He couldn't be caught here without finding clues about Adonis' whereabouts now... Even if he was raped, here he couldn't do anything but do what Hector said.

Might
I understand, I'll do as you say, Hector...

Hector
Huhuhu... you're becoming much more mature, Might-kun. When you're obedient, it helps me too.

He puts his mouth by Might's ear, and whispered to him.

Hector
And... You shouldn't tell anyone about this. Because even you don't want people to know, right?

Might
...I understand.

He was made to change places with Hector, and Leica approached where Might was.

Leica
...Hey, Might, who was that just now?

Might
Umm.. He's just an acquaintance from Silver Training School...

He couldn't do anything but deceptively answer blunt and vaguely. He didn't want Leica to know that he was raped.

Leica
I see... But that guy had somewhat unpleasant eyes. I think I can say... He seemed to be plotting something...

Might
...

Might couldn't say anything in reply to Leica's words. I Might had known Hector's accident, he possibly could have prevented the incidents after this beforehand. But, there wasn't that much room in Might's mind.

However, to the punitive force the true nature of the "silver chaos" was still a mystery. Though the elite of the Knights and Magicians of the Court continued investigating various places, they couldn't get passed that step. Might and all of the punitive force stayed at the lodgings of the royal palace and guarded the vicinity.

Might was assigned to the same room of the lodging house as Hector.

Might
(...I bet this is Hector's doing.)

Might entered the lodgings feeling like he'd partially given up. He couldn't do anything but bear it no matter what humiliating things happened to him.

...But, Hector didn't come to the room even when midnight came.

Might
(That Hector... What is he thinking?)

Might wasn't able to sleep a wink in the bed all night. Hector finally came back to the room when it was near dawn.

Hector
...

He entered the room with stealthy steps. While pretending to be asleep, Might carefully looked for Hector, though he appeared very amused.

Might
(...?)

When he looked well, Hector's cheek was dyed with fresh blood. He got up instinctively to call out to Hector.

Might
Hector... You're hurt?

As expected, Hector hid his surprise at the voice that suddenly called out.

Hector
...So you're still up, Might-kun.

While he said that smoothly, he wiped the blood with the back of his hand. It seemed like the blood on the cheek of his face was the blood of his victim.

Hector
...I seemed to have bathed in the pig's blood.

Might
Pig's blood...?

Might unintentionally asked in return, Hector stared and glared at him.

Hector
...Did you forget, Might-kun. Don't you have the qualifications to scrutinize me?

It was obviously different from the cool-headed and gloomy Hector until then. A dark passion burned in his eyes like a madness. Might hadn't seen Hector that made his feelings exposed like this.

Might
Hector...

After that Might couldn't hear anything Hector said.

The next day, a strange air covered the dining hall of the lodging house. Here and there bounty hunters and mercenaries spoke secretively.

Might
(I looks a little strange...)

Leica found Might and approached him.

Leica
Yo, Might. I smell a little something burning.

Might
Leica... What's going on?

Leica
What, you still don't know? As many as four government officials of the royal palace financial bureau have been assassinated.

Might
Eh...?!

The local financial bureau of the royal palace was the center of the finances of the nation, so to speak. If the were government secretariats, the most important courtiers of the royal palace would hold the positions. They weren' t men who were in a position that could be readily assassinated.

Leica
It seems they were killed when they were together in the office of the royal palace. Though there were rumors of the "silver chaos", it seems to the work of a professional assassin.

Might
In that case...

Leica
...Yes, it might be someone in the punitive force. Because of that everyone is suspicious of everyone.

Might
...

In Might's mind, he was confident in his one premonition. However, Might couldn't tell Leica what he was thinking.

That night, about the time everyone fell asleep, Hector secretly slipped away from his bed in the lodging house.

Hector
...

As Hector was leaving the room Might's voice called him to a stop.

Might
...Where are you going, Hector.

Hector
My my... Are you so interested in my actions? Might-kun.

He didn't sound like he was panicked at all. He seemed to have predicted Might's actions beforehand.

Hector
...I was going to finish it all yesterday, but it unexpectedly took more time...

Hector spoke in his usual distant and superior air.

Might
I knew you were the one who did it... How could you do such a thing!

Hector
...There was a massacre 7 years ago of the local financial secretariats... Did you know about it?

Might
Eh...?

Hector
Of course the wife, the employee, and even the tutor were murdered without any dispute. The child barely survived, because he was hidden in the closet.. .

Might
Wai, wait a minute Hector, what are you talking about?

Hector
... It's... It's the story of my family, Might-kun.

Might
...!!

This was a story Might was hearing for the first time. The students who joined the training school, including Might and Adonis, almost everyone didn't have any relatives, so sons of people related to the royal palace entering the training school were rare.

Hector
...The criminal was instantly caught and punished. But the truth was this incident was devised so he couldn't tell all about the financial bureau department.

Might
What was that...?

Hector
My father, who was one of the government secretariats, tried to make an official announcement about the injustice in the financial bureau department. To prevent it, they secretly employed the assassin... Those were the circumstances.

Might
Su, such a stupid thing...

Hector
I investigated it for many years... It's the entire truth. Whether you believe it or don't believe it is up to you.

Might
...

Hector declared this with so much self-confidence, he had no doubt. However, it was a more than a little shocking fact to Might, who aimed at being a Knight of the Court.

Hector
...But I will never forget.

Hector
That feeling that no matter how much I tried to cover their wounds, blood kept gushing out rapidly, and my dad and mom's bodies became cold to the touch...

Hector
...I didn't assassinate them. I'm merely repaying their actions equally... It's no more than that.

Might
Hector...

Might understood why he always thought Hector was isolated at the training school. Hector came to the training school as a way to get near the royal palace. From the start his purpose was different than Might and the others and wouldn't fit in.

Hector
But, I didn't think a chance to enter the royal palace would come so early... I owe it to the "silver chaos".

When Hector said that, he turned his back to Might to leave the room. Might was puzzled if he should go after Hector.

Persuade Hector

Don't persuade Hector