"...Are you doing this on purpose, boy?"

"On purpose? What on earth are you talking about?"

The answer he received was still remarkably straightforward, and it didn't seem like he was faking it no matter how you looked at it.

"..."

Is this boy just particularly slow in this area? Although it was hard to believe, the young woman had no choice but to give up. After all, she couldn't bring herself to directly remind him of things like this.

So, the young woman brought up another topic.

"Well, since you already know my name, boy, shouldn't I also know what I want to know?"

In response, Ryuto could only shrug helplessly.

"I know, I know. I don't owe you any money, so there's no need to rush me like this. Does my credibility really need to be so low?"

"That's just the way it is, boy! I have a naturally impatient personality."

Ryuto complained with half-closed eyes.

"If you know that, can't you change it as you grow up?"

"Oh, boy, you don't know. It's precisely because it's not easy to change that talented people have all kinds of personalities."

In the next moment, the atmosphere around Ryuto changed, causing an involuntary shiver.

"Well, that's true. Let's not talk too much, there's not much time left."

"Yes, I also like decisive men, big sister. So, boy, how did you know there would be an explosion? After all, you were ready to come and ask me even before the explosion happened."

Saying that, the young woman, Fiora, revealed her usual smile. Although she was surprised by Ryuto's reaction, Fiora concealed her shock perfectly with her rich experience.

"Anyway, let's start from the beginning. Although I already knew you were faking your pregnancy from the beginning, and you probably have another motive, I still... can't determine what that motive is, even though there are several possibilities."

"Oh dear, in that case, I guess my acting skills aren't that bad after all. I'm somewhat relieved. So, boy, when did you start suspecting?"

Fiora also rarely became serious, examining Ryuto with sharp eyes.

Even with Fiora staring at him, Ryuto remained unfazed.

"I think it was when I saw those two men."

Hearing this, Fiora couldn't help but furrow her brow.

"At that time?"

"Some of the details you might not know, but isn't there one thing that's obvious?"

"What is it then? Boy, it's not a good habit to keep people in suspense."

"It's the pistol. They took it from the restroom, which means the pistol was there from the beginning."

"Is that so? That's true. But what does it prove?"

It seems like he's not planning to answer honestly.

Well, Ryuto didn't expect him to cooperate from the beginning.

"Usually, it should be quite difficult to secretly place a pistol in the restroom before the plane takes off, considering it's nearly impossible to even pass security checks."

"That's true, so how did they manage to do it?"

"They couldn't have done it with their own strength, but what if there were other people involved in this?"

As he spoke, Ryuto didn't even care that Fios was staring at him and looked straight back.

...

Although Fios was shocked by Ryuto's sharp gaze, she still tried her best to restrain herself and smiled again slightly.

Well, from the perspective of others, she seemed quite calm.

"Others? Boy, your imagination is really rich."

Although Fios tried to shake Ryuto, his gaze remained unchanged, with no trace of confusion in his penetrating eyes.

"Since you don't plan to say, then I'll just say it directly. Although I don't know who exactly it is, it must be someone incredibly important, and this person is also from the Kingdom of Furosta."