“There’s no evidence. There are circumstances that suggest guilt, but there’s no proof. There's nothing left to clear His Majesty’s name,” Marquis Peiltris muttered.1

Davey looked around the room with his hands cuffed by mana restraints. He felt nothing, as he expected. 0

‘Even the memory of the land had been wiped clean. They didn’t use a higher spirit or powerful force; they dispersed it.’0

The methods were different. Power that had been forcibly erased could be restored, but they had scattered the spirit’s memories instead.0

‘Gnoum, do you really not remember anything?’ Davey asked.1

Nature spirit Gnoum trembled, unable to answer. As Davey nodded, the higher level earth spirit next to him started radiating a powerful energy, making Gnoum shudder and nod frantically.0

The memory wasn’t gone; there was simply no memory of that time at all. Davey knew this wasn’t something that could be achieved with simple magic. It had to be related to that strange smell.0

“Your Highness, is there a reason we came here? If you can’t prove anything, your position will be in danger,” Marquis Peiltris said, following closely behind him.1

There was no clear physical evidence that Davey had killed the victim, but there was enough circumstantial evidence.0

“Marquis, I don’t think this incident was just a random crime.”0

“Your Highness…”0

“So, I’m going to get them so hard they won’t even have a chance to cover their tracks.”0

The incident of women all over the continent disappearing, along with this incident—it was all the work of the same person. But he couldn’t figure out their goal.0

Davey contemplated for a moment and decided to go back to the basics. He asked himself why the criminal would smear the young man’s blood on a longsword and then kill him with a dagger.0

“They could’ve just used the longsword,” Davey muttered.0

“Your Highness?”0

“Perserque, what do you think?”0

“I believe it’s because they knew they couldn't get the results they wanted with a longsword but only with a main-gauche-type dagger,” Perserque replied calmly.0

The longsword was a red herring; the culprit had used a short dagger to kill the victim.0

“Your Majesty, what do you mean…?” Marquis Peiltris...0