When the man reached out his hand to get the ticket, Sicar pretended to stumble and touched the man’s shoulder.

When the man looked at him questioningly, as if asking what was going on, Sicar straightened up in a cheeky manner and said,

“I stumbled.”

In reality, while Sicar was touching the man’s shoulder, he was quickly reading the man’s memories.

There were many auction house staff. Among them, those who were sold at auction did not enter through the entrance that they had entered, but were traded through a different entrance.

The one who took these people out through the other entrance as slaves was not the chubby man in front of them.

Sicar handed the ticket back again, and the fat man, after writing something on the ticket with a red pen, guided them to the room.

The room, which the man showed them, was similar to an opera box seat; the room was dark, but in front of them, a platform where the slave auction could be clearly seen was wide open. They couldn’t see who was next to them because the wall was blocking the view.

As soon as Sicar entered the room, he recalled his memory and said,

“If you open the door at the end of the corridor opposite the way we came, stairs leading upstairs will appear. After climbing all the stairs, another door will appear. If you open that door and go in, you will see that including a quite large furry guy, the staff here will be gathered there. Among them, pressure the furry guy to find the entrance for slave trading. And station soldiers at the entrance.”

“Leave it to me!”

After Durion left the room, Sicar waited for the auction to start. Fortunately, he was not late for the auction time, so no one had yet come out for the auction.

The auction started after about tens of minutes.

The auction was conducted with one man and woman coming out at a time, and if there was a slave they liked, they just had to raise a sign with an amount written on it.

Sicar, who had been watching the auctioneer for quite a while, found a woman with the royal insignia on her neck as Finder had said.

‘Is it that woman? I’ll know when I hold her hand.’

Sicar went straight into the auction. There was competition, but since he called for 200,000 shillings, Sicar easily succeeded in winning the bid.

After all the slave trades were over, Sicar went upstairs.

The place where Durion had swept through was filled with humans who were halfdead but not enough to die. Among them, the furry guy was not visible.

Sicar, who had caught a man, confirmed the way out through the man’s memory.

Based on the confirmed memory, when he opened the door on the floor and went out, the room was full of people waiting to be sold as slaves. They were all sitting huddled in the corner of the wall, regardless of gender.

Sicar found a woman who he guessed was Veronia, who he had seen a while ago, in that place. But as soon as he held the woman’s hand, he could tell she was not Veronia.

While Durion was transferring illegal slave traders to the guards, Sicar was fumbling through the woman’s memories.

The woman who was dragged as a slave had once held Veronia’s hand in some underground dungeon. However, because they put hoods on their way there, she didn’t know the location.

The woman was fascinated by Veronia’s beautiful blonde hair, so she dyed her hair blonde, and she thought Veronia’s royal insignia was a pretty tattoo, so she copied it.

Although the woman Finder found was not Veronia, there was one harvest.

It was that she confirmed Veronia’s face through memory.

Although Sicar said he would be late, I was very anxious thinking that he might find Veronia and bring her. It seemed like I was constantly looking outside without even knowing it.

Kian looked at me with a worried face and asked,

“Mother… are you waiting for the Duke? Do you miss him?”

It seemed like Kian was misunderstanding, so I dodged it appropriately.

“No, the Duke said he’d get me something shiny, so I was waiting for it.”

“Something shiny?”

“Yes, something shiny.”

Kian seemed to be deeply thinking about what that shiny thing could be. Because, soon Kian created twinkling sparks in his hand while looking at me.

“Like this?”

“No, not like that.”

I held up my hand, showing off the ring on my finger.

“Something like this.”

“Ah… I will give you something like this later too!”

That’s right. Kian will become a king when he grows up, and he will be able to give me as many gifts as he likes. So there’s no need to say it’s okay.

“Thank you, Kian. You’re really a wonderful boy in many ways.”

Kian grinned with satisfaction, then seemed a little embarrassed, coughed a bit, and started reading the book in his hand again.

No matter how many times I look at him, he’s too smart.

I once again unconsciously gazed out the window. It seemed like my gaze would keep going out the window until Sicar arrived today.

Then, I saw one of the gatekeepers running in haste. Has Sicar arrived?!

I went to the entrance with a happy face. I felt a cold chill from the gatekeeper who came in panting.

“Huff, huff. Ma, Madam.”

“Yes, speak. Why? What is it?”

“Le, Leydoux. The, the Duke has come.”

Leydoux? Suddenly?

It was ominous that Leydoux came to visit the duke’s residence suddenly after such an event.

Could it be, did the twins get trauma because of the Death Knight? If he’s come to argue because of the twins, what should I do out of guilt?!

“What, what should we do, Madam? Shall we, open the door?”

I was anxious, but there was nothing I could do. I let out a deep sigh and reluctantly gave permission.

“Alright, let the guest in quickly.”

“Yes, Madam.”

Hopefully, he’s not going to say that our Kian can’t be taken care of anymore?

I was pacing in place with anxious thoughts when I saw Leydoux plodding toward me.

At a glance, his eyes were sharply raised.