Chapter 817

“Lord Karl, I have the latest matter that requires your personal handling.”

From the electronic voice coming through the phone, Goro Hanako’s (Akichi Gorō’s) voice sounded as if it had been rubbed raw with sandpaper—coarse, carrying a strange mix of exhaustion and forced alertness.

Karl shifted his gaze away from the morning light seeping through the gap in the curtains and checked the time.