As My Husband Said, I Brought in a Lover

“Of course.” He sat back down with a disappointed look.

“I can’t just take your word for it without any evidence. It would be good if you showed me the request. Also, we’ll have to unofficially interfere with this request. My guess is that what you’re looking for is related to our business.”

Edward’s gaze shifted to Aiven. Listening silently to their conversation, Aiven spoke up.

“…It seems what we are looking for and what he is looking for are the same. It’s strange that it only appears once a month, probably hiding among these orbs in a reduced size. It seems like the hosts were instinctively driven to gather fake orbs here to create a hiding spot.”

“That’s interesting.”

“Host or whatever, I can’t yield. I just need to complete the request. It’s a big deal, worth 50 gold.”

“How about failing this request?”

“What? But I have a reputation to uphold as a mercenary. It’s impossible. Do you think 50 gold is something you just dig up? This kind of request isn’t common.” Carlo firmly shook his head.

“I was thinking of offering twice the request fee.”

“But Carlo of Dawn Wolves is a man who turns the impossible into possible! Sometimes requests fail!” Carlo accepted the offer with a face full of joy in 0.1 seconds.

Aiven narrowed his eyes and muttered, “…We shouldn’t entrust tasks to Dawn Wolves.”

“Customer, I mean, Sir Knight, why would you say that? I was already feeling uncomfortable about something related to black magic! I couldn’t possibly tarnish my high moral standing. But I plan to keep this a secret from my mercenary group. It’s because my superior is a nagging queen.” Carlo shuddered at the thought of being discovered.

“It’s fortunate our intentions align. We’ll keep the secret.”

“Thank you! Then I can abandon the request with a light heart. I’ll come by in the evening to show you the requested document and get my pay. Then I’ll head back to the capital tomorrow after a good night’s sleep.

, it feels good! With 100 gold, I can laze around for half a year without doing any work.

.” Carlo laughed joyfully at the thought.

“But there should be something to report, right? How about using that magic stone you have to find the orb, and I’ll take it and destroy it as agreed?”

Carlo rubbed the back of his head, his eyes rolling as he considered Edward’s proposal. “Well, thinking about it, that would be easier for me too. I’m not great at using my imagination to write reports. To work with someone as high-ranking as you is a stroke of luck.” Deciding so, Carlo immediately stood up.

Once their agreement was concluded, Luize approached them with a perplexed face. “So, we just need to find the black orb among all these orbs now?”

“That’s right.”

Carlo’s gaze naturally shifted to Luize.

“

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!”

“Hello, Carlo.”

“We meet again! Cloe… no, it’s Servenia now, right? I’m not used to adding ‘Lady’ to the end. May I call you Servenia?”

“Do whatever you’re comfortable with.”

“Anyway, we’ve bumped into each other in front of the inn before, and we’ve crossed swords before.

, is it a secret?” Carlo scratched the back of his head, laughing awkwardly.

“…Everyone here knows.”

“Then it’s fine!”

Thanks to Maxion warning her in advance, she knew Carlo had discovered her identity. Her presence here today was out of curiosity to see how Carlo would react upon learning her true identity. Edward had offered to seal his memory, but Luize didn’t want to use magic on an innocent person.

In the first place, it wasn’t such a big deal if Carlo learned her identity as long as he wasn’t a spy for the emperor or working for a newspaper or an information broker to sell her out. However, it seemed that the request he received was somewhat related to this matter.

Carlo muttered to himself, lost in thought. “Servenia, Benny.

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So that’s why you used Benny as an alias