He also had a lot of work to do. He couldn't just keep focusing on finding Agatha.
As if to prove it, a servant came in and announced the schedule.
“Your Highness, you must enter the meeting.”
I'll be there soon. Just as he was about to answer, an imperial knight came in hurriedly from outside.
"Your Highness."
He was in charge of inspecting the capital city center.
“There were people who took Idala Blanco away from LaGellori.”
“Idala Blanco?”
A top-class restaurant in the heart of the capital, Lagelori has long been a popular dining destination for the aristocracy.
Agatha also occasionally stopped by when she needed a change of pace.
The name of the wine that she must drink there is Idalai Blanco.
“He didn’t drink the Idalai Blanco, he just took it home?”
“Yes. He packed it up and took it with him along with one person’s meal.”
“This is really suspicious.”
It was never common for nobles to package their food.
Even picky eaters would be satisfied if they could enjoy the food the chef had put his heart and soul into preparing right there on the spot.
“Assign someone to Lagelori. Just in case, have them keep an eye on all the places where Agatha handles useful items.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Should I say that the tail is slowly being stepped on?
In fact, the place of exile where Henry Insidio was imprisoned was strictly under the jurisdiction of the Crown Prince, Anthony Roxiba.
Although he did not directly supervise them, he occasionally inspected exiled criminals and issued pardons.
Although he didn't tell Agatha, Anthony occasionally received reports on Henry Insidio's whereabouts.
“He's been calling merchants often lately? It seems like I have been letting criminals off the hook too often.”
Often, spending money to bring necessities and alcohol into exile was something that other people also did.
But at some point, that frequency started to become too high.
The moment he sensed something was wrong.
Suddenly, a war broke out, Henry escaped, and a few days ago, Agatha was kidnapped.
“He was not a merchant, he was an errand boy.”
Anthony realized that this war of attrition, the escape of the criminal, and the kidnapping of Agatha were all connected.
'If only I had known a little earlier, I would have at least told you.'
What can I do? It's already happened.
Anthony, who had woken up from his flashback and put down his teacup, added:
“Don’t worry too much. Surely they wouldn’t lay a hand on the sole heir of Nobilis?”
Enoch made no answer this time either.
That would be the case. Otherwise, Enoch might exterminate not only the criminal who escaped from exile but also the entire family.
He put down his teacup and bowed politely.
“I will now take my leave. Please contact me when you hear any news, Your Highness.”
“Yeah. It’s been a while since I’ve been here, so I guess I’ll have to clean up the house. I’ll go now.”
“I am sorry.”
Enoch immediately left the palace. He joined the knights waiting outside the castle and returned to the newlywed mansion. The rumor had already spread, so the First Vice-Captain, Leon, the First Aide, Ethel, and other vassals of Nobilis were there to greet him.
“Your Grace!”
“Welcome, Marquis.”
“...”
First Vice-Captain Leon Takran and the escort knights, who had been looking up at Enoch in silence, knelt down.
“I am sorry, my lord. I will gladly accept any punishment. Please punish me.”
“...”
Enoch, who was looking down at those prostrated before him with cold eyes, got down from his horse and passed them.
“Be on your guard. From this moment on, your lady’s escort will be handled by Second Lieutenant Hubert Carwen.”
“...I obey your orders.”
The sound of heavy, iron-plated footsteps crossed the quiet hallway of the mansion.
Enoch arrived at the conference room and sat down at the end of the table, at the head of the table.
“Report.”
Immediately, Aratus and Nobilis' vassals, sitting on either side, reported.
The first runner was Agatha's first aide, Ethel Maslow.
“A few days ago, Madame went missing after going to see a performance at the Halle Armand. I heard from Sir Leon that she was not feeling well and went to the ladies’ lounge. When the maid brought her some water, she found that the maid who had been left behind had passed out after being hit on the head, and Madame had been kidnapped. The maid who had passed out said that she saw two men dressed as servants.”
“The intrusion route is.”
“It’s the old employee-only passageway in the break room hallway. It looks like someone found out and used it because the hall had blocked it off.”
The ladies' lounges that are being built these days are literally inaccessible except for one door.
A few decades ago, it was impossible to expose the sight of trash and other traces being cleaned up in front of the nobles, so a small passageway used for that purpose was located in the corner of the break room.
