chapter 20

I have walked through the grass cover of the forest and passed through the trees, I will not deny that my family cared for the tree cover a lot.

21 days have passed since the beginning of the Holy Grail War, and 3 days since its end, it has been said that nearly 134 buildings have been destroyed and the number of victims estimated at more than 500 civilians. This was a disaster for Japan, and the Mage Association may send investigators to try to find out What exactly, after all, the Holy Grail, especially one that works unlike all the other grails, is so important to both the association and the supernatural world.

After what seemed like 3 weeks, especially as this time was hard and tiring for me, I started to miss the cold house a little.

It didn't take long before I got to the magic barrier surrounding the family palace, I extended my hand to feel the barrier only to find that the barrier kept me from entering.

"It is closed ..." I said quietly, something must have happened, like all ordinary magus's families, although we set a barrier for safety and protection, but we only close it when necessary.

I sighed lightly before turning around the barricade until I reached a blind spot that allowed people to pass even when the barrier was closed, originally created as a smuggler if the barrier closure was used against us, to say for example that the enemy continued to wait outside, in that case we either open the barrier so they can Killed us or we keep hiding until we die of hunger.

This stain, which allowed the passage of von Doom blood through his veins, was created in order to ensure our escape, as heir, I know about it.

I entered and activated the present concealment immediately and immediately passed through the distance between the wall and the house in order to find someone. I am worried, although my extended family is a group of selfish people with a cold heart, but I am not ready to lose my twin sister.

I found my little brother, Silas, in the garden while it seemed that he was meditating on birds over the trees, which is seems to be planning to kill them.

I approached him from behind and touched his shoulder, he turned with a panic "What ?!"

"Welcome, too, Silas." I told him with a smile.

"Victor ... are you back?" He asked me confusedly.

I just arrived. I told him, "Why is the barrier is close?"

"Hey, how did you get in?"

I told him while ignoring his question, "Just answer my question, silas, I'm in a hurry."

"Our father is dead!" He answered me while there was no great sorrow. "Now, our second uncle is the boss, and he's taken the magic crest, where were you anyway?"

No wonder he was not sad, our father was not a father figure to follow, perhaps because he did not bother to put a sound-proof spell in his workshop, so we can hear the sound of his victims screaming in agony.

"What exactly happened?"

"I don't know, they told me he died mysteriously, however, now it is our uncle who claimed to lead the family, maybe we are lucky that he didn't want to marry our mother."

"Hmm, haven't any investigators from the association been sent? Hey, you guys have set up an investigation mission, right?"

"No," he answered me honestly. "No evidence was revealed that it was a murder, so there was no reason to place a mission, anyway, where were you?"

[New main mission: Murder?

Description: You just returned to your family to discover that your father died of unknown causes, and for some strange reason your family did not appoint an investigator.

Subject: Find out the cause of your father's death, and if it is a crime, discover the murderer.

Reward: 100,000 exp.]

"In the nowhere" I told him as I started walking towards the palace, it is better to hear the story from a more credible party.

I decided that this person would not be anyone but my mother, Cynthia von Doom, so I immediately went to her office and knocked it three times before I heard her voice, and I opened the door cautiously.

"Victor!" She said when she saw me, "Where have you been all this time ?! You don't know what happened!"

"I heard my dad died," I said to her quietly.

"Yes, and because you were not around, someone else became the head of this family!"

"Can you speak calmly? You have no idea what I've been through for so long," I said to her quietly while I used my origin to force my will on her.

"Can I know why you guys did not appoint an investigator from the association?" I asked her again, while continuing to force my will on her.

"There was no reason to do that, his death seemed a natural death, so either the killer used unknown methods or he was very good at hiding his effects, in both cases, no one would agree to investigate a crime without real evidence," she told me quietly.

"I see ..." I slightly contemplated what I heard before leaving the room. "See you later, mom, I missed you by the way."

When I got out, I set my next destination, my father's workshop, if he would leave any evidence, there would be, after all my father was not stupid, if he knew that he would be assassinated he would leave evidence behind him, at least.

" brother?!" A soft girl voice called after me, I just turned to see my beautiful twin, with light green eyes and black hair, Valeria Rachel von Doom ran to me and hugged me, "Brother, where have you been? Why did you leave without telling me anything ?!"

I hugg her, too, before I separated her from me, "I had to do something, wait! did you grew several centimeters in such a short time?"

"Hey, don't tease me like this!" She told me with a fake anger, she did not like the fact that she was shorter than me.

"I need to do something, Valeria. What do you think about speaking later?" I told her while I slowly moved back.

She stretched out her hand towards me before lowering her, "Okay, brother, bye ..."

I waved a gentle smile on my face before I headed towards the basement, which contains all the family workshops, and I passed it cautiously before I went to my father's workshop, Warner von Doom.

Well, I have a murder to solve, and a mission to do, what an amazing first day at home.