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Charlotte de Gradias was overcome with a peculiar feeling.
“I… I think I was asleep, but then… I don’t really remember…”
‘Is she an idiot?’ Charlotte thought.
However, the idea that an idiot could learn magic was absurd.
Harriet was absolutely not an idiot.
But Vertus pounced on the opportunity, and Charlotte followed suit by suggesting a hint of intrigue, which led to Harriet’s incoherent babbling.
The night before, Louis Ankton and Ellen Artorius had been assassinated. When asked what she was doing at the time, she could have simply mentioned that she’d been sleeping in her private room, but instead, she hesitated, claimed not to remember, and suggested that her anxiety and confusion had caused her lapse in memory.
Her responses sounded suspicious to anyone listening.
“Is there anyone who can vouch for your alibi last night?”
“W-Well… I don’t think so…”
“Harriet, we had tea together until late last night.”
“Did… did we?!”
The usually smart girl was acting like an idiot.
‘What’s going on with her? She’s not old enough to be experiencing dementia.’
Charlotte was already feeling quite uncomfortable.
Their first move had been strong. They had easily gotten rid of Reinhart, the biggest potential obstacle in this mission, by leveraging the prejudice of their classmates.
While it was bothersome to share victory with Vertus, her aim was to emerge victorious, and so they had to win.
Charlotte had lived her life in this manner, much like Vertus.
That allowed her to make cold, rational decisions in such scenarios.
Reinhart, who was deemed the biggest nuisance, had been successfully...
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