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Jin couldn't help but doubt his own eyes for a moment.
Is she crazy... She's doing this here?'
His mind was blown, and he was almost speechless, but after a while, Jin had to realize an even more shocking fact.
No one in the reception room had witnessed Margiella's actions.
Even a 5-star knight, or anyone with decent observational skills, would easily notice such a scene. But all the martial artists who had reached the peak had missed it.
It was a strange phenomenon.
'Even this woman is strange.'
Was it just a coincidence?
Thinking that way, there were too many people in the reception room. Moreover, with Rosa present, the probability of all of them 'coincidentally' missing Margiella's actions was lower than winning the lottery.
"Can I say it here?"
Since no one had seen Margiella's muttering, no one found it odd when Berakt replied to Jin's question.
However, Berakt's response made the enforcement knights alert once again.
Berakt seemed to want to talk to Jin personally despite having Rosa in front of him.
"I don't mind."
As the 12th Knight, Jin couldn't give any other response.
"That's fortunate."
Berakt paused for a moment before continuing.
"It is valuable information that you cannot buy with money. First of all, I hope you know that our leader thinks highly of you."
"I've felt that way for a while, but it seems like Kinzelo lacks talented individuals."
"There aren't many worthy humans in this world. Here's the information I'll share with you. You are not the only one searching for the tomb."
Jin's eyes almost widened in surprise.
There is only one person whose tomb Jin is looking for.
'The tomb of Temar... someone else is looking for it, besides me?'
Despite barely maintaining his composure, Berakt smiled, clearly noticing Jin's bewilderment.
"Our leader said that just saying that much should be enough for you to understand."
"It's intriguing information."
Jin replied nonchalantly, but his mind quickly became complicated.
'Kinzelo themselve? Zipfel? Either way, what do they want to do by finding Temar's tomb? And how did Kinzelo know that I was searching for the tomb? There's no connecting point.'
The most likely possibility was recent events.
The day when Berakt and Margiella came to the cave of the small beastmen to help Jin.
'During the process of breaking the barrier of the Felinoids tribe, the spectre corps found information about Temar's tomb, and Berakt interrogated them before killing them...?'
It didn't seem likely. Even if Berakt was powerful, it was hard to believe that the top-level mages like the spectres would be afraid of death and spill information.
'Kinzelo had known about the information regarding Temar's tomb even before. Their leader is someone who existed even in Temar's era, so it's possible he confirmed that Zipfel is searching for the tomb."
Coming to this conclusion, Jin met Berakt's eyes.
"Then tell me what you want from me."
Return the stolen item, the compass.
Naturally, Jin expected to hear that, but once again, Berakt said something different.
"Cosmetics."
"What did you say?"
"I want one sample of the cosmetics that the beastmen are selling. Its name... was it wood?"
"It's Jade, Sir Berakt."
"Ah, right. Jade. Can you give me some, Jin Runcandel?"
Even without asking, Jin could tell why Kinzelo was making this foolish request.
'Bubare, that crazy bastard, wants to see a trial. It seems like he's not getting enough work lately."
In the business reports Jin received from the Golden Snow tribe every week, containing information about customers using the Jade product, along with their sales figures.
The number of Jade users was rapidly increasing. Since Jin knew there was only one person doing the "disguise business" before, Bubare must be taking the hit.
Without hesitation, Jin nodded.
"If you give me an address, I'll send it to you."
"Great, it looks like things are settled. Well then... Rosa."
"Speak."
"How about having a drink together after a long time? Only two of us. To be honest, I'm curious about the taste of alcohol back then; it probably won't be the same."
Rosa responded obediently.
"Everyone, leave."
The enforcement knights left the reception room with disciplined steps. No one questioned the fact that Rosa and Berakt were left alone; they simply went outside to wait.
"You guys wait outside as well. The warriors can wait outside of the Garden of Swords."
Thanks to Rosa's approval, Jin could naturally have a separate conversation with Bishkel and Margiella.
'Since my mother also hopes that I'll gain more information from them, she created this opportunity.'
The fact that you are not the only one searching for the tomb, gave Rosa new information about her youngest son's activities.
"I want a drink too!"
As they left the reception room, Margiella spoke up.
"Sure, let's do that."
Boom!
Suddenly, Murakan transformed back into his human form and narrowed his eyes. Margiella reacted with exaggerated awe and admiration.
"Kid."
"Yes?"
"I need to hear their conversation."
Murakan's face showed some annoyance.
-Anyway, the youngest must continue to raise his reputation. Otherwise, he won't be recognized by the Runcandel, even if he becomes a flagbearer. Does that explanation suffice?
