In Another World, the Boy Was Spoiled by the Iron Knight! Chapter 116: Final Preparations

Since he was a top-ranked Hunter, he could pass through the inner and outer gates freely without question.

All those years spent working undercover had clearly paid off.

His rank was A-class and the Guild had complete trust in him.

Honestly, it seed like Stuart could probably live out the rest of his life working as a Guild Hunter in Dalmasca.

Through Tenby, one of the people from the royal restoration faction, a hawk and a fast horse had already carried a ssage to Count Dunrossil in the territory of House Dunrossil.

The knights from the Count’s estate were expected to arrive in Rabanastre either tonight or, at the latest, tomorrow.

Around the sa ti, the Knight Corps of the Sexond Division of the Rosaria Kingdom was also scheduled to arrive.

As soon as they had made contact with the royal restoration faction, Captain Dominic had sent orders to the commander of the southwestern fortress using a special channel.

The Knight Corps of the Second Division would be riding through the night to arrive on ti for tomorrow’s event.

Captain Dominic was strict in his training—there was no chance his knights would arrive late.

All that remained was for them to follow the instructions Louis had written in the letter he gave to Stuart: the Rosarian knights were to et and join forces with Count Dunrossil’s knights.

The other mbers of the royal restoration faction, like Tenby and his n, were also running around nonstop, passing ssages and checking details.

They regularly ca back to coordinate with Louis as well. Even a small mistake in their plan could ruin everything, so he had to stay sharp.

This was the mont when all the work that Lord Chelmsford and the others had put in over the last twenty years would finally pay off.

All the money and manpower they had funneled into the military, into knight orders, and into local security forces—it had all been worth it.

What surprised Louis was how smoothly all of this was going.

The royal restoration faction were moving efficiently and the people were helping them. Because the citizens supported them, the news and rumors had spread quickly, and the public reaction had been overwhelmingly positive.

"Is there anything else I’m forgetting? There’s so much going on, it’s getting hard to keep track of it all!" he muttered to himself.

He thought about going to check in with Captain Dominic to confirm everything, but then stopped.

It might be about ti for Shiao Yi to return from his undercover mission.

He didn’t want to interfere. Lately, Captain Dominic had been in a bad mood—probably because Shiao Yi had been working alone on his infiltration assignnt.

As soone who had worked alongside the captain for a long ti as his assistant and second-in-command, Louis had decided to leave the job of keeping the captain in a good mood entirely to Shiao Yi.

Honestly, he wanted Shiao Yi to be the one sacrificed to their overly protective captain.

That way, everything would run smoothly and without trouble.

So, instead of heading to the estate, Louis ran off toward the church. That guy, Aaron, had gone into the church and hadn’t shown his face since. Sure, they’d kept in touch through the magic device, but Louis had no idea how seriously Aaron was actually taking any of it.

It wasn’t long ago that Louis had learned sothing new about Aaron. Besides being a skilled alchemist and soone who enjoyed chasing n, Aaron was also the kind of mad researcher who, once distracted by sothing, beca completely absorbed and forgot everything else.

Sowhere during their journey, he had clearly beco obsessed with sothing.

He’d been drifting around in a daze ever since.

Louis was sure the man had even forgotten that he was supposed to be undercover as a rchant.

When Louis told the church priest he was looking for Aaron, the priest readily agreed to guide him inside. That seed a little too relaxed for Louis.

"Are you sure this is okay?" Louis asked. "I an, it seems a bit unsafe..."

The priest smiled kindly.

"This is a place where people co to seek and receive blessings. The doors here are always open to everyone."

Louis had felt the sa kind of vibe in the church back in Rosaria too. People involved with the church just seed to live on a different wavelength.

Inside one of the church’s rooms, Aaron was hard at work scribbling away. Scattered across the large table were copied texts, fragnts of carved stone, and other items that looked like ancient records or research materials.

Louis sighed. As he suspected, Aaron had completely forgotten about his actual role.

Although, at this point, he didn’t really need to keep up the rchant disguise anymore.

"Aaron, I ca to check on you," Louis said.

As soon as Louis spoke, Aaron’s face lit up and his green eyes sparkled. Uh-oh, Louis thought. This isn’t good.

"Oh, Louis! You ca at the perfect ti! Take a look at this. I noticed sothing amazing when I put this copy next to this other one. These symbols that are scattered across various ruins—so far, I’ve only seen them used in churches—but I realized they’re actually connected as part of a longer pattern..."

"Hold up! Wait! Aaron!" Louis quickly cut in, waving his hands. "I didn’t co here to hear your academic theories, okay?!"

He had to stop the flood of words coming from Aaron before it swept him away. Left unchecked, that explanation would probably go on until nightfall—and that scared Louis.

Aaron looked annoyed, but Louis ignored it.

"You got my ssage right? Tomorrow is the day. We’ve also received word that Talcott and the others plan to move the military tomorrow as well. The army, the party leaders, the ministers, and the top brass are all supposed to gather together. That’s why Captain Dominic and Lord Chelmsford decided tomorrow is the best ti to act. Is everything squared away with the High Priest?"