Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

Chapter 325 Criminal Motive

As soon as these words came out, the face of the man who was still arrogant suddenly turned livid. Coincidentally, at this moment, the maid behind them suddenly interrupted:

"Yes, Lord Alec did have an argument with the master about money on the day of the incident."

"!?"

"Hey, I say...Claire, you bastard!"

Seeing that a mere servant was actually ruining his career in front of everyone, Alex immediately walked towards the talkative maid with a dark face.

Seeing this scene, the maid who had remained calm just now trembled instantly, closed her eyes nervously and tensed her body... Fortunately, she was not hurt in the end.

"...Alec, stop it! And Claire, shut up too. You have no right to interrupt now."

"...I'm so sorry, miss."

Faced with Mary's scolding, the maid lowered her head and apologized to everyone. From her attitude, it can be clearly seen that the maid's attitude towards Mary and Alec is very different.

Waver watched the farce in front of him without saying a word. When things were almost quiet, he looked at the maid and asked:

"Ms. Claire, you were probably also in this house on the day Mr. Faguo died, right?"

"Yes."

After Weber spoke, everyone's eyes once again fell on this famous monarch. They did not forget the purpose of calling him here.

"...There were four people here, including me, on the day my father died."

"Is that so... Then take me to see the scene first."

"it is good."

......

Everyone walked towards the scene of the crime together, and Alex told them about the situation at the scene.

"...after my uncle died, his body was divided into seven parts, five of which are here and the remaining two parts are in other rooms..."

As the other party introduced himself, Waver noticed that the design of the corridor around him looked familiar. When he looked at the end, he understood:

"The design of the corridors here is consistent with the corridor structure of celestial body configuration magic... So they are the seven planets after all."

"...the seven planets symbolize the seven parts of the human body. That means that by observing the placement of the corpse, we can figure out the murderer's purpose!"

"Um..."

After Weber pointed out a point, Gray immediately followed his words and told him what she had learned. After hearing it, Weber nodded in agreement.

However, the people next to him showed disdain in their eyes.

"Hmph! Is this the Lord? It doesn't seem like a big deal, after all, any magician, even a baby, would know this kind of thing!"

Shinji:? I don't know? ...Oh, right! He doesn't seem to be a magician...

"Indeed, if things were really that simple, there would be no need for us to go to so much trouble to ask our family to invite you here.

Then everyone stopped in front of a door. Alex raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Then a layer of light appeared on the door in front of them and dissipated with a "pop".

"We used magic to preserve the scene, so it still looks the same as it did on the day of the crime."

"Please allow me to have a look..."

"Squeak~"

The door gently opened inward, revealing a spacious space with the bodies of the dead lying on the ground, separated.

They were placed in a strange order in the center of the room.

Weber looked at the positions of the bodies. At first, he didn't feel anything was wrong, but when he saw the body in the center, a look of understanding suddenly appeared on his face...

"So that's how it is. No wonder you're confused."

"...Did you discover this too, Lord?"

Alec said casually:

"After all, we are the celestial magicians in the family. We have thought of what you have thought of, but it is obvious that this is not the celestial magic we know..."

"...It's modern magic!"

Fernando continued Alec's words, and Waver nodded in agreement:

"If you understand the theories related to modern magic, you may understand the purpose of this magic..."

"Yes."

"...I understand. Let me do my best to help."

"Please, teacher..."

......

After inspecting the scene and understanding the general course of the case, Weber and his team were arranged to stay in a guest room as temporary accommodation during the investigation.

After entering and sitting down, Waver began to think about the details of the incident. As for Gray and Shinji, who had been doing nothing the whole time, they each did their own thing.

Gray looked out the window and muttered to herself unconsciously:

"I always feel that the environment here is very depressing... like a prison..."

"Indeed, the atmosphere here is unpleasant."

"...Prison? This metaphor is quite apt."

"Master... do you think the murderer is really among those people?"

"...It is said that a powerful barrier was set up here on the day of the crime, so the possibility that the murderer is an outsider is very small..."

"Fernando wanted his research results, and Alec wanted his property. They both had their own motives for committing crimes... and after Agneste's death, Mary could inherit both."

Weber calmly mentioned the current suspects who might be the murderer. Grey was a little surprised to hear that even Mary was listed as a suspect.

"Master, do you still doubt Miss Mary?"

"It's just a possibility, there's no other meaning... Besides these three people, there's also the maid."

"Ms. Claire!? But she's not a magician, right?"

"Gray, don't underestimate ordinary people who understand magic. They are often the easiest to be ignored, and at the same time the most dangerous... Of course, this is also a hypothesis."

Weber took out another cigar, lit it, took a puff, and continued:

"And according to my observation, Miss Claire must have been abused by Mr. Faguo before..."

"..."

"Her movements would always freeze unnaturally, which is what happens when there is an injury under the clothes."

"...That's too much...Ms. Mary..."

"She must have known about it, but she just couldn't stop it."

"why is that?"

"...Because, to a magician, children are nothing more than property, and they are absolutely not allowed to rebel against their parents."

"...Huh~, there may be even more terrifying secrets in the magician's family."

At this point, Gray's face darkened. Even Shinji, who was sitting on the side with a nonchalant look, changed his expression after hearing this.

Some bad memories were brought back to my mind...

"Humph! It seems that the old man's death was not unjust. After all, he was rid of harm to the people."

"..."