My aunt headed to the living room and simply pushed the sofa away before opening the secret passageway on the floor. Seeing that Arwen was surprised at the secret passage, it seemed to have been kept a secret from the people living in this house.

As if Aunt Talaria had guessed what I was thinking, she flippantly said, "It's not exactly a secret. It was created to make it possible for Arwen and Flam to escape in an emergency. I just didn't tell Flam because I thought that idiot would go around talking about it beforehand."

"If the person who’s supposed to use it doesn't know about it, isn't it useless?”

My aunt snorted when I asked her dumbfoundedly. "There's an emergency contact magic in this house, so it’s fine.”

After following my aunt through the secret passage for a long time, a very luxurious room appeared. This was a place I’d been to once before. Was it when I was in the middle of training at the district office and had cornered the poisoning suspect?

My aunt touched a large picture on the wall and asked, "You were here about three years ago, weren’t you? Was that when Information Head Pelgrant was almost poisone...