After Kurantiel became Kizef’s teacher, he concentrated on training day after day. Because of that, Raven was unable to properly establish a connection with him.
Kurantiel often had spiritual training with Kizef, and the last time Raven hid in his shadow, he was treated like Satan and was severely scolded.
Raven shook his head when he remembered that moment.
‘……You’d better get away from my disciple.’
Kurantiel, who had warned him with a cold look, soon cast the Holy Dragon’s protection magic on Kizef.
Well, even if he did that, he was still able to come into contact with Kizef who had manifested the attribute of Darkness.
However, these days, the two were almost always together, so the problem was that there was no time to meet with Kizef.
‘How can there be a Grim Ripper who can’t even meet his contractor!’
He was literally floating in the air. Plus, the last time he met, Kizef said.
‘Just wait patiently for the time being. Because this is all for our sake.’
He only said so because he didn’t know what to say, and then he just went back to his teacher.
Raven, full of complaints, realized that it had been a long time since he had last eaten chocolate.
While he was wandering around the Duke’s castle in a state of black smoke, he saw a small silver-haired child busily running around and quietly raised his mouth.
The child had stronger holy energy surrounding her, but he could take her as an opponent because there was no one around to interfere.
(Note: It might be Evelyn’s last Dragon’s blessings dozens of chapters back. It amounts to at most 2-3 months’ time in the timeline.)
Swoosh.
When Raven appeared, Luciel’s eyes widened.
“Hi. My contractor’s bride. Oh, we are really in vague terms of title because I called you by such a nickname, didn’t I?”
“……Raven?”
“You remembered my name.”
Seeing Raven smiling softly, Luciel tilted her head.
“Do you have anything to do with me other than Kizef’s matters?”
“……I can’t approach him right now. So, give me some chocolate instead.”
“……What? It’s not difficult, but since I’ve lived twice, I know that nothing in the world is free.”
“……What do you want?”
For a brief moment, Luciel’s eyes lit up, and scanned her opponent.
“Can Raven go anywhere if you change in black smoke?”
“What is that about? Well, I can go, but if I leave Kizef, the contractor’s side for too long, I’ll be in trouble, because this is definitely a body that belongs to the afterworld.”
Luciel’s ears perked up.
“I see. All right. I’ll go to my villa to talk about work, but first I’ll go to the kitchen and get some chocolate.”
As Luciel spoke with an innocent smile, Raven felt as if he was somehow tested by a little kid, but it was all right.
He has to fill up his daily intake of sugar.
Soon, a chocolate heaven was spread out on the table of Luciel’s villa.
From pavé chocolates to crunchy ones, and chocolates with cream, nuts, and fruits, Raven looked at the sweet scent of more than a hundred chocolates. The final king was a chocolate cake topped with ganache cream.
Raven, unable to keep his mouth shut, praised Luciel’s kitchen authority.
“Wow, Luciel is the best. No, Lady Luciel is the best!”
“……After all, boys like chocolate.”
Luciel nodded her head as if she couldn’t stop it. She put a bar of round chocolate in her mouth and opened the newspaper today.
Luciel muttered after seeing that Cicline’s name was on the approved candidate list.
“Good.”
Raven, who was filled with sugar while murmuring strange things, asked carefully while rolling his golden eyes.
“……But what do you want from me?”
Luciel simply said.
“Be my informant.”
Raven frowned.
“So you’re telling me to become your servant? Do you think I will listen to a human who is not my contractor?”
“I’m not asking you to become a subordinate, but what if I ask you to make a deal that promotes cooperation?”
“I may look like this, but I’m pretty busy. All right?”
“……You look pretty laid back for that. Well, I won’t force you if you don’t want to. Shall we put away the chocolate then?”
Luciel grasped the end of the tablecloth. If she pull it as is, all the chocolate would spill on the floor.
“……Hey, come on, wait a minute. I’m only thinking about it, okay?”
Raven was still savoring the enchanting sweetness that remained in his mouth.
As a Grim Ripper, the only pleasure allowed was to feel this sweet taste. He doesn’t taste anything else, and he doesn’t even sleep.
Luciel opened a box of praline chocolates wrapped in gold leaf.
“The price is chocolate. I will give you as much as you want.”
Raven’s golden eyes fluttered and the result was a victory for Luciel.
