In the upper district, inside Raoul's luxurious villa.
The secretary, dressed in a black tailcoat with his hair impeccably groomed, leaned wearily against a wooden chair, answering the Feysac military's questions over and over.
"According to the servants and patrolling guards at the villa, you were the last person Colonel Raoul met before his death. You were also the first to discover his body after noticing something was wrong and breaking down the door."
"...Yes."
"Less than ten minutes passed between your departure and Colonel Raoul's death. As a Sequence 6 Conspirer, did you not notice any signs of a trap or anything unusual?"
"I... didn't."
On the second floor, in Raoul's study, a woman in orange priestly robes stood before his corpse. Pale flames seemed to burn in her faintly green eyes.
A moment later, she turned toward the two men at the door, one dressed in a red military uniform and the other in silver robes. "There are no lingering spirits in this room. This might not be where Colonel Raoul originally died."
"In addition, due to the military's confidentiality requirements, no nature spirits or departed souls are allowed to linger near this villa, so we cannot obtain any further information for now."
"I attempted divination, but some force interfered with it, and I received no useful information."
"However, the corpse itself can also preserve information. It will simply take some time to decipher it."
"He died from a sharp blade severing his windpipe and the vessels around his heart. Aside from that, his body bears blackened marks from lightning strikes, as well as traces left by a power resembling Decree."
The tall man in the red military uniform gave a grim snort. "Lightning, Decree..."
"I'll have the Foreign Ministry put pressure on Loen. They must give us