“Well, we’ll talk about that later. It involves the incident. Speaking of which, in the reports…there was something about a glass sphere?”
“Yes, Your Grace. Mr. Takumi can explain…”
“Will you tell me, Mr. Takumi?”
“If you wish.”
And so we set aside talk of Ms. Anne for now, as I told him about Range village.
Apparently, it was related to what was happening, but I didn’t know how… Ms. Claire had entered a sulky silence… She must really hate Ms. Anne.
“Mmm. You explained it very well. And it fits with everything else that I’ve heard.”
Mr. Ekenhart nodded after hearing my story.
Back at my old job, I often had to explain things in an orderly way.
I still remember carefully reading documents and practicing so that I could explain things during meetings without getting stuck…
Because if I failed with presentations, my boss would become furious with me. Especially if it wasn’t my project, but theirs… Damn it, things really were… Well, it didn’t matter now.
“Mr. Takumi. You spoke of being injured earlier… Is everything fine now?”
“Yes. I had some Loe, which I used to treat the wound.”
“I see… That’s good to hear. …Loe really is a valuable herb.”
During my explanation to Mr. Ekenhart, I left out the stuff about Weed Cultivation.
This was because of the presence of an outsider, Ms. Anne.
I had glanced towards Sebastian when trying to decide on this, and he had shaken his head.
Mr. Ekenhart seemed to understand, and he did not bring up Weed Cultivation either.
“Still, to set orcs on the village… Damned Barsler…”
Mr. Ekenhart was particularly angry about the monsters.
While it was not the largest village on his land, it was natural for him to react like this.
“I had not thought of something like this happening.”
“…Indeed… Anneliese…while you are cunning, you wouldn’t have been able to…think of this.”
“Of course, not. Father must have wanted the magic tool very badly. It is because of this kind of foolishness that he hasn’t risen up in the world.”
Mr. Ekenhart and Ms. Anne were talking. And it kind of sounded like Ms. Anne had thought of using the glass sphere…?
Not only that, but she was quite harsh on her father, Count Barsler.
“Your Grace, do you mean…Lady Anneliese…”
“Aye, Sebastian. Exactly. This incident…this plan against our house…was thought of by Anneliese.”
“Yes, that is correct.”
Sebastian was thinking the same thing as me, and he questioned Mr. Ekenhart about it.
Mr. Ekenhart replied casually.
Ms. Anne also nodded with an indifferent expression.
Not just me, but Ms. Claire, Ms. Lyra, and Sebastian looked at them, dumb-founded.
Why had Mr. Ekenhart brought the person who could be called the ring leader to this house…