Shall I Save You, Duke? (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 87

[A powerful force stands behind the human trafficking ring. Last summer, intelligence arrived that high-ranking nobles were involved behind the organization that stirred the Empire. Marquis Viley, who vowed to uncover the mastermind behind this latest trafficking ring, has been appointed as the head of the newly formed investigation team…]

Thud—.

Belige set down the newspaper he had been reading, which featured a prominently published article.

“Now they want a full-scale investigation?”

At the time, Belige, who had been in charge of the investigation, had noticed a powerful force backing the trafficking ring and repeatedly requested additional inquiries from his superiors.

Yet despite the Duke’s efforts, they had forcibly terminated the investigation, ordering no further probes whatsoever.

They refused back then, and now they suddenly want to reopen the case?

And they’re entrusting full authority to Marquis Viley, not to him—the original investigator.

“Doesn’t this seem strange to you?”

Lawrence, who felt just as uneasy as the Duke, asked him with a serious expression.

“Wasn’t Marquis Viley someone who didn’t participate at all in the previous human trafficking investigation? In fact, he even refused our request for cooperation.”

Marquis Viley was a prominent figure among the noble faction.

He had been the captain of the knight order guarding the capital’s city gates, and when they’d requested his support for raiding the trafficking ring last time, his refusal had caused them unnecessary hardship.

“How odd…”

He had assumed the noble involved in the trafficking would be from the noble faction.

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