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Moshi returned to his room.

The "own" room made Mo Shi feel relaxed, and he told Duna to go to the kitchen to get some random food. In the evening, he and Shekka were going to visit Norwen Fei.

Now is a short break, Mo Shi is trying to calm down and sort out his thoughts.

"Wolves, sir. You probably remember something. Blue Bird spoke. It clearly understood what Moshi cared about.

Mo Shi sat on the edge of the bed, and he placed his cane across his knees.

"You mean the social hierarchy in the wolves when they move in groups. ”

With the help of the storage database, the Blue Bird can talk eloquently: "There are four main types of dominant positions in the wolf pack - alpha wolves, adult secondary wolves (beta), peripheral wolves, expelling wolves (omega), and young wolves (young wolves do not enter the core level until the second year). 』

"Hierarchy. Alpha α, Beta β, Omega Omega. Mo Shi recalled this knowledge," ...... But I don't think the situation here is quite a fit for the social hierarchy of wolves. ”

Mo Shi pondered and muttered to himself, "Is it because of the existence of a special aristocratic class 'Heyar'?"

"I think you have a point. 』

"It is clear that all the Hhyal are 'head wolves', and the rest of the civilians are 'secondary wolves'. In the case of a national system, the identity of the peripheral wolf is not important, and there is no need to deliberately divide into a category. Maybe Alpha, Beya, and Oria can correspond to Alpha, Beta, and Omega, but it's different......"

Moshi re-read what Shekka had told him.

They had been in a prayer hall that was not yet open to the public—it was a quiet place to talk, but it was too cold—and Shekka Hawthorn looked a little irritable, or rather shy, and his neck and cheeks were a little red.

He asked Mo Shi to sit down on a bench in the prayer hall while he stood in front of him, like a parent trying to tell his child something or something.

"You're sure you know the difference between a man and a woman, right?" Shekka confirmed.

"Of course I do. Mo Shi replied.

"So you remember about explicit gender, but you don't remember intrinsic gender. ”

"If explicit gender refers to male and female, then you mean implicit gender......"

"Efaya and Oria were given to Hyal by the gods," said Shekka, "and Efaya belonged to the male, a natural leader and protector, and Oria belonged to the female, the mother who bred her offspring. When a boy reaches adulthood, they will know whether they are Efaya or Beya, and when a girl becomes an adult, they will know if they are Orria – that is, the period of differentiation. ”

Shekka looked at Moshi, expecting him to remember something.

But apparently, Mo Shi was still confused.

"So, that's like being pregnant?" Mo Shi tried to understand, "Only when you are born do you know whether it is a male or a female—after the differentiation period of your youth, you will know whether it is Efaya or Oria or Beya?"

"Ah, yes, that's right. But that's not always the case. ”

Shekha said, drawing a circle on his chest with his fingers, a gesture to the gods: "Offend, make an analogy." Now our young master Dino has not yet been divided, assuming that after he divides, he will confirm that he is Beya, but he will get the title of earl in the future. He may remain in the Red Sand Castle, or he may have his own fiefdom. ”

Mo Shi nodded.

Shekha continued, "And if he rules in his fiefdom and becomes a lord, he may evolve into Afaya. ”

Hearing this, Mo Shi finally understood a little.

This is obviously similar to the hierarchy of wolves. When the head wolf leaves or dies, a new head wolf will appear in the group, and when the pack is divided, each group will have its own head wolf.

It seems that Afaya is referring to the "head wolf" in the group.

However, according to Shekha, it seems that there is a distinction between innate formation and acquired formation.

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"Insects. The voice of the blue bird pulled Mo Shi back to the present, "Insects, such as bees and ants, do you think that kind of social structure will be more similar?"

There are three clear types of work in the bee society, which are queen bees, male peaks, and worker bees.

The queen bee develops from fertilized eggs and lays eggs full-time, shouldering the responsibility of reproducing offspring and creating an entire bee society.

Drones develop from unfertilized and exist for the sole purpose of mating with the queen.

Worker bees develop from fertilized eggs, and all other tasks within the colony are performed by the worker bees, except for the respective tasks of the queen bee and the drone.

"Worker bees, male peaks, female bees...... That's right!" Mo Shi agreed with the inspiration that the bluebird had given him, "combined with the species of bee colony, this makes more sense." ”

He stood up and paced around the room.

"Perhaps Heyal means 'head wolf' and also 'the possibility of producing females and drones', while the commoners are all Beya. But these physiological factors are certainly not explained by the so-called 'God's gift', perhaps just as whether the female bee consumes enough royal jelly is also related to the conditions of food, clothing, shelter and transportation......"

