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Having received the trust of the Duke who was a high-ranking noble, Jeno was the ideal for his subordinates-1 and a subject of respect.
Jungkook found it annoying to instruct people about everything, so he tended to leave things in the hands of fewer people. Therefore, Jeno handled a lot more important work compared to his position.
Although the Duke of Taran gave a lot of work, he wasn't one to torment his subordinates. He was a very decent master. If he entrusted someone with something, he didn't interfere in the middle and if one made a tolerable mistake, acknowledged it and asked for forgiveness, he would let it pass. But in exchange, there was no second chance if your results failed to meet his criteria. You would just be cleanly relieved of your duties. Perhaps it was even scarier that way.
In that sense, Jeno was talented to have preserved his position for so long. And he was a rather infamous boss. It was said that if you endured three years under Jeno, you would get gray hair and wrinkles in proportion to your increase in work ability.
With his legs on the table and half lying down on his chair in an arrogant posture, Jeno received the reports from his subordinates. Subordinate-1 gave his report.
"There is no problem with the target."
Subordinate-1's target was Sora, former doctor of the Ducal household. Sora was under watch to see if she was keeping to the confidentiality contract. Recently, Sora had been raking in money with the production of a headache medicine.
Jeno nodded as he looked at the brief report on Sora's routine, "You may go now." Subordinate-1 left and the next person came in.
Subordinate-2's target was the Countess of Falcon. The woman whom Jeno simply disliked unconditionally. The day when he visited the Countess of Falcon to give her a warning on his lord's behalf was simply refreshing.
"There is no specific movement from the target. Nowadays, it is seldom for the target to run around because of business issues. She is dedicated to running the few bars that she owns." (S-2)
Jeno looked through the report. There was nothing remarkable apart from the fact that the Countess of Falcon practically lived in her bar from morning till night. While attracting customers by being an active hostess, the bar was doing better than before.
"You may go now."
The next person entering was subordinate-3 and his target was Younghoon.
"The target is preparing to leave the capital soon. As of late, there is no remarkable activity apart from stopping at a bar every evening." (S-3)
"A bar, huh... is there anyone he's seeing at this bar?"
"He's going alone. There is no one accompanying him."
Jeno scrutinized the report.
"Is he depressed and drowning himself in alcohol?"
After reading the part about Younghoon going to the bar everyday, Jeno furrowed his brows. The name of the bar looked familiar. He opened the report regarding the Countess of Falcon and checked the bar that she owned. It was the same bar.
'Is it a coincidence?'
The Countess of Falcon had a talent for liquor business. She had several bars that handles customers according to levels determined by their status and wealth, and they were all prevailing. The bars were completely owned by the Countess so even when she had lost the investment, there was no damage to them. The bar that Younghoon visited frequently was a high-class bar which was a favorite of nobles. However, something was suspicious.
"Find out who the target is in contact with at the bar. Report what he talks about with the staff too."
"Yes, sir." (Subordinate-3)
After that, Jeno heard the reports of his subordinates one after another. This was the time he was most rewarded for his work.
***
Jeno stopped by the ducal residence to give an interim report on the people that Jungkook asked him to pay special attention to.
Younghoon had officially withdrawn from his group and the Vice-Chairman of the group, Baron Harry, took up the presidency and retained the youth association. He changed the name of the group to 'Future Youth's Association' and it remained almost identical to the established group except for some slight changes such as a few members leaving.
After looking at the report that documented the personal information of all the members of the youth association, Jungkook said,
"That bastard is still supporting the group."
Younghoon withdrew but still funded the youth association informally.
"Yes. His aide met with the target and handed over the funds."
Jungkook thought, 'It seems a dog was born from a tiger.' He didn't know how such a son came out from the Duke of Ramis.
"He went down to the Ramis fief, I believe?"
"Yes. He left a few days ago."
Younghoon would return to the capital one day but for the time being, he had disappeared, so Jungkook didn't plan to pay Younghoon any more attention. It would be a waste of time. For now, he was going to carefully watch the activities of several people in the group, including Harry who was leading it. If an opportunity arose, he planned to make good use of it and get rid of them completely.
"Keep watching the activities of the group and keep track of the key figures in the group."
"Yes, Your Grace. I did not include this in the report, but I have something to inform you. Before the target went down to the fief, he visited a bar almost every day. That bar is owned by the Countess of Falcon."
Jungkook looked over the report again and lifted his gaze. An unexpected person had appeared.
The Countess of Falcon? Jungkook had already forgotten about her a long time ago. He hadn't thought about her since he ordered for his investment to be pulled out from her business.
Among all the women Jungkook had met, the Countess of Falcon was the most faithful to her desire. She acknowledged that their meeting each other was simply based on desire. She was a woman that understood to put distance and didn't become clingy. There was no way Jungkook could guess the darkness that was currently in the Saeron's heart because of her resentment towards the Duchess.
"Did they meet?"
"Rather than a private meeting, it was relationship between a customer and the owner of a bar. A feature of the bar is to provide a private room for each customer. When the Count of Ramis arrives, Countess Falcon enters the room for about an hour or two before leaving. I was unable to find out what was being talked about in the room."
"Did they spend the night together?"
"There was no such instance. The Countess visited all the rooms where a VIP customer or a regular of the bar looked for her. There were quite a lot of people that came to the bar to have a conversation with the Countess. She's apparently a good talker."
"So, saying that it is not in the report, means that there is nothing to report."
"...Yes."
Simply looking at the circumstantial evidence, Younghoon and Saeron were just customer and bar owner. A witch gifted in bewitching people like Saeron would easily be able to comfort Younghoon who was upset at being chased down to the fief and make him her regular customer.
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