“You like it too much, Jane. Come and try this exquisite lemon sauce shrimp. I don’t know why our director doesn’t eat me and is restless. I came here to forget everything and relax, but now, before enjoying the hunting competition, I have to investigate another death in that family.”

Jane grumbled without waiting for an answer. The horse racing competition was just a taste of the hunting competition. She had planned to enjoy watching who catches more, especially since monsters might appear!
“Wait, are vacation days excluded? Then, if I’m back to work from today, will I be paid?”

“You’re talking like a true office worker, Jane. We can discuss that anytime you want. For now, just sit down. You seem restless because of your mood swings.”

“Well, it might be interesting, but it won’t be a big deal. It’s strange that a perfectly healthy person suddenly collapsed, but that’s something we can find out by questioning the family members.”

Muttering to herself, Jane sat down, and a kind aunt pushed a plate in front of her. The fragrant lemon scent pierced her nose, stimulating her appetite.

“By the way, those family members must hate you a lot. I don’t know where to start questioning them. Security on this side falls under the authority of His Imperial Majesty, so Imperiallei should be in charge of the scene.”

“Okay. Belua is under the jurisdiction of His Imperial Majesty. But that aside, there are people from the Alanka Duke’s family over there.”

It was only now that Jane realized once again that the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel was a good place to observe people coming and going.

The table where the two sat was facing the entrance, and she could see the people serving the Alanka Duke coming and going busy.

They were all faces Jane knew. The secretary whose face turned pale blue, a chubby lawyer rushing around, a maid cleaning the hotel, bringing medicine to wake up the fainting Duchess.

It was evident just by sitting here how upside down the Alanka Duke’s family, which occupied the entire 4th and 5th floors of the Vueten Hotel, had become.

Sudden tragedy, and something more. As an expert in the field, she took a bite of the shrimp. The refreshing and rich lemon sauce and the flavor of the shrimp were felt.

“You can go after eating, Aunt.”

“Okay, good idea. Should I order your favorite ice cream soda? I also want something sweet to eat.”

Jane stared in surprise at her aunt, who unexpectedly made such a suggestion.

“What’s going on, Aunt? You said you didn’t like ice cream soda because it was too sweet.”

“Something’s up. People are like that sometimes.”

Now that she thought about it, her aunt seemed uncomfortable. No, her aunt definitely seemed in a bad mood.

“What’s wrong, Aunt? Are you upset because Duke Alanka died for no reason?”

“No, that’s not it. What connection would I have with the noble I saw in the newspaper? But there is a connection with that noble.”

Jane lowered her voice.

“Why, what happened? Please tell me.”

Aunt looked at her niece with affectionate eyes, stroking her face. Jane liked her aunt’s slightly wrinkled, dry, but warm hands.

“Alanka is dead. Before that, Moiqufel disappeared. Coincidentally, all the Eastern nobles gathered here again.”

At that point, Jane remembered a long-standing problem that the two women had been dealing with for a long time in their house.
“Do you call your aunt on your grandfather’s side?”

“Nobles want to gather all their heirs before dealing with big matters to show off their power. Now is the perfect opportunity to assert dominance among the Eastern nobles.”

Count Svenya will also have his eye on it, and Negret Duke won’t stay still. Jane looked at the busy lobby with a melancholic expression, muttering.

“Anyway, the new Alanka Duke is going to be left behind.”

“Because he’s young. Being young is a weapon, but it can also be replaced with the word ‘immaturity.'”

But Jane was skeptical. Where did the enthusiasm and reckless courage of Cedric Lambert, who used to go around as he pleased until Viscount Elshe’s death, go?

Such things don’t disappear easily. A person with a fiery temperament couldn’t discard that temperament until death. After satisfying herself with shrimp and asparagus with chicken, clear soup, and ice cream soda, Jane spoke determinedly.

“Aunt. Take care, aunt. Since we’re heirs, we have to endure the occasional meddling of the direct line. I’ll go up there and discuss the sudden deaths with the meddling nobles.”

After eating to her heart’s content, Jane Telot Gyeongwi did not immediately advance to the 4th floor where the Alanka Duke’s people were staying.

Instead, she went outside the Vueten Hotel and met several people. For example, Imperiallei, who checked the scene first.

“Yes, I received the message, Miss Jane Telot Gyeongwi. The scene is still occupied by Imperiallei, but we plan to withdraw soon as the body is handed over. The Duke died in the bathroom. According to the doctor, it was an accident that occurred while taking medicine after a bath. Death by mistake.”