At that time, Simon and Lethe are talking about this situation.
jerk jerk.
Footsteps are heard from afar.
It seemed that the owner of the house had returned. The two stood up from their seats with nervous faces.
“Who entered someone else’s house without permission?”
It was a unique voice, like a boiling echo.
Soon, with his back to the beating sunlight, a man carrying a large wild beast on his shoulder lowered himself into the house.
thud!
He tossed the wild animal to the ground, exhaled an exhalation, then put a cigar in his mouth and stared at Simon and Lethe.
“huh? Are you kids?”
“May the grace of light be with you, Rouss.”
Simon clasped his hands together and stepped forward.
“Nice to meet you, brother. Forgive me for entering the house without permission. I have a question for you… … .”
“mister.”
At that time, Lethe, who was behind, spoke in a cold voice.
“You are not an ordinary hunter, are you? Why are there human bones rolling around the house?”
‘Lethe!’
Prior to an important question, there was no need to ask a personal question about the other person.
In fact, the man’s expression was distorted. The wrinkles that formed as the eyes narrowed somehow created an eerie atmosphere.
“Do I have any reason to answer?”
Remembrance.
Lethe took out a certificate engraved with Epenel’s pattern from her bosom.
“yes yes. Here you are. They are from Epenel.”
A crack appeared in the man’s expression again. Then, after a laugh, he turned around and walked away. Every time he walked, the floor creaked and screamed.
Lethe lowered her stance.
“If you’re thinking of running away… … !”
“Why would I run away from my house?”
It turned out that he was heading for the coat hanging on the wall. He rummaged through the worn-out, cracked leather robe and then took out a token with a pattern similar to Lethe’s.
Lethe’s eyes widened.
“that… … !”
“It’s funny that you guys take the work you requested seriously.”
It is the proof of Epenel.
In other words, this meant that Ephnell commissioned this hunter to kill people or dispose of their bodies.
Swoop.
The hunter put the mark back into his inner pocket.
“I want you to leave when the story is over.”
“It is not over yet.”
Simon stretched out his arm.
“You were in this house the whole day of the Mohang Festival, right?”
“It did. Because there was no request that day.”
“Have you ever seen a non-resident, a stranger walking around town?”
The man clutched his chin and was lost in thought.
“It’s the eccentric old woman’s business. I’m here to investigate the case where Shinsu was left in the old woman’s house in a basket.”
Simon swallowed dryly.
It was not easy to find out the intention right away.
“Of course I saw it. Because of my job, I definitely remember the look of passers-by.”
“then… … !”
“Do I have any reason to answer?”
The man who asked the first question again sat down on his seat and took out the canteen that was strapped to his waist.
As soon as I opened the lid of the canteen, the smell of old alcohol wafted up. He took a gulp of it and put the canteen down with a ‘mmm’ sound.
“If I answer, what can you guys do for me?”
“That, that… … .”
Simon, sweating profusely, answered at random.
“firewood… … Do you want to win?”
“Just run home and ask your mother.”
Teeing-!
Then, with a clear sound, something soared into the air.
As if familiar, the man stretched out his arm and snatched it, spreading his palm to confirm.
It was a coin.
“I have friends I can talk to.”
The man looked at Lethe.
“But for this penny-“
His words stopped. What was placed on the table was a money bag that could be heard rattling. He had just taken a coin out of his pocket.
“All right?”
She yanked at the strap of her pocket and tossed it on the table next to her. The man let out a sullen laugh.
“Now, wait a minute.”
Simon came to Lethe’s side and spoke in a muffled voice.
“Can the priest do this? Besides, you revealed your status as Ephnell.”
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“What can I do? There is no way.”
Lethe answered out loud and glared at the man with contempt.
“I hate people like you the most who do anything for money.”
The man smiled and leaned back in his chair.
“There is nothing more ridiculous than for a well-bred princess to despise a needy tramp for his way of life.”
“Stop talking to me. I paid the price, so give me the information.”
The man closed his eyes and was silent for a moment as if thinking about what had happened.
“It must have been about an hour after the bell of the cathedral struck at noon. When the villagers were away in preparation for the motherhang festival, someone wearing a dark brown robe was running with a suspicious basket.”
Time zone is noon.
maroon robe.
After inputting the clues into his head, Simon asked again.
“What does it look like?”
“Didn’t you say you were wearing a robe? I covered my head with a hood like this. That’s all I saw.”
Fast!
Lethe gnashed her teeth and strode forward.
“Rob? Are you kidding me right now, you bastard!”
bang!
She grabbed the man by the collar and pushed him against the wall. Considering her strength, she must have been quite shocked, but the man laughed quietly.
“hair.”
“?”
The man put his right hand to his chin.
“There was this long green hair flying out of the hood.”
Only then did she let go of her collar, and the man slid down to the floor and sat down.
“Let’s go.”
Lethe strode out the door, and Simon followed quickly, noticing her. The man who was sitting on her floor stood up and spoke to Lethe’s back.
“This money, the price of compromise and nobility of the saintess, will be put to good use for gambling.”
As expected, he knew that Lethe was a saint.
The man giggled and walked over, grabbed the money bag on the table opposite, and untied the strap.
“… … !”
