Bella whispered a few words in Officer Christopher's ear before returning to Elena and sitting down.

Officer Christopher's men then scrutinized Mr. Wesley's cane.

Soon, a small vial of puffer fish blood was found inside the handle.

In the face of the evidence, Mr. Wesley confessed. He did this in order to embezzle Mr. Gibson's estate.

The matter has finally come to an end.

Keeping the problem under control, the food festival was not greatly affected.

The merchant has also had to regain its reputation.

After leaving the shop and walking along the Seine, Elena still couldn't suppress the doubts in her heart.

"How did you find out?" Elena asked, puzzled.

"Did you just take a closer look at the situation on the deceased's table?" Bella asked.

"On the table?" Elena carefully recalled, "What do you mean?"

"Did you notice that Mr. Gibson is left-handed?"

"That's what you say...... It seems to be true."

Elena remembered that on the table in front of the deceased, the position of the knife and fork was reversed.

"But what does it matter?" Elena still didn't understand.

"Where does Mr. Gibson's wine go?" Bella asked.

"Of course...... Ah, yes, it's on the left-hand side, too." Elena seemed to understand, "Mr. Wesley is sitting on his left, right?"

"That's right." Bella nodded.

"But, even then, if Mr. Wesley puts something in his cup, it will always get his attention, right?"

"Indeed, from Mr. Gibson's point of view, if Mr. Wesley had done anything to his glass, he would have been discovered. But what if Mr. Wesley poisoned not Mr. Gibson's glass, but his own?"

"His own?" Elena was puzzled again.

"If you think about it, all three of them were eating. Everyone had their own utensils and food in front of them, and if Mr. Wesley secretly moved his hands and feet in the cup while drinking, the other two wouldn't have noticed, right?"

Everyone has a different habit of drinking, and even if Mr. Wesley does something, no one else cares.

"But why did that poison end up in Mr. Gibson's cup?" Elena asked.

"Because Mr. Gibson took the wrong cup." Bella replied, "To be exact, it was Mr. Wesley who quietly switched and made Mr. Gibson unwittingly take the wrong one."

"——? Elena was amazed.

"Think again, Mr. Gibson's cup is on the left-hand side, right? Mr. Wesley was also sitting on the left, and the cup was on his right-hand side, next to Mr. Gibson's cup. Just use a little technique, such as mentioning something interesting out of the blue, to grab their attention and pick up one of the glasses naturally."

After that, he used a toast or something like to make the other two people also hold their glasses, and they unknowingly stole the beams and changed the pillars.

"I see." Elena finally got it.

Because there is not much difference between the two glasses, it is difficult to detect as long as you control the amount left in the glass a little. Moreover, the color of the puffer fish blood is mixed with the red wine, and there is almost no change in it. They ate steak again, and the taste was still relatively strong, so they were not so sensitive to the fishy smell.

"But how do you know there's something wrong with that cane?" Elena then asked.

"Actually, that's speculation." Bella replied, "Remember when someone accidentally knocked Mr. Wesley's cane to the ground?"

"Well, he was very angry at the time." Elena recalled.

"Ever since the case, he's been holding on to that cane, leaning it against the table next to him only when the officer heard that he needed to sign it. Judging by the quality of the cane, it shouldn't be so easy to break, but it's really unnatural that he has such a big fire. As you can see, that thing is very important to it, not just an assistive device. Because his emotions at that time were not cherished, but the kind that seemed very nervous."

"Even if that's the case, you can't be sure that there is something wrong with the cane, right?"

"Do you remember that when we were in Vienna, Mr. Amadeus said that a hollow object and a solid object vibrate with different tones?"

"Well, remember, he judged the amount of cargo in a wagon by his voice."

At that time, he also helped Mr. Holder solve a case.

"The sound of that cane falling to the ground was a little high, indicating that it was hollow inside. And if you look closely, you will notice that there is still a trace of blood near the handle. So I guessed there might be something hidden inside."

"I didn't expect you to notice such details."

