Although Iver had other places where he could hide for a while, none of them compared to Bishop Mathers's home.
It was safe enough that no one would come to investigate. The living conditions were also clean and comfortable, and Ms. Mina even provided meals—for someone as particular as Iver, her cooking was quite excellent.
After all, Ms. Mina was from Iris. It was perfectly reasonable for her to cook better than most Avalonians.
Most importantly, he could easily obtain a large number of newspapers here. At Sherlock's request, Ms. Mina now bought a large stack of newspapers every day, including plenty of tabloids in addition to the Glass Staircase Newspaper.
According to Sherlock, although the tabloids contained plenty of exaggeration and lies, they still had some value as references. They included many things the Glass Staircase Newspaper would not report, and an inconspicuous sentence might conceal important information.
Thus, after Ms. Mina urged them to stay, Iver and Lily simply settled down there.
The only problem was that there were not enough guest rooms. Iver and Lily could only sleep in the same room.
But Lily was Iver's personal maid, after all, and the two were close enough. Sleeping in the same room was nothing to mention; even sharing the same bed would not be a problem.
After confirming that Iver was safe, Hai Na returned to the dormitory with peace of mind.
She could not help feeling relieved... Luckily, she had not rushed to Dean Meg to ask her to rescue Iver, but had first come to ask Sherlock for his opinion.
Otherwise, if she had just finished begging for help, only to discover that Iver was safely playing chess with Sherlock... she felt she might have been beaten up.
After seeing Hai Na off, Iver played chess