Soleil pointing his sword at Edmond
"What's stopped me from actually finishing my job right now?"
So is he actually the White Cat and he reveals it now? No he probably just messing with me
"What stop you is you're trying to prove that you're not white cat, and you're just messing with me right now"
Soleil sheathed his sword back
"That's right I'm just going to give you a good scare, not scary?"
"A little bit, you just caught me off guard"
"Man, I expected more"
"Tired of acting like a nice guy?"
"No, I just wanted to light up the mood a little bit, sorry if I'm not good at it…"
"You're terrible at it, please don't do it again"
Like 042 always has been, terrible at reading the room and when he's able to do so, he make it worse by trying to make it better, so he's lowering his guard down a little bit by messing with me and then keeping his guard up again huh? Man this so complicated, I hope he just outright told me like Lune does, well let's just be a little more open with him
"You're not out of my suspicion list though"
"Suspicion list? So am I not alone?"
"Yeah there's also Eleanor your lady"
"Milady? How dare you accused daughter of the grand duke!?"
Soleil point his sword back at Edmond throat
Wow I really didn't expect him to be so offended, so he's not 042? Or was is still just an act?
"I mean who else can I suspect right now? The White Cat must be in Desrosiers and it's might be someone who can avoid the investigation and since the grand duke himself launched an investigation so is only other suspect must be her or the mistress, you're still the primary suspect though"
"You! Even mistress too?!"
"Isn't it all your fault that there's someone suspecting at all? Since you still didn't caught the White Cat yet and I'm sure that I'm not the only one who thinks this way"
"It's all my fault??"
"Right, you can't even protect your master reputation, how can you called yourself a knight?"
"I'll catch him eventually, please believe in me"
"No one probably even believe in Desrosiers anymore how can I believe you? Oh right, you can always caught yourself"
"No please believe me"
He's easy to manipulate though, maybe Eleanor is really 042?
And then Elvin running back in the room with a priest
"Sorry I'm late, the town is in chaos right now, so I have a hard time finding a priest"
The town in chaos?
"Please check on my son"
"Yes lord Davies"
The priest check on him for a good minutes
"I'm sorry but I can't find anything lord Davies"
"Is that right? Thank you that's a relief"
The priest leaves the room
"So what are you two speaking while I gone? I noticed that the atmosphere is very heavy in here?"
"… lord Davies, do you suspect in me or milady for being a White Cat?"
He's really act like a kid now, so is it really Eleanor?
"W-what no I didn't!"
"See I'm not suspicious"
"Father he won't told this to the grand duke you can tell the truth"
"Well not you, or lady Eleanor, but the one I suspect the most is mistress Desrosiers"
"See at least everyone who knows what going on is suspect in one of you three"
Soleil can't take it and ran away
"Well Edmond at least you're safe, that all that matters"
"Yes father, what about the chaos in the town though?"
"Oh? There's a lot of uproar in the town like stealing stuff from each other sometimes like that because there's no one guarding the town, that's probably the White Cat main goal here, taking your life properly was just a cover for all the crimes to happened in the town"
There's definitely something more to this though, I must discuss this with Lune
Morning of the next day at the breakfast table
"So Atticus, We planning to go back at our estate next week"
"You might need to hold that Elvin, grand duke Desrosiers sends a massage that he will visit us today"
He's will be here? Today?
"Edmond, you told me that Soleil will not snitch!"
"No that's definitely not him, it's definitely a part of someone else plan"
"I see"
"What are you two talking about?"
"Nothing my friend"
Then there's a butler barging in to the room
"Marquis Atticus! The grand duke is here!"
"He's already here, much faster than I thought, let's all of us go greetings together"
I already going to meet one of the main villain?
All of the Davies and Phoenix gathering at the mansion entrance and the one walking in is the grand duke Oleander Desrosiers the second most controlled over the Atlas empire beside the king himself
"Greetings to the grand duke Oleander"
"Greetings everyone, you all must know why I'm here"
But the important one isn't him, is the little lady beside him, a spoiled brat Eleanor Desrosiers, the one who always opposed the heroine, one of the main villains
"Father what are we doing here at this disgusting place? There's no gold to be found, and where's Soleil?"
A blonde hair girl with swirling twin tail and use a fan to covering her mouth like an average villainess from a dating game walking in front of her father
Is she always looking like that since she was a kid? Well 042 is also a spoiled brat, so he's neutral as acting like one, but to think he's actually born as a opposite gender? Well the unknown voice didn't have control over who would we born to after all
"Eleanor, you're the one who asked to be here"
"I thought everywhere you go will turn to gold father you disappoint me"
"Anyway, just go, you can go buy anything you want my princess, even though it might be as good in the capital"
"As you should father"
Eleanor is gone with all of her servant
Well that was fast
The adult go talked together leaving the kids on themselves again
"I'll go back to my study"
Abigail leave
"What with her?"
"Isn't that your line last time Alex?"
"Who give you the permission to calls me that? I'm Alexander!"
"The world moving too fast wasn't it? I'll be going as well"
Edmond leave the mansion
"What the hell is even going on!?"
Abigail will easily surpassed him soon that why I don't even remember him, got outshine in every way after this, poor Alex wonder if there's anything I can do with him? Maybe give him a pickaxes and send him to the mine? Anyway I should go find Lune, he must be here now
As soon as he about to exist the front gate of the mansion a group of people stop him
"I was waiting for you, Edmond was it?"
Is was Eleanor and her servants
"And what kind of business might lady Eleanor have with me?"
"You're the one that Soleil guard last night, but after that he's never been seen again, do you have any idea where he might be?"
"I don't know, he's running away crying"
"Well that's unusual, you, go find him with me"
"Don't you have anything to buy lady Eleanor?"
"Soleil is more valuable than anything in this dirty place"
"Yes, lady Eleanor, I'll go"
What's her plan here? Let's just play along and see
"Then let's not waste my time, emmmm… what are you guys name again? Whatever you'll wait for me here, let's go Edmond"
"Lady Eleanor bu-"
"Food"
"Yes lady Eleanor"
Yep it's definitely is him, literally same tactics as me and he's bad at remembering people name
They both walked around the town and the town is a mess after the uproar last night
"Lady Eleanor, don't you think it's too dangerous for just two of us to go anywhere, especially what happened last night?"
"You'll protect me right?"
"But I never learned how to fight"
"First you can't fooled me, second I'm already have been informed about the battle yesterday"
"Oh I see, anyway the White Cat is you isn't?"
"You'll probably know the answer to that question soon"
"I'll take that as a yes"
"Your thought doesn't concern me"
"Sure sure"
Where is lune anyway?
Then there's notice a weird noise coming from the alley way
"Let's go there"
"Are you sure lady Eleanor?"
"Yes I definitely heard Soleil hissing"
Soleil hissing?
They walked inside the alley way and they found Lune holding the beaten Soleil by the neck like a cat while Soleil struggling and hissing at Lune but more importantly this Soleil have cats ears and tail
"Can't believe you loses two consecutive time in two day Soleil, I thought you say you can handle this easily"
"Ah! miladay! please help me!"
Soleil is a beastmen? So he's really the White Cat huh? He's hiding all of that with a magic? And how can he turn everything dark without anyone even realizing it?
"Edmond you're too slow, I caught 042 already"
"What do you meant by that? Eleanor is definitely 042"
"Huh? I checked this cat boy he's definitely 042 though"
"Vulnerability detected!"
Soleil slipped out of Lune hand then kick him in the stomach sending him flying
"Lune!"
And then there's something coming out of Lune too, it's rabbits ears?