It's suspicious enough that he's hiding something so close to me, but now he's contacting Leo, whom he's always hated.
It became even more suspicious.
“Why do you want to contact Leo?”
“I have a question.”
“Is it related to me?”
“No. This is my personal request.”
I don't think he's lying, but why does it bother me so much?
“You don’t have to lend it to me if you don’t want to.”
“No, I’ll lend it to you.”
Perdes had done so much for me, and I couldn't refuse him a favor just because I had suspicions without any evidence.
“If you don’t need it right away, can I lend you the ring later? I left it at the palace.”
Perdes asked back, slightly surprised.
“You left it behind?”
“Yes. I didn’t think I would need it, so I left it behind... Is that something to be surprised about?”
“No, it’s just that. I thought you always carried it with you, so I was a little surprised to hear you left it behind.”
There doesn't seem to be anything particularly surprising.
“By any chance... did you leave the communication ring we exchanged?”
“No, I have that.”
“Oh, really?”
For some reason, Perdes smiled with satisfaction.
“It’s not urgent, but I’d like to contact that man today. When will you return to the palace?”
“I’m going back now.”
I was too indebted to Count Martina, and I had to go back soon for tomorrow.
We also need to investigate the question posed by Count Martina.
“Will you come with me, Perdes?”
“Well, I think that would be good, what do you think?”
“I think so too.”
Because Perdes had been away for so long, and there were even people who had not seen him in the Tethys territory.
“Then let’s go back together.”
Perdes said this and extended his hand to me.
It was an extended hand that simply meant to go back together, but strangely enough, I felt burdened by holding that hand.
I also had a strange feeling that I shouldn't catch it.
"What's the matter?"
“It’s nothing.”
Don't feel burdened.
There is absolutely no need to do that now.
I tried to calm my troubled mind and grabbed his hand.
As promised, Adel lent her magic communication ring to Perdes as soon as she returned to the palace.
Perdes returned straight to the bedroom, locked the door, sat in a corner away from the door and windows, and called Leo.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency."
As soon as the connection was established, Leo apologized urgently.
“You know a lot.”
"No. Then you should leave it to me more."
As Leo presented his strange logic, Perdes tilted his head slightly.
“What does that mean?”
"As you know, I am Aldor's friend. I know a lot about him, such as how his relationships are, what places he likes to go, etc."
“...”
"Besides, since I'm a skilled information broker, there is no one who can find that guy as well as I do."
Perdes wonders if it's not embarrassing to say with his own mouth that he's a capable information broker.
It meant that Leo was confident and had great skills, but Perdes still didn't like it.
"So leave it to me. I will definitely find Aldor."
“Well, I wonder if I can trust someone who doesn’t even know I’m in the capital.”
"That, that couldn't be helped! Who would have imagined that you would arrive at the capital so quickly!"
When Leo shouted as if he was being treated unfairly, Perdes finally felt better and smiled.
“Yes. I’ll leave it to you.”
Of course, he had no intention of leaving it to Leo alone.
“But keep this a secret from Adele.”
"Hmm?"
An unpleasant nasal sound.
"It seems that Her Excellency the Duke doesn't even know that Aldor has disappeared."
Perdes twisted his lips at the smug tone of voice that seemed to suggest that he had caught his weakness.
“Are you trying to blackmail me with this?”
"Hey. How could that be? I just asked because I thought I should be careful."
“Yeah. You’d better be careful.”
Perdes continued, pushing his back against the wall.
“Now you and I are in the same boat.”
"Huh? A boat! I was just doing Your Highness's request..."
“You have to speak properly. I said I was okay with it, but you begged me so earnestly that I had no choice but to give my consent.”
"..."
Leo closed his mouth, seemingly at a loss for words.
On the other hand, Perdes smiled triumphantly at the fact that he had defeated Leo.
It was even more fun to think about what kind of expression he was making.
