Episode 1332

Simon followed the flow of events and organized his thoughts in his head. The prime suspects in the
attempted poisoning of Mrs. Bellarosa were as follows.

Her fiancé, Schlee Benton, who is 20 years her junior.

Seora Quinette, a friend of the same age who was always insulted by her.

And Melkrin Hodin, who is secretly dating Schlee Benton.

Everyone had ample motivation to kill her, and in a corner, Melkrin pointed to a new figure.

“Lady Bellarosa suddenly collapsed after receiving a bouquet of flowers from Erica!”

Ericel has been named as the new suspect.

“That’s right! It definitely happened after I smelled the bouquet of flowers!”

Schlee Benton also chimed in.

After hearing that, Detective Vintrod strode over to the bouquet and examined it. While he was
rummaging through the bouquet, he let out a sigh-like sound, ‘Ahem.’

Everyone watched his actions with bated breath.

“Brother Schley Benton.”

“Oh, yes!”

“Has Mrs. Bellarosa been allergic to any particular flowers or plants? Has she had a bad cough, or has
she had hives or something?”

“It was there.”

Schlee Benton nodded.

“He said that when he was young, he almost died when he went to a field of blooming daffodils.
That’s why I keep my windows closed every day in the spring.”

“I see. Thank you for your cooperation.”

Vintrod reached deep into the bouquet, rummaged through it, and pulled out a single purple flower.

“This is… … !”

There were astonishing sounds from all directions.

“Oh no! It’s a dandelion!”

“Did you know that and hide that flower in the bouquet on purpose?”

Everyone’s murderous gaze turned to Ericel. Ericel shook her head in confusion.

“I, I didn’t even know there was a flower like that in a bouquet! Seriously!”
“Then I ask again, Sister Erica. Did you know that the dandelion was dangerous to Lady Bellarosa?”

Erica bowed her head.

“Ah, I knew that, but… … !”

The atmosphere in the room became even colder at Ericel’s words. She added hurriedly.

“I knew that, but I don’t know much about flowers! I didn’t even know that was a dandelion!”

“Certainly, the morning glory is hard to distinguish from the common violets found along the
roadside.”

Detective Vintrod nodded in agreement.

“Where did you buy this bouquet?”

“… … That, that! It was at the Purast train station!”

According to Erica, she accompanied Madame Bellarosa, who attended the same cathedral, on the
long fifteen-night train journey.

In the meantime, they happened to find out that Madame Bellarosa’s baptism was tomorrow. The
other party members seemed to have known about her baptism and had prepared gifts in advance,
but Ericel had not prepared anything.

She was anxiously wondering what gift to give her.

-Actually, Madame Bellarosa likes bouquets of flowers the most.

-That’s true. But if you prepare the flowers in advance and leave them in the room, they will wither
quickly. That’s a shame.

After hearing the group’s story, she quickly got off at Purast Station, where the train stopped, and
bought a bouquet of flowers from a store near the station.

I just gave her the bouquet of flowers as a gift.

“… … There was a daisy in that bouquet, and Madame Bellarosa collapsed.”

“Speak sensibly!”

Seora Quinette, a fellow suspect, raised her voice.

“First of all, the dandelion is poisonous! It’s poisonous even if an ordinary person smells it, so what
kind of florist would put dandelion in a bouquet?”

“That’s a blatant lie! I happened to buy a bouquet of flowers at the station, and it just so happened
that there were some sensitive buds in there for Madame Bellarosa?”
Voices of criticism poured in from all sides. Ericel was becoming increasingly cornered and her
complexion was clouded as if she was struggling.

“Everyone, please be quiet!”

Everyone turned their heads at someone’s shout. Lete, who had been purging the poison from
Madame Bellarosa’s body, continued speaking.

“Fortunately, the purification went well. I hope Madame Bellarosa wakes up.”

ha.

Sigh.

Bellarosa opened her eyes, gasping for breath. Shuli, Seora, Melkrin, and everyone around her who
knew her rushed over.

Schlee Benton grabbed her hand and asked urgently.

“Bellarosa! Ah, my Bellarosa! Do you know who I am?”

“……huh.”

Mrs. Bellarosa nodded her head with difficulty. There were sighs of relief here and there. Some
people even burst into tears.

She miraculously came back to life and began speaking to the people around her, and finally looked
at Erica.

“Erisel.”

“… … Oh, Madame Bellarosa!”

“When I smelled the buds in the bouquet, I thought that my life was over. Fortunately, just before I
died, I saw the goddess Deva smiling. The goddess saved me.”

She was trembling with sadness and frustration, tears welling up in her eyes.

“… … Did you hate me that much? Sister, you opened a candlestick store nearby. If I disappear as the
person who supplies candlesticks to the cathedral, Ericel’s store will take all of that supply.”

