The Evolution of a Goblin to the Peak

the truth.
The news about him departing is false and maybe the Duke is the one who spread this news so that people wouldn ’t start panicking by the sudden death of one of the most powerful people in their land. ”

Souta smiled and was glad that he brought her in his party.
She was a noble lineage so she undergo intense training when she was still a child.
There were some things that she could do that he couldn ’t.

’From all the information that we have, let ’s see the extent of her knowledge. ’ Souta said inwardly.
He looked at Brando and Bryan and gestured them to listen.

Brando nodded his head while Bryan just looked outside the caravan.
He was thinking about how strong the Duke.

Souta then looked at Lumilia and asked her, ”Then, where do you think we should start our investigation? ”

”First, before we reach the Fersch Dukedom we should split up with Sir Jared, ” Lumilia said, and before Souta could ask why she said her reason for suggesting this action.

”The Duke probably knew that his subjects are suspicious of him so anyone that entered the Fersch Dukedom with adventurers could easily guess the reason why.
The Duke have many subordinates and he must have asked them to monitor all the people that will enter his territory, especially to those unknown people like us.

”So we ’ll enter from the different gate to avoid such suspicion.
We ’ll also spread the words from our fellow adventurers in that land our goals.
We will tell them that we ’re only passing by in that place as we plan to head to the other country.
That way, we could give everyone an impression that we ’ll immediately leave that place.

”After that, one of us will fake a sickness so we could stay there for a few more days.
We also couldn ’t do that and say that we ’re going to rest in that place for a few days.
There are lot of things that we could do but that ’s the most effective way that I could think of right now.

”Then, we ’ll start gathering information from our fellow adventurers that stayed there.
About the people that died, we have to get their information as we could discover one or two things about the perpetrator.

”About the Guildmaster, we have to act quickly and contact the people who are close to him, especially his assistant.
And lastly, we ’ll have to investigate the Duke ’s mansion. ”

Souta raised up his hand and signaled her to stop.
He rubbed his chin as he processed all the information that he received from her.

After a few seconds, Souta looked at her and said, ”Okay, we ’ll follow your suggestion.
If you have something in your mind you can tell me. ”

Lumilia sighed in relief when she saw that Souta was listening to her.
She took a deep breath before she said, ”I think that we should investigate it and you, Souta, should be the one to do it.
You ’re the most capable person among us so I think that you could do it.
It would begin once we found what the Duke is hiding.
We wouldn ’t need to gather information from other people once we learn the Duke ’s secret. ”

”Yeah, that ’s what I was thinking from the beginning. ” Souta looked at her and smirked.

It ’s true that the shortcut to all of this was investigating the Duke ’s mansion and finding his secret.
They wouldn ’t need to trouble themselves from gathering information.

But that ’s the hardest part of this quest.

”Then, what should we do? ” Brando suddenly asked.

”Be prepared as a fight could break out anytime, ” Souta answered him without hesitation.
He wouldn ’t forget to tell them those words.

”Um…
Souta… ” Lumilia called him while looking at him with hesitation in her eyes.

”What ’s wrong, class rep? ” Souta asked her and thought that she have something in her mind that could help their quest.

”Can you please stop calling me ’class rep ’ when we ’re not in the institute? ” Lumilia asked him as she lowered her head.

”Huh? What ’s wrong with that class rep? You ’re our class rep so it ’s natural that we called you class rep. ” Bryan looked at her and said.

”This…
It ’s different.
I ’m not technically your class rep when in our party, plus Souta is the leader of our party. ” Lumilia said as she looked down at her feet.

”Okay, I ’ll call you Lumilia outside the institute. ” Souta smiled and said.
He then glanced at Bryan wondering why this guy was an airhead.