Carlein lowered his hand to the hilt of his sword. But it was a mere reflex. Before he entered the office, all his weapons had been confiscated, so there was nothing to grasp.

Meanwhile, Tasir was still chuckling, but Latil was worried. That Tasir, he might just end up dead after getting beaten by Carlein once he gets back to the harem….

‘Anyway, both are dangerous.’

However, as Latil waved her hand, the two men who had been arguing stopped immediately. Once the two men calmed down, Latil pointed her finger at the door.

“First, you get out, Carlein.”

“Master!”

“Get out.”

At Latil’s firm command again, Carlein writhed his lips, but resignedly walked out of the office.

“Sir Sonnaught. Come in.”

Latil let Sonnaught in instead of Carlein and firmly closed the office door.

“Now, speak.”

Tasir looked at Sonnaught and asked.

“Can I stay?”

“Yes. Sonnaught is the most trustworthy person to me.”

“If you say so.”

Sonnaught, who didn’t know the previous story, had a puzzled face, but he properly stood by Latil’s side. Tasir started explaining again.

“The reason why we first suspected you as the mastermind behind the assassination of the former emperor was because of the command that was given previously.”

“Command? What command?”

“The former emperor, before he was assassinated, ordered us… Ahem. I apologize, Your Majesty. He ordered us to investigate you, who were then the Crown Princess.”

What’s there to apologize for? Latil, who had been listening with confusion, was dumbfounded by the shock of being punched in the head. What? Who investigated whom?

“Did my father order an investigation on me?”

Was it out of surprise? Her voice trembled involuntarily. Latil anxiously bit her lip.

“What was he investigating? Why did he order an investigation?”

“He did not inform us of the purpose of the investigation.”

Tasir added, watching Latil’s expression.

“It might have been for a simple reason. Since you were the Crown Princess, he might have wanted to fully understand you before you ascended to the throne.”

So he ordered an investigation by a secret assassination organization just to understand me?

“……”

“But not long after, the former emperor was assassinated. From our point of view, we could only suspect Emperor Latrasil at the time.”

Latil was still dazed. It was hard for her to accept his words. It’s a lie. Could he be lying about everything?

Yes, could it be a lie that the Black Forest has been dealing with clandestine matters since the first emperor?

‘I once wondered if our country didn’t have a secret intelligence organization…… Wow. This is crazy.’

Latil let out a deep sigh. She can verify this part if she orders the documents to be brought.

Moreover, the Anghes Merchant Company was a company entangled with the Tarium Empire like a spider web. The heir to such a company wouldn’t tell an immediate lie that could ruin the company.

“But why did you suddenly enter my harem? It’s okay at the coronation ceremony. Even if you didn’t trust me and passed me. You could have come another way.”

“After various investigations, we in the Black Forest were sure that you were absolutely not the mastermind behind the assassination of the former emperor. Then naturally, we sought a way to approach… Yes. It happened this way.”

If Latil hadn’t brought up the harem, she would have suspected that Tasir was the one who brought it up. But the one who overturned the expectations of the ministers and introduced the harem was Latil herself.

“Was all this directed by the head of the Anghes Merchant Company?”

“Oh, no. My father doesn’t know about the Black Forest.”

“What?”

“The Black Forest is not affiliated with the Anghes Merchant Company. Although our family has been in charge of the group, the person who passed the leadership to me was a different relative.”

Tasir added, watching Latil’s expression.

“Although we followed the orders of the former emperors, that doesn’t mean that the Black Forest was completely under the emperor. To put it accurately, it’s more like a close cooperative relationship.”

Latil held her heavy head with her hand and closed her eyes. The situation was as complicated as when she received the letter saying ‘You killed my father’.

But the most complicated part wasn’t that Tasir was the leader of the Black Forest. It was that his father had ordered them to investigate him. This was the most difficult to understand.

That late evening, at Latil’s command, Tasir brought out and showed the Black Forest loyalty documents. Latil carefully confirmed the seals of all the past emperors imprinted there.

“It’s real.”

Although she had expected as much, the documents and seals were all genuine. Both the founding emperor’s and her father’s. When Latil, who had scrutinized the documents, acknowledged this, Tasir asked, confident in himself.

“Do you believe me now? Although I’ve been misunderstood, the Black Forest has nothing to do with insulting or assassinating the previous emperor. That’s why I revealed my identity in the first place.”