When [Death Intuition] flashed, Arthur was taken by surprise.
When [Keen Eyes] and [Reading People] flashed as well, confirming that Harris wanted to kill him, Arthur was even more surprised.
By his reckoning, Harris would be angry and resentful, but he certainly would not develop murderous intent.
Unless...
Something occurred to the young Medium-
Surely this fellow hasn't secretly pocketed some of Isidore's gold?
In the early stages of the Rat Council's collapse, Losek had realized things were going wrong and taken away the most important portion of the Rat Council's assets: Mystic Art items.
After the Rat Council fell, Isidore should have taken the remaining Mystic Art items, including the [Herke Key].
But those were only the most important assets.
There were less important ones, too.
Property, for example.
And gold.
The properties naturally could not have been on Rat Street. They had to be in the Shire District.
Gold was even easier to hide. Any secret chamber that no one knew about would do.
Property is too conspicuous to conceal. All of it would have to be handed over to the Countess. But gold... handing over some and keeping the rest wouldn't be difficult!
Arthur considered this, but his expression betrayed nothing.
He raised a hand and pointed upstairs, then headed for the staircase.
Faced with a matter of gold that could cost him his life, Harris no longer cared about being relegated to the background or looking like a lackey. He hurried into the Worry-Relief Grocery.
The sight caused a small stir among those watching covertly nearby. They could not imagine that Harris, the king of Rat Lane, would follow that Medium like a lackey.
Some of them immediately abandoned their original plans.
At the same time, even more began considering how to mend their relationship with