As Armand Hall has a long history, there was a door like that that was blocked.
Something that has already been buried in the memories is being used here.
“How vicious.”
It was indeed an idea that someone like Henry Insidio would come up with.
“Next, here is a report on the scheme of Baron Henry Insidio, as reported by Insidio.”
"Yes."
Enoch listened to the report of the Nobilis vassals, brushing his rough chin.
He thought that somehow the enemy's army's movements were unexpectedly slow.
It seemed that he had intended to gain some advantage by putting Henry Insidio forward as a mediator.
'Perhaps Hubert will be able to bring news of victory easily.'
Meanwhile, another thought was racing fiercely on one side of his head.
"You know what? There may be many who would kidnap Agatha Nobilis, but there will be none who would treat her poorly."
Crown Prince Anthony Roxiba's opinion was something that Enoch also agreed with to some extent.
A woman who will be treated with absolute preciousness even if she is kidnapped.
It was Agatha Nobilis, a blood relative of the imperial family and godfather of the Emperor.
“The search situation report is also abnormal.”
Nobilis' vassal, who had finished his final report, sat down.
Enoch, who had been lost in thought for a while, nodded slowly.
“Let’s add one more thing to the search operation.”
“What do you mean, Marquis?”
The Crown Prince was currently keeping an eye on the entire capital city as well as the shops and restaurants that Agatha liked to visit.
Enoch's thoughts were a little different.
It has been six years since Henry was exiled.
Furthermore, the internal situation of the Insidio family could not have been good, as they would have been weakened by the aftermath of the crime of insulting the imperial family.
Isn't this something that can be confirmed just by looking at the fact that a faction arose within the family that rebelled against the head of the family?
“Look for suspicious individuals who buy clothes and luxury bedding for noblewomen at moderately decent clothing stores and shops. This also applies to instances where people of inappropriate status come as errand boys.”
Didn't they say Henry only moved with a few of his men?
Then, it is possible that the servant came to buy things for Agatha or gave them a few pennies and used the commoner as an errand boy.
“I will include it immediately.”
“Yea. Keep a 24-hour emergency standby system. Be thoroughly prepared to deploy at any time.”
"Yes!"
The vassals are leaving.
Enoch, left alone in the conference room, buried his face in his rough hands.
Suddenly, he remembered the first hunting festival of autumn.
At her request, he went hunting in place of the Crown Prince.
At that time, Agatha had to thwart two plots and also deal with Ferdinand's son, who was not in her plans.
It was similar even now.
'I thought I put you in a safe place.'
"I also want to go to the territory together."
To take with you.
The man lowered his hand heavily and tightly gripped the hilt of the sword hanging from his waist.
Just look for it.
I won't let you out of my sight anymore.
Enoch Insidio planned to keep Henry in the torture chamber until he begged to be killed.
Although he had promised to hand over the exiled criminal to the Crown Prince, he had not promised when he would do so.
'No.'
If Agatha wants it, he must hand it over to her. He could pay for his cooperation in other ways.
It was when his cold eyes were staring blankly down at the hilt of the sword.
“Your Grace.”
“Come in.”
First Assistant, Ethel, who had returned after carrying out all the meeting results, came inside and reported.
“I’m sorry, Marquis. There are a lot of documents piling up for payment. I’ve been working on it temporarily, but some parts are difficult to handle-”
"Alright."
Until we catch him and get Agatha back.
His job was to support the land war and support her family line.
Enoch's expression had returned to a blank expression as he left the conference room.
Enoch's guess was correct. A few days ago, a commoner woman, at someone's behest, bought a dress suitable for a noble lady and luxurious bedding.
“Yes. A commoner woman bought a dress. She said she was ordered to buy any suitable indoor dress-”
Even the dress measurements he gave me were exactly the same as his wife's height and body type.
The knights of Aratus, who had been ordered to go around to the appropriate costume shops and stores while hiding their identities, placed another silver coin in the hand of the costume shop employee.
“Is that true? Don’t you know who it is?”
“Yes. But I still remember her face.”
“Then tell me briefly what that woman looks like.”
After asking around based on what the employee had described about the woman, the knights were able to find the commoner woman who had run the errand.
