"What are you saying, you artificial familiar?!"
Goredolf's voice rose again as he flushed red and tried to argue with Leonardo da Vinci.
"The files are over there. I just didn't show them to you before because the investigation wasn't complete. But there's no need to keep investigating now, so go ahead and read them."
Leonardo da Vinci sighed.
If possible, she truly wished there were a mage family called the Hyde Family, and that Jefferson Hyde was one of its members.
But the investigation had yielded this result.
The information Fujimaru Ritsuka had brought back had extinguished her last lingering hope.
Both the Hyde Family and the name Jefferson Hyde were fake, nothing more than a layer of skin used for disguise.
Ruslan—without a doubt, that was his real name.
"Th-This..."
Trembling, Goredolf picked up the files Leonardo da Vinci had mentioned, but he had no patience to actually read them. After only a few glances, he put them down.
"You can't jump to conclusions so easily. As director, I will not permit it!"
"...In any case, hurry up and heal Berserker! We still need to proceed with the next stage of the operation!"
Goredolf said through gritted teeth, his expression ugly. After saying that, he turned and walked out of the infirmary.
Leonardo da Vinci and Fujimaru Ritsuka exchanged a glance and sighed together.
Fujimaru Ritsuka aside, Leonardo da Vinci fully understood how Goredolf felt right now.
The fact that the friend who had betrayed him had been deceiving him from the very beginning was simply too cruel for Goredolf, who had regarded that person as his only true friend.
Then what about Lawrence?
What about the annos?
"How is Mr. Norla doing now?"
Walking over to the bed and looking at Norla, whose eyes were tightly shut