Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

When Weber heard that he had to handle the suspense case himself, his first reaction was reluctance. However, since the two creditors had spoken, he had no choice but to go out in order to pay back the money.

"Why is it always such troublesome things..."

"My dear brother, you should at least show some concern for your students, right?"

"That kind of thing doesn't matter. I can't waste time on something like this... Gray, I'll rely on you when the time comes."

"Yes!"

Waver glanced at Shinji again, and as expected, the other had an interested expression on his face.

...Sure enough, no matter how many years have passed, this guy's bad character has not changed at all. Although I don't expect him to be of any help, as long as he doesn't cause trouble, he can still be used as a trump card...

Finally, Lanis took another sip of tea, glanced at the three people in front of her and said:

"Since it has been decided, let's set off now without further delay!"

......

After the three of them were ready, they got into Weber's black car and drove to the scene of the incident - the residence of the Faguo family.

After getting in the car, the atmosphere was a bit depressing at first, and Weber and Gray were silent... After all, this time they were going to deal with a suspenseful murder case, not to go for a ride, so it was normal to feel a little heavy-hearted.

But there's one person who's not among them...

"Or to get back to the point...your name is Gray, right? Why do you always wear a hood?"

"..."

Weber sat in the driver's seat, the girl next to him sat in the passenger seat, and Shinji naturally occupied the entire back seat by himself. He lay down without caring about his image at all, and occasionally glanced at the surrounding scenery.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the silent girl sitting in the passenger seat in the rearview mirror. He was curious for a moment, so he asked directly, but the other party did not answer him.

"...Are you trying to cover your face? You don't look ugly, so why are you covering it up?"

"Mr. Shinji... please respect yourself."

"!?"

Shinji was stunned for a moment. Why did he feel that the other party was suddenly angry? He didn't seem to say anything bad, so why was he disliked?

Waver secretly observed the reactions of the two, and finally sighed helplessly:

"...This is a complicated matter, but just assume that her face is actually very ugly."

"..."

As soon as these words came out, Shinji immediately noticed that the mood of the girl in front of him calmed down, and he suddenly felt numb.

So, who can tell him now what is going on, being excluded?

Shinji felt a little unhappy as if he was being secretly excluded. He was too lazy to look at the scenery and just lay down in the back seat and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, he was awakened by a sharp brake sound. When he opened his eyes, they had arrived in front of a magnificent villa...

"Is this... a giant cylinder..."

Weber looked at the unique building in front of him and immediately noticed something unusual.

"Master, what do you mean?"

"...It is the dome-shaped building. The roof above symbolizes the sky, and the building below symbolizes the earth. The whole thing is a building that constitutes the world..."

"And the master here is naturally the god of this world."

"The God of the World..."

"Tsk, you are so arrogant, you want to become the god of the world without even asking me if I agree."

Shinji got out of the car and heard Waver's explanation. He complained with disdain on his face, but his words were selectively ignored by Waver.

If this isn't exclusion, what else could it be?

"...Speaking of this, I am a little curious. With such an obvious clue, why couldn't so many people find out the truth?"

While they were still studying the building, the maid standing at the door walked towards them, and it was obvious that she knew them.

"Hello, I am Claire, the maid of this mansion. Please follow me..."

"it is good."

Then, the three were taken to the reception room, and the maid made three cups of black tea for them. However, Gray did not sit down directly. Instead, she stood beside the sofa like a servant, while Shinji and Waver sat down.

The maid didn't say much about this, but walked to the door next to her and called out to the person inside:

"Miss! Lord El-Melloi has arrived..."

The door was gently opened, and a beautiful girl with a hesitant look on her face walked out. Her face was sad, mixed with some indescribable complex emotions.

However, when she saw Weber sitting there, she immediately seemed to have found her backbone and smiled as she walked over to greet him.

"teacher!"

Without waiting for Weber to say anything, the other party went straight up and hugged him, but since the other party was his student, it was naturally impossible for him to have any extra feelings for him.

"You're finally here... I don't know what to do!"

"Calm down... Didn't I teach you before? As a magician, you need to stay calmer at critical moments."

"Yes! ...Who are these two?"

The visitor was very happy to see Waver, but her good upbringing made her return to normal immediately. She looked at Shinji and Gray beside her with some confusion.

"Oh, these two are my disciples. They will serve as my assistants to help me deal with the next issues."

"...I see...Nice to meet you. My name is Mary Faguo, and I am a former student of Mr. Weber. Now let me explain to you what happened..."

"Let me tell you about this matter..."

Suddenly the door was opened again, and a man with glasses and a wrinkled face walked in. Everyone looked over.

"you are?"

"It is an honor to meet you, Lord El-Melloi. I am Fernando Lee, a friend and research partner of Aneste."

"...I am also a necromancer."

"Necromancer... you should be able to communicate directly with the dead, right?"

"I'm sorry, I've already tried this, but this house is enchanted, so I also..."

"Hey, hey, it's better not to believe what this guy says!"

Before the necromancer could finish his words, a young man with a head of inferior yellow hair, a wretched appearance and an arrogant walk came in. As soon as he came in, he verbally attacked the necromancer:

"...Because this person is likely the murderer of Uncle Agneste!"

"uncle?"

"Alec! How can you talk like that!"

When Weber heard what Mary said, he indeed discovered that although the other person and Mary looked very different, they had the same hair color.

"Uncle...that means you are Mr. Faguo's nephew, Alec."

"Oh! I didn't expect that the Lord would still remember a third-rate magician like me. This really makes me happy!"

"Alec, are you doubting me?"

Under Fernando's round-frame glasses, he narrowed his eyes and stared at the rude guy in front of him.

"Huh? That's only natural. For a magus, a research partner is there to be harmed. Am I wrong?"

Hearing such unfounded accusations, Fernando smiled disdainfully and said calmly:

"You are right about that, but I remember you just borrowed a large sum of money from Ernest..."

"..."