After seeing the dark-haired boy leave the tavern, saying he was going to buy more household items, Cesare breathed deeply, trying to control his own heartbeat, which was beating at a tremendous rate.

　Yesterday, as soon as he had left the boy, he had used his contacts to research the matter, and he had come across some new information.
　As a result, I found out that the capture of the female mercenary was the sole decision of the Marquis de Trier and that the name of the mercenary paired with the female mercenary was Aldis.

　Moreover, this boy mercenary called Ardis, who is also the owner of the house where the female mercenary lives, seems to have disappeared after the riot of capture.
　Normally, one should think that he is still working with the female mercenary at the moment.

　The boy who was in front of me just now.
　He has black hair and black eyes, with a fine violet-colored cloth wrapped around his forehead, and he is wearing a rather short wisteria-colored robe.
　From everything, he matched the features of the mercenary named Ardis that he had heard about.

　It seems that the name 'Theoris' is listed in the innkeeper's book. However, considering their situation that it might have been arranged, it's probably a false name.
　If the boy was a mercenary named Ardis, as Cesare glared at him, he would almost certainly know where the female mercenary was.

　When he came to that idea, Cesare was greedy.

　It seems that in Tria, they intend to cover up the order to capture and the commotion before the country knows about it.
　But this is not because they have given up the capture of the mercenaries, but because they want to hide the scandal.
　Perhaps Tria still wants to capture the female mercenaries.

　What the Marquis of Tria has issued is an irregular capture order without the approval of the Houjouin.
　Unlike the Tholian guards, the King's Landing guards have no reason to move. It's impossible to capture a female mercenary.

　But if we can locate them, we can sell them to the Marquis of Thoria for information.
　It may be of no value in King's Landing, but to the Tholian lords, it would be information that they could not ignore.
　The reward for this is more than just coppers and silver coins. It could be as many as ten or twenty gold coins.

　If you seize that boy, you can get a lot of money at once.

　Cesare acted immediately.
　He made contact with the man who was organizing the rag-tag racketeers of the downtown area, told him what the boy looked like and what he was wearing, and asked him to kidnap him and lock him up.

　The ruffians of downtown, who subsist on two coppers to get by on a daily basis, are willing to talk to you if you give them a glimpse of a gold coin.
　I've told them to attack in as large a group as possible, surround them in a small space, close the distance at once, and not to hurt them senselessly.

　No matter how much that boy was a mercenary, a sorcerer, and had experience in battle, he was outnumbered.
　Moreover, sorcerers can't show their strength when they are approached.
　Because if they are hit without time to chant, that's it.

　Once you find out where the female mercenaries are, lock them up somewhere until you get your reward from the Marquis de Trier.
　As Cesare was dreamily sipping his fruit water, pondering the large sums of money he would soon receive, he heard a voice behind him that should not have been heard, "Did I keep you waiting? I heard a voice say, "I don't know.

　I wonder if the boy would have realized how upset he was at that moment.
　Did his shoulders bounce?
　Did he not think it was suspicious that he was so surprised that he couldn't reply immediately?

　I didn't expect him to come back to the inn.
　Moreover, he was unharmed, as if nothing had happened.

　With barely a hint of composure, Cesare provided the boy with the additional information he'd been promised.
　He was uncomfortable the entire time he was talking, wondering if his voice was woozy and if he was talking too fast.

　With the boy back upstairs in his room, Cesare was finally relieved of the pressure, and he drank the fruit water at hand in one gulp to think about it.

　Did that mean that he was no match for the raggedy guy?
　He chuckles softly while regretting that he misjudged the boy's ability.
　It seems that the boy has not yet noticed that it was Cesare who intrigued the ragpicker. Then there was still a chance.

　If the ragpicker wasn't good enough, he could move the mercenaries.
　He would have to give them more money than the ragpicker, but their abilities were incomparable.

　Cesare knows a lot of mercenaries because of his job. A strong but slightly weak-headed guy is perfect for him.
　It's just as well that there was a guy who said, "If I get any more good information, I'll ask for it.

　Cesare remembered that the boy had told him that he would be leaving King's Landing this afternoon. There wasn't much time left.