Meanwhile, inside the Imperial Grand Hotel.
After John's clarifying speech, Laiya had finally emerged from her dejection. She no longer insisted on carrying out the plan to become Rolian the head maid's backer, but instead obediently asked John about his plans going forward and whether there was anything she could help with.
Seeing that the socially anxious Strong Girl had finally reined in her death smile, John—whose cold sweat had only just dried—had originally intended to fob her off with a few casual words and send this little tyrant away.
After all, experiencing the Grim Reaper's gaze like that once was already more than enough.
But suddenly, he caught sight of the Obsidian Pocket Watch from Ailafia that had been returned to him in his hand.
At that moment, he suddenly recalled that when he had been chatting with Pighead Squad Leader Wendy before their departure, she had told him that, aside from possessing formidable military strength, the Binote Family also held an extremely high status and great power among the grand nobles.
Moreover, because the heads of the family throughout the generations had not only been forthright in character but also deeply understood the ways of the world, the family had maintained a high degree of political cooperation and commercial ties with the other thirteen families.
Although the Binote Family now had only two descendants left due to the tragedy that had wiped out the entire clan—Laiya and Anna, who still did not know her own origins—as an intelligence provider, the Binote Family to which Laiya belonged was undoubtedly one of the outstanding families in the Empire's noble circle.
Furthermore, to prevent the last descendants of the Binote Family from being assassinated, William had personally assigned the elite among the elite of the Inspection Forces to guard the security