In the quiet evening, there was no noticeable sound in the whole courtyard except for the sound of the wind blowing in my ears.

In the distance, there seemed to be a familiar voice that responded with a "hmm", and everything returned to silence again, and even that response was like an illusion......

Late at night, study.

Talos looked at the questionnaire on the financial deficit that Mander had handed over to the elders himself.

Harlan still thought that he was doing a perfect job, but he didn't know that his attempt to hollow out the wealth and power of the Senate little by little had already been discovered by Mande, but he had not directly pierced it.

And according to his understanding of Mande, Mande can always acquiesce in this behavior, which is nothing more than waiting for the people behind all this to surface.

After all, Harlan alone didn't have the brain, and he didn't have the guts.

"So, are you really going to hand him over to the Senate just like that?"

Chi Yi leaned against the wall, staring out the window from afar, not knowing what he was looking at.

"Well, we've done what needs to be done, and now it's all that remains for this last stand......" Talos put the paper away, and slowly stretched out.

Although there will still be obvious pain in the wound, the pain is only in the category of skin trauma, and it is completely different from the previous kind of spiritual power into the bone and tearing.

I have to admit that Chi Yi is indeed quite capable.

There are also secrets that he can't see through until now.

But since the two have reached an accomplice, let him keep this so-called secret for the time being.

As long as this so-called power does not evolve into a hostile collision of fireworks in the end, it doesn't matter.

"Are you not afraid that your suspicious Lord Mande will be suspicious of you?"

"Sometimes, the more you try to hide it, the more suspicious it becomes. Isn't that what you taught me? As he spoke, Talos turned to face Chiyi.

Under the not too bright light in the study, Chi Yi looked at the pair of different-colored eyes.

"Heh, you're really good at learning and selling."

As he spoke, Chi Yi suddenly laughed. Although there was a slight nonchalance in that smile, it was obvious enough that it was different from the usual overly perfunctory social smirk.

……

Early the next morning.

Talos stuffed Harlan into his car after a night of fuss, and drove all the way to the courtyard where the Senate was located.

It's just that this time it wasn't a routine morning meeting, but a private meeting that he had already gotten along with Mande.

All the way to the council chamber, where Mande was already waiting.

He stood by the window and watched as the morning sun slowly rose over a stretch of the horizon. It's like a newborn, from crawling to station, from faltering, to walking independently......

Everything is slowly changing in silence, and in this era, there is always a day when he wants to get rid of it and let the young man take on the next day.

"Lord Mande, excuse me."

Talos stood in the doorway, politely tapping on the door that was already open.

The quiet chamber was disrupted by a knock on the door, and Mandena's slightly sad feeling was forced to stop by the arrival of Talos and withdraw his thoughts.

"Come in."

With that, Mande moved to the couch in the council chamber.

This time, instead of sitting in the main seat on the inside of the conference table, as usual, he chose to sit on a more relaxed sofa.

"Presumably, I don't need to say anything more about what happened yesterday, Your Excellency Mande has already heard about it." Talos and Mander stood staring at each other, not at all intent on sitting down and talking.

"Yesterday ......"

Mande took a sip of his teacup, as if reminiscing.

"I don't know what a good day was yesterday, so many things happened one after another. I don't know what Lord Tar said, whether you killed Lord Dürer, or the Inspector of Ikeme who blocked the mansion of the important members of the Senate without authorization? ”

Mander put down his teacup and looked at Talos with only a shallow smile.

It's as if these two things are just small things like eating and drinking, and there is no blame at all, or the meaning of the teacher asking for guilt.

"Neither."

Talos smiled back, and replied crisply.

"Since it's neither, then in my impression, there should be nothing more important."

In the council hall, the sound of birdsong outside the window could be faintly heard.

Mande greeted the rising morning light and sipped the black tea in his cup.

Although it was the height of summer at this time, the entrance of black tea was inevitably a little too warm, but he was used to it. This kind of warmth can make him feel warm and calm from the inside out.

"Well, it might not be that important in comparison."

Hearing Mande say this, Talos already understood what he meant.

It's just that even though Dürer is dead, he doesn't have such a good heart, so let this matter end like a dead account.

After all, there are still people alive in the Durer clan.

As long as this matter is not completely terminated for a day, it will be endless.

"Why, Lord Tarr is so confident that he won't be involved?"

"It's because I don't want to involve myself that I hope that His Excellency Mande can find out thoroughly. In the future, I should concentrate on dealing with the matter of peace with the demon envoy and not be bothered by these things. ”

Hearing this, Mande only pondered for a moment, and finally gave in to Talos's firmness and said, "Okay." ”

With Mande's approval, Talos turned to the door and said, "Come in." ”

Outside the council hall, the white mustard bento who heard the sound immediately walked in with Harun.

At this time, Harlan had already been sealed with spiritual power, and he was completely in a state of confusion where he could neither hear the outside world nor see anything.

Talos nodded to White Mustard, who lifted the spiritual power sealed on Harun's body, and then respectfully withdrew.

After recovering his five senses and seeing Lord Mande sitting in front of him, Harlan suddenly seemed to be crazy, and crawled in front of Mande. The excitement of seeing a life-saving straw is several times more exaggerated than the expression on his face when he begged for mercy in the dungeon yesterday.

"Lord Mande, you, please let me go......"

He stammered over and reached for Mande's thigh.

But Mande, as if he had expected it, naturally pulled his leg away before he approached.

"Lord Harun, what's wrong?"

Mander looked suspicious and asked with concern.

But although he still had a kind smile on his face at this time, it perfectly concealed his dislike for Harlan as a person. But the movements of the body that were too upright, and the contempt that flashed in the eyes, exposed this disgust at a glance.

"I, I ......"

As he spoke, Harlan glanced at Talos, intentionally or unintentionally. There is a hesitation, not knowing whether to say it or not.

"I, I am secretly embezzling the money of the Senate and making changes to the accounts...... It's not a lot of money each time, but over time, I've gained a lot of ...... from it."

Harlan's voice trembled, and he said word by word.

At this point, he had almost taken out almost everything he had told Talostan yesterday and said it to Mande again.

And Mande just listened silently, and there was no emotion on his face.

"So you're saying this now, are you ready to give up the position of the head of the Wealth Pavilion?"

"No, it's not...... It was not this money that I unilaterally embezzled, but someone who wanted to borrow the manpower and financial resources of the Senate and ruin the ...... of the Senate."

At this point, Harlan finally got to the crux of the matter.

Hearing this, Mande, who had always had an indifferent expression, finally gathered a little at the center of his eyebrows.

For Mande, he can turn a blind eye to many things, and even if these patriarchs break their heads in private for their own interests, he can pretend not to see them.

But there is only one thing that cannot be touched, and that is the interests of the Senate.

"That person, who is that?" Mande asked coldly.

"Yes......" Harun hesitated for a long time, but in the end, his heart was crossed, and he closed his eyes as if waiting for the death sentence to be announced, and said with great difficulty, "Yes, it is Your Excellency Tar!" ”

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