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Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 138 Part 2

CHAPTER 138 PART 2

「Yeah, you can say that again…… This is a really nasty piece of work……」

The body must have been left there to rot for days.

Its flesh was rotting away and peeling off of the bones, there were worms eating away at it in various places, and it even bore the signs of being mauled by some wild animals and monsters.

And now seeing the result of the process of decomposition with their own eyes, both Kanade and Sora turned completely blue on their faces.

Tanya called out to the two of them with a worried look, seeing their visceral reactions.

「Are you two okay?　If it’s too gruesome for you to see, you can go back to Nina and Tina and take a short break. There’s no need for you to force yourself here.」

「Tanya, you seem to be really calm about this…… Nyah, that’s actually amazing.」

「No, I am not fine with it in the slightest. I’m just trying to play it cool, that’s all. But the truth is, I want to get as far away from this sight as possible.」

「…… Well, if that’s the case, I’m going to tough through it, too! After all, I can’t let you suffer alone, Tanya! That just wouldn’t be fair!」

「I-Is that so…… Well, I mean, if the two of you want to get out of here and not look at it, that’s perfectly fine with me. After all, there is no reason for you to needlessly push yourselves like that. Alright? I-It’s certainly not that I’m worried about the two of you or anything like that, you understand?」

Even though Tanya was trying her best to play it cool here, her concern for her companions still managed to shine through her cold and harsh words.

「What is that…… Is that a stab wound?」

「Yes, it is. And from the looks of it, it was done with a long sword.」

At the same time, Ax and Cell were calmly observing the body and examining it closely.

And looks like they have already managed to figure out the cause of death of this man. I guess that’s A Rank Adventurers for you.

Cell put her hand to her chin and made a gesture as if she was lost deep in her own thoughts.

「Why would there be a corpse in such an odd place……?」

「I don’t know, but…… I don’t think that it is irrelevant to the case at hand. Frankly, I would be really surprised if it was.」

「Yes, I suppose so. An artificially destroyed shrine and a corpse in its vicinity…… it would only be natural to assume that there’s some sort of connection between the two.

「Yeah, you’re right.」

While Ax and Cell were busy brainstorming like that, I also tried to sort through all of the information that we were able to obtain thus far.

What’s the connection between the destroyed shrine and the body that we have found near it?

「…… Could that person be a witness, or something like that?」

「…… Nyah? What do you mean, Rein?」

While the curious Kanade looked at me in puzzlement and asked me that, I told her the possibility that just so happened to come to my mind.

「No, it’s not like I have any definite proof of that, but…… It’s just too convenient of a story that he was just someone random who happened to fall to his death here, isn’t it?　One would think there would be a connection between that person and the destroyed shrine, but……」

「Yeah, I guess so」

「But then, what would that connection even be? Did this man destroy the shrine?　But he didn’t have any weapons that he could have used to do that, not that we were able to see them. And it doesn’t make sense that he would kill himself after destroying the shrine. Then I thought it was safe to assume that he witnessed the crime scene, was found out by the culprit, and was killed to keep his mouth shut…..」

「Well, that’s an interesting theory.」

Cell, who had been listening to me this entire time, nodded her head deeply.

「It’s just a guess, there’s nothing that I could base this upon, sadly.」

「But still, it does make sense, to a certain point. I don’t think I’d have a problem considering it as a possibility.」

「And besides, that someone was obviously murdered.」

Ax added quickly.

「How do you know that?」

「The stab wound was done from behind. You don’t go through all that trouble to kill yourself in such a bizarre fashion, do you?」

「There is no way that we could possibly know something like that……」

As expected of an A Rank Adventurers.

I thought we had grown up in our own way after being trained by Suzu-san……

But there’s still a lot to be said for the knowledge and experience that we are clearly lacking. And it’s something that those Adventurers have.

I need to learn from the two of them as much as possible.

「Well then…… I guess that’s about as far as this investigation will go.」

That’s understandable, as there was nothing else that we could possibly investigate here.

We should go back to Pagos and organize all of the information that we have obtained once again.

…… Or at the very least, that was what I thought we should do.

「Rein? Would you like for us to have a look at the body?」

Luna suddenly said something like that..

「Come to think of it, I remember the two of you being able to use Memory-Searching Magic. But is that something that can be used on a corpse as well?」

「It’s going to be a bit of a pain in the ass, but there’s nothing we can’t do!　If we work together, it should be nothing more but a cinch!」

So it seems that I was wrong once again.

「Well then, can I ask you to do it?」

「Of course!」

「Leave it to us!」

Sora and Luna tensed up, unfurled their wings, and began chanting their magic incantation.

Seeing the two of them, Ax and Cell were really surprised.

「Oh wow, so those two really are from the Spirit Tribe, huh……」

「I thought it was just a joke, but I see that it’s true. I’m surprised.」

The two of them chanted their spell as they met Ax and Cell’s startled gaze.

The corpse was then surrounded by bright, blinding light.

「Mmmhhh~~」

「……………」

Luna lets out a strange growl.

Sora, on the other hand, was quiet and silent as she controlled her magic power.

And after a long while……

The two of them gently opened their eyes.

「So? How did it go?」

「Well…… I was able to do a proper Memory Search on the body of this man. So I was able to see his killer’s identity, but……」

「Hm? It’s really unusual for you to stumble with your words like that…… What’s going on here?」

「Yes, here’s the thing, Rein. I don’t really think that you are going to be surprised with this one. The person who killed this man and the person who destroyed the shrine over there were the same person. And that person was actually…… the Hero himself.」