Although Miss Belinder had said he could come to her whenever he ran into trouble, Shade felt that since she had "hired" him, even if it was only for her favorability—and to ensure that two months later she would not report him to the real Adele Isabella—he could not keep asking the Countess to solve his problems.
What if she still decides to report you?
"She" smiled gently. Shade did not answer, but "she," having read his thoughts, knew he was not the sort to sit around and wait for death.
After softly thanking her, Shade accepted the document bag from the taciturn maid:
"Actually, there is one more trivial matter I would like to ask you to help with. It concerns both the Hawthorne Family and the Eddington Family. My attack on Freeman Hawthorne was originally related to this as well."
He did not want to drag Leisha into this, so he merely mentioned that his friend's business had been obstructed by those two families, pointing out the reasons of "poaching business" and "being mentioned a couple of times by an important figure."
Miss Belinder did not care much about such trivial matters:
"You needn't concern yourself with the Black Hand Gang and Hawthorne affair. Freeman Hawthorne was taught a lesson, and the entire Hawthorne Family will keep a low profile for a while. After all, no one knows where that Ring Arcanist came from, so the Dock Office's interference with your friend's business will soon be lifted. As for Eddington..."
She rose and fetched some letter paper from the desk. After carefully writing a letter, she took out her personal seal and stamped it. The blonde maid called Matilda placed it into an envelope, lit the sealing wax and dripped it onto the flap, then pressed the Belinder