He looked away from the document and looked at Cale. Cale felt his gaze and raised his head as Mock started to speak to him.

��The Duke does something like this?�
�Of course. There is a reason he is the Duke.�

�Ho!�

Mock barely managed to hold himself from scoffing out loud.

�Is there anyone who knows about this?�
�The fact that he is collecting information like this?�
�Yes.�

Mock subconsciously tensed up.
But the boy casually answered as if it wasn�t much.

�How would there be anybody who knows?�

Mock tightly clenched onto the armrests after hearing that nonchalant response.

�I didn�t think Duke Fredo would be gathering information in secret like this without even reporting it to his majesty!�

Based on how he said that it was top secret information, there was a whole system set up to divide the information up by value or importance.
Mock knew that Duke Fredo was the strongest physically among the first four nobles.

�But I thought that he was just an eccentric individual whose thoughts I couldn�t predict but that he was still loyal to his majesty!�

Mock could not hide his shock at this newly gained knowledge.
He then started to think.

��I guess these kinds of things need to be done to rise to the Duke position.�

The veins on the back of his wrists were clearly visible as he continued to clench on the armrests.

Mock�s gaze shook as he looked back at the document. His gaze was filled with self-reflection at the fact that he had not gathered information in this matter and that he should do so in the future.
Furthermore, there was also a strong desire that doing so would allow him to rise to the Duke position as well.

�My goodness, he lives such a complicated life.�

Cale confirmed Mock�s status before smiling internally.

Shhh.

The document containing top-secret information finally opened all the way.

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