At night, Shadow returned to Christina's house.
Christina was already asleep.
Shadow, concealing his presence, placed a coffee-stained document bag on Christina's nightstand.
He returned to his own bed by the window.
With a wave of his hand, Sid, who was sleeping peacefully, transformed into a puddle of slime.
Finally, it was absorbed by Shadow into a small ball and merged into his clothes.
Sid lay peacefully on the bed, eyes closed, sleeping.
The next day, a large number of Knights Order personnel surrounded Count Goethe's residence.
They set up a cordon, prohibiting onlookers from gathering.
Alice arrived at the scene immediately with her people.
Her first suspect was Alexia, so she planned to come over and observe the situation.
After all, Alexia had done something like this before.
"Good morning, Royal Sister!" Alexia waved and greeted.
Alice remained silent.
She led the members of the Knights Order into Count Goethe's mansion.
Alexia also wanted to go in, but she was stopped.
"Princess Alexia, unauthorized personnel cannot enter, even if you are a member of the Royal Family."
Grey, the captain of the Fourth Squad of the Knights Order responsible for handling such cases, replied.
"Do you think you can stop me? Get out of the way!"
Alexia's words annoyed Grey.
"Your Royal Highness Princess Alexia, please do not make things difficult for me; I am only performing my duty! Until we finish our investigation, no one else can enter!" Grey replied.
"What if I insist on making things difficult for you?"
Alexia said with an icy tone.
Grey remained silent, his hand gripping the hilt of his sword.
Alexia walked straight past Grey.
Grey ultimately lacked the courage to draw his sword.
It was well-known that Alexia was very strong.
As the most famous person in the Academy incident, she certainly wasn't weak; she was definitely more formidable than him, a Knights Order Fourth Squad Captain.
And the subsequent Martial Heart Festival incident all demonstrated Alexia's power.
"Captain, did you just let her go in like that? If Princess Alice blames us!"
"Then why didn't you stop her just now? Are you blind?"
Grey shouted at his subordinate.
It was clear that the subordinate also dared not offend Princess Alexia.
If Alexia had no strength, it would be fine.
The problem was that she was too strong.
Offending a powerful princess would surely lead to disaster.
Alice entered the premises, and her subordinates immediately began to investigate.
Count Goethe had a playing card stuck in his head.
Seeing the playing card, Alice recalled an unpleasant memory.
That day, she was taken by Alexia to play poker... that scene at the time... Alice shook her head, telling herself not to overthink.
She observed the surroundings; all the guards were dead.
The maids, however, had virtually no external injuries.
"Royal Sister, what are your thoughts?" Alexia appeared beside Alice and asked.
Alice glanced at her, remaining silent.
"Your Royal Highness Princess Alice, we have found a witness!" A subordinate reported.
"All the guards on the scene are dead, and the maids were only knocked out. Their testimonies are all the same; they all said they saw a clown, and then immediately fainted!"
"A clown?"
Alice looked at Alexia.
She still suspected Alexia.
After all, when something happens, people always suspect those with a record.
"How tasteless! To even dress up as a clown!" Alexia mused.
She was also thinking about who the culprit was.
The opponent was very strong; the fact that they could block her attack with a playing card alone proved their strength.
Alexia wondered if the opponent was Sino.
But Sino didn't seem to have such a tasteless hobby.
He was only interested in women.
He generally wouldn't be interested in punishing evil and promoting good.
After all, that was thankless work.
Seeing Alexia deep in thought.
Alice dismissed the idea that she was the killer.
Because, just as Alexia said, dressing up as a clown was indeed a bit tasteless.
If it were Alexia, she would have silently killed the target and left, just like before.
She would not unnecessarily increase the bloodshed.
After much thought, Alice couldn't come up with anything.
She felt that professional matters should be left to professionals.
For example, Grey; he specialized in such things.
Alice found the captain of the Knights Order's Fourth Squad.
"You handle this matter; I have other things to do!" Alice said and then left.
She planned to practice her sword, not wanting to waste her time on such matters.
Military strength was the foundation for everything.
She was not good at things that required thinking.
At this moment, Alexia stopped Alice.
"Royal Sister, would you like to play poker with me?"
Alice's face suddenly changed, a slight blush appearing.
"I have other things to do!"
Alice quickly left.
"Royal Sister, come find me to play poker when you're free!"
Alexia called out... Christina woke up from her sleep and immediately noticed the document bag on her nightstand.
She opened the document bag and looked inside.
It contained very important intelligence: Count Goethe's plan for handling the Elisa incident, along with a list of expenses incurred.
Christina looked at the other two; they were still asleep, showing no signs of waking up.
She found her father.
"Father, I just woke up and found this document bag. If we use this as evidence, we can overturn the case and also bring down Count Goethe! Let them know that House Hope is not to be trifled with."
Christina's father looked at the contents of the document bag.
"Christina, did you really kill Count Goethe?"
"Father, what are you saying?"
"Don't pretend to be confused when you clearly understand!"
"Father, I still don't understand what you mean."
"News came this morning that Count Goethe was killed."
"What? Then this document bag..."
"It should be Count Goethe's belongings. I will keep this for now."
Christina's father took the document bag and turned to leave.
"Was it the clown that Princess Alexia mentioned last night who killed Count Goethe?"
She had been feigning ignorance in front of her father; she actually knew about Count Goethe's death.
"After killing Count Goethe, he silently placed his belongings in my room. What exactly does the killer want to do?"
"Does he want to frame me? But that's not right; this document bag hasn't been made public, so it wouldn't serve to frame me."
Christina decided to go to the scene to take a look.
After touring the scene, she found spilled coffee in Count Goethe's office.
There was also a perfectly square imprint.
That should be the document bag... Regarding the clown, Sino did not intend to interfere.
The Thirteen Night Swords were merely existences that could be dealt with by a casual wave of his hand.
Let Shadow play as he pleased.
Sino arrived at the bar.
He quickly found Alpha.
"Alpha, how are things progressing with Viscount Olba?"
"Zeta led people to eliminate Fenrir's remaining followers."
"With the help of that bald Archbishop, Olba successfully replaced Fenrir, becoming the Ninth Seat of the Round Table Knight, and also the spokesperson for The Order in the Midgar Kingdom."
"Are things going that smoothly?" Sino replied.
"The Order is also a bit uneasy about the Midgar Kingdom and dares not extend its claws, especially since Fenrir died here. They plan to let Viscount Olba test the waters!"
"So that's how it is! What a bunch of old foxes!"
"There's something strange in Zeta's report... For some reason, the Sanctuary is no longer accessible."
"Perhaps something unexpected has happened!"
"Hopefully, the unexpected doesn't affect our plans."
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