However, after hearing the situation, Emerald was also puzzled, and she had no idea how to investigate the matter.

"What's wrong, Emery?"

Seeing that Emerald, who had just been cheerful, suddenly looked worried, Julia chuckled and sat back down on Emerald's lap, hooking her arms around her neck and saying:

"If you have any difficulties, you can tell us so we can all help you think of a solution... Even though you are smarter than all of us, let's brainstorm together."

"...This is indeed quite strange."

Seeing the curious looks on everyone's faces, Amelie shrugged, took a bite of the spicy meat strip that Julia fed her, and then chuckled:

"Since you're interested, I'll tell you the story... It's the sequel to the incident where Judy was framed last time."

Afterwards, Amelie put her arm around Julia and they ate and drank while she told the women around her what she knew.

"No matter who is causing trouble, they will ultimately be nothing more than small fry under the young lady's feet."

Marcy was the first to make her judgment, and she unconditionally trusted Emerald as always.

"...I'm sorry, this is beyond my capabilities."

Su Lina frowned, thought for a moment, and then reluctantly raised her glass and took a sip.

Viliana wore a thoughtful expression, as if she had some guesses, but she wasn't sure, so she didn't rush to speak.

"Even the magic I know can't do these things."

Flora thought about it seriously for a while before shrugging:

“I don’t know what kind of magic can do this... at least I’ve never heard of such a method when I was training at the academy.”

Emerald hadn't really expected them to offer any constructive advice, so she simply smiled and looked at Julia:

"And what about you, baby? Do you have any thoughts?"

"Ah I?"

Julia was somewhat surprised, seemingly not expecting Ameliete to ask her something that required thinking. She scratched her head, trying to use her brain, but ultimately clenched her fist.

"I don't know... What I do know is that no matter who did the bad thing this time, just punch them and that's it."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, my darling."

Amélie was instantly amused by Julia's adorable appearance. She tightened her grip on Julia and kissed her again, her furrowed brows turning into a smile once more.

"Hmm... I think I have a guess, sister."

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Rin Amamiya, who had initially not expected to be of any help to Emerald, suddenly spoke up, though she seemed somewhat unsure of herself:

“I don’t know much about the internal struggles of your Federation, but I seem to recall seeing the methods used by Miss Judy and the intelligence unit that were silenced in our royal records… If I’m not mistaken, they encountered a master who was good at using celestial secrets, like a diviner or prophet.”

"Oh?"

Emery's eyes lit up immediately, and everyone else turned to look at Rin Amamiya.

"My dear sister, I knew you were a wonderful princess..."

Emerald immediately praised Rin Amamiya as encouragement, and gently took one of Rin's hands and held it:

"Would you like to continue?"

"Hmm... I've only seen something somewhat similar in the files of our Shangying royal family."

Rin Amamiya picked up her wine glass with her other hand, took a small sip, and a look of reminiscence crossed her face:

"As you all know, hundreds of years ago, our Shangying Kingdom was not as peaceful as it is now. Many powerful lords under our Tiangong family often clashed, or even went to war, in order to seize power and profit."

"The records I saw say that there was once a lord who was born to his father and a prostitute. He had a very low status in the family and should not have been the one to inherit the family business."

"But the family heirs who were above him all died in various accidents... Many of those accidents were quite bizarre, similar to the deaths of the intelligence unit members you just mentioned."

"Not only that, after that lord successfully inherited the territory, a war broke out between him and other lords. As a result, the family of the lord who was his enemy also died in various bizarre accidents, and even a very rare plague broke out in the territory, which eventually affected hundreds of thousands of people."

"This has blown things up. The Tengu Shrine has intervened in the investigation, but unexpectedly, the shrine maidens involved in the investigation keep having accidents. Fortunately, they are all protected by the power of the Divine Tree, and each accident is a close call."

“If too many accidents happen, then they are no longer accidents. Considering that the lord is the ultimate beneficiary of each accident, he is undoubtedly directly connected to these accidents.”

"So in the end, the high priestesses acted decisively, captured the lord and brought him back to the shrine, and then used soul-searching magic to examine his memories, and that's how they found out the truth."

"It turns out that behind that lord was a very powerful diviner, but the path he followed was different from that of mainstream diviners. He didn't help people avoid misfortune and seek good fortune, but rather needed to disrupt the future through various schemes. The more chaotic the future was, the greater his benefits. The hundreds of thousands of people who died from war and plague helped him advance his cultivation further... Of course, he was eventually defeated by the shrine, his body was pierced by ten thousand arrows, and his soul was permanently suppressed."