“Well, what can I do?”
“Just what an informant usually does. You just have to sneak in and tell me what you saw and heard.”
“What information do you want me to get? I’m not like a normal information guild, am I?”
Luciel said.
“Well, I have something to check before that. How far and for how long can you be away from Kizef?”
“……Well, the area of the whole Empire is possible. However, the time is about 15 days.”
“Really? Ravens can teleport, and can’t be seen by others. You really fit the role perfectly.”
“……is that so?”
When Luciel praised him with admiration, Raven’s ears fluttered.
“I have something to do first.”
“What is it?”
“I have someone to look into.”
Luciel’s crimson eyes deepened as she thought of Reynold.
After having his plans of marrying Prince Claudia blocked he seems unusually quiet, but by now, Reynold might have been planning something different.
“The period is about a week. Find out who is near Prince Reynold and who he meets.”
“Well……You mean the one who made you suffer and ruined Bellstein in the past?”
Raven remembered the vicious person he had seen in Luciel’s past.
“That’s right.”
“If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be better to plant spies in the Imperial Palace than use me?”
“Maybe father-in-law will use his own hands. But there’s nothing wrong with having a lot of information available.”
“So that’s why you are going to make good use of me.”
“I should do everything I can.”
“I don’t know what will happen in a week, but I’ll just go first.”
“Thank you, Raven.”
Luciel smiled softly. She was also pleased with the information reports rolling in. Even if there are no results in this work, there will be many places to send him in the future.
‘I’ll have to try to seduce him more after this job.’
* * *
“Sir, what about the Silent Island matters? According to the land seller, there was an inquiry about whether people could tour the island.”
Hearing Ellington’s report, the Duke’s eyebrows slowly rose.
“Find out who tried to buy it.”
Since it was an island that Luciel had recommended, the Duke was also actively considering the purchase of land.
However, it was not urgent, so he was planning to purchase it next month.
After looking into who tried to buy the Island, if it was Marquis Cavill, I thought I should buy it in advance.
“I see. But if it was Cavill, there would have been some word on the part of Hawkeye.”
The Duke was of the same opinion with Ellington’s speculation, but if he had only looked around before buying, Hawkeye may have overlooked or missed it.
“How was the island?”
“The last time I visited, it was quite a remote place, but the view was amazing. I looked at the sea, but I was dumbfounded. I also recommend you to go to a resort.”
“…Really? I’d love to take the kids with me.”
“It will be a good memory to visit with your wife before going on a family trip.”
“I’ll take care of that.”
“Oh, and Hawkeye seems to have secured a list of the magic swords owned by the Hendrick imperial family to some extent. It may not be perfect.”
“There’s no need for it to be perfect at this point. I’ll check it out soon. And isn’t it time to plant our people in the imperial family too? If we want to paint a new picture in the future.”
Louivid raised his lips and put on a thin coat for summer. Seeing his master getting ready to leave, Ellington followed along with papers and asked.
“……Are you going straight to the assembly hall? There seems to be no meeting today.”
“No, I have an appointment.”
“An appointment? Is this an outside meeting?”
Ellington thought something was strange because he had not heard from the other aides of extra schedules.
“A promise with my wife.”
“……Oh, oh! Congratulations, your Grace.”
“Why should I be congratulated for having an appointment with my wife?”
“Oh, it’s not….Have a good time.”
“…….”
Ellington held back a chuckle, then shut his mouth as a bloody gaze returned to him.
At that moment, a communication port shone in his pocket.
“Oh my god, I’m swamped with work.”
Ellington’s shoulders were droopy, but when he knew who the caller was, he quickly turned his expectations around.
―Ellington, is it you? Come to the studio.
“Count Gallius! Oh, how many crafts are done?”
―Come check it out. I’m hanging up!
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“Ah, I….Excuse me? Count……?”
It was news that the Little Madam was eagerly waiting for, he tried to get anything to report as soon as possible, but communication had already been cut off.
Gallius arrogance was still there, but the fact that he sent a message meant he had something to show.
‘I mean, he’s not the type of person who’s going to make a lot of noise for nothing.’
In any case, dealing with high-handed people seemed to make every little thing exhausting. Ellington decided to go ahead and quickly tell Luciel the news.