After leaving the teahouse, Doctor Gels successfully tailed Mayfair with the help of the Invisibility Scroll... I had to admit, the Invisibility Scroll truly was a tracking marvel. Mayfair noticed nothing as she hurried through the village.
Soon, Mayfair arrived before a guarded house.
Before the festival began, this was where the sacrificial candidate had to stay—the place where Jolena, who had temporarily replaced Mayfair as the sacrifice, bathed and dressed... The older matrons in the village were entirely responsible for the place, and all men were forbidden from approaching.
Mayfair quietly knocked one of the old matrons unconscious, put on her clothes, lowered her head, and hurried into the house, becoming one of the matrons washing and grooming the sacrificial candidate.
Doctor Gels stayed nearby, watching coldly.
If he had guessed correctly, then before returning this time, Mayfair had done exactly this: after disappearing from the tea house, she had infiltrated this place and intended to swap places with Jolena. When Doctor Gels died, the Mayfair wearing the sacrificial robes and lying on the ground, whom he saw apart from Jolena, was the best proof.
And this time, under his surveillance, Mayfair had infiltrated the house. That was already the best corroboration... Then was the murderer already here as well?
Last time, the murderer might have discovered that Mayfair intended to switch places with Jolena. That was why they had acted in secret, knocking Mayfair unconscious or something similar, ensuring that the person who passionately confessed his love at the festival was still Jolena, rather than Mayfair as he had assumed.
"Come on, whoever killed me. This time, I'll definitely catch you red-handed..."
What Doctor Gels had not expected was that after pretending to be an old matron in the house for a while, Mayfair would quietly leave... and