"Don't tell me," Clara said softly, "that you haven't investigated him closely, Father. And I don't mean the gossip columns."
"…."
Henry fell into silence.
He turned back to his desk. He opened the top drawer and pulled out a thick, sealed file stamped with the Marigold crest.
[Investigation Report: Subject - Lucien Ashborne]
Of course, he had investigated him. As the head of a Marquis family and a major investor in the Imperial Bank, Henry had eyes everywhere.
And the report… it confused him more than anything.
The "Trash" who had no redeeming qualities had suddenly changed a few months ago.
He no longer bullied others. He no longer acted weak. He had no talent for sword or magic, yet he had carved a terrifying niche as a Marksman—a class considered useless by knights.
But it was the incidents that kept Henry up at night.
The Fern Kingdom Lab Incident: Officially solved by Knight Samantha. But intelligence reports suggested a lone gunman breached the facility first.
