genius prince vol 8 chapter 24

(Oh, even if you notice)

Wayne was convinced.

(Even if the third person is Agata, it is possible that there is another person who killed Tigris ...!)

In the first place, Wayne had felt uncomfortable from the beginning. Whoever the third person was, Tigris would have been on his utmost alert when it came to a meeting in an abandoned house, where he was not known. Nevertheless, he was cruelly assassinated. This could not have happened without being completely taken by surprise.

Furthermore, the situation where three people are gathered is the worst for a crime. If Wayne dies, Tigris or Agata will be the culprit, and if Agata dies, Wayne or Tigris will be the culprit, and the one who has not killed will automatically recognize the culprit.

This time Tigris kept the secret, but Wayne could have immediately run to take Agata into custody. if he had suggested or stated that he was Agata in some way. In this case, it is much safer to create an opportunity for only two people and kill them.

When this happens, possibilities naturally arise. I think there was a fourth person who wasn't invited to that place.

"First, let me explain why I went to that abandoned house that night."

With such inner thoughts in his mind, Wayne began to explain to the elected saints in a leisurely manner.

"I would like to have a secret meeting before the holy meeting. It was Sir Tigris who came up with this story. Perhaps his subordinates can also testify about this."

Miloslav glares at Wayne.

"What are you talking about?"

" I was told that there was a third person besides myself and Sir Tigris. They didn't tell us his name."

"What about this meeting without knowing anything? Hmm, the rumored Prince Wayne seems to have more barbarity than I've heard."

" Ah, well, yes. I wouldn’t have been falsely implicated if I hadn’t gone. I regret that."

Miloslav's sarcasm, Wayne shrugs and remits. "Let's get back to the story. I headed to the abandoned house on time, and then Sir Tigris disappeared from the second floor saying he was calling for a third person, and disappeared. After waiting for a while, Sir Tigris's corpse fell from above. "

Steil raised his hand.

"Prince Wayne, didn't you see the third person?"

"I am ashamed to admit that I was too preoccupied to run up to Sir Tigris”

Miloslav bit into this.

" How convenient! Isn't the third one just a random remark?"

But Caldomeria interrupted.

" No, we have received testimony from Lord Tigris's men that a third person had been invited. So, Prince Wayne, you are saying that this third person is an assassin from the Empire?"

" That's exactly what I'm saying."

Of course, it's a lie. There are no imperial assassin there. The fourth is definitely in the hands of the Holy saint. I understand the aim of the person who arranged the fourth person. Killing one of the three people who gathered.

It may have been a priority, but maybe anyone was fine. Because for the person who arranged it, all three people who were gathered were in the way.

But not all three can be killed. If that happens, the problem will become too big. So I kill one person and let the remaining two people misunderstand each other as the criminal and watch them crush each other. Whichever is the culprit, there is only benefit to the fourth

(――What was the scenario? Caldomeria)

Evangelical Director Caldomeria.

Wayne was convinced that she was the mastermind behind her fourth person.

(It goes without saying that I am a threat to Levetianism. Tigris' ambitions were aimed at the throne of the Holy King. Agata is also clashing with the Holy Office in city management.)

From the perspective of Caldomeria, it would be more convenient for all three to die. That's why we meet at midnight.

Lucian is her home turf. It wouldn’t be weird at all for her to know about
our meeting in the abandoned building and any connected hidden routes or secret rooms.  she can dispatch guards to the scene at a moment’s notice.

Caldomeria has to be the one who sealed off the city.

Wayne mentally grinned.

Why could Ninym sneak in and find a sheath with Agata’s blood on it?

Why was security so lax? Because no one found it even after a thorough search? Yeah, right.

Everything was a setup designed to pit Wayne and Agata against each other. Caldomeria must have also known that Wayne would hide out in Gruyere’s mansion. And she was the one who let him go free.

“Prince Wayne, if you didn’t see the third person yourself, how do you know they were an Imperial assassin?”

Gruyere asked with a chuckle. As
someone who had an idea of what was going on, he must have thought this conspiracy theory was hilarious.

“It’s simple. Why was I chosen to attend the meeting? And who would benefit from Prince Tigris’s death? When you combine these two questions, the answer is quite clear.”

“What do you mean?”

“—It was to join forces with the Empire and win over my nation to form a pro-Empire faction among the Holy saints. That was Prince Tigris’s goal.”

The table stirred. The Empire was technically an enemy to the West. Of course, they were a valuable trading partner for neighboring nations, but it was understood that such business was done on the sly.

“I see. That’s certainly possible. After all, he was always stepping on the toes of other Holy saints. He must have thought he was friendless, hoping to claw his way out of trouble by connecting with the Empire,” Gruyere murmured in admiration.

Wayne was, of course, making things up on the fly. The reality was,however, that it was completely plausible that Tigris might try to contact the Empire. That was precisely what made these lies so believable.

“Siding with the Empire is high treason! It’s unforgivable!” Miroslav railed.

Of the three public highways within the large mountain range running down the central continent, the nation facing the southern road was Miroslav’s kingdom. Inevitably, they had a bitter history with the Empire. 

To  Miroslav, the Empire was an accursed enemy.

Wayne pressed on. “its Prince Tigris’s plan, however, was a tragic failure. He was betrayed and killed by the very state he meant to form an alliance with.”

“I don’t understand that part,”

Caldomeria interjected. “Regardless of whether it would prove successful, why did the Empire want to crush any
budding hope of a pro-Empire faction?”

“A poor move in the long run, but the current situation in the Empire is so volatile that they can’t even consider a long-term outlook. To prevent others from taking advantage of them, the Empire has chosen to avoid conflict and maintain stable relations with the West in the short term,” Wayne replied

“There is also a reason why they carried out an assassination in Luhcian. With the holy meeting as their stage, they could undermine the authority of the Holy saints. They hoped to bring down a figure of import such as Lady Caldomeria. The Imperial family, Princess Lowellmina particular, is evil incarnate, born from depravity and cowardice. Conjuring up this idea would be as simple to her as breathing.”

If Lowellmina were present, she’d scream at the top of her lungs and bash him with a mirror, so he could take a long, hard look at himself. Since she
wasn’t here, however, Wayne placed the blame on her.

If the group accepted this conspiracy theory, Tigris would be known as the idiot who tried to make a deal with the Empire and failed, and his reputation would plummet. But Wayne couldn’t care less. Dead people didn’t need reputations. And more than anything, this was for Tigris’s sake, too.

When the body fell with the chandelier, something felt off. I had Ninymdo a little digging and figured it out...

Tigris, you jumped on to the chandelier yourself.

Since he fell from the edge of the second-floor mezzanine, the chandelier decorating the entrance hall of the abandoned house would have been
unreachable following a natural trajectory.

Unless Tigris launched himself off the edge or three or four people tossed him, he never would have touched it,
and Wayne would have sensed if multiple people were right above him.

Which could only mean that Tigris jumped. But for what?
It was to prove that, until the very moment he jumped, he had been conscious