-Yes, then I have one more question.
-Please speak.
-Where is Temar's tomb?
-I don't know. May I leave now?
It was because of the conversation Murakan had with Rosa shortly after Jin became the flagbearer.
Although now he was a Guardian Dragon of Jin, Murakan originally existed to protect the entire Runcandel.
In Murakan's view, if a story about Temar's tomb came up, Rosa should have been the one to suggest that we hear the information together.
"My mother and Sir Berakt?"
"Yeah. If I go back in now, your mother won't have any reason to chase me away."
"Well, go on then. Just don't get upset if they tell you to leave and come back to our room."
"Understood."
Murakan returned to the reception room, while Jin, Bishkel, and Margiella headed to Jin's room.
"Could you please prepare some tea, Gilly?"
Margiella was a person with exceptional affability. She praised the tea to the point where Gilly's lips unconsciously formed a smile. However, she continued to remain cautious around Margiella. After all, Kinzelo had been Jin's enemy since his cadet days.
"What's your rank in Kinzelo? Sir Bishkel."
"I'm the vice-leader."
As if there was no need to hide, Bishkel readily disclosed his rank.
"I feel disappointed. When I first heard that you were part of Kinzelo, I thought you were seeking their power to restore your clan. But it seems you have a completely different purpose."
"Though you might be disappointed, I was actually deceived, Sir Jin. It happened when you visited the Principality of Kurano during your reserve flagbearer days. I don't know what you did that day, but you managed to obtain information about the compass."
Since there was no evidence, there was no need to admit to something that didn't require confirmation.
"Except for the fact that I was planning to kill Bubare that day, I don't think I made any mistakes. But do you want the compass back?"
"No, it's ridiculous to ask for something that was taken from you in a battle. That item now belongs to you, sir."
"You don't really seem to mind. As long as Bubare exists, you can recreate it anytime."
"Not necessarily. I just have faith that when Sir Jin uses the compass, you won't do anything that benefits Zipfel."
As Jin shrugged, Margiella spoke up.
"Perhaps you have no idea how much trouble we went through to appease Mr. Bubare because of the compass, Sir Jin."
"It seems that Bubare Gaston is desperately needed for making your King, the King of the world. Is it true that even Sir Berakt, who could chew up the Spectres, appeases Bubare?"
Jin mentioned Kinzelo's 'great cause' directly, but Bishkel's expression remained unchanged.
However, Bishkel was also suppressing his emotions, and deep down, he was surprised.
'Our great cause has not been publicly revealed, so how do he know about it? Was the information leaked?'
There had been no leaks of information about the great cause.
Jin learned about it before his regression. However, Bishkel had no way of knowing that.
"Feel free to think whatever you want."
"The power of chaos seems to be quite remarkable. Both Bubare Gaston and Ms. Margiella are examples of that."
It was still a guess that Margiella also possessed the 'power of chaos'.
Bishkel narrowed his eyes.
"...It's not good to casually talk about things you're not sure of, Sir Jin."
"It won't be worse than Kinzelo coming to the Runcandel and talking about the tomb."
Since earlier, Jin hadn't been pleased with that fact.
If Kinzelo really wanted to recruit him or propose an alliance, they could have conveyed that information in places where they wouldn't be heard.
"I suppose Kinzelo brought up the topic of the tomb in front of my mother and the enforcement knights because it benefited them. Apart from me, the Runcandel didn't seem to know much about the tomb."
After today, Jin was convinced that the Runcandel would invest their full effort in finding Temar's tomb.
It was only natural that he would face restrictions when independently searching for the tomb.
'I can move in secret, but in the process of finding the tomb, I will inevitably come across other members of the clan.'
Since Jin is the only contractor of Solderet, there would be no need to share what he obtained from the tomb. However, it was still bothersome.
'I need to ensure that the clan's search for the tomb benefits me as well.'
Temar's tomb.
The Runcandel would now be involved in finding it, and there were already others searching for it.
In that case, the benefits Jin could gain were clear.
'I can use my clan as a shield. It can obstruct other forces from finding the tomb or prevent them from approaching it when it's discovered.'
Kinzelo also hoped that Jin would utilize the Runcandel in that way with the information they provided.
"Who else is looking for Temar's tomb?"
Jin asked Margiella, knowing that would be the real information Kinzelo wanted to share with him.
"Who do you think?"
"Zipfel."
"Correct! But that's not all."
Click... Margiella gently placed the teacup back down.
"The Vermont Imperial Family is also looking for the tomb of the first patriarch of Runcandel. Your movements have been exposed to them before, Sir Jin."