I Became a Swordsman in the Middle Ages.

"The detective's evidence collection is a legitimate process."

Sisilia recited flatly.

Edward lifted his eyes as if annoyed and sheathed his sword.

However, the tip of his sword was still pointed at Sisilia.

"You always doubt me."

Edward circled around Sisilia in the center.

Sisilia did not turn her head and only followed with her eyes.

"Is it the Commander's order? To investigate me."

"The Commander did not particularly suspect the Vice-Commander. This is my judgment."

"Judgment. Good. Then what judgment will you make this time?"

Tap.

Edward stopped walking. It was Sisilia's blind spot. Attacking from there would be difficult to block. As if asking. Will you trust me and turn your back?

The answer was simple. Sisilia turned her head. An attack flew at that moment.  

Clang-!

It was a somewhat strong blow. Sisilia realized that Edward had just swung with the resolve to kill her.

"Wrong answer, Sisilia."

"...I don't think so."

Edward's sword was wrapped in flames. Sisilia's arm trembled slightly.

It was because it was hot. Sisilia slightly increased the output of Wind's Blessing. That's a bit better now.

"I've always been curious. Between your wind and my flames, which one is better."

"Wouldn't the stronger one win?"

"I'm asking about talent. Aren't you and I the only ones in the Knights Order who possess the 4 major attributes?"

'The 4 major attributes are trash, though.'

Fire, water, earth, and wind are collectively called the 4 major attributes.

They're not bad, but they're not that great, either. There are plenty of cheating blessings. Notably, there is 'time,' 'space,' 'light,' and 'darkness.'

Sisilia wanted to quibble but decided to hold back.

"You look dissatisfied. Shall I tell you the answer? Your wind isn't bad, but my fire is better. Fire devours everything."

Whoosh-

The more intense their respective blessings colliding between the swords became, the more that shockwave spread to the surrounding air.

Sparks flew and illuminated Sisilia's silver hair in a red color.

"Wind cannot be devoured by anything."

However, Sisilia's wind neutralized that fire. The blaze, which seemed like it would burn up and devour everything around it at any moment, gradually subsided in the fierce wind.

Edward's mouth tore up to his ears.

"Shall we test it?"

The flames burned fiercely, trying to devour the room. She was protecting the building with the wind, but there would be a limit.

Sisilia decided to make an unavoidable judgment.

"Wind-"

But Sisilia couldn't even spit out 'Shear'. Edward roughly shook off his sword. Soon, the flames that seemed to devour everything also disappeared.

"Let's stop here."

"......"

"I didn't expect you to even use Wind Shear. Were you trying to kill me?"

"Yes. Are you scared?"

Sisilia said without hesitation.

"...I wouldn't particularly refuse if you attack again. But I recommend stopping."

Edward stood in front of Sisilia.

With a strange smile, he placed his hand on her cheek.

Sisilia looked at that hand with a cold expression. Her long lower eyelids were half-closed.

"I love this Knights Order more than you think."

It meant that if a battle broke out here, the headquarters would disappear.

Edward lifted Sisilia's face. Since there was quite a height difference, her neck hurt.

"Ow."

"Come under me. Sisilia."

"......"

"Then I will forgive the rudeness just now."

Sisilia responded by biting Edward's fingers.

"Kuk."

Edward stepped back with a contorted face.

"If you don't let go, I'll bite."

"You already bit...!"

Edward was in quite a bit of pain. Sisilia was secretly proud.

'No, now's not the time.'

Sisilia pointed her sword.

"Please comply with the arrest, Vice-Commander. Or I will have no choice but to use force."

"... It's not me."

Edward said nervously while taking out a potion from the drawer. He had a cleanliness disorder, and it was hard for him to endure having someone else's saliva on him.

'Wow, a 200-gold potion.'

Sisilia swallowed her saliva with a gulp. As expected of royalty, he seems to have a lot of money.  

'If I confiscate it, it's all mine, right?'

Sisilia made up her mind to seriously arrest him.

"It's too late. The documents in my hands are perfect as evidence..."

"Evidence?"

Edward finished disinfecting and returned to his original pace.

He wiped his hands with a white cloth and tilted his head.

"Check it out."

"What..."

Sisilia looked at the documents in her bosom.

It was blank.

The ink had been neatly blown away.

'Was that blow earlier aimed at this. I got hit hard.'

"It's useless. The ruins have not been cleared yet. I can just go directly and prove it."

"You think I didn't take measures like that? However, if you're looking for the traitor, you've come to the wrong place."

Sisilia tilted her head.

"I would have told you. I said I quite love this Knights Order. I don't know what you've been thinking of me all this time."

Edward, who had neatly organized his items and put them in the drawer, took out a document and threw it at Sisilia.

Sisilia used her blessing to pick up the document that had fallen to the floor.

'This is cool.'

While admiring her own perfect appearance, Edward said,

"It's a separate document I investigated related to them. I'm sure one of those four is the person you're looking for."

"Why are you giving it to me?"

"I expected it, but I didn't know the Commander would even suspect me."

'So he thought he would naturally be in charge of it.'

Sisilia blinked her eyes.

To summarize...

Edward was innocent?

No, he's openly the mastermind for that.

