Chapter 31 Rumors (2)
“Rockbell is not only safe, but it looks like he is doing very well at the orphanage.”
“Are you doing well?”
“It has been an orphanage with a very good reputation from before, and Rockbell has already made many friends within the orphanage.”
“Have you met in person?”
“Yes. He wanted to see his older brother, Grobel. Other than that, no particular problems were found.”
I nodded at Selena’s words. I asked what I was concerned about.
“What about Gregory? Have you investigated?”
“Gregory had no contact with Rockbell.”
“Are you sure?”
“Rockbell said it himself, and he checked the orphanage’s entry and exit records. Rockbell had never met Gregory or any outsider.”
Rockbell is the mercenary’s younger brother. If it weren’t for Gregory, no one else would ever meet Rockbell.
I was somewhat relieved. Grovel’s worries seemed to end in old age. Of course, we don’t know when Gregory will try to contact Lockbell, so we’ll have to check periodically.
“The question is, where is Gregory now?”
If Gregory had come into contact with Lockbell, he would be able to figure out Gregory’s movement from there, but it is difficult to find it.
Then Selena put her hand on my chest and said,
“Frondier. I’m sorry, but can I tell you what I think?”
“You don’t have to worry about being pretentious, stop talking like that.”
“I found out while doing research, and now there are a lot of rumors floating around in Constell from unknown sources. Most of them were rumors, but some of them were quite credible.”
“Ah, Aster freely using Aurors, or Elodie’s success in combining the three elements?”
It was a rumor that I heard because it was so famous. There were many rumors about me.
“Yes. Including those rumors, the number is too high.”
“… … oh And what about Pascal?”
I knew what Selena was trying to say. Selena nodded her head.
“It is possible that Pascal ‘misunderstood’ that Frontier-sama was using Aurors, which is one of those rumors.”
I crossed my arms and thought.
Gregory is the only one who can misunderstand that I’m using an auror. When I hit this to be true.
It is true that Gregory made contact with Pascal. And the rumors in Constell that are currently pouring out at random.
“──Gregory is deliberately spreading rumors about Constell?”
When I spit it out like a monologue.
[A sub-quest has been created]
[Sub Quest: Rumors invite rumors]
⦁Description: Rumors are spreading simultaneously in the Imperial Palace and Constell. Find the culprit among the whispers of fake and real.
⦁ Goal: Find and subdue the perpetrators spreading random rumors
⦁ Reward: Simultaneous weave count +2
⦁ In case of failure, there is a possibility that the named character will be lost.
My smart watch rang and I checked and a quest appeared.
Apart from Constell, it’s the Imperial Palace. He seemed to be suffering from a similar problem in the Imperial Palace.
The quest was telling me that the events in Constell and the Imperial Palace were not related to each other.
When I played the game, the quest rewarded me according to Aster, but the quest’s reward finally came in accordance with me.
Increasing the number of simultaneous weaves is always a good thing.
By the way, this damn quest keeps threatening the life of the named character.
“Frondier, I also checked,”
“A similar thing happened in the Imperial Palace. It seems that it has nothing to do with spreading rumors in Constell.”
“… … That’s right. That’s great. You are collecting other information besides me.”
Selena said admiringly. Well, there’s no way to explain this, so let’s leave it alone.
By the way, a similar thing happened in the Imperial Palace. Besides, Pascal is a knight in the Imperial Palace.
… … Should I tell you too?
But is there any way to meet him on my side?
* * *
“Did Pascal become a teacher?”
Empress Philly was a little surprised by the news today. Pascal and ‘teacher’ in her image did not go well together.
The maid serving Philly nodded her head.
“Yes. He says he is teaching basic combat skills at Constell.”
“Basic combat skills… … . What can Pascal teach you?”
At Philly’s sigh, the knight next to him spoke carefully.
“Sir, isn’t Pascal an excellent knight?”
“It’s excellent. He is a very talented knight. So you can’t teach people. I can’t understand the pain of the perpetrator.”
Pascal is the most promising knight in the imperial family. I strongly expressed my desire to become an escort knight for Empress Philly, but Philly rejected it.
“Your Majesty seems to be very stingy with Pascal’s evaluation. Even if it’s a little distracting, there’s no big problem with his personality, and his skills aren’t great, is he?”
“I’m not stingy, but I’m not too young to become my bodyguard.”
Philly waved his hand in denial.
I know it myself.
Philly scores very poorly against Pascal.
“As an escort, what will Sir Robert do?”
Philly’s face sank when the knight asked.
Philly sent his escort knight, Robert, to Tavern. It’s pretty old already. However, no return order has been issued yet.
The reason was that Robert’s intuition was correct.
‘Yeji is sometimes tiring.’
Philly had a gut feeling that Robert would be in danger if he was in the Imperial Palace. It was an act of foresight of the future.
But on the other hand, Philly herself didn’t feel threatened.
In other words, someone is aiming for Robert, not Philly.
‘Somehow, it seems that the cause lies in Pascal.’
This was not a foreshadowing of the future, but the result of growing up while rolling in politics, and Philly’s own excellent sense of smell.
Robert is not the only knight under Philly’s direct command, but it is true that Philly trusts Robert the most.
