Chapter 37

“I think you can stop drying my hair now. More than that! That the robber was caught means that you can safely open a bookstore I guess Yes?”

Amelia, who put strength in her elbow and got up quickly, changed the topic in a hurry. No matter how I look at it, it is clear that I have a heart, but I never let it cross the line. However, it was a reaction he had expected, and he was patient. Edwin, who smiled as if he couldn’t do it, meekly adjusted to Amelia’s conversation.

“Yes. After all, we were working on the interior in a direction that paid the utmost attention to security and safety, but it is important that the case has been resolved.”

“But how did you catch it? If there were any important clues left?”

Amelia was recalling the mystery novels she had read as a child. I didn’t dig deep because I didn’t like it very much, but novels of that kind always pursued the clues left by the criminal and eventually uncovered the truth. Edwin shook his head, putting the towel dampened with the moisture of her hair to one side.

“There was testimony from the victim. I couldn’t see it properly because it was dark, but I consistently said that it seemed like someone I knew, but I found it by matching the body shape and voice as much as possible. Oh, I don’t know if you’ve ever seen Miss Amelia.”

“Who are  they? robber? There are really only a handful of people I know… I don’t know of any criminals like that.”

“Is that so? It is said that he was a vendor who delivered goods on the street where the bookstore was located. Here is a man with a scar on his lips. Ah, black hair and dark green eyes… Even if I said his name anyway, there is a high probability that Amelia wouldn’t know.”

Edwin, who was briefly explaining his appearance with that thought in mind, blurted out the end of his words as she frowned at her while blinking her eyes. Amelia asked with a longing expression on her face.

“Isn’t it Dexter or someone who does something?”

“That’s right. did you know the name.”

It was unexpected because she was not interested in other people. Edwin shivered for a while, but judging from Amelia’s reaction, it didn’t seem like a good relationship. Amelia clicked her tongue.

“He was the one who delivered books to the bookstore. It’s kinda cheap. Every time I ordered a book, he looked at me strangely.”

“Strangely……???”

Involuntarily, power entered my hand. In what way, how on earth did you see it strangely? Seeing his hardened face, Amelia frowned and closed her lips once before answering.

“The guests can’t even see their noses, but books are brought in every day, and 90% of them are fictional stories, so I just saw it strangely. Like a thief numb my feet “

I wonder what you do with this book. I know.’

“Is that really all? Was there no teasing or anything like that? You will already be severely punished for attempted murder, but now you can apply the other crimes.”

“Really that’s all. Edwin has a crush on me, so yeah, pretty…? I see, and I’m not objectively attractive at all.”

It was Amelia who made the conversation disappear even if she talked to her in the first place by showing that she had no intention of continuing the conversation with an indifferent attitude. I hear that name ten more times.

It was just what I remembered. Edwin knew Amelia’s personality well, but somehow it bothered him. It was annoying, but more than that, I wanted to break Amelia’s stubbornness, who kept lowering herself.

“No. Miss Amelia is a lovely and charming person.”

“So, that’s the only way Edwin’s eyes see it.”

“How are you? It’s important to me that it looks that way. So when Miss Amelia is with me, don’t speak of yourself as insignificant.”

Of course, he had never thought of herself in that way, but she nodded awkwardly at the most serious words. She thought that this epileptic situation would not be the most interesting if compared to a novel. This is because when the male and female characters confirm each other’s feelings and start dating, Amelia suddenly loses interest and becomes bored.

“No, you shouldn’t think like this!?”

But he quickly shook his head to shake off the clutter. Her biggest weakness was that she fell into a world of her own, thinking only of novels, no matter what she did. I had to grow even for Edwin, who was devoted to me.