Kinarp, the man serving as the Mage’s Guild’s Guild Master, was startled as he regained consciousness.

“W-what on earth have I been doing?”

He looked around him to see the higher-ranking members of the Mages’ Guild, wearing similarly astonished expressions… Among them were some of his accomplices who had connections to the subordinates of the Pure-breed Vampire Ternecia, though he wouldn’t call them his comrades.

“Kinarp-dono, where is this place?”

“W-what were we doing? I-I cannot remember anything.”

“Calm down, everyone,” said Kinarp. “This is my mansion.”

Kinarp had almost no memory of the past few days. However, he hadn’t lost sight of what he was supposed to do.

“Remember, everyone. There is something that we must do,” he said.

“Something that we must do… That’s right, there is!”

“We cannot stay here; we must hurry!”

“Wait, we must not be hasty! If we are not careful, everything will be put to waste!”

“Now then, everyone, gather all of the necessary evidence and entrust them to those you trust,” Kinarp instructed. “You must not give them to the subordinates of Belton-sama or Lucas-sama; they could hush it all up.”

“Indeed, even if they are in conflict with each other, they would cooperate to conceal anything that would put a stain on the Hartner family’s name.”

“Then should we take them to ambassadors of other duchies?”

“There are no other options. Now then, get moving!”

After that, Kinarp and the others gathered all evidence of their crime and underhanded dealings and hurried to the embassy, where ambassadors from other duchies were working.

They were obeying the command that had been burned into their minds: “Confess your evil deeds and reveal them to the world.”