Chapter 77 – The Whole Case
This is a story that continues between Ep.63 and Ep.64.
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Albert went out of the living room and into the bedroom with Roosevelt, saying he would explain the room.
It was a common area without an exterior wall, but it was so far away that you couldn’t hear their voices from the living room where Rize and Laysha were.
There, Albert started a confidential conversation.
“Roosevel, how much do you trust your pets?”
“Should I put it in numbers? If 100 percent is the max, I’d be at… 50 percent.”
I want to trust Ley Sha, but I can’t trust her completely because she’s already run away.
Even so, it was not possible to conclude and criticize Laysha’s negative mind after completing her cross-validation with the submission of her tongue tattoo.
You want to run away
There is no one in the world who would like an obedient pet.
The question was whether to just think about [Running away] Or put it into practice.
As a result, her level of faith towards Leysha is 50%.
“That’s right. I believe in Rize 100 percent.”
“Yes. I know.”
Rize, who was neglected without any restraints, without any devices, without tattoos or an obedience contract, was receiving undeserved trust from her master.
“At first, I thought he would run away, but he’s surprisingly adapted well.”
“It’s usually like that. Laysha is just a special case.”
“Haha, that’s right. Anyway, that’s not what’s important, I heard something yesterday…”
“What do you mean?”
Albert stroked his scruffy beard, contemplating what to say, then opened his mouth, thinking he didn’t have to hide it.
“I heard Rize and Laysha are trying to escape the garden.”
“So? It’s not surprising, since everyone eats the desire to run away.”
“Is that so? I’ve planned very carefully where and how to escape.”
“Yes?”
“Laysha is trying to abandon you and run away.”
“No way…”
Roosevelt waved her hand with her surprised face.
She smirked and had a flashback of Laysha’s face, who had sworn her obedience a moment ago.
“It can’t be. False information. So far, no pets have escaped the garden.”
“False information… I don’t think so?”
Albert raised his tail with an expression that he believed somewhere.
“This information. Delia gave it to me.”
“As for Delia… Ron’s pet?”
“Yes. Ron. My ball friend Ron’s pet.”
“Then you can’t believe it even more?”
The existence of a caste system among pets is an openly exposed fact.
Also, so far, wizards have acquiesced to the pet order even though they knew it, and of course there will be pets who are dissatisfied with the order structure.
One of them was Delia.
Delia had long wanted to rule as her queen, but her Lize, who was higher in rank than herself, always stopped her.
That’s why Delia’s intention to get Rise into trouble by leaking her false information was quite evident.
Rize and Laysha have been hanging out together lately…
Apparently, using that as an excuse, even Laysha was wrapped up…
“No, wait a minute…”
Why.
Why.
Did Rize and Laysha become close?
She thought they were just normal friends, but there were many strange things about Albert’s words.
When the two met, they often went in and out of the emergency stairs without cameras.
It always seemed like they were having a secret conversation.
Rize, who had never shown interest in other people in the first place, suddenly became interested in Laysha.
The more I thought about it, the more I couldn’t escape the conclusion that the two were trying to escape the garden.
“Ask me again, Roosevelt. How much do you trust Laysha?”
“… Zero percent.”
“Yes.”
Albert reached out and opened a holographic window.
There were records from the past proving that Delia’s statement was true, and an escape route for the second-floor emergency stairwell designed by Rize.
“I guess you thought it was meticulous when it came to jideuldtan, but from old times it was said that birds listen to words during the day and mice listen to words at night.”
“What do you mean?”
“It means that the duplicity that has been hidden for so long because you don’t watch your mouth is revealed.”
Albert clenched his fists.
He clearly differentiated himself from other pets and treated him well, but at the moment all his efforts were in vain.
“So, when is the best time to run away?”
“Yesterday it was the 4th, so… 3 days left from today.”
“Then prepare in advance…”
“Stop. That’s it.”
Roosevelt quickly tried to use her teleportation magic to reach the second floor, but Albert stopped her by grabbing her by the wrist.
“Leave it like this.”
“Why?”
“Isn’t it fun? It’s an escape planned by two pets putting their heads together, but it’s pitiful if it’s ruined before it even starts.”
“What do you mean?
“If you run away, what can they do? And even if you run away, there’s a pursuer, so don’t worry.”
“…Whoa, I understand.”
Roosevelt let out a deep sigh, turned her body around, and sat down next to her on the bed.
“But another question is…”
“What is it?”
“How the hell am I going to get to the vent… Hmm, no matter how much I think about it, I don’t know.”
“Would you like to walk?”
