I'm really not a top magician

In the end, in order to protect Lisa's safety, Luna and Lord El-Melloi, after strict screening, selected the least suspicious people to serve as Lisa's bodyguards to protect her safety.

Although such actions might not be of much use against the murderer, Luna had already identified Fareus from the beginning. No matter how you looked at it, he was clearly the murderer in this case. Even if he wasn't, he was still the biggest suspect. As long as Fareus was under surveillance, Lisa's life would be guaranteed.

However, Luna kept her thoughts to herself, not even to the Lord of El-Melloi. The only person who knew about this was Aika Sajo. The reason was simple: all her theories about Phareus so far were purely speculation, with no direct or indirect evidence proving he was the murderer.

And once she publicly identifies Fareus as the murderer, the other party can use the fact that he was monitoring her yesterday as an argument to overturn all of Luna's assumptions.

This is also the most annoying thing for Luna so far. It seemed like Fareus deliberately let her target him yesterday. Only in this way could she serve as the biggest witness to his crime.

But this seemingly perfect alibi only deepened Luna's suspicion of Phareus. It just so happened that Leif was in trouble when she was watching him, and it just so happened that the person most suspected of the crime was also the one she was watching. All of this was too much of a coincidence. In Luna's opinion, it was actually a deliberate plan by Phareus.

Of course, there is still one doubt that Luna is very concerned about.

As a talented magician, Leif could rely on magic to save himself in a normal assassination, even if his heart was stabbed by a knife. He also had his own defensive measures, plus the help gift given by Luna.

How could Rafe, who was so well-equipped, be killed silently by the murderer last night?

This is the biggest doubt in this case.

This was also something Luna hadn't figured out from the beginning to the end.

What kind of enemy could kill Leif silently and crucify him in the cathedral, where many magicians from all over the world gather?

Luna felt like she couldn't figure out the answer to this question.

No, no!

If you continue thinking like this, you will fall into a blind spot.

Luna shook her head and decided to think about the case from the beginning.

The most important thing in reasoning is to do subtraction, to piece together the clues one by one and then process them.

Otherwise, you will only get more confused the more you think about it.

There are several most obvious clues about Leif's time:

1: The whole process is silent and without any sound.

2: Our own people from the Clock Tower.

3: I kept staring at Fareus last night.

There are no other clues for the last two, mainly because clue one itself is very suspicious.

No matter what, how could a magus of Leif's caliber die so quietly?

After thinking for a moment, Luna realized that she seemed to have made a mistake.

When she saw Rafe's death, she subconsciously concluded that there was a murderer, but she forgot that there is another way to die, a way that can be done silently and without being heard by others.

"Is it really suicide?"

Luna muttered, and she hurried to the local place responsible for the autopsy.

She wants to ask about Rafe's autopsy report.

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Chapter 113 Suicide

Autopsies, this type of work is done by more professional magicians in the Clock Tower. These magicians usually do not only deal with the bodies of dead magicians, but also often have to deal with delicate tasks such as collecting various magic-related information from corpses, preserving and transferring magic engravings, etc. Therefore, the required level of magic is usually relatively high.

But usually, ordinary magicians can also complete some work such as autopsies, because in the magic courses of the Clock Tower, students will be required to learn various basic magics, such as healing, alchemy, séance, etc., and then choose the future development of magic based on their own talents and preferences.

Luna certainly did not belong to the category of ordinary students. Most of the magic families of ordinary students were only three generations old, and their magic education before entering the Clock Tower was very limited. Therefore, these students all learned various magics from scratch after entering the Clock Tower to determine their future direction.

As a member of the oldest Nalandril family in the Clock Tower, Luna's future direction of magic was determined from the moment he was born - to study projection magic. Therefore, he spent very little time on other basic subjects, and at most he only achieved a passing level.

In reality, the path forward for most magi follows the same path as Luna's: after determining their chosen path, they devote all their energy and time to achieving success. Because a person's energy is limited, delving into just one path can consume the efforts of several generations of a family, let alone delving into other areas. Even geniuses like Aozaki Touko or Kenneth El-Melloi can only achieve success in two or three areas of magic at best.

Of course, this unconventional magus rule was broken by the appearance of one person: Sajo Aika. Single-handedly, at the age of fourteen, she had achieved top-tier accomplishments in all areas of magic. Such talent was the envy of all those who delved into the art of magic.

