Bermuda - Bermuda Episode 11

Episode 11

Since the two of us worked together, the work was completed quickly.

‘Use the ground like a freezer.’

The only thing on Flynn’s mind right now was that he had to report this to the leader right away.

‘There must be a reason why the Delberg Merchant Marine came all the way to the north of here. I guessed that it was a demonic beast. If the ground is used like a freezer, will the corpses of demonic beasts be stored underground?’

His gaze shifted to the man next to him.

‘But this person said he was a member of Delberg’s upper level, so why on earth did he bring up a story about a magical beast that could be harmful to the upper level? Besides, if he had something to hide from me, I don’t think he would have bothered to bring me here and make me see it.’

With a thousand thoughts going through his head, Flynn climbed back up with the man. The man closed the wooden door and piled fallen leaves on top of it so that the entrance was not visible, but some traces of digging remained.

As Flynn was looking at it closely, the man thanked him.

“Thank you for your help. Thanks to you, the work was completed very quickly. You said you had something to ask, right? “Since you helped me with my work, I’ll buy you a drink too.”

“Oh, no, thank you so much. But I feel like I have to go back as soon as possible, so I’ll just take my heart.”

“ah… , I see. “I’m sorry, you were busy, but I think I wasted your time.”

“No, no! “It’s absolutely not like that.”

Flynn said, waving his hands. The man touched his back and looked a little sorry. The more he looked at the man’s words and actions, the less likely he was going to lie, and the more he couldn’t figure out what purpose he was acting for.

In fact, Flynn was implicitly suspicious of him. He thought that this man, who had been talking to them and had even seen Leonardo Blaine’s picture, had secretly conveyed the message to the upper lord, pretending not to know, even though he recognized Blaine’s face.

The count said that the owner of the Delberg merchant house had tipped him off about a foreigner looking for Blaine, so given the circumstances, he had no choice but to suspect that he was a Delberg merchant who had seen the photo.

Moreover, if the reason for pretending not to know was to hide the collusion between the earl, the merchant, and Blaine… ?

If the leader’s heat sensor detected the energy of fire in the mansion, and that is because the Count’s house is hiding Leonardo Blaine, then he is inside. It was a somewhat contradictory hypothesis.

Yes. It definitely should have been… .

When I saw this man who didn’t seem to have any plans, my hypotheses began to waver. Flynn decided to talk to him first and sort out the situation.

“You said we shouldn’t bring outsiders here, right? “Once you’re here, other members of the upper chamber may come, so I think it would be a good idea to move.”

“Oh, I see. Come over here. “I’m going to a place where upper-level members don’t often go.”

Dan Sang-won took the lead again and guided him.

Flynn followed him, took out a location tracking sensor from his inner pocket, and threw it out of sight among the nearby fallen leaves. Later on, when the sun was setting and most of the members were not coming, I planned to secretly come and check the contents inside.

Soon, when they came to an open, but relatively deserted area, Flynn asked the man a few questions.

“Well, come to think of it, I haven’t even heard your name yet. What should I call you?”

“Oh, my name is…” .”

The man paused for a moment, then smiled and said.

“It’s Terzio. “Please feel free to call me Theo.”

“Oh, is that okay? Mr. Theo. “Do you remember what we talked about at the bar yesterday about the corpse of the demonic beast?”

“Yes, of course.”

“At that time, a man appeared and said it was the corpse of a demonic beast, and you said you didn’t know the person’s identity, right?”

“yes.”

“And the burned bodies were taken by Lord Frost.”

“Yes.”

“I am currently on my way to stop by Lord Frost’s castle to confirm the fact.”

At that moment, Theo’s face turned as white as a sheet of paper and his eyes widened as if he was surprised. Flynn didn’t miss the moment his expression changed.

Theo said urgently.

“Well, then did you also tell me that I said that? If the lord summons me… .”

“yes? Oh no. “Don’t worry, I didn’t say you told me.”

“Ah, thank goodness.”

Theo was visibly relieved at Flynn’s words. Flynn asked him vaguely.

“Is there any reason why my lord shouldn’t know that I said that?”

“When we were cleaning up the burnt debris, guards came and told us not to reveal anything to anyone else.”

“I’m asking you to please me… ? “If it was just a burnt animal carcass, would there have been a need to make such a fuss?”

Flynn looked at the man in front of him with a skeptical gaze. Just when I felt a sense of déjà vu, Theo looked around for a moment, nodded his head carefully, and said something rather solemn.

“I have the same thoughts as the investigator.”

Flynn couldn’t understand him as he obediently acknowledged his doubts and replied that he had the same thoughts. So he decided to ask a little more bluntly.

“Lord Frost said it was accidentally caught on fire while transporting slaughtered meat from the top of Delberg. However, if it was in fact the corpse of a demonic beast, the lord who tried to take care of it and cover it up would have committed a sin.”

After hesitating for a moment, Flynn confessed his doubts as they were.

