It was only a day or so later that Seneran, who had temporarily lost consciousness, awoke.

It wasn’t a recovery that could even be said to be miraculous, but Saint Clare explained that if it had been delayed by two or three hours, she would have lost her life due to blood loss or left aftereffects.

Without her abilities, it would have been impossible to find Seneran in time or to provide first aid upon rescue.

Also, I would have had to allow the opponent’s first attack in the dark without a heavenly shield.

Fortunately, I hadn’t used the artifact necklace I had received from her yet, so even if I was unlucky enough to get hit in a critical spot, I wouldn’t have lost my life.

Rather than thinking of this necklace as an extra life, it was better to treat it as a last resort.

So I was really glad that I didn’t use it this time and passed it.

The single room where Seneran Winte is unconscious and asleep.

Having much to say with her, I quietly waited for the brown-haired woman to wake up.

The pupils began to flutter under her eyelids, and then Seneran’s eyes began to slowly open.

“… Where is this?”

“This is the Imperial Church, Miss Seneran Winte.”

“Ehh?!”

She must have woken up without noticing my presence, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she let out a startled sound.

“Sorry to startle you.”

“Oh, no. It’s okay, Prince Conrad.”

When Seneran’s eyes met again, he clutched at his startled chest and averted his gaze, briefly explaining what had happened while she was still asleep.

The crime syndicate that kidnapped Seneran was destroyed, but the man who seemed to be the main culprit was lost. Then, a convoy was used to transport her to the church, and the man who took her hostage was interrogated to extract information from the Wintemire Company. It was a simple story, such as going into .

Even the fact that Saint Claire treated Seneran’s trauma while he was asleep for several hours.

“As expected, you were right to have come to rescue me then. It was such a dream-like story that I thought I had seen an illusion unconsciously.”

“… … .”

“Don’t you think that being saved twice by the same person is also fate, Prince Conrad?”

Seneran Winte speaks with a slightly blushing face.

I said a little sorry to her quietly.

“Miss Seneran.”

“Yeah.”

“I’m sorry to say this, but have I ever met you before?”

“hahahaha, even kidding… .”

“… … .”

“… … Aren’t you kidding?”

“Yes, sorry.”

Looking at her hardened expression while maintaining a bright smile, it seemed that I had indeed met her.

I have no idea when it was, though.

“Two or two years ago, in the winter of Baron Ormund, you killed bandits and saved me and the others from being tied up in the estate of Baron Ormund!”

“Baron Ormund… … ah.”

“At that time, I rode the same carriage with me to High Garden Marquis Baekryeong and even explained the situation to the lord there!”

“… I remembered. At that time, he was a sheep named Sener.”

“I must have even introduced myself as the daughter of the Wintemire Company that day!!”

Yes, I’m sure I heard that story again, so I remember it properly.

Perhaps the reason I couldn’t remember it for a while was because I didn’t have any information about ‘the daughter of the Wintemire Company’ in my head.

It was not long after returning to the past, so it was a time when I was thinking of most of the information based on my previous life.

And since she had already disappeared from her previous life before Johnny entered the academy, of course she did not exist in my past memories.

Now all the oddities are starting to fit, including the change in Johnny’s personality.

The reason he doesn’t show signs of becoming ‘Money Devil Johnny’ is because his spiritual mentor, Seneran, is missing.

The reason she wasn’t missing was because I destroyed Baron Ormund’s gang of bandits in order to get rid of trouble near the Perdalos estate.

At first, when I was introduced to her as ‘the daughter of the Wintemire Company,’ I had to assume that she was Johnny’s older sister.

Rather, when I was introduced to Delphina for the first time, I even suspected that she might be someone related to the Dark Church just because she suggested that she want to meet me alone.

I couldn’t help but blame myself for this stupid act I had inadvertently done.

“I’m sorry, Miss Seneran. Maybe I didn’t remember it properly because I didn’t have time.”

“There is nothing to be sorry about. Anyway, I was in a situation where Prince Conrad’s life was saved, but I rather spoke shameless words to my benefactor.

Rather than that, I will have to offer an apology. Although it wasn’t my intention, I broke the promise because of my problem and even made Prince Conrad suffer… .”

Before Seneran could finish her sentence, Johnny burst into the church door, and her backbiting was interrupted.

“I’m your sister!!!”

“… Johnny?”

“sister! You are awake!”

“Johnny, why are you so excited like you are? Calm down a little.”

“How could I not be excited! My sister barely woke up after a day!”

“He is really, really… .”

Holding Seneran’s hands tightly, I left the weeping Johnny in the hospital room and quietly left.

I didn’t want to interfere with the brother and sister reunion that took place in a day and a half.

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After returning from another schedule, Johnny barely popped out of the hospital room after almost an hour.

To be precise, he didn’t walk out on his own, but it was as if Saint Clare had forced him out.

At the words of St. Claire, who requested that she leave because she still needed a detailed examination, Johnny had no choice but to move out of the hospital room.

Even though the treatment was physically completed and the trauma such as the nail that had been pulled out was restored, there was a good chance that she still had mental or invisible physical damage.

Still, seeing Seneran talking calmly even after being kidnapped twice, it didn’t seem like it would be too much of a problem given her strong personality.