"I demand an explanation. Then why did the Vice-Commander want the mission to fail?"

Edward laughed.

"Everyone has one or two secrets they want to hide."

Sisilia's expression hardened seriously at Edward's next words.

"Like how you're hiding your power."

***

Sisilia came out of the Vice-Commander's office with hazy eyes.

A soulless smile was also drawn on her mouth.

The real tip for doing well in work life is to pretend not to know, even if you don't know.

"Yeah… What power? I don't know anything."

"What do you not know anything about?"

"...!"

When Hyder suddenly appeared, Sisilia was startled and flipped him over.

"Kuek!"

Hyder, who had been brushing his teeth, held his waist and writhed on the ground.

"What are you doing!"

"Cu, culprit...!"

Sisilia, thinking, 'So is Edward the culprit?', blurted out in a fluster.

"What? Wa, wait, no!"

Hyder got up with a start and denied it completely.

"Me, a spy for the demons! Such nonsense...!"

The knights walking near the flower bed happened to whisper. 'Did you hear that just now? I heard Sir Hyder is the insider? I had a feeling he would be.'

"Hey! Who said that just now!"

The knights disappeared quickly, sweating. Sisilia covered her mouth.

"Hyder was the traitor..."

"No, I'm not!"

"I heard that strong denial is strong affirmation..."

Hyder was so frustrated he was about to cry.

Sisilia decided to stop teasing Hyder at this point.

.

.

.

But it's fun, so just a little more.

"I will interrogate you. If you aren't the culprit, please take responsibility to explain yourself."

"......"

Hyder was shocked when Sisilia abruptly accused him of being the traitor.

He remembered he had given her some documents earlier.

Worried that those papers might falsely implicate him, Hyder nervously stayed silent, fearing he could be unfairly branded as a spy.

Sisilia, focused on a file labeled "Investigation Records on Internal Information Leakage," continued speaking, momentarily forgetting Hyder's presence.

"Listen well. When you and Zeriway went on a mission..."

[ Investigation Records on Internal Information Leakage ]

[ Hyder, Sisilia, Lude... A total of 6 people have no points of suspicion. Zeriway has some suspicion, but if he were the insider, there would have been more fatal methods. In other words, there is a high possibility that there is no insider among the high-ranking knights. But Zeriway cannot be excluded. ]

[ Suspects and points of suspicion are in the items below. ]

"...But are you even listening to me?"

"Yes. Please continue."

Sisilia flipped through the documents, listening to Hyder with one ear and letting it flow out the other.

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A. Zeriway (Sword Saint)

- As the team leader, he took the lead and set the route for dungeon entry and retreat.

Testimony: "I'm telling you it's true? I really didn't drink this time. What? I smell strongly of alcohol...? Well, I had a little medicinal alcohol. I'm a patient, you know."

B. Marcus (Instructor)

- Wrote a report summarizing the testimonies of the apprentice knights after the 'Tomb of the Skilled' mission and requested 10 years' worth of Sisilia's swordsmanship instruction records.

Testimony: "The apprentice knights' skills improved too drastically, so I was curious."

C. Elena (Support Mage)

- Excessive mana consumption was observed during the exploration, and the use of specific magic (sending coordinates to demons or something) is suspected.

Testimony: "...I, I just randomly fired magic because I was scared."

D. Ridel (Knight)

- Arbitrarily changed the route during the retreat with independent action.

Testimony: "I felt the demons chasing us."

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"And furthermore… Sisilia? You are listening, right...?"

'The culprit is obvious.'

Sisilia finally lifted her head from the documents.

"I, can I go...?"

"As I thought, my prediction was correct."

"Huh? Wait! Wait, think about it again! I have a definite alibi!"

"The higher the probability of having a perfect alibi, the higher the probability of being the culprit. Because humans are not perfect. Except me."

"Why are you excluding yourself!"

Sisilia made a slightly troubled expression.

She made a deduction, but there was a slight catch.

Something that seems to be caught but not caught... It's very annoying, so she decided she should wear a ponytail tomorrow.

"No, really! I was in a meeting with Count Eloise at that time! He asked if there were any suitable knights because he wanted to find a new sponsor, so I personally brought Ridel and even showed him a mock battle! Why won't you believe me!"

"...!"

Sisilia's eyes widened.

What Hyder just said was a great kick.

The complex information that was only in her head was connected by a single string.

A very refreshing feeling. This was the same level of liberation as finding the other lost AirPod after a month.

'I forgot because it was too obvious. The lost item is always in your hand.'

Sisilia quickly put on the monocle she was wearing on her chest.

"The riddle has been completely solved."

"...?"

"Hyder, please gather all the knights quickly. This is an order from the investigator."

"Uh, uh? Uh... If you say so, I have to do it. You are the great investigator after all."

Sisilia was proud. Investigator, the word itself sounds cool.

"I will definitely catch the culprit."

But now was not the time to joke around. Sisilia fluttered her cloak with a whoosh, shining her eyes. How long had she been looking forward to this moment?

"I stake my grandfather's honor on it!"

Hyder hesitated a bit before opening his mouth.

"But did you even have a grandfather?"

Sisilia's monocle fell off.