Mira listened to the Gold Medal Lecturer's Dragon Slaying Technique and stared at him in a daze.
She thought it over carefully. By his analogy, her uncle killing her mother suddenly made perfect sense.
Even the other things became clear.
"Even political matters could probably be understood this way..."
"This is practically..."
"This is practically a lesson in how to become queen..."
She had received an excellent education since childhood and understood far more than most people. Even though she was a princess who had never needed to worry about anything, she immediately sensed something was off:
He was teaching her a crash course in becoming queen.
All that earlier talk about heirs and Judy had also been about teaching her to become queen and guard against her uncle seizing power.
But there was one thing she could not understand. Why would a detective teach someone how to be queen?
And what did he want from telling her all this?
Mira fell into thought and began recalling everything. Back in Japan, he caught someone trying to poison me and even flirted with me. Then, after I fled Japan, he chased me relentlessly all the way to Vespania. He told me those things before, and now he wants to help me become queen. Would he really go this far for that little money? He even gave me a handkerchief just now.
He couldn't have fallen for me, could he?
With that question in mind, Mira thought for a moment, then asked Fujino, "But if everyone has something to gain, why are you telling me this?"
She eyed him suspiciously. "This shouldn't have anything to do with your assignment, should it?"
"Maybe I had a sudden attack of conscience."
Fujino rubbed his chin. "Like tossing a little money to a homeless man