Chapter 208

This may also involve another case.

"Can you please describe it in detail?"

"Okay." Raven nodded, and then told everything about Giovanni's plan to kill his father and seize the power of the Duchy of Naples.

"If it weren't for my cold shoulder, or my acquiescence, Giovanni wouldn't be able to do it at all.

to that behavior. "

After Raven finished talking about this matter, nearly half an hour had passed. At this time, Sherlock also realized that he had gone off topic and quickly corrected the topic.

"Then, Mr. Raven, may I ask, was it you who killed Francois, Duke of Orleans?"

"I killed him." Raven admitted openly.

"Why?"

"Because, for a very simple reason, the Duke of Naples was under siege at that time, and the city of Saint Laurent was having a meeting. So in order to reduce the pressure on the front line, we could only do something during the meeting, and it happened that the escort of the Duke of Orleans was there again. He is the weakest, and I encountered another attack that day. I thought I could take advantage of it, so I did this."

Hearing this, Sherlock nodded, and then suddenly heard something wrong in Raven's words.

"Wait, you said they were attacked by another attack that day?"

"You don't know about this?" Raven looked at Sherlock doubtfully.

"That night, the Duke of Orleans deliberately made a circle on his way back and was attacked by local gangsters. After dealing with the gangsters, they did not take it seriously and instead relaxed their vigilance, so I naturally took action."

Upon hearing the news, Sherlock's eyes widened.

In other words, there is more than one person planning to murder the Duke of Orleans! ?

Although Raven generously admitted that he was the real murderer, the other party was probably an accomplice.

Sherlock immediately perked up, and she thought carefully about every next question to see if she had missed any key information.

Half an hour later, Sherlock felt his brain trembling slightly.

This matter is indeed not that simple.

Raven refused to admit that he put the Tullus family crest in a warehouse owned by the prince Alsace in order to frame the blame. Instead, he claimed that he brought the Tullus family crest back to Naas as a trophy. The Duchy of Poli only disappeared in the end with the fire of the Duke of Napoli.

As for the so-called incidents related to Orchid Tavern, Raven knew nothing about it.

And the black figure that Orson chased after was not a raven at all, but someone else.

Of course Sherlock knew that the raven was probably lying, but she clarified the logic from the raven's words. From the raven's perspective, there was indeed no need for him to take the risk of returning to the Holy Land after killing the people. Roland City.

If Raven is not lying, there is only one explanation that makes sense, and that is that someone also wants the Duke of Orleans to die, or to achieve a certain purpose through his death, thus intentionally or unintentionally pushing Raven to assassinate Fran Sova process.

After the interrogation, Sherlock led the two recording officers out of the cell.

"Today's interrogation record will be treated as a top-secret document and must not be shared externally." Sherlock looked at the two interrogators beside him and ordered.

"Got it." The two subordinates nodded, and then hurried back to the police station in small steps.

Sherlock stood there. At this moment, she suddenly thought of what she asked Orson when she met Orson not long ago.

Orson, did he really not lie to himself?

I followed the investigation results he gave me. Is it possible that he really arranged it deliberately?

Chapter 4: The experience begins

The next day, inside the police station.

Owen came to Sherlock's office, ready to ask her about the results of yesterday's interrogation investigation.

Sherlock was sitting at his desk at the moment, writing and drawing on paper.

"Miss Sherlock, what are the results of yesterday's interrogation?" Owen asked, looking at Sherlock in front of him.

"Ah... this..." Sherlock hesitated after hearing this, and then said: "I did ask for some more important information, but it does not rule out that the suspect has a strong psychological quality and used false information to try to attract more people. Innocent people go into the water.”

"So, now I am sorting and analyzing the intelligence collected so far, and I am going to feed back the most accurate intelligence to the above. Otherwise, if the intelligence uploaded is inaccurate and the judgment above is biased, we cannot bear this responsibility."

