By now, Mycroft had dealt with the trouble he might have encountered, Lily had received equipment and the inheritance of a new vocation, and Iver had obtained both a lead for his investigation and a stronger helper...
With this letter, Mycroft could also be convicted in diplomatic circles, allowing Avalon to seize even greater benefits.
It could be said to be a happy ending for everyone.
The only pity was that the old Bone Carver had not possessed a single coin of ill-gotten money. Earlier, while they were on the road, Iver had told Mycroft that if there were gold coins, jewelry, or works of art here, they would split them evenly—finders keepers.
This was also partly because Iver wanted to draw a little closer to Mycroft.
But in the end, Mycroft had merely smiled and waved his hand, saying with absolute certainty, "There won't be anything like that."
And sure enough. There was no ill-gotten money, let alone a single dirty parcel.
That was probably an artist's noble integrity and stubbornness...
—Iver actually suspected that Mycroft had already more or less guessed what was inside before opening the safe.
He definitely had not known the specifics, because like Sherlock, he lacked too much information. Even so, he had still guessed... It had to be something extremely troublesome.
—As long as he had touched that thing, whether he chose to hide it, destroy it, or hand it over, being discovered would make him look less than clean.
Although the Path of Authority could detect lies, if lie detection were that useful, Minister Drost could never have betrayed Avalon in the first place.
That was why he had made a special trip to find Iver and ask him to deal with this troublesome thing.
As an extraordinary being of the Path