Zich’s face turned serious. However, Hans and Snoc did not understand the gravity of the situation and just stared at both Zich and Joachim. 

“Sir, what did they say their justification was?”

“Since Ms. Bargot is a proficient medical expert, they want her to take a look at the Count’s condition.”

“Weren’t there a lot of people who already checked the Count’s condition?”

“Of course. We brought in a great number of skilled doctors and priests to heal the Count. But they all shook their heads, and most of them said that the Count did not have long to live.”

“Sir, then what are your thoughts? Do you really think they took Ms. Bargot so that she could check up on the Count’s condition? Or is it…” Zich lowered his voice. “Because diseases are now spreading in the castle?”

“What?”

“Huh?”

Hans and Snoc were shocked, but Joachim remained calm. He expected that Zich might have already suspected this.

“To be frank, I don’t really know.” Joachim was not able to give a clear answer. Since he didn’t have enough information, he couldn’t give a definite answer to Zich. However, it wasn’t as if he had no likely conjectures inside his mind.

“But that is also a high possibility.”

“Since they took Ms. Bargot, I guess it’s pretty clear that they aren’t going to inform us about the state of the...