The Emperor’s Lover Was Murdered

 

Then the emperor’s commander stepped out and held the door so that I could get out first.

 

As the emperor’s ss (secret service) commander escorted me, I left the door in embarrassment.

 

Upon entering the office, Gibril, who had jumped up and approached me, found Stein and stopped.

 

After hearing my answer, Gibril questioned me with a saddened expression on her face.

 

“So I can’t join you this time?”

 

“I’m sorry, Gibril. The emperor doesn’t want many people to gossip about the count’s case.

“

 

“Okay, senior. But if you need anything, order it. I’ll do errands.”

 

“Thank you so much for everything, Gibril.”

 

I vowed to take care of Gibril when I was promoted and responded to Gibril with a smile.

 

Gibril laughed at me,

disheveling my

blonde hair.

 

As I sat down, I took out my notebook as usual.

 

Count Dundress’s body was found yesterday morning, and the time of death was the night before, as I autopsy the body.

 

First of all, I had to investigate the count’s actions on the day of the incident.

 

I was instructed to summon the Countess’s coachman, who claimed to have brought the Count to the Denville Mountain Center, and I left the Police Department.

 

It was because I thought I should see the place where the body was found with my own eyes.

 

As I headed for the police department’s business wagon, Stein, who was following me, said, pointing to the white luxury wagon.

 

“The carriage that lady Nass will use for the time being is that way.”

 

As my eyes reached the wagon, the coachman raised his hat and said hello.

 

It was evident that the imperial family provided both the carriage and the coachman.

 

Indeed, the carriage was not comparable to the carriages and public carriages of the Police Department.

 

I got on the wagon pleasantly but with a heavy heart saying, I’m treated like this because I’m in charge of a severe case.

 

As I was organizing my notebook in the running carriage, I asked Stein, who sat opposite me.

 

“Mr. Stein, that evening, Count Dundresses went from the Imperial Palace to Mount Denville. Can you tell the exact time?”

 

“Of course, Ms. Nass, as per your Majesty’s order, you can ask me for anything. Count Dundresses entered about 5 p.m. that day and had dinner with His Majesty. He left around 9 p.m. after a brief conversation.”

 

“Around 9 o’clock? If you departed from the Imperial Palace and didn’t stop by anywhere else, you would have arrived at Mount Denville at around 9:30 that night. Didn’t your Majesty know why the Count went there?”

“Your Majesty thought he was heading for his residence immediately after the palace.”

 

“Okay. Why did you go to the outskirts opposite the Count’s House? And the coachman took the Count to a bar, but the Count was found on the mountain. I have to try to find if anyone saw the count around the mountain that day.”

 

“That’s a good idea. I’ll give order to  the crew.”

 

I hesitated for a moment whether the Emperor’s SS (secret service) could be used for this kind of thing, but I nodded.

 

Anyone needed manpower if they couldn’t mobilize the police officers.

 

When we arrived at the entrance to Mount Denville, the police officers who had finished searching overnight were withdrawing.

 

During the field investigation, a member of the justice department was scouting around the area, recognized me, and ran to report.

 

“I found the victim’s belongings on the hillside.”

 

“Belongings? Where? What is the distance from the victim?”

 

“It was calcium acid on the other side of where the victim was found. Someone seemed to have been crumpled and thrown away, but the killer ran away and took care of it?”

 

“I see. Didn’t you find the rest of the body?”

 

“Yes, I went through the mountains, but there was nothing found.”

 

“Okay. Give me the evidence, and you guys can quit now.”

 

“Yes, investigator!”

 

The police officer handed me a large pouch and walked away.

 

When I opened the pouch, I saw a bunch of crumpled clothes, and I put it on my side and pulled out a map.

 

Then Stein picked up the pouch, and I smiled a little and thanked him.

 

A partner who knows how to be considerate of the people is precious.

 

I’m starting to like the quick-witted commander.

 

On the trail up Mount Denville, there is a small cabin.

 

This is where the hunters stop by before climbing the mountain in earnest, and the place where the body was found was just behind the cabin.

 

The discovery was quick because it was a road that people often go to, but I shooked my head and groaned because the killer who took part of the body put the rest of the body in a place where it could be easily found.

 

Seeing that the head was removed and the clothes were discarded on the other side of the mountain, it seems that he was trying to hide the identity while letting the body be found quickly?

 

Did the culprit firmly believe that it would turn out to be the work of a masu, or was he confident that we would not be able to find out?

 

I walked up the trail, feeling the fire of the tree frog as I hesitated and told Stain.

 

“Can I ask you to go through this mountain one more time? The members of the Kyungmudae are meticulous, but if the clothes are thrown away, the rest of the body might be nearby.“

 

“Of course, Miss Nass. You don’t have to request. Just ask.”

 

I smiled at Stein’s words.

 

The Emperor’s SS (secret service) is known to select only the elite among the elites.

 

Maybe that’s why everyone is so condescending, but Stain’s attitude was polite the whole time.

 

I know you’re not polite to me but polite to the investigator who performs the emperor’s orders, but I didn’t feel bad working while being treated like this.

 

It was my daily life to get cursed even if I was assigned a case with a senior with a cranky personality.

 

I climbed a steep hiking trail and arrived at the cabin.

 

When I went back to the back of the cabin where the body was found, I saw an indelible bloodstain on the ground.

 

I sat in front of the bloodstain and carefully observed where the blood soaked into the ground.

 

The spot was not so wide where bloodstained was found.

 

I searched around, picked up a stone of the right size, and started digging.

 

There came out a bloody strain came out, and blood was smeared on my hand.

 

I was digging without worrying about it, but only at the point where I could no longer see blood. I stopped my hand and looked at the ground.

 

Stain, who was just observing me, asked.

 

“Shall I dig?”

 

“No, I’ve seen it all. But it’s strange.”

 

“What do you mean by strange?”

 

“There is too little blood. But there was too little blood left on the body. Then, the body should have shed more blood here than this.”

 

“Indeed.”

 

Stein muttered with admiration.

 

I looked through the area nearby and looked for other bloodstains, but I couldn’t find them.

 

Was it another place where the victim was killed?

 

I wrote another assumption in my notebook, looked around a little more, and then came down the mountain.