In view of Mary's outstanding performance in the murder of Birune yesterday, the royal brother Preben decided to meet with Mary and personally express the royal family's gratitude to her.

As Mary's assistant, Karasuma Ying was not present at the whole time yesterday, but due to Mary's request, she went with her.

Led by the one-eyed Barry, the two left the annex and arrived at the King's Castle in the royal palace.

Different from the palace architecture in the East, the king of Andrew's kingdom lived and handled daily government affairs in this small king's castle.

And since the current king Heningu fell seriously ill, the royal brother Preben, who held the power of overseer, also moved into this king's castle.

Following Barry, the two entered the castle after a brief inspection by the guard at the gate.

In the center of the castle there is a large courtyard filled with flowers of all kinds, which are being tended by several maids.

Walking through the courtyard, the trio entered the castle through an inner door, then followed the stairs up the second floor, and finally stopped in front of a room guarded by a lavishly decorated door.

"His Royal Highness Preben is inside, Miss Mary, please come in." Barry stopped, turned to the two behind him, and said.

"Can't Xiaoying go in with me?" Mary asked.

"Your Highness has only met you, Miss Mary." Barry answered her questions.

"I see."

No longer insisting, Mary looked at Karasuma Ying beside her, raised her hand and patted her shoulder, and said slightly apologetically:

"I'm sorry Xiaoying, I can only trouble you to wait for me at the door, don't walk around."

"Hmm." Not minding, Karasuma smiled and nodded.

She didn't notice that Mary had taped a small locator to the inside of her coat collar as she raised her hand to tap her shoulder.

For Mary, the sudden disappearance and reappearance of Karasuma Ying yesterday was simply a miracle, a miracle that God favored her.

It's unclear what's going on behind the scenes, but Mary realizes that luck is most likely on her side this time.

Therefore, after regaining this important bargaining chip, she did not hesitate to increase her attention to Karasuma Ying, and the two basically never left each other's sight, whether they went to the toilet, ate or even slept.

Even when she was received by Preben, Mary had to take Karasuma Ying with her, because she was afraid that if she looked away a little, the child would suddenly disappear like yesterday.

After all, good luck never lasts long, and who knows if this kid will run back on his own next time.

Quietly leaving the locator behind, Mary walked into the room.

In the corridor outside the room, apart from the guards who looked like wooden carvings, only Karasuma Ying and Barry remained.

"Karasuma-sama."

Seeing Mary in, Barry turned to look at Karasuma Ying and asked directly, "Would you mind going over there with me to talk?" ”

Barry gestured to the unguarded hallway next to it.

"Okay." Without hesitation, Karasuma nodded in agreement.

It just so happened that she also had questions she wanted to ask Barry.

The two walked to the side hallway together, making sure that the nearby guards couldn't hear their conversation before stopping.

"I'm curious to know, how did Karasuma-sama get out of there yesterday?" Barry asked first, it seems that Karasuma's successful escape from prison yesterday did bring him quite a surprise.

"It's not that magical, I used a little trick to stun the guards outside, and then used the wire inside the hairpin to pry open the lock of the cell door, it's that simple." Karasuma replied truthfully.

As she spoke, she raised her hand and pointed to the hairpin she had borrowed from the maid of the annex on her head, as for her original hairpin, it was no longer usable after pulling out the wire.

"Is that really the case?"

Although he had already guessed the answer, Barry was still a little surprised when he heard Karasuma Ying say it himself.

"It's the first time I've seen someone like this outside of TV to be able to pick a lock with a little wire."

"It's too much, it's not a sophisticated technical ...... It is common in countries outside. After hesitating for a moment, Karasuma Ying still said the latter sentence.

Lockpicking is not a sophisticated technique, and foreign locksmiths will, among which there are many who are more skilled and proficient than Karasuma Ying.

"Well, our country is too backward...... It's really time to change the locks of the cell to electronic locks as soon as possible. ”

After saying this self-deprecatingly, Barry suddenly turned pale and said in a deep tone:

"You really shouldn't have been involved in that yesterday."

Obviously, he saw Karasuma Ying and Mary as a whole.

And the incident in his mouth naturally refers to the murder of Birune.

Thinking about the reason why Barry said this, Karasuma Ying weighed it and asked tentatively:

"Is your plan related to that small village ten years ago?"

Barry glanced at her with the only remaining eye, and there was not much surprise in his eyes.

"Looks like they've already told you?"

"Yes, he also asked me to tell you not to do superfluous things for them, he doesn't want the country to be in turmoil because of them." Karasuma Ying truthfully said the old man's words.

"Is that so......"

There was still no surprise on his face, and Barry just nodded flatly, and after a moment of silence, he spoke in the same flat tone:

"It's too late, we have no way out."

After saying this, he paused and continued:

"Of course, I don't mean to resent you, you just did what you were supposed to do, and it's not your fault."

Karasuma Ying just listened quietly and didn't interject.

However, Barry was also silent after saying this, and the two of them just stood in the hallway, falling into an eerie silence for a moment.

The silence lasted for several minutes before Barry spoke again and asked, "Why do you want to be a detective?" ”

I didn't expect him to ask this suddenly, Karasuma Ying was stunned for a moment, and then gave her answer.

"It's the result of following the trend."

This question was also asked by Terumi's sister before, and Karasuma's answer remained the same, the so-called detective was just the result of her taking advantage of the situation.

In addition to being good at reasoning, Karasuma Ying has never thought that she fits the mainstream image of detectives in this world.

She has neither a fanatical interest in reasoning nor an obsessive pursuit of justice.

Aside from the events that she was involved in by accident, everything she has done so far has been to solve the mystery of her loved ones and then ......

"The blue sapphire is long gone in the kingdom."

Barry's voice pulled back Karasuma's drifting thoughts.

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(End of chapter)