After Yetana agreed, Solam let out a sigh of relief. It was not that Solam wanted to investigate this himself; he simply did not want Sokya and the others investigating!
Given how deeply infatuated Digla was, he would never leave without finding the woman named Natalie Ann. If Sokya and the Radiance Church took over the investigation, who knew what might happen.
As one of the continent's most powerful true god churches, the Radiance Church's strength was beyond question. It had countless gifted and extraordinary individuals; Solam would not find it strange at all if someone like Sherlock Holmes appeared among them.
So, to keep Digla and Sokya from clashing, Solam could only step forward and take the matter upon himself. Fortunately, because the matter involved secrets within the royal family, Sokya had voluntarily avoided suspicion and stayed out of it, giving Solam the initiative.
With that excuse, the Radiance Church presumably would not investigate on its own either. That meant Digla was safe for the time being.
That was why Solam did not care about Yetana's threat in the slightest.
Once everything had been settled, Solam took Philip and Digla and left of their own accord, while Yetana and Sokya had to return to the knights' tournament. By custom, during the tournament, the Grand Duke had to remain in the temporary palace at the venue. (Which was really just a more luxurious tent.)
As for everyone else, Yetana took them away as well. After all, she still needed to make sure they kept their mouths shut.
Milps Restaurant, Beauclair's most prestigious restaurant, was usually bustling with customers. But because of the knights' tournament, all the city's nobles and officials had left for the outskirts, and even this place had become much quieter.
In a corner of the restaurant,