"He should be in Turtevekesia or Sidgean. Hmm, I suppose it's about ti to order the spy in Mindsza to check his whereabouts. It's gonna take a while for sure."
"Uhm...Your Majesty?" A soft voice spoke up and interrupted his monologue.
"Huh?" Startled, the young king looked up and noticed there was a woman around his age sitting across from him.
Apparently, he got so absorbed in his own thoughts that he completely forgot about her existence.
"I'm sorry, Audrey. I kinda forget you're here," he admitted and offered her a wry smile.
Audrey shook her head. "It's okay, Your Majesty. I can co back later if you want. It just feels wrong listening to you murmuring about sensitive information."
Since she was called here, Audrey thought the king was about to hand a new task for her. She didn't expect to hear his monologue instead.
"Oh no, it is fine. You don't have to worry about that. I called you here because I have task for you to do."
"I expected so too." Audrey replied before asking, "Where should I go this ti?"
Audrey had been serving in the Ministry for a few years now. Although the workload had increased, so had her salary.
She had little to complain about.
On the contrary, she was grateful for not being like her superior, Minister Michael Manfura, who was stuck in the office all the ti.
At least, she got to travel to places albeit for work reasons.
"You catching up fast. Good!"
As the king opened the folder and began explaining the details of the assignnt, "I assu you know about the crisis that befall our kingdom not too long ago, right?"
"If you're talking about the rebellion, yes, I'm aware of it."
There's no way she could miss sothing that big. And since the rumours she heard also ntion Blande and Cerdeauxia, her next destination should be one of the two.
"Good! That's save a lot of ti explaining. You're going to Cerdeauxia, et with their president and request them to return our runaway governor who is currently under their protection."
Hearing the mission objective, Audrey wrinkled her nose. "This...is hard. The success rate is pretty low."
"I know, right?" Even the king himself agrees with her assessnt. He pushes a file on the table in her direction. "You can read the rest of information in this file."
Audrey took the file offered to her and briefly opened it. Her eyes shifted left and right as she scanned through the docunts inside while her head bobbed up and down.
Once she was done, she closed the file and looked at the king. "Yup, the success rate drop even lower after reading the file."
Riz chuckled, "Well, take your ti. While I do wish for you to head there as soon as possible, it's not like that bastard is going anywhere."
No. The runaway governor can't go anywhere as the safest place for him right now is under the president's protection.
If he ever leaves Cerdueaxia's protective shade, he will find himself hunted down by the his agents.
Speaking of SIN agents, Riz forgot to ntion another thing to Audrey.
"I'll assign soone to protect you when you're in Cerdeauxia."
"Yes...???"
Audrey found it very weird that the king had to ntion this on his own since she would always be guarded whenever she travelled outside the kingdom.
"I get why you're confused," Riz said after looking at her perplexed expression before proceed to explain it further, "It will not be Bellarina this ti but soone else."
"Is that so?" Knowing the person in charge of her security would be a different one from the ti she was in Barlia, Audrey's bewildered looks turn gloomy.
Audrey has grown closer to Bellarina during her ti there. However, she never once t her again after returning to Bideford.
While she knows the life of an agent is different from normal people, still...
'I thought we were friends...'
"Don't worry about Bellarina. She's busy with another mission outside of kingdom."
"I see. No wonder she never contacts . Life as an agent is sure tough." Audrey accepted the excuse without much question.
It's not like she had the authority to personally pick whoever she wished.
"I'm not sure about the tough part, though. Depends on luck, I guess." he shrugged.
"May I know who will be guarding this ti?" Audrey inquired out of curiosity.
Riz snapped his finger.
In response, a figure erged from who knows where and stood beside the king.
Plain face with no notable features.
Audrey couldn't help but startle.
She hadn't been aware that a third person was hiding in the king's office.
It's the king's office!
She looks at the king to see his reaction.
He doesn't seem surprised at all, suggesting that he was fully aware of an extra presence in the office.
Perhaps he's the one who gives permission.
Yes, that must be it.
After all, who in their right mind would hide here unless they want to be assud of trying to assassinate the king?
"Introduce yourself," Riz ordered.
"Should I use..."
"Yes," Riz interjected with a nod.
"Hello, miss. My na is Remy. You can call Remy," Agent Wheatman introduced himself calmly and politely.
He didn't reveal his full na but it doesn't matter. 'Remy' is more than enough for their interaction.
"My na is Audrey Benett. You can call Audrey."
The weird look on Audrey's face has yet to disappear. She looked at him up and down as if he was crazy.
Sensing her unconvincing gaze, Wheatman decided to dispel it. "Miss Audrey, I may look plain but I'm pretty strong."
"Haa...I see." Audrey gives a monotonous reply to a man who is flexing his not-so-big arm.
"He's right, Audrey. You shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Despite being put on 'standby' mode for a while, his skill is as excellent as ever." Riz nodded while passing the sealed letter to Wheatman. "Here, deliver this for , Remy."
"As you wish, Your Majesty."
Wheatman then looked at her, "Let's hope we completed our mission successfully, Miss Audrey."
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