"Dead?"
Upon receiving news of the Aurora Society emissary's death, Grove Augustus was caught somewhat off guard.
As the Prince of Sunia of Loen and a Sequence 3 Hunter of Chaos of The Judge pathway, his status was exceptionally elevated. He was also one of the main supporters of George III's Godhood Plan.
This time, because the old patriarch's side had noticed something amiss with the nobles, he had been tasked with probing them—diverting the nobles' attention while determining exactly what information they possessed.
Thus, the highly useful Aurora Society was put to work.
Previously, when the Aurora Society's Mysterious Emissary had chosen Count Hall as the target, Grove Augustus had actually thought rather highly of him. Unlike those reckless brute emissaries from the Aurora Society before, he at least had some brains.
The forces around Count Hall should not have been enough to leave an Aurora Society emissary without even a chance to escape, especially one who was a Traveler.
It could be said that, with a Sealed Artifact and adequate preparation, even if he suddenly encountered a demigod, he would have had a chance to flee as long as he was not instantly killed.
Yet now, after contacting Emissary S, the Aurora Society's temporary representative in Backlund, he learned that the mission had failed and their collaborator had died.
The Aurora Society then sent over the rough arrangements and sequence of events for Grove Augustus to analyze.
After reading it, Grove Augustus felt slightly relieved, but he also cursed that seemingly clever Mysterious Emissary to hell.
He looked cautious, but in truth, he was a complete idiot.
If it had been Grove Augustus, even forcibly launching a direct surprise attack on Count Hall would have been better than making a move against Count Hall's children while Instructor Franklin