“What’s that?”

I glanced at the handkerchief in Idric’s hand.

In the corner of the white handkerchief was an embroidery of a snake in green thread.

“Ah, that. I got it when I met Ozar before.”

I must have picked it up without knowing it was Ozar’s. Hmm, it must be expensive; I should have taken better care of it.

But unlike me, Idric’s face was grave.

His eyebrows rose crookedly. Suspicion, doubt, displeasure. All those emotions were revealed.

I waved my hand.

“Don’t doubt it. I met him by chance, and he gave it to me to wipe the dirt off my pants. I overheard Ozar’s conversation after that. There’s no collusion between us.”

But Idric was still displeased. He eventually grumpily threw Ozar’s handkerchief onto the table.

“I’ll keep this.”

“But I need to wipe my sweat now……”

Idric pulled his handkerchief from his pocket, then forcibly handed it to me.

“Mine won’t be worse than Ozar’s.”

It was a navyblue handkerchief with Idric’s initials.

“Ah…… Of course. I even like the design better? Thank you. I’ll wash it and give it back.”

I responded more exaggeratedly and laughed awkwardly.

Idric finally sat down again.

I sneakily looked around and turned back. Bringing the handkerchief to my nose without Idric noticing, I smelled the sunlike fragrance of Idric.

Instead of wiping my sweat with it, I stuffed it in my inner pocket and quickly returned to work.

“What did you say? Is Lord Idric not helping?”

Zeros, his face flushed, hurried over to ask.

“Huh? Uh, yeah. Idric wouldn’t help.”

“Well, what about that rascal Bigus?”

“Bigus?”

Zeros pointed beside Idric.

Bigus, who was serving Idric’s tea, snickered at Zeros.

“Zeros, hang in there.”

Bigus teasingly shook his fist.

“You, if you’ve poured the tea, come here and pull the weeds!”

Zeros yelled angrily. Bigus laughed, seemingly enjoying the reaction.

“Come on, Bigus! Why aren’t you coming here quickly? The tea’s all poured!”

At my question, Bigus slightly bowed his head to Idric beside him.

“What do you think, Lord Idric?”

“Stay by my side.”

“You hear, Cecilia? I have to attend to Lord Idric.”

Such a pair!

“Bigus, you better know that there won’t be a single grape left for you later!”

I also scolded Bigus. In the midst of this, only Mirai was silently working well.

After sweating for quite a while, the vines took on a neat appearance.

The fruits were now beautifully revealed.

Now the nutrients would go directly to the fruits, and the day to eat them wouldn’t be far away!

(#Crunching sound) Crunch, crunch. I was already savoring it.

(This is a time separator.)

The day after pruning the grapevines, my whole body was sore.

So I planned to lie down all day, but…

Before that, Tesmillian found me.

I thought he was calling me for something unimportant again.

Since the hearttoheart talk with Tesmillian, he often called me. Not for anything special, just chitchatting or asking about Rodrigo and Idric.

“Really, you should ask them yourself, relying on me even though you have two wellborn grandsons. No matter how my charm is irresistible to all ages and genders.”

But this time was different.

Upon arriving at Tesmillian’s study, Idric was already there.

What’s this? It’s a serious atmosphere.

“Why are you late every single day without fail?”

“Unlike Idric, my legs are short. Even if I start at the same time, I arrive later.”

As I grumbled, Tesmillian faintly smiled. Idric looked at Tesmillian strangely at that, and Tesmillian quickly resumed a stern expression.

“I’ve called both of you here because I have something to tell you. I’ve looked into what Cecilia mentioned last time.”

“The Wolf’s Fang?”

“Yes.”
The owner of the tooth that had attacked Rodrio had to be found, that’s what I was suggesting.

“It’s a tooth that’s been missing for a long time. Meaning, it may not necessarily be the work of a werewolf.”

“If you can get your hands on the tooth, you could have faked a werewolf attack.”

Tesmillion looked at me.

“Did you really see Ozar Serbyan order Rodrio to be harmed?”

I could feel that he was contemplating differently from before. At least he must have known that I was not really out of my mind.

“Yes, it’s clear.”

“Was it definitely a werewolf’s tooth?”

“No… It looked like the tooth was wrapped in black cloth. But since he gave it and ordered Rodrio to be attacked, it’s certain. Surely you don’t still doubt my words?”

“It’s not that…”

The silence lingered.

Tesmillion scratched his chin.

Then, Idrish intervened.

“Whether your words are right or wrong doesn’t change anything. No, if your words are true, we have to look into it more. Why they pulled off such an act, what method they used, and what they plan to do next.”

“How do we find that out?”

“We’ll trace back the only clue we have.”

“What we have?”

I thought hard. Aside from what I had witnessed and what I knew from reading the novel, what else was there?

“Are you talking about investigating with the wolf’s tooth? But all we found out was that it’s old.”