“… And the most likely source of distribution for the corpses of those demonic beasts is the Delberg Merchant Marine where you work, Theo. “It’s not helpful to the top, so why are you saying that?”

Then Theo suddenly smiled at Flynn, grabbed his hand, and said,

“What is wrong must be corrected. And I trust that the investigator will do that.”

When he suddenly got closer to his face and spoke, Flynn was very embarrassed and quickly pulled his hand away.

“ah… , that’s right. “Wrongs must be corrected.”

Flynn was a little worried that he might have been offended, thinking he might have been so shocked that he threw his hand away. But he didn’t seem to care much, still looking at Flynn with a smile.

For a moment, it occurred to Flynn that this man with brown hair and brown eyes might be helping him solve his problem.

Maybe he works at the bottom of the upper level, but regardless of that, he has an honest heart as an ordinary citizen, so he may have brought himself here on purpose to reveal the dirty secrets of the upper level.

Thinking like that, Flynn became a little confused about how he should look at the man. Once his doubts were shaken, the freckles on his face and the brown eyes looking at him looked extremely innocent. I felt a little embarrassed by my doubts.

When Theo suddenly grabbed my hand, was it because his hand was very warm considering we had just come out of a cold place together? Flynn still felt like his hand was burning from where it had touched him.

“Hmm, then Theo, do you think that the Delberg business you work for is distributing magical beasts?”

“hmm… , well. “I’m at the lowest level so I don’t know.”

Flynn, who seemed to be trying to give a hint and was almost moved by the thought that justice was still alive, asked while trying to hide his disappointment at Theo’s behavior, which was different from before, when he said he didn’t know because he was at the lowest level and was reticent.

“… But just now, what was wrong must be corrected… “You did it, right?”

“That’s right. I am certain that the burnt remains I found at that time were contained in boxes distributed by Delberg. And someone said it was the corpse of a demonic beast. “There were also signs of scorch or digging around the area.”

Theo added a few new facts to what he said at the bar last night. Flynn hastily copied his words into his notebook.

If the burnt remains were inside the boxes distributed by Delberg, it probably meant that the Delberg Merchant Marine was involved in this matter. Moreover, when I heard that it was a trace of being dug up, I remembered that the storage room I had visited earlier had been covered with dirt and fallen leaves again, but some traces remained.

Flynn was reluctant to come forward as a direct witness because Theo belonged to the top, but he thought he wanted to give him a hint indirectly. After understanding his somewhat lukewarm behavior up until now, Flynn nodded and continued asking questions.

“Then, speaking of which, do you really not know who said it was the corpse of that demon beast?”

“… “Yeah, I’m not sure about that.”

Flynn was so focused that he turned a page in his notebook and wrote down what he said, but when his answer that he didn’t know brought the question back to square one, he stuck out his tongue and scratched his head with the cap of his pen.

If we can find the person who said the burned body was a demonic beast, the pieces of the puzzle have almost been put together, but it was disappointing that we couldn’t find any clues as to who that person was other than Theo’s words.

That person’s presence was the same thing that convinced me and the leader that there was a corpse of a demonic beast in this frost spirit.

Still, Flynn was satisfied that the direction of the investigation had almost been determined, so he quickly drew a line in his notebook and went down to the line below.

“Mr. Theo, then do you remember the photo I showed you before?”

“Oh, the one with blonde hair and golden eyes? “I remember.”

“Have you really never seen that person?”

“Yes, there is none.”

“really?”

“yes.”

The question was asked as if he was being interrogated, but the man named Theo only answered firmly.

Flynn had no ability to determine whether the man was lying or not. Because of that, Flynn wished he had the ability to threaten people with just his eyes like the leader.

Given the circumstances, if the Delberg merchants were close to being the distributor of demonic beasts, the story about ‘him’ in the count’s family also had to come out. Flynn sighed and asked again.

“Theo, are you sure you don’t know Leonardo Blaine?”

“Leonardo Blaine? “He knows.”

Flynn was taken aback by his sudden change of words, but then he remembered that the name ‘Leonardo Blaine’ was so famous that almost no one knew about it, so he corrected himself and asked again.

“… yes? Oh, right. Usually everyone knows the name. Not only do you know his name, but have you actually seen him? Originally, it wasn’t allowed to be revealed during the investigation. This guy in the photo I’m looking for is Leonardo Blaine. “Have you never seen it?”

Flynn said, taking out the photo again from his inner pocket and showing it to me. Then Theo said with an expression as if he didn’t know what was going on.

“uh… ? It’s not… .”

“No?”

“yes. “Your face is completely different from the Leonardo Blaine I’ve seen?”

“yes? Now, wait a minute. Theo, have you ever seen Leonardo Blaine?”

When Flynn spoke in surprise, Theo answered as if it was obvious.

“If you went to Lord Frost’s castle, didn’t you come to meet me? “It was mainly there.”

“yes??”