Today was an appointment with Bate.
It was very late in the afternoon when I left Lombardy's mansion and had arrived in front of 'Caramel Avenue' when the sky was dark.
Shops, which many people visit all day, have been closed and silent without anyone.
Jingle-.
I opened the door and the bell rang at the empty shop.
As I entered the dark shop, Bate came out from the back of the kitchen.
"Hello, Bate."
But there is no greeting.
Bate just pulled my chair with a stiff face.
Other nobles would feel pretty bad, but I sat there with a shrug.
By the way, Bate was empty-handed.
"You don't have any paperwork or anything?"
I was just asking out of curiosity.
Bate said, frowned as if his pride was quite hurt.
"I have the information in my head."
"Well, that's not what I meant... You're so mean."
However, I prefer to see it.
I like the way Bate looks without being servile even though he has researched about me and found out quite a lot.
"Let's get started, shall we?"
I clapped my hands once and said.
"Whoa..."
Bate sighed briefly and looked straight at me.
"Florentia Lombardy. 11 years old now. Gallahan Lombardy's only daughter, Lulak Lombardy's third sons."
There was a dull voice that seemed to read information about simple subject of investigation that wasn't me, right in front of me.
Like the day I asked for information about Perez.
"She doesn't have any special history as an infant except that her mother was a wanderer who came into Lombardy one day. Rather, she belongs to the timid side, unlike other Lombardy bloodlines, but."
Bate's amber eyes staring directly at me seemed to flash at the moment.
"Before and after her eighth birthday, she began to gain a reputation as Lombardy's gifted child. Starting to stand out among the three successors and receiving personal guidance from education officer Clerivan Pellet."
"Hmm. That's right."
To be honest, so far it's not that surprising.
This kind of information is something that anyone can say by bribe Lombardy employee's a little bit.
Of course, it won't be easy because people who work in Lombardy tend to have a heavy mouth. [1]
By the way, my blunt attitude seems to have provoked Bate.
"And since then, Florentia Lombardy, and the surroundings began to change dramatically. Not only did she start winning Lord Lulak's heart, but her father Gallahan Lombardy's move is completely different from before."
Bate's voice became even lower.
"Gallahan Lombardy, who has lived almost in seclusion for 30 years, suddenly successfully leads the Coroi cotton business, a huge joint venture between Lombardy and Angenas. Then, a few months later, he create a new type of clothing business called 'Ready-to-wear" and so far, Gallahan Clothing Store has been successful in everything that has never been done before. This is where you are starting suspicious."
