Stripped City Adra: A New Victim

The day passed quickly. All the magi were secretly planning something, while some formed alliances to face this unknown situation. No matter what, the inheritance remained the highest priority.

On the morning of the third day.

Though everyone had expected there to be another victim, one truly appeared. This time, she had not been impaled upon the angel's Holy Sword, but had died silently in her own room.

The one who discovered her was a maid of the castle.

The magical protections outside the door remained intact, and the room was not in disarray. Everything looked perfectly fine, save for the corpse lying on the floor.

El-Melloi II looked at the familiar figure. He clenched his teeth so tightly that his voice sounded like grinding teeth.

"Hishiri... Adashino...!"

This victim was none other than Hishiri Adashino from the Department of Law and Politics. Even the pool of dried blood beneath her did nothing to diminish her foreign beauty. The intertwining of blood and beauty gave everyone a different kind of shock.

"How could this happen..."

"But..."

Judging from the state of her body, she seemed to have been attacked without a sound. In my impression, there is only one person in that castle capable of bypassing a magical barrier and successfully launching a fatal sneak attack.

"I deeply regret what happened to Adashino, but I do not know much about Stripped City. After all, I lack the qualifications, and Father never told me many things."

As he spoke, he looked toward Fried Ashborn, who stood on the other side.

"Eyeballs again, then?"

Everyone followed his gaze toward Sedwick. They all knew that he was Orluga's illegitimate son, but they had never understood why Hishiri Adashino bore such intense hostility toward him.

"This is truly dreadful. I never expected