The next day, the entire Santa Cruz entered a state of martial law.
Last night's city-wide manhunt by the city guards plunged all residents into panic, and some well-informed people even spread the news about monsters attacking noble manors.
In the palace and castle, Emperor Ota looked extremely ugly at this time. What happened last night clearly made him furious.
If something like this could happen under his own eyes, what kind of shadows would be lurking somewhere he couldn't see?
"Reynolds, how was the investigation last night?"
As if they felt the anger in Emperor Ota's words, the noble ministers below lowered their heads like quails.
When Reynolds was called out, his face turned into a bitter one.
"Your Majesty, the city guards searched the whole city last night, but no trace of mice was found. I failed in my duty this time, please punish me!"
Although what happened last night happened outside the city, the territory of hundreds of miles around Santa Cruz should be under the control of the army outside the city. And the castle of Baron Surrey is on the edge of Santa Cruz city.
I will definitely not be able to escape the responsibility for dereliction of duty.
"Since you city guards can't find it, let the guards take over!"
Hearing Emperor Ota's expressionless words, Reynolds was distressed and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief.
Clement did not know what happened in the palace and castle. At this time, he was receiving compensation from the city guards.
"Your Excellency Baron, here are one hundred gold coins, please accept them!"
In the corridor of the teaching building, Andy handed a bag full of gold coins to Clemont.
"Oh, by the way, Your Excellency Baron! When we were searching the city last night, we found another clue. The wizard named Victor often went to a store called Fox Magic Trading Company to purchase magic materials.
, Fox, the owner of the trading company, has a close relationship with him, but now that Fox has been arrested, if you are interested, you can go there and have a look!"
After Andy left, Clemont shook the bag of gold coins in his hand with a hint of doubt in his expression.
Fox Magic Trading Company? Isn’t that the property of the Oshize Chamber of Commerce? Is the Oshize Chamber of Commerce also related to these two things?
Forget it, one thing to say, until you have no strength, it’s better not to get involved in this kind of thing!
After returning to the classroom, Clemont studied harder.
In the evening, after finishing training, Clemont dragged his tired body to the teaching office.
Looking at the pale baron, Delia's assistant Irene covered her mouth and smiled.
She had heard about the tragic situation during the training class, but she was no longer surprised by this kind of thing.
"Baron Clermont, you came to see His Highness Delia again!"
"Well, is His Highness Delia here?"
Clemont nodded.
"Yes, but he seems to be in a bad mood today. Don't offend him!"
Are you in a bad mood? Is it because of what happened last night?
With doubts, Clemont knocked on the office door.
"Come in!"
Hearing this deep voice, Clemont didn't dare to go in for a while.
"Clement, what do you want from me?"
The chimpanzee-like Delia was sitting behind the table, holding a parchment in his hand and looking at it with a not-so-good look on his face.
"Um, Your Highness, I just want to ask, is there any way to graduate early?"
Hearing this, Delia put down the parchment in her hand and looked at Clemont silently.
The scrutinizing gaze made Clemont sit on pins and needles for a moment.
After a long time, Delia asked softly: "Did you... also notice something?"
Upon hearing this, Clemont quickly shook his head.
"I don't understand what Your Highness means. I just want to go back as soon as possible to share the pressure for my father. My father was seriously injured in his early years and has become ill due to overwork in the family over the years. It's... not long!"
When he said this, Clemente brought a trace of true feelings, because otherwise, he probably wouldn't be able to deceive this shrewd highness.
But what he didn't know was that this sentence was actually Enoch's truest state.
Seeing Clemont's somewhat sad look, Delia let out a breath, and then said with a hint of regret: "I've heard about Enoch, and I haven't seen him since the last time we said goodbye.
I didn’t expect that he would be...ah!"
With a sigh, Delia continued: "If you want to graduate early, then study hard. As long as you finish all the courses early and your strength is promoted to the rank of Grand Knight, I will allow you to graduate early!"
This was pretty much what Clemont thought, but what Delia said later made him think again.
"Not only what happened last night, many similar incidents also occurred in the empire during this period. In addition to the northern border, the Black Robe Wizards' Association appeared in the other three realms. A total of one hundred and six nobles were killed in the attack.
Eighteen people, do you know what this means?"
After hearing what Delia said, Clemont was very surprised. He didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen so many times. If you look at it this way, then this incident is no accident.
What Delia said later confirmed this point.
"Haha, some time ago, the prince of the goblin clan came to his father, hoping to take them in. However, during the subsequent investigation, it was discovered that the reason why the goblin clan did this was because the goblin prince mistakenly killed King Kaya in the Kingdom of Kaya.
favorite son, so they had to seek asylum.
And the large-scale war mobilization in the Kingdom of Kaya is inextricably related to this incident. Coupled with the current turmoil within the empire, the purpose of the people behind this is obvious!"
After Delia finished speaking, she looked at Clemont with a smile.
After hearing what Delia said, Clemont was silent. He didn't understand why Delia told him this. He was just a little baron!
"Your Highness, is there anything I can do for you?"
Seeing Clemont's cautious look, Delia burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, don't be nervous. You can't help much with your current strength. I just want you to know that this world is not as simple as you think."
Well... then I thank you!
Although he knew that Delia had good intentions, how could he be so naive when he came through the soul? Even the country that was a human being in his previous life often had wars, let alone this world with many races.
"Thank you, Your Highness, I understand!"
"Well, that's good if you understand! But I heard Cynthia say that you and her are collaborating on some kind of soap business. How come you never mentioned it to me!"
Damn it, how did this money-hungry gorilla know?
Clemont was a little embarrassed at this time, but fortunately he had thought of his words before.
"Your Highness, soaps are more suitable for women. And the reason why I found Princess Cynthia is because she is very suitable to endorse soaps. Just like you endorse glasses, the effect is completely different! And in comparison, she is very suitable to endorse soaps.
"The profit margin of soap is not high, so you probably don't like this small profit."
After listening to Clemont's words, Delia behind the table looked behind him meaningfully.
And just after saying these words, Clemont suddenly felt a chill in his back.
"Oh! Drizzle? So this is why you asked me to cooperate?"