episode_0148

Still, it was refreshing to be able to finish the one thing I was worried about.

They say the empire planted people on our side, but they just robbed their headquarters.

“This is all the data that was used to monitor us, right?”

“Yes, yes, that’s right.”

Amelia said while looking at the parchment in front of her.

The place we entered appears to be the guild leader’s room. They must have been eating, sleeping, and even living here, and there was even a bed inside.

Of course, most of it was documents needed for work rather than household items.

The bookshelf was empty here and there. It looks like he either destroyed the really important material himself or ran away with it. There must have been some content written on paper rather than parchment.

Amelia was sitting at the head of the guild. She opened the two parchment scrolls placed on the table one by one.

“here.”

And he passed everything he saw to me, who was next to him, so that I could see it too.

When I opened it, the contents were nothing special. If you think about it, all the nobles in the kingdom knew were the areas where Delkisi was located and its position within the kingdom. Other than that, there was information about my personal life.

For your information, the content itself seemed to be more about investigating me as a ‘marriage candidate’, as I heard directly from the crown prince, rather than looking at me as an ‘enemy’. Although my personal abilities were also written down, it was more about my demeanor, appearance, and Because things like the importance of family were written as a main focus.

And Amelia, who saw that information, seemed very angry.

“Hmm.”

“Well, even if there’s something you don’t like… … ?”

The woman who brought the material said so.

I had a similar impression to Becky, but that doesn’t mean we were blood related. Rather, the atmosphere was probably similar because we had been eating, sleeping, and working in the same place.

“You can’t feel good when someone else is stalking your precious friend.”

Those words made my heart tingle.

The ‘friend’ part was something I could stop listening to, and anyway, the fact that I am precious to Amelia remains the same.

Even though I didn’t suffer any real damage, it felt good to be angry about this.

“Well, okay. Since it was related to the imperial family, you probably had no choice. But if you investigate Elsie any longer, I won’t be quiet then.”

There is also a story I heard from the owner of the Matapap. If that story spreads, it will be tiring in many ways. Whether it is true or not.

“Do you have any other questions?”

Amelia said while looking at Adele and Diane.

Adele shook her head, and Diane shook her head even more violently.

“… … I think I’ll be in big trouble if I touch information here for no reason.”

Adele wasn’t originally interested in this, but Diane’s reaction was unexpected.

And Amelia must have thought the same thing, as she stared at Diane for a while and then burst out laughing.

“Is that so? Well, then, let’s leave this to the information we get today. Please incinerate this as well.”

Amelia said as she pushed the scroll I placed back on the table in front of the ninja.

“Ah, I understand!”

“And, if someone else appears in the future who wants our information, please let us know first. We will decide later whether to give the information or not.”

“Okay! I will make sure to do so!”

“And… … Well, you are free to run away, but I want to tell you that I cannot take any responsibility after you run away.”

At Amelia’s words, cold sweat formed on the foreheads of all the guild members in the room.

It’s a bit harsh to say it this way, but honestly, that look just looked a bit like the head of evil, Amelia.

*

Elsie didn’t seem to notice, but I thought I knew why Diane refused to seek more information.

There is no way that a family as large as a count would not have used the information from the Information Guild. They probably not only used the information, but also used the members of the Information Guild to pull off any tricks.

And one of the people who did that would be Diane herself.

In the original, and at the ball where we first met, Diane knew that Adele had received a ‘fake invitation’. This was a fact that Elsie had also seen, but she seemed to have forgotten it in the process of becoming acquainted with Diane.

Diane once tried to frame Adele.

And that’s because the invitation was fake.

Of course, at that time, Diane did not know Adele very well and had never met her in person, but she had a very bad perception of Adele.

He probably never even thought that he would like Adele.

I probably only remembered it when I came to India.

Also, if you go out here just to dig up new information and that information is revealed, Adele may end up hating Diane.

“… … .”

Hmm.

This is bad.

If you keep hiding it for no reason, it may fester and explode at a really bad moment.

It would be better to warn Diane about this.

*

When Elsie’s brother, Harvey, arrived, the guild members became even more nervous.

You probably know that El City is a relatively weak entity even among del Quiche.

But if you think about what such a ‘weak’ being did today, it would be inevitable that you wouldn’t even be able to make a sound when you see a real Delkish person who has even experienced battle in the North.

“I’m sorry for doing something like this when you were resting comfortably.”

When I spoke honestly, Harvey shook his head.

“No. The safety of the Grand Duchess and my younger brother is at stake, so of course I have to step forward. On the contrary, I almost regret not following along from the beginning.”

And after thinking for a moment,

“Actually, it was a bit of a careless choice to go in first. It’s not like the people inside had any intention of actively attacking you, but if they had been the ones who had no regard for your safety at all, the story might have been different. .”

“… … I’m sorry.”

In fact, I wondered if it would have been like that since Elsie was around, but still, I couldn’t ignore the words of someone who was much brighter in this field than me and who had actually fought in battle.

“Even if the data was burning inside, you should have waited for me to come. Even if you said you didn’t want to receive help from the Magic Tower.”

“… … That was really my mistake.”

“This should not happen in the future, so I will tell the Grand Duchess’s bodyguard, Elsie, to make this clear.”

“… … .”

note.

This… … I felt very sorry for Elsie.

I’ll have to pay it back somehow later.

After the information guild finished processing, we returned to our original tent.

Perhaps the Lord of the Tower kept his promise to us, but the guards didn’t say anything when they saw us. They just averted their eyes.

They seemed to know that something strange had happened in the forest. Even though we heard people screaming, we were the only ones who came back, so of course they would think so.

Back at the tent—

“Elsie, please talk to me.”

“… … Yes, brother.”

Mr. Harvey took Elsie to a place a little away from the tent. Elsie felt even more sorry because she looked prepared.

But fortunately, this was also an opportunity.

“Adele, let’s wash first.”

Because it was a place where a lot of nobles who did not like their bodies getting dirty gathered, shower facilities were well-equipped even though it was outside. Although it was narrow, it was a space where individuals could go in and wash.

Except for the wooden walls built on the outside, the entire internal structure was made using magic, so I don’t know how useful that magic is. Just like the magic I used today, there was no need to make a separate ventilation tool.

“Yes? But, the Grand Duchess—”

“I have a conversation to talk with Elsie a little later.”

“Ah.”

Adele, who responded as if she was a little worried, nodded as if she immediately understood my reason.

Adele’s gaze briefly went to Diane and stopped, but Diane nodded equally as if she had no intention of disobeying me in the first place.

“Then, please excuse me first.”

Adele said that and quickly gathered her tools and left the tent.

“… … .”

“… … .”

There was silence for a moment in the tent where Diane and I met.

After thinking for a moment about how to say it,

“Diane.”

“Yes?”

“You were the one who sent the fake invitation that day, right?”

“… … .”

I decided not to bother talking about it.

After all, we both know each other well enough.

“… … .”

Diane stiffened in shock for a moment, then

“… … Yes, I did it.”

So, I answered helplessly.

Did you think I might use that as a weakness?

However, what I wanted to say did not end there.

“And, Diane likes Adele.”

“… … Yes.”

Diane answered my question briefly,

“Yesss!?”

It was only after a moment that I remembered what question I had been asked, and I was truly shocked.