Fourth Prince's Debauchery - Chapter 190

Chapter 190
When we entered the room, we saw a young man seated in the bed looking at the ground with a vacant expression .

\"Steven?\" Evelyn called his name and readied a spell . But contrary to our expectations, the boy did not show a startled or surprised expression .

Instead, he raised his strangely pale face with a look of fear .

\"H-Headmistress? You came to arrest me?\"

\"… Yes . You killed a student, Steven . So I need to arrest you . \"

\"I see… I killed him, huh . Ha… Hahaha… Hahahahaha . \" The young man started to laugh like crazy . \"Yeah, I DID!\"

\"Steven?\"

\"Hmm?\" Steven tilted his head in the direction of Evelyn . \"You need something, headmistress? Yeah, yeah, I remember… It was about Abel, right?\"

Steven then stood up and walked towards a drawer . Calmly, he grabbed a knife and turned around to face us with a creepy smile .

\"Heh… Hehehehe…\" At some point, tears had appeared in his eyes .

Steven stared at the headmistress with a sad smile and opened his lips . \"Please, tell my mother that I'm sorry!\"

Then, he slashed with the knife towards his own neck!

\"Stop!\" Evelyn bellowed and cast the spell she had readied .

Sixth-Layer Wind Spell, [Wind Prison]!

It was as though the wind inside the room had turned heavy . Steven's movement stopped completely, and the knife in his hands stopped before cutting his neck .

Evelyn sighed in relief . She then walked slowly towards the student with a frown .

\"Why did you do it, Steven?\"

\"Why, huh… I wonder why…\" Steven smiled wryly . The tears in his eyes had started to spill on the ground .

Then, he started to cry .

\"Sorry… Sorry, headmistress… Sorry, Abel… I did not want to do it, I swear… I don't know what happened… Sorry, sorry…\"

Tear after tear fell to the ground . Soon, Steven was wailing despairingly in the room .

Both Evelyn and I were startled . However, I was certain of one thing .

Steven had not lied since the start .

…

It took Steven almost twenty minutes to calm down . During that time, he cried and cried while repeating that he did not want to do it .

However, I managed to piece together some things during this time .

Firstly, Steven did not want to kill his classmate, Abel . Or at least, he was regretting it badly .

And secondly, Steven had killed only one person .

In other words, he was completely unrelated to the first murder .

As soon as Steven calmed down, the headmistress released his constraints . She took away the knife on his hand and told him to sit in the bed .

\"Are you alright?\" Evelyn asked .

The young man nodded . \"Sorry about it, headmistress… It's just that… I don't know what happened . \"

Evelyn fell silent . She looked at the young man with a pensive expression and sighed .

\"So you killed Abel, right?\"


\"… I did . I didn't want to do it, but I just… I don't know what happened . \"



\"What about Kerl? Did you kill him?\"

Kerl was the name of the first student killed . A second-year commoner student . Both cases incredibly similar, the only difference being the weapon used to commit the murder .

But just like I expected, Steven put on a startled expression .

\"Kerl? Who is that?\"

Evelyn frowned . I, on the other hand, have already gotten an idea about what was happening .

But to confirm my guesses, I asked something to the young man .

\"Can you tell us about how everything happened?\"

\"… Yes, of course . \" Steven then started to tell us the story .

According to Steven, he and Abel were very good friends . When he learned about the duel between the Clubs' Committee and the Student Council/Students' Guards, he came to the classroom to invite his friend to go to see the duel .

There was where it happened .

When Steven was talking with Abel, he suddenly got a strange impulse to kill him . It was as though something was whispering 'kill him, kill him' in his ear .

At the start, Steven thought it was nothing . He shook his head and laughed off those strange thoughts .

However, they quickly became stronger .

And when they were about to leave the classroom, Steven's turned crazy .

\"Everything was blurry then . \" Steven laughed bitterly . \"When I reacted again, my sword was already piercing Abel's chest . The last thing I remember is Abel's gaze filled with incredulity, as though asking me why I did it…\"

Evelyn fell deep in thoughts . Looking at the pale young man, she asked something .

\"What about his soul?\"

But Steven's answer was an expression of bewilderment .



\"I understand . \" Evelyn sighed . \"Steven, can I look through your memories? There is something I need to confirm . \"

Steven was startled, but maybe because he was too shocked by the situation, he nodded .

Evelyn put a hand on his forehead and closed her eyes . With a thought, she searched inside his thoughts for the memories related to the murder .

A few seconds later, she retired her hand .

\"Wait here for a moment and don't do anything crazy . \" Evelyn instructed Steven before looking at me . \"Claus, come with me . \"

She then left the room .

I followed her silently .

Once outside, we looked at each other with grave expressions .

\"Mind manipulation . \" Evelyn said .

I nodded . \"It looks like the mastermind behind the murders is more dangerous than we expected . \"

Steven had obviously been manipulated to do something against his will . Everything in his story points to that .

However, manipulating someone's mind is not easy . Someone able to such a feat is someone extremely dangerous .

\"Did you find anything in his memories?\"

Evelyn shook her head . \"Nothing . Furthermore, I did not find traces of someone tampering with his mind . It was as though he did everything voluntarily . I neither find anything about the other murder . \"

I wrinkled my brows . I'm getting more confused with each passing second .

\"… Headmistress, can I try searching his mind too?\"

\"Huh? You?\"



\"I have a bit of knowledge about it . \" I explained . \"Perhaps I can find something . \"

Evelyn looked at me with a suspicious look, but maybe because she was out of options, she accepted .

\"Be careful, don't injure him . \"

I nodded .

Searching Steven's memories was easy . I just touched his forehead and looked into his soul .

And this time, I found something .

However, my face darkened quickly .

\"Damn it . \" I muttered under my breath and retired my hand . I then looked towards Evelyn and shook my head .

\"Nothing . \"

\"I see . \" Evelyn sighed . \"Well, it was worth a try . \"

I nodded and fell silent . As I said before, I actually found something .

In the deeps of Steven's soul, I found traces of the person behind everything .

However, there was a small problem .

Those traces were hidden deep in his soul . So deep that I need to damage his soul to get them .

In other words, I needed to kill him .

And right now, I could not do it .

At least, not with Evelyn here .