Chapter 129

After completing all the contracts and being treated to a full meal, it was already a dark night. I sat side by side with Isaac in the carriage. As I relaxed, my body became sluggish. I patted him on the shoulder and whispered to him, "The couple's acting was fine."

Isaac gently held my hand and whispered playfully, "I haven't finished acting yet." He smiled softly and tucked my messy hair behind my ear. "Real acting has to be perfect until you get off the carriage."

I grinned at his eyes. This was definitely a temptation. However, I was gradually becoming immune to his advances. I smiled, raised my eyebrows, and whispered softly, "Okay, honey." When I was acting earlier, I was overwhelmed with emotions that I was not aware of.

I pressed my beating heart with one hand and looked at him again. At that moment, the sweet pounding stayed where it was, and the tension rose again.

As Isaac said, it's not over yet. I also need to ask how the plan is going...

I took my eyes off Isaac and looked inside the carriage. Seeing that he didn't point out the word "acting" separately, it seemed that there was probably no security magic on the carriage.

I flicked my index finger at Isaac. "Come here."

"As you wish." Isaac lowered his long eyelashes and brought his face close to mine.

I whispered in his ear in a husky, low voice, "You have all the evidence of Lennox's crimes, right?"

"Yes, it's in the magical tool."

I let out a sigh of relief at his confident answer. The plan he had made with me in that room had worked.

What do you plan to do after entering a room full of magical tools?

"I'm going to use my psychometry skills."

Yes? Psychometry?

To put it simply, it's the ability to touch objects and read the history and memories contained within them.

"What exactly did Lennox do?"

I had a rough idea of what Lennox would have done. But listening to the story accurately was another matter. However, the question I asked without much thought seemed to weigh heavily on Isaac.

Isaac's expression...

In an instant, Isaac's face became unusually cold. I looked at him and said what I had been thinking about for a long time. "…Lennox wasn't just a thief."

"Yes, he killed the wizard who had the item and took the memento."

I patted his back and whispered in a low voice, "If you even committed murder... he's garbage."

Isaac's expression as he looked down at me became complicated. I could see regret and anger running through his face.

Did you know the dead wizards?

Since he was the owner of the mage tower, he must have known many wizards. It was hard to fathom his painful feelings. I bit my lip and continued speaking, "You have to pay for your sins, right?"

At my words, Isaac replied by opening the window next to me. "Yes, absolutely. And finally..."

A cool breeze blew in from outside the window. At the same time, a small messenger bird, as if sent by someone, clung to the carriage window. A small bird with a large letter in its mouth suddenly slipped into the carriage. Unlike me, who was just petting the bird sitting on my lap, Isaac took the letter from the corner of the bird's mouth.

"The secret wizard has sent you evidence."

Listening to the chirping of birds, we immediately opened the letter and read it. After carefully checking all the details written on the letter, we exchanged secret glances with each other.

"It's more than I expected, Mel."

"That's enough... Yes, I can finish it all at once."

What we had set up was a triple plan, to be precise.

Impersonate a couple from the Magic Kingdom to confirm the existence of magical tools inside the mansion.

While Duke Hesman's security personnel are concentrated on the Magic Kingdom couple, send a wizard to search the inside of the mansion.

Both the first and second plans were brilliantly successful. And the third and final plan...

"It's time to implement the last plan." Isaac cast a silent gaze at me. I also stared at him. The agreement between us was enough with a short exchange of glances.

I looked out the open window and lowered my eyes and opened them again.

That's funny.

At this moment, the carriage was running down the main road. Perhaps around this corner, we would arrive at the manor where the Marquis Padel and his wife were staying.

Will it continue like this, or...?

I opened the window a little more. The wind hit my face. I roughly stroked the hair on my face and shouted loudly at the coachman, "Turn the carriage around."

The coachman, who had already been bought by Isaac, turned back. As I guessed, the coachman, who was running hard while whipping the horse, slowed down and asked too politely, "Yes, where are you going?" As the speed slowed down, the loud sound of the wind subsided.

"Where are you going..."

