Chapter 55: First Movement

Chapter 55: First Movement

Only after the Wraith opposite him vanished did Emlyn White withdraw his gaze. He untied the thin string around the file pouch in his hand and drew out the documents within.

After reading them one by one, Emlyn more or less grasped Ernest Boyar’s movement patterns.

This Sanguine viscount normally had no fixed schedule. Sometimes he stayed at home; sometimes he visited exhibitions; sometimes he went to a manor outside the city to taste wine; sometimes he accompanied female companions to the major department stores; sometimes he invited certain ladies to model for his paintings. In every way, he seemed like a normal wealthy man.

However, recently, Ernest had been going to Saint George Borough once every other day to supervise renovations at a furniture factory in which he had invested, attempting to restore it to operation as soon as possible.

In this way, a repeated pattern had appeared in this Sanguine viscount’s life. Every other day, his activity location repeated, his route repeated, and even the place where he ate lunch repeated.

Emlyn raised a hand and pressed both sides of his forehead. He carefully extracted from the documents three major scenes suitable for action.

The first was inside or at the entrance of the furniture factory Ernest Boyar had opened. The second was Saint Hielan Square, where he would stop to eat lunch and feed pigeons on his way back home. The third was Backlund Bridge—unless the other party was willing to take a very long detour, traveling between his home and Saint George Borough would inevitably require passing through it.

All three locations met the requirement of being crowded and chaotic. However, Backlund Bridge had too few entrances and exits. Once both ends were blocked, the only way to leave would be to jump into the river. That was the choice of an idiot… Saint Hielan Square belongs to Saint Hielan Cathedral, the Church of Steam’s center in Backlund—and even in all of Loen. It is their second Holy See. It fits Mr. Hanged Man’s suggestion and can effectively control the possible intensity of any conflict, while interfering with later divination and investigation… Emlyn gradually formed a preference.

And once a preference existed, living beings would subconsciously search for even more reasons to support it. Emlyn was unquestionably the same. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Saint Hielan Square could satisfy practically every requirement.

First, Ernest would remain there for quite some time, eating lunch in a Sivella-style restaurant—this Sanguine viscount had been born in Sivella County.

Second, the square gathered the stops of multiple public tramcar routes. People came and went, most of them belonging to the middle and lower classes, and accidents often happened there.

Third, if one left from there without crossing Backlund Bridge, one would enter the Backlund Bridge area, and the distance from Harvest Church would no longer be especially great.

Finally, at precisely noon, Saint Hielan Cathedral would release steam, turn its levers, and ring its great bell. No one’s attention would fail to be drawn.

This is the place… Emlyn quickly made a decision. Raising his right hand, he adjusted his bow tie. His red eyes were full of anticipation.

At that moment, however, he suddenly frowned, sensing that something was wrong.

Saint Hielan Square was far too suitable for action.

So suitable that it almost fulfilled every condition.

Would Ernest truly not guard against my revenge? How could he allow himself to remain for long in this kind of environment? Even if he were too stupid to think of it, would the counts not remind him? The corners of Emlyn’s mouth slowly curled upward as he came to understand the reason.

Saint Hielan Square was the action location the Sanguine higher-ups had “marked out” for him!

Heh… Emlyn laughed once, the curve at his lips not dropping.

He decided to request a private gathering for a few members from Mr…