Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Young Detective's Speculation
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The culture of snowwalkers is not about distance. On the contrary, because of the extreme cold in the north (which is just as difficult for fluffy snowwalkers), they have developed a series of normal social habits such as shaking hands, holding hands, and holding arms.
Moshi thought of otters. Fearing being distracted by the waves while asleep, they will put their arms around each other and fall asleep.
However, for intelligent beings with a highly developed level of education, in many cases, the ceremonial habits left over from the ancient way of life have lost their meaning and only retain symbolism.
It's like, nowadays people don't shake hands to show that they don't have weapons in their hands, and even, maybe they don't contain the slightest kindness at all.
The social culture of snowwalkers is somewhere between primitive and "top civilization".
Therefore, when they walked side by side, their arms bent against each other through their clothes, Mo Shi could feel the unpaid trust and affection of the young man, the endless exuberant energy. Even after the arrival of summer, it is still very warm.
But Mo Shi knows exactly what he is about to face:
He will have to resist and refuse the kindness of the teenager, and he will dismantle and dissolve this gratuitous delivery.
He listened quietly to Dino Firesparrow as he gleefully told him what his investigation had yielded to some of the worth talking about:
"At first, you learned about Fun from the son of the DR family, and uncovered a long list of evils behind it, which also prevented you from continuing to follow the original clues to track down the identity of the killer. ”
Yes, on the face of it, it does.
"Kanin Madarao. Dino spat out the name, "Later I tried to investigate more about this person." At first I wanted to get news from Lord Mor Amethyst. But you know, he's so cold. ”
The good thing is that there are no grades, not even classes.
So if Dino wanted to know something that happened two or three years ago, it wouldn't be very difficult.
At this point, it is time to explain a little about the composition of the "circle of firebirds".
In the Spinel Academy before Dino's visit, none of the clans of the two major families, Autumn Crow and Firesparrow, from the west, studied in the academy. Therefore, the arrival of Dino Firebird, the second son of the Grand Duke of the West, meant that almost all social circles needed to be reorganized.
The sons of the retainers who were already subordinate to the Firesparrow would of course do their best to curry favor with him, and the sons of the lords who were close to the territory of the Firefinch and the Autumn Crow also tried to get close to him, or at least show goodwill.
Here, even though some of the students were well versed in poetry and were much older than Dino, they still felt that they had to bow down to him, be submissive, and even flattering in front of him.
If Dino hadn't asked, they probably wouldn't have said. But if Dino asks questions, many people must know everything.
And now Mo Shi is standing here, helplessly bearing this kind of convenience for the fire sparrow, and the bitter fruit for himself at this moment.
"They told me a lot about Kanin Madarao," Dino was still naïve, he had received preferential treatment since he was a child, so he didn't feel that it was a privilege to be treated, "The most important point was that I realized that even though Kanin Madarao was a student of Seinoin, he was allowed to take some courses in Hakunoin - the reason was that he was very talented. ”
Mo Shi nodded slowly.
Dino saw this as an encouragement.
So, even though he knew he was telling something very cruel, he smiled a little.
"And I soon learned why Mor Amethyst was so secretive about it. ”
Mo Shi's expression changed slightly.
Moshi realized that the conversation had stretched out to a place he didn't know much about.
"The person who approved Kanin Madarao's visit to Hakunoin is Lord Mor Amethyst," Dino said, "and I was surprised at first, because since we came here, we haven't seen a single student of Aishinoin who has been allowed to come to Hakunoin for a class. But then I heard that before Kanin Madarao, there were a handful of geniuses who had been promoted—one of whom went on to become one of the king's secretaries. ”
Sure enough, Dino had his own discovery. But whether Dino's discovery will really point to the outcome that Moshi fears, Moshi can't tell yet.
In the case of Mo Shi himself, he judged the identity of the murderer very early. When he learns that Opal Zirconium is related to Kanin Madarao, some small clues surface, and when the target is correct, it is no longer difficult to find corroboration. Eventually, he stood on the third floor of the library and witnessed his own guesses.
Obviously, Mo Shi's approach is somewhat "cheating", given that he and the murderer himself have been friends for more than a year.
Dino is going to be more detective, so Dino will have more detailed evidence.
"But in any case, this is a special case within a special case. And I heard from a guy who came into the academy at the same time as Jianing that they didn't think there was anything special about Jianing, and he told me this, 'He's really smart, he's very decent, he's good-tempered—I shouldn't have said that after that kind of incident, but I don't think he's really good enough to sit with us.' Besides, maybe if he never came, it would have been a good thing for him.' ”
"Interesting. Mo Shi whispered.
Dino continued: "As much as I think their views are unlikely to be truly objective, this caught my attention. So I went out of my way to ask all the teachers. ”
"All...... All?"
"Yes. Dino nodded solemnly, "Including the herbalist doctor of the Blue Academy." ”
"Remarkable. Mo Shi sighed sincerely. Mo Shi himself still had some social difficulties, and he categorically would not have investigated in such detail without necessarily oppression.
"As I expected, their attitude towards this matter is similar to that of Lord Mor Amethyst, and the most enthusiastic and talkative teacher seems to have only complimented Canin Banning a few times. They said that before you, Mr. Moshi, wrote to denounce it, they didn't expect Jianing to be because of that kind of thing...... was persecuted, and finally committed suicide in depression. ”
Dino paused, a little sad.
After a moment of gathering his emotions, he continued, "One of the gentlemen told me that some time before Kanin Madarao committed suicide, they saw that Kanin was not in a good state and knew that he might be being bullied, but Kanin always prevaricated on the grounds that he was sick...... Because it was true that Kanin Madarao had never been very healthy and strong, he did not pay attention at the time. ”
Moshi remembered Opal Duzirconia's complaint.
Later, Opal and he mentioned Jianing very briefly. Opal says that Jianing is good at patience until she can't bear it anymore and decides to put an end to the pain. Jianing is a person who is very reluctant to disturb others and is not good at making requests.
"The important thing is," Dino's tone returned to calm and hurriedness, indicating that he was about to return to the investigation of the case itself, "an old herbalist from the Blue Academy, who seemed to appreciate Jianing, casually mentioned, 'When Jianing first came to the Central Committee and was not yet officially enrolled, he often audited classes.'" ”
Peculiar statement.
Mo Shi frowned slightly.
And Dino was aware of this: "I asked, 'Was Jianin Madarao living in the center at that time?' and the old doctor said, 'Yes, he lived in Mor. Mor loved to entertain children from his homeland. ’”
Mor Amethyst?an unexpected figure.
Interesting.
Interesting indeed.
Moshi was also a little excited—he liked to know what he didn't know. He might have asked Opal about the details of the series of killings, but that was obviously inappropriate, Opal Zirconium was a murderer but not a murderer, he was slaughtering with the mood of a martyr. He's no crazier than he is. What's more, there is almost a mess between the two of them now, and Mo Shi needs more time to think about and sort it out.