"Your Highness, do you intend to keep up this act? Since everyone is here, I think you should tell us how you murdered your own wife." Schiller smiled at the King Consort sprawled on the floor.
"Y-You, what nonsense are you talking about?!" The King Consort got to his feet and shouted.
"You murdered Her Majesty the Shi'ar Queen." Schiller's tone was utterly flat, as though he were merely stating a simple fact.
"You're insane!!!" the King Consort shrieked. Then he looked around and roared, "Where are the Asgardian guards?! Are you really going to let this madman spout nonsense here?!"
"My wife, Her Majesty the Shi'ar Queen, was murdered here in Asgard! You failed in your duty to protect her, and now you dare frame me as the killer?!!!"
The King Consort's voice was full of disbelief. His brows drooped, yet the corners of his eyes twitched upward. The muscles around his nose trembled continuously, and his face was filled with grief, fury, and disbelief.
"Doctor Schiller, what basis do you have for saying that?" Frigga was the first to step forward and smooth things over. "This gentleman is also a noble of the Shi'ar Empire. We cannot slander his reputation without evidence."
Strange also stepped forward and looked at Schiller. "All right, Schiller. I know you're a psychiatrist and a detective, but this really is a bit absurd."
Thor looked at Schiller. "Doctor, are you saying that the Shi'ar Queen was killed by her husband?"
Schiller nodded. He paid no heed to the murderous look in the King Consort's eyes and merely looked at Thor. "I imagine Your Majesty knows that, if we are to solve this through deduction, we must establish the timeline of the Queen's movements in Asgard—where she went, what she did, and whom she