Miss Carina said with a smile, and then nodded to the maid, Miss Servit calmly opened the door to the study. Therefore, although it was confirmed that the great witch Miss Carina had no ill intentions towards her, this was regarded by Shade as "

The conversation of "showdown" ended so easily.

There was no conflict that might have been expected, no denial. Carina Cavendi then admitted the facts Shade had obtained and left him with more questions.

But this at least allowed Shade to confirm one thing. The Witch Council is very likely to know the truth about the era changes between the Fifth Era and the Sixth Era, and to know the many secrets of the thirteen Witch Emperors. It is even possible that they know it directly.

The true meaning of "".

And all this needs to be learned by Shade from Miss Carina in the future.

"But at least I found the direction instead of letting the secrets crash into me."

This was Shade's thought as he followed the black-haired maid.

The Duchess had foreseen in advance that she would teach Shade etiquette, so she also found an etiquette teacher in advance, the same one she had before the last card game.

Probably because Shade was about to receive the "knight title", this somewhat feminine middle-aged man wearing a white wig and old-style court clothes had a somewhat different attitude towards Shade this time.

After boring study, Shade originally wanted to chat with Miss Carina, but the maid Tifa asked him to go back to the first floor to wait. The duchess had other guests to meet.

Shade didn't know whether it was true or not, but since the other party didn't want to see him, he didn't force it. When walking down the stairs, he was still thinking about his future attitude when getting along with Miss Carina. His eyes wandered aimlessly.

The steps under his feet turned downstairs, and then he stopped suddenly. From a high place, he actually saw a figure that seemed to be Miss Bayas wearing a long dress, flashing through the crowd in the banquet hall on the first floor.

"Um?"

The first reaction was not to think about what the other party was going to do, but to reach out and touch the relic in his pocket.

Because today is "Sunday night", it is a time when Shade is particularly vigilant, so under his seemingly neat formal dress, almost all of his belongings are hidden.

I hurriedly walked down the stairs to see what Miss Bayas was going to do. But I still saw her figure upstairs. When I returned to the first floor, I could only see gentlemen talking to each other about politics and fighting with each other.

The greeting ladies gathered together to talk about their outfits.

"Did I see it wrong?"

He stood in the center of the crowd and thought, and then asked in his mind:

"Did you feel the element of Miss Bayas just now?"

【distance is too far.】

"Well, if you find her later, remember to remind me."

In the next twenty minutes, Shade walked through the banquet hall, wondering if he could find other acquaintances, but on this occasion, the other four people in the group had no reason to come.

Instead, he met Captain Rades again. The captain grabbed Shade with a blushing face and introduced Shade to the friends he had met in the military.

The gentlemen attending the banquet wearing army uniforms are all active officers who are still serving. Captain Rades is a lieutenant himself, and his friends naturally have military ranks. The oldest among them looks middle-aged with a brown beard.

This person is actually a lieutenant colonel of the Royal Army currently serving in Delrayon. This is a very impressive status.

Before the king appeared, Shade did not leave the captain, but listened to a group of officers sharing what happened on the southern front. Captain Rades had been criticized some time ago for being an "eight-gun captain", and now he has the opportunity to return to the front.

opportunity, friends who originally made fun of him stopped mentioning it.

I learned from Captain Rades about today's banquet that the young detective was also one of the protagonists, so Shade was naturally welcomed by them. After everyone accepted Shade's business card, Shade curiously asked those who knew the front line best.

The soldiers inquired about the possibility of another full-scale war between Delarion and Carsonlik in recent decades.

This is related to his life. Once an all-out war breaks out and peace breaks out and the war begins, no one will be unaffected.

Under the crystal chandelier overhead, the officers holding wine glasses looked at each other. Captain Rades looked at the lieutenant colonel, who nodded cautiously and answered the question. He probably had stayed on the southern front for too long.

Time, his accent was a little strange:

"Mr. Hamilton, you shouldn't ask us this question."

The left hand that is not holding the wine glass points to himself:

"It's not us who decide this."

Pointing to the group of middle-aged gentlemen not far away talking about recent tax policies:

"It's not you."

Finally point to a higher floor:

"It's them."

Shade quite understood what he meant and couldn't help but shake his head. Most of the others had similar expressions, so Captain Rades took the initiative to raise his glass:

"To peace."

Although the others did not speak, they all raised their glasses and clinked their glasses with him.

The banquet hall was bustling with people drinking and drinking. Except for those with vested interests, no one likes war. But most of the time, the start of a war will not be decided by those who hate war.
Chapter completed!