The whole morning was quiet … … But when it was close to noon, Guilford, Cornelia's guardian knight, walked into the living room with a stack of documents in his hand.
"Good day, Your Highness." As soon as Guilford stepped into the room, he bowed to Cornelia who was leisurely sipping her black tea on the sofa.
"How many times have I said, no need to be so courteous, Guilford." Cornelia saw Guilford's actions, her two slender eyebrows slightly wrinkled and said helplessly.
"This is etiquette, Your Highness." Guilford lowered his head and said. Then without waiting for Cornelia to speak, he stepped forward and handed the documents in his hand to Cornelia, "This is the investigation information you asked for about the death of Queen Mariana seven and a half years ago."
"Thank you for your hard work, Guilford." Cornelia reached out to take the documents and thanked him.
"Your Highness is too kind." Guilford replied fearfully and turned to the side to stand quietly.
"The information you asked for." Cornelia passed the documents in her hand to Sei Itō who was surfing the web and said.
"You're not slow." Sei Itō stopped what he was doing and raised his head to take the documents handed over by Cornelia. He then lowered his head to look at it.
"Maybe I couldn't wait." Cornelia lowered her head to take a sip of the black tea in her hand and said.
"Understandable." Hearing this, Sei Itō replied without raising his head. Then he continued to look at the documents in his hand seriously. He browsed through the information related to the terrain, people, the guards' statements, the descriptions of unrelated people, the investigators' reports, the conclusions, analysis, and other information. After a while, he raised his head and said to Cornelia, "It seems that I can only go to the scene and take a look."
"What?" Cornelia asked doubtfully.
"The investigation report seems to have written a lot, but in fact, it didn't say anything. Apart from letting me understand the layout of the Li Palace (Aries Temple), the state of the corpse at the time, the time and method of Mariana's death, there was nothing useful. It's nothing more than a cover-up report. " Sei Itō casually tossed the information book onto the table in front of him and patted the surface of the book.
"But if you go to the Li Palace, what clues can you find? After all, seven and a half years have already passed. Even if the Li Palace was sealed off after the assassination, it still wouldn't be of any help to you." As a Guardian Knight, Guildford naturally knew that Cornelia had always been brooding over the assassination of Imperial Concubine Mariana. She had put in a lot of effort to investigate and had even gone to the Li Palace several times to investigate, but had never obtained any clues. Therefore, she instinctively refuted Sei Itō's suggestion.
"How do you know that I won't be able to find any clues?" Sei Itō looked at Guilford, who was standing behind Cornelia, with interest.
"This …" Guildford was stumped by Sei Itō's question. He was speechless for a long time. After all, he had been in contact with Sei Itō for half a year, so he knew a little about Sei Itō's mysteriousness. Therefore, Guildford really couldn't find a reason to refute. What if he really could?
"That's good." Cornelia saw her knight's embarrassment and said, "Then let's go to the Imperial Palace in the afternoon."
"Okay." Sei Itō nodded indifferently. He continued to immerse himself in browsing the Internet. Unfortunately, Japan in this world had already become District 11, so Sei Itō browsed the whole morning and didn't find any traces of anime or AV. Instead, he found a lot of Britannia's anime and movies, but because of the taste, he wasn't used to it, so he gave up on searching in this area. Instead, he played games. Fortunately, the game production in this world was very good. It was completely different from the kimchi games in China and the kawaii games in Japan. He could play it very happily.
In the afternoon. Sei Itō, who had changed into a knight suit prepared by Cornelia, drove to the Imperial Palace with Cornelia and Guildford …
"We're here." In less than half an hour, the three arrived in front of a group of ancient castles that were more than ten meters tall and had a China -style parapet wall at the top. The outer wall was covered in white and was protected by a white wall. After a simple inspection by the guards at the door. They walked into the Imperial Palace Courtyard within the perimeter of the wall.
The three's purpose was very clear, so they didn't stop at the Imperial Palace Courtyard. They bypassed the huge Town Hall, walked into a side road, and walked straight to one of the ancient castles behind the Imperial Palace.
The three walked all the way. After passing through two palaces and three gardens, they finally arrived at the Imperial Palace Courtyard in the south of the Imperial Palace Courtyard.
"It's here." Cornelia stood in front of the Imperial Palace and said with a complicated expression.
"Your Royal Highness." Guildford looked at Cornelia's expression and called out softly with concern.
"It's okay, let's go in." After being called by Guildford, Cornelia immediately calmed down. She led Sei Itō to the front of the tightly shut palace door, pushed it open, and walked in.
The floor was paved with yellow marble. More than a dozen yellow pillars in the style of a Mediterranean temple were erected on both sides of the palace. The ceiling was semi-circular like an Islamic church. It was painted with European-style scenery and figures. At the innermost part of the palace, there was a screen wall with a picture of an ancient Greek man fighting a fierce beast. At the front of the screen wall was a slightly larger platform that connected to more than a dozen steps leading to the palace floor.
