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"Does it have the na of a person?"
Feeling a creepy sensation, I swallowed dry saliva.
Enrique nodded, clinging to my arms.
"What the hell is this...?"
When I dug into the garden and obtained the letters and the duchess's diary, I scanned everything inside and found nothing particularly suspicious.
Even the crossword puzzle Enrique said had a person's na seed ordinary to .
Crossword puzzles are a ga that ladies and gentlen play to clear their minds while enjoying teati.
"Enrique, I can't understand it no matter how I look at it. Where is the person's na?"
"Here."
"Hmm?"
Enrique touched the intersection where the horizontal and vertical words of the crossword et.
I squinted.
"J?"
1. PREJUDICE
2. INCANTATION
The answer to horizontal riddle No. 1 and the answer to vertical riddle No. 2 were the sa as before, and the word at the intersection of the two words was J.
"Next... Here."
And at the intersection of word 3 and word 4, A was written.
As I moved my gaze diligently following Enrique's fingertips, I began to connect all the words at the points where the horizontal and vertical lines intersect.
The complete word is-
"J.A.M.I.L.L.A...?"
Jamilla.
Surprisingly, as Enrique said, there was actually the na of a person.
"Is this a person's na?"
"Yes."
"Jamilla..? Is that a woman's na?"
There was sothing that bothered about the re coincidence.
"In the novel, when Mia negotiated with Duke Seymour to escape from the twins, she only exchanged the letters."
So, when I discovered the existence of this diary, I was perplexed inside.
"Sister. But, there's sothing strange here too."
However, the feminine na 'Jamilla' wasn't the only thing.
The number of crossword puzzles is 22 instead of 12.
What ca out of the intersection of the remaining ten words was even more significant.
"DEMON..."
Demon.
"Who the hell is Jamilla, and why is she related to the word demon?"
Could it have sothing to do with the sorcerer making a deal with the devil?
Enrique asked , looking at the crossword like a warning.
"What is this?"
"It might be a code soone secretly planted."
It is very unlikely that the duchess made this crossword herself.
Most people who did these gas were maids, and the royal family and high-ranking nobles enjoyed solving the crosswords they had prepared in advance.
"A secret code, I'm afraid...."
"Enrique. Do you know that your sister is the strongest in the world? If you're scared, stay with tonight. And can you lend mother's diary for a mont?"
Enrique nodded wildly, and I stroked the boy's soft hair.
"But my Enrique is very observant. It's easy to see sothing like this and let it pass."
"It's the only mory of my mother, so I look at it often. And it's a precious gift from my sister."
I looked for a mont at the paper corners of the diary, as if I had read it several tis, then sat Enrique on my lap and read him a book of poetry.
anwhile, I thought it was fortunate that Mia didn't throw away her mother's diary and that it was in the hands of this child.
After a while, Enrique's head began to droop forward.
As I watched Enrique fall asleep instantly in my lap, saying he was scared, I stared at the crossword puzzle ga where the words "Jamilla" and "Demon" were hidden.
"...First, we have to find out who Jamilla is."
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"Where are you going instead of resting at ho?"
I was coming down the stairs in thick robes to head to Blanchia, and Belreck, who blocked my way, asked bluntly.
"I'm full of energy, but should I stay in bed?"
"This is because the force behind the attack on the Imperial Library hasn't been caught."
Indeed, I was on my way to investigate the decisive clues behind that.
"I'll pass by Armand for a mont. And even though his na is that, Seymour is behind him, isn't he?"
"Mmm. That's right."
"But, brother. It seems you have sothing to say."
His expression turned slightly serious.
"There are rumors that you have great divine powers. My father only told to ask you directly. What is the truth?"
Until now, only Isidor and Dad knew that I had awakened divine power, but it was becoming increasingly difficult to hide it, and I no longer had the intention to conceal it.
"That's right. I'm a much better person than you think. Do you automatically feel like calling 'noona' now?"
Playfully, I conjured a white sphere of divine power above my palm and blew it into Belreck's face.
He, who had been harshly exploited by his slave labor, opened his mouth as if surprised by my confirmation.
"A-are you really a Saint? Lord God... You must have abandoned your empire!"
Leaving him behind, I got on the carriage and headed towards Armand.
Arriving at Blanchia through the magic circle in Armand's basent, Isidor, who concealed his beauty with polymorphic magic, was working.
"It's good to see you."
Every ti I see him, I can't get used to the smiling doll face.
"It's been a while since I saw you."
"Yes, if you ca here instead of Visconti Mansion, it's because you must have sothing to ask, isn't it?"
"Yes."
I sat down, petting Cookie, who was yawning, and he served hot tea as always.
"Master, have you ever heard the na 'Jamilla'?"
He tilted his head slightly.
"Jamilla? It's a na with a unique accent. I rember all the nas of many nobles, but this is the first ti I've heard that na."
I took out a crossword puzzle and explained that I had found a suspicious code in my mother's diary.
Furthermore, in the future I saw, Mia threw away the diary with this crossword puzzle.
"According to the diary, my mother was close to the empress, so she was often invited for tea at the imperial court."
"..."
"What if one of the maids of the imperial family knew the identity of a sorcerer within the imperial family and secretly reported it through a crossword puzzle?"
"Jamilla..."
Isidor snapped his fingers, and a thick parchnt flew through the air, listing the nas of the royal family and nobles.
"In this, distant relatives of the emperor are also written. The information has been constantly reviewed and organized by informants for the past three years, so there won't be any missing nas. Let's look for it."
"How many nobles are there in the empire?"
Fortunately, the nas are arranged alphabetically.
However, no matter how much I searched, I couldn't find the na Jamilla.
"So, why is that na in the crossword puzzle?"
Having fallen into a new obstacle, I slowly opened my mouth after seeing the na of the 4th Queen called "Astella Histach."
"Isidor. Could I get a list of the maids who worked for the 4th Queen 9 or 10 years ago?"
"The princess seems to think that the 4th Queen has a strong background. She's a Queen from a foreign country without external forces..."
Isidor tapped his finger slowly with a worried expression.
"Let's think. Although overshadowed by my older brother, Rosad, the 3rd Prince also, technically speaking, almost beca a war hero thanks to the rift."
"..."
"Moreover, Mia's debutante partner this ti was the 3rd Prince. Due to the halo of the Saint, there should have been requests from various influential young n to be her escort, but her partner was the 3rd Prince. Isn't that too much of a coincidence?"
"..."
"If we investigate the 4th Queen, we might be able to discover Jamilla's identity."
"I will investigate all the maids who took care of the 4th Queen."
A few days later.
After persistent investigation, they found a woman who had worked as a maid for the 4th Queen in the past.
The woman was currently suffering life's hardships and was now in a small monastery, doing chores for a small wage.
"If she was a maid of the royal family, the pay would have been good, so why did she leave her job as a maid for the 4th Queen?"
The woman, who was clutching the package of silver coins I had given her, with a greedy expression, imdiately changed her complexion when the na of the 4th Queen appeared.
"Feel free to speak. No one will hurt you."
When I pulled out a bag with gold and Seymour's seal, she quickly moved her eyes from side to side before opening her mouth.
"Two of the maids I worked with have died. She was a very cruel woman from a young age."
"Were you a maid for the 4th Queen since childhood?"
"We've been together since I was 15, when the 4th Queen ca from the Kingdom of Nerman to the Empire."
"Then, do you know the na Jamilla?"
At that mont, the woman's eyes widened in amazent.
"How does Princess Seymour know the true na of the 4th Queen?"
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