Before dawn, Lady Anna was already busy at 2 Kirk Street.
Egg sandwiches and ham sandwiches made with raw toast, milk, and the peanut butter Arthur liked.
Ever since trying the soft bread with its distinctive texture, Arthur had become utterly obsessed with raw toast over the past two days. He had switched to it not only for breakfast, but for late-night snacks as well.
Of course, his habit of reading the newspaper over breakfast hadn't changed.
Today, however, brought something unexpected-
"South Los 'Medium' Arthur Credos locates the vicious Sakiri of the 'Dokiman Island Devils' through divination!"
The bold type and exceptionally long headline were particularly eye-catching.
The article focused on how Arthur had accepted the Countess of South Los's commission and located Sakiri through divination.
Then Sakiri had been killed in a single strike by the Countess's guards.
There was plenty of artistic embellishment along the way.
Both the prose and the pacing were more than a cut above Garcia's writing.
Clearly, a truly accomplished writer had written it.
Even Arthur, who had personally experienced the events, felt after reading it that this must have been how things happened.
As for why the Countess had done this?
Arthur knew perfectly well.
She simply wanted to stamp him irrevocably as belonging to the House of South Los.
That would leave the Old Lion of the Inner Bay no opening to exploit.
Arthur didn't mind.
He was going to the Inner Bay to seek justice for his mother.
If he gained anything more as a result, it would surely be his mother's spirit watching over him from heaven.
Anything beyond that?
Nothing else mattered.
Now, though, Arthur was rather looking forward to finding out what the Countess of South Los would give him besides the [Griffin Spirituality Potion].
There would