Chapter 155: The Gem Eye
“...My Lady, it’s a trap.”
“......”
“You don’t have to worry about me. Just cast me aside.”
Though my attention had been fixed on the letter for a while, I finally turned my head toward the Lady and whispered in a low voice.
“Are you really not concerned, Whitney Ringaarden?”
But somehow, as if he’d heard that tiny whisper, the Duke of Embergreen pierced into the silence between us with a sharp voice.
“The seal could be forged. Or the letter’s contents could’ve been swapped.”
“...Despite the seal and binding spell? If that were possible, the Empire’s entire postal system would’ve collapsed long ago.”
“Well, nothing in the world is truly impossible.”
To be fair, the Duke was right. In a world where magic has evolved over thousands of years, there’s no way information security wouldn’t have kept up. Binding spells aside, I do know someone who could forge a seal.
But that person is currently sitting in my office at the mansion, diligently handling paperwork and overseeing business in my stead.
Of course, it’s not like Parsha is the only person in the world capable of such eccentric feats—but someone like the Duke of Embergreen, now living as an exile, shouldn’t be able to obtain help from such people.