Indeed, if Charlotte put herself in Agnes’s shoes, knowing that behind Count Hall there were three counts and a duke, she felt she herself might have fled long ago.
The audacity Agnes displayed by daring to impersonate soone else was truly brave.
"Have all these three counts... arrived in Castel?"
Charlotte asked again.
Agnes shook her head:
"I’m not sure, we’ve only seen them during etings, and even then we couldn’t clearly see each other. If it weren’t for Count Hall using a special magical artifact to disguise his real voice every ti, we wouldn’t even be able to impersonate him."
"However, from the few words at the etings, it’s highly likely that Count Yulster is remotely commanding from the Falling Star Kingdom. As for the Count of Nottingham, whenever Count Yulster asks him sothing, it’s always about the Romany Duchy. It’s very possible he’s stationed there, overseeing issues involving Castel. They always ask us and Lachlan Count, particularly the latter, so it’s plausible that Lachlan Count is the one who has definitely co to New Moon."
So, is it possible that only Lachlan Count was personally involved in infiltrating the nobility of Castel?
Getting this answer, Charlotte felt sowhat relieved.
The pressure brought by three Blazing Suns and one Legendary was quite substantial. However, if only one Blazing Sun was involved in the penetration into Castel, the situation beca much easier to handle.
This also aligned with the current situation in Castel.
To be fair, if there were actually three Blazing Suns acting against Castel, Charlotte felt that her family’s territory would have already changed hands by now.
However, in reality, although Castel had been severely infiltrated, she still managed to maintain a certain level of control.
This could be seen from the fact that the nobles still needed to use rumors to attack her credibility in the territory.
Only a still-threatening presence would be targeted with such low tactics.
And anwhile, with only Lachlan Count involved in Castel’s infiltration, it indicated that the Nais Clan’s aims were not rely against Castel.
If it were only against Castel, it would be unlikely that a single count would act while the others just watched.
Charlotte felt it more likely that this signified the Nais Clan’s sches were grander than controlling Castel alone, with the infiltration being a necessary part of their plans, each count having their own assignnts.
This was actually a good thing!
It ant that as long as Charlotte was careful, she should not yet attract the attention of the Blood Duke.
She really did not want to deal with the Blood Duke. Being a Blood Duke, he must be a favored individual among the nobles of the Bloodline, and any carelessness could attract true Mythical beings.
However ...
Count Hall disguised his identity at etings?
Noticing this detail ntioned by Agnes stirred sothing in Charlotte’s mind.
Disguising oneself in a eting among one’s own group seed redundant unless they weren’t truly allies.
This suggested that Count Hall and the Nais Clan were rely collaborators, even possibly wary of each other.
This could also explain why problems arose with Count Hall, yet the Nais Clan had been completely unaware.
However, even with Count Hall having troubles, the Nais Clan’s plans continued, indicating that the matters Count Hall was responsible for might not have been very significant.
Or perhaps, they were not things that required him to be too personally involved.
Considering the main activities of the Returning Star United Comrce investigated by Sebastian seed centered around acquiring Mithril, Charlotte speculated that Count Hall was probably responsible for the Mithril’s transition.
This was indeed important.
However, if the operations of the comrce were already on the right track, then Count Hall, being the person behind the scenes, was not so crucial anymore.
Thinking this, Charlotte asked again:
"On normal days... during etings, do they communicate a lot with you?"
Agnes hesitated, and then answered:
"Well, actually, in most cases, we are just listeners; they don’t ask us many questions. I always feel... they seem to wary of us too."
"However, thanks to this, we were able to keep disguising ourselves."
Hearing Agnes’s response, Charlotte’s expression grew strange.
Count Hall faced issues, yet the Nais Clan did not detect the problem, and they even guarded against Agnes and her peers during etings.
This sounded... like perhaps Count Hall had already been sidelined by the Nais Clan.
"Besides the three Blood Counts, did Count Hall previously associate with anyone else?"
Charlotte thought for a while and then asked.
"I’m not sure; I was only his maid before, and had his trust for just three years."
Agnes shook her head.
But then it seed she rembered sothing and said thoughtfully:
"However... he seed to have a good relationship with the elves; I rember seeing elves visiting him occasionally at the castle back then."
Elves?
Charlotte’s mind stirred.
At this mont, she recalled the Nais Clan’s branch in Moon God Island.
Gicod had ntioned, the plan of the Nais Clan involved the elves of Moon God Island too; perhaps Count Hall’s tasks were also linked to this?
"Didn’t you investigate at all what they were actually doing?"
Charlotte couldn’t help but ask.
"I told you, we didn’t dare to!"
"Since you didn’t dare to investigate what they were truly doing, why risk impersonating Count Hall?"
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