Chapter 20:
“Bring him in.”
“Do you mean Leon…?”
“Yeah, I’m quite curious about what kind of expression he’ll make.”
Edgar didn’t like Leon at home.
I couldn’t understand why I cared so much about him getting close to Elle.
The aide was forced to order the servant to bring Leon.
“By the way, what are you going to do with this business?”
“Still watch the drug business. Wait until the nobles are addicted.”
“Will it really be okay? The imperial family’s movement has been a little strange lately.”
Edgar smoothed his lips as he looked at the documents handed over.
They were good smelling people anyway.
“How is the interest of the imperial family in drugs? Not yet?”
“There is no reaction yet. I will keep an eye on it.”
In this case, we have no choice but to leave it a little more. I thought they would take the bait at this rate, but they were more careful than expected.
“If there’s anything else, report it. What’s this? It’s a pretty big number.”
Few people have paid such a large amount of money for information.
Either it’s urgent, or they have to hide their identity.
“Oh! I’ve been asked to find someone.”
“A request without identification.”
Edgar’s informant business was a pretty big guild, but they had their own laws.
First, identify the recipient.
Second, all data shall be destroyed upon completion of the request.
Third, you should be responsible for the request that you have accepted.
“I don’t accept these requests. Give it back.”
“It didn’t disclose any identity, but who is it?”
The aide shrugged and put down a note.
“The crown prince. He must be.”
“Delter Cabezer?”
Edgar’s eyes turned sharply. The air surrounding him mixed with life.
There was a button engraved with the imperial seal.
“Did you grab it?”
“……Pretending to hold onto it, I ripped the button off his sleeve.”
“You seem to be more agile than I thought.”
The aide seems to be quite competent. I didn’t know you’d be so smart even though you were quick.
“There is no way that the emperor could use this information award. Then there’s only one answer.”
“Now I know how to infer quite a bit…….”
Edgar read the text on the paper.
Are you looking for a girl?
Silver hair and blue eyes……. It was quite a conspicuous appearance.
“Look it up.”
“I’ve already solved it.”
Edgar thought he should find her before the crown prince.
It will be in my favor to find out why he is looking for this woman.
Doesn’t it sound pretty interesting?
Knock, knock, knock.
“Count, Leon is here.”
“A guy who doesn’t usually behave suddenly does something he doesn’t do.”
With Leon’s appearance, Edgar stopped talking about the imperial family.
It was the same with the aide. The two kept their mouths closed and remained expressionless.
“I heard you called.”
Leon also looked at Edgar with an expressionless face.
I didn’t recognize people, but seeing one standing and sitting, I could tell who was who.
‘Elle would nag me if she knew.’
I was already in a bad mood because of the banquet tomorrow.
I was going to go to bed after training at night, but I was forced to come to the office.
Leon expected it to be Edgar who kept him from going.
However, I also knew well that there was nothing good to show up in the eyes of others.
That’s why he was hiding here quietly.
However, his feelings toward Edgar were not good because he has been bothering him lately.
Because he didn’t like me being with Elle.
“If you have something to say, hurry up, I don’t have much time left either.”
Edgar’s lips moved with a brazen yet hard voice.
The eyes I saw as a child were still alive.
That’s why I didn’t like it, but Elle still walked around with Leon next to her.
“You’d better stay in the house tomorrow.”
“I was going to do that even if you didn’t tell me.”
Edgar closed his mouth tightly, looking at Leon’s dark hair and eyes.
It’s uncomfortable that I can’t see an inch of speed.
There was no way to know what was on his mind.
I asked the guild member to investigate the data on Leon, but nothing came out.
“Why are you obedient? Do you have any other ulterior motives?”
Edgar scanned Leon slowly with a suspicious expression.
“Do I look like a man that will listen to the count? You don’t know how to read people.”
“Huh…?”
Now he’s pretty good at climbing up. Edgar patted his chin and got up from his seat and walked to Leon.
When I stood face to face, his gaze was quite similar to mine.
“I’m not so generous enough to listen to you.”
He used Mana to bring him to his knees as soon as he finished speaking.
“Ugh…”
Leon immediately gritted his teeth with his knees on the floor.
No matter how hard he tried to absorb Edgar’s magic, it was no use.
It will not work because he absorbs other people’s mana. On the contrary, he was more powerful.
“Then who do you listen to if you don’t listen to me? Tell me, because I’m looking forward to what you’re going to say.”
Edgar raised the corners of his mouth obliquely as he looked at Leon kneeling in front of him.
“I only listen to Elle.”
Leon raised his head and smiled casually.
He should not exert himself on Edgar.
I promised Elle that I would stay calm.
* * *
Leon returned to the room and gritted his teeth.
“Tomorrow or….”
The count will accompany her to the banquet, so the boundaries will be loosened here.
I told Elle that I would stay calm, but I didn’t really intend to be here.
I just didn’t want Elle to get in trouble, so I agreed.
While he was here, Leon couldn’t fully grasp how the world was going.
However, the count was secretly engaged in an information dealer and he had been eavesdropping on their stories to gather information.
It was nothing to manipulate or knock him out.
He was aware that the knights in the count were watching him.
Perhaps the count was mistaken that he had come under the order of someone.
I don’t care what you think.
There’s only one person that Leon is interested in. It was Elle Natasia.
When I closed the curtains and looked out the window, I saw the knights standing guard.
It didn’t seem like tension to have a comfortable face and exchange lame jokes with each other.
‘You don’t have to.’
Edgar was holding out, and there were also invisible people around the house.
It was so delicate that one without skills couldn’t feel it.
So isn’t it even more strange?
Is there any reason to do this when you’re on edge?
Leon gently smoothed the tip of his chin and soaked his dry lips with his tongue.
‘What are you hiding?’
It seemed that Elle didn’t know either.
I drew back the curtains and bit off a cookie.
Crispy is very sweet.
Leon didn’t like cookies. He didn’t like the crumpling in my mouth and the dryness at the end.
Nevertheless, Elle gave it to me, so I received it happily.
‘It’s time. I’ll have to go soon.’
I re-pulled the curtains and turned off the lights.
Then the people secretly looking into his room soon disappeared.
“After watching it like that, they missed it.”
Leon held his breath and focused his attention on the surroundings.
He opened the door and looked out when they disappeared completely.
As expected, there was no one visible. The place where Leon was a separate building that was tied up with Elle.
The floor was different from Elle’s room, and they put it in a corner as if they had forced the room.
Thanks to that, it was easy to go out at night.
‘If I figure it out, I might be able to stay here.’
If I catch Edgar’s weakness, Elle won’t even notice him.
Above all, I may be able to stay here forever.
Leon didn’t want to be separated from Elle.
It was also terrible to be nervous about his growing body and the appearance of patterns every night.
He stepped out of the room with a cautious step.
Only when Edgar reveals what he is hiding will he be able to stay with Elle.
So he has to find out no matter what.
