My Magical Career at Court: Living the Dream After My Nightmare Boss Fired Me from the Mages' Guild! Volume 5 [Complete] by Shusui Hazuki

Author:Shusui Hazuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

The next day, Letitia went to the captain’s office in the Third Unit of the Royal Court Magicians’ Division.

“Was that you yesterday, Captain?” she asked as soon as she entered.

The room seemed more disheveled than usual. Gawain wasn’t the fastidious type, but when he’d first been made captain, Marius had given Letitia the responsibility of strictly ordering him to keep his office tidy. As a result, he generally maintained it at a level where it wouldn’t interfere with work. It was a small change, but Letitia remembered it well.

“What are you talking about?” Gawain looked dubious, but not particularly unsettled. He glanced up from the newspaper he was holding, then continued reading. “I’m busy right now. Can it wait?”

“What are you doing?”

“Thinking about something very serious. Something that will affect the future of the kingdom.”

“What could that be?”

“To be specific, I’m trying to decide which horse to bet on in this weekend’s King’s Derby.”

Letitia stared blankly at Gawain. “Is that the Ardenfeld Times?”

“It is.”

“There are no pieces about the King’s Derby in the Times. The editors disapprove of the royal family sponsoring gambling.”

“Well, when you’re in as deep as I am, you know the race card off by heart anyway.”

“What were you doing last night in the hour between eleven and twelve?”

“I was out drinking with Henry. Ask him yourself if you don’t believe me. I was with him until after midnight.”

“All right. Henry did say something similar as well.”

“See? It was a pretty wild night. We were talking about all kinds of things I shouldn’t rep—”

“I also already spoke with the people working the bar, and they told me you two weren’t there,” Letitia interrupted. “When I pressed Henry, he confessed that you’d told him to say you were drinking together. He was actually alone, exercising in preparation for a group date this weekend.”

“Hmm, he did seem to be self-conscious about his belly lately...”

“I want you to tell me what you were doing. If you aren’t honest with me, I’ll have to insist that you pay me back all the money you owe me immediately—with interest.” Letitia’s tone was harsh and unrelenting.

“Okay, fine. I’ll talk,” Gawain conceded. “A few days ago, I discovered that you and Luke were up to something dangerous. You didn’t do anything all that suspicious, but Luke left enough evidence for me to notice. I think he might’ve done it deliberately.”

“But why...?”

“Luke admitted that he wanted my help. That was fine by me. When I looked into what you were doing, I found out that you were conducting an undercover operation. Then I disguised myself as one of the bad guys and caught them by surprise at the last moment.” Gawain scratched his head. “You wanted to avoid using magic and make sure you didn’t leave any identifiable evidence, right? I was trying to assist in your plans, and I thought I’d done everything right, but here we are.”

“You really did all that...?” Letitia sighed. The captain was as soft on his friends as always.

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