The Reason for Marriage - Chapter 31.1

“Do you remember the pledge you made to the Bureau of Investigation when you joined?”

Wiles spoke bluntly. Iveca’s look was blank, so he continued.

“We must be loyal to the King. Congratulations on becoming a useful employee for the Amethan Kingdom to work. Don’t be upset because this is where all the parts are gathered. At least, the parts are unconditionally protected.”

Iveca felt relieved beyond words. She was no longer a stranger in the Bureau. Of course, honing her physical skills wasn’t the end of her initiation. The faces and names of all the employees in the affiliated organization, the genealogy and characteristics of the long-standing royal family, and the status of key figures in the Amethan Kingdom… There were a lot of things to memorize.

By the time she got accustomed to all of that, Iveca received her first assignment.

“The flow of money in the Sirelia region is strange. I think it has something to do with the rebels that are slowly rising in the Empire… Soon, the lords of the western region will be holding a big banquet, so it would be better if you came along. To keep an eye on things.”

Lucas looked at Iveca’s report of her education grades with a thoughtful expression.

“It’s an area far from Amenity, so you must be vigilant. If there are lords from other regions than the west, remember them all. And if you ever see an Imperial rebel, shoot him.” Lucas chuckled.

Iveca knew why she had been assigned this mission. The Bureau was aware of her unique ways of speaking and manners because she had received aristocratic education. Thus, she could infiltrate the banquet and observe the actions of the noble effectively. And assassination wasn’t off the table, either.

“One day it will be unavoidable, but when it becomes entangled with the rebels, Amethan will become chaotic. We have to postpone the timing unconditionally.”

“Yes, sir.”

In the beginning, ‘Eve Jean’ was a personality created exclusively for infiltration. Lucas seemed to ponder for a moment, then he looked at Iveca’s young-looking face and brushed his beard.

“You’re just too young… and since you are from a noble family, there must be some instruments you are good at, right?”

“I’m best at percussion.”

“Join the Royal Orchestra. Sirelia requested a performance at this banquet because the date of the tour of the Royal Music Troupe coincided. In the future, you will be able to participate in various aristocratic events with this status.”

Lucas nodded his head as if he was satisfied with his thoughts. She had to set her age a little younger because she lacked some skills for her to formally become a member of a troupe.

“All right, then I’ll make you a document saying you’re a distant relative of mine, so you can join the Royal Music Troupe. If you don’t have much to do in the future, please participate in local tours once a year and gather some information. After all, the Royal Musicians are all from the nobility.”

“Yes.”

On her first mission, she successfully infiltrated the banquet, and she was naturally able to spot the suspicious behavior of some aristocrats and was able to report it to the Bureau of Investigation. The Imperium, who was directly connected to the rebels, did not visit the banquet but Lucas was very satisfied with her mission.

After that, ‘Eve Jean’ who made her name in the Royal Music Troupe, was one of the members of the local touring group and used that opportunity to gather information from all over the country. There was a tendency to find out something only by going and observing it in person.

Of course, that wasn’t the only thing Iveca had to do. At the end of her tour, she returned to Amenity, wrote reports on the areas she had visited, before which she would be sent to ordinary bureaucratic missions.

No one knew except for the Bureau of Investigation staff that Iveca was Eve. Iveca occasionally ran into Anriq, the personal escort of Prince William. Of course, Anriq didn’t recognize her at all. She did not miss Anriq because she had many good colleagues.

Eve, who became an ordinary employee of an affiliated agency, escaped from the life as Count’s daughter who had always endured everything and lived a literal life of freedom. She was not ‘Esselburn Lady’ but ‘Eve Jean’, an ordinary investigator. So, in the three and a half years she lived as Eve Jean, several things had happened.

Upon the death of Prince William, Anriq became the escort of his younger brother Daniel, the third prince and the evil deeds of Queen Testy were revealed through the performance of her junior, Kayden Ruth and Rezen Hakart, who came from the pharmaceutical empire, and after that Daniel became King by winning the battle of the throne.

Coincidentally, she did not participate in the final trial that led to Daniel’s ascension to the throne, as she had just been touring the provinces and was not on Amenity until the next day.