"Don't make things difficult for the young ones, Princess of Animusphere. I have always held the Animusphere name in very high regard."
Footsteps approached from afar.
"And forgive me for arriving late. I've heard the general situation. Why not leave the rest to me?"
Lord Barueretta slowly walked over. At the arrival of the small elderly woman, everyone else inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that the Lord had arrived, they could simply leave the negotiations to her. Lord Barueretta was practically a pillar holding everything up.
"Good day, Lady Inorai."
Olga Marie gave a slight nod and bow, reining in her imposing presence somewhat.
"Then everyone else should attend to their own business. Why are you all crowding around here? Standing around won't squeeze the truth out of anything."
At Inorai's words, the others were greatly relieved and quickly left. Before long, only Olga Marie's group, Inorai, and Touko remained in the room.
"Then let's investigate this room first."
Listening to the sharp remarks, Aoko silently took a sip of tea, swallowed the pastry in her mouth, then reached into her sleeve for Add.
There were only two possibilities. One was that the culprit had attained an extremely high level of mastery in this field and had completely erased the traces of spirit. The other was that too much time had passed since the death, and the remaining spirit had already fully dissipated.
Add shook violently, letting out a piercing scream.
"The room is very clean. I didn't sense anything at all."
"I..."
"---Hee hee hee hee hee! Why is someone dead again? Did something unclean latch onto you? Well, of course it did! You're England's specially chosen Graveyard Keeper, after all, and magi are bound to be cursed by their surroundings! Woo hee hee hee hee!"
Extending