His expression hardened. It contained stones, not coins.
“Integrity, never sold. It’s not even what I had.”
Ting—
Teeing-
Lethe, who was outside the door, stretched out her arm and dropped a few coins loosely on the floor.
“And this is not the value of information, but a gift to beggars who reveal money.”
“… … .”
“Let’s go.”
Lette took Simon and left.
The man who was looking at the coins rolling on the floor laughed as if he had just eaten a shot, and bent down to pick up the coins.
“The saintess is not just anyone.”
***
That’s how I got out of the hunter’s hut and went to the hospital room where Aitula No. 8 was.
“How are you?”
Lethe grabbed the loose hair in both hands and put it on her cheek, staring at Simon and blinking her eyes.
Simon replied.
“Do you want to be called cute?”
baek!
She immediately hit Simon’s stomach with her fist.
Simon slumped to the ground with a groan, and Lethe roared with anger.
“Am I the only one serious right now! You measured the length of your hair!”
“That, that’s it. please do it again.”
Simon took off the robe he was wearing and put it on Lethe. Without saying a word, Lethe put her arm in, put on the robe as Simon had put it on, and this time, put on the hood attached to the robe properly, and pulled her hair up and put it on her cheek.
“How are you?”
“… … .”
Lethe is waiting with her eyes blinking while wearing clothes that are too big for men.
Aren’t you pretending to be really cute?
Simon shook his head and said.
“It must be because the hunter said that the hair came down to this level.”
“yes.”
Lethe kept putting on and taking off the hair while wearing the hood, checking the length of her hair and coming to a conclusion.
“It’s short hair.”
“And green hair.”
Simon and Lethe shouted at the same time.
“Maricello!”
“Maricello!”
Among the selected students, there was only Maricello number 3 with short hair and green hair.
In the first place, only Maricello has green hair.
“And on the day of the Motherhang Festival, it was Maricello who tried to pierce my ship.”
“Things do fit together.”
Lethe added a word with a chilled expression.
“Suspicious enough.”
“that’s right. It’s award winning, but… … . Oh, there we are.”
Simon pointed to the building in front of him.
“Isn’t that the hospital room where Aitula is?”
“yes.”
As they were using Epenel’s medical facility, the security was quite tight.
Lethe returned her hair to its original white color, put on the holy robe proving her sainthood, and passed the security checkpoint.
That’s how I stood in front of Aitula’s hospital room. Her priest in charge of her said with her troubled face.
“Saintess, do you really want to meet me now? The patient’s mental state is extremely unstable and dangerous. If the patient calms down in a few days, come back… … .”
“There is no time.”
Lethe shook her head and replied.
“I don’t know if there will be another victim like Aitula. Leave it to me.”
“… … yes.”
After the priest in charge stepped back, Lethe looked at Simon and said in a small voice.
“Aitula’s mental state is unstable, so you wait in the back. I’ll just go in.”
“Yes, be careful.”
smart smart
Lethe knocked on the door. The silence was as if a rat had died.
“I will go in.”
Lethe calmly notified and opened the door.
Simon peeked cautiously through the door.
“… … !”
A terrible sight is seen.
The figure of Aitula trembling in the corner of the bed.
All around is cluttered with hair. Even on the bed in the hospital room, a handful of hair had been pulled out, and one side of the head was bare.
There was a large, unidentified handprint on his shoulder.
His body seemed weak from struggling, and there were shadows under his eyes as if he hadn’t slept.
“Hello, Saint Letheme. I saw it in the new mathematics class, so I’m old, right?”
Lethe said with a warm smile.
Seeing this, she flinched and reacted, then pressed herself closer to the end of the wall.
“Go, don’t come any closer. Please go away.”
Looking in complete panic.
However, Lethe steadfastly walked towards her.
“All of my classmates are worried. What have you been through?”
“Please, don’t come. Please stop! Help me… … !”
Simon looked at Lethe with a worried face, but Lethe continued walking.
“I will help you.”
“I do not need it! please get out! please!”
Lethe brought her hands together and placed them on her chest.
<Lete Original – La Pieta>
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The surroundings were filled with reverent divinity. The cold and cold hospital room suddenly turned into a beautiful flower garden. Shoot ah – a cool wind blows, and petals made of divinity descend from the air.
“Are you afraid?”
Lethe smiled.
“Goddess is watching. Anything, any fear or fear can be overcome. I will help you.”
While Aitula was absent-minded, Lete gave her a warm hug.
“It’s okay if you don’t tell me what happened. It’s okay to do nothing. Breathe slowly. Take a deep breath.”
Hueup. ha.
Hueup. ha.
Tears formed in Aitula’s eyes as she repeated breathing and exhaling as Lethe said. She then hugged Lethe tightly and she wept in her arms.
For quite a long time, the two of them hugged each other without saying a word.
“Take care of your heart. A great mother will watch over her sister.”
Lethe laughed and got up from her seat.
“I’ll come again tomorrow.”
when she is about to go out
“Saintess!”
Aitula said. Lethe looked back.
“About that time, I have something to tell you!”
Lethe turned around.
“You don’t have to strain yourself.”
“I have to tell you!”
She trembled and looked straight into Lethe’s eyes.
“Right now, when the decision is made.”
