"Why is the royal palace gatekeepers' family suddenly coming up? It's a completely unrelated case."
"That's what I want to ask. Why is a handkerchief embroidered with that name coming out of there?"
Fiel and I were thrown into confusion by this massive piece of evidence that completely flipped the direction of the case. No matter how I thought about it, the connection was just too unexpected. What in the world could there have been between the royal palace gatekeepers and a forest keeper?
When I examined the handkerchief closely, I could see traces of age on it.
If handkerchiefs with elaborate patterns are the trendy design these days, this one had its patterns concentrated only along the borders, with the rest of the surface showing the beauty of empty space.
"Was your grandmother's name Lydia, by any chance?"
"Yes, yes! That's right! That handkerchief was something my grandmother treasured."
"Did your grandmother ever work at the royal palace?"