"So I guessed... did you encounter something similar, sister?"

After recounting the story she had seen in her family's records, Rin Amamiya thought for a moment and offered some of her own speculations:

"Suppose that someone in your Federation needs to disrupt the future and create chaos to make themselves stronger, then they must find a way to throw the Allen Federation into chaos."

"And the person who has made all sorts of big moves in the Allen Federation over the years is none other than you, sister. And you, sister, are capable of making all sorts of big moves, right? So, perhaps the enemy's real goal is to find a way to disrupt your plans, provoke you, and get you to take action."

"...To provoke me and throw the Federation into chaos? That's quite a good idea... After all, many people know that I'm actually a very willful and capricious young lady, and I'm capable of anything if I really get angry... Hmph."

Amelie closed her eyes briefly, took a deep breath, and then opened them again, her azure eyes now filled with laughter.

She first touched Rin Amamiya's hand again, and then hooked her finger around Rin Amamiya's palm:

"My dear sister, you've been a great help this time. What kind of reward do you want? How about I reward you with myself tonight?"

"Then, sister, please reward me and let me sleep by myself!"

Rin Amamiya immediately pulled her hand back and rolled her eyes.

Emery laughed heartily, unconcerned, and then looked at Flora:

"If the Federation really has someone like Rin-chan described, then he's definitely not a mage, but a human archmage, and most likely he's developing his own 'conceptual worldview.' After all, mages don't need to think that much; they can become stronger simply by training their magic power. Only mages need to use actions to verify their ideas and improve their understanding... My dear little Rose, do you know anyone like that? The Allen Federation shouldn't have any archmage that Loshid doesn't know about, right?"

"No."

Flora answered very affirmatively:

"Any magic involving divination or prophecy, according to the theories of our Lohid family, belongs to time magic... Unfortunately, this has always been our weakness. Our family has never produced a time-specialized mage, and not even the entire Allen Federation. All the outstanding diviners or prophets in the Federation rely on their own innate magic."

"Hmm, I knew it."

Amelie also expressed her approval:

"When I stayed at the Lohid Magic Academy a while ago, I also visited many of the Lohid family elders, and they were indeed not skilled in time magic."

"so……"

Finally, Emerald's gaze fell upon Viliana, who had remained silent until now:

"Anna, what do you think?"

"...It is indeed possible that it was done by those small-time elves, and the real culprit is most likely someone I know, as do Edith and the others."

Viliana finally spoke:

"Actually, I had this idea when you finished telling me what happened, but I wasn't sure at the time, so I chose to listen to what other people had to say first... It wasn't until Lady Rin shared her speculation that I became certain of my guess."

"So it really is the elves playing tricks?"

Emery frowned slightly and sighed:

“Tell me in detail, Anna.”

"Yes, Master."

Viliana obediently responded before beginning her story:

"Among the prophetic magic possessed by our savage elf race, there is indeed a spell that matches the situation Lady Judy encountered. This spell is called [Destined Death], a high-level spell that only a great prophetic mage can use."

"If Lady Judy really did suffer a 'destined death,' then the truth about how she was framed should be this: the murderer used prophetic magic to observe the future, selected the possibility with the highest mortality rate for Lady Judy, and then personally intervened in the future to make Lady Judy's mortality rate 100%. This is what is called a 'destined death.'"

"The culprit must have used some means to cause the intelligence unit responsible for assigning Judy the task of subjugating her to make a mistake, mistaking a powerful monster group for a level 4 monster tide, which ultimately led to Judy almost dying under the monsters' claws."

"This method of killing seems to have many limitations and is very troublesome, but it is actually very effective. Once it is successfully set up, the person targeted by [Destined Death] is almost certain to die."

"The main reason why I was initially hesitant to make this guess was precisely this—the fact that Lady Judy was still alive must have been incredibly unbelievable to the spellcaster, and would have made them even more wary or even fearful of their master."

As Viliana spoke, her gaze towards Emery was filled with adoration, her legs even seemed to buckle, and her breath became noticeably more moist.

"Because the only way to break the [Predestined Death] is for someone with a destiny or someone who is not bound by fate to intervene and orchestrate it. And no matter which situation you are in, young lady, it is very restraining for the spellcaster. In the future, no matter what she does, she will definitely keep her distance from you."

"Born with destiny or not bound by fate... Hmph, as expected of me."

Emery repeated it softly, a slight smile playing on her lips.

So, what category does she fall into? Amelie thinks she falls into both categories.

