The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

324: Chamai, A Murderer?

The two groups exchanged information and designed a plan to catch the murderer.
They were still planning when the rumor about the murderer being connected to Yanaimo’s family began spreading.
Rumor was Yanaimo’s friends were all on the murderer’s hit list.

The rumor had some validity so it spread like wildfire.
There were already people who thought along the same lines, but had been too afraid to offend her and her supporters, but things were different now.

Now Yanaimo wasn’t on her pedestal anymore.

Even if she was a goddess who could give them benefits, those benefits didn’t mean a thing in the face of life and death.
They knew what was more important.

“This is all your fault! If you hadn’t brought us to this island, we wouldn’t have lost so many classmates.”

“We wouldn’t be in this situation if you weren’t so pretentious!”

“It’s just a birthday celebration.
What was the big deal?! You called all of us out here to show off your island! What was so great about it huh?! Now so many people are dead because of you!”

“Who did she offend?! Why are we suffering because of her! I’ve never done anything excessively bad!”

Some of the female students were already crying as they talked.
It wouldn’t have been so bad if it was just a crazed murderer.
But if the murderer was targeting Yanaimo, if they were just tools to punish her, then that was different.
The feeling of being used was unbearable.
It was only natural they would feel resentful and thoroughly wronged.

“How can you say that! My lady was so kind! Weren’t you all happy to be invited?!” Yanaimo’s personal maid defended her.

“If I had known she offended a crazy murderer, I wouldn’t have come even if she gave me more favors!”

“That’s right! I would regret dying more! Those classmates who already died, they’d regret it too!”

The hall was full of students arguing.
Yanaimo came from a noble lineage; she was above arguing with those below her status.
Though she didn’t want to quarrel with them, she hated the person responsible for the rumors.
She would make their life a living hell if she ever caught them.

Even if the murderer didn’t get the person responsible for the rumors, Yanaimo would get rid of them.
How dare they malign her reputation!

It didn’t matter what Yanaimo thought or felt, her classmates hated her.
They didn’t look like they were interested in fawning over her anymore, instead they looked like they wanted to kill her.

Luckily the teachers came and shooed everyone back to their respective rooms.
The teachers had originally wanted to speak to Yanaimo in private.
If the whole thing was related to Yanaimo’s family, then it would be easier to figure out who the murderer was if they knew more about her family’s enemies.

Unfortunately, the young miss refused to cooperate.
She immediately said this after everyone left, “I know what Teachers want to ask.
I only have this to say.
My family is upstanding and decent with no enemies.
So it’s impossible for the murderer to be an enemy of my family.”

She didn’t wait for them to reply, but immediately turned around and left in a huff.
Her maid called out to her, but Yanaimo refused to turn around.

Teachers Del Leo and Ballard smiled bitterly.
What was this? She was throwing a temper tantrum? They wanted to find the murderer, but they couldn’t force or compel her to answer.
All they could do was stare after her.

Yanaimo wasn’t the only having a hard time, Airon was also having a hard time.
He was afraid of being the next victim and had holed up in his room ever since.
He kept himself locked inside and wouldn’t open the door for anyone.
He stepped outside for food, but that was it.
He was completely isolated.

Another night arrived.
This one was accompanied with windy seas, dark clouds, and rolling waves.
A storm was coming.

That night, a shadowy figure entered a room and looked at the person in bed.
The intruder held a knife and was about to stab the slumbering person but an unexpected figure appeared.

It was Jier!

Jier blocked the knife and the two began to fight.
His hand-to-hand combat skills were good, despite being a fire magician.

The intruder was losing ground but he was clever.
He tried to escape through the window once he saw he couldn’t win.
But unfortunately for him, Ming Xi arrived and blocked his escape exit.
His odds of winning were even worse now.

Soon enough he lay sprawled on the ground in defeat.

“Let’s see who you are!” Jier sliced away the mask covering the intruder’s face.

It was Chamai! Chamai was the murderer?! How shocking.

Chamai was such a big Yanaimo admirer.
Who would have guessed such a garrulous person was the murderer?

Outside, the wind continued to rage as thunder boomed across the sky.
Chamai was calm though.

“Why did you kill all those people?” Ming Xi asked.

“They deserved to die.” Chamai’s expression was different; gone was his usual cheerful smile.
He looked at Jier and Ming Xi coldly.

“That’s not why you killed them.
Tell me the real reason.” Jier, now a maid, demanded an answer.

“Humph!” snorted Chamai.
He was on the ground, but he still managed to turn his head away from them.

“You’re still fronting!” Jier kicked Chamai a few times in the stomach.
This guy had killed so many people, kicking him was nowhere near enough, but no matter how much Jier abused him, Chamai refused to answer.
He refused to explain his motive.

They found the murderer but the mysterious person hadn’t reappeared.
This meant they hadn’t completed their mission.
So it looked like they wouldn’t get anywhere until they unearthed the truth.