No, this was a problem preceding the difficulty of obtaining it. I mentioned the western desert. The western desert is so far away that even if I ride without a break for over a week from Beas, the capital of the Royden Empire where I currently reside, I wouldn’t be able to reach it. Due to the geographical characteristics that make it difficult to approach easily, most people didn’t even know there was a desert at the end of the continent. But I couldn’t go there directly. Even if I went there, it would take at least a month for me, who can’t even ride a horse. ‘No matter how much I think about it, time is too short.’ Something might happen to Cairn as soon as tomorrow. I didn’t want to be away from Cairn as much as possible until he was safe. What should I do? As I sat in the study, immersed in contemplation, Amy’s voice came from outside. “Miss. It’s Amy. Can I come in?” “Come in.” “Yes, Miss.”
“Miss. It’s Amy. May I come in?”

“Come in.”

“Yes, Miss.”

As Amy entered, I raised my head and looked at her.

“What’s going on?”

“Well, a few days ago, you asked me to look into Lord Warren, right?”

“Oh, yeah. Was there anything unusual?”

“No, I checked with the information channel, and most of the information was ordinary, things I already knew. Oh, but there was one peculiar thing… Lord Warren seems to meet Empress every time he visits the palace.”

“Empress?”

“Yes. According to the information channel, Lord Warren and Empress seem to have a rather special relationship.”

“I see. Thanks for checking, Amy.”

“You’re welcome. If there’s anything else you’d like me to do, feel free to let me know anytime.”

“Yeah, I will.”

“The tea has cooled down a lot. I’ll bring more warm tea and snacks.”

Saying that, Amy took the empty teacups and plates on a tray and left the study.

A special relationship.

When Lord Blake visited the viscount’s mansion, he spoke quite plainly about having known Empress since childhood. However, the special relationship mentioned by the information channel didn’t seem to refer to such a close relationship.

So… I suddenly thought that Empress and Blake might be quite close, enough for people around them to notice.

By the way, how did Empress rescue Asdel?
Why does a scent similar to Asdel come from the horse’s corpse?

Despite obtaining quite a bit of information, many questions remained unanswered.

“I might be able to find something if I see Asdel in person.”

Now, there was only one remaining option.

Finding someone who is certain to have Asdel.

Empress and Blake.

Between the two, the one I could relatively easily meet was Blake.

I couldn’t know his intentions, but I could at least tell that he had a considerable favor towards me.

Using that favor didn’t sit well with me, but I had no other choice.

For me, Kairn was more important than anyone else.

Honestly, to save him, I could do more than this.

Having reached this conclusion, I decided once again to visit Blake.

Around lunchtime, I sent a letter to Blake expressing my desire to visit the viscount and received a reply stating that I was welcome anytime until the end of the week as he planned to stay at the mansion.

The next morning, I quickly prepared and headed to Viscount Warren’s residence.

“Welcome, Lady Rosentia.”

As before, as soon as I got off the carriage, Blake welcomed me.

“Thank you for allowing this sudden visit again, Lord Warren.”

“Not at all. As I mentioned before, you are always welcome. Now, please come inside.”

“Yes. Thank you.”
Following him, as we took our seats in the reception room today, the servants brought tea and snacks.

I quickly noticed that the tea brought by the servant was Asdel.