He appeared to have learned all of this just from one glace at the crime scene. It was the right decision to bring this man with him then, Crowley thought. This man would lead him to Gilbert’s murderer, he was sure. However…
“Ferid-kun.”
“Mm?”
“If the murder took place yesterday’s night, it means we would have caught up to the killer if only you hadn’t been late on the day of the departure, no?”
“Maybe so.”
“Be punctual, will you.”
“If it were not for me, you would not even come to this village in the first place though.”
Well, he had a point.
“Besides,” Ferid continued, “I would not want the friend I finally made to get killed.”
“Wait, so you knew this would happen and deliberately didn’t let me meet the culprit?”
But Ferid only chuckled.