Chapter 111: Decision (1/2)

Rouge and Oumu started to walk towards the deeper parts of the Patriarch Room.

This is because Rouge led Oumu in this way, and this is because this is where their destination is set.

It was weird for Oumu since Rouge said that he left it to someone who he trusts, and if Rouge is leading Oumu to this person, then...that would mean that this person is inside the deeper parts of the Patriarch Room.

And that was weird. The only person who should be allowed to the deeper parts of the Patriarch Room is the Patriarch himself.

Of course, since Rouge could be considered to be the Patriarch right now, he is allowed in here, but...even if Rouge trusts this person so much that he would let him hold the official document signed by the Patriarch, which could be considered to be Rouge's lifeline right now, this person should still not be allowed to enter in the deeper parts of the Patriarch Room.

Rouge should know this very well, but it seems like he didn't think of this as a problem or anything of the sort as he just continued to walk without even talking to Oumu.

It seems that he was focused on this journey, but well. That was only to be expected.

Rouge himself knew that only the Patriarch is allowed into the deeper parts of the Patriarch Room.

Rouge himself is the Patriarch right now, but on the other hand, Oumu is not.

Therefore, he is...not allowed.

Since that is the case, this situation is even weirder than Oumu would have thought.

Why? It was because...Rouge letting other people into the deeper parts of the Patriarch Room basically means that he is not abiding by the law of the Warmester Denoble House.

Well, one could say that Rouge is the law right now, but...it was still the truth that there are customs and traditions to follow even for Rouge.

Nevertheless, even though Oumu was really curious about this right now, he did not ask any questions related to this.

Why? It was because his curiosity got the better of him. He wanted to see the official document signed by the Patriarch himself as soon as possible, and without any problems as well.

If asking Rouge why they were going in the deeper parts of the Patriarch Room even though it was not allowed would mean a problem would come up, then Oumu would rather not ask it.

This...is just a quirk of Oumu, and there was nothing he can do about it unless he changes himself.

Well, this is actually one of the reasons why Oumu is friends with Rouge.

His curiosity got the better of him when Rouge first came into the Warmester Denoble House, which led Oumu to talk to Rouge, and from then, they became friends.

Anyway, it didn't take the two of them to reach their destination as they finally could see a door.

The throne where the Patriarch usually sits is way behind them, and it was far away from them too.

The Patriarch Room was truly big, but that was not the only thing that was big in here.

The door that they could see was also big. In fact, it was so big that it didn't even look like a door.

Surprised by the sight of this door, Oumu couldn't help but ask Rouge.

”W-what the hell is that?” Oumu said while stuttering, his surprise was evident with just his voice.

Of course, Rouge was able to hear those words, and when he heard those words, his face turned into a frown.

”Well...I don't know myself. When I tried to look around in this room as the Temporary Patriarch, to be familiar with the place where I would stay, I just found this and had a surprised look just like you have right now.” Rouge said all those words without missing even a single beat.

Well, what he said was the truth. Rouge has already come here before, and he already saw this too.

However, there was something weird about what he said, and Oumu was able to catch onto that weird thing fast enough that he immediately spoke right after Rouge finished speaking.

”Wait. If that's the case, then why are we here? Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't we going to meet the guy who has the official document signed by the Patriarch himself? If you don't know what this door is about and, if my theory is correct, you should also have no idea how to open this, and if that's the case, then what are we doing here in this place, right in front of this humongous door?”