In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 379: The Second Murder, and Securing the Suspect.

The poison is called Yulonifred. Its a vicious poison that can be extracted from Yulonishias roots-no. If ingested orally, it would react with the persons internal magic power which is present in his saliva, and would corrode and destroy his digestive tract in an instant, leading to a swift death-no.

The above was the analysis of the poison that was in the tea, given by Flora who came here from the [Alchemy Building].

And that Yulonishia

A plant that only grows in the treacherous mountain ranges in northern Yulong. You can find some from time to time in Demon Kingdom Xenoas.

It was Sakura, instead of Flora, who answered my question. She seems awfully knowledgeable about this.

This poison was used in Xenoas too. Since the death is gruesome, its often used to threaten or warn others, is what I heard.

I see. Since Sakura is the child of the demon king, she mustve been taught about these kinds of dangers. Still, poison form Yulong, huh. As expected, theres some Yulong elements in this case.

Is the Eastern Sea Marquis someone under Yulongs flag-degozarou ka?

Itd be easier to understand if he had hired assassins from Yulong, though.

No matter how rotten, hes still one of the Four Marquises of Horn Kingdom. Its unlikely for him to become a henchman working for the Yulong remnants. Its more natural to think hes the one using them.

Master. About the deceased here. Besides the poison, theres also traces of a strong sleeping medicine in the body-no. I believe the victim had been put to sleep first before being forced to drink the poisoned tea.

Ha?

Make him fall asleep first before poisoning him? Why the hell would the murderer do something so troublesome?

The conference ended -> the Southern Spring Marquis asked for the room to be changed -> he was put to sleep -> the poison was administered -> he died. Is the flow of events something like this?

Before that, if he was made to drink poison after falling asleep, that would mean that someone was indeed in that room back then.

Maybe, the culprit was hiding in the large closet, and waited until the Southern Spring Marquis came back from the conference before making him fall asleep and then poisoning him What the hell. This doesnt make any sense.

Or maybe its like this. The culprit was expecting to kill the prime minister, but when he came out of the closet he found the Southern Spring Marquis instead. He made the marquis go to sleep for the moment, but since his face was seen he eventually decided to kill him, or something like that?

I dont understand.

In the first place, if youre gonna wait for him, just use a knife. Why poison? Is it his policy or something?

Isnt the culprit already confirmed to be the Eastern Sea Marquis-degozarou? Well know everything if we just catch him and make him confess-degozaru.

Youre saying things the no-good police from some mystery drama would

Mister? Who is that-degozaru?

I smiled wryly at Yae who made a questioning expression. What Yae said isnt exactly unacceptable. To be honest, thats probably the fastest method to resolve this.

Still, that way of doing things has a lot of problems too. The target is tentatively one of the tops of a country we dont have diplomatic relations with, after all.

We can do it if we get permission from the countrys leader, but right now were in the middle of deciding that leader, so.

The judgment using mystic eyes wouldnt become conclusive evidence. Although I dont believe Her Holiness the Pope would lie, its something only the person herself can confirm after all; its lacking in authenticity.

We need some conclusive evidence, in the end.

As I left the room once again and entered the hallway, I saw the Ferzen king walking towards us from a distance away.

Oh, you were here, Brunhild sovereign. I was talking with Prime Minister-dono and Ganossa- dono just now, and it was decided that we would hold the succession rights conference again tomorrow. We would be staying here for the night; what about you?

Hes asking whether I would return for the time being with transfer magic, I guess. Returning is fine too, but Im worried about the possibility of something happening while Im gone, so I decided to stay here as well. Also, were technically counted as suspects as well. Even though we dont have any possible motives and also have alibis.

What about the other marquises?

They all have villas in the capital, but itd be foolish to let them return in this situation. Theyll be sleeping in rooms prepared for them tonight Of course, well be keeping an eye on the Eastern Sea Marquis as much as we can.

The Ferzen king spoke in a low voice.

Still, I understand nothing about this case, huh Like why the Eastern Sea Marquis would kill the Southern Spring Marquis. Itd be easier to understand if he committed the murder for a personal grudge instead of something related to the succession rights problem.

The Southern Spring Marquis He seemed like a good-natured person, though. I definitely didnt think he was the type of person who would earn someones hatred. Well, nobles are people who always garnered some degree of ire to begin with.

Since its come to this, should we go with Yaes plan after all? Sneak into the Eastern Sea Marquis room at night, force him to confess about the murder case, then erase his memories No no, as expected that should be left as the final option.

Since we already know who the culprit is, things should become clear as long as we dont let him escape I think.

Was what I thought, but

We let him escape-degozaru na

I, together with Yae, opened our mouths with a sigh. Just like we said, the Eastern Sea Marquis had splendidly escaped. To where, you ask? The world beyond.

Beside our feet, being bathed in the evening sun, lied the dead body of the Eastern Sea Marquis. Of course, we didnt do it.

Earlier, while we were discussion our future plans in the room we were assigned, a ghastly pale Ferzen king rushed in and conveyed to us the news of the Eastern Sea Marquis death.