"It's nothing, if you pay a little attention, you'll find that there are still many flaws. For example, the traveling merchants who live everywhere carry valuable things with them, so Mr. Steinbeck's behavior is quite normal, and on the contrary, Wesley is a little strange, neither carrying anything of value nor goods, and he is very nervous about his cane. And although he himself replied that there was no urgency, while waiting in the store, he took out the pocket watch in his arms more than once, indicating that he was very concerned about time. Because the longer it drags on, the greater the risk of exposure."

"Okay, okay, I see, you must think it's a simple thing this time, right?" Elena remembered Bella's mantra.

"That's not it." "If I hadn't met Mr. Pasteur, I wouldn't have known that there is a fish in the world that is so poisonous that even blood can poison people."

Moreover, there are still people who eat this fish?

"Monsieur Pasteur is indeed very knowledgeable, and seems to know a great deal of great expertise." Elena also praised.

The last time I was in Vincent, it was with the help of Mr. Pasteur that I was able to unravel the principle that blood does not clot.

"Sister Mary, what's wrong with you?" Anna was sharing a pack of macarons with Mary, when she saw Mary suddenly stop what she was doing, "Isn't it delicious?"

"Oh, no, it's delicious." Mary seems to have just gone distracted.

Perhaps it was Bella and Elena who brought up Vienna and reminded her of her hometown.

Or, maybe I remembered my old friend.

Just as they had crossed the stone bridge and returned to the south bank of the Seine, they saw a middle-aged man come to them.

"Your Royal Highness, please return to the palace." The man bowed.

"Looks like I can't continue to play with you." Mary said regretfully, "I have to go back first."

She reluctantly said goodbye to the three of Bella, and left.

"It seems that she is not happy at the Palace of Versailles." Elena sighed, "Didn't we just mention Mr. Amadeus, and it made her a little sentimental?"

"Perhaps, he had expected this to be the outcome." Bella said, "If you live within the walls of the palace, I'm afraid you won't be able to help yourself."

"I heard that Prince Kautz seems to have come to Paris." "Is Austria going to war with Prussia?"

"Is the conflict between Empress Teresa and her cousin so deep?" Bella isn't very clear about the political side of things.

Obviously, several royal families in Europe are more or less related by blood, but they fight with each other all day long.

"Actually, I recently heard from the Marquis de Condorcet in the salon." "After all, when Empress Theresa ascended the throne, Frederick II was the first to start the war. And during the Seven Years' War, Austria suffered so many losses. Now that France has formed an alliance this time, the Empress will definitely be ashamed, right?"

At the end of the Seven Years' War, both Austria and France suffered considerable losses due to Russia's imminent defection.

If she wants to reclaim Silesia, Empress Teresa must unite stronger allies and obtain more resources for the war.

"Once he senses the threat of his cousin, Frederick will definitely strike first." Erin continued, "That's Mr. Aroue's judgment."

"By the way, has Mr. Aroué been invited to serve as a literary chamberlain at the court in Berlin before?"

"Yes, that's why he knows the King of Prussia so well."

"That's ......."

"Moreover, he speculated, the fuse of the war was likely to revolve around Bavaria."

"Huh? Why is that?"

"According to Mr. Aroue's analysis, the Wittelsbach family, the royal family of Bavaria, has no heir, so the Habsburgs, as the descendants of Rudolf I, who are related to their ancestors, will definitely participate in the struggle for the throne. Frederick II was very afraid that Austria would once again dominate the German region, so he would definitely be the first to start a war."

Although it was Mr. Arue's point of view, Elena spoke eloquently as if she had seen the outcome of the matter.

As they spoke, they came to Elsa and Mr. Kress's booth again.

The two were busy soliciting customers, and it seemed that business was booming.

"You say, does Elsa know who Mr. Kress is?" Elena asked.

"Hmm...... I think that since Mr. Cress is so good at his craft, Elsa will hire him, whether he has this relationship with Mr. Patrick or not, right?" Bella replied, "Or is it because of Mr. Cress's skill that Mr. Patrick was able to become the head of the court?"

"No, I don't mean that."

"Huh? What's that?"

"I mean, did Elsa know that Mr. Kress is the little boy she met in the woods?"

"So you still care about that." Bella shook her head speechlessly, "It's boring."

"Why?" Elena said unconvinced, "Aren't you curious?"

"Not curious." Bella replied firmly.