She was a woman selling flowers on the street. The report was immediately brought to Enoch.
As if to prove it, a servant came in and announced the schedule.
“Your Highness, you must enter the meeting.”
I'll be there soon. Just as he was about to answer, an imperial knight came in hurriedly from outside.
"Your Highness."
He was in charge of inspecting the capital city center.
“There were people who took Idala Blanco away from LaGellori.”
“Idala Blanco?”
A top-class restaurant in the heart of the capital, Lagelori has long been a popular dining destination for the aristocracy.
Agatha also occasionally stopped by when she needed a change of pace.
The name of the wine that she must drink there is Idalai Blanco.
“He didn’t drink the Idalai Blanco, he just took it home?”
“Yes. He packed it up and took it with him along with one person’s meal.”
“This is really suspicious.”
It was never common for nobles to package their food.
Even picky eaters would be satisfied if they could enjoy the food the chef had put his heart and soul into preparing right there on the spot.
“Assign someone to Lagelori. Just in case, have them keep an eye on all the places where Agatha handles useful items.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Should I say that the tail is slowly being stepped on?
In fact, the place of exile where Henry Insidio was imprisoned was strictly under the jurisdiction of the Crown Prince, Anthony Roxiba.
Although he did not directly supervise them, he occasionally inspected exiled criminals and issued pardons.
Although he didn't tell Agatha, Anthony occasionally received reports on Henry Insidio's whereabouts.
“He's been calling merchants often lately? It seems like I have been letting criminals off the hook too often.”
Often, spending money to bring necessities and alcohol into exile was something that other people also did.
But at some point, that frequency started to become too high.
The moment he sensed something was wrong.
Suddenly, a war broke out, Henry escaped, and a few days ago, Agatha was kidnapped.
“He was not a merchant, he was an errand boy.”
Anthony realized that this war of attrition, the escape of the criminal, and the kidnapping of Agatha were all connected.
'If only I had known a little earlier, I would have at least told you.'
What can I do? It's already happened.
Anthony, who had woken up from his flashback and put down his teacup, added:
“Don’t worry too much. Surely they wouldn’t lay a hand on the sole heir of Nobilis?”
Enoch made no answer this time either.
That would be the case. Otherwise, Enoch might exterminate not only the criminal who escaped from exile but also the entire family.
He put down his teacup and bowed politely.
“I will now take my leave. Please contact me when you hear any news, Your Highness.”
“Yeah. It’s been a while since I’ve been here, so I guess I’ll have to clean up the house. I’ll go now.”
“I am sorry.”
Enoch immediately left the palace. He joined the knights waiting outside the castle and returned to the newlywed mansion. The rumor had already spread, so the First Vice-Captain, Leon, the First Aide, Ethel, and other vassals of Nobilis were there to greet him.
“Your Grace!”
“Welcome, Marquis.”
“...”
First Vice-Captain Leon Takran and the escort knights, who had been looking up at Enoch in silence, knelt down.
“I am sorry, my lord. I will gladly accept any punishment. Please punish me.”
“...”
Enoch, who was looking down at those prostrated before him with cold eyes, got down from his horse and passed them.
“Be on your guard. From this moment on, your lady’s escort will be handled by Second Lieutenant Hubert Carwen.”
“...I obey your orders.”
The sound of heavy, iron-plated footsteps crossed the quiet hallway of the mansion.
Enoch arrived at the conference room and sat down at the end of the table, at the head of the table.
“Report.”
Immediately, Aratus and Nobilis' vassals, sitting on either side, reported.
The first runner was Agatha's first aide, Ethel Maslow.
“A few days ago, Madame went missing after going to see a performance at the Halle Armand. I heard from Sir Leon that she was not feeling well and went to the ladies’ lounge. When the maid brought her some water, she found that the maid who had been left behind had passed out after being hit on the head, and Madame had been kidnapped. The maid who had passed out said that she saw two men dressed as servants.”
“The intrusion route is.”
“It’s the old employee-only passageway in the break room hallway. It looks like someone found out and used it because the hall had blocked it off.”
The ladies' lounges that are being built these days are literally inaccessible except for one door.
A few decades ago, it was impossible to expose the sight of trash and other traces being cleaned up in front of the nobles, so a small passageway used for that purpose was located in the corner of the break room.
