If it’s just me, with the experience from my previous life, it would be easy to infiltrate the castle. However, this isn’t the case for the siblings. There is the plan to hide inside the cake, but that would go more smoothly if we could have someone on the inside to authorize it, rather than relying on luck.
“Using my connections, I could probably get them in as servants of the castle. Those two have the skills necessary, so all we would need to do is disguise them.” (Senia)
“If that’s the case, how about all three of us introduce ourselves to that person? I could easily sneak in as an apprentice of the Galgan Company, while they are disguised as servants.” (Sirius)
“Certainly. One more request; if it becomes a situation where you’re going to kidnap Reese-sama, would you please bring her to Lifell-sama’s location?” (Senia)
“Lifell-sama was at a medical facility, correct? Where is that located, specifically?” (Sirius)
“It is on far side of the lake, northwest of the castle. The building itself is extremely conspicuous, as you will understand as you get closer to it. I will prepare a horse and carriage inside the castle grounds, so please use those to escape.” (Senia)
Secretly, I had flown around important locations in Elysion and their surrounding areas late at night to draw maps with accurate parameters. I indeed recalled a suspicious medium-sized building near the area Senia described.
Any pursuers are likely to give chase immediately if I escape by horse and carriage, thus multiple decoys are going to be deployed to throw them off of our trail. It is a reasonable precaution to take, a princess is potentially about to be kidnapped after all.
“I know the location. Besides that, we don’t necessarily need to escape by carriage. We could always run away through the forest.” (Sirius)
“But the distance is great, you know? It’s going to hurt Reese-sama’s feet.” (Senia)
“I was training her alongside the siblings, she’ll be alright. Moreover, we always run in the forest while training, an escape would be much easier on her in comparison.” (Sirius)
The Diamond Cottage is surrounded by a similar forest. They earnestly ran a whole course of rough terrain in the forest under the pretense of training, and can with confidence say that they would equal even veteran adventures in terms of mobility in such an environment.
Worst case scenario, I can just hold Reese and fly. It’s unfortunate that I wouldn’t be able to carry the siblings as well, but they could just run to catch up.
“…Understood. If that’s the case, I’ll deploy the carriages anyway to serve as a distraction.” (Senia)
“Yes, please. And when is the ceremony?” (Sirius)
“It will be tomorrow evening. Since I’ll arrive a short while before that, where should we meet?” (Senia)
“Let’s meet at Galgan company please. If we meet there, I can just bring the siblings myself. They won’t arouse suspicions there. (Sirius)
“Understood. Would you like information on anything else?” (Senia)
“Please tell me in detail marriage partner, and the itinerary for the ceremony.” (Sirius)
After I received the information, with her business with me concluded, Senia returned to Princess Lifell’s side. As she stepped out into the dark of night, she turned back and said;.
“Lastly… when you meet with Reese-sama, please pass along Lifell-sama’s message. Tell her to please be more selfish.” (Senia)
“That’s a perfect message for her. Alright, I will certainly tell her.” (Sirius)
She laughed, and vanished into the dark. Normally, someone with her position would have an escort, however she has considerable ability. Even should she be ambushed by a gang of thieves, she could turn the table on them in an instant. Though, for the record, there are no such guys anywhere near here.
Now, I have things to do. I need to prepare various things, as well as revise my plan to accommodate this new information.