Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"To your pavilion lord, I would like to ask… did they have any visitors?

"Not as far as I've noticed."

... Hmm. I thought if the mastermind and its use were visiting here, I would get other information too...... To avoid leaving sightings, is it possible that the handing over of the writ is made elsewhere or that some special method is used?

"Then one more thing. If you don't have visitors, the risk drops, but you might want to be careful."

"And you say?

"I was wondering if it is also possible to come to this place for evidence obliteration when the perpetrator is told behind the scenes that he was captured. Therefore, I will investigate the room, but it might be better for the Knights to come to this inn. Arson and other possibilities, so what about having them on alert in the form of stays?

Since I got the help of the Bandit Guild, I think it would have been pretty quick... but I want to make sure it's complete.

"I see. What do you say, pavilion owner?

When Isabella asks, the innkeeper nods.

"No, it's helpful that you take care of yourself. Let the Knights stay behave more with their arms."

Apparently, the master of the inn is no different. I guess it won't hurt not to get the equipment destroyed or the Knights to stay and earn more money.

The innkeeper comes out of the counter and leads us to our room.

They were staying in this big room.

Apparently, he rented out one of the big rooms and was based there.

Quite a big room. There are several bedrooms lined up and a set of chairs and desks for writing. The sun from the window is not very good facing the back street side.

They don't want to stand out, so I guess this room was more convenient than the sunny one facing the street.

"Looking for what?

"I guess I'm looking for letters and paperwork. As I said earlier, watch out for enemies because they could show up."

"Okay."

Therefore, Sheila was also given various precautions when searching for other evidence, and then began searching for a home. Let's say we keep in touch with the Knights on the comms plane in parallel.

"Their baggage will be arranged each on the bedside after checking inside the room, so stay untouched"

"Mmm."

Nodding Sheila. Would you start with the sideboard by the bedside, around the desk drawer for the writing? Well... it's possible that things are stored only in places that are difficult to understand.

Sheila looks around the room as she gently knocks on the walls and floors or taps them with her nail tips to make sure they sound and feel. Have you pulled out all the drawers and stuck them on the back of the top plate or drawer? The drawers are not double-bottomed, etc., which is a thorough look. Will a bandit guild lecture me on how to find a home like this?

Me and the bedside and the futon laid on it will float in revulsion and crumble up to the back.

Lavine was moving their travel bags to an easily understandable location.

"Theodore. Here."

Sheila calls out. Apparently, there was a place to be concerned.

I roll up the edge of the carpet and check the floorboard.

"Did you find anything?

"I cut the floorboards later and they are machined. Processing is also relatively new with wood cuts"

When Sheila said and moved the floorboard, there was a rattling. When I moved it to slide it twice or three degrees, there was a gap, and when I lifted the floorboard from that gap... there was a bunch of paper there to fulfill.

"... this"

I'll spread out the letter and see what it says.

As for the content... it's still an instruction form.

It states that the Duke and his children will be visiting Term Wills, its period, etc.

... instigating that it is just to carry out raids for the Duke's house and stop reconciliation, etc. The raid shall be carried out with caution so as not to give the Duke's house a bad reputation. To issue threatening sentences in the content of condemning the Duke's house after the raid. The work of extremists on the part of the Grand Duke opposing reconciliation and making them seem to the Duke's side, etc… were described in various details. And finally, Curtis' signature is noted.

The handwriting seems to be deliberately collapsing. He wrote something like a statute, which is an unnatural font. Only the part of the signature named Curtis is in shape as I normally wrote... but this could only be practicing pseudonyms and changing the handwriting. So you're just gonna turn down the evidence that leads to you now?

What bothered me more than that was another letter.

The contents were written that there were no bad reviews about Grand Duke Debonis.

It's an argument as if the Grand Duke was the culprit in Mallane's assassination. But... not a word has been touched about the actual killer, Prince Roy.

Grand Duke Devonis did cooperate as Roy set up his territory in the South... but he didn't even know what Roy was doing or trying to do.

Not to mention there can't be any involvement in the assassination. This is clear from the magical interrogation of Roy.

Even more so, it says that Grand Duke Devonis plotted poisoning and so on.

... which is why it is for the Duke's house to set up the Duke's house and kill the power of the Grand Duke, and hence the Verdogal royal family, for the kingdom, etc., which was inciting.

"... cowardly"

Although Sheila sees through the text quietly, she leaks the kind of voice that pushed her anger to death.

"... right"

You won't even know how Mallane feels or what Grand Duke Devonis regrets. I'm trying to provoke the wrath of others for wrongdoing and carry things the way I want them to. That's the kind of guy behind this case.

Carefully fold the letter and bag it. As this is evidence, let me keep it.

