"You are the one who leads to Aardhar, Duke of Sheraford"
Clovis' deep and clear voice speaks his name quietly. The duke charged does not change his expression with a tight eye on the aide. It was the Privy Council that watched over it that changed and became noisy.
"What a fool."
"You accuse the Sutherland family, who have even ruled the kingdom over the founding of the country, by virtue of this?
"This is an insult not only to the Privy Council, but to all the nobles of Heilland!
"An insult! Fool!"
"Town, gentlemen!
The Marquis of Maurice, Mac Grant, rises, even in the Privy Council, which became a noise like a bee's nest.
He is also one of those who has endorsed the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, but he was unable to hide his confusion at the accusatory noise that suddenly began. Doubt in half, look at Clovis with anticipation in half, and then Grant appealed to everyone.
"Cromwell, you must have accused Sir Lloyd of something. We already know that he is impeccable as an aide. Let's complain after hearing what he has to say."
"Thank you for your kind words."
With his hands on his chest to give him a perfect rendezvous, Clovis finally opened his mouth.
"Is it possible that what was discussed on this occasion is leaking outside? I had such doubts because some news came in from the Marquis Rosen."
That said, Clovis took out a letter from Jude. Dreyfuss, who received it on behalf of him, glanced through the contents and frowned thickly.
"successively refused by merchants who are speaking out to join the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce…. Isn't that exactly what the Regional Council reported?"
"The question is, who was the merchant who refused?"
Dreyfuss turns the paper and glances at the second sheet as he is urged by the aide. That's a list of the nobles Lloyd is speaking to and their responses summarized in the table. Dreyfus stared at the paper with a harsh look on his face for a while, but his eyes opened slightly.
"Hey. This list is wrong. There's a name inside that the district court doesn't grasp."
Clovis smiled beautifully at the dissatisfied Regional Director.
"Yeah, but actually, that list you gave me is the complete list," he said.
"What! So you're saying the list of merchants I've ever been given to Jude was incomplete!?
Dreyfuss shouts aloud.
In other words, Jude didn't reveal the full story of who he was speaking to, to anyone but himself. When Alicia and I were informed of the fact, we opened our eyes wide open.
"As a matter of fact, the Marquis Rosen has not reported to the Regional Council nor to the auxiliary chamber on the three of the thirteen merchants who are speaking up and who would like to have them participate at all costs. Of course, it's a fact that wasn't even made known to me or to Alicia."
"Damn you, Jude! You're lying to me!
"Sir Jude had an inevitable situation, too."
Clovis lowered his brow butt sympathetically to the secretary on the beard surface who slammed a bush on his desk.
The three merchants who have laid down their names are the Marquis Rosen and the good merchants of the Old Knowledge, each with wide connections. Trust in that character, Jude had taught them the full story of the Chamber of Commerce he was aiming for.
However, the information of the Chamber of Commerce under consideration in the Privy Council is of a kind that would otherwise be treated as a state secret. It would be difficult if they had more information than the other ten, if they were to be blinded to commercial enemies interested in the Chamber of Commerce and even if they were to have their mouths cracked.
"Jude then said he didn't report to anyone that he was speaking out to those three to keep the New Chamber of Commerce confidential even just for the period being deliberated in the Privy Council"
"I see... Is that convincing!!
After a few nods, Dreyfuss barked excitedly.
"So does His Royal Highness have someone to keep a secret from! That bastard, you're kidding me! I knew I didn't like him!!
"Calm down, Dreyfuss. Now is not the time to discuss the misdemeanor between you and the Marquis Rosen. I recommended it first, you."
"Yes, sir."
Legal Secretary Adams, who cut the numbness, came in to help, and Clovis congratulated him.
"Now, the merchants who replied that they could not join the Chamber of Commerce, but there were no earlier three of them. While relieving himself of that, Sir Jude immediately attempted to make contact to persuade the merchant he had refused."
Then oddly enough, the merchants stubbornly avoided contact with the Marquis, as they did not like meeting Jude either. I was just surprised. When Jude finally caught one and listened, he frightened and told him, "I was threatened not to join the Chamber of Commerce".
Who threatened him, the merchant stubbornly shut his mouth. But using all the connections Jude could have, it turns out that the day after the Privy Council meeting, he was arguing in the alley with unfamiliar men.
According to witnesses, the men were eagerly persuading the merchants to pull their hands from something. But the merchant was decent and eventually followed the scene in a way that cut the conversation.
"But the next day, something broke into the merchant's house and vandalized the household property so much that people couldn't get in. Fortunately, the hardware was never taken away, so an acquaintance comforted him, and the merchant turned his face pale."
"I see. Are you saying that the purpose of the offense was not to take away wealth, but to threaten to turn down the invitation of the new Chamber of Commerce"
"The killer has not been caught and there is no certainty. But that's what he would have thought. After the incident actually happened, I sent Jude a no."
Jude, who examined the above, hastily gathered information about the other merchants as well. Then all ten merchants reporting to the Privy Council had been in contact with successive suspicious men over the course of a few days.
On the other hand, the three men who had laid their names down never received any contact from anyone. Even though he was so enthusiastically solicited than the other ten.
At this point the Marquis Rosen was convinced that someone was working an obstructive act on the basis of a list he had submitted to the Privy Council.