Chapter 59
Chapter 59
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The list passed through Pielle's hands and into the inside of the curtain.
I blinked.
"......"
Upon closer inspection, it was data that clearly investigated names and affiliations.
Even what they were currently doing.
I blinked. My thoughts became muddled for a moment.
The list was already compiled? Did Dielo have the same idea as me?
No......
I recalled his blue, shining eyes.
He might have gotten angry during his rampage and tried to wipe them all out with the list.
'......'
Thinking of Dielo holding a sword stained with the blood of a servant, I narrowed my eyes.
Those eyes were definitely shining blue.
It was said that when one went berserk, they lost their reason and became closer to their true nature, so I understood that much.
But even though he had created a hit list of traitors like this, he had left them alive and well until now?
"They're not dead yet, are they?"
When I asked for confirmation, Rick replied cheerfully.
"Yes."
Then it was even stranger.
He went berserk and made a list to kill them all, but when the rampage ended, he just left them alone...... that couldn't be it.
"Did Dielo tell you to find them in advance?"
I needed to be sure whether the information department had found the information on its own or whether Dielo had found it.
Especially.
[Recent: Unusual movement detected. Confirmed to be going out periodically at 2 AM]
Seeing clues like this with dates from two days ago or just a short time ago, it was clear that they had recently been ordered to investigate.
Rick was silent for a moment at my words before speaking.
"This is information that was already known from the time they entered the mansion."
That was probably true.
The information department wouldn't be so foolish as to stand idly by, knowing it was a den of spies.
But still, it was strange. I felt like my head was getting twisted.
Something was off.
Especially about Dielo.
Lately, it felt like the Dielo I knew and the Dielo in the situation that was unfolding were creating a strange conflict.
"......I need to discuss this with Dielo."
I felt like I needed to see what he was thinking, and above all, whether the aftereffects of the rampage still remained.
I was sure I didn't feel anything special in the swimming pool.
That night.
"Dielo."
Dielo's face was somewhat flushed, perhaps because he had been working in the hot office and had just come in.
A sweet and cool scent flowed from him, as if he had washed and applied scented oil, but he couldn't hide the heat.
And surely, that Argenta's unique healing method (?) was effective, and he seemed much more energetic.
"Krua."
Smiling brightly, he approached and looked up at the curtain in the middle of the bedroom.
It was a curtain that had been lowered briefly because of Rick earlier.
"Did someone come inside?"
He must have noticed that the shape of the knot had changed, even though it was always tied up.
His observational skills were truly amazing.
"Rick and Nirua stopped by for a moment earlier."
At my words, Dielo paused. I witnessed his eyes narrowing for a very brief moment.
"......All the way to right in front of the bed, you mean?"
It was certainly a sensitive issue for him.
A strange man had entered the room of a newlywed couple...... but.
It had happened so many times, why now all of a sudden?
I recalled Pielle and the maid drawing the curtains when they came.
Could it be?
"Is Argenta perhaps a little different from Alloze?"
I looked down at the low threshold, similar to a door sill, that ran across the vicinity of the bed.
That boundary, where the particularly thick curtains could be drawn, was the boundary that divided the private area inside the bedroom from the relatively free bedroom outside.
At least in Alloze, it wasn't a problem for someone to enter the bedroom unless they crossed this boundary.
Dielo narrowed his eyes, but instead of denying my words, he said.
"From now on, unless it's urgent, please don't bring others into the bedroom."
His voice had no coercive feeling at all. Rather, it was a voice that seemed to be pleading with me a little.
Like an earnest request.
"......Well, it's bad for rumors."
Even if they were people from the Argenta on the fourth floor, I shouldn't completely trust them.
Just when I was thinking that I had become softer than when I called Dielo soft,
"No."
Dielo blurted out. The moment our eyes met, his pupils seemed a little darker, perhaps because of the lighting.
"It bothers me."
Bothers...... him? I blinked.
After a very brief silence, a smile appeared on Dielo's face.
"It would be troublesome if something bad happened, wouldn't it?"
If you bring people into even a personal space like the bedroom for work, it might give them an excuse to attack, like last time.
Dielo, who was speaking so gently, was somehow speaking at length without even taking a breath.
"......Okay."
Still, in any case, on the outside, he was still my husband.
Well, a husband who left a strange man to enter would cause problems for his dignity.
"I'll be careful."
"Krua doesn't need to be careful."
Then, Dielo sat down on the bed, next to me.
"The one who came in without thinking, even though they were ordered to, is at fault."
Was it my imagination that the room suddenly felt chilly at that moment?
When I looked at him, he smiled brightly.
"But I heard that you found out about the spies, Krua."
