"...What?"

"...Really?"

"Yes, I’m almost certain."

Seraphine’s confident assertion about the search for a collaborator left both me and Gepmajo Segiquat shocked, causing us to ask in near unison.

Despite our immediate questioning, Seraphine nodded confidently and began explaining what she had uncovered about the collaborator.

"As I mentioned yesterday, the person I suspect most of being a collaborator is the orphanage director, Mr. Hankerton."

"W-Well, I think Mr. Hankerton being a collaborator with the bandits seems a bit far-fetched…."

"I did some investigating while pretending to volunteer at the orphanage today. I gathered rumors from the children about the …