"Please wait here"

When we left the reception room, we were guided to a room as big as a hall that could be used at a party that had been blown up to the second floor.

The whole hall is illuminated by the sunlight that plugs in through skylights and upstairs windows, and the white wallpaper also gives a clean and bright impression.

A luxurious chair rises to the front.

It will also be constructed during the so-called "kanji period".

If I bring in tables and chairs, I'll be able to have dinner.

"Well, what do we do? I'm getting nervous...!

She laughed at Risha as she gazed at the surroundings calmly.

"I speak, and Risha protects me as I speak. Look, it's not much different from what you always do, is it?

"That's right, but uuu...."

No, it's completely swallowed by the atmosphere.

He sneaked over and grabbed Risha's hand if he felt a little distracted.

This kind of place is vast and wasteful, and by making it luxurious, it also means exerting psychological pressure on visited people.

Risha was completely caught up in the procedure.

Well, it's not impossible.

A person is not the person in front of him, but a creature that can be feared or underestimated by the title that accompanies him.

If the opponent were to be a powerful person, the pressure would be considerable.

"Think about it. The day we first met, we stood against the Holy Knights of King's Landing. Risha tried to pull out the sword. Don't you think this situation won't change?

"That's...."

"You don't have to be upset. As usual, I hope that Risha will eliminate the danger that is approaching me. I begged you."

Instead of answering, the hand is powerfully gripped back.

I gripped back so hard that I couldn't lose to splitting the temperature in that slightly cold hand.

After waiting for a while, the door at the top of the sandalwood opens and Gioras shows up.

When I knelt down and lowered my head, Risha followed. [M]

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

"No, don't worry about us."

"That's good. Please make yourself at home. I told you I'd welcome you as diners."

That's how Gioras urges him to raise his head.

When he stood up honestly, he met Prime Minister Alan, who was also on his knees.

There are only four people in this hall: Gioras, Alan, and me and Risha.

Looks like a "…", but I don't know how many guards are hiding because I can't see them anyway.

Of course, there are guards and maids waiting outside the room.

Assuming it's a violent development, it's hopeless to escape safely.

"Now, let me ask you something, Rosie. Your mother's words."

"Yes, of course."

Take a big, deep breath.

The brain slowly began to rotate as if fresh air filling the lungs had turned on.

"First of all, I would like to ask you one question about Grace M. Giolas."

At that moment, the air becomes stiff.

I somehow realized from my senses that I was trying to step into an area that I shouldn't have stepped into all of a sudden.

"He died about a month ago."

Prime Minister Alan's eyebrows rise.

"I just denied that. My mother says she's in a distant landscape--"

"Is it really true?"

"... what are you trying to say?

Here Alan opened his mouth.

Probably to keep Gioras from saying anything extra.

"Then I'll ask you, Prime Minister Alan. Where is Grace being treated?

"I don't feel the need to teach you that. If you really want to know, why don't you guess what you're good at?

I nod with a smile to Alan, who tells me to mock. [M]

That's impossible.

When I answer immediately, Alan laughs with his mouth shut. [M]

"Ha ha, no, excuse me. Didn't you hear, Master Ziolas? These people are still in trouble. Get rid of him!"

"It's up to Dioras, not you."

Alan's sharp gaze flies in.

With those eyes, I showed dioras in my jaw. [M]

"Rosie, can you tell me why you think so?"

"I see. Let's start by talking about the three mysterious events that come with it."

Loosen collar and stick one hand into pocket.

"The first one. Even though Grace disappeared, it was too late to spread the rumor."

"It's no wonder he's not gone."

I point at Alan who said something stupid.

"If it hasn't disappeared, why has there been a sudden rumor of Grace's disappearance recently? If Master Grace had told the people below that he was going to go far away for medical treatment, wouldn't rumors be popular in the first place?

"Grace is influential, and if he gets sick, it leads to people's anxiety. So I only told some trusted people."

I see, that's strange.

"What's wrong?"

"That's why I think rumors will soon spread. It would be important if the mother of the current lord were to disappear."

"Mr. Giolas is faithful to his duties. Oh, and I won't divulge inside information."

I'll put two fingers up for the words. [M]

"What is that?"

"Two days."

"So what are you talking about?"

The number of days before the rumor that "a dignitary of mine is missing” turns into the rumor that "Grace is missing”. Unfortunately, it was too much to say that you were faithful to your duties. "

For the first time, Alan looks at me with a smile. [M]

Looks like you finally recognized me as an enemy here.

It was pretty late.

"The cause of the time lag before the rumors began to circulate - the day Dioras disappeared, there were other things that disappeared, right? For example, yes. Three maids who were especially close to Mr. Grace."