Chapter 459 Not guilty?

Its time to leave this underground prison.

I stop the patrolling soldiers and ask them to give a message to King Daido. I said, [It looks like the real culprit escaped from the prison, and Toy was the one who got caught in her stead.]

She walks away from the underground prison and standing next to me, so its not a lie.

They asked me to wait before I headed back, and after a while, we are permitted to enter the audience room again.

Baron Gollen. I was told that the perpetrator had escaped, or rather switched?

Yes, sir. she was even craftier than I anticipated. As expected from the one that has caused a great deal of turmoil in the Daido Country.

She had secured an escape route and scapegoat?

An uncle that looks like a knight commander steps forwards and starts to questioning my story.

That seems unlikely, Baron Gollen is it possible that you are in cahoots with the culprit?

Charidy

The King tried to stop him, but the Knight Commander shakes his head, gesturing the King that he had no intention to stop.

My King, its my job to be suspicious and protect this country.

But look, your opponents are small girl, you scaring her with your face.

When I looked to the side, I saw Toy shuddering with a terrified expression are you an actress now?

And if I have to tell the truth, the Knight Commander Charidy is right, we are actually in cahoots, or to be exact, she has been switching to my side for now. But I wont reveal that it will only make things more complicated than it should be.

Mm-hmm. But.

It seems theres still doubt in Knights Commander heart, the collar was not removed because I dont have the key, let make use of it. Why dont we use it to force her to testify?

Mm. I suppose that will certainly prove her innocence. Girl, you will answer to me. Are you the murderer?

Following my suggestion, the knight commanders glare daggers at Toy. She then trembled more and hiding behind my body.

I-Im innocent! When I realized, I was already there please! Show some mercy!

The collar doesnt seem to be responding is it means shes not lying? but Ive also heard reports that say that the collar did not work before?

Ah, thats right, the soldier has seen Toy nullify the collar.

Thats true, oi you, try to lie about something, it will tighten a bit though.

t-then Im the culpritargh!

Cancel, Cancel it at once!

Toy jumps at my suggestion and shows us that she is desperate. The collars tightening seems to have stopped when the Knight Commander orders the cancel, she said that she can cheat the collar, but Im still afraid if that collar is accidentally reacted to what she says.

That collar is outperforming those lie-detector magic tools, this is the proof of her innocence.

Yes, Im convinced. You over there, bring me the key! How long you plan to put this slave collar on an innocent girl like this!

He was easily convinced that she is not guilty. After that, he removed the collar and also had the collar analyzed again to confirm its authenticity. After that, the skeptical knight commander was the one who guarantees Toys innocence.

Well, the culprit is her, but Leona is the mastermind, shes just the executor.

Its more than likely that the real culprit has taken over the girls mind and manipulated it. Its makes sense if you think of it that way.

I see, then, of course, that the collar didnt respond. shes just being manipulated to move her mouth anyway, where did you come from, little miss?

I dont remember anything Hero-sama, Im so scared

And the knight commander shows a gentle yet scary smile; Toy is frightened and clings to me this girls acting skill is top class; I would be fooled too if I dont know the truth.

It seems that shes taken a liking to you, Baron Gollen.

Charidy I always said that your smile is frightening, please dont do it, it would be better that way.

Muh I apologize for scaring you, but from now on, my Croutons family would be responsible for keeping you safe.

By the way, before this, the knight commanders family name was supposed to be Cthugha. So Crouton becomes Cthugha so it was subtly altered. Does the signature on the document change after a certain day? If so, that was a subtle prank from her.

Hohoho, if you like it, our royal family also can offer you protection until you regain your memory.

No, you are scary, Hero, please dont leave me alone.

Is my face is that bad Charidy, Im sad to be hated by children

My King, Im glad to hear that you finally understand my feelings.

And ignoring the two sad uncles, Toy was hiding her face behind my back and shaking while purring. I think shes trying to hold back a laugh. This girl is really.

Then what should we do? I dont even know if she is my citizen or not

Yes, sir. But I intend to protect her regardless of that fact, but it seems that she hates me, . Baron Gollen, can I ask you a favor?

Oh, I dont mind, Ill take custody of this child here. If you finally find some leads, you can contact me through the Empire messenger.

And the story went so easy from there. But still, this all thanks to Toy acting skills

Isnt this her strongest weapon? An offensive power that will trigger an old man protecc instinct. What a scary child. {}

So, the discussion was over, we decided on [The culprit may have fled, but since we have too much trouble already, let leave it at that.]

This is kind of unexpected but the King and Knights Commander are saying things like [Take this money with you] [dont you want to change your clothes first?] [Stay here for the night] [I will prepare a feast for you] to Toy. Its like a treatment that they will give to their granddaughter. Thankfully, this countrys food culture is very well developed. I will accept their offer for now.

It would be unnatural to say she didnt need all that, so we decided to accept it moderately.

At the time of farewell, the King comes and send me off for the last time inside the castle gates. He is unexpectedly very friendly King, perhaps?

why do they care about you that much?

Umm. Maybe its because they were trained to give me preferential treatment when I was acting as director of Magic Institute of Daido?

Didnt [God a Alarm] wakes them up?

It wasnt a particularly harmful type of brainwashing. Also, apparently, they wanted a daughter more than a son, and they wanted to spoil her and love her. it was something in that line.

I see it was like that?

So, this is a side effect when you did forcefully use brainwash medicine or magic.

Okay, Kehma, now that we had successfully taken me out of jail. What next?

First we will go to the Empire.

I need to push her on Haku as soon as possible.

Oh by the way, this may be a trivial matter, but the prince and his groups are still out of this country, you know? What are you plan to deal with him?

I dont want to have anything to do with him again, but I think its better if I break your spell first.

I dont know his position right now; I will try to get in touch when he finally manages to return to his home country.