Because he had once seen the same necklace on Antitina, only that necklace had no pendant. Antitina had said it was a keepsake her father had left her. Back then, during the battle at Ambersell, Adviser Miss's unexpected resurrection had made him think he was hallucinating, but now that he thought about it, everything was clear.
Brando was speechless for a moment.
"...Count, the Adviser Miss beside you..."
That night at Antitina's old residence, the words of the down-and-out Viscount Test still echoed in his ears. Now that he thought back, when he had first met Antitina, the bandits he and Batom had dealt with had claimed that Antitina's father owed them money.
Antitina had denied it at the time. Brando knew her too well. Adviser Miss would never lie. That meant there was clearly something suspicious behind the matter.
Now that he thought about it, Test himself was a member of the Circle of Unity. If Antitina was a descendant of a branch of the Xifah Royal Family, carried a Heart of Xifah, and might even be connected to fragments of the Eternal Undying Object, then the reason the Circle of Unity had targeted a destitute noblewoman was obvious.
"But Antitina clearly knew about the power of the Heart of Xifah. Otherwise, she wouldn't have needed to lie to me after the battle at Ambersell. How much does she know about her origins and bloodline? Why has she never mentioned it to us..." Brando had originally thought he understood his Adviser Miss, but now he was no longer so certain.
"What are you spacing out for?" White had grown somewhat impatient while Brando was lost in thought. She found that she was no longer afraid of Brando's threats. Instead, she was worried that he would remain silent, because then