Chapter 378 - : Poisoning, and Culprit (1/2)
In a Different World with a S, and Culprit
(Author: this isn’t a detective novel As the culprit is using a certain uess the trick involved in this incident Touya-kun has been using new h)
The conference is called to a halt, and we asked Pri the castle for the le Looking at the teacup rolling around on the floor, as well as the Southern Spring Marquis who died after vo blood, poison seems to be the most likely method
“[Search: poisonous substance]”
Upon using [Search], a reaction came back from the liquid that has partially seeped into the carpet As I thought
On the nearby table, a tray is placed, upon which a teapot and a porcelain jug filled with tea could be seen
“Who’s the one that prepared this tea?”
“It’s apparently so the prime minister asked to be sent to everyone’s rooan Since the roo on, anyone could’ve entered during that ti answered So, practically anyone could’ve done the deed While the ones ere participating in the conference are obviously in the clear, it’s possible for them to order their subordinates for this Of course, that includes the prime minister, the one who had this tea prepared in the first place
On a side note, the guards for the conference had positioned themselves outside the room on alert after the conference was paused
Did they not hear the sound of a person collapsing on the floor even though they were right outside? Was what I was thinking, until I noticed a fa of the room So it’s because of that
Let’s call Flora of the [Alche] here to analyze what’s left of the tea Knowing the type of poison usedout this incident
“Still, why did they want to kill the Southern Spring Marquis? It’s rude to say this, but shouldn’t the priet…”
The Ferzen king tilted his head That’s true… A threat? So like intimidation?
“A, ano, about that…”
While ere thinking about the problem, a female servant called out hesitantly from the hallway
“A, actually, this room was supposed to be used by His Excellency the Prime Minister”
“What did you say?”
“The pri roo Marquis at first, but the Southern Spring Marquis asked hi this one is smaller and more comfortable for him…”
The servant pointed to the door on the opposite side of the hallway
Now that I looked at it, this rooht I suppose the pri roo Marquis and the Eastern Sea Marquis, while leaving the north- facing room for himself
“That means… Priozaru ka?”
The surrounding people froze upon hearing Yae’s words
The original target of the poisoning was the pri a change of rooms, he died in the prime minister’s place… That’s probably the correct way to look at this Unless, of course, if the Southern Spring Marquis had reasons for people to target his life too
For the faction supporting the king’s younger brother, the faction supporting the pri Marquis being targeted isn’t impossible However, normally, they would obviously aim for the prime minister over him
The rooe closet, and afacing the north Next to the door is a string connected to a bell used to call servants to the room
I opened the closet to take a look, but there’s nothing inside Well, this roo closer to a break room than a place soht that I can probably revive the Southern Spring Marquis with the light- attribute ic, appeared in my mind for an instant
[Resurrection] is an ultiic which must be used within an hour of death, requires the body to have no injuries, and also consuic power and life force
As there’s a high chance for the caster to die in the process, it’s never used unless if it’s on people with close relations like family or lovers
There’s naturally the requireh-level practitioner that can handle such a ic, and it isn’t rare for the caster to die without succeeding at the revival Due to the above reasons, there’s barely any records of successful revivals left in history The success rate is below 20, or so I heard
I thought that if it wasto Karen nee- san’s explanation, in ic power, there’s the risk oftoo much life force to the recipient—unless if they’re es their fundamental existence
“Even if you freeze a o back to the same ice sculpture as before” was Karen nee-san’s words
“I pray for the soul of this person to ascend towards the sky without going astray O God, please grant hiave a prayer for the Southern Spring Marquis, who’s lying prone on the ground Souls of the deceased don’t head towards the Divine Realm where Kami-sama is They head towards the Heavenly Realm, which is below the former
Over there, the soul is purified and reborn within a new body Although overly-tainted souls can apparently only become animals… I can only pray that this person isn’t like that
As a precaution, I searched the body’s pockets and other places to see if there’s anything that could beco that really stands out A fountain pen and a pocket watch, some tobacco leaves and damper inside a case, a pipe and sos he had on his body
Guess I’ll ask Flora to look at the Southern Spring Marquis’ body later too
“King-sa me towards her out in the hallway What is it?
I left the room and headed towards Sakura Yae’s with her too
“Did so happen?”
“Un You see, recently, there are times when I can hear very well”
“Ha?”
Times when she can hear very well? What’s thatfrom really far away When I asked Karen nee-san, she said it’s because of you”
“Eh!? What’s that supposed to mean!?”
“Sakura-dono, did you awaken to your [Dependant Trait]-degozaru ka? How envious…”
Yae showed a shocked expression, but eh, wait a minute What’s this [Dependant Trait] anyway!?
“Are? Did Touya-dono not hear froozarou?”
“Yuether with beco a dependant, huh”
Those who receive the “love of God” and turn into dependants would awaken to special powers In Yumina’s case, she awakened to the power of future prediction Although she’s still only capable of seeing a few seconds ahead
So it’s the ears in Sakura’s case, huh That reether with Sousuke nii-san Suika was often with theht’ve received some “love of God” from them as well
In Yae’s case, she’s often with Moroha nee-san, but that’s the same for Hilda too Don’t tellshared with the two of the onto the carpet frooton So I focused towards this place a little…”
“Eh? But didn’t that rooht”
The power obtained fro a dependant is the power derived frooton sound she heard is probably the sound of the teacup falling
“Probably And then, after that, although I could only hear bits and pieces, there were so”
“Wait a second Isn’t that weird?”
“Un That’s why I called”
What’s going on here? assu he had already died when the teacup fell onto the carpet, there shouldn’t be any sound made after that That wouldMarquis was in the roo one, and the Southern Spring Marquis had died after drinking the tea and then uess? If they’re trying to kill someone, it’s h
“Any chance that it was from some other rooic [Teleport] for nothing I have confidence in ht I use [Teleport] as well so I can understand that