Academy Slave Instructor

140 – My name is Elin, the detective

My name is Elin, the detective

“At around 10:00 the previous day, Legandia Academy second-year student Zeroa Vandes was arrested at her home. The charge is the theft of the sacred relic of the Ketel Church, ‘Embracing Rest.’ It was caught, and currently Zeroa denies the charges, but refuses to give a statement about what she did at the prom on the day of the theft.”

Rye sits in her chair and listens to Sierra’s report.

But she doesn’t seem to care much, she seems distracted as she pushes her table with her feet, precariously balancing herself on her back.

I’m sorry for her hard research, but her lie was already known.

When Zeroa was arrested, her sister Kara came to the academy crying, crying.

Since it was Kara who was not allowed to enter her, the soldier guarding her front door called Lai, and she hugged her and cried as soon as she saw her face.

She used her authority as the instructor in charge to meet and help the captured Zero.

Zeroa denied her allegations, but she did not tell Lai what she was doing that day.

“Yes, I understand.”

“… Are you going to take no action?”

Sierra stared at him for a moment when Rai didn’t think much of it.

When Rai, who is also the instructor in charge and has a relationship with Zeroa, looks indifferent, her expression raises questions.

But he yawns in annoyance.

“There’s nothing I can do right now.”

“If you’re wrong, I might find the real culprit and help you.”

“I don’t know if it’s the real culprit or if it’s unfair. Her charges are almost confirmed, but Sierra-san does trust Zero-ah quite a bit, right?”

“She’s a burden, so you have to trust the academy student in charge. I won’t suspect Zero Ah until hard evidence comes out.”

Rai smiles at her sincere answer.

– Bang!

The door opens violently and Aslan and Filia enter.

Behind them was Mia, who came in with a tearful expression.

“He said Zero was taken! What the hell is going on?! There’s no way she stole it!”

“Right, please tell me the details.”

“There’s nothing wrong with you, right? You’re not the kind of person who would do such a thing.”

“Speak one by one.”

Sierra smiles lightly as she sees the academy students flocking to Rai without saying hello and asking questions.

“It seems that there are more people who believe in Zeroa.”

“Well- it’s a hogu, so it seems like you get paid back as much as you did.”

Sierra nods her head and she moves away so the four of them can talk.

After making the angry Aslan shut his mouth, Rai explains.

“There was something in the bag that he didn’t even know about… That’s a questionable testimony.”

“Are you suspicious of Zeroa?”

“She said she was suspicious from the point of view of the guards. I don’t think Zero-ah is that kind of person.”

After replying as if it’s annoying to Aslan, who makes her face, Filia looks at Rai.

“So what are you going to do?”

“Huh? Are you asking me?”

“Then who should I ask?”

“I don’t know. I’m not in a position to gossip about that. This is not my specialty.”

Recalling Rai’s position that she has to live while hiding her identity, Philia narrows her eyebrows.

Until now, she had taken care of everything, so she was relying on her as if it were natural.

She blames herself for being ugly and as she is thinking about how Philia will solve it, her door opens again and Arya enters.

“Oh, miser. What’s the matter?”

“Zeroa-kun… I’m here.”

Although she is expressionless, Rai smiles mischievously as she notices the confusion in her eyes.

“Are you a human who believes in Zeroa too?”

“Yes, I believe.”

Aria stands proudly in front of Rai and answers.

“Help me.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen a miser ask for a favor. Is Zeroa so precious?”

At Rai’s question, Mia, who was next to her, looked up at Aria with a surprised expression.

Aria, who is so beautiful that she is known more by the nickname Goddess than her name, is famous even among her first graders.

Mia had also seen her from afar, enchanted by her.

She only thought that she was a person who shined so much that she couldn’t even approach her, but when she heard that she was a love rival, she felt close to despair.

It may be funny that she was thinking this way at the time Zeroa was captured, but it was natural that she was shocked when a huge wall appeared that she would never be able to match.

But the words of her aria that followed reassured her.

“Yes, they are precious. They are the first friends I made after coming to the academy.”

“A friend…”

Rai opened her eyes thinly as if laughing and looked at Aria, Aslan, and Filia in turn.

