#49

Mr. Baron is an orphan with no heirs and descendants. Brie decided not to think of her poor little sister in the face of money. After all, she had suffered losses because of her younger sister all of her life. She felt entitled to receive this. All this happened because of an incident involving Gloria, whose life was peaceful only because of her pretty face.

Gloria turned her gaze to the floor. The cruel words and newspaper content that came out of her sister’s mouth were shocking. She believed that she only had one ally in this world. 

“Your grave will be beautifully decorated and I hope you make wise choices for the honor of the family,” Brie said before leaving her alone with unforgettable cruel words. She seemed thrilled at the thought of becoming rich.

Gloria sat with newspapers, medicine bottles, and opened letters from Haley on the floor. As her eyes finally got used to the darkness, these three objects felt even more cruel. More painful than being suspected by a stranger, was this moment, this moment filled with suffering. After staring at the floor for a long time, she finally picked up one of the three objects.

*  *  *

The night when the female lead of this world kept thinking about her fate in prison.

Many people of the Morris Empire did not sleep until late at night and were waiting for one thing. The newspaper, ‘The Golden Wild Goose Daily’ that would be delivered to their homes.

“Delivery!”

The newspaper was thrown in front of the door along with a young man yelling. Then, the homeowner opened the front door and came out, as if they have been waiting. The homeowner picked up the thrown newspaper.

“Oh! Has the name of the real culprit finally been revealed?”

An Exclusive Report Reveals the Real Culprit who K*lled Baron Stephen Along With the Reason!

As seen in the photo below, on the day of the wedding, Baron Stephen received a mysterious medicine bottle from his subordinate, Ludrick. According to the reporter, it was an energizer produced by a competent wizard prior to her death about 200 years ago. The medicine was obtained by the Baron from Ludrick before his wedding night.

Any sane person would drink after checking the effectiveness of the medicine first. The Baron was simply blinded by desire and took the medicine on the first night, which eventually led to a tragedy that resulted in his death. Regardless of how medicine was made, the effectiveness or solution will definitely change after 200 years have passed. However, there are fools selling this medicine to people and labeling it as a medicine from a great witch and exaggerate its effectiveness…. Oh my god! This article is an exclusive report investigated by our Golden Wild Goose Daily reporters and is prohibited from reprocessing and distribution.

The customer who read the article exclaimed in astonishment. No, the previous article said that bride were suspected due to supporting circumstances.

“Oh my God! Does that mean the Baron poisoned himself? How stupid!”

“Honey, shouldn’t Ludrick, who also takes part in this, also be punished? Even if he didn’t know. He has indirectly poisoned the Baron.”

“Huh? Yes. This person will also be punished. Oh, so only the suspected young bride is innocent?”

“It’s too unfortunate for the bride. Becoming a widow right away on her first night.”

That night, the streets in the capital were much brighter than before.

The lights in every house were on until late at night. People read newspaper articles and voiced their opinions about the case with their family or friends.

The National Police Agency also subscribed to ‘The Golden Wild Goose Daily’.

That morning, people from the National Police Agency immediately began with the intensive investigation. Once they checked the newspaper, they immediately observed where Ludrick lived. After that, they visited Haley Mertes, the president of the newspaper company and reporter in order to investigate the witness.

The police had to make sure that what was in the article was facts. Some doctors have expressed their opinion that the solution left over from Baron’s drink could become a toxin to his body.

“Although it’s probably fine when a healthy person only eats one drop of it. Just like Baron, if he drank a lot at once, it would be so dangerous that a fine old man like him wouldn’t be surprise to end up dying.”

They committed two mistakes in this case.

First, he assumed the culprit was the bride and ignored the investigation to people around the victim. The second, ignoring ‘The Golden Wild Goose Daily’ by treating the newspaper as a piece of useless trash.

“You should have read the article the day before and found out who the culprit was! What have you been doing all this time?”

The Chief of the Police Investigation Section angrily vented to his subordinates.

“These people are in a state of chaos! For the time being, don’t even think about going home early! Understood?!”

Yesterday afternoon, the Crown Prince came to the police station by himself. This means that the royal family also has their attention directed to this case. The newspaper reported the circumstances of the incident before them. It was clear that this would be the most embarrassing case ever since the Inspector joined the National Police Agency.

The angry Inspector immediately questioned Haley. He couldn’t trust his incompetent subordinates.

“You’re the president of the newspaper company. Did you know this would happen? How did you get this significant lead?”

Although Haley had already revealed the truth of the incident, he was still suspicious. Haley shrugged and made up an excuses.

“I didn’t know the Baron would die that day. I attended the wedding and witnessed a strange scene, so I just took the scene with the camera. I was just fortunate there.”

“If you knew it was poison beforehand, you should have stopped it. Perhaps, you left it as it is on purpose?”

