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"No, it's nothing, I just don't feel comfortable with the shoes..."
Her body was trembling slightly. She took a deep breath and responded to the concerned voice in the headset in a calm tone.
"Okay, let's talk about it later."
Adjusting her breathing, she let out a long breath before she withdrew her hand from the railing and quickly left the platform.
"We need to find Shirley as soon as possible..."
Sleepy(﹃)
Chapter 216 To sum up, something is going to happen
In the banquet hall of Commander Birun's annex in the Kingdom of Andrew, Karasuma Ying and Mary were having breakfast.
Yesterday, the commander's murder case that shocked this small kingdom was successfully solved by Miss Mary. The murderer, Captain Gunnar of the guard, committed suicide on the spot after his crime was exposed, bringing the case to a hasty end in this extremely decisive way.
But this also indirectly shows that Birun’s death is not as simple as it seems. The so-called personal grudge is probably just a cover-up.
But how much turmoil Birun's death will cause to this small kingdom actually has little to do with people like Karasuma Ying.
Because for the detectives present, rather than worrying about the country's political future, they are actually more concerned about whether the previous royal commission can continue.
Will the blue sapphire be found? Will the reward change after it is found?
The royal family has not yet given an accurate answer to this question. They only told everyone that all catering services in the villa will be provided as usual. If they are willing, they can continue to stay here temporarily. If they don’t want to, they can choose to leave on their own.
In this regard, almost all detectives chose the former.
The reason is simple. The flights and trains from Andrew Kingdom to the outside world only run once a week. The last one just left yesterday. If nothing unexpected happens, they will have to wait another six days for the next one.
Taking this into consideration, everyone wisely chose to stay in the villa and enjoy free food and drinks.
"What's wrong?" At the dining table, Mary looked at Wu Wanying who was tapping on her cell phone and asked.
"Nothing, just replying to a friend's message..." After replying casually with a smile, Wu Wanying put down the phone.
These are text messages from Conan and Xiaolan.
They seemed to have discovered some news related to Onimare in Japan.
Freya, who once pretended to be Onimare, is said to be one of the two princesses of the Kingdom of Andrew.
At the same time, Freya has a twin sister. The two of them were targeted in Japan by a killer who was said to have received orders from abroad. When they tried to get rid of the killer, the killer took advantage of their plan and killed Freya's sister.
But soon, the killer's crime was discovered by a foreign female detective who happened to be at the scene, and he was eventually arrested by the Japanese police.
Afterwards, Freya took advantage of the chaos at the scene to escape again, and the unknown female detective also disappeared.
Wu Wanying knows more about Freya.
It is said that Freya and her twin sister were both adopted by the current King Heninggu ten years ago. Although this is unknown in other countries, it is no secret in the Kingdom of Andrew.
It is said that King Heninggu had no children of his own. After adopting the twins, he seemed to intend to pass the throne to one of them, but Heninggu's younger brother, King Preben, was very dissatisfied with this.
The above is what Wu Wanying heard from the servants in the palace. Everyone’s statements are roughly the same, so it is basically true.
Based on this, she made a somewhat bold guess.
In this small kingdom, a dark hand is trying to eradicate the power of King Heninggu's lineage.
The death of Commander Birun and the murder of Freya's sisters have proven this.
Birun was originally a minister whom King Heninggu relied on. After Heninggu became seriously ill, Birun began to assist his younger brother Preben in handling government affairs.
It can be said to be assisting, but it can perhaps also be understood as surveillance, and the prince himself is probably aware of this.
Therefore, after the royal secret treasure, the blue sapphire, was stolen, the king's younger brother Preben immediately blamed the incident on the commander of the palace guard, Birun, and ordered him to find the blue sapphire within a month, otherwise he would be punished.
From the perspective of conspiracy theories, the theft of the so-called blue sapphire was most likely planned by the king's younger brother Preben himself, in order to take the opportunity to eliminate Birun, who was placed by King Heninggu next to him.
Even the murderer who hunted down Freya and her sister might have received his orders. After all, King Heninggu himself had no children. As long as the sisters died, the throne of the Andrew Kingdom would naturally fall to him...
Everything that is happening now is developing in a direction that is favorable to this prince's younger brother.
I'm afraid something is going to happen in this country.
Of course, Karasuma Ying herself doesn't have that much energy to care about these things.
After escaping from the prison cell yesterday, she followed the male detective to the watchtower, and unexpectedly ran into the Kingdom Police Chief Barry, who was also in the watchtower at the time.
The moment Barry saw her, there was obvious surprise in his eyes, but he did nothing at that time.
After a moment of surprise, Barry returned to his normal expression and didn't look at her again.
And from then until this morning, Karasuma Ying had not been interrogated or arrested by the Kingdom Police.
It was as if it was someone else instead of her who was put into the cell by Barry.
This was obviously a problem, so Karasuma Ying immediately went to find the maid named Belinda.
Obviously, if there was something wrong with her being thrown into the cell, Belinda, who had told her the news about "White River", must have been involved.