There was a lost child who looked at her crying face, but everyone showed trust in Zero and a willingness to help.

“You know, I’m not an all-around raccoon dog.”

“But maybe you can help.”

Arya trusts Rai. Seeing her steady eyes, Rai shrugs her shoulders as if she’s not funny.

“I’ve told them too, but I’m no good at finding the culprit. I don’t know if it’s a perfect crime.”

“……”

She draws her v. Her hand flicks like a bunny ear. She makes a joke, but no one responds.

“But I know a good guy.”

“What, say that in advance.”

Asran gets angry at Rai’s back remarks, and Aria breathes a small sigh of relief.

“But he’s f*cking expensive. There’s work to be done as much as it’s expensive.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll pay.”

After hearing Aria’s answer, Rai stood up from her seat.

She agreed to help, so there was no time for her to hesitate. Even at this moment, Zeroa was suffering in the cold prison, so this had to be resolved quickly.

Ray goes down to the city with only Philia.

“The person to solve is… Master?”

“No, they are ignorant and can’t do this.”

“Who is ignorant?”

As if she knew she would come, Selma was waiting for Rai in front of her store.

“Who else but you and Clay?”

“My husband is, but I am not.”

Rai smiles as she examines Selma’s expression while Philia looks at her, worried that Clay in her shop might have heard.

“Did you call Bunny?”

“Oh no, I already called. I called as soon as he was arrested. Fortunately, he’s nearby, so he’ll be back soon.”

“Hoong- Zeroa bewitched a woman here too. Clay will cry.”

“I don’t have a man with a last name except my husband, you idiot. That innocence has attracted more ill will.”

For Selma, who has lived her rough life, her good deeds often lead to bad results rather than good ones.

She likes Zeroa’s good manners, but Selma already expected that he would fall for her bad schemes.

For Zeroa, who is not a disciple but is about the same age as her lost son, she called someone to help him.

“Then you pay?”

“It can’t be. A thirsty person digs a well. Isn’t that your disciple?”

“I have a lot of money, but I save it gently.”

“He must be very expensive.”

Filia was curious about how much it would be if even her teacher, who had amassed countless fortunes while working as a fixer, said it was expensive.

“We can do nothing but kill people anyway, so let’s do our own thing while he comes. Will you watch my disciple’s training while you’re here?”

“What are you saying? I’m not a swordsman like you, I’m a well-known strategy instructor at the academy.”

“You mean killing a lot of people.”

Rye grumbles but goes inside with Selma.

Seeing the two as usual even though Zeroa was in a dangerous situation, Philia wondered who the two trusted.

* * *

“My name is Elin. I’m a detective.”

Philia, Aslan, Arya, and other people gathered at the table blankly stare at the small beast-woman like a child.

I took off my hat and greeted him handsomely, but the rabbit ears that popped out over the top of my head snapped and caught my attention.

Her long, voluminous white hair and red eyes reminded me of a white rabbit, so cute, but maybe that’s why I didn’t trust her.

Looking at the academy students who are still without a word, Rai extends her hand toward Elin and introduces her.

“This is Solver Elin.”

“Wait a minute. You’re a detective, Mr. Rai!”

“I’ve been calling myself a detective since before, but you can ignore it because it’s a word he coined.”

“No, that’s why I explained to you! A detective is a great profession that solves cases that existed in ancient times!”

“That’s why it’s called a fixer.”

“No!”

Listening to the conversation between the two, Aslan quietly brings her face closer to Filia.

“Something is different from what I expected.”

Filia agrees.

Fixers do a variety of things, and among them, there are specialists that fit their field.

Selma and Clay were assassins, and there are also fixers who only escort or track them.

Philia, who expected that a solver involved in tracking people or investigating information would come, sees Ellin, who looks so different from her expectations, and loses her senses.

But she couldn’t judge her ability just by her appearance.

She’s a childish kid by the way she does it, but since she was so confidently brought in by Rai, it was clear she was up to something.

“Thank you very much.”

Arya lowered her head towards Elin, who was arguing with Rai.

