Ms. Claire and the others would be very busy


    And so I agreed with Mr. Ekenhart that I did not want her to be put in danger.


    Though, from her perspective, it probably looked like I was doing something dangerous. And it probably caused her to worry.


    I would have to be careful.


    “I understand that. It is not as if I can fight, and there would be little that I could do there. But to determine that you cannot act and let Mr. Takumi work on his own...”


    “And I do feel bad about that. Mr. Takumi, I am sorry for relying on you and making the wrong decision.”


    “I also needed to check my information more thoroughly. And I will do my best to avoid such a thing happening again.”


    “Hahaha. Well, everyone makes mistakes. I don’t mind. Besides, considering that Liza was targeted, it hardly mattered. Leo and I would have gone out on our own anyway. Isn’t that right, Leo?”


    “Wuff? Wuff-wuff!”


    After being berated by his daughter, Mr. Ekenhart stopped making excuses and then turned to me and bowed his head.


    Sebastian also bowed.


    I had only brought up my conversation with Nick to stop Mr. Ekenhart’s teasing of Ms. Claire, and had not expected him to apologize like this....


    In any case, I chuckled and insisted that it was nothing to me.


    Even if finding and rescuing Liza was something I had done with Mr. Ekenhart’s help, our motive was not directly related to him.


    “In any case, Sebastian and I will deal with the matter before we go off to the forest tomorrow. There may be others aside from Deam who would target Liza. It will be a good opportunity to investigate the slums and town in general.”


    “Indeed. We will be quite busy...”


    Mr. Ekenhart had a serious expression as he talked about what must be done.


    Sebastian nodded in agreement, only, he appeared to be looking forward to it.


    I suppose he enjoyed investigating and finding bad people...


    At least he had other hobbies than just explaining things.


    “Those are things that I cannot do, so I will leave it to you.”


    “Yes.”


    “Father, I will help as well. ...So you don’t make wrong decisions again.”


    “...I don’t intend to, but it would be better to have multiple opinions. Very well.”


    I didn’t know anything about policy, and was in no position to say or do anything.


    Ms. Claire also wanted to get involved. But since Mr. Ekenhart was taking this very seriously, I doubted he would be making any mistakes. But maybe I was overestimating him...


    In any case, Mr. Ekenhart welcomed her help.


    Besides, he probably wanted to train her as much as possible, for the sake of her future...