Healer From Other Dimension
Presumption
Lorcan escorted Andressa to see the corpse of Marchioness Jevano. In the body storage room, there were several knights standing guard. They're tightening the guard so that no more intruders come in.
"This body. Please see for yourself."
Andressa unscrewed the corpse cloth. He was shocked to see Marchioness Jevano's body turning blue. The time of death was not long. But his body was not like a new corpse.
Then Andressa began to feel one by one part of Marchioness Jevano's body. Starting from the observation of new wounds to the bruises he got.
"This is a needle puncture." Andressa found a needle stick in the nape behind Marchioness Jevano.
"Any needle puncture?"
Lorcan looked closer. It turns out there was a needle prick.
"Yes, it's possible that the killer put poison on the tip of the needle and killed Marchioness Jevano using the needle" Andressa said.
"It is no wonder why he was killed without wounds and blood. Then what else can you deduce from the condition of this woman's corpse?"
Andressa thought for a moment. He glanced at the tip of Marchioness Jevano's fingernails filled with blood.
"It seems he had rebelled before by scraping the tip of his fingers onto the prison floor. Plus before he died, he was strangled and beaten. Why don't knights hear the commotion in prison?"
"This is what confused me. Chances are only one."
Caerina's eyes widened. "Maybe the intruder disguised as a knight or was it from the beginning that the knight was indeed in the palace to spy on the activities of the palace dwellers."
"That's the main possibility. I've given orders to some people to catch knights who are considered suspicious. However, it seemed that they were a step late. The spy and the murderer are no longer in the palace" Lorcan said.
Andressa confusion. It's a matter of mystery. Plus, Andressa is not too familiar with this world so there will be difficulty handling the case.
"What's this?" Andressa's sense of sight caught a mark on Marchioness Jevano's right arm. "Isn't this a symbol? The killer carved this emblem using a needle."
The emblem on Marchioness Jevano's arm is shaped like a two-line cross. The emblem was carved with the tip of a needle so that it imprinted forming a scar.
"This emblem ... ah, I remember! I've seen this emblem on one of the knight's corpses. He was also presumed dead and on his right arm was also a carving of the emblem."
Andressa glanced towards Lorcan.
"So, this isn't the first murder case? Do you remember what the knight did in his lifetime? Or I mean he's got a problem?" andressa looked seriously.
"As I recall, he was arrested and thrown in jail for allowing drug dealers to enter the borders of the region. And so, I punished him. It was unexpected that he died after I put him in prison" Lorcan said.
This was quite a hint for Andressa.
"Prohibited drugs, viral fluids. When my guess is correct, the main culprit behind this problem is good at healers. Who roughly? I will conduct an investigation as soon as possible" Andressa said.
"Send it to the palace. You need to focus on your work. This matter let me endure it. Hows it? Can you trust me?"