“Yes, don’t worry. This genius detective, Elin, is here and her true culprit will be revealed.”

Rai glances behind her to see if Elin doesn’t like her condescending nod.

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“But I want you to know that. I have come to uncover the real culprit. Even if the real culprit is Mr. Zeroa, there is nothing wrong with my reasoning, so the contract is complete.”

“Yes, there’s no way Zeroa-kun would have done that.”

Seeing the trusting eyes of not only Aria but also the people gathered around her, Elin looks up at Rai with a small smile as if she is having fun.

“Then Mr. Al.. Rye, can I see the stolen item?”

“Are you an idiot? There’s no way you can easily see the relic. Besides, since it was stolen once, you must have hidden it more tightly.”

“Huh? That shouldn’t be the case.”

While Ellen is seriously thinking about it, she hears the outline of the incident again from Rai.

After Lai’s words, which she could explain without getting a single misspell after several explanations, Elin pricked up her ears and looked at the memo she had put together.

“Then this is the problem. An alibi for disappearing on the day of the prom. Why doesn’t Mr. Zeroa say this? If you refuse to testify, everyone becomes suspicious.”

Aria opens her mouth at Elin’s words.

“Maybe because of me.”

“Oh- beautiful lady. You are very pretty. I have traveled all over the continent and have never seen anyone as pretty as you.”

Elin smiles and waits for Arya to speak her mind.

“On that day, Zeroa-kun left the party and spent time with me.”

At the end of her aria, everyone except her Rai and Elin stare at her with her shocked face.

“Sir, are you dating Aria-senpai?”

“Zeroa… You amazing guy… Are you two dating?”

Mia turned into a face close to her crying face, and Aslan looks at Aria with a disbelieving expression.

Obviously it was a huge truth, but does it matter now? Philia thinks, but she doesn’t say anything and watches to see if she’s curious about her answer.

“No.. I was embarrassed and couldn’t go to the prom, so I wandered around… My friend Zero spent time with me so that I wouldn’t be alone.”

“Umm- But why didn’t Mr. Zeroa tell you?”

“Maybe… I was embarrassed and asked people not to tell me… I guess.”

Filia and Rai sigh at Aria’s words.

I know what an uproar it will be in her academy if word spreads about her dancing with her.

And since she made a promise to Arya, it is right for her to keep it.

But that must be how much her life seems to be ruined. Seeing her keep her mouth shut that she promised, she was so pathetic that her words didn’t come out.

“Does this bastard think that’s cool?”

“Huh? Mmm, wasn’t it cool? If a man made a promise, he should keep it.”

Athran tries to stand up for Zeroa, but he gets hit by the pack of the Lay and Philia combination and becomes quiet.

“So you’ve got an alibi. But that won’t help much.”

“Why?”

“They broke up too soon. After that, Ms. Zero didn’t return to the party and went home. Matching her theft time doesn’t make an alibi. You don’t have to reveal it.”

“But if you don’t reveal…”

“Yes. Even if it is revealed, it is still in place, so let’s protect the man’s pride.”

Elin speaks brightly and comforts Aria, who thinks it is her fault.

Then she looks up at Rai and she laughs.

“The culture and atmosphere of the academy… I don’t know the details, but looking at everyone’s reactions, I can tell what kind of place Aria is. She surveys the surroundings, focusing on Aria.”

“Why?”

When Rai asked, Elin, wearing large glasses from a small pouch at her waist, looked at people and said confidently.

“The direction of the investigation is ‘Mr. Zeroa was framed’, so even if it’s wrong, we have to look for it as a premise. I can only see one reason to frame Mr. Zeroa, who has a good interpersonal relationship.”

Her real Aria had a face that she didn’t know, but everyone’s eyes turned to her at Elin’s words.

“As expected, Cuthbert is right…”

“There are also fanatics.”

It was Aslan, who again suspected Cuthbert, and Philia, who mentioned the fanatics.

She was Elin who spoke confidently after inferring Arya’s popularity, but she did not anticipate how wide a range of human relationships she would have to search for if she investigated around Arya.

You may have to goad the whole academy, including the instructors and staff.