"Cold Dew Manor?" Brando tapped the tabletop with his fingertip and replied thoughtfully, "Delphine still hasn't found out where Holy Seat Vala and the Conservative Faction of the Temple of Flames are being held. If the Silver Queen isn't deliberately creating a diversion, then assuming one of the old princely residence and Cold Dew Manor is the location of the 'prison,' the other..."
In fact, ever since the Silver Queen split the temple, she had called the faction represented by Vala the Conservative Faction. The other faction was naturally the Reformist Faction represented by the scholastic faction.
"Qian is there." A faint light flashed in Medisa's silver eyes as she understood what he meant.
"My lord, are we going to act?" she immediately asked.
Brando shook his head. "It would be best to scout it out first." Although this place did indeed seem very likely, he couldn't rule out the possibility that the Silver Queen had deliberately set a trap or diversion. The best course was still to sneak in and investigate first. "Tonight, Faina and I..."
"Brando, let me go!"
Before he could finish, Faina interrupted him from the side.
The young lady of Flower Leaf Territory blurted it out almost without thinking. Then, as if she had only just realized what she had said, she saw Brando and Medisa staring at her in astonishment. Her face instantly seemed to catch fire, turning hotly red. "...I—I mean, I'm very familiar with that place."
"But Faina, you don't seem to know how to infiltrate, do you?" Brando couldn't help asking.
"My teacher taught me infiltration and covert operations as well, it's just..." Faina replied softly.
"You simply lack field experience, right?"
Faina's face reddened, but she stubbornly held her ground. "Even without field experience, I can still do a good