In view of Mary's extremely outstanding performance in the case of Biluen's murder yesterday, Prince Preburn decided to meet with Mary and express the royal family's gratitude to her in person.
As Mary's assistant, Karasumaying was not present for the whole process yesterday, but she went along because of Mary's request.
Under the leadership of One-Eyed Bali, the two left the villa and came to the King's Castle in the palace.
Different from the palace buildings in the East, the king of Andrew Kingdom lived in this small king's castle whether he lived or handled daily government affairs.
Since the current king Herning fell seriously ill, the king's brother Preben, who holds the power to supervise the country, also moved into the king's castle.
Following Barry, the two entered the castle after passing a simple inspection by the guard at the door.
There is a large courtyard in the center of the castle. The courtyard is filled with various types of flowers. Several maids are taking good care of these flowers.
After walking through the courtyard, the three of them walked into the castle from an inner door, then walked up the stairs to the second floor, and finally stopped in front of a room guarded by guards and with a luxuriously decorated door.
"His Royal Highness Preburn is inside, Miss Mary, please go in." Barry stopped, turned around and said to the two people behind him.
"Can't Xiaoying go in with me?" Mary asked.
"Miss Mary is the only one your Highness is meeting." Barry answered her question.
"I see."
No longer insisting, Mary looked at Karasuma Ying beside her, raised her hand and patted her shoulder, and said apologetically:
"Sorry Xiaoying, I can only ask you to wait for me at the door and don't wander around."
"Yeah." Not caring, Karasuma Ying smiled and nodded.
She didn't notice that while Mary raised her hand to pat her shoulder, she put a small locator on the inside of the collar of her coat.
For Mary, Karasumaying's sudden disappearance and reappearance yesterday was simply a miracle, a miracle of God's blessing on her.
Although she didn't know what was going on behind the scenes, Mary realized that luck might be on her side this time.
Therefore, after re-seizing this important bargaining chip, she did not hesitate to pay more attention to Karasuma Ying. Whether they were going to the toilet, eating or even sleeping, they basically never left each other's sight.
Even when being received by Preben, Mary had to take Karasuma Ying with her because she was worried that if she looked away even a little bit, the child would suddenly disappear like yesterday.
After all, good luck never lasts forever. Who knows if this child will come back by himself next time.
Quietly leaving the locator behind, Mary walked into the room.
In the corridor outside the room, except for the guards who looked like wooden sculptures, only Karasuma Ying and Barry were left.
"Miss Karasuma."
Watching Mary go in, Barry turned to look at Karasuma Ying and asked directly: "Do you mind chatting with me over there?"
Barry motioned to the unguarded corridor next to him.
"Okay." Without hesitation, Karasumaying nodded in agreement.
It just so happened that she also had questions to ask Barry.
The two walked to the nearby corridor together and stopped after making sure that the nearby guards could not hear the exchange between them.
"I would like to know how Miss Karasuma escaped from there yesterday?" Barry asked first. It seems that Karasuma Ying's successful escape yesterday did bring him a lot of surprise.
"It's not that magical. I used some tricks to knock out the guards outside, and then used the wire inside the hairpin to pry open the cell door lock. It's that simple." Karasuma Ying replied truthfully.
As she said that, she raised her finger and pointed at the hair rope on her head that she borrowed from the maid of the annex. As for her original hairpin, it was no longer usable after pulling out the wire.
"Is that true?"
Although he had already guessed the answer, Barry was still a little surprised after hearing Karasuma Ying say it herself.
"You can pick the lock with a small piece of wire. This is the first time I've seen such a person outside of TV."
"It's overrated. This is not a sophisticated technology...it's very common in other countries." After hesitating, Karasumaying said the next sentence.
Lockpicking is not a sophisticated skill. Foreign lock repair masters can do it, and many of them are more skilled and proficient than Karasuma Ying.
"Well, then our country is indeed too backward... The locks in the cells should be replaced with electronic locks as soon as possible."
After saying this self-deprecatingly, Barry suddenly straightened his face and said in a deep tone:
"You really shouldn't have interfered with that matter yesterday."
Obviously, he regarded Karasuma Ying and Mary as a whole.
And the incident he was talking about was naturally referring to the murder of Bi Luen.
Thinking about Barry's reason for saying this in her mind, Karasumaying weighed it and asked tentatively:
"Is your plan related to that small village ten years ago?"
After hearing this, Barry glanced at her with his only remaining eye, and there was not much surprise in his eyes.
"It seems that they have already told you?"
"Yes, he also asked me to tell you not to do unnecessary things for them. He does not want this country to be in turmoil because of them again." Karasuma Ying said the old man's words truthfully.
"Is this so..."
There was still no surprise on his face. Barry just nodded calmly. After a moment of silence, he spoke in the same calm tone:
"It's too late, we have no way out."
After saying this, he paused and continued:
"Of course, I don't mean to resent you. You just did what you should do. This is not your fault."
Karasumaying just listened quietly and did not interrupt.
However, Barry also fell silent after saying these words, and the two of them just stood in the corridor, falling into an eerie silence for a while.
The silence lasted for several minutes before Barry spoke again and asked, "Why do you want to be a detective?"
Unexpectedly, he would ask this suddenly. Karasuma Ying was stunned for a moment, and then gave her answer.
"It's the result of going with the flow."
Sister Terumi had asked her this question before, but Karasumaying's answer remained the same. The so-called detective was just the result of her taking advantage of the situation.
In addition to being good at reasoning, Karasumaying has never thought that she fits the world's mainstream impression of detectives.
She has neither a fanatical interest in reasoning nor a persistent pursuit of justice.
Except for those incidents in which she was accidentally involved, everything she has done so far is to solve the mystery of her relatives, and then...
"Azure Gemstone is no longer in the kingdom."
Barry's voice brought back Karasuma Ying's thoughts that had drifted away.
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(End of chapter)
