After Helene left the room with some lingering doubts, Abner rubbed his chin and asked Xio, who was similarly lost in thought, "Baron Larry was the Disciplinary Paladin who was held up by Zombies and Werewolves in the main hall, wasn't he?"
"Yes... it is rather strange... Logically, even if someone had obtained something in the main hall at the end, it should have been Colonel Myron, the Reaper, since he no longer had any opponents by then..." Xio said, sounding puzzled.
"There must be something here that we don't know... The pursuit of Baron Larry should have been a MI9 secret, yet the person who just delivered the message told a maid about it. It was as though someone was deliberately leaking the news." After thinking it over, Abner gave his analysis.
Xio pursed her lips, then suddenly sighed. "It feels like the Loen Military is full of conspiracies... There seem to be all sorts of people in it..."
Although she had no real sense of belonging to MI9, she was still officially one of its members. Princess Vera had also treated her well, so her feelings were inevitably somewhat complicated.
Wasn't that because George III wanted to become a god? To deceive the orthodox churches, he naturally had to sacrifice certain interests and cooperate with some secret organizations... And once there was cooperation, he could not be overly particular about some of their small schemes. He might even have to help fan the flames... Things were bound to become increasingly chaotic.
Although Abner understood the root of the problem, it was not appropriate for him to tell Xio. He merely instructed her to meet up with Princess Vera as soon as possible.
That princess was, after all, a member of the Royal Family. She certainly would not be