Khaled responded with a playful tone to the words firmly spoken.

“I too find this quite enjoyable, no less than you do. Who would’ve thought we’d see a day like this.”

It was laughable that Raul, whom I secretly thought was inferior, couldn’t even lift a finger against the Second Prince.

“What you have to do today is just put on a surprised face.”

“I can do that confidently.”

Velia answered energetically.

“I heard Raul was heading there and moved right away. They probably haven’t noticed on their end.”

We had been visiting the casino irregularly to keep them from predicting our arrival time.

And whether Raul was there or not, we just enjoyed our time together and left.

It was all for one day of his carelessness.

“… He’s gradually let his guard down, and he headed there today. He doesn’t even know we’ve set a trap.”

Raul would’ve heard that we were headed to the mansion on the outskirts of the capital. And he would’ve relaxed unknowingly.

Khaled brushed his chin with his hand.

His eyes glimmered brightly.

“It’s going to be hard to keep everyone quiet when we’ve also spread some rumors here and there.”

Velia kept feeling that things were going to go well.

The carriage slowed down after running fast.

“Shall we head to the scene of the festival?”

Khaled extended a stylish hand to Velia as he stepped out of the carriage.

Velia took his hand and descended slowly from the carriage.

And then walked into the magnificent building with her usual bright expression.

“What is going on!”

“Wait! Put that down…!”

As expected, the interior was in total chaos.

Some people were being dragged out by the guards.

Just then, the manager rushed over and blocked Khaled and Velia from entering.

“Today, today entry is not allowed.”

“Hm? What happened?”

Velia asked with an innocent expression.

The manager avoided her gaze with a troubled face.

Khaled pushed past the manager and went inside. Velia quickly followed him.

As they passed through the crowd and headed to the innermost area they had previously investigated, there were guards who seemed lost and Raul, who was drunk.

“Your Highness. Please take a seat…”

The guards looked quite bewildered, as if they had just realized the person in charge of illegal facility control was here.

As Raul angrily swept his hair back and locked eyes with a surprised Velia, he quietly swore.

“Damn.”

Velia covered her mouth with her hand and feigned maximum surprise at his presence.

Raul glanced at her, then saw Khaled beside her, letting out a hollow laugh. As if realizing who had orchestrated this situation.

“It was you… Yes, it was you…”

Raul staggered to his feet.

Then walked up to Khaled and prodded his shoulder with his finger.

“Did you arrange this? Did you?”

“Why suspect so much? Explain what this situation is first.”

Khaled demanded an explanation with a clueless expression.

Raul couldn’t contain his surging emotions.

“You…!”

But he swallowed his words and hung his head.

… He lost again. He had fallen into another trap set by Khaled.

The fist Raul was clenching trembled.

“Prince Raul, what exactly is…”

Velia’s voice wavered with concern.

Raul exhaled deeply and asked calmly.

“Velia, did you really know nothing?”

“We just arrived. We saw the place in disarray and came to see… why are you even here…”

Raul closed his eyes at Velia’s response.

What reaction could he show now?

Either way, it was an irrefutable mistake on his part.

“…I see.”
Raul responded bitterly, then spoke to the guards standing beside him with flustered expressions.

“Wrap things up and come. I will be with the guards.”

“……Your Highness.”

“I admit this is my fault. Go talk the rest.”

By now, various nobles including Khaled and Velia had already witnessed him.

So, it was too late to nullify this situation as if it never happened.

‘I need to fix this another way.’

Raul trudged out of the room.

People inside the casino parted to make way for his steps.

Velia and Khaled didn’t take their eyes off Raul’s retreating figure.

They watched everything inside as Raul left the building and the guards cleared the illegal facility. Faint conversations about Raul flowed in amidst the noisy murmurs.

“Khaled.”

“Yes.”

“Let’s go.”

By the time everything had concluded and the casino building’s entry was controlled, Velia and Khaled blended into the crowd exiting and boarded a carriage.

“We almost got into big trouble by being slightly late. This was really risky.”

It was almost left to chance.

Although preparations were made, bad timing would have wasted all efforts.

“It was a close call, but we couldn’t corner Raul otherwise.”

Velia agreed with that.

Raul would definitely still suspect them.

But without evidence, they couldn’t be cornered solely based on his suspicions.

They had deliberately visited here multiple times to eliminate suspicions, all for this moment.

It was bothersome, but Velia and Khaled were still weaker than Raul.

So, they had to lay traps carefully.

Velia sharpened her will that kept softening.