Chapter 10: Does It Really Matter Who the Murderer Is?

"Of course it's okay to sleep together because you're afraid, but I personally think it's better to sleep in our own rooms. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Alyssa, give them everyone's room keys and spare keys. ”

"Yes!" Alyssa removed the spare key from the keyring and handed it to everyone.

"In this way, only you can have every key in each room, and it doesn't matter if you call your elves out to keep vigil, and protect yourself with all your might in a room where you only have you, I think this method will maximize your chances of survival. Of course, I don't know whether the murderer is capable of killing people in this situation, and in the final analysis, it is just a suggestion. ”

"Of course, during this time, as a demon king, I will not sleep, and I will keep vigil nearby. But after all, the possibility that I am a murderer cannot be ruled out, so even if I am knocking on the door in the middle of the night, I should never open it. ”

……

At Black's command, the rest of the group returned to their rooms.

As black elves, or black's dependents, Theresia, Toko, and Xiaoxian all planned to keep vigil with Black, but were pushed back into the room by Black.

To be on the safe side, everyone's rooms were side by side in the same hallway on the first floor, and there were nine of the remaining people except for Black.

As time passed, the sound in the room faded.

Maybe they called the elves out to protect themselves, but the elves wouldn't disturb their masters.

Most of the lights in the room had gone out, and even the lights in the hallway where Kuro was located had completely dimmed.

Here, black sat cross-legged in the middle of the hallway, motionless for a long time.

Finally, he opened his eyes.

"It looks like everyone is asleep."

He stood up, walked with a footstep that was imperceptible, and slowly disappeared into the hallway.

The cloak behind him fluttered gently with his steps, and he made his way through the hallway, and finally, he pushed open a door.

This door didn't lead anywhere else, it was the former owner's room that Alyssa had brought everyone to just now.

He pushed open the door and saw a mysterious woman sitting on the bed next to it.

She was dressed in a black gown, with long gray hair, and her blue eyes tinged with mystery in the moonlight.

She looks very charming and charming, but her skin is a somewhat sickly white, and despite the charm of her body, she gives people a very gloomy feeling.

If when a person's mood is depressed, no matter what they look at, it is gloomy gray, then she gives people the feeling that it must be such a color.

Although the tone is like this, she doesn't seem to be a depressed person herself.

After all, people who bring depression to others are not necessarily depressed in their own lives.

She sat on the bed with her knees crossed, looking at the man named "Black" in front of her, with a little dissatisfaction.

And when he saw this woman, he did not despair, as if she should have appeared there, standing by the bed, facing the woman.

"It's strange that there is moonshine or something in a snowstorm."

He said as if absent-mindedly.

"You're asking this question? You probably know best, the blizzard only came down so that you couldn't leave, and it doesn't matter if no one knows it, whether it's sunny or snowy. ”

"It's like killing people can't bring despair if the dead aren't discovered."

"I see."

In such a perfunctory answer, he did not continue to take over the conversation.

This time, it was the women who spoke.

"Why don't you kill people yet, isn't that your mission?"

"Even so, even I can't do it under this kind of strict defense, after all, everyone has elves watching them, and there is nothing to distract them, and my magic is not omnipotent."

"I'd like to ask who set up such a fortification."

The gray woman sitting on the bed did not hide her anger and glared at him like this.

"It's me, that's right. But you should also know the rules of this game, except for the time when you have to kill, I am not under your control, so I should be your enemy who makes everyone on guard. ”

"That's not the case, you fake, an impostor, you don't have the need to protect the people you have to kill!"

"Really? That's right. ”

He scratched his head.

"But the rules don't allow you to dictate to me, so I just need to protect them like this, and of course, I won't hesitate to do it when I hear your killing order."

"You damn thing, why would you disobey me, why aren't you desperate!?"

The gray woman jumped barefoot from the bed where she had just sat and grabbed him by the collar in such excitement.

"You should be the one who is more desperate than everyone here and leads them to true destruction, and yet you, just now, emphasized hope in front of me!? Do you want to say—"

"You know what I'm trying to say."

Grabbed by the neckline, he still said very calmly.

"Because it is necessary to lose it, he hates it and destroys it, and if he only has this kind of power, he is not worthy of being a king at all."

"Even if I'm a fake, even if everything about him isn't mine, I still have something to preserve."

"You-"

As he spoke, the light suddenly dimmed, and the snowflakes fell again.

"Looks like someone is awake." He reminded.

Saying this, the gray woman had no choice but to let go of her white hands.

"It seems that everything is not as you wish." The woman said in an unusually cold tone. "I command you, kill the man who woke up."

"Yes."

Like an emotionless machine, he replied.

……

Although Mei Yi, who was lying on the bed, fell asleep for a while, she quickly woke up again.

"It's morning—" The sky was covered in snow and blackened, and it seemed that she was in a state of euphoria, compressing her sleep time.

Today is definitely the most special day of her life for her.

Although she encountered something like that, she was not so afraid because she could follow the person she liked.

Now, Kuroya must be guarding herself in the hallway, Mei thought to herself.

Usually it looks a little tricky, but when it comes to a critical time, he can always lead everyone to solve problems, and in Mei Yi's heart, Hei is such a person.

But if you think about it this way, you'll become a woman who has always relied on black, and even as a wife, it's not right to always rely on her husband, not to mention that it hasn't fallen into a fait accompli.

