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Cake Prince forced a smile. "You mean I killed the store manager with candy? I'm not a confectioner—I couldn't make something that hard."
Jiang Xia shook his head. "The murder weapon wasn't a dessert. It was a yule log cake."
"Huh?" Suzuki Sonoko touched her mouth, recalling the slice of yule log cake Cake Prince had brought over earlier. Suddenly enlightened, she slapped her palm. "So what scratched me just now wasn't the fork, but that piece of cake?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Cake Prince desperately tried to shake off the blame. "You were scratched by the fork! Yule log cake only looks like a tree stump—the inside is soft, just as fluffy as any other cake. It couldn't possibly beat someone to death! If you don't believe me, go get the plate of cake you ate and let the police examine it themselves!"
Jiang Xia pointed toward his back kitchen. "If we need to verify how soft yule log cake is, aren't there several sitting in your kitchen? Why use the ones in the garden instead?"
"Because..." Cake Prince stammered, "those ones are already finished, and I need them this afternoon. If they're all used for testing, I'll have to make them again this afternoon."
Suzuki Sonoko couldn't bear to see a handsome guy troubled, so she comforted him. "Look on the bright side. If Jiang Xia solves the case and sends you to Prison, you won't have to keep working this afternoon!"
Cake Prince flew into a rage. "You...!"
Jiang Xia pointed at the building. "This dessert house was built around the theme of a 'Cake House.' At first glance, every part of it seems edible, but beneath its dessert exterior is a hard Wooden Cabin that provides support."
He looked at Cake Prince. "Mr. Fujino must have