Jamie, who had been hiding behind Iris and Kevrant, took a step forward and stood next to Iris.

Everyone looked at Jamie in surprise, who had appeared unexpectedly in this situation.

“I’m sure you all know me, but let me introduce myself to make this place more enjoyable. I am Jamie Russell, a knight of the heavens, a flame of the battlefield, and a burning flame…that I want to become.”

A small laugh spread at Jamie’s cheerful introduction.

A knight of the heavens, a flame of the battlefield, a burning flame.

Jamie wanted to become that, but in fact, he was already being called that.

“And also, I am the faithful butler of the two here. A butler who manages even the trivial parts.”

Jamie took another step forward and stood in front of Kevrant and Iris.

“Our beautiful and precious Countess should not have to step out unnecessarily, so I’ll find out the truth about this rumor. That should be okay, right?”

Who would say it’s not okay.

With such terrifying eyes.

Although Jamie was smiling, his gaze was sharp enough to tear everyone apart.

“Now, the newspaper and magazine journalists who are here. Raise your hands?”

There must have been about a dozen journalists, but only Witting raised his hand.

Maybe he thought something was going wrong and didn’t want to get caught in the crossfire.

Jamie smirked.

“I know who the journalists are….”

Finally, the journalists looked at each other and cautiously raised their hands.

Jamie walked slowly towards a journalist, and people made way for him like a tide.

“You’re the journalist from the magazine that first wrote an article about the Countess, aren’t you?”

“Yes, I am….”

“Who did you hear that from and write it?”

“Oh, that… it’s not that I heard it from someone… it’s a rumor….”

“Rumor!”

Clap!

At the sound of Jamie clapping his hands together, people were startled.

“So you wrote an article based solely on rumors without distinguishing the truth. Is that right?”

“Oh, no… that’s not it….”

“Not that?”

“That….”

The journalist swallowed dryly and looked around for help, but no one stepped forward.

In the end, the journalist answered with a terrified expression.

“I couldn’t discern the truth.”

“Good.”

Jamie said with a look that was not at all good, then moved on.

Jamie, who stood in front of another journalist, said,

“You’re a journalist from a newspaper. You were the first newspaper to publish an article about this rumor. As a newspaper, I would like to believe that you wouldn’t have just published an article based on a rumor….”

“Yes, I did an interview.”

“Is that person here?”

“Yes, over there….”

The journalist pointed to someone.

It was a peasant woman with a sharp chin.

Jamie went over to her, who was terrified, and asked.

“Did you personally see the Countess meeting with Lord Alford Hutch secretly?”

At Jamie’s question, the color drained from the faces of those who had been watching from across the river.

They didn’t expect Jamie to investigate the truth of the rumor one by one like this.

Most of those present had brought up that rumor.

“No, I heard it too….”

“Who did you hear it from?”

“That….”

The peasant woman pointed to someone.

Jamie approached her and repeated the same question, receiving the same answer.

Like this, one by one, as if he would interrogate everyone present if he had to.

Gilett finally realized what was going on and held his breath.

Jamie was getting closer and closer.

Before long, Jamie asked the noble lady next to Gilett, who had been pointed out by someone.

“Did you personally see the Countess meeting with Lord Alford Hutch secretly?”

“No….”

The noble lady glanced at Gilett.

Gilett wanted to scream.

He wanted to get out of here somehow, but he was dressed too flashy to sneak out.

‘No, it’s okay. Don’t panic. All I have to say is that I heard it from someone else.’

“Then who did you hear it from?”

The noble lady, a friend of Gilett, hesitated for a moment before pointing at Gilett.

Gilett wanted to slap her for betraying him, but he held back and kept his composure.

“Gilett Merdi. You are also a maid of the Countess. But the fact that you spread rumors about the Countess you serve, I must be very disappointed, right?”

At Jamie’s comment, Gilett clenched his fist.

Whether Gilett was the source of the rumor or not, just the fact that he, as Iris’s maid, had spread rumors about Iris, was enough to tarnish Gilett’s honor.

Gilette’s parents were watching their daughter, unable to breathe.

Gilette had hoped that Jamie would ask whom he had heard it from, but Jamie was silently staring at Gilette.

It wasn’t just Jamie.

Everyone present had their eyes on Gilette.

Unable to withstand the pressure, Gilette was the one who eventually opened her mouth.

“I heard it too.”

“From whom?”

“From the maids.”

“There’s no way, Miss Gilette.”

“It’s true. The maids themselves told me. They said they saw the Countess… secretly meeting with Earl Alford Hutchis under the tree in the western garden.”

“There’s no way, Miss Gilette.”