Lentax Great City, inside the Marquis's castle.
Prince Carter sat blankly at the table, his spirits low, seemingly lost in thought.
[The Radiant Warrior Kaji Mizte] remained tense throughout, looking as though he bore a deep and bitter grudge.
Only the Sorensen brothers, played by Zong Shen and Little Blackie, were unaffected by that brief episode.
The silent atmosphere made Little Blackie, who had never been able to sit still, somewhat uncomfortable.
Several times, it wanted to speak, but forcibly restrained the urge to blurt something out.
This left it fidgeting, scratching its neck or blinking every now and then.
Fortunately, neither Kaji Mizte nor the prince himself knew much about the Bulijie Sorensen it was playing.
They had only vaguely heard of some of the brothers' exploits and knew that they were the unruly sort of street thugs, commoners by birth, unlike Radiant Warriors, who had undergone strict discipline and training.
Such unrefined behavior was therefore fairly normal.
But compared to Little Blackie's restlessness, Zong Shen remained calm from beginning to end.
Taking advantage of this time when he did not need to focus on acting, he used the new clues as a lead to look up much key information.
The anomalies he had discovered earlier were also explained in the Strategy Module's notes.
Before taking action, Zong Shen had already noticed several issues.
The first was Prince Carter's reaction. His obsession with Penny could barely be explained by love and a love-addled brain, but after [Halfling Scout Da Majia] was captured by Zong, the prince's behavior became thought-provoking.
He would rather have the Grand Duke urgently dispatch a new legendary expert from the distant great city for protection than leave Lentax Great City.
Even just now, Prince Carter had already noticed Marquis Henry's hostility and abnormal behavior, yet