Alice explained her original purpose and what she wanted to do to this powerful, terrifying Child of the Moon, who was evil yet unexpectedly gave her an inexplicable sense of security. She even told him about the birthday banquet.
After saying it all in one breath, she cast a somewhat wary glance at Arsene.
Arsene merely smiled wryly, looking somewhat helpless... Yet he did not seem particularly embarrassed. There was even a hint of approval in the way he looked at Alice.
Clearly, he had long known how the Hawkeye Organization was using Alice—and this was surely related to her family's tacit consent. The protective items on Alice were connected to these matters.
Her family had not chosen to cut Alice's ties with the Hawkeye Organization, while the Hawkeye Organization had also delayed sending her to the front lines. Instead, they had let her "play house" from the rear and even equipped her with defensive tools... The answer was simple. They clearly had some kind of cooperation, and Hawkeye's task was to package more valuable missions as these simple, low-risk "play house" assignments.
A little thought made it obvious—even an underground organization like Hawkeye, which had been at odds with a major faction like the Child of the Moon, secretly controlling Iris, for so long without being wiped out, could not possibly have so many completely harmless missions. So many experienced veterans had been discovered and executed. How could the organization let Alice, a complete novice with a sensitive identity, act alone?
Arsene's cooperation with the Hawkeye Organization was only temporary.
Now that this opportunity had allowed the child to figure things out on her own, it could be considered a good deed... and it had nothing to do with him. Even if the matter was investigated, he would at