Iron Blood Earl Riccianne

Kuang!

With heavy seriousness, Lycaen moves faster.

Whoo-hoo!

Lycaen's fist joyfully slits the air. And still punching the void in vain. However, there was a surprising smile on Lycaen's face.

“Stay out of this! ”

You swing your left elbow backwards as you punched the air at the same time as you shouted. An invisible movement was caught within the range of a large expansion of the sensation.

Baaaaaah!

“Huff!”

A black figure that rolls around the bottom of a deluge with a sudden burst of scream.

“You can't beat me for the rest of your life. Do you understand?”

A man who gets up from his seat grumbling and washes off the dust on his body.

“Damn, he's still got a temper, huh? ”

The man grunts, touching the side of his elbow. It was Joel, master of the art room guild.

“Of course not. Anyway, what brings you here? How'd it go over there? ”

“Huhu, who do you think I am? Anyway, let's go inside. ”

It was then.

Kuaang!

“Earl!"

Wolf opens his mouth, shouting out, "Broken door." While looking out the window in the mansion, Joel suddenly appeared, hurrying out of the window after attacking Riyaen. Of course, the situation was already over.

Wolf looks stunned as he sees the two of them walking side-by-side. Behind such a wolf, Julia stands a very dull face.

“Never mind. Just do what you do. ”

At Lycaen's words, Wolf scratches his back with a blunt look.

“I understand.”

After nodding, Lycaen, who was entering the mansion, passes by Wolf and speaks in a bold voice.

“Pretty quick reaction, by the way? Huh?”

Ugh!

Wolf closed his eyes with a death-looking look. But what can I do? It's already happened. And one word from Lycaen inside the mansion.

“In the future, let's practice growing agility. ”

Damn it, he's dead! ’

The training offered by Lycaen is almost unimaginable. No, there are stronger ways to feel harassment than training. It is natural for Wolf's face to rot in a blaze after every one of those exercises.

“Looks like things went well in the guild, huh? ”

As soon as he enters the house, Joel nods with a light smile to the question.

“Thanks to you.”

“Don't forget it's all because of me. ”

Joel said with a slightly grumpy look, as if he knew that would come out.

“Tsk, that's what you say without congratulations? ”

“What do you want? ”

“Well, I wish I had something for you. ”

“Anyway, what brings you here? ”

“I'm here for what you asked me to do. ”

“Hmm? No way…. ”

Lycaen narrows his eyes. What he asked Joel to do. It was an investigation into a secret group of Byronites.

“Yes, there's nothing conclusive about it, but it's not a very poor harvest. ”

“What did you find out? ”

Joel handed a bunch of pretty thick documents to Lycaen.

“Just in case, the majority of Byron refugees scattered across the continent are moving towards the Republic of Morellia, as promised. I think it's a move involving rebuilding Tehaz's Byron Kingdom... But I was wondering if I might have gotten one of those. ”

“Well, maybe. ”

“Ah, this is a report that came up just before you arrived, so it's not written on it... It seems that some of the Byron secret society is here in the capital, Edelscht, Bren Kingdom. ”

“What?! ”

Surprised, Lycaen stirs up a reflexive body. Joel smiles favorably toward Lycaen.

“Actually... I'm not saying this out loud, but it's not information from our guild. ”

“Huh?"

“Like... they showed up first? Of course, we still can't find them. They change seats as soon as they find out where it is. ”

“Hmmm, they are thorough enough to care about the artroom guild in the world.... ”

“For now, they're up to something here in Edelscht. ”

“Of course. What the hell is he up to? ”

Joel shrugs.

“If I knew that, why would I be a guild master? I'm a fortuneteller.”

“Khh, that might be more appropriate. ”

“Eri, why don't you just tell a bad joke! ”

“Well, anyway... I better go look for them from now on. Do me a favor. ”

“Got it. Ah! Then there's one more thing. ”

Joel hurriedly said as if he had just remembered.

“One more thing? ”

“There was one thing that bothered me about researching them this time. ”

“What?”

“Hmmm... It's vague to say what this is like directly... Is there another one? ”

“Huh?"

“I mean, if you try to investigate them, they're strangely distracted. ”

“Hmm……. ”

“So I've been sorting out all the information I think you might have, and there's another group that's moving in a similar direction to theirs. ”

“You have no idea what that is, do you? ”

Joel nods, slightly pouting his lips.

“My ego's a little off... but it's true. ”

“Well, I can't help it. But I just had an idea. ”

“Huh?"

“They often show up in the capital, which means there's a change in movement. ”

Joel nods immediately.

“That's probably the right way to look at it. ”

“Then why do you think that's happened? ”

“This is often the case……. ”

Lycaen nods and replies.

“Yeah, that means something's ready to go perfectly. It means they felt confident that no matter what anyone did, they couldn't undo their plans. ”

“And that means... I have to jump on my feet. ”

“Hehehehe, you can move around without telling me now. ”

“Chet, what's a good friend? ”

As soon as Joel says he can't help it, Lycaen suddenly looks flawed.

"Oh, you had this one, didn't you? ’

Suddenly, a few days ago, I remembered telling Caith that you were the only one with friends. At that moment, I forgot about Joel's existence.

‘Hehe, nothing makes people sorry. ’

Of course, that didn't mean Lycaen was going to solve the story.

Joel tilts his head and asks, executing Lycaen, who is suddenly dumbfounded.

“What's the matter? ”

“Huh? Nothing. ”

“I think there's something... I wish you would have told me." By the way, you played very well the other day. ”

“Hehe, that's enough to resist. ”

“I think so. I brought you this. ”

Joel hands another batch of documents over to Lycaen.

“What the hell is this? ”

“Information about Earl Eigen. I brought it to help you with your fever. ”

But this time, Lycaen shakes his head.

“Thank you, but take this back. ”

“Huh?"

“I thought it would be poisonous if I had this.... ”

“What's that supposed to mean? Information poisoned? ”

“Sometimes it's bad to know too much. ”

However, I could never accept that as a Guild Master of Information.

“What are you talking about? The more you know, the better! ”

“You have to think that much because you know a lot, but you also care more. ”

“Is that why something bad happened? ”

“Right now, my enemy is not just one Earl Eigen. And apart from that, sometimes you just have to push. And things are going to get pushy when I see them. So wait till then. ”

Joel made a look that he couldn't understand, but he didn't make any more recommendations. It's because they know that if they talked like that, they wouldn't even give it to them.

“Hmph, got it. Thanks to you, the Art Room Guild is mine. I'll give you the information for free. ”

One of the things that touches Riccianne's brain in a moment.

“Then there's something I need you to find out. ”

“What?”

“About the Kingdom of Luo. ”

“Luo Kingdom? It's not hard to investigate... Why did Ruo's Kingdom suddenly appear? ”

“The king has been acting out of place lately. ”

Joel frowns nervously and asks.

“Why is the king talking about Ruo's kingdom? ”

Lycaen lowers her voice slightly and explains.

“If you had investigated Earl Eigen, you would have noticed the desire for a relationship with the king these days. ”

“Yes. I thought it was because the king kept stirring up Earl Eigen's ideology." ”

“I did. Well, that's good enough... The king's words are starting to make sense. ”

The cause of the disagreement between the king and Earl Eisenhower was a disagreement over the war. Earl Eisenhower said it was time to open the war, and the king said it was not yet time.

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