"Well, shall we inspect and retrieve their baggage? We need to keep this room free of official constitutional inquiries."

The collected baggage will be handed over to the incoming Knights, and Isabella's face will also stand if he tries to be convenient in a direction that will not cause as much trouble as possible on the inn side.

"Mm-hmm. A little more, with Lavine, I'll look into the parts I haven't finished looking into"

"Copy that. I'll see if there's anything suspicious in the luggage."

Okay, let's split up and try to get the rest done.

"Did you find what you were looking for?

Isabella asks when she returns to the ground floor leaving the Knights who came after her.

"Yes, I wonder if there has been any harvest"

"That's above all. I wish you all the best of luck."

Isabella nods and brings her expression back to something serious to thank her.

"Thank you"

"Sheila needs to be careful."

"Mm. Isabella, see you next time"

"Oh, I'll see you later"

With those words exchanged, Isabella smiled and dropped me off.

But... you didn't set up any enemies. Do you think you can't trace the evidence, or is there some way? Assuming Leslie is a mastermind, it can also be assumed that he brackets his height that he can't do the handouts without conclusive evidence even if he does something somewhat blatant. That said, we shouldn't be optimistic about the prospects of the enemy or the response just being sweet. We have to make sure we identify the target.

"What's the next step?

And as he walks towards the royal castle with all his ideas, Sheila asks.

"I'm supposed to disguise myself and infiltrate the Duke's apartment, but before that, you're going to meet everyone at the Royal Castle."

Tell Sheila about the operation and plans after this and make her listen. When I receive what I need from everyone at the Royal Castle, I return Ambram to my home as my shadow warrior, and I myself disguise myself as the Duke's residence.

"- So, I took an inn near the Duke's apartment, so I'll have everyone move that way"

If you had your figure disguised under illusion in a lantern in Mallane when you entered the Central District Inn, even if there were scouts, it would be disruptive.

"If anything happens in a separate mansion, I'll rush for backup," he said.

"I wonder if it will. If you're still going to pretend to be the Grand Duke's assassin, there's a chance you're sending personnel to the Duke's mansion on a troop-by-unit basis. Plus... they could attack us with a magical trick. Because I think setting it up before the reconciliation day will also stand as a mastermind...... is the danger going to start around tonight after all?

If the enemy comes with a large number of people, you have to think about protecting the escort target exactly. If it's just for escorts, there are servants in the mansion. It makes it easier to deal with a large number of people if everyone stays close to you.

It's the same as preparation for a magic trick. Even if it's a surgical formula I don't know, it'll expand the range I can handle.

At the same time, the possibility of positive motion must be taken into account. I will also send Eclair of Mallane to the separate residence of Grand Duke Devonis, and if there is a problem, send in the power of Claudia's transfer magic to deal with it.

Ambram is waiting for you near your home, and Lavine remains in the royal castle. And I'll pack the Duke's house. This makes it easier to deal with anomalies in all parts of Term Wills.

"Do you have everything you need now?

Grace asked as she rendezvoused with everyone in one of the hotel rooms in Royal Castle and quickly checked what everyone had prepared while explaining that it was an inn.

Confirm and nod at everything you bought on the market and then all the types of medication in the glass bottle that Rosemary had prepared for you.

"Oh. This should be good"

"I wonder what you're going to use it for."

"Mmm. I was wondering if I could use it to shake..."

Explain to everyone what I'm trying to do.

"There's such a way..."

And, Ashley had her eyes round and Mallane had her eyes blinking, too. Neither Claudia nor Rosemary... you didn't seem to know as far as the reaction was concerned.

"If it's the kind of way we don't all know, I'm not even going to deal with the mastermind."

"I see..."

I nodded as Claudia was impressed. I hope this is... a decision.

Wear a disguise ring and let Uroboros, Kimaira coat and Valor get into your luggage... change into the servant's outfit and I'll be ready.

"Theo, be careful"

That's how they told me to hold Grace when I tried to lift her curse....... yeah. Unsealing the curse will make it harder for Grace to cuddle normally.

"Oh."

Nodding, I turn my hand around Grace's body and stroke her hair. Grace smiled with a calm expression as she hugged her for a while and left. Unseal Grace's curse and then hug each other just like everyone else.

"Don't get hurt."

Hold Ashley and Mallane and cuddle with Claudia...... attract Rosemary. And that's where Serafina came up with a fun hug. Seeing that, Sheila and Illumhilt looked at each other and laughed small, so we were both going to hug each other even more.

... All right. I'm in the mood. Activate the ring for the disguise and change to Matius for the first time in a long time.

"Then I'll go. Don't be alarmed, everyone."

"Yes. Welcome aboard"

That's how I was dropped off by everyone and left the Imperial Castle behind.