Vol 2 Chapter 28 (1/2)

Chapter 28

Chapter Two

Expectations

(Part 8)

He was searching for Ilya Shultz’s oals, and intentions While on thatfound out by her at all costs, but his question that directly reat spirit?” that he ended up asking was nothing but a mistake

It happened during their discussion before the Snow Festival [1]

He had been noticed Believing that, Dennis decided to take advantage of her goodwill

“Then why did you keep playing that hated role?”

He turned away, not denying her, and looked around at their surroundings

After confir that there was no one else there, he looked back towards Ilya and spoke

“Because it is my duty If I could have just driven you a little further into a corner, I could have e… but Frank-san had already returned”

“Has being the Branch Vice Manager become unnecessary, then?”

His answer to that question was silence

And then, with his expression as hard as stone—

“More pressing matters have occurred… Please, be careful The Reinhardt Empire will make its move soon”

The Sacred Reinhardt Empire

Pro human supremacist ideals, it was a nation that built its society on human superiority

“Is that related to your current mission?”

“No I was just giving you some information”

Wondering if Ilya was able to figure out his intention, the Branch Vice Manager smiled bitterly

“I was acting like that due to my mission, but as an individual… I like this place Its mood”

She’d probably figured it out already

Seeing that Ilya didn’t appear surprised in the least, the man’s bitterness deepened

Things such as the warnings he’d given to Elizah at the Snow Festival’s venue and the branch were the sort of things that couldn’t be said without speaking as someone’s superior

He hiiven his attitude and speech up till now, yet although he’d done everything to rile her up from start till end, even that hadn’t produced a reaction

He’d driven her to needing that pool made so she could relax and take a breather, but that was all

“Be that as it h no matter what the huht”

“I’lad that you say that”

Ilya had realized that he was trying to agitate her and had soet to the point they could talk with each other calmly like this

Since he couldn’t get the information he needed, it was necessary for him to leave in as natural way as possible for any follow-up

Given that, he’d decided to disclose everything

“I won’t say it to anyone else… but the association’s actions have been unusual recently as well You’re the only one I decided to tell I will leave immediately”

“Now?”

Nodding, the Branch Vice Manager smiled wryly

“The onlymissed”

Ilya bowed to him as he said that and left And so she decided to return to the branch, not seeing him off

His aptitude aside, the Branch Vice Manager was a man ill-suited for the secret information he had

He was a person that didn’t expose his thoughts even at the en

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Given that Partia recoht have wanted to switch to another department [2]

“… Are you sure about letting her go?”

The forer, Dennis Galla, was stopped by a voice in a dark back alley

Recognizing the person who seely stepped out of a shadow, he waited for the the direction he’d been walking

“Yeah I said what I needed to say Anything else would have been useless to her”

Seeing his expression, the figure approaching him blinked

“… This is the first ti this job”

“Hmm…?”

Bringing his hand to his face, he finally realized that he was s

Then, he s him

“… I was thinking that it’s similar here To that place, I mean”

“… Is that so?”

Even if that place no longer existed in truth, it would forever dithin the hearts of those two

That orphanage that didn’t care about if people were hu in appearance, its atave arm—it definitely resembled here

Due to not being in contact with the area long, the woman looked couldn’t understand hih in a bad mood However, Dennis believed that if she had seen the snow sculptures that were no longer there, she would understand

He was the one to tell Frank about the snow sculptures that were in the branch’s courtyard He was also the one who had indirectly spread that information to the town’s citizens

He was afraid that Frankit up in the awards ceremony, but he didn’t leak his source and was just happy that more people knew about them