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I knew what to expect.

When she asked me for contract magic, I did not trust Mena and recognized her as an enemy.

Contract magic is basically unbreakable, but there are some loopholes.

The contract is not valid unless the terms are spoken out loud, and the will of the one who says the added terms out loud takes precedence.

In this case, I could easily dispose of the contract at my will by deciding on vague terms at that point.

"Eh, huh?"

Mina-chan, please be quiet for a moment."

Bosco is here, too, and if he wanted to, he could easily capture her, but Mina is being held hostage.

"Why would you wish to do that?"

"......I don't want to leave my brother to die."

Mena is a rare servant who does not live in the house, but works at the count's house with a routine of working two days and spending one day in the city.

The reason is that she has a younger brother who also works, but he is sickly and tends to fall ill, so she wants to check on him frequently.

"Yesterday in the training room, I could smell the strong scent of blood coming from Master Khalil,

At that time, I guessed everything, that this incident was to find out who had infiltrated the Count's family, and that someone other than me had fallen into the trap."

I see.

So, having guessed that I would not tolerate spying and betrayal, he gambled with the offer of a reward.

"And the timing of the Duke's visit to the Countess' house, I thought that the you were really hoping to seethe the Duke's spies.

But when Mina showed that necklace to Khalil-sama, it was exposed that those people were not related to the duke's family, and if it continues like this, I will ......"

Mina, who should have been caught, looked somewhat worried.

Although she probably thinks she is trying hard to hide it, I can see the feelings of fear from Mena. Mina, who is in contact with her, probably senses it as well.

'This may be an excuse, but I was indebted to the Countess Dicaman, I was indeed connected to the dukes, but I had my own ......

I don't know if you believe me, but it wasn't of my own free will. ......"

Does that sound sympathetic?

Even if it were true, I don't believe that her own will had anything to do with it when she reported about Bertna and her children.

'Tell me here and now every single piece of information you have been sending to the Dukes since you were hired by the counts."

"Yes, sure. ......"

I am putting so much pressure on Mena that even I can tell she is trying to kill me.

Under the pressure of my pressure, she answered the questions in a few words.

The content is all basic and readily available information, such as the count family's military strength, the name of the magician, and the movements of my sister and I. The information that is so close to the secrets of the count family is the information about the count family's history.

The information that would get close to the secrets of the Count family is not mentioned.

"That's all. ......"

"What?"

I'm sure she knows that the contract magic is not absolute, and that the contract was never finished in the first place.

Does she lie so transparently when she says she doesn't want to die?

"That can't be all there is to it, can it?"

[......]

Meena looked down at me and Bosco with suspicion.

"Mena, ......"

"......"

I put my face on Mena's shoulder to hide my expression as I lowered the arm that was holding her a little from her neck.

It seems that there is no progress in the conversation, and I would like to catch her and lock her in jail, but the contract magic is impossible to interfere with those who are in the center of the magic circle until it is achieved.

"Hah ......!"

......!"

Just a sigh is enough to scare her.

I don't feel guilty about Mena being a traitor, but if she was trained by the duke's family, she would feel uncomfortable in this situation with that look of fear on her face.

Why did you report to the Duke about the two Berthona's?"

The first of the important information that had been exposed to the Duke.

Mena said that she had not divulged anything important, but the fact was that the Duke knew about the father and son.

I asked her if she would be a little upset if she was caught in a lie.

But...,

"What? ...... the Berthona family?"

Unexpectedly, the voice that sounded like it was about to disappear muttered mysteriously,

'...... It's the parent and child I brought back to the Countess's house for treatment.'

'As for Naamis-san and Noor-san, I only reported their names and that I brought them back to you. ......

I had no idea they were such important people. ......"

I realized that I must have been mistaken when I saw Mena talking like that with a pale face.

"Wait, tell me how Mena became a spy for the Dukes.

"Yes, I will."

Yes, sir.

I lived with my younger brother, I could hardly remember my parents' faces anymore, and we had no money and a hard life.

Life was never easy, but I still lived as best I could with my brother, my only family.

Until that day when ......

"Can't be saved ......?"

"Yes, unfortunately."

When I took my eyes off him, he fell against a plank that was about to come off the hut and badly injured his arm.

I immediately asked an old apothecary in the village to take a look at him, but he diagnosed that he would never recover from an injury of this magnitude.

"Perhaps Count Dicaman, who makes powerful magic potions, could somehow ......

I know that powerful magic potions are expensive.

But if there was even a small chance that I could be saved, I headed for the big city.