"Do you know where he was going?"
At the entrance to the lounge of the king's castle, Karasumaying looked at the maid Esther and asked again.
"have no idea."
Esther shook her head, but after recalling it, she still spoke: "But I remember that Butler Ole went in the direction of the west castle..."
The area of the King's Castle is larger than that of ordinary European castles. The entire castle is roughly divided into east and west parts by a central courtyard filled with flowers, plants and trees.
The east castle is mainly used for the residence of the royal family and some closely related nobles of this small kingdom; the west castle is used for the offices of important officials of the kingdom who hold high positions.
Among them, the king's bedroom is in the east castle, while Bali's office is in the west castle.
Although the east and west castles are not completely separated, if you want to walk from the inside of the castle to the other half of the castle, you need to go around the castle in a large circle, which is indeed more time-consuming than walking directly through the central courtyard.
"Ah, also, Butler Ole was pushing a trolley at that time." The more she thought about it, Esther said again.
[Trolley? ! 】
"What's on the cart?" Karasuma Ying asked quickly after catching an extremely important clue.
"I don't know." Esther shook her head again and replied, "Because the trolley is covered with white cloth, so I don't know what's inside..."
"At what time did you meet Butler Ole?"
"It was just after 6:30 this morning..."
"What does Butler Ole usually do at this time?"
"At six-thirty, he should be delivering breakfast to His Majesty the King, right? Butler Ole is very punctual, especially after His Majesty the King became seriously ill. He would go to deliver breakfast to His Majesty the King on time at this time every day."
[In other words, before meeting Esther, the Ole housekeeper should have just left the King's bedroom? 】
Based on Esther's description, Karasumaying roughly sorted out the movements of everyone in the King's Castle this morning.
At about 6:30 this morning, the Ole steward first went to the king's bedroom to deliver breakfast to the seriously ill King as usual.
Shortly afterwards, he left the king's bedroom and pushed the cart from the central courtyard to the west castle, where he met Esther who was pruning flowers and plants.
During this period, he tried to get Esther to stop mowing the garden flowers, but was ultimately unsuccessful.
After that, the Ole steward returned to the East Castle and began to make final preparations for the banquet held by King Preben this morning.
About ten minutes later, Mary and Karasuma Ying, who were invited by Prince Preburn, also came to the East Castle.
Finally, just as the banquet was about to begin, the maid Esther finally discovered the body of Chief Barry in the corner of the courtyard and reported the matter to Prince Preburn.
From the current point of view, this Ole housekeeper has a lot of problems, but according to the specific situation, Karasumaying has to go and meet this person in person.
There is also the king's bedroom. I don't know how Miss Mary's investigation is going...
"Esther? Hans?"
At this moment, a gentle and elegant voice sounded from behind the three of them. Karasumaying looked back and saw a handsome young man with blond hair.
It was Butler Ole they were talking about just now.
"O-Butler Ole?!"
It seems that because of what he said to Karasuma Ying just now, when Esther saw him, she was like a frightened rabbit, with a panic expression on her face.
"Esther, what's wrong with you?" Ole looked at her with an unusual expression in confusion.
"No, it's nothing... Well, Captain Hans, if there are no other questions, I will go back first..." After quickly finishing the call, Esther lowered her head and turned around and quickly slipped into the lounge.
"she……"
"Haha! Don't worry about Butler Ole." At this moment, Hans stood up and said with a smile: "Miss Karasuma and I are investigating the murder of Chief Barry, and Esther is the first one." The person who found Chief Barley's body, so we asked her some questions...
By the way, what is Butler Ole doing here? "
"Although the banquet in the morning has been terminated, the food has not been put away yet. I came to ask some maids to clean it up, clean the kitchen and prepare for today's lunch. This should be okay, right? Captain Hans? "Ole looked at Hans and asked.
"Of course. The guard's priority is to serve the royal family. Butler Ou Lei, please do so."
"Well, thank you..."
"Butler Olei." At this moment, Karasumaying suddenly called him.
"What's wrong? Detective Karasuma?" Ou Lei stopped and looked at her and asked.
"Have you been to the King's chambers this morning?"
"Yes, I have been there." Butler Ole nodded, his expression calm and natural.
"Where did the carpet in the king's bedroom go?" Karasuma Ying asked very directly.
Her question caught Ou Lei off guard, and he was obviously stunned for a moment.
"The carpet in the king's bedroom?"
After being stunned for several seconds, Ou Lei finally came back to his senses. He looked at the sharp-eyed Karasuma Ying in front of him, with a very nervous expression on his face, and there was even a trace of cold sweat on his forehead.
"Why...I don't seem to understand what Detective Karasuma said? Carpet...what does it mean? Detective Karasuma, His Majesty the King's bedroom is never carpeted."
But soon, Ou Lei calmed down, regained his graceful demeanor, and explained with a smile.
"Well, it seems that my guess is wrong." Karasuma Ying looked at him with squinted eyes and asked: "Butler Ole, in order to solve the murder case of Chief Barry as soon as possible, can you please allow me to go to the King's Palace? Do you want to investigate His Majesty’s bedroom?”
"Uh, this..."
"After all, this is a commission from His Highness Preburn, Butler Ole, I hope you can provide us with this small convenience..."
"..."
Just as Karasuma Ying moved out of Prince Prey to put pressure on Ou Lei, Mary on the other side had already moved Prince Prince himself over directly.
After trying to enter the king's chamber but being blocked by Ole, Mary was very pragmatic and directly invited His Royal Highness, the king's younger brother, who currently controls this small country, to come over.
At this morning's banquet, when the guardsmen first came to report the news of Barry's murder, and everyone at the scene was in varying degrees of surprise, Mary noticed the flash of excitement on the face of His Royal Highness. Overjoyed.
As an old agent active during the Cold War, Mary was keenly aware of the possible conspiracy behind Barry's death.
After learning that the king's bedroom was directly above where Barry's body was found, Mary directly confirmed her inner guess.
No matter how Barry died, his death probably had something to do with His Majesty the King. It had nothing to do with the identity of the murderer, but an inevitable political drama...
From Biluen, to Bali, and finally to the seriously ill king... So, it seems that those people's plan is almost at its final step?
Now the King's Castle is completely blocked. At such an important and dangerous moment, since the child is still here, you must be there too, right?
Or, have you already appeared?
(﹃) People are already stupid
(End of chapter)