He must have received a report from the information department.
I nodded.
"That's right. What are you planning to do with the spies?"
I swallowed the afterthought, 'You've already made a list,' and when I met his eyes, his calm, lake-like eyes sparkled.
—Thud.
Dielo, who had untied the cloth that bound the canopy of the bed, gently raised the corners of his lips.
I looked at him and asked.
"The information department knew about the spies' information from the beginning, right?"
"Yes."
Dielo replied lightly. Of course, but there was even the latest information.
Anyone could see that they had been re-investigated recently.
And the only people who could give such an order, excluding me, were.
"Dielo requested that information recently."
At my words, Dielo turned to look at me. For a very brief moment, blue Magical Power sparkled in his eyes.
He still hadn't escaped the Magical Power of the rampage after all.
"Yes, it's thanks to the teachings of the priest."
My teachings? As I blinked, Dielo continued in a gentle voice.
"To be relentless to the enemy."
At his words, I suddenly remembered seeing his eyes, similar to the ones he had now, several times.
When saving Nirua, and when interrogating the traitors.
He had been watching me with sparkling eyes.
"You taught me well, so I was able to deal with it naturally."
Dielo, who was smiling as he said that, still had a faint blue light swirling in his eyes.
Eyes shining with Magical Power. A typical symptom of emotional outburst.
Was this Dielo's true nature?
Besides, he was acting according to his true nature, and he was acting as I had taught him?
Above all, what I taught him was how to interrogate the enemy, not how to time the moment to twist the enemy's neck without them even knowing.
It seemed like he was too skilled to be doing this because I taught him.
Besides.
'......'
When he gathered the servants in the hall.
His sword was definitely stained with blood. It must have meant that he had cut down a traitor.
At that time, the rampage had just begun, so he was acting much closer to his true nature, but......
It was still strange.
I stared at his calm eyes.
If the true nature he was suppressing was so resolute that he could cut down even a familiar servant if they were a traitor, why had he left them alone now?
He could still treat them so kindly, even while thinking of killing them at any time?
That Dielo Argenta?
Did that make sense?
I was confused as to how much of it was acting and how much was genuine.
"......There's no possibility that the information is wrong, is there?"
When I asked for confirmation, Dielo nodded lightly.
His eyes were still shining blue.
"In case there's a problem with the information, I told them to double-check."
Dielo continued leisurely.
"When I set an example, there were some who wavered."
At those words, my eyes widened slightly.
Was that example perhaps, killing the servants?
Then even that was done with thorough rational judgment?
Or was it that the true nature that was revealed in the rampage was originally like that?
I was starting to get a little confused.
"As Krua, taught me."
Dielo smiled brightly.
I wondered if I was teaching something harsh to someone who was too gentle, but it seemed that wasn't the case.
Was that a good thing?
For survival, it was definitely good news, but......
It was when I raised my eyebrows at the strange feeling.
—Chop.
Dielo kissed my forehead.
The soft touch jolted me awake.
The eyes that met mine from very close were folded prettily.
"I thought you seemed too worried."
After whispering that, he sat down next to me again.
"I heard that Krua was also looking for them."
"Ah."
Dielo tilted his head as if asking what I was looking for them for.
"......I think it's time to deal with them now. We happen to have an excuse, and Alloze might target us soon."
If it had been like before, I would have stopped the purge at a moderate level in order to strengthen the image of the 'indecisive Dielo'.
But now the situation was different.
The enemy had touched this side too deeply and fatally.
If we stayed still like this, it wouldn't just be 'please look down on me', but 'I'm easy to take down, so please come and kill me'.
"The barely healed villain Krua got angry and ordered the spies to be uprooted."
I spread out my hand. It was a script I had thought of before he came.
"If I order like this, people won't think it's strange."
"And Dielo Argenta, who is crazy about such a priest."
Dielo received my words in a gentle voice.
"They wouldn't think it's strange even if he ordered that."
I blinked at those words.
"Are you going to order...... in Dielo's name?"
At my words, Dielo smiled faintly. He approached me and kissed the back of my hand.
He melted the slightly goosebumped area with warmth and kissed each of my fingers.
I felt like I was melting into the warmth.
"Ah."
It was when I unknowingly let out a breath. Dielo's faint smile touched my hand.
"I'll tell them to deal with them."
Because my priest was angry.
At those words, my eyes widened.
Dielo, who had wrapped his arm around my shoulder, kissed the tip of my nose.
"Don't worry too much and sleep."
The way he kissed me like that was so sweet and natural that I laid down as if possessed.
I really felt loved.
So much so that I would believe it even if all of this was real.
