Grace
“Why?”
“The talk is already over. Please return to your seat.”
A fight that has been repeated several times in recent days.
Gadget did not give up until the end, even though only the same answer came back every time.
“Raven robbed Buckingham Palace. This is a challenge for the royal family.”
“And you shouldn’t have been there. Any act of ignoring the orders of the superior and entering the palace arbitrarily can be punished with extravagance.”
Ordinary people would step back from here, but she jumped in like a raging bull.
“What is the reason? At least let me know why. Why are you keeping the past case a top secret?”
“I do not know either. We just have to follow the decisions made from above.”
“I don’t understand.”
“It is a decision of Congress.”
“Then I will formally write a complaint.”
The chief, tired of the repeated new year’s speech for several days, sighed and looked at her.
“Gadget.”
“yes. You tell me.”
“You disregarded the command system and went into the palace without even reporting it, and you messed up the investigation. Do you know how difficult it was for me?”
“…that I am sorry about.”
At least in that part, Gadget himself had nothing to make excuses for.
In fact, it was entirely his own fault.
“Your disposition was suspended only because Sir Reginald wanted to pass it on quietly without questioning it. If it wasn’t for that, it would have been at least probation.”
“···yes. I know.”
Gadget with his back down and his head bowed down.
The chief looked at her with complicated eyes and spoke.
“But now this is really not possible. If you ignore the council’s decision and let it leak, it won’t end with just taking off your clothes. At that time, neither me nor anyone can stop me.”
That wasn’t a threat. It was a sincere concern and advice given as a long-time colleague before the hierarchical relationship.
It’s probably not just empty words, but it’s very likely that it will be true.
So the gadget became even more curious. Who the hell is the background behind such a powerful power?
“Then tell me one thing. Who are you?”
“Did you say Congress?”
“I know it can’t be like this simply because Congress made a decision. There must be someone behind it.”
“If you tell me .
nod.
A moment of silence followed. The man, who seemed to be thinking deeply about something, leaned forward and spoke softly.
“It’s Grace.”
***
Grace.
I repeated the name over and over in my mind.
After leaving the royal sword behind safely, I feel like my heart is loaded with more weight.
The cause is probably because of a lawmaker who came out at the end of the conversation with the princess.
Actually, I didn’t really care at first. When I realized that the government was now deliberately hiding my activities, it only got worse.
But when I heard that the person leading the situation was none other than Grace, I had a completely different feeling.
The Graces are the oldest and most honorable aristocratic family in Britannia.
The impact it has on this country is too painful to explain.
Each member of this family boasts a powerful presence.
Even Julia, without having to go far right away, shows more and more scenes in which she uses her power as an aristocratic girl to solve the case as the time passes.
Gilbert, whom I met at the casino, also does not appear in the original story, but a light investigation confirmed that he had a significant performance as a soldier.
Truly a family full of heroes.
But there is another person who is most famous in such Grace.
The person that people immediately think of when referring to only the last name of ‘Grace’ without putting a name in front.
In other words, a person who is the symbol of the self-proclaimed Grace family.
Richard Grace.
One of the senators representing Congress and the head of the Duke of Grace.
To put it simply, it is safe to say that he has the power second only to the king.
It would have been better if it had ended there.
What was important was not the shell surrounding him, that is, the fighting spirit.
The ability of the person named Richard himself. His political power is so great that it makes him want to be vicious.
Even though he is just an ordinary person with no force, Richard Grace is the villain who most certainly put the protagonist in crisis.
His thoroughly designed trap is so dense that it is impossible to even tell where it started, and no one can escape.
The main character would also have been caught in a trap and died if it hadn’t been for Julia’s help.
“This is more of an emergency than I thought.”
The problem is that Julia can’t help me right now.
At this point, even if she helps, there is no chance of winning. Because Yulia is just a student who hasn’t even graduated from the academy yet.
And Richard probably wouldn’t have designed the same trap as the main character.
Obviously, there is a high probability that a dedicated trap was set up for me.
If I had not known who the instigator was, I would have lightly dismissed it as no big deal. But now that he knows that Richard is the cause of the silence, he has no choice but to judge that all these situations are preparations before setting the trap.
The fortunate thing is that I realized this even now.
It’s still before the spider’s web sags, so maybe he’ll be able to escape.
[Do you have any plans?]
“…you have to destroy everything.”
It’s much easier to break a sand tower than it is to build the original one.
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Make it as messy mud as possible.
Even if your opponent is dirty, get their feet out. Make the spider think that it’s annoying to eat such a wild insect.
I just had a good idea.
***
Gadget returned to his seat and took a deep breath.
No matter how you think about it, this is a difficult situation to understand.
Why do we have to hide the phantom thief’s fault for us?
If there is anyone who should be disrespectful, it must be the Raven who committed the crime.
I can’t say that the police who failed in trying to arrest a criminal did a good job, but at least you shouldn’t be ashamed of hiding the facts of the crime.
She was going to act.
To correct mistakes and raise people’s awareness.
If we don’t give a clear warning about how vicious the phantom thief is, the damage will continue to increase.
But one name became a huge wall and stood in front of her.
Grace.
How many people wouldn’t respond to that name?
At least any citizen of Britannia would have been influenced by the name.
Everyone speaks together.
Richard Grace is a great hero.
Britannia’s influence as the world’s most powerful country was not small.
Even an extreme minority of people do not hesitate to even claim that he should be king.
It was a matter proposed by such a hero and passed by the parliament.
It has gone far beyond the level at which a single police officer would insist on an opinion.
The chief’s warning was correct.
If gadgets open their mouths here, it won’t end with just taking off their clothes.
What kind of future awaits in front of it, but it’s not brightly colored.
“···shit.”
For the first time, she felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness.
This is the first time Even when he missed that ugly phantom thief, his resentment always preceded him, and he wasn’t filled with a sense of helplessness and defeat.
Still, Raven is confident that if I do well, I can catch it.
But now? Can you overcome the name Grace?
too much This is an impossible fight.
In the first place, it can’t be achieved, can we call it a fight?
When a rabbit fights a lion, the expression “fighting” is not used.
Even if it was the last struggle before being hunted.
Judging rationally, the method is very simple.
You just need to turn your mind off.
In any case, the investigative power has already passed to the executor. The reason he failed right away was because of the princess’s cooperation, and if it wasn’t for that, the phantom thief would have been caught.
In fact, from that point of view, is it a big mistake not to expose it to the outside world?
Eventually, the thief is caught. If the executor is sincere, there is no way he can’t catch it. If that’s the case, shouldn’t it be revealed after the arrest? It’s just that the timing of the notification is delayed a bit.
“Shake.”
she spit out a swear word.
Because at one point, the image of himself in the process of rationalization in his head seemed so miserable.
Deciding that it would be better to just empty her head and not think about it, she got up and went outside the police station to smoke.
White cigarette smoke rose into the sky.
Gadget’s head was also covered in a cloud of smoke.
While he was smoking a cigarette, staring blankly at the street.
A postman who appears on a bicycle.
“Gosh. Good job!”
“no.”
I didn’t have to put much effort into receiving such a greeting.
“Here is the mail!”
“Oh, thank you.”
different types of letters.
Official documents from government offices, testimony that witnessed the incident, petitions, etc.
In the midst of all the mixed content, she found a letter that stood out in particular.
“This···.”
The postman has already left far away.
Gadget looked at the anonymous letter without the sender on it, then opened the envelope and read the letter.
“·················ogue.”
The content was shocking.