"I feel a bit uneasy because it feels like I stepped on my own foot, but there's nothing I can do. I have to do it since I decided to do it."
Leo let out a deep sigh.
"So, do you know anything about Aldor's disappearance? Like, when did he disappear? How did he disappear?"
“Find out for yourself. You’re a competent information broker, so you should know that much.”
"...You said we were on the same boat, so you can’t even help me out like this?"
"Yes."
"Wow, you are really lethal. I didn't know you were that kind of person..."
Leo heckled, but Perdes didn't even blink.
“Then, I’ll keep my mouth shut and wait for good news.”
Communication ended there.
Perdes waited until the light from Pura had completely disappeared before leaving the bedroom.
As he was walking straight to return the ring he had borrowed from Adele, a familiar face walked up to him from across the street and stopped him.
It was the same for the other person.
'Golden eyes are similar to Perdes'.
Hair of a deeper golden color than that.
“It’s been a while.”
It was the Crown Prince.
It became even more suspicious.
“Why do you want to contact Leo?”
“I have a question.”
“Is it related to me?”
“No. This is my personal request.”
I don't think he's lying, but why does it bother me so much?
“You don’t have to lend it to me if you don’t want to.”
“No, I’ll lend it to you.”
Perdes had done so much for me, and I couldn't refuse him a favor just because I had suspicions without any evidence.
“If you don’t need it right away, can I lend you the ring later? I left it at the palace.”
Perdes asked back, slightly surprised.
“You left it behind?”
“Yes. I didn’t think I would need it, so I left it behind... Is that something to be surprised about?”
“No, it’s just that. I thought you always carried it with you, so I was a little surprised to hear you left it behind.”
There doesn't seem to be anything particularly surprising.
“By any chance... did you leave the communication ring we exchanged?”
“No, I have that.”
“Oh, really?”
For some reason, Perdes smiled with satisfaction.
“It’s not urgent, but I’d like to contact that man today. When will you return to the palace?”
“I’m going back now.”
I was too indebted to Count Martina, and I had to go back soon for tomorrow.
We also need to investigate the question posed by Count Martina.
“Will you come with me, Perdes?”
“Well, I think that would be good, what do you think?”
“I think so too.”
Because Perdes had been away for so long, and there were even people who had not seen him in the Tethys territory.
“Then let’s go back together.”
Perdes said this and extended his hand to me.
It was an extended hand that simply meant to go back together, but strangely enough, I felt burdened by holding that hand.
I also had a strange feeling that I shouldn't catch it.
"What's the matter?"
“It’s nothing.”
Don't feel burdened.
There is absolutely no need to do that now.
I tried to calm my troubled mind and grabbed his hand.
***
As promised, Adel lent her magic communication ring to Perdes as soon as she returned to the palace.
Perdes returned straight to the bedroom, locked the door, sat in a corner away from the door and windows, and called Leo.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency."
As soon as the connection was established, Leo apologized urgently.
"I've searched everywhere, but I still haven't found His Highness the Prince. I've even mobilized my guild members to search diligently, so if you could just wait a little longer..."
“There is no need for that.”
"...Your Highness?"
“Yeah. It’s me.”
There was silence as Leo confirmed it was Perdes again.
There was no sound, so much so that he wondered if the communication had been cut off, even though Pura was still glowing red.
“Did you faint because you were so surprised?”
"...That can’t be true, right?"
The voice sounded somewhat angry, yet blunt.
"Of course I was surprised. I never dreamed that I would be able to hear Your Highness's voice with this ring."
That's right.
Perdes understood Leo's feelings well.
"How did you get to the capital already? Even if Your Highness took the fastest route, it doesn't make sense for you to be in the capital right now..."
“I know a faster route than you know.”
"What is that?"
“Do you think I’m going to tell you?”
It's a method that can't be shared with other people.
Leo grumbled at this, saying that it was too much and that they should find out together if it was a good method.
“The complaining ends there.”
Not wanting to drag out the conversation unnecessarily, Perdes cut him off firmly.
