Chapter 119: Color (3)
A problem occurred.
She has not seen Carla since their first meeting.
In all the places she was said to frequent, Carla did not show up.
‘Looking at the timing and situation, I think the problem is probably because of me.’
There is no other explanation for this strange change.
For me, I think it was an okay ending, but it wasn’t for Carla.
Did you hate my face so much that you didn’t want to look at it?
‘It’s too bad it’s going so well.’
I’m ashamed of myself for even thinking like that for a moment.
Now I know that other people are overly worried.
“I don’t understand.”
“That’s why I said I was excited.”
I answered back to Elodie, who had an unconvinced look on her face.
Elodie and Selena were standing in front of me, looking awkward.
Lili, Arald, and Pielot are away to talk with the Aias family.
“What on earth did you do?”
Elodie also asked as if she didn’t understand.
“I didn’t do anything. “Rather, I’m thinking that the problem might be that I’m not doing too much.”
I had decided from the beginning not to get any deeper involved.
And I never wavered in that decision until I met Carla and we parted ways.
Selena tilted her head.
“Then it’s even more strange. “Even though he has lost interest in Frontier, he has hidden himself to the point of not being seen anywhere.”
It’s strange that he doesn’t show up at all just because he’s no longer interested in me. All you have to do is just ignore me.
The more this happens, the more the hypothesis that he may have grown to hate even looking at my face is gaining strength.
Selena said, her expression calming.
“If Carla had maintained her business and her friendships, it would be too strange for her to cut off all of them just because one person made her uncomfortable. “It is reasonable to think that something else unexpected happened to her, as if a traumatized bug had appeared.”
“Maybe I resemble that bug?”
“… Rather, it is less realistic. Mr. Frontier.”
Well, so does he. I think I also experienced difficulties and suffered mental damage from something that seemed like it would go smoothly.
“It’s another unexpected situation.”
Elodie responded to my words.
“Carla is the type of person who uses her own beauty to make her deal. If we make a mutually beneficial deal, she doesn’t need to take advantage of her beauty. So, in other words, she has a collar and she has to use her beauty to bargain.”
“… In other words, looking at the transaction itself, it is highly likely that she was engaging in an unfair transaction that only benefited Carla?”
“It is possible that the man with whom she was making the deal didn’t think much of it when he was into Carla, but later, after she came to her senses, he resented the deal he had made. Those men, or their associates, may have posed some kind of threat to Carla.”
It’s one of many possibilities, but it seems plausible.
Additionally, I have not yet confirmed how her collar protects itself.
If I couldn’t confirm it, there’s a high possibility that other people couldn’t confirm it either.
Just because you couldn’t check doesn’t mean you have no defenses, but if your eyes turn away in anger, you might think that way.
“After all, she needs Carla to know where she is now.”
Damn, the more times like this, the more it hurts to not have Gregory. If she was that guy, she would have found him right away. To begin with, while Gregory was by my side, no one ever went ‘missing’.
“If she doesn’t have an urgent situation with Carla right now, she will come face to face with it, even if she doesn’t want to.”
“… Yes. “Because he is the president of Atlas.”
Although Carla has been absent from Atlas for a long time, that doesn’t mean she’s canceling all of her plans. She shouldn’t be like that.
Whenever there is a public event or event held in Atlas, she has no choice but to appear. Unless something really happened to her.
She said, “And she may not show up, but she may be in contact with the Atlas people. “If there is no major commotion in the Atlas, the president will not be in any immediate danger.”
“But. “He might just be a noble and everything would be bothersome, so he might just stay at home and rest.”
“… “It feels strange when you say that.”
I looked at Elo D as she spoke with her eyes narrowed, and thought for a moment.
It’s Atlas’ public event.
In other words, if an event similar to what happened in Constel occurs, Color will appear?
“… “You don’t necessarily have to wait for someone to do it.”
* * *
Before Lili, Arald, and Pielot head to the Achaia Mansion.
Frontier spoke to those who were about to leave.
“Basically, please go out in a low posture. Anyway, it’s true that Pielot made a mistake. “For us, we want it to end as smoothly as possible.”
The Achaean family was trying to make a big deal out of Ajax’s fainting after being hit by Pielot.
It would have been enough to just meet each other in the teacher’s office and talk, but they even called the Libanche family.
Abuse of power that goes too far. That actually made Frontier feel more uncomfortable than angry.
“Speaking of basic, are there other cases?”
Arald asked, and Fron Deer nodded his head.
“Lady Achaia, I was trying to do something to Pielot using mana. “It’s so faint that it’s hard to notice, but I know it’s trying to do something, so you guys will be able to notice it.”
At the time, there wasn’t much shouting and waving of arms, so it wasn’t easy to capture even the slightest bit of mana.
But if you know, it’s a different story. You can recognize it even if you are not a frontier.
“If you try to do something like that again, or even if you don’t, if you make demands that go too far.”
Frondier spoke and looked at Leah Lis.
“Do it completely.”
“… Really?”