Excluding Delfina, who returned to the academy earlier yesterday because of her busy schedule, Johnny and I sat face-to-face in the empty waiting room of the church and talked about the incident.

“I don’t know how much I can thank you for this, Konrad Perdalos.”

It was Johnny lowering his head with a calmer expression than yesterday.

“If it wasn’t for Conrad senior’s suggestion and judgment, it would have been impossible to get my sister back. I would like to express my sincere thanks.”

“Anyway, Miss Seneran is safe, so it’s good for me too.”

“You saved my sister’s life twice, following what happened at Baron Ormund’s estate… . I will repay this grace throughout my life.”

“I didn’t do anything that great.”

“Anyway, thank you very much.”

No matter how much I said it was okay, Johnny kept his head down several times, so to change the subject, I asked what I had instructed him to do.

“Rather than that, did you find out who was behind this incident?”

As soon as I told him about the serious incident that almost cost Seneran his life, Johnny’s expression turned extremely serious.

A light flashed between his thin eyes.

“I have grasped the general situation. It was a guess based on the ‘interrogation’ of the hostages led by senior Konrad Perdalos and what my sister said.”

“Is the interrogation over?”

“It’s almost over. It’s because the price of the elixir is starting to become more valuable than the value of the information you extract. I am in a weak state of mind, so I am not even sure that I am spitting out useful information properly.”

For the sake of my sanity, I have decided not to listen to the detailed interrogation he conducts in the basement of the Wintemire Company building.

“First of all, it is estimated that there are three main forces involved in the kidnapping of my sister this time.”

“One must be the bandits I dealt with, what about the other two?”

I deliberately rhymed without mentioning the Dark Cult first, but Johnny shook his head and replied.

“No, the thieves are just a subordinate force.”

“Yeah?”

“The faction I’m talking about is not just a band of 10 or so bandits. It is a fundamental organization above that.”

Having said that, Johnny explained to me each piece of information he had obtained.

“First of all, the Sepia Company is presumed to be a force that had a cooperative relationship with the thieves.”

“You mean the guild that Ryan Sephia is the heir to?”

“That’s right.”

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Johnny nodded at my words and continued explaining about the thieves under Sepia Firm.

“It seemed to be a relationship that had been working together for a long time already. It was confirmed that the abandoned building was originally owned by the Sepia Company, and additional evidence was found at the site that the thieves had not yet dealt with.”

“Evidence that has not been disposed of?”

“This is the body of Wilburm Bain, the head of the sepia trade union. It seems that the second floor of the building was a temporary storage place until the bodies were disposed of.”

I don’t know about the person named Wilburm Vane, but anyway, if you’re the head of Sepia’s trade union, you’re probably a thorn in the side of Sepia’s.

Even so, the atmosphere inside the guild must have been horrendous due to the ‘sepia store worker reduction case’ announced by Prince Antonio in the student council president election last year.

The fact that the body of such an important person was found in a building owned by Sepia Co. was sufficient to show that Sepia Co. was involved in this incident.

Of course, it is only circumstantial evidence, and no physical evidence has come out, and unless the building is already owned by Sepia, it cannot be used as clear evidence.

“If that’s the case, I can understand the demand to hand over the books and magic contracts of Wintemire Corporation. Sepia Sanghoi will be able to use those two somehow.”

“In addition, it seems that some of the contracts were even planned to be stolen abroad to prevent tracking. I found out through interrogation.”

“If you siphon magic contracts abroad, does that mean that the Foundation of Arrows and Crowns is the second power?”

“… Not sure yet. The Foundation of Arrows and Crowns is the most likely, but we cannot rule out the possibility that it is just an overseas merchant company that frequently interacts with the Sepia Company. We will temporarily refer to this unknown overseas corps as the second force.”

It’s like two companies are entangled in kidnapping one ‘daughter of the Wintemire Company’.

Even though it was an operation with a high possibility of not obtaining the ledger and magic contract, did it mean that it was enough to remove Seneran Winte’s influence?

I couldn’t guess what kind of position she had in the Wintemire Corporation.

“And the last force probably… .”

“It must be the Dark Church. I already know it because I met him face-to-face.”

“… That’s right.”

It’s like the sepia firm and two other firms are entangled with the Dark Church.

My head began to ache with the premonition that it would be more troublesome than I had imagined.

“Senior Conrad Perdalos.”

“Yeah.”

“If senior Conrad Perdalos is concerned about what will happen next, you can withdraw the proposal regarding the Perdalos branch of the Wintemia Company that Lady Delphina previously proposed.”

Being under check from the two upper ranks and being entangled with the Dark Church, he must be concerned about inviting the Wintemire Company, which has a considerable number of enemies, to the Perdalos branch.

He probably thinks that the conflict between the upper ranks could cause damage to the Perdalos estate.

It was probably a thoughtful proposal, but I shook my head instead.

“No, please tell Miss Seneran that we still want to go ahead with the Perdalos branch construction plan of the Wintemire Corporation.”

In the current situation, the only corps that can be confidently trusted is the Wintemire Company.

“Thank you for saying that. I will make sure to strongly convey your intentions to my older sister.”

“Yeah.”

I never thought that Wintemire Company, which was a very difficult enemy in my past life, would lead to an inevitable partnership in this life.

Now I couldn’t be sure how this future, which I couldn’t predict, would come back later.