The system of knowledge in his mind finally became a little clearer.

"As for Oria. Oriya obviously does not refer to the marginal wolf, but corresponds to the identity of the male Efaya, as a 'drone'. In a world where gender differences between men and women are widened and stereotypes divide social functions, the male Efaya is meant to be a leader, and the female Oria is seen as a mother who is fit for union and easy to produce—"

The bluebird was dragged around by him on the ground, whining.

But Mo Shi was clearly immersed in scholarly pleasure and excitement, completely ignoring the real world outside his mind.

"And they can smell different genders, just like many animals can instantly tell each other's gender and age by smell. It seems that these orcs not only retain the keen sense of smell of beasts, but also have very developed vomeronal organs!"

Fomeronasal apparatus – a chemoreceptor that opens into the roof wall of the mouth and is an organ used for extrasensory hormones.

In humans, despite the exohormones, the receiving organ, the vomeronasal apparatus, is highly degenerated. Human newborns, like offspring of other mammals, can seek milk through exohormones emitted by their mothers, and later lose this ability as they age.

...... Explicit sex, intrinsic sex, vomeronasal apparatus –

The orcs here are divided into male children, female children, as well as male Ifa and male Beya, and female Oria and female Bea.

Mo Shi paused his legs, pacing back and forth.

"The medical bachelor said that Pamu Crow's lower body was stained with the scent of female Oria......"

Mo Shi suddenly understood.

"Miss Dia is not Oria, that's why Sheka Hawthorn has that reaction!"

Pamu Crow has another lover here.

He was an unfaithful betrothed.

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In the evening, Moshi and Sheka go to visit Norwen Fei.

The retainer of the Marquis of the Autumn Crow was still busy and melancholy. He handed them a list.

"These are the lists I have commissioned to be made. I did my best to investigate, marking those who had multiple witnesses and who were unable to commit the crime between eight and nine o'clock, while the rest of the names did not have an alibi. "As promised, this is what I should be able to help with." ”

Mo Shi took the roster and bowed deeply (he had gradually become comfortable with etiquette).

But Shekka clearly knew more about how to communicate with his superiors than he did.

His voice was loud and genuinely grateful, "Thank you, Lord Norwen. If it weren't for the help of a respected adult like you, we don't know how many detours we would have taken and how much useless work we would have done. Under your care, we will surely find out the murderer of Lord Pamu as soon as possible. ”

And Heyal, who was past his prime, looked at them with a calm expression.

"Two retainers of the Duke of Firesparrow, just do your best. He said so.

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Moshi and Shekka sat in the diner-room again, this time not drinking.

They studied the list intently.

It is worthy of a list from the hand of a marquis' officer, with clear entries and accurate classifications.

According to the list, about 300 people in the castle on that day, excluding the servants in the lower room and the kitchen (who were in a tight schedule during the banquet, and there was almost no possibility of an omission going unnoticed), were included in the list of "probable offenders".

Next, you can see that some of the names are followed by a circle symbol in red ink, and a space is followed by a different number of names written on it.

The circle mark indicates that the person did not commit the crime, and the names in parentheses belong to the correspondent.

After excluding the names of the circles, there are about 200 people left.

Mo Shi glanced at it hurriedly, and judging by the limited number of literate words and common sense, he found that nearly half of the names belonged to civilian servants. When he eliminated them, there were more than 80 people left.

"These," he said, "are the ones we need to focus on." ”

Mo Shi set aside the remaining pages, leaving two directories.

Shekka picked them up and looked at them.

"Based on what you said on the day you analyzed the Chamber of Secrets, and later your investigation of Chivino, you believe that the murderer was a magician, Hyaar. Shekka was not stupid and quickly understood what Moshi meant.

"If you're willing to call it 'criminal profile,' I'd feel a little more confident in myself. ”

"Criminal's profile?"

A professional term that is too modern - Mo Shi sighed and felt "born at the wrong time".

Then, regaining his spirits, he said, "I need to ask you to do something, Mr. Sheka Hawthorn. ”

"Uh, what's the matter?"

"Please investigate the people on this list, and the people who are crossed out but are from the Raven family—find out what they did at the dinner, their relationship with Lord Pamu, and whether they are able to use magic. ”

"Hmm......"

"One more thing. ”

"What?"

"You can smell who the 'female Oria' is, right? ”

Sheka shook his ears: "You're suggesting that this is a love killing." ”

"To be precise, love killing is a possibility. And perhaps it is a big possibility. ”