“I contacted you because I had something to ask you.”
"I can't tell you anything about that top."
“It’s not about the top.”
Perdes leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.
“Aldor Shanktis. It’s about that man.”
Perdes visited the capital's post office this morning to check if there was a letter from May to Adele.
There was no letter.
There were two possibilities for the absence of that letter, while there were others sent from Leopold's estate on the same date.
One is that May lied.
Another is that someone intercepted the letter in the middle.
'Probably the latter.'
Because it didn't seem like May was lying.
So who intercepted May's letter?
Without much thought, Perdes was able to narrow the suspects down to two.
It was Aldor and Aaron.
If you were to ask who was more suspicious of the two, it would naturally be Aldor, so Perdes decided to investigate him first.
“Do you know where that man is now?”
"No, I don't know."
“You haven’t heard anything about where he's going?”
"Yes. It's been a while since we last contacted each other, so I have no idea where he is or what he's doing."
Leo is Aldor's friend and a fairly capable information dealer, so Perdes thought he might know something, but he was wrong.
“Yes, I got it.”
He felt like he had to look elsewhere.
"Just a minute!"
As Perdes was about to cut off communication with Leo since he had no more business with him, Leo called out urgently.
"Why are you suddenly asking about Aldor's whereabouts? Did something happen to him?"
“He suddenly disappeared.”
The fact that Aldor had disappeared was something that could be easily discovered with just a little research, so Perdes spoke frankly.
That doesn't mean he told Leo everything he knew.
"Disappeared... Her Excellency, doesn’t she know where that guy went?"
"Yes."
"That can't be. There's no way that guy would disappear without telling Her Excellency the Duke..."
Leo muttered to himself as if he was very flustered, and then suddenly shouted loudly.
"I'll go find that guy!"
"It's okay."
While Perdes couldn't trust Aldor, he couldn't trust his friend Leo.
When he saw the reaction, it seemed like there was no connection, but you never know.
There's no harm in being careful.
"You're going to find him anyway."
“Still, I won’t leave it to you.”
"Because I'm Aldor's friend?"
“There is no need for that.”
"...Your Highness?"
“Yeah. It’s me.”
There was silence as Leo confirmed it was Perdes again.
There was no sound, so much so that he wondered if the communication had been cut off, even though Pura was still glowing red.
“Did you faint because you were so surprised?”
"...That can’t be true, right?"
The voice sounded somewhat angry, yet blunt.
"Of course I was surprised. I never dreamed that I would be able to hear Your Highness's voice with this ring."
That's right.
Perdes understood Leo's feelings well.
"How did you get to the capital already? Even if Your Highness took the fastest route, it doesn't make sense for you to be in the capital right now..."
“I know a faster route than you know.”
"What is that?"
“Do you think I’m going to tell you?”
It's a method that can't be shared with other people.
Leo grumbled at this, saying that it was too much and that they should find out together if it was a good method.
“The complaining ends there.”
Not wanting to drag out the conversation unnecessarily, Perdes cut him off firmly.
“I contacted you because I had something to ask you.”
"I can't tell you anything about that top."
“It’s not about the top.”
Perdes leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.
“Aldor Shanktis. It’s about that man.”
Perdes visited the capital's post office this morning to check if there was a letter from May to Adele.
There was no letter.
There were two possibilities for the absence of that letter, while there were others sent from Leopold's estate on the same date.
One is that May lied.
Another is that someone intercepted the letter in the middle.
'Probably the latter.'
Because it didn't seem like May was lying.
So who intercepted May's letter?
Without much thought, Perdes was able to narrow the suspects down to two.
It was Aldor and Aaron.
If you were to ask who was more suspicious of the two, it would naturally be Aldor, so Perdes decided to investigate him first.
“Do you know where that man is now?”
"No, I don't know."
“You haven’t heard anything about where he's going?”
"Yes. It's been a while since we last contacted each other, so I have no idea where he is or what he's doing."
