"Those are the name of people who tried to gather information about marquis martin before he died," said his assistant.
"Finally some clue about that monster!" said Daniel Magnus, second in command of King's shadow. Intelligence agency of Elfredan,
With gripping his hands tightly to keep them still and deliberately narrowed his eyes. After months of sleepless nights, he finally found some clues.
Despite being second in command, he was working on the case why?
Because the reason for death was the highest-ranking death magic, this only can be used by evil gods, according to records.
"How many names had you investigated?" he asked Riley Robinson, his assistant.
She was 25 years old, a red-haired, blue-eyed beauty, wearing a military uniform, 3 stars can be seen on her shoulder.
"Almost all" Riley said with a proud look on her face.
"Oh... good work, give me the report."
"James Clark is his rival in Ainsworth duchy, and Bryan Edward is a merchant. Emma Moor is a small-time thief,
And Lola Devise is a contracted killer!
But she was in Avitus duchy when marquis martin died"
"What about these two?"
Denial touched the name Sophia, and an image of an elegant and gentle-looking young lady pop out on his device, but the information below the image was telling otherwise haha~
"Sophia is the daughter of Baron in Xi An city, Avitus duchy; she is pretty infamous due to her personality abusing the common flock of barony for her amusement!
She had tried to gather info about Marquis Marin's address, and the reason she writes in the info-gild was she was a friend of his son.
We asked some locale in Xi An City, and they tall as that they saw them entering the red-light district together many times. She was telling the truth" said Riley
"This fellow?"
Denial touched name max
"His son of a farmer, in the light village, near Silvermoon city, snowwind duchy.
He had tried to gather info about his apprise, he wrote reason that he want to make Marquis's painting,
We found some paintings of the kingdom's influential people at his house so..."
"Yeah we're back to zero, but still we have something on our plates"
"I also found that Max and Sophia are here in the capital, participating in the entrance exam of Elfreden Academy"
"mmhmm, no one looks like the culprit" sigh Denial let out a low sigh.
after thinking about all names in front of him he found something.
"ah!.. I need 24/7 surveillance on the village boy,
he looks too innocent! Maybe he's connected with this whole shit or trying to hide something!"
(sound of door opening)
"any further progress in Duke Avitus's case?" said the man who just enters the bureau.
He looks like in his 60s, with crimson red hair, and broad shoulders, wearing a military uniform with 5 stars,
he was the director of King's Shadow!
"No, sir. The attacker had never been seen even in the divine beast kingdom, even the wolf tribe were unaware of his existence!" said Denial
"denial as you know, there is chaos in an upper echo of the kingdom, even my son many times contacted me to stay out of this shit, but those three death deeply affected our kingdom,
Our ties with another kingdom considerably decreased, even after the alliance kingdom is falling apart, you know the reason behind this denial?"
"yeah, same as the low growth rate of our kingdom"
"Mmhum.. as expected of you,
I need you to do something first, live all things said and prove that, that beast man was not an evil god!
can you do that?"
"how are you so confident that, he's not an evil god?"
"Because there were people still alive, in Avitus' duchy!!,
even if he's a god, he is not evil maybe it was Avitus who somehow started all this mass by poking the dragon with a short stick"
"ok I will try my best!" determination can be seen in denials eyes. It was the first time the director asked him to do something personally.
"Also I want you to investigate my family, specifically my son and youngest grandson. Avitus treated to defame my son in my other grandchild's engagement, so....."
"Are you sure? they are your son and grandson!"
"yeah, I can certainly see through William, but when I am with nux, I have this feeling-...
Never mind just do as I say"
"yes sir" Denial saluted Luther and Luther walk out of the bureau.
"fuck! it's becoming more and more complicated" Riley clicked her tongue in frustration.
for her, things are now more than 100× complex than before. after adding an Ainsworth to the equation.
"ugh...I want 24/7 prevalence on nux Ainsworth, and anything will happen, first, inform me, did I make myself clear" denial said in communication artefact to the agent working in Ainsworth duchy.
"Sir, he missing for a week!" said the agent who was in the capital of Ainsworth duchy.
"mmh?.. What just you say?" denial sought in the communication device.
"Nux Ainsworth is not in the city or even in this duchy"
"what about William?"
"he here, when we asked him about his son he said it's highly confidential information about the Ainsworth duchy and changed the topic"
(denial disconnected communication device.)
"what's your thought about this, Riley?"
"Maybe he is in the academy! gathering info like others, or he is behind all this evil god shit, and hiding from someone?!!
"mmhmm, I can understand the reason behind the first theory but about the second,
only if he's psycho or an evil god!"
"what if someone pretend to be nux?"
"I don't think that is possible, he spends most of his time with his family and only a handful of time gone out of the castle wall, and all time he was with his family"
"Ugh...! My head hurts" Riley put both hands on her forehead.
"for now first find out where about of nux, may be directed Know about that, we can ask him and
let's watch all three, Sophia, Max and Nux,
also I want you to attend the academy as instructor Riley," said Denial