Although he has always called himself the Demon King and endured all kinds of difficulties, Mei Yi knows that his heart is not much different from that of humans, he is just stronger than others and more optimistic than others.

And such a black, at this time, brought hope to others, and he was under considerable pressure alone.

Can you really defeat that Darkrai? Is it really possible to find the entrance to the secret passage?

If you can, you really want to do the gang a favor.

But how?

Just as she was thinking about this, Mei suddenly remembered what Hei had said before.

I remember Hei asking Alyssa if the previous owner had ever moved to the house.

And Alyssa's answer was that the former owner suddenly asked to change his room when he was seriously ill half a year ago.

No matter how you think about it, it feels suspicious.

The former owner moved his house, which must have been after Darkrai appeared, which means that he changed his room after knowing the Queen's background and writing his diary.

It is impossible for a seriously ill former homeowner to change his residence for something inconsequential, so could it be the other way around, because he knows that he is seriously ill, that he deliberately changes his residence to attract attention?

According to Black's speculation, the former owner should have intended to let the people who step into this hotel know the location of the secret passage in the future, and in this case, every one of his actions could be clues.

Although it is only my own conjecture, I am afraid that the purpose of the previous owner to change the residence is probably to inform the descendants of the location of the secret passage, which means that the secret passage is most likely in the room where the owner last lived.

Thinking like this, Mei Yi got up and pushed the door open, but a bad premonition stopped her.

This kind of thing that he can imagine, why didn't Hei say it? I always think it's weird.

The most important thing is that the one who deliberately asked Alyssa if the former owner had changed her residence was the one who hacked herself.

In other words, Hei should have thought that the former owner could not have left a diary as a reminder, but when he asked him, he didn't say anything.

Thinking of this, Mei Yi couldn't help but shiver and her hair stood on end.

"I don't want to doubt the black, but—"

"No, you can't back down here!"

Holding her trembling right hand with her left hand, Mei opened the door.

"Black—not there."

"Crystal Lantern Spirit!"

Mei called out the Crystal Lantern Spirit and used its properties to find a way forward in the darkness.

……

The room was pushed open.

"Black, you're here."

In the room of the former owner, Mei saw the figure of Hei.

"Ah, I'm a little sorry to think about coming out to breathe, and leaving my post as a night watchman."

With that, Black approached Mei.

Mei Yi couldn't help but take two steps back.

"What's wrong?"

Why did you retreat? Probably scared, but if you are scared here, nothing will change.

As a person who follows black, what if you can't even ask this kind of question?

What's more, Hei just said that he also has the possibility of being a murderer.

Thinking like this, Mei exhaled deeply.

"Black—"

"What?"

"You're the murderer, aren't you?"

There was silence for two or three seconds, and Black didn't show any surprise or emotion.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because—"

In this way, Mei Yi told her speculation in the room.

"It's clear that the secret passage is most likely in this room, but you didn't say it."

"I see, but can you conclude that I am a murderer based on that alone?"

It's not that he's angry, "Black" is just asking Mei Yi what she thinks.

"Although it's just a very personal thought," Mei continued, blushing slightly. "I don't believe—"

"Don't believe me?"

"If it was really black, I don't believe he would lose to a queen who is in despair. He would have said, 'How can a queen who has fallen into despair because of the destruction of a country be my opponent,' and then easily take us out of here." ”

"That's really unreasonable."

"That's right, it's just unreasonable." Mei Yi affirmed. "Although it is unreasonable, but let each of us follow it, even the legendary elf who can never be defeated by others can convince him, making people want to be angry but can't really be angry."

"Black is such an unreasonable person, so looking for clues like the protagonist in an ordinary mystery story makes me feel strange, although with Hei's wisdom, it's not impossible to find clues."

After listening to Mei Yi's "quite unreasonable" reasoning, he showed a wry smile.

"That's right."

There was no excuse, and he admitted very calmly.

"'There must be a limit to arrogance for a queen who has fallen into despair without permission to take away my companions.' That man's words must be said like this, after all, he is a person who cherishes his companions more than anyone else, and he is definitely not a person who is incapable of protecting his companions. ”

"That is—"

"As you might think, the murderer is me. In this space, I'm not the man, but I have the same abilities as him. ”

"Of course, the inability to use magic is a lie, as long as you try the magic, whether it is to let Xiao Chun die miserably on the second floor in that form, or let Meroyeta suddenly die outside of other people's vision, it is not impossible. It's not possible to kill Meroyeta in front of you, but she happened to be drawn to that room by something, and then I used some magic to make her look like that. ”

He calmly stated the facts.

"I'm just a stand-in for the demon king known as Black, and my actions must conform to the rules set by Darkrai, so you can imagine what happens next."

"Wait, wait a minute, don't push the topic forward like this, what the hell are you going to do?"

"Mei, what is left for you now is two choices, the first is to kill me as the murderer. While I can use my abilities at will when it comes to killing, Darkrai doesn't seem to intend for me to have a big battle with you like in a fairy tale. So she made the rule that if I was accused of being a murderer, I couldn't use my magic to kill the person who identified me as a murderer. ”

"But if you don't kill me, as Darkrai said before, if you catch the murderer but don't kill me, someone will still die, which means that if you don't kill me here, I'll have to kill you."

"Such a thing—" Mei choked up with some sadness.

"But I didn't expect that the first person to recognize me was Mei Yi. I thought that Theresia would know me better, but it was also true that she always needed her to take care of me in her memory, so a black like this who would be in trouble would make her feel at ease. (To be continued.) )