"I understand." Owen nodded, and then continued: "The royal family is prepared to leave this matter to Miss Sherlock with full authority. If you need it, please tell me as soon as possible so that I can help you." You help.”

"Yeah, I know."

Owen paused at the door for a few more seconds before slowly leaving.

After Sherlock finished talking to Owen, he continued to concentrate on the paper in front of him.

In order to clarify the overall logic of the case, she went back from yesterday

From the beginning, each situation is constantly being deduced.

And until now, she has deduced dozens of possibilities on paper.

Every change in detail may point to different people.

In her deduction, the possibility of Orson being an accomplice only appeared twice, not even as many times as Alsace, which reassured her a lot.

At least Orson most likely did not lie to himself.

She rubbed her temples and continued her work.

…

On the other side, inside the prison, a new guest came today.

Prince Arthas came to the prison door and was let in directly after revealing his identity.

He came here this time to ask Raven why he had framed him before.

His information source in the judicial institution has been cut off, and he has no access to internal intelligence. In addition, the case is still under trial. He was so impatient to wait that he simply came over in person.

"It turns out it's His Highness the Prince. Do you have anything to do with me for coming here like this?" Raven stood at the door, looked at Alsace, and asked.

Arthas sat in front of the raven, his expression cold.

"You should know why. Since you killed Francois, all kinds of evidence have pointed to me, causing me almost irreparable damage to my reputation."

"I want to know how you managed to put the blame on me?" Arthas said, narrowing his eyes and looking at the raven.

Who knew that the raven just smiled when he heard this.

"Your Highness, is there a possibility that I didn't put the blame on you, my purpose was just the royal family, and someone happened to want you to be the scapegoat?"

Raven was sitting on the chair with his hands on his legs. He looked very relaxed and didn't look like he was lying at all.

"Hmph." Alsace did not coddle Raven. He opened the door of the cell, walked into the cell, and directly picked up the other person's collar.

"Do you think this can cause civil strife in the empire?"

"We've already reached this point of desperation, and you're still thinking of dragging others into the trap, right?"

"You can't escape death, so you just want others to support you. Do you think I don't know your thoughts?!"

Saying this, he swung his fist and hit the raven hard on the side of his face.

The raven was hit by this blow and his eyes were filled with stars, but he still turned his head.

Instead of being angry, he smiled.

"That's why you're like this."

He said this with a hint of mockery in his tone.

"What did you say!?" Arthas became even more angry when he heard that the other party dared to mock him. He threw the other party hard against the wall, but this level of injury was not considered serious for an eighth-level strong man. What.

"You might as well think about it, Your Highness, what reasons do I have, or rather, what reasons does my former master, Giovanni, have for specifically dealing with you?"

"Isn't his relationship with you pretty good?"

"But he colluded with the cultists and became a servant of the devil. From then on, he and I no longer had any contact!"

When Arthas heard this, he quickly distanced himself from the relationship between him and Giovanni.

"I know that the entire empire is afraid of demons. I can understand your behavior, and Giovanni can understand it even more."

"It's just..." Raven said, raising his head and looking at Arthas.

"Do you really think we are the only ones who want to bring chaos to the empire?"

"You want to become a hero, I know. So, His Highness Alsace, shouldn't what you should do now be cut out the cancer buried inside?"

"If the other party continues to develop like this, it will only become another disaster for the empire, right?"

Arthas relaxed his clenched fists after listening to the raven's words.

"But that's not why you, a sinner, came to teach me how to govern the country."

"Of course I won't teach you how to govern the country, but don't you want to liquidate the people? As you said, they are the ones who really framed you secretly." Raven stood up and opened his hands.

"You can think that I am the real culprit behind everything. You can even execute me here right now. I will not resist. However, please think about it. If I die, I will only let the person who really framed you Get away with it.”

The raven's words took root and sprouted in Alsace's mind like seeds. The firm words made Alsace couldn't help but have a trace of doubt.