This is information that most of Philly’s knights know. And everyone recognized it. Robert had the skills and loyalty to do so.
‘Pascal is jealous of Robert… … ?’
It’s a forced logic, but it doesn’t make sense. The position of the Empress’s escort knight is quite high. What Pascal might covet.
I just don’t understand.
As the article said, Pascal is not a bad-tempered man. Rather, he would belong to a good young man.
In appearance and behavior, he has a childish side, but he is not a real child, and he knows how to distinguish between personalities.
Such Pascal attacks Robert, who is called the model of knights. It is difficult to understand at first glance.
“Sir Robert is still on duty at Tayburn. When the time is right, I will call you.”
“Yes, my lord. I made a presumptuous remark.”
The knight said so and bowed his head. It was a very gentle attitude. Philly laughed softly.
Then, someone knocked on the office door.
“majesty. Sir Atzier de Roach has returned from his mission.”
“Oh, I was waiting. Come on in. Come on, everyone back off now. I have something to talk about with just the two of us.”
At Philly’s words, the maids and knights bowed deeply and went out the door.
And through the open door, a tall man walked slowly as if taking turns.
The man knelt politely in front of Philly.
“Azier de Roach. I just completed my mission and returned to report.”
Atjie, who bowed her head politely, looked at Philly silently.
‘… … Indeed,’
It doesn’t look like Frontier.
“Thanks for your work. Do you have any information?”
“The charges against Vincent von Coleman were almost always true. A video record of stealing information from the Knights Templar and taking bribes has been found. But that was all.”
“What if that’s all?”
“Who paid the bribe, who was the one who ordered to steal the information of the Knights Templar, such information was neatly cut off. It was as if Vincentz was expected to be found out and used it as a discarded word from the beginning.”
hmmm.
There has been a troubling incident recently in the Imperial Palace.
The knights of the Knights Templar under the immediate control of the imperial family were suddenly involved in incomplete things such as violence or bribery.
Most of the knights involved were newcomers or juniors. However, if this continues, the image of the entire Knights Templar can be eroded, so Philly hastily moved to find the cause.
That’s why I called Atji. Because it could not be entrusted to the knights within the imperial family.
‘Someone is encouraging the Imperial Knights. But the crimes caught are different. Bribery, assault or intimidation of citizens, theft, illegal prostitution… … .’
The Imperial Knights are elites with good education and training. Clumsy temptations cannot shake them.
To attract a fairly large number of such people, not just one or two, and make them all commit different sins. Is this possible?
‘Is this really something to do with Sir Robert?’
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Not sure yet. But you’d better not bring Robert back at least until this case is over.“Then what do you think, Sir Atji?”
Philly asked. She was interested in Atji. Of course, he is already famous for his outstanding skills and character, but Philly was more interested in the fact that he was Frontier’s older brother.
“… … Are you outraged?”
Atjie lowered her eyes and seemed to be thinking about something.
“I don’t have any titles, so calling me ‘Sir’ is overkill for me.”
“Well? Sir Atzier is a nobleman of the Roach family.”
“It is just a shell. That individual has no titles, let alone a knight. I have not yet performed my noble duties, so mentioning the name of Roach is ignorant of my subject and muffled.”
Hearing Atjie’s words, Philly blinked for a moment.
Then soon,
“… … put. Ahahahaha!”
Hearing this, Philly laughed out loud. Atji looked at him puzzledly.
The escorts would have been very surprised to see Philly smiling so happily.
‘The two brothers have such different personalities.’
It reminded me of Frontier’s cheeky call to himself ‘Mr. Philly’. However, the older brother trembles with humility because he is not good enough to be called ‘Kyung’.
“Then will you be my escort knight? Then it wouldn’t be a problem to call him ‘Kyung’, right?”
“… … Someday, if that happens, it will be a supreme honor.”
It was really sad to add the word “someday” to the front.
“I see. Let’s get back the story. ahji. What do you think? How do you view this case?”
“I don’t know the identity of the person behind it, but I don’t think it’s necessary to find meaning in each and every journey the knights make. It’s overly sporadic and random.”
“Is that so?”
“The culprit’s purpose appears to be to confuse. It is thought that the knights will turn their attention to the small disturbances, and in the meantime, take action to get what they want.”
Philly also agreed with Atjie’s calm explanation.
The knights cause different crimes, I don’t know how, but there’s no point in digging deep into each one.
However, as the number of these articles increases, chaos will arise both inside and outside the Imperial Palace.
“When the chaos is greatest, it will move.”
At Atjie’s words, Philly nodded deeply.
and,
beep- beep- beep-
Philly’s sage phone rang. The volume and tempo of its sound was very similar to that of a siren.
Hearing the sound that resembled an alarm, Atji gathered his eyebrows together. Surely, there was some contact that could threaten the life of the Empress—
Philly took the phone and said.
“Oh, my daughter.”
“… … .”
Atjie lowered his gaze again.
“yes? No, are you okay? Hey, when did your mom ever care about that?”
When he answered the phone, he saw Philly who became a mother, and Atzier somehow thought of his mother, Malia.
However, at Pili’s next words, Atjie’s brief thoughts were cut off.
“… … Frontier? You want to meet me?”
Philly’s question.
Atjie thought I heard it wrong.