The Villainess with a Heroine Harem

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The disgust on Bella's face was apparent, but her friend also knew that this was something she needed to be made aware of so she could make a more informed decision as the prime minister of Phoenix.

After all, while Phoenix preached that all lives were equal, Alexander Gray's death would obviously have an impact that was vastly different from that of a regular murder.

Feeling helpless, the lady could only sigh and continue. "I'm not really sure of the exact circumstances, actually, no one seems to be sure, but…"

"Hold on, let me get this straight… did you not have the scene inspected by any experts?" Bellatrix pinched the bridge of her nose, still having a little trouble believing that someone was daring enough to kill the Gray Wolfe's heir right after the Golden Crown.

The fact that they did it in such a gruesome way could only mean that whoever was behind the whole thing must really hate the man.

"Of course I did! But…" After pausing for a moment to gather her thoughts, her friend bit her lip uneasily. "Well, it's not like they don't have any clues?"

The prime minister sighed. "Just say it, I won't throw up, promise."

Her friend seemed to weigh her words for a while before she shook her head with a wry smile. "Well, I won't go into details anyway, if you really want to, just… look at the photos later. Anyway, right now there are two possibilities…"

Pulling up a rough illustration of a weapon with one end shaped like the top part of a canine's jaw on her tablet, she turned it over to Bellatrix, her expression grim. "The first is that whoever killed him use some sort of weird instrument to confuse us, which might seem clever at first, but actually serves little purpose here. And the second possibility, which the detectives strongly believe in as well, is that it was a medium-sized beast that chewed up his face and several parts of his body before spitting them out."

Of course, she didn't mention their 'suspicion' that it may not be a beast at all. Going by her friend's already pale face, it might be a bit too much to take in.

As the prime minister, Bella was obviously smart enough to understand her friend's implication that someone must have brought this beast along as a tool for their murder, but that only gave rise to more questions in her mind.

How many people in the world had both the strength and the guts to deal with Alexander Gray, knowing that his father might go ballistic trying to find them?

Suddenly, it was like a light bulb had gone off in her head as Bellatrix gasped. "No… could it be that Sanders Gray going ballistic trying to find the culprit for his son's death was their goal all along?!"

The more she thought about it, the more it made sense.

If it was some old shark who smelled blood in the ocean when they got wind of Alexander going off on his own and decided to use the opportunity to force this immovable mountain called Gray Wolfe as much as they could, it made some sense.

Naturally, for people of their level, sneaking in an animal without their knowledge might only be a little tricky, but far from impossible.

Moreover, since the incident took place on international waters, they couldn't be sure where the perpetrators had snuck in from either, or if the 'orders' were even really from someone at the Golden Crown at all.

Plus, what Bellatrix cared about the most now wasn't to find the murderer, but to clear the name of her own country from this incident.

After all, if the name of Phoenix got stained with the blood of a guest, it may not bode well for them in the future negotiations with the rest of the world.

Perhaps Bellatrix wouldn't have cared so much about such a thing if it were a few years ago, but that was before the hope for a world that wasn't as heartless to the unfortunate was reignited in her heart by a certain someone.

Even if it was but a pipe dream and wishful thinking at best, she still wanted to see if she could help the girl out however she could.

Thinking of Emilia, Bellatrix couldn't help but sigh. "It's good that you didn't mention it in front of the little girl. Regardless of their poor relationship, Alexander was someone she had met and talked with before, after all."

With Emilia's pure and kind heart, the prime minister of Phoenix didn't dare imagine how she would feel to know that such a cruel thing had happened to someone she was familiar with, even if the girl might have found him annoying before.

Plus, Crystal couldn't be much better at handling such things, if the few judgments she had observed before 'out of curiosity' were any indication.

Her friend also sighed sadly. "Don't worry about it too much. Her parents and friends can take care of far better than we can, probably. What you need to worry about now is how to handle the situation."

Although it had technically happened outside their borders, the country that was closest to the incident was still Phoenix, and it was also where Alexander had last been before he died.

Morally, the responsibility for protecting such an important guest still fell on their shoulders, and they all knew very well that it was impossible for them to just ignore the incident and refuse to talk about it.

Of course, as the prime minister of Phoenix, Bellatrix wouldn't let her country take the blame for something needlessly, regardless of whether they could have done more to prevent it.

Leaning back on the sofa to close her eyes in contemplation, the prime minister's lips slowly turned downward. "Let's see… It happened outside our borders, and Phoenix has neither the responsibility nor the ability to protect someone outside its borders without prior notice."

She sneered. "Moreover… none of the guests of the Golden Crown were supposed to leave before dawn, am I right?"

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