(From Blue''s Perspective)


    "Your Highness, here are all the reports. I am pretty sure that I have not made a mistake, but Your Highness should check it nheless. I also sorted the information about the fire incident just like Your Highness mentioned in the letter. There was not much, just normal information," Reece said.


    "But I found a thing strange among all these."


    "What is it?" I asked.


    "Just yesterday, one of Your Highness''s spies, came to report. It was Berry. She gave me a piece of paper in hurry and left without a word. Since then, I could not find a trace of her. I think something is wrong."


    "Berry? She is Dem''s spy, not mine... I did not send her on any mission," I mumbled.


    Dem and I had some spies, but our spies were not the same people. We liked to keep our work-rted matters separate. Berry was one of Dem''s exclusive spies. I never even talked to her. Then why would she report to me?


    "What about that paper?"


    "It''s the strangest part. There are some weird things written on the paper. I could not understand it at all," he said. "Thenguage is the problem. I have never seen thatnguage."


    "Where is it?"


    "Here," he said and handed me a small piece of paper from the back pocket of his cks.


    I opened the paper and even though he told me beforehand that there were strange things written on the paper, I was still taken aback. Thenguage was strange. Just like him, I had never seen thisnguage either. Enjoy exclusive adventures froNovelBin


    "I will go meet the King," I said as I stood up. "By the way, good work. Keep it up."


    "Thank you, Your Highness."


    "I brought your lunch, Your Highness. Eat before you go," Ruby entered as I was about to leave.


    "Later," I said and quickly walked to Dem''s study.


    I knocked on his door impatiently. "You don''t have to knock," he said from inside.


    I pushed the door open and walked in. He was sitting in his usual position. He seemed to have been writing.


    "Have you had your lunch?" he asked. "You have sent mine."


    "No, I will have itter. I have to talk to you about something."


    "Yes?"


    "Have you heard from your spy Berry?"


    "No, she has not reported yet."


    "Can I ask what mission she was on?"


    "She was after three people of Lacuna who were found near the market recently. She was stalking them. People from Lacunae here every year to visit our kingdom or for other reasons. But these three were acting strange ording to Berry. So, I told her to keep an eye on them and report me after three days. She is supposed to report today.


    I think she wille back tonight or something or will send me a letter if she thinks that she needs to keep an eye on them more," he replied.


    "I see... Actually, Reece reported me today," I said. "Apparently, Berry came to report to me yesterday. Reece, as my assistant, collected the report. It was a single piece of paper. She left right away without a word."


    "Why would she report to you? She is my spy. Our spies are different and they are on separate missions assigned by me and you."


    "I know, right? Reece thought that she was assigned my spy recently," I said. "Here is the paper she gave."


    Dem took the piece of paper from me and tried to read it. As expected, his expression turned bitter.


    "It''s not even a secret message. Moreover, why would she report to you? It''s not like I was not reachable," he muttered, looking intently at the paper. "Can you make a copy and send it to Luc?"


    "Yes..."


    "Let''s see what he says. I think it is a mage''snguage."


    "Mage''snguage?"


    "It''s used for sending secret messages to mages. No one else can understand this. The secret message can be written in any kind ofnguage that only another mage can understand. If it is meant for you, then perhaps even Luc won''t be able to understand this since he is a mage and you are a dark mage. But sometimes, they can understand it, so it would be better if we just send him a copy," he said.


    "But I can''t understand anything. I tried to concentrate and looked at it for quite a while, but I could not decipher the meaning," I said. "I wonder if I am an idiot, but that dark mage hasn''t realized that yet..."


    "It''s nothing that sorts. We cannot say anything yet," he said. "Just send it to Luc."


    "What if Luc can''t help?"


    "... You seem to have something in mind."


    "... I want to send a copy to Evan as well?"


    "Evan?"


    "King Ford, I mean. He is a dark mage and his power is fully awakened unlike me. So, even though I have more ck mana than him, he still can use more power," I said.


    "I cannot trust him enough."


    "He is against the dark mage as well since it concerns his position. He won''t betray us about this one as we are against the same person," I exined. "Or should I tell him toe here in person? I personally don''t want to make hime here for no reason though. But it''s up to you."


    He sighed. "If you want to, do it," he said.


    "Alright. I will send you the letter I am going to send to him. You can check it," I said. "And have your lunch now."


    "You didn''t have your lunch either."


    "Yes, I will have it now."


    "Then why don''t we have it together?"


    "Nope, not today. I don''t want to spend any extra time having lunch now. There is a lot of work to do. Ruby is going to feed me and I am going to work. You don''t mind, right?"


    "You really work a lot. Haa, though I want to have lunch with you, it''s alright if you think otherwise," he said.


    I kind of forced Dem to let me get out of his study. I had a lot of work to do and moreover, he needed to work as well. He would just spend time with me and then when I would sleep at night, he would work without sleeping.


    I returned to my office and started working. Ruby fed me as usual while Reece reported to me.


    "Alright, that''s all for now. You can go home early today," I told Reece. "You will get a bonus for working more than your work hours."


    "Thank you, Your Highness."


    "And also, send Flint before you go," I said.


    "Yes, I will do so."


    Reece bowed and left. "Is my brother doing that well?" Ruby grumbled.


    "He is doing amazing. I could not have asked for a better assistant," I said.


    "That''s good. I thought he was a good-for-nothing slime..."


    "Haha, I don''t think Reece will like it if he hears it..."


    "He is used to it," she muttered.


    "May Ie in, Your Highness?"


    Flint''s voice came with a knock on the door. "Yes,e in."


    A man with honey-colored hair and a sharp face entered the room. It was Flint, my personal mage. Though Luc would do anything I needed, it was not okay to disturb him with every single matter. He had a lot of research to do after all. And besides, he was getting married soon. I could not possibly take him with me when I needed some help.


    Just like Dem, I had a personal mage. Flint was young just like most of the employees in the Imperial Pce, but he was capable.


    He was shorter than most male werewolves, so some knights bullied him. But it did not make him back down at all. He was quite fierce. I even witnessed him making a junior knight fly in the sky.


    "You look horrible. What happened?" I asked.


    "... As usual, Your Highness," he mumbled. "Those fuckers... My apologies... Those insolent punks pissed me off... And then, there are too many copies to make."


    "Haha, I am sorry. But you have to make me another few copies of this paper," I said.


    He sighed. "Your Highness better give me a few things after this month along with my payment."


    "What do you want?"


    "Nothing more, just some useful things for my research. They are expensive and rare, but if Your Highness orders them, they can be gotten easily. The usefulness of power..."


    Flint was always like this. He worked hard and was demanding when it came to things about his research. But since he was a good worker, I gave him whatever he wanted. That was the reason he was also very loyal.


    "Alright. I will give them to you. Now, make five copies of this paper. And be careful. No one should find out about this."