“No! Really not!”

“If not, why were there dandelions in the bouquet?”

Madame Bellarosa screamed, and voices of accusation and anger erupted from all sides. Ericel
stepped back with a puzzled look on her face.

“Sister Erica.”

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Detective Vintrod, who was shaking his head, also spoke in a serious voice.

“I’m sorry, but you’re the one I suspect the most. I’ll have to get you off at the next stop… … .”

“The poison is different.”

Everyone stopped talking at the sudden voice. It was a voice that seemed to be piercing right into
their ears.

Everyone’s eyes turned to see a gray-haired boy looking at the floor.

“Who are you… … .”

“What do you mean? The poison is different?”

“Simon spread out a makeshift table on the floor and placed two sheets of paper on it,” said
Detective Vintrod, cutting off Schley Benton’s attempts to pick a fight.

It was a simple poison kit that was often used in poison science classes. I just snuck into the room,
created a barrier, and took it out from the subspace.

“The poison that Madame Bellarosa was poisoned with and the poison from the dandelion flowers in
the bouquet are different poisons.”

Simon took another flower from the bouquet, crushed it hard with both hands, squeezed out the
juice, and placed it on the test paper.

“This is the poison of the dandelion, and this.”

Simon lifted his handkerchief.

“It’s the poison that was on the corner of Mrs. Bellarosa’s mouth when she coughed and collapsed.
Excuse me for a moment.”

“When did that happen… … !”

Simon tapped the excited part of the handkerchief on the test paper. After a while, the results were
revealed.

“Oh… … !”

Although it was the same test paper, the colors of the two poisons were different.

One side was a faint blue, the other a green. Detective Vintrod stroked his chin in admiration.
“Wow! How did you know?”

“I guessed because I knew the symptoms were different.”

The dandelion is a flower that blooms quite widely, mainly in the western part of the Dark Alliance,
the Neutral Zone, and the eastern part of the Holy Federation.

Although it is hard to find in the Dark Union, it is a plant that can be obtained relatively easily when
entering the hostile Holy Federation and made into a potion, so it was a must-study plant during
venom studies classes.

“If you are infected with the poison of the dandelion, you will get hives under your chin and have a
high fever.”

Simon pointed to Madame Bellarosa.

“But she suffered from paralysis and acute shock without any of those symptoms. That’s what
convinced me that she wasn’t afflicted by the blister.”

“How do you know so much about poison? And you even carry around this kind of equipment.”

Simon smiled brightly at Detective Vintrod’s question.

“It’s a hobby. I’ve been interested in poisons since I was young.”

The Holy Federation is an unprecedented medical powerhouse, with over 20% of its population able
to use simple healing magic using the Holy Spirit.

These federal people’s method of dealing with poison is always the same. No matter what poison
you get, you just have to heal the affected organ or body and return it to normal.

However, since the Dark Union was based on pitch darkness, healing techniques themselves were
rare, and if you were poisoned, you had to analyze each and every ingredient of the poison to create
an antidote. Poison analysis became the most essential of essentials.

Detective Vintrod, who had been listening to the story at that time, narrowed his eyes.

“… … A poison expert suddenly appears in a situation like this.”

Simon flinched inwardly.

Should I have put it differently? You wouldn’t be suspicious of my identity just because I’m good at
handling poison, right?

“The goddess helped me!”

But Bintrod smiled brightly and said,

“I never thought there would be an expert on poisons among the passengers! It is the will of the
goddess to solve this case perfectly!”

“Thank you, goddess!”

The people around them joined their hands in gratitude to the goddess. Simon could only smile.

‘Are you a famous detective?’

The people of the Holy Federation, whose faith was their way of life, did not seem to have much
doubt.

Well, it wasn’t strange, since the top healing specialists of the Holy Federation also conducted
separate research on poisons to deal with necromancers.

“I’ll ask you, the expert, while I’m at it.”

Detective Vintrod said.

“If Madame Bellarosa was not poisoned by the bouquet of flowers Ericel gave her, then who do you
think is the culprit?”

“That’s obvious.”

Simon said calmly.

“The culprit is… … .”

“The culprit is Mrs. Bellarosa herself.”

Everyone turned their heads as a new voice interrupted. Simon also smiled and turned his head.
Lete, dressed in her Epnel uniform, walked out confidently, her white hair tied back and fluttering.

“So, it’s called ‘self-direction.’”

Groan, groan, groan!

Amid the commotion erupting from all directions, Mrs. Bellarosa’s face grew redder and redder.
Detective Vintrod said with a puzzled expression.

“You’re the student from Epnell who treated her. Are you saying this whole incident was a
fabrication?”

“yes.”

Lete nodded.

“Things must have gone like this.”

