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 389



390 – Road Murder

Raelan pulled his upper body back and crossed one leg.

“Let’s go over the content of the class in more detail.”

Eunice, who somehow remembered the most interesting class she had ever had, moistened her lips with her tongue and nodded.

“First, under the assumption that the church did not kill Luna, explain the reason plausibly.”

For a moment, Eunice opened her eyes. Eunice was taken aback for a moment because it was an unexpected question, but then thought about it carefully.

My heart was pounding. Eunice was more nervous than when she participated in the triathlon and was interviewed by the faculty.

The sound of Raelan tapping the table with his fingertips echoed throughout the basement. Eunice, who had been wriggling her fingers, finally answered.

“As I said before, the church’s greatest benefit is to kidnap Luna. Simply killing Luna only instills Ross’s anger toward the Church, and is not a benefit for the Church to take advantage of the situation. Even if there is no need to keep her alive, the church has no reason to kill Luna, especially considering that Luna’s body was still in the carriage.”

Eunice finished the story. Raelan asked with a slanted gaze as Eunice was waiting for her evaluation.

“Is that the end?”

“… yes?”

Seeing Eunice blinking, Raelan sighed and said.

“Has it not occurred to you that the church is assuming that Ross is His apostle? There is a very high possibility that Jamie’s attack is also related to the apostle of the church. So why didn’t you mention that it would be more plausible for the Church to attack Ross instead of Luna?”

“… ah!”

Thinking about it later, it was definitely an issue that should have been mentioned. Luna is the daughter of a great eastern noble family close to the city of the cult. Unless the church is going to wage an all-out war with the entire continent, she has no reason to kill Luna.

“And if the culprit who attacked the carriage was really a member of the Church, it seems like they haven’t even thought about it since they haven’t said anything about the hard evidence that should have been left behind.”

“… .”

For a moment, Eunice felt the pressure of something invisible pressing down on her heart. He felt inferior due to the obvious difference in skill between Raelan and himself.

Eunice, who took a moment to catch her breath and suppressed her feelings of inferiority by acknowledging her shortcomings, asked, imitating the polite way she used to ask questions to professors at the academy.

“If it’s evidence… Are you talking about the traces of chaos left on the carriage or magical power?”

Eunice, who carefully asked the question, swallowed her saliva without realizing it when she saw Raelan looking at her with cold eyes. Raelan, who had been looking at her product as if coldly observing the flaws, snapped her fingers as if she had finally realized it.

“Now I understand your problem.”

Raelan said, twisting one corner of his mouth.

“You are trying to look at the situation too broadly. “Does the term ‘scheme who reads the situation’ force you to take a broad view?”

Eunice felt her face heat up with embarrassment, as if her secrets had been revealed. To that extent, Raelan’s words accurately pointed out Eunice’s problem. In a situation where experience is not keeping up, attempts to look at an unreasonably broad picture have become a habit of simplifying details.

“The basics of a tactician are to take advantage of even the smallest details. “Be sure to correct your bad habits.”

“… yes.”

Eunice answered in a voice filled with resignation and lowered her head helplessly. Raelan, who was watching Eunice, placed his hand on her knee and said.

“Like when reading the situation, think about the question I asked in reverse. Then you will be able to understand the intention of the question.”

Eunice bit her nails and thought about Raelan’s advice. If it is a denomination, there is clear evidence that will remain… To know that, we had to go back to the first question. If the assumption that the Church did not kill Luna was overturned and the Church killed Luna… ?

Eunice, who was thinking about memories related to Luna and the church, muttered to herself without realizing it.

“… Compass.”

Eunice looked up at Raelan from her quietly lowered gaze and trembled slightly from the thrill of goosebumps rising from her lower abdomen.

“Was the compass still on Luna’s body?”

There are numerous reasons why the Church would not kill Luna, but even if the Church really did kill Luna for some unknown reason… There was no reason for Luna not to retrieve her compass, which she wore on her belt.

Eunice had pimples on her skin. Could it be that with that in mind, Raelan even checked Luna’s belongings? None of her colleagues thought to check Luna’s belongings. Of course, I thought the culprit was the religious order.

Raelan shrugged his shoulders as if it was obvious to Eunice, who gave him a questioning look, and took out a compass from his pocket.

“How did you… ?”

