Chapter 232

【Their appearing here is, as expected, within reason.】

Welt analyzed the situation briefly,

and the two of them continued forward.

【Although there's no one's aura here... they've deployed quite a few Memes to patrol the area.】

Huang Quan looked at the Memes guarding the front gate,

and together with Welt, directly took care of it.

【It looks like something dropped off it.】

Welt bent down,

and picked up an item from where the Memes had dissipated.

【This is... a note?】

【It seems to be instructions left by the butler for the other servants.】

Huang Quan, looking at the paper in Welt's hand, couldn't help but speak up.

【It seems the staff of the Dewlight Pavilion were assigned other tasks...】

【And this had already begun before Robin's death.】

【... Perhaps it's a labor-intensive project, like the Harmony Grand Ceremony.】

Welt glanced at the contents of the note,

and made a guess.

【But logically speaking... no matter how important the matter, shouldn't some people have been left behind in the family forbidden grounds to stand by?】

This situation

left Huang Quan somewhat puzzled.

【You mean...】

【Someone deliberately led them away?】

Welt caught the meaning behind Huang Quan's words.

【Mm, but I don't know what for.】

Huang Quan shook her head,

unable to make any further guesses.

Immediately, the two continued on,

wanting to seek out more clues.

【... There's still no one here.】

The two walked into the council chamber,

but the place was completely empty.

【Since no one's here to entertain us, let's help ourselves.】

【Please stay close to me, so that White can cover you too.】

Huang Quan gave Welt a reminder,

and then the two began freely searching for clues within the council chamber.

【The Trailblaze crew had only just arrived in Penacony not long ago when Mr. Sunday came to receive us with Ms. Robin.】

【I felt then that there was something odd about her voice...】

【Now it seems, that was indeed the case.】

Welt found a letter Robin had sent to Sunday,

which recorded some of the investigations Robin had carried out after discovering her voice was abnormal,

and at the end, attached some concern for her own brother.

【Ms. Robin believed this was because the Path of Harmony had been subjected to some kind of interference.】

【But as far as I know, existences capable of interfering with the great power of a Path are exceedingly few.】

After reading the letter, Huang Quan

felt something was off.

【What Ms. Huang Quan means is...】

Welt looked toward Huang Quan.

【If there really is a traitor within the family...】

【That person must hold a high position, or possess unfathomably deep strength.】

Huang Quan mused.

【This also explains why Mr. Sunday has been unable to catch the traitor for so long.】

Stelle: "Huh, Uncle Yang and Huang Quan actually both snuck into Sunday's council chamber."

Stelle: "By the way, where did all the guards here run off to?"

Stelle: "When Topaz went in, weren't there still people guarding this place?"

March 7th: "No idea, I just feel the atmosphere here isn't quite the same as when Topaz went in."

March 7th: "And those Memes... what method did the family use to pull them out from that locked dreamscape?"

Hu Tao: "Could it be... these Memes are something the family cooked up?"

Hu Tao: "Hard to say, but judging from the letter Ms. Robin sent to Mr. Sunday, the family's traitor might even be the head of the household!"

Hu Tao: "That would be quite something!"

Furina: "A traitor in a high position..."

Furina: "If he wanted to do something in secret, it would probably be easy for him, wouldn't it?"

Robin: "Brother, this traitor — do you have any leads?"

Sunday: "... Not yet."

Lumine: "Even Mr. Sunday doesn't know — it seems this traitor is hiding very deep!"

Paimon: "Um... my focus might be a bit strange, but Young Lady Robin, at the very end of the letter, it's full of concern for her brother."

Paimon: "And she even brought him delicious food!"

Paimon: "I just want to ask — that Terrorbird Pudding Egg Tart, Ako's Wild Strawberries, and Medici Almond Meringue Crisp!"

Paimon: "Are these things tasty?! (drooling. jpg)"

Sunday: "Mm... they're delicious."

Sunday: "All rare sweets."

Paimon: "Wow... I really want a taste too..."

Lumine: "... Paimon, you really do have a special fondness for food, after all..."