After taking a deep breath to calm down, I gave the report that I had already prepared to the stuffed bunny.
As the stuffed bunny listened to this report, the only response that he gave was his expression changing from time to time.
Finally, when it was finished, he just sat there in silence as if he was lost in thought.
A long silence followed before he said, "So do you think that this is one separate incident or do you think that there's more connected to this?"
I couldn't help knitting my brows when I heard this.
It seemed like a simple question, but I couldn't help feeling that there was more to the question that met the eye.
It was almost as if…he already knew something that I didn't know.
So instead of giving an answer, I asked, "Do you think that there's other incidents related to this?"
The stuffed bunny didn't seem angry when he heard this and instead took out a folder from the table. He placed this folder in front of me, as if waiting for me to look through it.
I took it and started reading, but as I read through it, I couldn't help knitting my brows more and more.
As the top information organization in this kingdom, Shadow Garden received information from many different places. At the same time, all of these reports were very detailed because they were specialists in gathering information.
What was in the folder were reports from many different places.
These weren't exactly reports of demon encounters, but they were reports of strange things happening in the surrounding areas.
There were reports from places like cities which was to be expected, but there were also reports from towns and villages. As well as areas that were even more remote than these towns and villages.
It seemed that whatever was happening, it was much deeper than I had even thought.
I had played through the demon quest line as well in the game, so I had some ideas of how deep the demons had infiltrated, but I never thought that it was even deeper than I thought.
At the same time, something that caught my attention was that there were signs that the princes were involved in this matter.
It wasn't the first or second prince, but some of the younger princes were involved in this matter.
Based on what I could see, it was very likely that these princes had gotten involved with the demons for one reason…they were trying to use the influence of the demons to help them win the succession war.
They didn't have much hope of winning when competing with the first and second prince, so they had to turn to unconventional methods to help them win. They were planning on using the demons to give them an edge in this fight.
But it was clear that they were underestimating how powerful the demons were…
Not to mention, the fact that they had been colluding with the demons had already been noticed by Shadow Garden.
Shadow Garden was an organization that was under the king, so there was no doubt that the king also knew about this. It was only a matter of time before the king took action to suppress this.
So there was already no hope for the princes that were involved.
But there was something that was related to me here.
The princes that were involved with the demons were among the ones that had sent people to come and invite me to meet them.
Scar had told me who those other nobles sitting around us were and who they most likely served.
So this was an indirect warning from the stuffed bunny about what I should do.
I couldn't help revealing a grateful look when this thought passed through my mind.
Seeing the way that I looked at him, the stuffed bunny said, "It seems that you've finished reading. So what do you think?"
I gave a nod before saying with a calm look, "It seems like the situation is much more serious than I thought."
The stuffed bunny gave a nod before saying, "You're an unknown factor that has been thrown into this, so I want you to know to take care of yourself."
What he was talking about wasn't just the demon situation, but also the succession race.
It was clear that the succession battle was much more fierce than I had thought. The princes were even going as far as cooperating with the demons to try and get an advantage.
I was someone who was considered very important now because like Scar said, I was the only one who could communicate with the elves. If I went under one of the princes, one could be certain that they would have a large advantage in the succession race.
So my position…was very dangerous now.
I gave another nod before saying, "I will."
As I said this, even more gratitude appeared in my eyes.
Even if he was a stuffed bunny, he was a boss that took care of his subordinates…
Perhaps I had been wrong about him before…
It was just too bad that I immediately retracted this when I heard his next words.
"You'll be meeting with his majesty tomorrow." The stuffed bunny suddenly said.
"Huh?" All three of us were surprised to hear this.
After all, not a single one of us had expected the king to set up a meeting for us this soon…The king was supposed to be an important person and not someone that was so easy to meet.
The stuffed bunny just said with a shrug, "His majesty was very interested in meeting you, so there's nothing I can do about this."
I couldn't help revealing a bitter smile.
It seemed that I was thinking too much.
He didn't care about me, he just cared about how to present me to his majesty.
After all, if I caught his majesty's attention, the Shadow Garden organization would naturally benefit from it since I was a member of this organization.
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