Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

"Of course no problem,"

Holmes nodded lightly and said with a smile:

"Actually, this is not a difficult puzzle. Because there are enough clues obtained so far, it only takes a little thinking to get the answer."

"?"×n

As soon as the other party spoke, the breath of Versailles that hit their faces made everyone's expressions freeze, and a row of question marks immediately appeared on their heads, including Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Many of them can't even read. Isn't this difficult?

Feeling that his intelligence was offended, Fujimaru Ritsuka glared at him fiercely. Seeing this, Holmes chuckled and dismissed the topic and began to formally explain the whole story.

Break the false heritage and establish a true heritage.

To achieve the above sentence, we must first confirm the false and true inheritance respectively. This requires confirming the true identities of the four Demon Kings.

Whether it is this gift game or the identities of the four people, they are all related to the folk legend "The Piper of Hamel" that took place in Germany and the related inheritance. This point does not need to be elaborated too much.

And based on this most basic folklore, several well-known derivative inheritances were born on the topic of the death of one hundred and thirty children——

One, based on this story, is the story of the Pied Piper recorded in "The Grimm's Fairy Tales", in which the Pied Piper is described as a mouse-catching clown who can control mice;

Second, people suspect that the one hundred and thirty children who disappeared in the legend actually died from natural disasters;

Third, after adding the setting that the piper can control mice, people speculated that the cause of death of one hundred and thirty children might be the large-scale plague that broke out in the Middle Ages, also known as the Black Death.

Given the above story prototypes and inheritance, the identities of the four Demon Kings can be easily revealed——

Among them, the identities of La Ting and Weser are best guessed.

Ratten means rat in German. Combined with the other party's characteristic of using flute sounds to control humans and rats, it should correspond to the inheritance of "Rat Catcher";

The Weser is the second longest river in Germany. The city of Hamel where the story takes place is built next to the Weser River, which corresponds to the fact that one hundred and thirty children disappeared in the hills. People think that the hills are a metaphor for the children who died in natural disasters;

And the giant soldier called Storm, also known as the storm, also symbolizes the missing children who died of natural disasters;

Having said this, Holmes paused for a moment, then smiled:

"As for the identity of the 'Black Death-spotted Demon King', this is the only point that requires a little thought. However, as long as we can understand that she is a heritage related to the Black Death, we can also deduce the correct truth."

Because among these four people, La Ting and the ‘Black Death Spotted Demon King’ are wrong choices that can be eliminated directly.

Regarding the former, there is no mention of the rat-catching clown in the original legend. This is a legacy re-created by later generations;

The same is true for the inheritance of the Black Death. The legend mentions that the story took place in 1284, but after the Black Death after 1346, the time alone does not match up at all.

As for Weser and Schetrom, after comparison, Schetrom can be eliminated.

Because both of them are metaphors for natural disasters, but the storm is too broad compared to the Weser River, and it should be a deliberate cover-up set up by the other party.

"...At this point, it can be confirmed that Weser's inheritance is the real [Piper of Hamel], which is the so-called [real inheritance]."

"That's it!"×n

As Holmes explained in detail, everyone showed expressions of realization. At this time, Holmes smiled again:

"But this is only the truth of this gift game. As far as I know, the above inheritances are not the most convincing hypotheses at present."

"Eh?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then Jiuyuan Feiniao asked curiously:

"So what is the most convincing hypothesis right now?"

Holmes smiled and replied:

"It's the theory of population migration."

The Germanic people in the Holy Roman Empire migrated eastward and settled in Central and Eastern Europe, reaching their peak in the 13th century.

At that time, the city of Hamel was overpopulated. Due to the existence of the law of primogeniture—family property and land are inherited by the eldest son—and the government’s encouragement to move eastward, many young people who were not the eldest son began to move eastward and pioneer land and settle there.

The one hundred and thirty children who disappeared in the legend correspond to the young people who chose to move east to open up land and settle there;

The pied piper in the story corresponds to the aristocratic official who came to Hamel City on behalf of the government to promote the policy of moving eastward.

"Whatever the truth, I prefer this hypothesis."

After listening to the story, Kuon Asuka said this, and Kasukabe Yō nodded in agreement.

Because in this hypothesis, the children don't die, but embrace a better future.

At this time, the elf who had been hiding in the arms of the flying bird suddenly came out and cheered happily:

"Rattenfanger~! Rattenfanger~!"

Jiuyuan Feiniao smiled at her and said:

"You like this hypothesis too, don't you?"

"……Um!"

Seeing the elf suddenly appearing, Holmes raised his eyebrows curiously, but at this time, the black rabbit asked in confusion:

"But why did you mention stained glass just now?"

"Because this legend was originally recorded on an inscription and displayed with a piece of stained glass."

The person who answered her was not Holmes, but Ren. He continued to explain:

"In fact, I have already found a piece of stained glass depicting the story of [The Pied Piper of Hamel] on the street we passed just now, but the stained glass depicts a mouse-catching clown controlling mice."

"And the 'breaking' and 'establishing' in the victory conditions should not only refer to finding the inheritance closest to the truth, but also to finding the stained glass depicting the [true inheritance]."

"Yes, that's right."

Holmes smiled and nodded in affirmation, and the victory conditions of the game have been established.

Black Rabbit was happy, but also a little frustrated:

"In other words, is there really no problem with the game conditions given by the other party?"

The deliberation and resolution authority she just activated is the authority to initiate a pause and conduct negotiations and rulings when she believes that there is a problem with the game set by the Demon King.

But initiating deliberation and resolution is not without any cost.

If after the deliberation is initiated, it is confirmed that there is indeed no problem with the Demon King's game, then the participating party must give corresponding compensation and allow the Demon King to add an additional condition within a reasonable range.

In other words, if the opponent's game is really fine, then the deliberation she initiated will actually make the opponent more advantageous.

Thinking of this, Kuro Rabbit couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and the rabbit ears on her head drooped down.

At this time, Izayoi Sakamaki spoke again:

"But it's too early to say that now, right? Because there is still an important problem that has not been solved."

"——What is the seal of Shiroyasha?"

"Indeed!"

The reacted Kuro Rabbit suddenly raised her head and finally remembered that this was the most critical point that Shiroyasha suspected that the other party was cheating and asked her to initiate the deliberation.

However, at this time, Holmes poured a basin of cold water on everyone-

"Unfortunately, on this issue, the other party is probably also using legal means to do it."