"Then uncle, who are you looking for? It's been a long time since the bearded aunt came."

"...I told you it was a joke, little Edith~~ I just happened to pass by and came in to take a look. I didn't come here specifically to find anyone."

"Are you here to see your sister?"

...It is said that children can often see the truth easily, and now I have seen it.

They are always good at ignoring adults' well-thought-out excuses... Unfortunately, this ability does not last long.

"Haha, who knows..."

I laughed my way through it.

Xue's indifferent voice came over:

"In other words, is there something you don't want Edith to hear?"

"Ah..."

I looked at little Edith's young face and tried to smile, but it was easy to tell from her frown that I failed.

"Little Edith~~My sister and I are going to talk about some adult topics next. Can you give me some time?"

"It's related to adults again...Uncle, you are really troublesome!"

Hmm...if Edith wasn't pretty cute, I would probably be impatient.

"Please, little Edith~~ If you lend me your adult time, you can become an adult soon~~"

"Really, really?"

"Adults don't lie."

"Then... don't take up sister for too long."

I always feel that there is something wrong with the word "occupy"...but after all, the other party is an innocent child.

So Edith went up to the second floor to find her mother.

Snow quickly returned to her cold demeanor after Edith left... and even looked at me with a little disgust.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Being called 'sister' by you makes me a little sick."

"That's so sorry..."

"You came to me specially, what's the matter?"

"Of course, and it's a big deal - you must have heard about the murder in Earl's Mansion, right?"

"I saw it."

"Huh?"

"I'm on the scene."

"Ah...it turns out you also received an invitation."

I pretended not to know, but in fact I had already seen Xue’s name in the guest list given to me by the police officers.

"The murderer in this case seems to be the one who caused the attic murder."

"In other words, are you here to handle a case?"

"How is it possible...Didn't I say I believe you?"

"...So, why are you here?"

Xue asked the original question again.

"Didn't I also say this? It was by accident."

"..."

Xue kept a certain distance from me and sat down, apparently not planning to chase me away immediately.

"In other words, you have nothing to do?"

"Well...that's pretty much what it means."

"Why don't you go find the trainee police officer?"

"That guy is not as free as me...at least her sense of responsibility won't allow it."

"You really understand her."

"Oh oh oh~~ Do you care about this aspect?"

"..."

I felt the indifference in Xue's eyes instantly rise to several levels, which made me shudder.

“You’re just kidding, you’re kidding~~”

"..."

Let’s change the topic quickly...

I slowly rubbed my hands back and forth.

"The assassination of the murderer in the Earl's Mansion made the lord pay a lot of attention to the case. There were so many police officers sent to investigate, and there was almost nothing I needed to do...I felt a little uncomfortable when I was free all of a sudden.

How are you getting used to it~~"

"But aren't you the one who finally decides who the murderer is?"

"Well... that's true, but there's no need for me to look for it myself."

"What a big heart."

"Just follow the Lord's orders."

"..."

"By the way, do you know the nobleman who was killed?"

"I don't know."

"That's right..."

The murderer's next target is actually the lord's friend... It's unbelievable.

Previous protection plans for Bradley, Hammons and Stanke were all in vain.

I finally found the right direction, but fell short because of an oversight...

"The noble Lord was murdered in his room, and the wound on his heart was the same as Miss Schimmel."

"...Why do you tell me?"

"Because I can't figure out how to cause such a wound...Whether it's looking for the murder weapon or checking the people present based on their ability to find a spouse, it's too much trouble."

"...I don't think it's caused by the ability to fix a mate."

"The reason is?"

"Common sense."

Xue explained calmly:

"Did you listen to the Lord's speech?"

"I listened to part of it."

"...Do you remember the sentence 'The sharp blades in the city of sharp blades can only be directed towards the demons'?"

"Yes."

I also had a dispute with the lord because of this sentence...

"The ability to mate is one of the sharpest blades. In other words, using the threatening mate ability on innocent people is a violation of honor."

"Indeed..."

Honor is very important to everyone.

What's more, the mate-matching ability of everyone in Fulvos has been recorded. It would be too stupid to assassinate through mate-matching.

"That's it..."

"...Moreover, no matter what your mate-making ability is, it is very rude to use it casually in life."

"Oh, then——"

"As for Simur, I turned into her cousin at her request."

...can this guy read minds?

"Speaking of which...your ability to fix a mate is only to change your appearance. Why can you become a wanderer?"

"Becoming a no-walker depends not only on the strength of my mate-making ability. In other words, my overall combat strength has reached the standard of a no-walker."

"Oh?"
To be continued...