"I think this is King Samuel." Dylan chokes on his own disgust.

"We will let the forensics check that." William is already out of the room to call the cops. Others leave one by one. Dylan looks at the corpse one last time to make sure he remembers what it had.

A crown and a dagger.

Noah was nowhere to be found and others don't spend another second in that castle with a dead body inside.

"It isn't possible. If it is Samuel's corpse, it wouldn't be in this condition." Clive had practically hurled his breakfast out when they came back home.

"The forensics will help us. We have to wait until then." David tries to calm Clive down though he himself was feeling sick.

"Where is the body?" Noah shouts as he rushes in and holds William.

"Woah! Calm down, Noah! The cops have taken the body to examine it." he pacifies him but Noah looks straight in his eyes.

They seem different. As if there were fires of hell burning in his eyes.

"Where is the body?" Noah asks in a hushed tone with William but he felt a chill running down his spine. Noah's voice was suddenly deep and his body felt cold. It was as if he was someone else.

Dylan was quick to notice it and he signals James to get William.

"Ah! It must be in the forensics department! Why don't you go there?" Dylan touches Noah's shoulder but he flinches and looks at him. The fire was still burning in his eyes. He mutters something under his breath and dashes out.

William was about to ask what that was about but James distracts him.

"Are there any more details about the residents of the castle?"

William's ears turn to James's attention, "No, by far we only have the family and the servants. Sources say that they had no bodyguards as they considered the castle out of bounds by anyone who wasn't of royal blood."

"Uh-huh. And what have we got by the servant's book now? I mean the month is ending and we need solid proof." James knows this will totally distract William from the topic of Noah.

"You are right! I forgot we were nearing the end of the month. Wait, I'll just bring my notes. Everyone bring out your notes. Let's not waste this free time." William goes into his room.

James whispers in Dylan's ears, "Go and see what your brother is up to. I'll handle here."

Dylan nods and hands him his notes. He sneaks out before anyone could miss him. William was overly excited to even ask where half of the members were and ushered everyone into the living room.

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Dylan was finally inside the forensics department after a very satisfying conversation and a handful of cash to the detective and the cop.

"I do have to talk to James about the cops. They really are vulnerable to bribes." Dylan takes a mental note as he walks inside the department as a detective himself with someone else's ID. He looks for Noah but no sign of him.

"Uh excuse me! A body just came in. Do you know where it is?" he asks by stopping a cop.

"It's that side. Are you new here?" the cop points on the left and looks at him suspiciously.

"Uh...yeah...ha....you got me! I'll just...." Dylan walks away without looking back. The detective only allowed him 15 minutes so he has to find Noah fast.

The room which he was headed to was closed but somehow he knew that Noah was inside. He tried to peep in, only to see Noah bent over the corpse and smiling. If only he could go closer to hear and

THUD!

A vase fell and Noah turned towards the sound. Thankfully Dylan ducked on time and did not get seen by Noah. He could hear a little shuffling and the door closes. He watches as Noah walks out with long strides. This was his chance!

Dylan sneaks inside and closes the door. The sight in front of him was frightening. And it wasn't the corpse.

There was a man in a white coat lying at the corner of the room in a pool of blood. Dylan could not believe his eyes. It couldn't be his brother! Noah can never do this! He can never kill someone!

He rushes out of the room and pukes in the nearby bin, unable to control his disgust. But then it clicks him! There was a murder inside the police station. The way he discovered the body, someone else would too. And they would definitely come to catch the killer. What if Noah really did it?

Dylan has no time to waste. He goes back inside the room again and checks for any cameras inside. Phew! There weren't any. While coming to this door, he had noticed a storage room. He decided to drag the body till there and leave it. That would let them buy some time and he would go back home, tell James everything and he can handle the rest.

He discreetly drags the body, being careful not to get any blood on him. This part of the department was quite empty so moving the body was not an impossible task. He latches the door shut of the storage room and hurries out of there, returning the ID to the detective.

Within a few miles outside the police station, Dylan stopped to reassess the situation. He might have just helped Noah hide a body! It strikes him how wrong he was to do that back there but what's done is done. He can dirty his hands to save the family. He has to go back and tell James about everything.

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"Oh! You are just in time! The report on the corpse is here and we were just about to read it." Clive ushers Dylan back in and he sees Noah sitting on the couch with his phone. As if nothing happened! Maybe it wasn't really Noah who did it.

He sits down with the others as William starts to read the report.

"Here it says that the corpse was still rotting meaning it died in recent years. It was a male, around his 30s. But the lab assistant also gave something weird. He said that the corpse was in the active decay stage hence we could see maggots. They even considered it to be King Samuel's corpse but it wouldn't match with the dates. A corpse of a male in his 30s from the Benjamin Empire is still in this stage, that is scientifically impossible."

"Then it might not be King Samuel," David says.

"I thought about that too. Maybe a robber was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. But the robe and the crown, guess what? It might be of King Samuel." William explains.

"And we have an appointment tomorrow with the museum to check out the crown and the robe." Noah completes.

"And the dagger too," Dylan says.

"What dagger?" William questions.

"The dagger in the corpse's hand. It was there when the cops took the body." Dylan nods but William still looks confused.

"I saw the corpse once more in the police department and there was no dagger. Even the cops saw nothing." William shakes his head.

"Wait, you were in the department?" Dylan asks dumbfounded.

"And that's why I kept calling you but you wouldn't pick up," James whispers from the back to Dylan. He checks his phone to see 13 missed calls from him. It was on silent mode.

"Yeah. As soon as I was done talking to James, Noah called me saying that we needed to go to the police station. That's where they explained to me this." He turns back to everyone else, "The male is said to be stabbed with something with a very sharp point and two sharp edges, preferably a dagger which couldn't be found."

Everyone nod in full understanding but Dylan is still standing there. James pats his shoulder to ask him what the matter is.

"Is something wrong? You look pale."

"James, I have to tell you something."

Ding Dong!

The doorbell rung and James goes to open it. He is greeted by three cops.

"Hello officers, what can we do for you?" James asks as everyone gathers around him. Dylan is fiddling with his fingers.

"Is Dylan Miller here?"

They all look towards Dylan who is still looking down.

"What's the matter?" James asks more sternly.

"We are here to arrest Mr. Dylan Miller for murdering our lab assistant Dev Patel." They move forward to cuff him but James comes to his rescue.

"What bullshit is this?" he barks at them.

"Mind your language, Mr. James. We have proof of Mr. Dylan's presence near the department. He was seen dragging the body to the storage room."