Leo is Aldor's friend and a fairly capable information dealer, so Perdes thought he might know something, but he was wrong.
“Yes, I got it.”
He felt like he had to look elsewhere.
"Just a minute!"
As Perdes was about to cut off communication with Leo since he had no more business with him, Leo called out urgently.
"Why are you suddenly asking about Aldor's whereabouts? Did something happen to him?"
“He suddenly disappeared.”
The fact that Aldor had disappeared was something that could be easily discovered with just a little research, so Perdes spoke frankly.
That doesn't mean he told Leo everything he knew.
"Disappeared... Her Excellency, doesn’t she know where that guy went?"
"Yes."
"That can't be. There's no way that guy would disappear without telling Her Excellency the Duke..."
Leo muttered to himself as if he was very flustered, and then suddenly shouted loudly.
"I'll go find that guy!"
"It's okay."
While Perdes couldn't trust Aldor, he couldn't trust his friend Leo.
When he saw the reaction, it seemed like there was no connection, but you never know.
There's no harm in being careful.
"You're going to find him anyway."
“Still, I won’t leave it to you.”
"Because I'm Aldor's friend?"
“You know a lot.”
"No. Then you should leave it to me more."
As Leo presented his strange logic, Perdes tilted his head slightly.
“What does that mean?”
"As you know, I am Aldor's friend. I know a lot about him, such as how his relationships are, what places he likes to go, etc."
“...”
"Besides, since I'm a skilled information broker, there is no one who can find that guy as well as I do."
Perdes wonders if it's not embarrassing to say with his own mouth that he's a capable information broker.
It meant that Leo was confident and had great skills, but Perdes still didn't like it.
"So leave it to me. I will definitely find Aldor."
“Well, I wonder if I can trust someone who doesn’t even know I’m in the capital.”
"That, that couldn't be helped! Who would have imagined that you would arrive at the capital so quickly!"
When Leo shouted as if he was being treated unfairly, Perdes finally felt better and smiled.
“Yes. I’ll leave it to you.”
Of course, he had no intention of leaving it to Leo alone.
“But keep this a secret from Adele.”
"Hmm?"
An unpleasant nasal sound.
"It seems that Her Excellency the Duke doesn't even know that Aldor has disappeared."
Perdes twisted his lips at the smug tone of voice that seemed to suggest that he had caught his weakness.
“Are you trying to blackmail me with this?”
"Hey. How could that be? I just asked because I thought I should be careful."
“Yeah. You’d better be careful.”
Perdes continued, pushing his back against the wall.
“Now you and I are in the same boat.”
"Huh? A boat! I was just doing Your Highness's request..."
“You have to speak properly. I said I was okay with it, but you begged me so earnestly that I had no choice but to give my consent.”
"..."
Leo closed his mouth, seemingly at a loss for words.
On the other hand, Perdes smiled triumphantly at the fact that he had defeated Leo.
It was even more fun to think about what kind of expression he was making.
"I feel a bit uneasy because it feels like I stepped on my own foot, but there's nothing I can do. I have to do it since I decided to do it."
Leo let out a deep sigh.
"So, do you know anything about Aldor's disappearance? Like, when did he disappear? How did he disappear?"
“Find out for yourself. You’re a competent information broker, so you should know that much.”
"...You said we were on the same boat, so you can’t even help me out like this?"
"Yes."
"Wow, you are really lethal. I didn't know you were that kind of person..."
Leo heckled, but Perdes didn't even blink.
“Then, I’ll keep my mouth shut and wait for good news.”
Communication ended there.
Perdes waited until the light from Pura had completely disappeared before leaving the bedroom.
As he was walking straight to return the ring he had borrowed from Adele, a familiar face walked up to him from across the street and stopped him.
It was the same for the other person.
'Golden eyes are similar to Perdes'.
Hair of a deeper golden color than that.
“It’s been a while.”
It was the Crown Prince.
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