Men of the Harem (137 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 737

“I don’t know. There’s talk about that.”

As a subordinate, he didn’t want to say, “I don’t know either,” but the confidant truly hadn’t heard of this before.

The confidant, who had fetched the violin, asked,

“Could it be supporters of the late emperor spreading the word? Should I look into it?”

Lean placed his hand on the violin case and gave no reply. His confidants followed suit, falling silent and watching him carefully. Finally, Lean spoke.

“Look into it.”

* * *

The confidant stepped out of Lean’s residence, which was still under repair, and stopped by the nearest kitchen to obtain some fruit. Holding the fruit, he walked toward the eastern side of the massive wall surrounding the palace.

There, behind a large tree, he found a small, barely noticeable sapling and placed a few blueberries he’d brought beneath it.

After the confidant left, Rumbley, who had been hiding, approached and checked the fruit left behind.

Instead of continuing to follow the confidant, Rumbley immediately ran to the emperor to report this. La Til swirled the holy water Jaisin had sent her, then tilted up the corners of her mouth.

“It’s an opportunity created at great risk. We must find out exactly who the late emperor’s supporters are. You can do it, Raccoon?”

[Who are you calling a raccoon? Keep calling me that, and I’ll start calling Lord ‘Adversary.’]

“I don’t care.”

Though his tail grew twice its usual size, Rumbley nonetheless set off again to find Lean’s confidant—not for Lord’s sake, but to restore his own pride.

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