As Angel and Sypolov reached a consensus, their conversation came to an end.
Next came the commission contract between Sypolov and the Hound Butler.
Since it involved matters of privacy, Angel and the others naturally chose to excuse themselves.
However, Luigi seemed quite interested in Sypolov's commission. As he left the reception room, he kept looking back, seemingly eager to get to the bottom of it.
"Are you interested in Sypolov's commission?" Angel asked Luigi through the Mind Tether.
Luigi said, "A little, but not in the way you think."
Luigi gave a brief explanation.
Simply put, all the information they had gathered before—whether broad speculation or the intelligence added by Uncle Ku and Ksenia—seemed to suggest that Sypolov's commission at the All Things House was a "big" one, very likely related to the Ice Country war.
But if it truly was a commission related to the Ice Country war, didn't that mean Guta Lace's earlier speculation had been right?
One had to know that not a single one of Guta Lace's solemn deductions had ever succeeded.
It had been that way for years, practically an ironclad law.
Yet this time, judging from all the details, Guta Lace's speculation seemed to be closing in on the truth.
Could Guta Lace overturn the ironclad law that "every prediction must be wrong" this time?
Luigi had always loved a good spectacle. He did not care what Sypolov's commission was; he cared whether Guta Lace's prediction would prove accurate this time.
If Guta Lace successfully turned things around, then he and Gleipnir could no longer treat her deductions as reverse evidence.
Angel stroked his chin. "For Sypolov's commission to alert a butler, it definitely isn't a trivial matter. Given Sypolov's current achievements and status, it would be difficult for him to come up