Chapter 361

Chapter 361

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Chapter 361

For a moment, the tips of his fingers stopped twitching. The damp, foul smell that irritated his nose was not merely because the basement was humid. Yuder silently stood up from where the fainted man lay and moved closer to the corpse with agile motions.

The sight reflected under the flickering light was truly horrific. Beneath the torn dress and formal wear, severed limbs were piled like a heap of broken dolls, and pale, cold faces were visible, mouths agape in terror. Though soaked in blood and the hair was tangled, their identities were still recognizable.

They were the second younger brother and his wife of Baron Willhem, who had disappeared without returning after changing their clothes.

‘It looks as though the clothes and bones were all cut simultaneously, and I can feel a terrible rage. This method... it's almost identical to how the Knights of Tainu were killed in Great Sarain Forest.’

Yuder's mind briefly recalled the face of the woman who had been beside Nahan before it vanished.

‘Her name was... Ershi, wasn’t it?’

Though the small flicker of light made it hard to confirm, there were almost no bloodstains on the ceiling and walls, and only the floor was sopping wet. Blood was still trickling from the corpses. If they hadn't been dead long, the murderer might still be nearby.

‘Were they killed somewhere else and then brought here?’

Without caring that the formal wear he wore was getting dirty, Yuder knelt down and examined the corpses a bit more under the light, noticing that their clothes and shoes were already soiled with something other than blood.

‘...Mud? Or some other filth?’

Standing up to look around, he faintly saw a small door beyond the barrels filled with alcohol and preserved food. Yuder carefully moved towards it. The door led to stairs going up, seemingly leading to the garden rather than inside the house. Though he strained his senses, he felt no signs of anyone.

‘This is where the servants bring in supplies... So the fugitive came here as well.’

Yuder didn’t go outside but turned back inside. In such a situation, he couldn't afford to wait for the fainted man to wake up. As he slapped his cheek without hesitation, the man's eyelids fluttered open with a faint moan.

“Uh... Uh?!”

The man, upon seeing Yuder, was shocked, struggling with his bound hands. But before he could resist, Yuder quickly grabbed his collar and forcefully lifted him so he could see the corpses. The man’s eyes widened and his mouth gaped at the sight of the blood and bodies illuminated under the flames.

He had intended to silence the man if he screamed, but thankfully he didn’t.

“Baron Willhem's younger brother and his wife were killed. Did you participate in the murder?”

“What? No!”

“Then why were you sneaking around here?”

Voices were heard from the upper floor. People were about to rush in. The man also sensed it, as his breathing quickened.

“I, I came to find someone.”

“Someone?”

“People from our village who were driven out and disappeared from the security management team's prison...!”

As Yuder's eyes widened at his words, a voice from the upper floor shouted, “There they are!” Before he could understand the situation further, people had come down. The servants, armed with weapons and torches, saw Yuder, covered in blood, and the corpses beyond, and all screamed in unison.

“A corpse! Someone has been murdered!”

At Kishiar's sarcastically gentle retort, the Baron wrinkled his nose indiscriminately and called for the butler who was outside the door.

"Where is Sir Jeymer, the Commander of the Knights, now?"

"Since you ordered it yesterday, my lord, he has been guarding the front of Lord Graham's house, but I heard he will soon return to the Security Management Team for this investigation."

"That's enough now. Leave Graham and the security management team to others and tell him to come here immediately!"

"Yes? But..."

"Hurry!"

Under the Baron's spirited and angry pressure, the butler replied that he understood and quickly disappeared.

“The knights are guarding your brother? It wasn't just a simple illness then?”

“...Lately, there have been frequent accidents around Graham's house, and I was worried, so I asked the Commander of the Knights to take care of it."

"Really? The Knight Commander doing such a thing, you must be close."

At Kishiar's response, Baron Willhem once again clenched his teeth and then eased his pressure.

"Lately, the situation in Tainu has become quite chaotic, so it was inevitable. Of course, Your Highness might not have paid attention to the outside situation since you are here."

"That's right. I've been busy playing with my assistant here."

When Kishiar answered, neither ashamed nor afraid, Baron Willhem was momentarily at a loss for words and then burst out laughing.

At that moment, a rather good idea popped into Yuder's head.

‘Right. If I want to meet him, isn't it a matter of me going to him?’

"Sorry to interrupt your conversation, but may I also say something?"

Yuder quickly interjected, opening his mouth before Baron Willhem could say anything else.

"I don't mind just going to the Security Management Team for the investigation."

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