“How deep is their influence?” Zich asked, and Weig shook his head.

“We don’t know exactly how much. We also learned about the Steif Fortress while looking through the documents, so we came to visit the Count for this reason.” Since the fortress was within the Steelwall Estate, they needed the Count’s collaboration to gain information.

Zich stared at Count Steelwall. The Count’s face looked like it was full of worries because of the current situation's direction. Even though he was trying not to show it, he couldn’t stop the slight changes in emotion on his face. That showed how dire he considered the current situation to be.

‘Nonetheless, that’s none of my concern.’ Zich did not have even the tiniest bit of concern for the Steelwall Estate as he looked to the Count.

“You heard what they said, right?” Zich asked.

“…Yeah.” The Count finally opened his tightly sealed mouth. His worried-filled voice slowly filled the room.

“Do you know anything about it?”

“I sent someone. I expect to see a report soon,” the Count answered. In other words, he didn’t know about the place that well.

‘There was no way the Count, who didn’t even know...