"Is there always someone here to clean this place?" Sei Itō glanced at the interior of the palace and asked.
"Yes, there are palace maids in charge of cleaning at a fixed time every day." Cornelia nodded.
"Oh." Sei Itō nodded and walked step by step to the place where Mariana died. He turned to look at Cornelia and said, "I remember that this is where Imperial Concubine Mariana died. She was lying on the ground with her face down and her hands spread out. The report said that she was protecting Her Royal Highness Nunnally at that time, right?"
"Yes." Cornelia nodded and said.
Then Sei Itō pointed to the dark passage on the left side of the screen wall that led to an unknown place and said, "Is that the passage leading to the back palace?"
"Yes." Cornelia looked at the direction Sei Itō pointed and confirmed.
Then Sei Itō stepped on the stairs, walked up a few steps, and finally stopped at a position and asked, "The report said that Mariana was standing here before she died, right?"
"Yes." Cornelia frowned and looked at Sei Itō, not understanding what he wanted to do.
"Do you remember the description of the bullet that was shot into Imperial Concubine Mariana's body in the report?" Sei Itō stood in place and asked.
"It was shot into Imperial Concubine Mariana's body at an oblique angle of nearly 45 degrees. It directly penetrated the liver and lungs, destroyed the liver aorta, causing a large area of internal bleeding …" Cornelia recalled a little.
"That's enough." Sei Itō waved his hand to interrupt Cornelia's description and asked, "How far do you think it is from the angle of where I am standing to the ground?"
"En?" Cornelia raised her eyebrows and observed carefully. Finally, she said in a deep voice, "It is more than 30 degrees from the side of the eye."
Obviously, Cornelia also thought of the problem at this time. With her wisdom, it was easy for her to associate something.
"Assuming that the assassin is an adult about 1.8 meters tall, what is the angle of shooting Imperial Concubine Mariana from the height of his gun?" Sei Itō asked again before Cornelia could continue to think.
"Less than 10 degrees," Cornelia said in a deep voice with a gloomy face.
"You forgot the distance of retreat," Sei Itō reminded.
"That's not more than 15 degrees," Cornelia said.
"Then what kind of posture do you think the assassin needs to shoot a bullet close to 45 degrees?" Sei Itō mocked.
"Half-squatting on the ground," Cornelia said. Then Cornelia looked up at Sei Itō and said, "Do you mean that Imperial Concubine Mariana was ambushed when she accepted someone's allegiance?"
"You missed one thing. What if the assassin is a short dwarf or a child?" Sei Itō stretched out his finger and shook it.
"A child and a dwarf!?" Guilford exclaimed, "The children in this palace at that time were the late Princess Nunnally and the current Sixth Knight of the Round Table, Lady Ania. You mean they are the assassins!?"
"Impossible." Cornelia immediately retorted, "Nunnally has no reason to kill her mother, Imperial Concubine Mariana. What's more, she was less than seven years old at that time, and Knight Ania had just entered the Aries Palace not long ago. She has no motive at all."
"I didn't say that the assassins are the two of them. I'm just stating my speculation." Sei Itō said, then continued to analyze, "Imperial Concubine Mariana should have been talking to the assassin at that time. The content was quite secretive. This can be easily inferred from the guard mobilization you mentioned. It's just that Imperial Concubine Mariana didn't expect the assassin to suddenly attack. This can be inferred from the bloodstains where I was standing in the investigation report. Then, Her Highness Nunnally suddenly appeared. The assassin was obviously distracted by her appearance, giving Imperial Concubine Mariana a chance to rush to Her Highness Nunnally. She was then killed by the assassin's bullet. As for why the assassin didn't kill Her Highness Nunnally in the end, this is unknown. "
"If the assassin is a child or a short dwarf, has a ruthless temperament, can freely enter and leave the palace without being questioned, and is acquainted with Imperial Concubine Mariana. Perhaps this person is also acquainted with His Majesty the Emperor. Even if His Majesty the Emperor knew that the assassin killed Imperial Concubine Mariana, he wouldn't do anything about it. Then, that person is the assassin." Sei Itō finally concluded.
"Why do you say that the assassin is acquainted with His Majesty the Emperor?" Guilford asked doubtfully.
"Since I can infer this from the bullet, there's no reason that the guys in the Imperial Intelligence Department can't even do this. Since they have the ability, why didn't they write the report truthfully? You must know that this matter was closely watched by the Emperor at that time. "Sei Itō asked rhetorically.
"Who the hell is it?" Cornelia muttered to herself with a frown at this time.
Sei Itō looked at Cornelia's appearance and smiled silently. Then, he spread out his mental strength and began to explore deep underground …
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