Ayako Side: Suspicion Will Raise Bogies
After sending Fran Ojou-sama to her bedroom, I returned to the knight's quarters.
This would normally be the end of my work for today, but I still have things to do.
My job is to compile the investigation report.
I have to summarize and report to the head of the family about the investigation into the attack by bandits who targeted Fran Ojou-sama on the way to the royal capital about three months ago.
After arriving at the capital, I made a description of one of the bandits with the surviving knights and ran around to interview him.
What I found out was that the bandits were members of the church, and were fanatics that even ordinary believers hated them. They seem to have made a living as an adventurer, but even in the adventurer's guild they had bad behavior and were a scumbag who was even criticized by their peers.
Why did such men target Ojou-sama...?
The answer is simple. They were set up by someone.
But if you question the church, you may cause unnecessary friction. Besides, there is no evidence that the church instructed them to do so just because they are believers.
When did the bandits know that Ojou-sama was going that way? The more I doubted this, the more suspicious I became.
This is because Ojou-sama's itinerary was not kept secret. The servants of the Duke family knew about it, and the Frontier Count Mascargo family and the Duke Ascarte family from the east whom we stopped by along the way also knew about the plan. I can't figure out where the leak came from.
However, I have some information that is of interest to me.
I heard that the bandits in question had been frequenting noble houses for a while. The nobleman is said to be a member of Baron Garcia's family, which is currently in decline.
Baron Garcia family...
This is a house that had territory to the south, but was showing signs of gaining access to the north. The Saint Duke family has also been paying attention to the movements of this family, but since they came to get permission for the engagement between the eldest daughter of Baron Santora and the third son of Baron Garcia, nothing interesting has come up.
On the contrary, there were rumors that the third son had died of an illness, or had run away, and since then, I heard that he had suffered severe damage from the Goblin Stampede.
Baron Stefano, who was the head of the family at the time, took responsibility and handed over the headship of the family to his son, Adio-dono, and he himself is said to have retired to his mansion in the capital.
Is it possible that the baron family, who is in decline, is planning some kind of scheme against the Duke family...? No, they actually had connections with the bandits in question...
Besides, there is a deep connection with the Baron Garcia family...
It was around the time that the story of the third son of the baron's family began to emerge, when the knight commander of the baron's family ran away from the baron's house with several subordinates in tow.
The one who hired the knight commander and his subordinates was the Saint Duke family.
At the time, he was excited about being able to hire so many talented knights, but weren't they actually a members of the baron's family? I now suspect that they were in fact spies for the Baron.
The Barony... Come to think of it, Light-dono and Rain-dono were also from the Barony...
I couldn't leave a suspicious person around Ojou-sama, so I tried to find out about this brother and sister...
Although he had only just risen to C rank, his reputation as an adventurer was top-notch. He seems to be highly respected among RockQueen adventurers.
I also heard that he earns a considerable amount of money by going to various guilds as a side job.
Five years ago, such a brother and sister appeared in RockQueen. And the story is that this brother and sister moved from the Barony.
Five years ago... around the time when stories about the third son of a baron family started coming out...
No way... I don't have any proof, but if that's the case, then the baron family is after Ojou-sama...?
There's no need to aim for Ojousama's life, right...? If they keep Ojou-sama in a cage, they can make a deal with the second prince...
The more I think about it, the more suspicious I become...
After all, I'll have to take a hard look at Light-dono once and for all... I, by myself...
Holy hell, this chick is seriously fucking stupid...Everything she speculated was wrong. She's setting herself up to get beat.
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