Mrs. Bellarosa is the center of the community. She is the one who led this train journey.

She invited Ericel, whom she usually disliked, to join the train travel group, and revealed to the
others that there would be a baptism during the trip, but she did not tell Ericel.

Finally, the baptism day approaches, and Erica is feeling lost as she has not prepared a gift.

-Actually, Madame Bellarosa likes bouquets of flowers the most.

It was quite easy for Madame Bellarosa to trick her friends into choosing a gift for Erica by subtly
leaking information to them.

And since there are many anniversaries to celebrate together during the Sacred Train journey, there
are people selling flowers at the Sacred Federation Train boarding stations.

Ericel quickly purchased a bouquet of flowers and carefully stored them in the cargo hold in
preparation for the baptism tomorrow. While she was away, Madame Bellarosa could hide the
daisies she had prepared in advance in the bouquet.

“In the end, the blame goes to the person who brought the flowers.”

Mrs. Bellarosa’s face grew redder and redder and she screamed.

“Why would I do something like that! It’s just a student’s guess!”

She was shouting furiously as if she was about to slap the person who saved her, unaware of his
kindness, but Lete calmly fixed her gaze.

Then Simon, who had been watching from the side, stepped forward.

“Sister Erica.”

“yes yes?”

“She looks to be around the same age as us, but she has a necklace, bracelet, and even a bag around
her neck.”

Simon smiled brightly.

“I guess the candle holder business is going well?”

When Erica heard those words, she blushed and lowered her head.

“Ah, yes… … a little, yes.”

“Then, it is the greatest crisis for Madame Bellarosa, who had previously monopolized the supply of
items for worship.”

Simon crossed his arms.

“That’s why I did this after much thought. The church that receives the items for worship would want
a clean maker without any complaints.”

“Ugh!”

Detective Vintrod, who had been listening to the story, raised his hand.

“Wait a minute, poison expert boy! Didn’t you say it yourself? The poison that Mrs. Bellarosa was
poisoned with wasn’t the dandelion.”
“that’s right.”

Actually, preparing the dandelion flowers wasn’t a problem, but the problem was that dandelions
bloom in spring and their toxicity was weak during the current season.

Just pretending to faint and fainting won’t get people’s attention. On the contrary, she could have
been arrested for ‘acting on her own’.

So that’s the method she chose.

“A sword that uses real ‘poison’.”

As Lete snapped her fingers, a pigeon-shaped divine creature that had been in the cargo hold of the
passenger car popped out.

People stepped back in surprise.

“My divine servant, Lara, has the ability to detect unclean and harmful objects.”

Foodie!

Lara threw the bag in her mouth to the floor. Madame Bellarosa looked embarrassed.

“My bag… … !”

Fumbling around!

Lara repeatedly bit the items in her bag one by one and dropped them on the floor.

Then, all of a sudden, she made a face and made all sorts of expressions, then she used her foot
instead of her beak to painfully take out a lipstick, threw it on the floor, and then a divine power
came out of her body.

-Phew! Peew!

“Okay, don’t purify it yet.”

Lete spoke calmly, approached and lifted the lipstick. Simon saw Madame Bellarosa’s expression turn
miserable.

“It looks like an ordinary lipstick. Where is it… … .”

Lete opened the lid and looked around. Soon, she closed the lid and turned the body, and the
bottom of the lipstick body opened with a click.

“also.”

There was something stuck in the lower part. Lethe squatted down with her knees together and
sprinkled it on Simon’s test paper.

Saaaaah-

It was dyed blue, like the poison that had just been discovered at the corner of Mrs. Bellarosa’s
mouth. Exclamations poured out from all sides.

“ah…….”
Madame Bellarosa, her legs giving out, slumped to the ground. People’s angry and contemptuous
gazes turned toward her.

“Please call the Inquisitor.”

Detective Vintrod said with a stern face.

“Mrs. Bellarosa, you are under arrest for perjury and other charges.”* * *

The case was resolved successfully.

The Holy Train came to a halt, and Madame Bellarosa was handed over to the Inquisitors and forced
off the train. Schley Benton also went off as a witness, and the remaining passengers all returned to
their cabins.

“I solved one thing in a foreign land today too! Hahaha!”

Detective Vintrod said, stretching his legs. Simon smiled bitterly at the sight.

‘… … You didn’t do anything.’

“Thank you both so much for your cooperation!”

Detective Vintrod said as he looked at the room where Simon and Lete were sitting.

“This is fate! I’ll help in any way I can!”

“That’s good.”

Lete said calmly.

“You said you were a detective from Darbelin?”

“That’s right.”

“We are heading there as well.”

Lete smiled.

“To find the Saintess of Darblein.”

Simon and his group’s next destination after Arok.

That was Darbelin.