Chapter 6

I became astonished to hear that name.I have never heard that name in my life.Then I replied to Sakagami senpai by saying,"Sorry.But I have never heard of that name before."

"Don't you really know him?"

"No.I don't remember anyone with that name."

"Sukomi kun,are you feeling nervous?"

"Yes."

"Then it's good."

I didn't understand what he meant by that.But he was still talking with me in a nice calm manner.

"Sukomi kun,have you ever read a book named 'The fall of Monarchy'?"

"No.I haven't."

"That's sad to hear.It is a popular book.It was published in 1923 by Joseph Roseiro.The author was very popular at that time in England.His way of writing the book was truly unique.But unfortunately at the age of twenty seven he committed suicide.But there was a mistery that he left before dying."

"A mystery?"

"Yes.In his book 'The fall of Monarchy' he left something vacant or to be more precise the book was incomplete."

Then Koyomi senpai would say,"What do you mean by that? How can he publish an incomplete book? The readers can identify it easily when they would read."

"It wasn't incomplete."

"What!?"

"The book was made complete for the readers to read.I have to say that he was a very smart man.He was able to trap the readers with his words.He didn't wanted the secrets to reveal."

"If he didn't wanted the secrets to reveal then that means the book was...."

"Fake."

I saw a smile on the face of Sakagami senpai when he was talking with Koyomi senpai.Then Koyomi senpai would want to know the reason behind it.

"Sakagami san,why are you laughing?"

"Isn't it obvious to laugh at a time like this.After all this time and till now the people have been reading a complete fake book.They never even tend to know if it was fake or not."

"Ah.Sakagami senpai?"

"Yes.Sukomi kun."

"How can you tell that the book was fake from the beginning?"

Sakagami senpai then open the drawer and then he pick out a book and put it in the table.When I read the title it was that book,'The fall of Monarchy'.Then Sakagami senpai would say to me,"Now Sukomi kun,if you want to know how I found out that the book is fake,then listen to me clearly.Is that okay with you?"

"Yes.I will try my best."

"Then it's all good.Now please open the book."

Then I open the book,the writings in each of the pages was truly unique.That's why people wouldn't even believe that this book was fake.

"Now Sukomi kun follow my instructions closely.First go to the page no.1".

When I go to the page no.1,I only saw that there was a white page and nothing was written on it.

"Senpai,this page has nothing written on it."

"Wait.Now go to the page no.117".

Then I quickly went to the page no.117 and it was all normal.There was nothing strange or looked suspicious to me.

"Look at the fifth line Sukomi kun and tell us what's written on there."

"Ah.....Once King Henry 'The Third' burned down a royal scripture which was the most important thing in the whole Kingdom."

Koyomi senpai would ask Sakagami senpai about this,"Sakagami san what are you trying to mean by that?"

"Oh,no,no.I am not trying to mean anything.I am just gonna give a spoiler in the end.And now please Sukomi kun go to the page no.197".

When I went to the page no.197,I felt a little bit of weird because there was a line in the page that would somehow become true.

"Did you find that line,Sukomi kun?"

"Yes."

"Please read it out loud."

"In the seventeenth century,during the time of King Louis 'The Second',the Duke of Wellington have been killed by two anonymous murderers.Some even say that the death had happened because of suicide over some political dispute."

"Did you understand anything?"

"I could guess that there was a link about this suicidal or murder case could have happened or it was predicted from the past."

"You were half right.Sukomi kun."

"Now let me enlighten you all with the spoilers."

"First at the page no.1 it was seen that the page was completely blank.Wasn't it a little bit of surprising to see the first page of the book completely blank? Then the author would start writing from the page no.2.And you all know that the book was published in 1923.But the book was created before a few years back from the publication."

Then I said,"Does anything have to do with the publishing time and the creation time?"

"Yes.It matters the most.And it is the turning point of the whole case because at the page no.117 King Henry 'The Third' burned down a royal scripture which was more important than the royal treasury.Can anyone guess what could that royal treasury be that the author was trying to tell?"

"I think I know the answer,Sakagami san."

"Then please share it with us,Koyomi."

"The royal treasury that the author was trying to tell was the main book and King Henry 'The Third' was actually the author himself."

"How could you understand that it was the main book?"

"Cus the main book contained every secrets of the monarch.And the author didn't wanted anyone to see this because it was the most precious thing that the author knew."

"Koyomi kun,you are so right about this that I don't need to fix the mistakes.But.......what about the last one?"

"I can't pick anything on my mind about the suicide case."

"You don't need to pressure yourself,Koyomi."

"Senpai! I also can't pick anything though I guess that there was a link in the suicidal case of the Duke and the author."

"Sukomi kun you were barely right.But the suicidal didn't happen for that.In the page no.197,there were two murderers who killed the Duke.But what happens if you put two after nine?"

"1927."

"Exactly Sukomi.The suicide of the author happened at the year 1927 and he published the book in 1923.That was a four year difference after the publishing.And now in the page no.117,as Koyomi kun already said that the author was the King Henry 'The Third' and the royal scripture was the main book.But when did the author burned down the main book? If you are already thinking about it then I would like you to stop.The page no.117 is nothing more than a year,so that would be 1917."

"What!?"

I was quite amazed to hear that.What is Sakagami senpai even made of? I was just thinking about this in my mind.

"And all that's left is the page no.1"

"A blank page."

"The blank page is nothing but 0."

"0? But how?"

"To prove that the author was exactly twenty seven year's old when he died and if I try to find 0,then it's the most easiest part.Think 0 also as a year not a number and that would mean 1900."

"Sakagami san,you really are the #1 student."

"I am not so big like that but the case is still not completed yet."

"Wait.There's more?"

"Yes,a lot more to even finish."