“Huh. Whether it’s charm or intimidation, whatever you like, do it. Instead, completely destroy it. “If you use charm, I want you to be completely unable to come to your senses, and if you use threats, I want you to instill fear in them so that they will never think of attacking you again.”
Then, in the process, you will be able to find out what Lady Achaia was thinking. Fron Deer said and nodded his head.
Arald said to him:
“What exactly does an excessive demand mean?”
“I will leave the judgment entirely up to you. Don’t worry. “No matter what you choose, I won’t blame you for saying, ‘That wasn’t an action that crossed the line.’”
In other words, I will allow you to commit it even if you are just a little upset.
Following Frondier’s wishes, the three headed to the Achaia family.
And when I rang the doorbell in front of the door I arrived at,
“Oh, welcome.”
Mrs. Achaia greeted them with a wide smile, as if she were a completely different person from the one they met in her teacher’s office.
“… Oh, hello?”
“Yes yes. Don’t stand, come in. “You had a hard time coming this far.”
The three of them went inside, following the guidance of her wife.
Lili’s senses did not sense any suspicious mana, and Arald’s eyes did not show any traps.
Madame Achaia took them into the parlor, and immediately the servant brought out tea, as if she had been preparing in advance.
“There were a lot of examples at Atlas.”
“… No. “My child made a mistake.”
Lily looked at the woman blankly and quickly answered. Despite her embarrassment, she gave a natural answer.
Arald sipped her tea and looked at Lili as if it were natural.
From his eyes she could not tell whether Madame Achaia was playing her part. That’s why she asked Lili with her eyes, but even Lili didn’t know.
“It was a mistake. “Is it a mistake to show great skills in sparring?”
The woman spoke in a sweet voice, as if she had truly become a different person.
Then she saw Pielot.
“I was really sorry back then. “Yelling at a child for something like that is not something an adult should do.”
“No. “I think I went too far.”
Pielot is equally embarrassed by this situation.
As Fron Deer said, she raised her spirits to the max, wondering if Lady Achaia was using some of her mana to approach him, but she didn’t even feel any such sign.
“Hey, ma’am. “I’m sorry to tell you this, but did something happen?”
“No, it’s not like that.”
The wife shakes her head at Arald’s words. She said
“It was inside the Atlas. So she had no choice but to imitate it.”
“What does that mean?”
“As expected, you don’t know. Actually, this is a story that only a small portion of nobles know.”
That’s how Arald and Riri see each other.
From what I heard from Frontier, there is definitely something suspicious about Atlas. The same goes for wiretapping devices.
But does this mean that some nobles have already noticed something similar to that?
“Director of Atlas, do you know about Kala?”
“… “I’ve only heard the name.”
Arald answered honestly. Thanks to her honesty, it was also the most problem-free answer.
“It is said that Carla seeks out single men. She uses her beauty to get a good deal.”
“… Okay.”
This is something I’ve heard, but I don’t necessarily agree with it.
“She’s gathering her knowledge about the devil.”
“… Yes?”
“This is not a rumor or gossip. “It’s true.”
“How can you be sure?”
“Because my family made a deal with Kala.”
Lili blinks at those words.
Then she remembered Lili and she said.
“B, but the president said he was looking for single men. “Of course the head of the Achaia family is married.”
“There are other unmarried men, right?”
“Yes?”
“Our son, Aias.”
Lili, Arald, and Pielot all opened their mouths at the same time without even knowing who went first.
“Well, then being a single man… ?”
“Kala is not particularly sensitive to age. All she needs to do is be a single man. “It doesn’t matter whether he is a young person or a minor.”
“So, your son met Carla?”
Lili unconsciously imagined a very disturbing scene.
Lady Achaia let out her sigh.
“Yes that’s right. He said nothing happened. There is no sign of being embarrassed about anything. But it was clear that she was infatuated with Carla. “She came to me and said, ‘The president is a very good person.’”
Usually, when a minor enters into an unintentional physical relationship, it is difficult to react in that way. Even if he is a man, it is common for him to want to hide it.
‘Does it mean that even if you don’t have that type of relationship, you can still be emotionally possessed?’
Honestly, Lili thought it was quite possible. Because she’s done something similar.
… Although she has never done it to minors.
“Kala wants to gain the knowledge of her demons, but Ajax thinks she is her good man.”
“It would seem to him that Carla is looking for a plan against the devil.”
“Did Ajax have any knowledge of the devil?”
“Yeah. To some extent. “On the Agoris continent, it is important to prepare for the 72 demons.”
There Lily blinked for a moment.
A sense of discomfort can be felt in this conversation and in Carla’s actions.
“… Is Ajax’s knowledge that special? “To the point where I had to get it while Carla was under suspicion.”
“As expected, you are wise. “We doubt that too.”
“What do you mean?”
“Kala does not know the knowledge about demons that many people on the Agoris continent may know. “They can’t distinguish between knowledge gained from literature and folk tales or top-secret information passed down through people’s mouths.”
Lili and Arald know such cases.
It’s exactly the same case as them.
“Kala is different from us.”
Lady Achaia said.
“Either he is not from this continent, or he himself is the devil.”