Seeing this, E281 held back for the moment to avoid alerting the enemy.
Less than two minutes later, a battle broke out in the room downstairs. That believer of the Lord of Greatness actually fled into the sewers, then used that environment to kill the expert Count Haydn had sent after him.
He had erupted with peak Black Iron Rank strength and swiftly slain his fellow Black Iron Rank opponent on the spot.
Seeing such a clean, decisive kill, Miss E281, who had been somewhat bored, immediately perked up.
Someone sent by the Count had actually been killed?
Most outrageous of all, after dealing with the Count's subordinate, the man calmly returned to the manor. Rather than remaining in the locked room as before, he headed for the banquet hall.
Miss E281 had also returned to the banquet hall. By coincidence, they were now in the same hall. She did not take the initiative to look at him, but the man had already noticed the pink-haired girl from afar.
The man went to the dining table, served himself a small bowl of chocolate, and walked behind the pink-haired girl while chewing.
"Hello. Do you know Miss Haimila?"
"Huh?"
The pink-haired girl turned around with a puzzled expression. Pretending not to know anything, she thought for a moment before answering, "Miss Haimila may have returned to her room. Why are you looking for her?"
"It's nothing. I'm her friend. It's rare for me to attend a party, so I wanted to chat with her for a while. I heard... you seem to be the detective she hired?"
"Yes, sir. It's my first day on the job, and Miss Haimila hasn't assigned me a task yet." The pink-haired girl wore the expression any ordinary young girl would have. No matter how one