52 修羅場 (1/2)

The treasure room is close to the Red Rose Room. It is quite natural that the room where the queen lives and the treasure room are close to each other, but Diana is not interested in jewelry at all, so when she was told the location, she only thought, ”Wow, it's surprisingly close. --It's really convenient.

”This and this are knockoffs!

”Oh my God...

Where's the key to the National Treasure vault?

The Commander of the Imperial Guard is searching for it right now!

I walked out of the room and hid in the shadows to get a glimpse of what was going on, only to find that the area around the treasure vault had turned into a hellish scene of screaming and shouting. His Majesty and Alford were nowhere to be seen, so they must be in the back of the treasury.

(The sellers are sellers, but the buyers are buyers. You'd think they'd figure it out eventually.

But it was a miscalculation. I had thought that the investigation of the treasure house had been completed since Keith took the chief lady with him, but it seems that the most important part, the national treasure room, has not been completed yet. It looks like I'm going to have to unintentionally watch the most difficult part of the investigation from the sidelines.

”What are you doing, Deanna?

”Oh.

I reflexively looked up, but of course there was no sign of her. I'm not sure what to do.

”Greetings. I'm here to see you.

”Me?

There's something I wanted to talk to you about.

”Hmm...?　Wait a minute.

When I nodded my head, the wall in front of me - not the door - flung open.

I'm sure you're not the only one who can't stand the thought of someone doing something insane like this in broad daylight, but since you can enter the wall without resistance, you're in the same league as Deanna after all. As I proceeded down the passage, killing my footsteps, I found the seeker waiting for me at the corner.

How many hidden passages are you familiar with?

”That's not something you want to hear from the Cresta's who have the Dark Ones at their side.

When we entered the hidden passageway in the light, the light from outside leaked in through the vents and mosaic patterns, creating a mysterious atmosphere. We could see each other's faces clearly.

Do you want to talk about it first?　Or maybe Chris will be back soon and we can take a look at the national treasure survey?

”......, or more correctly, a tour of the Shurakijo.

”Hmm?

Kai laughed, sounding happy but noisy.

Are you sure it's going to be a shuriken?

I think it's pretty much a done deal. ...... I'm telling you, it's not our fault, okay?

I know you got what you deserved, matron. I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that.

Is Kai surprisingly fond of mud? While tilting her head, Diana followed Kai's lead through the hidden passageway.

This place has a double structure, right? At the top of the hidden stairs is a very old hidden room.

”There's another hidden staircase inside the hidden passage ......?

The person who built this castle must have been very busy or very strange. Thanks to them, I'm still alive.

It would be heaven for a secret agent. You don't have to hide in a cramped attic, you can operate at your leisure.

I did as I was told, went up the stairs and entered a hidden room of unknown use. The inside was dusty and the interior was quite prehistoric. Deanna's eyes flickered.

This ...... is older than a hundred years. I think this kind of art was popular about 250 years ago.

”Wow, that's amazing. I knew it looked old, but it's really old.

So, what's wrong with this room?

Yeah. It's called the National Treasure Room down there.

Deanna seriously wondered how she hadn't fallen over.

”Here, the National Treasure Room?　Down here?

”So I'm thinking. So I'm thinking, whoever built this castle must have been a real nut job.

It's a thief's delight...

The knights, on the other hand, are in tears.

This is what I mean when I say I have no intention of letting them protect me.

Deanna held her aching head with her fingertips.

I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that. If the headmistress finds out, she'll happily blame it all on the thieves.

”Well, in reality, it would take a lot of skill to get to this room, so it would be impossible for a common thief.

I don't know anything about that kind of unorthodox ”reality.

I'm not sure what common sense is, but Diana often wanted to take a distant look, but the people under the floor did not even let her escape such reality.

”It's open, Your Majesty.

”Hmm. Thank you, Commander Gracie.

”...... You can hear me quite clearly, can't you?

”Sometimes there are rooms like this. Sometimes there are rooms like this. They're built in such a way that the voices below and beside you can be heard. In addition, conversations in this room cannot be heard downstairs unless you shout very loudly.

”This just reinforces my theory that you're a freak...

Standing was tiring, so Deanna and Kai brushed the dust off the sofa and sat down. In the meantime, the conversation under the floor continued.

”I never thought that so many of the items were fake...

It was not like this before the establishment of the palace, according to those in the outer court. They must have been exchanging jewelry for cash since this spring.