“What’s going on with you?”
Aedis asked, looking at me suspiciously.
”Nothing, I just like the plan…”
Don’t mind me, just thinking about making the Baron’s nightmare a reality.
I smiled as I organized my schedule.
As soon as the preparations were over, it was decided that we’d tour the Lydia Estate, Carmel Estate, Hollow Estate, and Rosa Estate just as proposed by the butler.
The first place we were visiting was the Rosa Estate, near the Eire Forest.
If I went along the planned route, I’d be able to return within two weeks of completing everything on the schedule.
After the plan was settled, Count Elliott was called in to watch over Gilbert.
I asked that he stop Gilbert from doing anything else while Aedis and I were away, and the Count readily accepted.
“Now all I have to do is choose the knights…”
We were thinking of only taking seven knights. Aedis’ familiar, Raven, would stay and be attached to Regen.
With Aedis around, the escort matters weren’t something to worry about.
I picked up a pile of papers.
It was a bunch of applications sent by the knights who’d heard rumors that we would be going on a territory inspection sooner or later. Procyon must’ve been the one who started the rumor.
“It’s safe to assume that almost all of them applied. But it’s not easy to sort this out by just looking at a few sheets of paper, I’d rather have individual interviews.
Just roughly counting, there were over thirty sheets.
Because the knights of the Kallakis family were small in number, it was quite a competitive rate.
What is it? Is everyone bored because they’re stuck in a castle?
Or maybe it’s because it’s an opportunity to see Aedis’ face more often.
The employees faint at even hearing Aedis’ footsteps, but the knights were a different story.
They were more like his passionate followers.
I was curious about the reason, so when Aedis agreed, I immediately called them in one by one.
There was no harm in getting them used to his face.
However, it felt like something began to twist in me when the first knight to knock on the door was Procyon.
“I want to defend the honorable Grand Duchess! The knight next in line, Sir Castor, never washes his hands, even after going to the bathroom! He eats with his hands!”
“You don’t have to accuse your fellow workers, Sir Procyon.”
While I dissuaded him dryly, I still drew a line through Castor’s name.
Regen, who was coming in excitedly, suddenly fell.
“Oh, Father?! You’re here?”
His reaction implied that he’d thought that I was alone in the office.
Come to think of it, there were a few knights that didn’t even take a look in Aedis’ direction.
As if there was nothing there, so there was no need to look.
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“Aedis, were you using invisibility magic? No wonder the knights were less stiff.”
“I was practicing erasing my presence. It’s impossible to erase it completely, and the duration varies depending on the opponent, but it seems to be effective.”
As Aedis snapped his finger, the maid who followed Regen, flinched.
But nothing had changed for me.
I’m not sure what the difference is yet…you should know that.