The next day, there was a report from Ariel.
Thanks to the fight yesterday, Luke finally confessed.
As it turns out, Luke had indeed received advice from Hitogami.
As for the advice, Luke received just one.
The timing was while preparing for the trip.
What he heard is basically『Beware of Rudeus's betrayal.』
Hitogami said:
Desiring to be a lord of the Notus House, Rudeus will defect to Darius’s side.
The purpose is status, money and Ariel’s body.
Without being discovered by Sylphy, I acted behind the scenes.
Pretended to be Ariel’s ally and led her into traps by the day.
Passed information to Darius by the night.
All of it has been secretly planned by me from several years ago.
Marrying Sylphy is also a part of my plan.
That Rudeus sure is talented.
So talented that I wanted to trade places with him.
If I can be so cold blooded, my life would be much easier.
At first Luke thought, [There's no way Rudeus has interest in social status] and didn't believe it.
I didn't think that he had so much confidence in me, but I suppose that matched my usual behavior.
However, with the transfer magic circles’ destruction recently, then the betrayal of the Notus House, Hitogami’s prophecy began to hit the mark.
With these things happening, Luke’s trust in me began to wane little by little.
So he readily believed in Hitogami, and came to look at me suspiciously.
By the way, It seems that even now, he still doubts me. Ariel ordered him to prove his doubts with action.
Ariel had to say it with confidence in order keep Luke from trying anything in the future.
Well, if the degree of advice Luke had received was just that, we could probably take it easy for the time being.
In fact, I've never even seen Darius's face,
I’m not interested in Paul’s former home,
And it's not like I need Ariel's body, either.
No matter how much Luke is suspecting me, it’s all a baseless lie anyway.
It's lousy advice from Hitogami.
I understand very well, that guy didn't expect anything from Luke.
Anyway, even in such a lousy story, it would not be polite if I suspected him.
With things like the right man in the right place, you're still important.