GDC 73

Chapter 73 – Sparks of Passion

A short while ago, the Grand Duke called me in to tell me the outcome of the punishment for the criminals.

“I remember you said you’d handle it yourself, but…”

He hesitated, then told me they had found out who was behind it. I thought for sure he’d name the head maid.

But the name that came out of his mouth was, unexpectedly,

“Is the person you had in mind the daughter of Count Avoir?”

“Lady Meisel?”

When I asked how he figured it out, he said he noticed that the culprit was paid 200 coins.

“The kind of people who loiter around taverns would take the job for 10 coins. Giving that much money meant it had to be someone from a noble house with no sense of money.”

Then, after “unofficially” checking the bank’s withdrawal records, the only person who matched was…