My Beloved Dog is the Strongest in Another World

I decided to mention it

"So, Mr. Winfield. Do you intend to continue working as a servant in the future?"

"Of course. While it would be an honor to serve the duke, you command the fenrirs as well as a fenrir. Were you to select me, I would do my best to be useful to you."

"Hmm… Ah, thank you, Mr. Lyra."

He spoke without averting his eyes, and there was nothing suspicious about the way he acted.

To me, it seemed like he was just speaking the simple truth.

Ms. Lyra pretended to be pouring tea as she made eye contact.

It seemed like she thought I should question him further.

Hah…I was not really good at this kind of thing. But it could not be helped.

"Huh!?"

"You said that you had no intention of restoring your house. And how such ideas weaken with each generation. But that is not true… You must have said that because Mr. Ekenhart did not tell me much about you."

"That's…"

"There is something…like a recommendation system, isn't there?"

I said, and he gulped and looked away.

So I was right.

"When appointing someone as a new noble, there are times when recommendations are made from existing nobles. But… I heard that this has only happened once or twice before… But if someone were to be recommended by a high-ranking noble like Mr. Ekenhart, for example…they might have a chance of becoming a noble themselves…"

"…"

I said while staring at Mr. Winfield.

Apparently, candidates often came from servants… I suppose it was because they spent a lot of time together.

"Ho-how did you…"

"Well. I knew very little. But a lot of people were happy to tell me various things… Haha."

Mostly, it was Sebastian.

"So, why did you lie about that?"

"W-well…"

That was the one thing that I did not understand.

It did not seem like a bad thing to wish for.

Unless you meant to do something bad or sacrifice someone in order to do it.

I didn't know how realistic it was, but if he was working hard to be well-regarded in Mr. Ekenhart's eyes, surely it must be so that he could be recommended one day?

Though, I still didn't know why Claire or Liza would have a negative impression of him.

Well, I suppose he could be a little upset that he was sent away from the main house and Mr. Ekenhart…

"…Mr. Winfield. Mr. Takumi is not blaming you. He just wants to know the reason."

Ms. Lyra said, after we had sat in silence for some time.

While that wasn't quite true, I decided it would be best to nod so that things could continue to move along.