Earl and Fairy: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 7] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

Edgar had returned to his room after seeing Theresa to hers and was now staring intently at her handkerchief.

“A penny for your thoughts, my lord?” Raven approached him, having just finished his patrol of the villa.

“Unless I’m mistaken, one tends to stitch one’s own initials onto a handkerchief, yes?”

“Yes, my lord.”

“And yet, no matter how I look at it, this letter next to the clover resembles an ‘M’ more than it does a ‘T.’”

“Miss Collins does not recall anything of her former life. It may not be intended as an initial at all.”

“Perhaps not. However, even if she does not remember her previous life, its traces should remain in her character, or her likes and dislikes. Or, indeed, in her desire to embroider on this handkerchief and the designs that she chose.”

Suppose the spirit possessing Lydia wasn’t Theresa after all? The girl had died at the age of five. A child that young wouldn’t normally choose to pick up a needle and thread in the first place, let alone be able to embroider with such skill. In that case, the spirit’s name likely began with “M.” Edgar racked his brains, but he failed to come up with a single candidate. At the same time, he had the sense that something highly important was hidden just beyond his reach.

He decided to let the matter rest for the time being and turned to Raven. “Has O’Neill’s letter arrived?”

“Yes, my lord.” Raven produced the letter from his inner pocket. He had been into town earlier in the day to pick it up from the post office.

It contained the findings of the investigation Edgar had tasked Scarlet Moon with. However, it seemed they had yet to find any leads regarding the identity of the fake earl. The two baronets were also using pseudonyms, but it wasn’t clear whether either of them was Ulysses. They could just as easily have been conmen after the Collins’ fortune.

Regardless, there was something that Edgar found even more curious within the report. Judging from the behavior of the moneylender, it was likely that Ulysses had been on board the Venus, a ship that had arrived in London a month prior. The passenger list had included one Oscar Collins.

Mr. Collins’s younger brother—that was, Oscar’s father—had successfully expanded his business into the United States. The boy had returned in order to study at a British school come autumn.

“What say you, Raven? Coincidence?”

“It is possible that Master Collins and Ulysses met while on board the Venus, and that the former is now being used in the machinations of the latter.”

“I would wager that Ulysses boarded the ship to target Master Collins and form a link to the family.”

“Do you mean to say that the Collinses were a part of the Prince’s plan from the beginning?”

“I believe so. For how elaborate it all is, their objective likely amounts to more than simply cornering me.” Edgar studied the letter’s postscript, which had been hastily scrawled in one corner. “They seem to have information regarding that too, although O’Neill wasn’t able to include the details.

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