Before Annan came out of the secret passage, he had activated his own spell.
— "Last Work: David".
The one who walked into the secret passage was a nine-year-old child, but the one who walked out of the secret passage was a kind middle-aged man half a head shorter than him, with black hair and black eyes, and profound facial features.
"... This height difference is too cruel."
Suddenly replaced from the body of the young Annan to "Ghirlandaio David Buonaro", Annan felt a little dizzy for a moment. After walking two more steps in the secret path, he finally got used to it.
Basically, every time Annan used this curse, he had to get used to his height for a period of time before he could re-establish the correct sense of space and distance.
Annan walked out from the corner of the garden and walked towards the kitchen along the road.
It wasn't because he was hungry... but because when Annan and Kafni passed by here before, someone showed his weakness.
It was a young man with curly red hair and freckles.
When he saw Annan and Kafni passing by, he showed a murderous intent towards them for no reason.
And Annan and Kafni walked over as if nothing had happened at that time, as if they didn't notice it at all. Therefore, there should be no alarming.
But it doesn't even need to mention Kafni... Even with Annan's own perception attributes, the killing intent at this distance is as clear as a high-beam light at night.
An important piece of information is that Kafni doesn't know him. This shows that he is not Noah's top executive...but he can move around the kitchen freely.
And the possibility of that person being from the Duke of Winter is much smaller than this. It can be said that there is almost no.
Then from this detail, Annan can confirm one thing.
— This shows that there is a very serious problem with the palace's security system.
It was obviously at such a critical moment—it was the old king's birthday, and it was also the day when the heir of the Principality came to visit. But there are people that Cafney has never seen before...
Annan used the image of "David" to walk on the road majestically, which was actually a kind of temptation.
He wanted to try to see if he would be stopped by someone.
Not to mention being mistaken for a Noah executive.
At this point in time, except for Michelangelo... it is impossible for almost anyone to know who "David" is.
But he happened to walk over smoothly all the way.
The patrolling guards did notice Annan. But they just watched Annan vigilantly, but did not question Annan's whereabouts. They just stopped talking, stood where they were, and watched Annan leave without saying a word.
It's just ridiculously loose.
Annan breathed a sigh of relief.
— which proves exactly another thing.
That is to say, these royal guards are not the direct force of the Rotten Church. They had apparently been told by someone not to stop and question strangers at a certain time.
So, who is it
A suspect immediately appeared in Annan's mind.
—The third prince, Philip Noah.
It was the man who had tried to murder Don Juan Geraint and the master of the Guard, Klaus.
Does he have the authority to command the guards
Many speculations emerged in Annan's mind, and most of them were overturned immediately.
At this time, Annan had already arrived near the kitchen.
According to Cafney's instructions, Annan speculated that the core of the ceremony should be in the basement of the kitchen.
He saw the furtive red-haired man again.
He was already standing at the door of the kitchen, arms crossed, anxiously waiting for something.
But something that was beyond Annan's expectation was that when he met Annan and Kafni before, he showed killing intent, but when he saw David, he showed a relieved look.
And without any hostility.
Annan realized this, and walked up to him calmly.
At this distance, Annan could use his "sloth eyes" to paralyze his actions at any time.
After Annan stood still, the man whispered, "Why are you so late
"Two children passed by just now. Don't say anything, I'll go first... I'll leave the rest to you."
"Two children passing by... Is there really no problem on your side?"
Annan's heart moved, followed his words, and asked with some dissatisfaction.
What he asked the other party was what he had just mentioned himself. This can minimize the other party's wariness—if Annan met for the first time and suddenly changed the topic with "Right, speaking of it...", the other party might suddenly have doubts about Annan.
But under Annan's outstanding acting skills and cliché ability, the man just said impatiently: "Anyway, it's enough if neither of them go in...you go quickly. My task here has been completed, and I'm leaving. No more If you go, you can't go away."
Annan glanced at him, and walked into the kitchen without saying anything.
In his mind, he suddenly realized—
Many clue fragments were connected in series in Annan's mind at that moment:
That's right, Konoe's anomaly that was clearly warned by someone, Cafney's missing mother, and this suspicious man who dared to stand in front of the kitchen openly...
This can only mean one thing.
These rotten believers—assuming they are rotten believers, at this time, their corruption of Noah's high-level officials is not deep enough.
In case the plan fails, they are captured alive, or someone betrays them, everyone only knows their part of the mission. In addition, they don't know each other and don't know each other's tasks, and they only transfer tasks through means such as secret codes agreed in advance.
There are quite a few people in this kitchen, but they are all busy inside—there are many wooden barrels containing fish at the door.
Annan glanced around.
He noticed that no one was looking here—no one even saw that he had entered the kitchen.
In front of him is the kitchen basement.
— But you can't go in at this time.
The "npc" who completed the shift task cannot suddenly disappear. If Annan took over the identity of a certain person and completed the handover of tasks with him... then even if Annan arrived a few minutes earlier than that person, he might not be able to do much after entering the basement.
After all, time is limited.
There is a high probability that these two people will meet on the road...
Annan turned his head slightly, looking at the red-haired man who hadn't gone far.
In the pupils of "David", there was a fierce light in an instant.
Before the red-haired man left, Annan quietly followed him.
The moment he approached the man, Annan suddenly stretched out his hand to press the man's mouth—and pressed the other hand on the man's back, and the palm of his palm instantly turned blue and black.
—Cold contact!
The man fainted before he could struggle, or even make a sound. I'm afraid he didn't know who attacked him until he fell into a coma.
Annan directly put him on the shoulder with ease, turned back in three steps in two steps, opened the wooden barrel containing the fish, and stuffed the man indiscriminately. In order to prevent him from waking up in the middle, Annan also punched him hard on the back of the head with his own marble-like fist.
In this way, he should not wake up easily.