103 CHAPTER VI MONITORING (1/2)

After dinner, Sherry, Leena and Belle went to take a bath.

I can't go in with them, so I decided to wait in my room.

You're bored: ....... Oh, while we're at it, let's gather some information.

Now we just have to find out what kind of enemy might be lurking here in the castle.

So I pulled up the rat monitor.

Just give me what I need to know.

Then the message ”4 hours ago” appeared and a video started.

I don't know where it is, but it shows two maids talking to each other.

”Hey, listen. We've just seen the rumored Master Leons.

Apparently, one maid is bragging to the other maid that she's seen me.

'Huh?　It's not fair!　How did it go?　Cool as they say?

'Yes, you look just like they say you do.

What have they been saying about me?

It's kind of embarrassing. .......

'I like that. . Well, if you work here, maybe someday you'll meet him.

'I suppose so . But still, the girls next to Master Leons were terrific.'

'What?　Master Leons, you were only about ten years old, weren't you?　Are you already taking girls around?'

”Yes, they say you are the granddaughter of the Princess and the saint. My female instincts tell me he's going to be a great womanizer in the future.''

That's not nice at all!　I mean, what do you want me to do by showing this to you?

I can't help but complain to the monitor.

What do you want me to do about my philandering?　You can't do that, okay?　You don't know what you're doing.

The monitor didn't care that I was complaining about it, and kept playing the image without paying any attention to me.

'Oh, really?　I wonder if the person who runs this estate has to be a womanizer to be in charge of this territory?　I've heard that the former lord did too, and so did Mr. Gotts, right ......?

Mr. Gotts?

”Idiot!　You can't lump him and Master Leons together!'

Yeah. I think we're done here.

And so the video ends.

Who's Gotts?　From the way the story is told, it sounds like he's the one in charge of this territory: ....... He must be really hated by the maids.

I don't know how much he hates me just for coming into the conversation or how much he hates me .

Well, you're about to see him, so we'll find out what he's like. Okay, turn on the next clip.

This time, three hours ago... and then the video started.

So, what does this new lord look like?

The man in the video was a very fat man who was slumped back in his chair, looking very pompous.

In front of that man stood Edwin.

...... He was so solid that you wouldn't think he was eleven years old. When we told him that we were short of cooks, he immediately brought in a great cook. But, of course, he still doesn't trust us. The security has also been left in the hands of the knights he brought with him.''

Mr. Edwan was nonchalantly telling the pompous man in front of him about me.

What's the relationship between these two?

'Well, ....... Forster's Heretic is not a household name: ....... d*mn ...... that's a pain in the ass. It would have been easier if he was more incompetent.'

I'm sorry I'm not incompetent .

But you're still a Forsterian heretic: ......

'Really?　I'm sure it will make this territory better.'

Hmm?　Whose side is Mr. Edwan on?

'Well, I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that: ....... Well, all right. You can go now.

Then the picture was over.

What?　Who is this guy?　I'm feeling like a great villain?　And it's hard to tell which side Edwan is on and ......

We'll have to keep an eye out for Edwan, since we have no choice.

Well, we'll have to check this one out later. Okay, I'll need the next set of images.

This time, it said ”one hour ago”.

And then it displayed ......, which I couldn't figure out for a second.

”Come on in, please.

The one who said that and bowed his head was the man who looked important in the earlier video.

And then, accompanied by that man, the other man came in.

Yeah. Okay, you wanna talk about it?

The other one is ...... an aristocrat?

He was wearing expensive decorations, and I had that feeling.

''Ha, yes . Let's see. ...... The newly arrived lord seems to be too smart to match the appearance of an eleven-year-old.''

I know that. I know that, you know.　When I gave him a trial test for the senior class, he got a perfect score in all subjects with no time to spare. I heard that some of them got a grade that could have been more than a perfect score.

so that's what the nobility thought of me.

It makes me miss the days when I was considered incompetent.

Is that so? ....... I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this. He doesn't trust the servants at the castle either. And the guards have been brought in from their own domains.

Mr. Edwan didn't say elite, did he?

You don't make up stories to tell them.

Yeah. Well, then I'd appreciate it if you didn't use force against him. I don't know any assassin who can get past House Forster's elite.

What about a burglar?　The leader over there can do it, can't he?'

Huh?　Do I have to fight Allen again?

Don't do it. .......

'No, we can't rely on the burglar anymore. I've spent what I owed you from the party on securing my forces. And I'll need enough money for this estate to hire a burglar to kill him.

I'm not sure they take that much money: .......

Well, if you pay that kind of money for a request, I'll waste that money on you.

''That's not so much ....... But if it's the Philibert family, I'll ......'

Philibert?　Okay, there it is again: .......

I'd like to have some proof this time.

”I don't have that kind of money right now. We spent so much money on the assassination plot against the princess that we lost a lot of money, and our source of income has decreased since the collapse of Fermor Trading Company.

Oh, surprisingly, it was already on the verge of self-destruction?

You got what you deserved.

'So it was: ....... I'm pretty sure he was involved in both of them: ......'

You're not going to blame me for that.

Especially since Fermor Enterprises went out of business all on its own.

Yes. So the master wants to kill him no matter what.

That's a hell of a vendetta.

”But ...... how?　How do you kill someone who is smart, strong, and popular?''

Don't give me that kind of credit. It's embarrassing.