There would be only one way to secretly confiscate and search Duke Hesman, the highest-ranking noble in the empire and one of the most prominent families in the country. I slowly opened my mouth.

The next morning, at the Duke of Hesman's residence.

Duke Lennox Hesman was in the midst of a refreshing breeze and making plans for the future. He decided to receive the magical tool next week. When the ships of the Magic Kingdom arrived, he was to inform the public about their interactions with them.

The sooner the better, so let's secretly spread the rumor.

In recent years, some of the great aristocrats who had invested in the Hesman family were reluctant to use their funds. He turned his mind to the Magic Kingdom couple he had met yesterday.

"Of course, it would be suspicious that you picked up the tiara of the Marquis of Kinnoa." But they would probably hardly betray him. This was because they had written a confidentiality oath and even shared a contract with the Magic Kingdom.

"Yesterday, the fire on the north spire, where all the materials were collected, also subsided briefly." In case he didn't know, he was planning to do a full investigation again during lunch today. Most of the materials on the north spire were treasures that should not be leaked to the outside world. But...

"So far, everything is perfect."

An indescribably brilliant future was drawn in front of his eyes. However, his peaceful time was shattered by the commotion outside the open window. There was a loud noise outside the door where something was broken and tapestries were falling. He heard the sound of the knights scrambling.

What kind of fuss is this?

Lennox frowned and opened the door to his bedroom. If someone accidentally woke him up, he intended to reprimand him for his carelessness. However, contrary to his expectations, armed knights were camped outside the bedroom. Lennox, with his eyes wide open, looked around. They were not his own knights. Upon closer inspection, he could see the mark of the Knights of the Imperial Palace on the uniforms.

"Are you the Knights of the Imperial Palace?"

It was an unprecedented situation in which the Knights of the Imperial Palace dared to infiltrate the Duke of Hesman's residence. Duke Hesman rebuked them in a cold and stern voice, "What kind of rudeness is this? To dare to break into the Hesman family's mansion without warning."

The drivers did not answer, just creating a sullen atmosphere. It was quite a strange behavior. The first suspicion was that the Imperial Knights dared to break into his mansion, and the second was that the security bell did not ring. It was designed to ring a security bell if someone infiltrated or broke into his mansion without permission. But today, the bell never rang.

As he strained his eyes and looked around, he heard a strange man's voice in his ear. "It seems that you have noticed something strange."

Lennox cast his gaze towards the sound he heard. Beyond the knights standing still, a man walked in from the end of the hallway. Unlike the knights, who were heavily armed with all kinds of weapons, he wore a light shirt. His dark hair and black eyes stared at him as if provoking him.

It's a face that I have seen a lot somewhere.

It was a car that looked at a face that was not unfamiliar as if it were a stranger. The man called out to him in a low-pitched voice with good resonance.

"Duke Lennox Hesman."

"Who are you?"

"The master of the things you have stolen."

Duke Hesman, who was panicked for a moment, quickly regained his senses. The man in front of him was intimidating, but it wasn't a big deal. This was in his kingdom-like mansion.

Duke Hesman looked at the questioning man in front of him with a stiff expression and whispered coldly, "You need to explain your identity to me. Even this situation, it's all."

The man still had no answer. He just took one step closer to his eyes. But the Duke of Hesman did not flinch even at his lifelike expression. His power was too strong for that. He thought as he clenched the knife around his waist.

If I have to, I'll cut him down.

Just as he was thinking about it and was on his feet, a woman peeked out from behind the back of the strange man. "Oh, it was really hard to sneak in here."

He glared at the woman. A familiar voice and a hatefully familiar face.

"Meldenik...!"

"Hello, Your Excellency." She walked over leisurely, grinned, and pointed her index finger at his waist. "Traitors should not use swords."

...A traitor?

Of course, there were quite a few actions that caught my mind. However, there would not be a single piece of evidence for all his actions.

Are you going to conduct a search and seizure to obtain physical evidence of my treason?

Lennox, who was grinning at me, glared at the woman who was frowning in front of me. But despite his lifelike gaze, Meldenik only smirked and folded his arms in front of his chest.