“Then please take it easy until dinner. Or would you rather have a look around the mansion?”
“““We wanna explore!”””
Sarah-san smiled and spoke to Shiro and the others, but… she was pregnant. Was it really okay for her to be walking around like this?
“You actually need to get a little exercise. Staying cooped up all the time isn’t good for you. Walking around the mansion is perfectly fine.”
Well, I suppose that was the poise of a noble lady for you. She certainly wasn’t the type to let a little pregnancy keep her down.
And so, Sarah-san and Shiro and the others set off to explore the mansion.
“As for the rest of us, shall we discuss what happens from here?”
Sue, Ao, and I stayed behind with Gandof-san and Brett-san to discuss our plans for the coming days.
“Tomorrow, I’ll be going to the royal castle as well. I may not look it, but I’m one of the senior officers in the military.”
“It’s very reassuring to have someone I know there. Tory-san was the only person I knew in the military.”
“If you know Tory-san, then you have nothing to worry about during the meeting. He used to be one of my subordinates, after all.”
Gandof-san had been Tory-san’s superior?!
Wait…
Could it be that Gandof-san was actually an incredibly important person?
“Shun, my uncle is actually the captain of the royal capital’s knights. Not only is he highly skilled with a sword, but he’s also an excellent leader and very well respected.”
“What?!”
“I just happen to be at the mansion today. Normally, I’m out patrolling the royal capital and such.”
Whoa…
So the man sitting right in front of me was actually the captain of the knights. I wasn’t the only one who was stunned, either. Ao was just as surprised. But it made sense. It was precisely because her older brother was so capable that Sue’s mother had been chosen to tutor the Crown Prince.
In other words, the Victory family had always been a remarkably talented family.
“Most likely, we’ll conduct a forced search of the former Minister of the Interior’s residence after the meeting. I have no doubt it will turn into a fierce battle.”
“He was a member of the aristocratic faction and held considerable influence as Minister of the Interior. Who knows what kind of trump cards he has hidden away?”
“Indeed. That is precisely why, for now, all we can do is surround his residence, cut off all contact with the outside, and keep it under surveillance.”
I wanted to avoid a large-scale battle right in the middle of the royal capital, but Gandof-sama’s assessment seemed sound.
Even so, he clearly believed that we had to get through this somehow.
“Our family also came under the influence of the aristocratic faction several generations ago because of financial circumstances. But looking into it now, even the flow of that money seems suspicious. His Majesty believes this is the perfect opportunity to root out the people who have become a cancer to the kingdom once and for all.”
“If that’s the case, then the royal capital is going to be rather unstable for a while.”
“That is precisely why the Knights will be increasing our patrols. Fortunately, there are no members of the aristocratic faction among the Knights. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that anyone who couldn’t keep up with our training simply didn’t make it in.”
A forced search of the former Minister of the Interior’s residence, along with maintaining public order throughout the royal capital.
This was shaping up to be quite a difficult meeting.
And I was starting to seriously wonder whether Sue and I should even be participating in a meeting like this.
“As for Shiro, I’m afraid I’ll have to ask her to accompany you, Shun, on the operation. A force of that caliber would be extremely valuable to us.”
“I understand, but Fran and Horn are still too young. I’d really rather they stay away from the front lines.”
“Of course. We would never send young children into battle. As for what happens after that, we’ll decide once the forced search of the Minister of the Interior’s residence has been completed.”
For the time being, it looks like tomorrow will be a crucial moment. Both Sue and Ao were also listening intently to what Gandof-sama was saying.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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