“Because a dead person doesn’t need a compass. “When I told them it was evidence to find the culprit, they easily gave it to me.”

The compass in Raelan’s hand continued to rotate without stopping.

“No one would regret a broken compass that can be found everywhere.”

Raelan closed the compass and looked at Eunice. Seeing Raelan’s eyes that seemed to be expecting something, Eunice came to her senses and racked her brain.

Eunice finally remembered the most valuable thing Luna had and shouted.

“… fountain pen!”

Raelan slightly raised his eyebrows as if the answer he was expecting was correct.

“I used God’s fountain pen when I killed the immortal, so Luna must have had it. “Have you recovered that too?”

“No, God’s fountain pen is gone. “A case containing a fountain pen is also included.”

“… !”

Eunice’s eyes widened. He realized what Raelan meant. The compass is the item the cult was aiming for. Since it is natural that he knew information about the compass, the fact that it did not disappear serves as evidence that the attacker was not related to the church.

So what does it mean that God’s fountain pen has disappeared? The church doesn’t know that Luna has God’s fountain pen. Even if you discovered it by chance, it is improbable to leave the compass and only take a fountain pen.

The body and compass are still there, only God’s fountain pen is missing. In that case, the culprit is the person who knew that Luna had God’s fountain pen. The fact was a strict secret, and very few people knew about it.

The only person who knows that Luna has God’s fountain pen is someone who shares Ross’s memories…

“Is the person who killed Luna among us?”

In response to Eunice’s question, Raelan stretched out the corners of his mouth and smiled. Eunice trembled involuntarily at the faint madness contained in that laugh.

“So who do you think it is?”

Eunice moaned as she realized that her guess was correct in response to Raelan’s question. Someone who has a reason to kill Luna… For a moment, Eunice and Raelan’s gazes intertwined in midair.

Eunice had finally discovered traces of this plan. A person who can benefit from Luna’s death. Because there are not many people who know the existence of God’s fountain pen and have the ability to achieve a lot with one trick.

Eunice muttered in a trembling voice.

“… “Bella.”

Eunice’s eyes finally began to see the plate that had been secretly hidden in the dark. At least I saw through part of it.

“You are a tactician who is good at reading the game and fighting with moves, and I am a tactician who prefers to break the game itself and respond with variables. And Bella is a strategist with the ability to achieve a lot by planning everything carefully.”

Raelan clapped his hands lightly. Raelan asked Eunice, who flinched at the sound.

“I ask you again. “How do you evaluate the current situation?”

In response to Raelan’s question, Eunice unconsciously rubbed her swollen forearm.

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“… “It’s not the worst.”

Raelan laughed. But Eunice couldn’t laugh along. Raelan will never understand how this plan makes Eunice feel inadequate and scared.

“This situation started with just one death. Luna’s death heightened our anger toward the church, and we went from quietly waiting to see the situation to being in a position where we had to somehow obtain the Holy Grail.”

Raelan continued his explanation as if he was happy.

“Ross no longer hesitates and doesn’t look back. It became his blind goal to break through the labyrinth and obtain the Holy Grail for the sake of his loved one. “According to whose intentions.”

Eunice felt a tightness in her chest as she couldn’t breathe. I realized what Raelan’s intention was.

“… “We will be able to stop Roel’s plan to save everyone using the Holy Grail instead of the dead immortal, by using Ross to revive Luna.”

Eunice realized too late that her two hands were shaking like crazy. Bella was someone who would do anything for Roel. Bella would kill Luna without blinking if it was for Roel.

“… With Luna’s death, she got everything she wanted.”

Raelan burst into laughter at Eunice’s low muttering.

“Everyone’s body was on fire. Now I have no choice but to run until the lights go out. Even if your flesh and muscles melt and you bleed, you can’t stop it! Hehehe.”

This situation is by no means the worst. No, as Raelan said, it is close to the best. If all goes according to Bella’s plan… Ross can stop Roel from using the Holy Grail, and the dead Luna can be revived through the Holy Grail.

A ploy to use words to control even people’s lives.

For a moment, Eunice felt nauseated. How great are the two tricksters, and how much are you lacking compared to them? And then he realized how dangerous these two people were.

“What’s more interesting is that this isn’t the end.”

Raelan smiled at Eunice, who looked suspicious.