“Oh my, how was I supposed to know it’s a poison? I was also very surprised to learn that the Baron died from the poison, which looked like a medicine, in the photo. At the time, Ludrick said that it must be an energizer. I clearly heard him say that.”

The police inspector gritted his teeth because he thought there was nothing to write even if he kept questioning Haley. If this woman had cooperated quickly from the start, things like this wouldn’t have become a big problem.

“I understand. All right. You may leave now.”

Haley didn’t get up from her chair right away. She crossed her arms and looked at the inspector, who had just investigated her.

“Is there anything else you want to say?”

“Look, I’m not going to say this. It’s outrageous.”

“What? What ….”

“No, I revealed the truth of the case at the police station directly. Instead, you suspected me and didn’ event say thank you after this. That’s not enough!”

Haley angrily hit the table with her hand. Then, her expression frowned for a moment when she felt pain in her hand, but she added.

“And for no apparent reason, the innocent Baroness is still not released! Who is the commissioner here? Tell him to release her now! I’m going to write an article saying how unfair the Baroness being treated here! Do you know who I just met yesterday?”

“Right. Who did you meet?”

“The Crown Prince! Someone who is related significantly to this matter. I even had tea with him yesterday! We even discussed this case in great depth! I really can’t believe this!”

The inspector, who was conducting the investigation, felt cold sweat running down his back. Haley’s eyes were smirking now. If this situation appeared in the newspapers again, there would definitely be severe punishment for those involved due to protest from the imperial family. Such as, he was not being seen as a competent policeman anymore. He swallowed and tried to calm the woman in front of him.

“Hey, calm down, will you?”

“There’s no way I can calm down! Tell the Commissioner to come here! Or release the Baroness right now! How dare a noble be put in prison until now when she is innocent. You think no one cares about this? Huh?”

“Alright! I’ll release her now! You hear me?”

Upon hearing the answer she wanted, Haley quickly asked for an additional request.

“Really? Let me in! I have to make sure that you don’t torture my friend!”

“That’s a little….”

The Inspector General’s hesitant attitude made Haley even more upset and she raised her voice.

“In my newspaper tomorrow, there would be an article revealing these unfair attitude in the National Police Agency!”

“Oh, no..all right. Come with us now.”

The inspector swallowed his obscenities. Today was the first time he wanted to hit a woman so bad in his life. Haley smiled pleasantly and ran after the Inspector. They went down to the dungeon. The inspector, who brought Haley, stopped walking once they reached a fence.

“We’re here.”

“Gloria! I’m here. I told you I’d get you out of here, didn’t I?

She shouted victoriously in front of the place pointed out by the Inspector General. But before long, Haley’s expression turned pale. What she saw in front of her was Gloria lying lifelessly on the cold floor.

“Hey! What’s wrong with you? Gloria, wake up…”

Haley’s shout echoed inside the dungeon. The Chief Investigator felt his head spin as he looked at the condition of this weak woman. There was a suspicious-looking empty medicine bottle beside the young Baroness. He closed his eyes tightly imagining the consequences that would come with this. Right now, his position was at stake as if a lantern that can be blown by the wind at any moment.

*  *  *

I took the unconscious Gloria back to her residence. Meanwhile, Mother and I packed up before going back to the baron’s residence. A butler named Henrick treated us in disapproval, but since I was the friend of the bride who was most likely to be the master from this moment, I could start acting boldly. In fact, I entered this house because I couldn’t trust the Baron’s people. Who knew that after Gloria fell ill, there would be someone who run away with the Baron’s valuables?

Three days after she fainted in prison, Gloria finally opened her eyes. In the morning, Mother and I guarded her room together.

“Uhm….”

“Gloria! Are you awake? Are you okay?”

“…Haley? No.”

Tears came first when she saw her friend first thing after her consciousness came back.

“Yes! It’s me. Why did you drink it? If I had met you a little later, it would have been a big problem! I… I told you I’d save you! You have to trust me!”

Mother stopped me when I got upset and yelled at her.

“Haley. Calm down. Gloria isn’t feeling well. You can give her headache by acting like this.”

Mother turned to Gloria.

“Who gave you that horrible potion?”

Of course, from what the police personnel did to Gloria’s older sister, Brie, it was immediately obvious who the culprit was. However, why did she drank the drug without any hesitation? I was really curious about it.

Gloria looked at me rather calmly. She managed to release her parched lips and spoke.

“Haley. I’ve read the newspaper. The article where you wrote about me being the possible culprit in the case.”

“What? You took the medicine Brie gave you because of that article? Hey, you should have read the article that came out the next day! I revealed the culprit a few hours after that!”

I was frustrated because of this stupid female lead, so I hit my chest instead. Then, I ordered the male and female servant to bring our overdue newspaper.

“You have to read this! I’ve just revealed who the real murderer is! I was afraid you would think like that, so I sent you the note to make sure you trust me!”

Why don’t you believe me?