Audrey had not expected Raphael to admit it so readily, either.
Then she smiled helplessly. "Are you trying to draw the real killer's attention this way?"
"That's right." Raphael admitted it just as openly again.
After parting with Audrey yesterday, he had decided to commit a "copycat crime."
And his audience would be Audrey and her friends.
Raphael believed these morally upright people would certainly help cover for him, leaving even fewer people inclined to suspect him.
Audrey wore an expression that said she had known it. "I was wondering how the killer could act so quickly!
"We only finished discussing it that night, and he made his move the very next morning."
Then she smiled. "Raphael, I know there's a righteous side to you."
In her eyes, Raphael was working to restore Backlund's food supply to normal, even at the risk of getting himself embroiled in the affair.
Raphael smiled as well. "As I said before, the way I see it, any method is fine as long as it achieves the goal."
It sounded as though he was talking about Backlund's food problem, but he was actually referring to digesting his potion.
To Audrey, however, Raphael's words sounded perfectly natural. She had no idea they were talking about two entirely different things.
Audrey took a deep breath. "I wonder if the murderer has seen the information you left behind?"
Raphael answered honestly. "He definitely will."
He had indeed already seen it at the crime scene, because he had written that information himself.
Then Audrey sighed. "Am I too wicked? I'm actually hoping that killer will act sooner."
Raphael gave a helpless smile. "Do you have some misunderstanding about wickedness?"
If that counted as "too wicked," Raphael reckoned he would have finished digesting the Demon potion ahead of time by