[SRP] I Need an Army

[Lavi]

"I see," Cecily answered. She noted that Satsume had another thought prior, hinting that he knew something else, but the noble deemed it unnecessary to question for the time being.

"From your choice of words, I presume that this Paige is likely to hold a central role in the matter, such as an employee of Pherae's royal archives?" she questioned him.

A reply, or lack thereof, was meaningless; Cecily merely wanted to let Satsume know that she knew how to read between the lines.

"I will have you do the questioning, since you have familiarity with this person," Cecily instructed him as she stretched.

She did not want to admit it, but she was fatigued. She would expect someone like Satsume to have the stamina to make such trips with energy to spare, but Cecily traditionally traveled between provinces by carriage: even her trip to Bern was at least done by wagon. But Cecily knew that time cannot be wasted here, particularly since the so-called perpetrators of the incident at the archives could be out of Pherae for all they knew. Separating with Satsume is out of question, as there is no certainty whether she is still being targeted.