However, Luna was clearly not Satiao Aige, and she didn't envy Satiao's talent. After all, there were indeed differences between people, and only by facing one's own incompetence could one move forward. If Luna were an excellent healer, then examining Leif's body alone wouldn't be a problem. However, the reality was that she had no choice but to find the doctor in charge of the autopsy and ask for Leif's body report.

The person in charge of Rafe's autopsy this time was a woman named Cattleya.

She was a woman who looked very cold, but this coldness was different from that of Fareus. The latter was more like the uneasiness of a venomous creature like a snake after it locked eyes on its target. Luna had seen Cattleya's gaze more often on Lorelai - it was the look of a veteran soldier with rich experience on the battlefield, a look that was used to seeing the dead and regarded life as nothing.

Lorelai's situation was quite special, but Luna was a little curious about what kind of experience had allowed the female doctor in front of her to develop such a look, because this was not the look of someone who was used to seeing dead people, but the look of someone who was used to seeing living people being killed.

However, Luna did not interfere in the matter, but simply and clearly explained her purpose to the other party.

"So Rafe is really dead?" Luna asked.

She once again confirmed with the other party whether there was a possibility that Leif was faking his death or was a substitute doll.

After all, this possibility is very consistent with the clues we have obtained so far.

Doctor Cattleya simply shook her head, immediately dismissing the possibility Luna had suggested. "He's long dead. As for the other possibilities, they're completely impossible. Even a puppeteer couldn't create something that's exactly like a human."

"Indeed." Luna nodded.

She agreed with Cattleya's statement, but when Merlin was spying with his clairvoyance, she also overheard Merlin's mutterings. He was lamenting that there was a magician with the same puppet technology as himself.

But judging from Merlin's tone, even he couldn't imagine it.

But I think that magician must be very powerful too.

"So can it be confirmed that Rafe's death was suicide?" Luna asked again.

"At this point, it should be confirmed that his death was suicide."

Doctor Cattleya handed the report to Luna.

After repeated confirmation, Luna had to agree with the doctor's judgment.

Originally, Luna came here to advance the investigation.

But she didn't expect that after coming here, the doubts in her mind became bigger and bigger.

If Leif really committed suicide,

So why did he commit suicide?

Was he forced to commit suicide, or did he do it willingly?

This series of questions suddenly appeared in the face of this case, leaving Luna a little confused.

I thought Fareus was the biggest murderer in this case.

But no one expected that as the investigation progressed, it would be discovered that Rafe had committed suicide.

This slightly undermined the confidence that Luna had built up at the beginning.

Now, she felt the need to reanalyze the case.

ps: I fell asleep several times today, I was so sleepy...

Chapter 114 Excuse me, are you my Master?

After easily defeating Karina Aarti, facing the cheers around her, Sajo Aika seemed a little unusually indifferent today.

In the eyes of the referees and many other players, Sajo Aika's indifference was simply indifference. She felt deeply indifferent to the fact that her opponent was so rubbish, so she showed such a lack of interest on her face.

In the eyes of most viewers, the expression of their idol Sajo Aika is simply cool. It doesn't matter whether she is ruthless or affectionate, as long as she looks handsome, it's all that matters.

Everyone knew how Aika Sajo felt during this game, but the people in the Clock Tower knew.

Because a few hours ago, the first-level instructor Leif of the Clock Tower died. And rumor has it that Leif was one of the few people in the Clock Tower who had a good relationship with Aika Sajo.

The Clock Tower had done a very good job of keeping the news secret, and since Leif's death occurred so late at night and without causing much noise, most people were unaware of his death. Even if they did know, they probably wouldn't have known about the relationship between Leif and Aika Sajou. The more informed Clock Tower personnel believed that Aika Sajou's swift victory in this match was largely due to the sheer bad luck of Karina Alti.

She just walked into the trap.

However, after quickly defeating the opponent, Aika Sajo suddenly felt a little bored. Normally, as a friend of Leif, she should have rushed to investigate the matter with Luna after the game, but she had made an agreement with Luna before that she would be responsible for investigating the matter.

In fact, Sajo Aika had already seen through Luna's thoughts. After all, Luna was the one who chose to trust Leif when there was a chance she could learn the truth and help him. And these past few days, she had been keeping an eye on Fareus all day long because of Leif's situation. She simply wanted to minimize any accidents.

But even so, Leif died.

Actually, Luna is the one who feels the most guilty...

Once upon a time, Chengzi taught Sha Tiao Ai Ge.

There are two types of battles.

One is to fight for survival.

