"......!!"

At that moment, Gootheil stood up as if he had been bounced.

Sylvia's gaze poured into Goutte Hail at once.

After staring at Sylvia, Gutheil opens his mouth with a regretful waving of his hat, trying to say something.

"...... Your Highness, Arnold. Dear Leechee, Would you excuse me for leaving my room?”

Gootheil's voice was full of care for Sylvia.

“If there's anything I need to talk to you about, I swear I'll tell you anything in the future. However, for Lord Sylvia, my presence here....."

"Mr. Gootheil."



Sylvia calls out his name clearly.

"I want you to stay here." I asked the knight who called for me....... I'd like you to stay with me where I can talk to you. "

"... Lord Sylvia..."

Gootheil clenched his fist and slowly sat down.

Encouraged by Raul, the knight figure, Sylvia sat in a chair next to Gutheil, closest to the door. Leechee watches it and then looks up at Arnold.

Your Highness Arnold......

"First, try to proceed as you wish." After all, that man won't be here anytime soon. "

"... yes"

I nodded at Arnold's words, but it took courage to cut them out.

Nevertheless, I'm sure Sylvia is ready. The purple eyes with a confusing impression were staring at Leechee sincerely.

Tell us, Mr. Leechee.

……

With Sylvia's folds in the right words, Leechee became very lonely.

But for now, it's better to have a conversation. Instead, Leechee does not change anything and talks the same way as before.

“The first thing I noticed was when Sylvia came to visit this castle.”

I slowly spun my words as I looked back at the time.

“The night before, you said you were feeling better, even though you were supposed to be in such a bad condition that you fell during the stage show.”

"It's thanks to Mr. Leechee for the first aid and Mr. Gootheil for carrying it." After a night's rest, I was totally fine. ”

"Because there are cases like that, I decided to accept it once."... but after fainting from acute symptoms, it's rare for you to recover to a certain extent immediately. "

Goutheil stares at Sylvia worriedly.

Sylvia, on the other hand, had never tried to look him in the eye since she held Gootheil.

"In that case, instead of suffering from the inside of the body like a disease, you can think of an illness caused by something ingested from the outside." For example, poisons and sleeping pills... well, after the pills are drained, it's relatively easy to get back in shape, and I remember something. "

When he said that, Arnold raised his eyebrows slightly.

Leechee remembered that she had been poisoned in the Holy Kingdom of Domana before, but Arnold may have had the same memory.

"Sylvia could have been drugged by someone."

"... yes, I've had a lot of experiences with enthusiastic fans and opponents competing for roles."

“If you're a fan, I'm sure you'll avoid the timing when the opera will be canceled. Even if some people were after you, if the star fell during or just before the show, they would know it would be canceled."

If we're going to set up a substitute, it should be a plan ahead of time.

”Besides, this is something I don't want to think about... but it's natural for you to choose something that you can't recover after a few days of delay.”

In fact, after a few days of suspension, the opera resumes with Sylvia's starring role.

If the culprit was aiming for a role, then he hasn't gained any profit after committing his crime.

"I was still on guard, so when I went to the theater to tell them how to make the petals, I saw how the troupe members were doing." I didn't know if anyone might have used the medicine, but I did. ”

Leechee said, staring into Sylvia's eyes.

Sylvia can walk without a trace, can she?

…………

Instead of Sylvia, who was lying down, Gootheil opened her mouth in a panic.

"I'm sorry for the exit." what kind of..... "

"Didn't you notice, Gootheil?"



Arnold speaks out to Goutheil.

"When you approached Higashiya last night, I wasn't the only one who understood it. It rained and I didn't hear your footsteps, and Leechee read your sign."

Then Gootheil snorted and murmured.

"... it wasn't my mistake, was it?" Certainly, at that time, I felt the two of you staring at each other in the dark. "

(After all, Gootheil-sama is quite skilful. It's hard to get such a feeling on a rainy day, but to be precise....)

Arnold leaned back and continued his lethargy on behalf of Leechee.

"Even when I was fretting in the carriage, I could wake up just by stretching my hand. Leechee reads the signs of most humans if they haven't disappeared.... that's why"

I told Arnold everything in advance. Leechee nodded and explained to Gootheil.

“I had a moment today when I didn't notice Sylvia's signs when I visited the theater. Even though I was thinking about it, I couldn't read that Sylvia was close until she cuddled up from behind.”

I'm sure that's because Sylvia has disappeared.

There must have been no other reason for that.

With a play to surprise Leechee, the footsteps may have disappeared unconsciously.

However, as I consolidated some information, even the jarring caused a sense of discomfort.

Sylvia leaned down and spun her words in a small voice.

Leechee-sama, you're right.

"Ah, but...!"

Gootheil opens his mouth to protect Sylvia.

With that alone, you can't turn a blind eye to Lord Sylvia.

"Mr. Gootheil, that's..."

Leechee was stubborn because she didn't want to talk in front of Gootheil.

But Sylvia, seeing through the sarcasm, said this with a lonely smile.

"Mr. Leechee, please think about your thoughts."... or would it be better if I told you? "

"No, Sylvia."

All she has to say is that Leechee wants to avoid it the most. So, blocking Sylvia, Leechee went on to explain.

"There are several ways to intelligence. For example, how to dive into your destination and get information yourself.”

Raul's disguise hits it. But whether you're a bureaucrat or a knight, only the nobility of this country can belong to the upper echelons.

As Raul explained to us on the walls, it is difficult to find a way to do this in Galkhain.

“There are other ways to get information from people who already have it. Even if you can't be a nobleman in this country, you can still be friends with noblemen. and....."

"It mainly uses female agents."



That's what Arnold told Leechee.

(Her Royal Highness Arnold......)

Perhaps it is Arnold's carelessness that keeps Leeche from saying the words.

Even Raul avoided mentioning it on the walls. In the life of a hunter, I remember being banned in front of Leechee and kept away.

Gootheil grabbed his eyebrows and closed his mouth to think. Sylvia stood still and couldn't hold her expression.

However, I realized that Sylvia wanted to bring Gootheil here because of this story.

"-A lot of people have heard rumors that Sylvia is a lovely singer in the opera troupe that travels around the world."

She was laughing at it, saying it was for the song.

But maybe there was another reason for it. If it was to use the preconceived notion of a loose beauty to get closer to the bureaucrats of various countries and explore information.