The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 431

Chapter 431

Ellen and Charlotte return to the Ecliptic.

Ellen asks what to do with Lydia Schmidt’s body, but Charlotte says it’s evidence and should be taken.

The discovery of Temple’s missing person in Goseong Epiax is a very serious matter, apart from the truth of the case, and it is bound to be one of the pieces of evidence.

At the intermediate stop, a wooden coffin was airlifted and the two returned to the ecliptic with the body of Lydia Schmidt in it.

It did not take long to return to the ecliptic from the land of severe cold.

People were all staring at Ellen dragging the wooden coffin as if it were strange, but neither of them were in a state to pay attention to other people’s gazes.

“Reinhardt must have gone to investigate the lich’s grave. I know that.”

At Charlotte’s words, Ellen nodded.

Even in the midst of this, Reinhardt went to the Dark Land with the Imperial elite and Heriot to investigate the murder case that took place in the ecliptic.

Ellen and Charlotte don’t know what Reinhardt wants.

but.

As she headed toward the imperial palace with the wooden coffin, Charlotte abruptly stopped walking.

“… … .”

Charlotte stopped walking, so Ellen stared at her.

Ellen watches Charlotte’s face contorted in depression and pain.

“Ellen… … .”

“huh.”

“me… … . I can’t.”

Charlotte’s voice trembled violently in the melancholy.

“me… … . this… … . With my hands… … . More in my hands… … . I can’t do any more… … .”

Knowing that the truth she would come to know would tear her to pieces, Charlotte no longer had the courage to take another step forward.

Now I thought I should dig up something to know.

It seemed that Charlotte could do nothing more, for it seemed that the truth was so dreadful that she couldn’t handle it.

Both are intuiting something.

But intuition alone doesn’t solve anything.

We need to find out the truth and have grounds to be sure of something. Ellen looks at Charlotte like that.

“okay.”

“… … .”

Charlotte can’t go any further than this.

Ellen was afraid now as well, so I couldn’t blame Charlotte because I knew the fear she felt and the heart that didn’t want to sit down but eventually sit down.

Ellen was also afraid to dig into the truth of this matter further.

Although she had no intention of stopping, Charlotte couldn’t see with her own eyes the slice of truth she had dug up with her own hands.

“Let’s go to Bertus.”

Another power is needed.

* * *

Bertus was having a busy time.

An incident that occurred inside the imperial palace.

Imperial elites left to search the lich’s tomb, but it was unclear whether there really was a beast there.

That’s why searches were still taking place not only inside the imperial palace, but also throughout the imperial capital and at Loro Dewin’s house.

He was very careful in recovering the magic book that Dwyn left behind, not knowing if it had been tampered with.

Not only was the emperor busy with this work, but the prince was also doing what he had to do in his own way.

That’s why I couldn’t help but be annoyed at the request for an interview from my half-brother, who seemed to have gone somewhere far away for a while on the weekend.

I’m still busy, but there was no reason to fight more because the time to discuss personal matters had already ended.

But when Bertus heard reports that Charlotte had not come alone, but with Ellen Artorius, and that the two had come to the Winter Palace with a wooden coffin containing an unknown corpse, he felt something out of the ordinary.

And I was sure when I saw the thick coats of both of them out of season.

Something serious happened here too.

“what’s the matter?”

However, it was true that they were tired and sensitive, so Bertus sat them down and asked the main topic.

Charlotte was speechless.

Ellen was speechless.

But Charlotte took out a quill from the table and began to write something down on a piece of paper.

But Bertus noticed that Charlotte’s hand was shaking violently as she wrote something down.

“… … What’s wrong with you?”

“… … .”

Despite Bertus’ question, Charlotte remains silent and writes down something with her head down.

Why write what can be said in words?

It is because it contains the possibility of a truth too miserable and frightening to bring out in words.

His hand was shaking so badly that the handwriting was a mess, but not to the point of being unrecognizable. Ellen was just staring at the window in silence.

There was no time for this, but Bertus waited patiently for Charlotte to finish writing something down.

The fact that the half brother, who hated being weak rather than dying, doing something like this would be a story that something very important was going on.

“… … here.”

The words written on the paper Charlotte handed over.

Bertus begins to read it slowly.

It was concise, albeit in a confusing handwriting, of what Charlotte had learned so far.

From the past when Charlotte actually had some sense of the demon lord’s whereabouts, to Elena’s.

Letter delivery and evaporation and tracking. Lebarrier Ranche Raid. And Olivia and Adriana.

The visit to the old castle Epiax, the stone statue, and even the word that they were attacked by Radia Schmidt there, and that the wooden coffin they brought contained the body of the missing person, Radia Schmidt.

All the stories were different, but they pointed to one thing.

Reinhardt.

[It is very likely that Reinhardt is a person related to the demon lord.]

The horribly distorted handwriting spoke for Charlotte’s misery at having to write it with her own hand.

Aside from the clear evidence and grounds of the content, the shock of the sentence itself left Bertus speechless.

“Nonsense.”

That is why the first words of Bertus, who had been silent for a long time, had to be that.

“me too… … . I hope so. please please… … . I really wish… … . really… … . really… … .”

A hand on Charlotte’s lap as she bowed her head in front of Bertus.

Bertus watched with his eyes wide open as tears fell on it.

More than this unbelievable suspicion, Bertus was shocked that Charlotte was crying in front of him.