Then Karasuma Ying was surprised to find that Belinda was missing.
According to other servants in the annex, Belinda seemed to have been sent back to her hometown after making a mistake and is no longer in the palace.
What a coincidence...
At this point, there is no need to continue reasoning.
Obviously, she was tricked.
The person who tricked her obviously wanted to lock her up in that dungeon, and Barry was most likely a participant.
This also explains why Barry appeared behind her so coincidentally at that time, because he knew from the beginning that she would go to the dungeon.
Even the opportunity for her to sneak into the dungeon was probably created for her by Barry on purpose. If it weren't for the fact that Karasuma Ying herself had a lot of weird skills, she would have probably been in trouble yesterday.
So, who exactly wanted to do this to her and for what purpose?
What made Wu Wanying feel the chill down her spine was that the people who set a trap for her accurately grasped her weakness and brought up the surname "Shirakawa", forcing her to act impulsively at the time and fall headfirst into their trap.
It was obvious that the other party knew her background.
"Ms. Mary, Ms. Karasuma."
In the banquet hall, a voice interrupted the meal of Karasuma Ying and Mary. They looked up and saw that it was Police Chief Barry.
He walked straight up to the two of them, with a stern face, and said in an emotionless tone:
"His Highness Preben wants to see you. Please follow me."
Chapter 217: Just the Result of Following the Trend
In view of Mary's outstanding performance in the murder of Birun yesterday, the prince's brother Preben decided to meet with Mary and express the royal family's gratitude to her in person.
As Mary's assistant, although Karasuma Ying was not present throughout yesterday, she went along at Mary's request.
Led by the one-eyed Bali, the two left the villa and came to the king's castle in the palace.
Unlike the palace buildings in the East, the king of the Kingdom of Andrew lived and handled daily government affairs in this small royal castle.
Since the current king, Heninggu, became seriously ill, his younger brother Preben, who holds the power of regent, also moved into the king's castle.
Following Barry, the two entered the castle after a brief inspection by the guard at the gate.
There is a large courtyard in the center of the castle, which is full of various kinds of flowers. Several maids are taking good care of these flowers.
After walking through the courtyard, the three of them entered the castle through an inner door, then went up the stairs to the second floor, and finally stopped in front of a room guarded by guards with a luxuriously decorated door.
"His Highness Preben is inside, Miss Mary, please go in." Barry stopped and turned to say to the two people behind him.
"Xiaoying, can't you go in with me?" Mary asked.
"The only person His Royal Highness will receive is you, Miss Mary." Barry answered her question.
"I understand."
Mary no longer insisted and looked at Karasuma Ying beside her. She raised her hand and patted her shoulder, saying apologetically:
"Sorry, Xiaoying, I have to trouble you to wait for me at the door. Don't wander around."
"Yeah." Not caring, Wu Wanying nodded with a smile.
She didn't notice that when Mary raised her hand to pat her shoulder, she attached a small locator to the inside of her coat collar.
To Mary, the sudden disappearance and reappearance of Karasuma Ying yesterday was simply a miracle, a miracle that God was blessing her.
Although she didn't know what exactly happened behind the scenes, Mary realized that luck was probably on her side this time.
Therefore, after regaining this important bargaining chip, she did not hesitate to increase her attention to Karasuma Ying. Whether they were going to the toilet, eating or even sleeping, the two of them basically never left each other's sight.
Even when she was meeting Preben, Mary had to bring Karasuma Ying with her, because she was worried that if she looked away for a moment, the child would suddenly disappear like he did yesterday.
After all, good luck never lasts forever. Who knows if this child will come back on his own next time.
Mary quietly left the locator behind and walked into the room.
In the corridor outside the room, apart from the guards who looked like wooden sculptures, there were only Karasuma Ying and Barry.
"Ms. Karasuma."
After watching Mary go in, Barry turned to look at Wu Wanying and asked directly, "Do you mind going over there with me to talk?"
Barry gestured to the unguarded corridor next door.
"Okay." Without hesitation, Wu Wanying nodded in agreement.
It just so happened that she also had questions for Barry.
The two walked to the side corridor together, stopping only after they were sure that the nearby guards could not have heard their conversation.
"I really want to know, Miss Karasuma, how did you get away from there yesterday?" Barry asked first. It seemed that Karasuma Ying's successful escape from prison yesterday did give him quite a surprise.
"It's not that magical. I used a little trick to knock out the guard outside, and then used the wire inside the hairpin to pry open the cell door lock. It's that simple." Wu Wanying replied truthfully.
As she spoke, she raised her finger and pointed to the hair tie on her head that she had borrowed from the maid in the annex. As for her original hairpin, it was no longer usable after the wire was pulled out.
"Is that so?"
Although he had already guessed the answer, Barry was still a little surprised when he heard it from Karasuma Ying herself.
"It's the first time I've seen someone who can pick a lock with just a small piece of wire, outside of TV."