The other is to fight for dignity.

If Aika Sajo helps Luna, perhaps the murderer can be found quickly. But at that time, where will Luna's dignity be?

She actually didn't understand, compared with life, what was dignity?

But at this moment, Luna was definitely fighting for dignity, for Lisa's dignity, for Leif's dignity, and most importantly, for her own dignity...

So Aika Sajo agreed to Luna's suggestion and let her investigate the incident alone, while he concentrated on the competition, hoping to lure out the murderer through the progress of the competition.

As she walked, Aika thought about it. When she came to her senses, she found herself in front of a stone in front of the church.

A golden sword was inserted into this square stone, with golden words written around it: Anyone who can pull this sword out from the stone platform will be the King of Britain.

Aika Sajo looked at the golden words engraved on the stone and felt they were a little different from what she remembered. In her previous life, after finishing the Fate series, she bought a copy of Le Morte d'Arthur and read it several times. She remembered there was a sentence somewhere in the middle of the sentence, which seemed to require that the person drawing the sword must be born in Britain.

Now that this sentence was missing from the golden characters, Sajo Aika finally understood why she, a foreigner born in Japan, was qualified to participate in the king selection meeting.

It turns out that this time, the Sword in the Stone has no restrictions on birthplace!

But was this intentional on Merlin's part, or was it an unintentional mistake?

Compared to others who only care about this competition, Sajo Aika cares more about the meaning behind the presentation of the Sword in the Stone.

Because the sword in the stone of Artoria was arranged by Merlin, it is understandable that Artoria himself must pull out the sword. After all, the situation in Britain at that time really needed such a king to stand up. After accepting the future of Great Britain's inevitable destruction, Artoria still resolutely pulled out the sword in the stone. Such courage is indeed worthy of the name of a heroic spirit.

But this time Merlin specially recast the Sword in the Stone. What was his purpose?

Aika Sajo was completely confused for a moment. She didn't have much affection for this otaku who just stayed in Avalon and watched the world, but of course she didn't dislike him much either.

Looking at the sword in the stone in front of him, Sha Tiao Aige was a little hesitant for a moment.

She also imagined how awesome it would be if she could pull out the sword from the stone.

Thinking of this, she actually took a step forward, grabbed the hilt of the sword and tried to draw it.

but……

I can’t pull it out!

No matter how hard Sha Tiao Ai Ge tried, the Sword in the Stone remained firmly embedded in the stone, without moving at all.

This is a bit embarrassing...

When he met the fairy, the fairy easily recognized him and handed over the sword in the lake.

Why doesn't it work when it comes to your Sword in the Stone?

Shatiao Aige stood awkwardly in front of the square stone for a long time, then he suddenly came to his senses and burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, am I an idiot? Why am I bothering with these things? I came to participate in the Kingsmoot just to experience the battle between magicians. As for things like the Sword in the Stone, I didn't want it from the beginning."

As Shatiao Aige spoke, she loosened her hands from the hilt of the Sword in the Stone. However, at a certain moment when Shatiao Aige was self-deprecating, the Sword in the Stone seemed to loosen in the cracks of the stone, but immediately returned to normal and did not move at all.

With a change of mindset, Aika Shajo found the Sword in the Stone even cuter.

She suddenly recalled that she had flown to London specifically for Altria and drew cards in front of her grave.

Now that I think about it, I really miss it...

Perhaps she was thinking about the time when she played fgo and in order to draw a beloved five-star hero, she not only bought various pirated relics (sheets, wooden staffs, gems, etc.) for five cents from the Internet, but also she did all kinds of metaphysical card drawing. Things like good luck and summoning heroes were easy for her.

At this moment, seeing the Sword in the Stone in front of her, the middle school student soul in Aika Sajo's heart was awakened again, and it just so happened that she still had a real Command Seal in her left hand to play with.

Then Sajo Aika began to sing.

"Declare (Listen up)!"

"Your body is under me, my fate is in your sword (I give you magic power, you do my work)!"

"If you follow the Holy Grail's destiny, obey this will, and this truth, then answer me (Those caught by the Holy Grail, who can hear, and who agree with me, please squeak...)!"

"I swear here (I'll say it here first)!"

"I am the one who accomplishes all the good deeds in the world, and I am the one who conveys all the evil deeds in the world (let me be clear, I may do good things, but I may not do good things)"

"Entangle your three great word spirits for seven days. Come from the wheel of suppression, guardian of the scales!"