Under Philip's charm, the maid readily answered Solam's questions. Solam's questions were simple. First, he asked whether she knew Elro, who had died a few days ago.
The maid answered without hesitation. According to her, she had not known Elro before, but a few days ago, a group of grand duchy knights had come storming in and gathered everyone to question them. That was how they learned that the murdered man was called Elro, and that the last place he had visited before his death was their establishment.
Solam then asked who had served Elro.
"Sally was on duty that day! She's at work today too."
"Could you bring Sally over?" Solam asked with a smile.
The maid did not answer Solam. Instead, she hesitantly looked at Philip. She had no intention of giving such a wonderful opportunity to someone else. She had only barely managed to snatch the chance to serve this melancholy, handsome man. If she called Sally over now, wouldn't she just be making herself miserable?
Seeing the maid's hesitation, Solam immediately understood what was going on.
"Don't worry, he's yours. If you don't believe me, you can stay by his side the whole time!"
Damn it, that was truly inhuman! Even after changing his appearance, Philip was still this popular. It was so unfair!
Only after hearing Solam say that did the maid finally agree to fetch Sally.
"Will this really work?" Philip finally voiced his doubts after the maid left. Even now, he could not understand why Solam wanted to find the barmaid who had served Elro on the day he was killed.
"I don't know. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't." Solam shrugged, giving Philip no definite answer. Instead, he asked, "You said before that Digla had never come to the Shining Plains,