Tens of minutes after the start of surveillance, some guards deployed around the area gathered in the makeshift tent.

Prepare the assembled tables and chairs, and start arranging dishes on top of them.

Probably preparing lunch, because we're on fire next door.

Okay, I've been waiting for this.

Risha, it's time.

"Ha, yes!

Call Lisa and change her position.

Well, I hope we get some useful information.

"Carina, what's going on around here?

"Nothing in particular."

It's superimposed.

The monsters seem to have been chased away by Risha, and the rumored bandits will be hard to reach if the guards are so close.

I'm sorry about the carina I brought with me as insurance, but the insurance is not used and I've never moved on.

"... ah"

Then, about ten minutes later, Risha spoke quietly.

Give me the paper and a quill that I brought with me for a time like this.

I thought it might be possible to miss the important story while telling us, so I brought it.

"You don't have to say the same thing, just write down the story."

Lisha nodded without saying anything and ran the pen she received on paper.

The expression is serious.

If you peek from the side... well, this is interesting.

"... progress?

Carina whispered small in her ears to avoid disturbing Risha.

Breathing came into my ears and I sneezed.

"... it feels like you're on target. Some of the guards were wondering about customs."

That's right. It's like a territory made up of adventurers and merchants on the streets. It's only natural that you should do something to keep your feet away. "

That's not all, Carina raised her eyebrows.

"It seems that there are rumors whispered by makoshiya in the territory. The mother of the current lord, Ayers M. Giolas, the wife of the former lord - she's missing."

"Eh!?"

Carina presses her mouth hard.

I put my index finger on my lip to make it quiet. [M]

No matter how far it is, you can hear it if you raise your voice.

I can't say I'm here for a picnic with a lunch box.

Anyway, if we crack Carina's identity, it'll be very complicated.

"I don't think it's a case yet, but the maid and the guards are suspicious because they haven't seen him in weeks."

"Because you were originally sick, aren't you just sleeping or going to the doctor?

"If that were the case, I think there might be someone I know...."

I don't know what kind of treatment this world's maids are receiving.

If you're even forbidden to question your master, if it's your job to take care of you, you'll have visited your lost mother once.

If the story is not widespread, is it obscured or rejected as unnecessary because the lord himself will take care of it?

Either way, it doesn't change that it's unnatural.

It would be reasonable to think of something.

And that's why everyone thinks so.

"... wait a minute. Carina, do you know anyone who might have gone missing?

"Yes, Mr. Grace M. Giolas. I've seen you on several occasions while accompanying Sir Hargrave on official business. He's a kind person who treats everyone indiscriminately, and he always cooks handsomely when he visits the Dioras."

Puzzle pieces that begin to align one piece of information after another.

"Could that cooking have been made with milk or butter? For example, yes, stew."

"Huh? Yeah, you got it. It's a rabbit stew. It was Grace's favorite."

The edge of my mouth rises unexpectedly.

Milk, butter, flour, carrots, and onions - the source of the ingredients that were becoming thinner and more expensive.

"... Rosie, you look so evil right now."

"I'm connected, a lot of things."

"Ah, stew?

"Yes, stew. Because there was a mystery waiting for someone to solve it."

This is a message to direct the attention of the lord's family.

Though the mystery of who and for what remains, the answer is always inside the collar.

The Great Transformation in the Territory, and the Favorites of the Lord's Mothers, will become thinner from the market.

These two things don't seem to intersect.

What if it happened about the same time?

It's a little too rough to get rid of by chance.

"... Carina, how well known is Mr. Grace to the public?

"There's no such thing as being known. I used to come to Cassia once in a while and make stew for poor kids. No one in the city knows Master Grace."

Well, that's convenient.

Convenient, convenient?

No, rather than convenient.....

"... are you thinking too much?"

Shake your head and shake off the process that came to mind.

Well then, let's spread the rumor that Mr. Grace is missing to the city. For now, this should be enough to trigger the intervention of King's Landing. "

If the lord's family goes missing, there is no wonder that the King's Capital has moved.

If there were any irregular movements in the territory, they would certainly take action to suppress the King's City.

Let's start with a pre-emptive strike.