Pov Dia,
Dia: "I think I understand the situation."
Naberius: "Will you believe that poor gutter cat who tried to kill us?"
Dia: "Why not? I feel like the real version is closer to what Kuroka told me."
At that moment, a little girl with cat-like hair, cat ears, a white tail, and golden eyes entered the room.
She was shocked by the corpses, but when she saw Kuroka, she rushed toward her, looking worried.
Shirone: "Nee-sama, what's going on and why are they restraining you?"
Dia: "Your sister is in a bad situation, and for the moment, without evidence, she's not innocent. That said, I have some pretty easy evidence."
I called all the members of my peerage and the Shadow Garden members.
It took some time before they arrived, but when they did, the room was filled with more than a dozen people.
Dia: "Your task is very simple: search for any evidence that may implicate Naberius, namely experimental logs or anything that proves their involvement in the crime."
I put Benimaru in a group with Shion and ordered him not to break anything.
Each small group had a member assigned to disarm traps.
When they all left, I set out a table with tea and cookies.
Dia: "Do you want something to drink?"
Kuroka: "Why that question?"
Dia: "Finding evidence could take a few hours, so we might as well do something useful in the meantime."
It was at that moment that I felt Naberius's life force fading and sensed different energy patterns scattering around the area.
Without hesitation, I reinforced the runes on the chains, preventing him from dying and blowing everything up.
Dia: "You shouldn't have rushed. If you had killed him, in my opinion, all the evidence would have exploded, and we'd never be able to prove your innocence."
Kuroka: "If it had come to that, I would have run away so nothing would happen to my little sister."
It's good that she wants to protect her little sister, but she's too naive.
Dia: "Do you really think the Grand King's faction would have let your little sister live, no matter how innocent she is? They might just claim that you killed Naberius because of your power, and they'd want to prevent another child from destroying another noble house."
And even if we managed to protect Shirone, she would still carry a trauma that could prevent her from using her powers.
Harley: "Dia-sama, come see what we found immediately."
I was surprised because she usually doesn't give orders, not even to joke around. So I brought Kuroka, Shirone, and Naberius to where Harley was.
The room was very dark, with a huge cylindrical tube filled with some kind of liquid.
Harley: "Over here, Dia-sama."
I followed Harley's voice and came across a huge curtain and a table with parchment, books, and various other items.
Harley: "This room was not easy to find. It required a precise key, otherwise the room would have gone up in smoke."
Dia: "At least they know how to destroy evidence."
I picked up the first notebook titled Experiment 626: Failure or Success of a Super Devil.
Author's note: This is not Stitch.
I had barely read a single line before I directed a crimson spear at Naberius to blow his head off.
Kuroka and Shirone were shocked by my actions.
Dia: "Don't judge me. If it were gods of life or angels, my reaction would have been even more violent. This person dared to defy the ban by creating an artificial life form."
I grabbed the curtain and tore it down, revealing a little girl inside a huge tube, where a woman was also suspended.