Annan and Ghirandaeo were the first to leave the tea room.

To put it more precisely...... It was an escape from the scene of the crime.

"Uncle, what do you think?"

Annan took a deep breath and let out a heavy sound.

Beside him, the wizard of the Prophetic School, Ghirandaeo, patted him lightly on the shoulder.

"It's going to be fine."

The middle-aged man with black hair and black eyes replied affirmatively: "Because they can't fight." ”

He had thick curly hair, eyes that were deep as if they had been burned in, and a face as deep as a statue.

"So sure?"

"Nature."

Ghirlandaeo replied with great conviction: "That's why it's all the more important to exclude variables." ”

"Variables?"

"Hmm...... You can understand it as a variable in nature, quantity, intensity, etc., on the basic phenomena that have been fixed......"

"No, it's not that I don't understand the word."

Annan shook his head and asked, "I mean." Do prophecy spells need to exclude variables? ”

“…… Mostly, yes. ”

Ghirlandaeo nodded, a little puzzled, "Isn't there a mentor of the Prophecy Department in Zedi Heta?" ”

Without waiting for Annan to answer, he explained, his tone like that of a mentor: "To put it simply, the abilities and spells of the prophecy system are roughly divided into two categories. One is prediction and the other is perception.

"The ability to predict is to actively look for information about events in 'future record points'.

"For example, you give me two random numbers and ask me to calculate the result...... Because this problem I must be able to calculate, and its result is uniquely certain. So I can skip the process now and predict its outcome directly.

"In the same way, predicting the trajectory, predicting the answer, and predicting the heads and tails of the coin are all very simple abilities, and they don't even need to be cast. And predicting who I'm going to meet today, and where we're going next, is a lot more complicated...... To put it simply, as long as you include predictions other than your own, the difficulty and cost will increase suddenly, and the error rate will also increase. ”

"In general, the more fixed and unique the answer, the easier the outcome will be. The more volatile the process, the harder it is to predict.

"For example, I can predict what you just want to say......"

Ghirlandaeo stared at Annan, thought for a moment and said, "You want to say, 'Is the human mind a variable', right?" The answer is, 'Yes'. ”

- Yes.

Annan nodded.

Although there are some differences...... For example, what he wants to ask is "Do you want to exclude the variable of 'thought'?"

This small error should come from Gilllandaio's misunderstanding of Annan and Gerald.

"So, you can see the future for a short time?"

Annan asked.

"It's to see the short future," corrected the uncle, "and all we can know is 'what we can know.'"

"As long as the uncertainties affecting the future are clear, we can see the results in advance...... That is the future in my eyes. ”

Ghirlandaeo said, glancing at the tearoom, and then at Annan with deep meaning: "As long as we all leave, they will definitely not be able to fight; And if you and Her Highness Maria stay inside, there is a high probability that they will fight......

"But I just took a casual look, and I don't know what will happen next. But I personally tend to follow the direction of the future that can be determined, rather than change the future in an unknown direction. ”

"That's ......"

Annan nodded slowly.

A strange thought popped into his mind.

To confirm this thought, he asked Gilandaio, "What about perception?" ”

"Perception, ......"

Gilandaio sighed inexplicably.

His answer this time was simple: "To put it simply, the teacher suddenly senses that he is about to die, and this is perception. Answers cannot be actively sought, and answers may not be useful, but the perceived results are largely fixed.

"Because several key nodes that anchor this future have already happened, but we don't perceive it...... To put it simply, it is too late, and it is absolutely impossible to change the future on its own. If you want to change the prophecy you get from perception, you have to introduce a lot of variables. ”

Annan roughly understood.

The principle of prophecy spells is basically active or passive, and some fragmented information is obtained from the future self.

This is indeed quite an all-powerful spell.

The result of the "prediction" is the "probability of the future", so it can be changed at will.

And the result obtained in "perception" is "the next ending".

Not the perceived future cannot be changed.

But it is difficult to shake the tide of fate by one's own strength.

Annan was silent for a moment.

Case.

Could it be that this ritual was used to change the fate of "Michelangelo was killed"?

- Yes.

To date, there is no conclusive evidence that "Michelangelo is dead".

They think this way only because the stone statue at the door says so to them.

But what if the statue is telling a lie?

No, it doesn't have to be a lie.

Because the stone statue, from beginning to end, never says, "Michelangelo is dead".

Not a word was mentioned.

It simply published Michelangelo's suicide note. Michelangelo simply declared, "My murderer is among you."

But if he is not talking about the "past".

- but "the future"?

"Hey, David. Are you ...... What comes to mind? ”

Gilandaio whispered.

Annan looked at him and was silent for a while: "What do you mean?" ”

"You're in this ritual for us."

The uncle stared at Annan and lowered his voice a little: "Do you have any special thoughts......

"What are you talking about?"

Just then, Mary's voice rang out.

She frowned slightly, and looked at Annan with her arms folded on her chest.

On the immature and delicate countenance, like the most exclusive doll, there was undisguised suspicion.

The mute old man Merlin stood behind her listlessly with her head bowed.

But Annan could sense an inexplicably strong sense of danger from him.

"—talking about the three people in there."

Before the uncle could speak, Annan replied first: "As long as we all leave, the three of them should not fight." ”

"Prophecy?"

Maria Rindon nodded thoughtfully, as if thinking of something.

At this moment, Annan suddenly asked:

"Your Highness, do you have any thoughts on where we are now?"

"What do you mean...... What is it? ”

For some reason, every time she talked to Annan, Maria always seemed very wary.

She was silent for a while, but replied seriously, "I don't think Melvin will be the only one who died.

"Someone will die next...... That's what everyone thinks. Everyone can also know that the murderer has only one person, and he can't kill two people, so he huddles with each other in pairs...... Like you, like us, like Claire and Kim. ”

"So your idea is that Master Benjamin is the murderer?"

Annan asked.

Want to kill a Gold-tier wizard.

This Transformation School Master, who is infinitely close to the Golden Level, can undoubtedly do it. He hasn't teamed up with anyone now, and the suspicion is the greatest.

But here's the problem......

Annan knew from the very beginning that Benjamin was innocent.

For the same reason as Gerald.

Because Benjamin didn't die here, and he didn't make it to the next level. Instead, he returned to the Black Tower alive and recruited new students...... Say, Salvatore.

Somewhat surprised, Maria shook her head firmly.

"No, I don't think he's a murderer."

She replied.

She looked at Annan and replied without hesitation: "I think......

"You're the murderer."