Chapter 243 (2/2)

“…This is about the matter that you recently asked me to find out urgently.”

“Really? Did you find it out already?”

He said, smiling at me who looked at him in surprise, “Well, I’ve got some information about the guy named Ian Belot that I had been keeping an eye on for some time. As you instructed me to report to you as soon as I found something unusual about him, I wanted to brief you about him first.”

“Oh, I see.”

Nodding at him, I picked up the document he gave me. It wasn’t very thick, but it contained a very surprising fact.

“… Is this true? This guy’s daughter got married, but her marriage was far from normal? Does it mean that she has been detained on the pretext of her marriage…?”

“That’s right. I’ve reached that conclusion after watching him for almost a year, so I think I’m right. Since this is a very risky plot, it seemed that someone took her hostage for his safety,” he said with a heavy voice. “I asked your father if I should rescue her, but he told me to hold it and take action after consulting with you. What shall I do? ”

“… Just hold it for the time being. Let’s watch a little more. ”

If the baron’s information was true, it was dangerous to rescue Ian Belot’s daughter right away. If she, an important hostage, disappeared, the criminal would certainly notice that somebody detected his plot.

In that case, it would be easy to reveal the identity of the culprit, but it would be reckless to expand the investigation without careful planning. This was even more so if the culprit was the very man that I suspected. Since he was not a man to be treated recklessly, it would be very difficult to pinpoint him as the mastermind without securing hard evidence.

“Got it. By the way, I’m sorry to say this, but Lady Jena sent you a secret letter.”

“A secret letter from Jena? What do you mean you are sorry?”

“Well, it was delivered by our informant planted in the Jena family…”

“Ah.”

Only then did I realize why the baron was so sorry and embarrassed. The fact that a secret letter was delivered by our mole planted in the Jena family meant that the identity of the mole was already detected by Duke Jena. It seemed that the duke pretended not to have noticed the mole, but used him this time to counterattack my family. Perhaps his identity was revealed because of the lax security following the drastic increase of informants after the poisoning incident took place recently.

Anyway, it seemed that the baron was very embarrassed by the fact that as the head of my family’s intelligence unit, he could not protect the identity of the mole properly. As I thought he would feel more embarrassed, I opened the letter sent by the Jena family.

It seemed that the letter was written by someone who was illiterate, whose handwriting was so curvy that it was hard to understand. In the end it took me some time for me to understand the first line.

“Ah… ”

Only then did I recall one thing. While offering him the terms of the deal last time, I set the date for the next negotiation. But as it happened, the emperor collapsed on the very day of the negotiation, so it slipped my mind until now.

The baron nervously looked at me moaning and asked carefully, “What’s wrong? Isn’t it good for the Monique family?”

“No, it’s not. Um, baron. What happened to our informant?”

“Well, I suspended his activities for the time being and keep a low profile. Can I tell him to come back?”

“Hmm, well.”

I read the secret letter out and said prudently, “I think it’s better to keep him staying there until we are done with this matter, as his identity was revealed. However, if you feel his life is threatened anytime, tell him to withdraw immediately. ”

“Okay.”

“And tell the man who delivered this letter that what I wanted then and now was just one thing. He will understand what I meant.”

“Sure, let me tell him so.”