Reincarnation Monarch

"Nah, I see."

Gaius rebuffed Dulm's words as he nodded again and again.

"Well, that's why I wasn't exactly acquitted, but it's a pretty light sentence."

Gaius began to learn about the situation of the SS members and secretly weighed in on the Lombards' chest.

(... did the Lombards know... you probably would have. I must have cared about them because I meant Lombardo... they must have been hard...)

Then suddenly, Dalm shouted out loud.

"I remember! It's Colin!"

"Colin? What are you talking about?

"See, that's the name of Ortes' brother I was telling you about. of SS's only missing person."

"Okay. Colin. I'll remember. By the way, why did Ortes visit Lukak?

"Is that because I suspected my brother Colin was missing? Anyway, it's just one out of twenty. Isn't that natural to wonder?

"Sure. But then why now? It's been six years."

"That's probably because the SS men were released last year."

"Oh well, you also suspected Lukak's disappearance while listening to the released... so you were looking for Lukak, who lived hiding in the country..."

"That's probably the place. Well, the truth is, if you don't ask him, you won't know... he's missing now..."

"Heh?... What's missing... Ortez?

"It seems so. I heard the truth from Lukak, and Ortez walked away somewhere afterwards, and he's gone."

"... then why did this matter come to light?

"Lukak came forward. Ortes threatened Lukak before he left. If you don't show up to the police and brighten up everything you know, I'll kill you..."

"But that's what I said. Ortez disappeared somewhere, isn't he? Then you don't have to show up..."

"Sort of. But Lukak was really scared, wasn't he? They're gonna kill me! Help me! He ran into the police."

"I see. You left because you confirmed your appearance... and where did you disappear..."

"It's a mystery, isn't it? I'm sure you confirmed your appearance, but didn't you want to see the upside of things to the end? It's weird."

"By the way, how did Lukak get to Bishop Lennon when he ran into the police? 'Cause it's weird, right? Bishop Lennon is about to be called Sir Calvin's katana, so he's supposed to be a pretty big shot, right? I don't think there's any way I'm going to contact Bishop Lennon all of a sudden from the country police..."

"No, that went into Bishop Lennon's ear pretty early on, apparently. I don't know. Bishop Lennon was putting up a lot of nets about General Gorkos' disappearance in the first place."

"Were you netting? In different places?

"Yeah, I don't know why, but he was pretty obsessed, and he said the information soon went up to Bishop Lennon. That's why he was quick to secure Lukak's identity."

"I was obsessed with General Gorkos' disappearance... why?

"Well yes... Bishop Lennon was originally close to Sir Calvin, but for some reason he was sent as a staff officer to the Seventh Corps under General Gorkos during the Esta accident. Isn't that why you were so interested?

Gaius nodded to Dulm's words, vaguely wondering what was the key to this time around.