As Armand Hall has a long history, there was a door like that that was blocked.
Something that has already been buried in the memories is being used here.
“How vicious.”
It was indeed an idea that someone like Henry Insidio would come up with.
“Next, here is a report on the scheme of Baron Henry Insidio, as reported by Insidio.”
"Yes."
Enoch listened to the report of the Nobilis vassals, brushing his rough chin.
He thought that somehow the enemy's army's movements were unexpectedly slow.
It seemed that he had intended to gain some advantage by putting Henry Insidio forward as a mediator.
'Perhaps Hubert will be able to bring news of victory easily.'
Meanwhile, another thought was racing fiercely on one side of his head.
"You know what? There may be many who would kidnap Agatha Nobilis, but there will be none who would treat her poorly."
Crown Prince Anthony Roxiba's opinion was something that Enoch also agreed with to some extent.
A woman who will be treated with absolute preciousness even if she is kidnapped.
It was Agatha Nobilis, a blood relative of the imperial family and godfather of the Emperor.
“The search situation report is also abnormal.”
Nobilis' vassal, who had finished his final report, sat down.
Enoch, who had been lost in thought for a while, nodded slowly.
“Let’s add one more thing to the search operation.”
“What do you mean, Marquis?”
The Crown Prince was currently keeping an eye on the entire capital city as well as the shops and restaurants that Agatha liked to visit.
Enoch's thoughts were a little different.
It has been six years since Henry was exiled.
Furthermore, the internal situation of the Insidio family could not have been good, as they would have been weakened by the aftermath of the crime of insulting the imperial family.
Isn't this something that can be confirmed just by looking at the fact that a faction arose within the family that rebelled against the head of the family?
“Look for suspicious individuals who buy clothes and luxury bedding for noblewomen at moderately decent clothing stores and shops. This also applies to instances where people of inappropriate status come as errand boys.”
Didn't they say Henry only moved with a few of his men?
Then, it is possible that the servant came to buy things for Agatha or gave them a few pennies and used the commoner as an errand boy.
“I will include it immediately.”
“Yea. Keep a 24-hour emergency standby system. Be thoroughly prepared to deploy at any time.”
"Yes!"
The vassals are leaving.
Enoch, left alone in the conference room, buried his face in his rough hands.
Suddenly, he remembered the first hunting festival of autumn.
At her request, he went hunting in place of the Crown Prince.
At that time, Agatha had to thwart two plots and also deal with Ferdinand's son, who was not in her plans.
It was similar even now.
'I thought I put you in a safe place.'
"I also want to go to the territory together."
To take with you.
The man lowered his hand heavily and tightly gripped the hilt of the sword hanging from his waist.
Just look for it.
I won't let you out of my sight anymore.
Enoch Insidio planned to keep Henry in the torture chamber until he begged to be killed.
Although he had promised to hand over the exiled criminal to the Crown Prince, he had not promised when he would do so.
'No.'
If Agatha wants it, he must hand it over to her. He could pay for his cooperation in other ways.
It was when his cold eyes were staring blankly down at the hilt of the sword.
“Your Grace.”
“Come in.”
First Assistant, Ethel, who had returned after carrying out all the meeting results, came inside and reported.
“I’m sorry, Marquis. There are a lot of documents piling up for payment. I’ve been working on it temporarily, but some parts are difficult to handle-”
"Alright."
Until we catch him and get Agatha back.
His job was to support the land war and support her family line.
Enoch's expression had returned to a blank expression as he left the conference room.
Enoch's guess was correct. A few days ago, a commoner woman, at someone's behest, bought a dress suitable for a noble lady and luxurious bedding.
“Yes. A commoner woman bought a dress. She said she was ordered to buy any suitable indoor dress-”
Even the dress measurements he gave me were exactly the same as his wife's height and body type.
The knights of Aratus, who had been ordered to go around to the appropriate costume shops and stores while hiding their identities, placed another silver coin in the hand of the costume shop employee.
“Is that true? Don’t you know who it is?”
“Yes. But I still remember her face.”
“Then tell me briefly what that woman looks like.”
After asking around based on what the employee had described about the woman, the knights were able to find the commoner woman who had run the errand.
She was a woman selling flowers on the street. The report was immediately brought to Enoch.
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