Chapter 41 (1/2)
Chapter 41
The Larrington Hotel’s fifth floor
It was the first place where I met Madam Blanca and entrusted with her ht, literally the ‘first place’ Once a custoiven a request at that place, they would be able to use the services of Blanca’s guild in their other branches
Bookstores, cafés, salons, etcetera, etcetera
It was impossible to meet Madam Blanca in such places, but it was possible to send additional requests through those branches or to check the status of the current requests
A few days ago, I sent a new request regarding ‘Diana’ under the guise of a book order at the Larrington Bookstore That’s as being delivered today was not truly a book, but the status of that request thus far
While sitting at the tea table for a while and lost in thought, I heard a few staccato knocks on the door
It didn’trooer toeyes and ears around us
‘I’ll check the book personally, that was my excuse’
As I told them to co a few books entered the room
“It’s nice to meet you, Lady Rosetta”
I faced the woht veil
It was Blanca
After she got up frouid I waited for her to be seated before I propped my chin on one hand, elbow on the table Then, I spoke
“The maid said that an employee from the bookstore had coton Bookstore is an affiliate shop of the Larrington Hotel, so in a broader sense, the boss is also an euised h the door”
“Is that so You certainly wouldn’t have been able to pass through the ates in such a suspicious outfit”
“Oh my, what do you mean, suspicious? I wanted to see you, Ducal Princess, so I caerated tone
As I glanced at her, I reached out and picked upmy example, Blanca also picked up the teacup in front of her and moved her veil aside
While the two of us were drinking tea, the room was filled with a tranquil silence
Tak
At the sharp sound of a teacup being set down, I faced Blanca and leaned ainst the chair
“Let’s stop this farce You’ve coht?”
“Of course I just feel very apologetic about the delay That’s why to coht here results that would unconditionally satisfy you”
She loves over her skin appeared like butterflies in the air One hand soon reached into the bag she brought with her, and she ruh it
Then, after a while, she took out a few sheets of paper
Even at a glance, it was clear that those pieces of paper were densely packed with s
“Here’s the data that you’ve requested”
Unlike her playful tone of voice, which she spoke with all the tiive the papers was polite I took theht my eyes first was the ritten at the very top
‘Diana’
The na for
Next to the na of her I had never met her before and all I knew about her was her naht
“Are you satisfied?”
I was distracted momentarily by the face and name, but at the Madam’s question, I read the rest of the document that’s been written in small letters
‘I’’
The document had details related to ‘Diana’s family relationshi+p’, ‘Diana’s reputation with the people around her’, ‘Diana’s upbringing as a child’, ‘Diana’s current whereabouts and lifestyle’
Even her weakness, which I needed the most
“…How do you kno many pieces of tableware she has at home?”
“Well It’s a trade secret”
If it’s a trade secret, then it couldn’t be helped She al means, but that wasn’t my business
“Is this all of the information you have on her?”
I went over the three sheets of paper once again The document had details of what I requested at first, which included ‘information on Diana’ and the ‘scenario and fake identification to let her enter the duchy’
“A few days ago, I sent an additional request regarding Diana to the bookstore Along with the fee”
“That’s right You sent both the request and the commission fee”
As she answered, Blanca reht hand
On the fourth finger of her right hand, as her bare skin was clearly revealed, there lay a ring with a large diamond on a thin silver band
It hat I sent to the bookstore the other day—the commission fee
‘If she ca it, then it means she accepted the request, but…’
“Pfft”
As I tried to gauge Blanca’s hidden intentions, the prolonged silence within the rooht sound of air breathed out To be exact, it was close to a restrained puff of air
Narrowing my eyes, I looked towards the source of such a sound
Beneath Blanca’s veil, which fluttered slightly—
“Pfft… Ahem…”
The more that saht hand continued to show the ring on her finger, that same hand trembled a little as it fell palht hand slowly began to tap the table Iton, but the sound of the tapping on the table seerow louder and louder, still
The sa froradually becahter began to resonate throughout the roo on the table
Tak Tak Tak
The ring continued to hit the table It was a grating sound
Although the person as causing this seehter without a care to the world
‘Is this a habit?’
Her laughter and this tapping on the table overlapped withat the hotel the other day
Blanca laughed like this, too
It seeood habit
I quietly overlooked her actions and simply drank the black tea in hter quickly subsided Perhaps she realized that she was inside a duke’s estate
The thin veil fluttered in the air