Book 2: Chapter 20
「Reiji, it’s okay to answer.」
As I was feeling troubled by stares of the Holy King and high-ranking nobles, the young lady reached out a helping hand.
「Yes. First of all, I was worried about the eye contact between Your Majesty the Holy King and His Excellency the Border Earl. It seemed that you two did not know the other would join this banquet, but I suppose you already had information about this “sideshow” in advance. Or perhaps only the head of each House had been informed about it. Of course, I think that this “sideshow” was planned to be sufficiently non-risky, but it was informed just in case.」
「………」
Ooh, the gray bear is silently staring at me.
「Another thing is that the chandelier candles went out.」
「…Why is that strange?」
「If I was the attacker, I would’ve cut the chandelier and dropped it. That would lead to more confusion and panic. But it’s too expensive to drop the chandelier for just a “sideshow”, and broken pieces of glass can cause unnecessary injury.」
「Hmmm…」