But Arthas still shook his head. When he raised his head again, his eyes were full of determination.

"You are the trigger of everything. I will not let you go, and the law will not let you go. Your only end is death."

"As for the person who secretly framed me, if it really exists, I will naturally not let it go, but it is not your turn to judge here!"

After saying these harsh words, he turned around and left the cell.

Raven sat in the corner of the cell again, looked at Alsace's leaving figure, and laughed mockingly.

"You can only be a pawn."

…

At Imperial College, the end of the semester is approaching, and the long-delayed experience is finally about to begin. Each class will go to the tourist location under the leadership of the instructor, the class teacher.

Because there was already an incident against orcs in the first half of the semester, the training time in the second half of the semester was shortened by half, and the scoring ratio was finally decided to be half of previous years.

This period of the year is the emptiest period in Imperial College. Not only the students leave, but also the teachers go to protect the safety of the students. The vendors have no business during this period and also go home for the holidays.

Only the college's security is still operating normally, and it even has several times more manpower than usual.

Because of the different training locations, the starting time of each class is also different. The training location of Osen class is in the snowfield in northern Lucia. This is also the training location of Lite class, so the two classes chose the same day. Set off.

Chapter 5: Lapland

The Dukedom of Lucia cannot be said to be the least visible of the duchies in the empire. After all, the Dukedom of Lucia once had a very ambitious duke, but from the current perspective, the Dukedom of Lucia is indeed the weakest duchie in the empire.

Even the Dukedom of Antica, which was the weakest in the empire before, is much better than the Dukedom of Lucia after solving the border troubles of the orcs.

The reason is that there are many frozen lands in the Duchy of Lucia, especially in the northern region, which is covered with snow all year round.

Even if other parts of the empire have reached the hot summer, the northern part of Lucia is still covered with ice and snow.

This kind of environment can hardly create any value except for tourism.

However, even with such harsh conditions, there are still some people in Lucia who have been sticking to the snowfield. They are called snow people by the locals.

Yes, the land in the north can't support many people, and naturally can't provide much income. The people living here can only seek food and clothing all year round. The kind Duke of Lucia will naturally not collect taxes from them, but give them considerable autonomy.

In addition to those who have been defending the snowfield for generations, the majority of people here are those who have fled from debt in the south, or those who have been persecuted by the Duke and exiled here.

Therefore, people living on the snowfield almost never consider themselves to be Lucia people.

The students of the Imperial Academy boarded a carriage to the north in Karelia, the northernmost city of the Dukedom of Lucia. When the team was resting, Triss gathered the students together and talked about the relevant information of the northern snowfield.

"This snowfield is called Lapland in the local dialect of Lucia, so the locals who enjoy autonomy here are also called Laplanders. From today on, when you meet strangers in the snowfield, you can't call them Lucia people when you greet them, you have to call them Laplanders, otherwise they will be angry."

Triss taught.

"Because the terrain of the snowfield is very complex and the weather is relatively bad, sometimes when a blizzard comes, you have to find a place to hide and keep warm. The locals are undoubtedly the best guides for you to survive here." Triss said this and glanced at the students around her.

"The tasks for our second-year students are different from those for the first-year students. The first-year students are mainly required to survive for a month around the snowfield without the help of others, while the second-year students are different. Their task is to go deep into the snowfield."

After hearing the tasks of the two grades, the students pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

"Teacher Triss, is there anything special in the deep snowfield?" At this time, a second-year student raised his hand.

"That's what I'm going to say next." Triss smiled at the other party, and then said: "Although thousands of years have passed, the people living here are mixed, but the local Laplanders have their own unique beliefs. They have a temple deep in the snowfield. What you have to do is to learn as much as possible about the gods they believe in."

"Teacher Triss, why do we have to learn about the gods of a group of pagans?" The student said curiously again.

"The purpose of research is not what you can get in the end, but what you get in the process." Triss explained patiently.