What exactly had the assassin come here for?
Tales's eyes shifted.
"Yes, the things Back Curved Blade did after breaking into the ghoul tunnels... Was it for Luosang the Second, or for Lady Cavendil? Or something else?"
Wyatt spoke rapidly, trying to cover up the panic and unease in his heart:
"If it was simply to rescue Luosang the Second, then on the surface, that would benefit Young Master Federico. After all, Luosang the Second was his assassin, and once free, he would become a powerful ally again... But you have already reached a compromise with the two Cavendils. Doing something so blatantly one-sided would only make you deeply suspicious of Federico, which would in reality be extremely disadvantageous to him..."
Wyatt's deduction left Tales astonished.
"Did you... come up with all that yourself?"
After three days apart, Wyatt seemed like a different person.
"Then did Back Curved Blade come to kill Luosang the Second and silence him? If so, then the murders beginning with the wine merchant—the murders committed by Federico in the name of revenge, covered up by Jann through political maneuvering, and ultimately dredged up from the past and dragged into noble arbitration—would have no surviving witness... You would lose the direct leverage that could force them to sit down and negotiate, as well as the clues needed to investigate further. Compared with Cavendil, you would be the biggest loser in this affair..."
But Wyatt ignored Tales and continued on his own:
"Or did Back Curved Blade come to kidnap Lady Cavendil? If so, then the mastermind may have been targeting Duke Jann, trying to force him to submit... In that case, Young Master Federico would undoubtedly benefit again..."
"Or it could be understood the other way around."
Tales interrupted him. The Prince spoke in a low