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Truthfully, when I thought about it, there was so across

I groaned as I walked down the hall

Although on the outside I was a boy, estures and speech were still effeminate

No matter how you looked at it, I seemed like some sort of transvestite1

Yeah, it was odd An ordinary dangerous character

“Maybe it’s my refined speech…”2

As I whispered tolike this, people are going to treat me weirdly Do you think I should become Rachel’s apprentice and have her teach me how to act a male role?”

“Surely that would be good”

Claire nodded

Alright, I’ll start with speech

“U about Gray?”

I asked Edgar from behind “I understand that he’s a murderer, but how exactly…?”

I consciously erated

“Ah,”

Edgar spun his head around and looked straight at me “His methods are simple He straps the victim onto a table, then drains their blood and kills them At the same time he inserts a preservative into their blood vessels After that, he ans, which rot easily”

“Edgar, is that really necessary?”

Matilda’s harsh voice sprang up behind me “You knoe’re about to eat, so why?”

“Oh, sorry”

Drains their blood… preservatives… this boy does that sort of thing?

I bit down on ar’s words

If I hadn’t been injured, around that time I would’ve been…

“My bad”

Edgar lowered his voice He see frankly

“Honestly, when I look at your face, I remember the details of cases I’ve worked on, and it unnerves me When I tell you to stay away from me, your manner of speech isn’t the main reason Well, I mean, it does bother irl”

“Iron-faced brat…?”

Claire and I were both puzzled

These police officers, they had witnessed the criirls, and the desecration of their corpses

It was a feeling I couldn’t possibly understand

Edgar’s attitude towards uess it was only natural

…although I couldn’t forget his shoe pressing down on my back

It also must have been the same reason the Chief acted the way he did

I let this slip out loud, causing Matilda’s spiritless voice to sound from behind

“He just hates people in general Don’t worry; he treats everyone like that”

Oh, I see I guess I understand

“I know this is beside the point, but do a lot of these kinds of horrible criminals exist?”

I continued “You said that because the central department has their hands full, they can’t deal with local cases, but are there a lot of these sorts of cases?”

Edgar scratched his head

“I wouldn’t say there are feever, there aren’t a lot of crie… He was raised in a bad environment”

“Environment…”

“You coround I don’t think you would understand”

Edgar let out a bitter laugh With that, he closed his mouth

We were led to the mess hall and sat down at a table

The hall ide Plain tables and chairs were lined up orderly, and a counter that looked into the kitchen was set up in the middle

The officers each had their ownwith each other They returned their silverware to the counter when they were done, leaving the hall

It was the first time I had eaten in a place like that

The inside ofout and discovering the outside world, I was always brought back tomost of my days in nonchalance

I was spoiled

Probably, there was no doubt about that

Both ave me whatever my heart desired That was only natural

Hoas Gray Starling raised?

What environment breeds a murderer?

Of course, I wasn’t able to understand what soht about I didn’t want to know