“It’s not like that. It’s that I’m curious about what to do with us as obstacles.”
Since it was such a well-planned escape from the garden, it must have been perfectly prepared for the obstacles.
The people who stood in the way were the wizards of the garden in general, and their masters, Albert and Roosevelt, in a small sense.
Feeding sleeping pills to put me to sleep..? X
– Where can I get sleeping pills?
Sneaking out between glances..? X
– It’s impossible unless you pretend you didn’t see it.
Running away when the owner is not there..? X
-I don’t know if it’s a room without an exit, but since we live together on the ground, there’s nothing to escape other than our eyes.
In conclusion, then, one hypothesis was the most influential.
Killing the owner and running away.
“Do you understand now, Roosevelt?”
“Yeah…”
“It must have come as a big shock.”
“That’s… Whoa…”
It’s not, can’t it be that Laysha will even kill it?
Even if he wanted to change his mind, all the circumstances were leading to the result of murder.
“So, senior… What do you plan to do from now on?”
“I’m going to leave it alone for now.”
“Yes? Are you really just leaving it alone?”
“Yes. How will he kill me, how will he escape, what kind of feelings will he have… Aren’t you curious?”
Albert smiled and rose from the bed.
He straightens his hunched back and puts on a refreshing smile.
“Haha! It’s the first time I’ve had an event like this in the garden. I’m talking about leaving it alone for now. The escape will be in three days, so until then, let’s just let them do what they want.”
“Then, after three days of preventing the escape… What are you going to do?”
“Okay. I guess I’ll have to become a teaching assistant after a while, as you usually do? So that you don’t think about running away for the rest of your life, please calmly accept the shipment.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Agreeing with Albert, Roosevelt nodded reluctantly.
I passed it lightly as if it was going to be, but…
…
That night, Albert was murdered.
The plan to escape three days later suddenly turned to the same day.
Roosevelt, who was still anxious, witnessed the bloodstained murder scene the moment she hurriedly entered the bedroom.
“No… No way…”
Archmage Albert, who will rule the world in the future, has ended his life in vain.
The gift that took care of Roosevelt during his wandering childhood has died.
He was the only person in the garden with whom he could communicate, and to Roosevel, who was an orphan, he was like a parent and brother.
No matter how much you think and think…
Albert’s death was unrealistic.
Even if it was futile, it was too futile.
What..?
Unexpectedly, tears flowed.
I didn’t feel sad, but every time I blinked, tears flowed.
The only emotion I felt now was anger.
“Dare… Pets… Fearless…”
Roosevelt, who grieved at this, cast an illusion spell.
Right after that, the bodies of Rize and Laysha, who were standing in the bedroom, collapsed helplessly.
The bodies of the two fell asleep as if fainting, but their minds continued to do what they were doing.
The welcome duration is 1 year.
Originally, illusion time and real time flowed the same way, but Roosevel adjusted a year to 5 hours by using time acceleration magic in parallel.
I judged that I could sort out my emotions well in 5 hours.
“Laysha is only a bee that escaped… Huh?”
I thought Laysha was brainwashed by Rize and escaped together…
Another unbelievable thing happened.
In the vision, Laysha cut Roosevelt’s neck with a blade and ran away.
“Why..?”
Roosevelt, in great shock, was speechless.
What was it that he regretted, and why did he commit murder because he was not able to do anything?
Is there a reason you want to go out like that?
From one to ten, she couldn’t understand Laysha’s heart.
“I was wrong. I thought wrong.”
Pets don’t need affection.
Even if you do a little good, you will quickly climb up and commit an irreversible sin like now.
After correcting his thoughts, Roosevelt accelerated time even further, adjusting one year to one hour.
Before this anger disappears now.
To train Laysha.
“Whoa…”
After recovering his emotions, Roosevelt collected Albert’s body and sent it to the garden for an hour.
By informing the members of the whole story of the case and citing Albert’s will that didn’t even exist, Roosevel secured the position of the No. 1 wizard.
He liked power, but he had a selfish desire to follow in Albert’s footsteps and tend the garden.
Each of the wizards looked sympathetic, saying they knew this would happen, but Ron was the only one among them to weep.
Roosevelt entrusted him with Lizée’s assistant.
The scene in the bedroom where Albert was murdered has been preserved.
It is to clearly inform Laysha, who has woken up from the vision, of what she has done and escaped, and the crime.
Roosevel, who quickly put Laysha in a box and restrained her before the time ran out, smiled and looked forward to the meeting.
After a year of wandering, Laysha came to her senses.
“Welcome back, Laysha.”
A pet training that does not end until death has begun.