It goes without saying that she is not bound by fate. Emery has the soul of a transmigrator and the protection of some unknown powerful goddess. Even the world consciousness can only watch helplessly as she manipulates the chosen one, unable to do anything about it, let alone fate.

In fact, Emerald's predetermined fate in the original game had long been shattered by her hard work and dedication.

As for being blessed by destiny... Although Emery wasn't the main character in the original game, she was still a character who appeared on the game's cover and had the most screen time besides Julia and Marcy. She was also the most popular character among players. It's normal for such a powerful supporting character to be blessed by destiny, right?

Amelie also thought of the unlucky man she had helped her junior sister kill. That unlucky man's innate supernatural power was that he was favored by fate and difficult to kill, but he still died without any resistance after encountering Amelie. Fate was useless.

Looking back now, it must be related to the fact that Emerald was not bound by fate, or that she was more favored by destiny.

Chapter 295 Did you foresee that you would definitely die today?

“Tell me who she really is, Anna.”

After thinking for a moment about the matter of divine favor, Amelie directly asked Viliana for the suspect's detailed identity.

"Actually, Master, you've already guessed it, haven't you?"

Viliana, whose legs were still trembling, smiled slightly:

"After all, even among that group of small elves, there are only a few who are capable of casting the [Destined Death] Archmage. And as for those that Idylis and I know, there is only that one from the Elven Royal Court—that's right, it's her, the chief astrologer of the Elven Royal Court, and also one of the bishops of the Royal Court's Royal Guard, Nayudanda Star Orbit."

"It really was her."

Emery's expression showed absolutely no surprise; she even let out a snort.

"She's not only the chief astrologer and chief bishop of the Elven Royal Court, but also one of the leaders of an extremist group within your Elven race, isn't that right?"

"That's right, Master."

Viliana nodded, but her face showed disgust and aversion:

"The reason why Edith and I had such foolish thoughts of hostility towards human adults was all taught by that old woman, Nayudanda. We were all harmed by her. She personally experienced the war between humans and elves and has always hated humans. She is very dissatisfied with the current peace between the two races and is dedicated to provoking a new war."

"Then I can roughly understand her purpose and conspiracy..."

Amélie thoughtfully picked up her crystal glass, took a sip of the fruit wine, and then asked:

"If I want to lure her out and kill her, Anna, do you have any suggestions? What should I be careful about when dealing with magic that involves time and fate?"

"Hmm... If anyone else wanted to kill her, it would be extremely difficult, even if they were much stronger than her. Because she can use astrology to predict the future and avoid danger, she can escape and hide before the killing opportunity comes. This is the main reason why she was able to survive that war back then."

Viliana laughed as she said this:

"But if you, Master, want to kill her, she's doomed. Her astrology, which allows her to see the future, is incredibly powerful, but its flaws are also fatal. Once she encounters someone like you, Master, who is unaffected by fate or has extremely high divine protection, she's like a blind sniper, forced to abandon her most proficient skill of future observation and compete with you in reasoning and calculation."

"And speaking of reasoning and calculation..."

Viliana laughed for a moment, then her body trembled, and she knelt down in front of Emerald, gripping the armrest of the chair. Her voice was alluring and passionate:

"And who can rival you, my master? Your wisdom is as beautiful as your beauty."

Unparalleled in this era!

"Hahaha... Well said, Anna."

Emery was overjoyed and, without caring that Rin Amamiya was still watching, immediately kicked Viriana hard.

Having reasoned things out to this point, the answer is actually quite obvious.

In terms of both ability and motive, Nayudanda Startrack is currently the only suspect, so she should be the murderer who wanted to kill Judy.

Why would the chief astrologer of the Elven court want to kill Judy?

It's actually not difficult to analyze.

First, let's look at the motivation.

Both Amelite's own investigation and the testimonies of Viliana and Idris, the other elven girls, indicate that Nayudanda is the leader of an elven extremist group, an elf who despises and hates humans to the core.

Therefore, Nayudanda definitely can't stand to see the Federation doing well, and if given the chance, she will definitely cause trouble, preferably by starting a second war between the two races, or by creating an accident that causes the Federation to suffer heavy losses.

What major moves has the Allen Federation made recently that would attract those extremist elves to do anything to destroy it?

Of course there is. The most obvious example is the establishment of the large fixed teleportation portal in Locke City. This portal represents the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the Allen Federation and Shangying Kingdom. With a true international ally, the Allen Federation will only become stronger and develop faster. These are things that the extreme elves definitely do not want to see.

Therefore, the extremist elves would definitely want to destroy this fixed portal, and preferably cause an accident when the delegations from both countries use the portal, creating a major diplomatic incident.

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