Episode 35.10 (1/2)

After passing through Goncourt Mansion's gate, their wagon headed for an annex to the east instead of the main building.

Norma got down and got led to the second floor in the annex by Kanner.

A nobleman has been laid in an interior room, with Prado Goncourt sitting next to the bed.

A young servant wearing a high-class outfit approached Kanner and spoke in a low voice.

”The madam has brought the young miss into her room.”

Kanner nodded and spoke to Prado.

”I have brought Norma-sama with me.”

Prado stood up and turned at Norma.

”You have my thanks for your coming here.”

”I have heard your beck. Am I to perform an examination on this man here?”

”I believe this should be the first time Norma-dono saw him. This is Dopus. Zepus's little brother.”

This was when Norma noticed another person in the room. A familiar one.

”Ospar-dono, you're here too.”

Ospar is a medical practitioner. He's far older and more experienced than Norma. She couldn't help but wonder why would she get called here if he was here already.

”Norma-dono. I'm sorry for taking up your time. He had already passed away by the time I arrived here. I believe it must be from poison, but I'm unfortunately ignorant on the subject matter. I recall the time you spoke about ways to distinguish several poisons. Thus I informed Prado-sama to beckon you here.”

”So that's how it went.”

”This here is the wound.”

As she looked closer with a portable <Noct Lamp>, she saw a small wound around the scruff of the neck. Quite a deep wound.

”It looks to have been pierced deeply by a needle. Did you find a needle?”

”That's the thing, we could not find any.”

Norma lightened up the room, cleared the desktop, and asked for a jugful of water. She lined up several mixing bowls, skillfully put reagents on those bowls and mixed them together.

These reagents are the results of her father's long work as well. It's been known since ages old that poisons originated from living beings and magic beasts react differently to different minerals. While her father was still working in his ideal environment, he gathered all kinds of minerals, got servants to grind them, and repeated many experiments to finally determine ways to mix minerals to determine 16 general types of poisons.

Once you know this, getting your hands on a small amount of minerals is no issue. You only need a minute amount for each usage.

Norma carefully mixed the body fluid of the dead gathered from the mucous membrane around his mouth with the reagents.

”There is no doubt about it. It's <Flat White Snake (Uraslin)>'s venom.”

”I had my suspicion.”

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Ospar seemed to have come to the same conclusion as well.

Prado had a stiff expression.

Kanner bowed at Ospar.