Attentive Service

Sifa put away his Gold Pounds. The headless "butler" finally set down the box it had been holding and placed a ball invitation and another envelope on top.

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After setting everything down, the headless "butler" seemed dissatisfied with the arrangement. It carefully adjusted the angles until the invitation and envelope overlapped neatly in the center of the wooden box. Only then did it step back, bow, and leave.

Sifa's mouth twitched. Did Oswald's messenger have a compulsive streak?

He did not rush to examine the contents of the box or the envelope. Instead, he continued reading the information on Beckron.

According to Oswald's intelligence, Beckron was a Beyonder himself: a Sequence 6 Conspirer. He also had a protector named Rosago, who was suspected of belonging to the Secret Order. Rosago was at least a Sequence 6 Faceless of the Seer Pathway, and might even be a Marionettist.

The Intis ambassador had also secretly backed the Zimang Party in Backlund and helped a man named Meursault become a Beyonder—a Hunter.

Sifa was genuinely surprised.

The Intis ambassador has quite a force in Backlund. He's a Beyonder himself, and his protector follows the Seer Pathway. That man is at least Sequence 6, perhaps even Sequence 5.

A formidable lineup, all right.

And Beckron even controls the Zimang Party—an entire gang. No wonder he's Intis's intelligence chief in the kingdom.

"Recently, Beckron appears to have been competing with the kingdom's MI9 over a certain object. They've clashed several times already. In one encounter, they even exchanged fire on White Rum Street. Beckron seems to have organized this ball deliberately to avoid suspicion, and his capable subordinate Rosago has hardly been at his side these past few days."

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