“me… … . I’m going to… … . I did… … . I can’t do any more… … . you you… … . I was wondering if I could do it… … . If you do… … .”

If Reinhardt was a person related to the Demon King, that fact would come as a great shock to the empire and the imperial family, but he had caught a very serious security threat.

Just as Bertus completely seized the initiative for the succession to the throne by eliminating the revolutionary forces, Charlotte was able to use this to re-enter the race for succession to the throne.

However, Charlotte holds the clue and hands it over to Bertus.

even please

The rest is for you to finish.

The truth I was already half-sure of was so painful that I asked Bertus for fear that if I dug it all up with my own hands, I would be ruined.

no it’s already broken

Ellen stared out the window silently and hugged Charlotte by the shoulder.

Although she was pretending to be expressionless, Ellen, who investigated this together, must have been in a state not much different from Charlotte.

Ellen is not expressionless.

I lost my mind.

Bertus looks at Charlotte and Ellen alternately.

Broken half-brother. A classmate who was stunned.

and Reinhardt.

Seeing Charlotte sobbing, Bertus puts the paper into his bosom.

Reinhardt is related to the demon lord.

What if this is true

There was no time to worry about ‘something like that’, such as the incident at the imperial palace.

Bertus stares at his half-brother, who is in danger and is completely ruined, sobbing and begging for help.

if this is true

How would Charlotte de Gradias feel betrayed?

It must have been used, used, and only used in the end.

I must have been betrayed by everything I tried to find the right place in my heart.

Bertus to his half-brother, who was more pathetic than ever.

With a deeper sincerity than any other moment.

“Don’t cry, brother.”

“… … .”

“I’ll take care of it.”

Said so.

* * *

Charlotte returns to the Spring Palace and Ellen remains with Bertus.

Bertus and Ellen opened the wooden coffin guarded by the Winter Palace troops.

“What about identity verification?”

“Missing Temple graduate Radia Schmidt has been identified.”

“is it.”

There was Ellen’s assurance, but even cross-validation was done.

Missing Temple Royal Class Lydia Schmidt, who was presumed to have died during the raid on the Nameless Priory, was found in an old castle in the northernmost part of the continent called Old Castle Epiax.

Radia Schmidt attacked Ellen and Charlotte de Gradias for unknown reasons, then was killed by Ellen Artorius during the battle.

And in the Pantheon-shaped structure that existed in Epiax, there was a stone statue of a wizard who was believed to have hidden the Demon King.

The day before the demon king’s attack by the Knights Templar, Reinhardt and Ladia Schmidt visited Elena’s scroll shop.

Charlotte wrote everything she needed to know on a piece of paper and delivered it without omission.

The conclusion is that Reinhardt is suspicious.

Ever since the last cross-dressing incident that he didn’t even want to think about, Bertus tended to deliberately not think about Reinhardt.

Because I couldn’t figure out why, so I gave up on understanding.

‘… … I’m going crazy.’

If Reinhardt is related to the demon king, what the hell is that woman!

Bertus bit his tongue lightly as it seemed that the accident was going that way again. to get your mind right.

In the end, the dress incident.

He hated to think about it, but Bertus couldn’t deny that there was a clue there too.

Bertus had already done what Charlotte and Ellen didn’t know, and neither of them were afraid to dig into Reinhardt directly.

In a situation where you have never thought Reinhardt was suspicious, you can just do it, but if you think Reinhardt is suspicious, there is one clue that you have no choice but to reach.

‘You said your identity registration was last year. clearly.’

last year.

The report of his subordinate, who said that many beggars live without being identified, was not wrong.

But if you think about it from the point of view of Reinhardt being suspicious, it’s strange.

Reinhardt suddenly appeared on the ecliptic last year.

Reinhardt is a person who never existed. Until at least 2 years ago.

And another clue.

Reinhardt said that the silver-haired girl he had met that day was himself.

Bringing it out in words What is the reason for confessing with your own mouth to do heinous things? So, whenever Bertus and Reinhardt met, they had to go through strange situations.

I didn’t have to say anything.

‘That’s me.’

Nevertheless, when Reinhardt was told that he was going to investigate to find his brother, he confessed the truth as if in a fit.

Bertus didn’t know why Reinhardt was dressed as a woman.

The important thing is that Reinhardt confessed with his own mouth what he should never have confessed.

‘Are you afraid of the investigation itself?’

Bertus might have found out something he shouldn’t have known, so Bertus confessed before he reached a dangerous clue.

Because accepting embarrassment and accepting death are two different things.

Reinhardt went to the women’s dress up contest. The reason is unknown.

However, he confessed the truth as soon as he heard that Bertus was investigating, speculating that the girl might be Reinhardt’s brother.

that it is

It means that if you investigate Reinhardt, you will learn things you shouldn’t know.

“Compare the date Reinhardt registered with the date Charlotte returned to the ecliptic and bring it.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“And Ellen.”

“huh.”

“There is a Rotary club in the southern part of the ecliptic. know?”

“… … know.”

At Bertus’ question, Ellen nodded.

“Take people and interrogate them. If necessary, bring them all.”

“… … okay.”

Ellen nodded slowly and left the palace with the people Bertus had selected.

Bertus silently watches as Ellen leaves.

Was Reinhardt really the one who suddenly appeared?

And when is that point?

Reinhardt What the hell are you doing?

Bertus wants to know that.

The image of Charlotte sobbing horribly did not leave Bertus’s mind.