The location was at the room the Eastern Sea Marquis was supposed to be staying in; two hours ago, saying he wanted to rest for a while, he had apparently shut himself inside the room.

When a female servant entered the room together with some guards in order to confirm the menu for dinner, the Eastern Sea Marquis had already drawn his last breath, or so I was told.

On a side note, this isnt suicide. A scarf could be seen tied around his neck as he lied prone on the floor next to the bed.

This time, its an easy-to-understand strangulation, eh.

Betrayed by the assassin he hired-degozarou ka?

Not an impossible theory.

Still, this scarf Its not a regular scarf. This silkiness and smooth touch It should be quite the expensive article. Theres also a crest sewn onto this; this is

The lines of sight of the others, who were looking at the dead Eastern Sea Marquis, converged on one woman in this room.

Western Forest Marquis. Isnt this scarf your belonging?

The sharp eyes of Prime Minister Schwein pierced through the Western Forest Marquis. That crest is apparently the Western Forest Marquis The Suile marquis houses house crest.

The Western Forest Marquis, who had gathered everyones eyes, slowly shook her pale face sideways.

N, no. I mean, that scarf is indeed my belonging. However, I had lost it somewhere yesterday Its the truth!

You had a fierce argument with the Eastern Sea Marquis earlier. Could it be

Thats not it! And in the first place, theres no way the Eastern Sea Marquis guards in front of this room wouldve let me in anyway!

Thats true. And besides, using a scarf with your house crest on it as a murder tool is beyond stupid. And even if she did, she shouldve taken it back with her.

Flora was using a variety of magic tools to scan the Eastern Sea Marquis body, and confirming various information. The one shes using now is a portable tool with [Analyze] applied to it using [Enchant]. Its appearance resembles that one tool used by the medical staff in a certain SF television drama. Its a western drama set in space.

Flora, who was holding that tool in her hands, tilted her head slightly.

Whats wrong?

This is weird-no.

I asked Flora to explain to me the incongruity.

Eh? I see, that really is weird. It doesnt add up.

Could the tool be malfunctioning?

When I asked her, Flora began to manually check the body, doing things like turning it over, before making her decision.

Theres no mistake as I thought-no. The body doesnt lie-no.

That means the Eastern Sea Marquis back then

An effect achieved using magic, or some unknown tool, I suppose? If Flora is right about this

If such a magic was used, then we mustnt let the perpetrator escape. Since there was an order not to let anyone out of the castle, it should still be fine.

Hah In the end, Im doing what Yae suggested we do earlier. I cant call the police from some mystery drama no-good anymore.

Guess this just means I cant solve cases by logical reasoning like those great detectives. I can only find the culprit and make him confess through the brute force approach.

Its forceful, but lets go with the fastest method. If we let him escape, things would get troublesome. Theres no need to hold back against a group of assassins.

I gathered divinity in my eyes and activated [Divine Eyes]. After that, I slowly looked over each person in the room.

Prime Minister Schwein, Ganossa, the Western Forest Marquis, the Northern Mountain Marquis Not them, huh. While it may be obvious, the Ferzen king and the Ramissh pope arent too.

Y-your Majesty the Sovereign King? Is there anything wrong?

Probably growing uneasy due to suddenly being stared at, Her Holiness the Pope called out to me.

Im sorry. I was just confirming something.

While apologizing to Her Holiness the Pope, I headed out of the room and scanned through the waiting soldiers and knights, as well as the female servants who were present in the hallway.

There!

I walked in a straight line towards the target.

In front of me stood a young man with short brown hair, whose appearance is that of an ordinary soldiers no matter how you look at him.

He has a mild-looking face that gave off a sense of harmlessness. Hes wearing Horn Kingdoms standard armor, with a sword on his waist, and a spear in his hands. Hes probably one of the guards in the castle.

Wha, what is it?

The young man opened his mouth with a somewhat forced smile. Towards him, I flashed a nice smile while placing my hand on his shoulder.

Its a shame.

Ha?

[Gravity].

Gufuu!?

The young soldier crumbled on the spot due to the sudden gravity magic applied to him. Unable to move his body, his eyes looked upwards at me. There were surprise and hatred swirling around inside his eyes.

Y, Your Majesty the Brunhild Sovereign! What are you!

Prime Minister Schwein called out to me as the rest of the group rushed out from the room. A soldier belonging to his own country had just been apprehended by another countrys king. Theres no way he wouldnt panic.

I just caught the suspect, is all. Please wait just a moment. Ill peel off his fake skin right away.

I bound the soldiers limbs using metal wires taken out of [Storage]. Since [Gravity] would be released too, I need to make sure he cant run away beforehand.

Alright, then. [Absorb].

W, what!?

Using the absorption magic [Absorb], I took in the layer of magic power that was covering the soldier. Ive already seen through the fact this this guy has some sort of magic enchantment covering his entire body with [Divine Eyes]. Since the [Gravity]