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Rukan glanced at Hissop.
Is shamelessness a common trait among the Sefira family?
Hissop seemed completely unaware of anything before he got here. Yet, now he was acting as though he knew the vice dean of Dranark.
Even so, he won’t be able to escape the palace just because of that.
Rukan had permitted Zioran to meet with Hissop because he was certain that no matter what Hissop did, he wouldn’t be able to escape.
Zioran then asked a question that immediately made Hissop taken aback.
“There was something I absolutely wished to ask when meeting you. How did you ever obtain Pigasso’s final work, Widow? Dranark had long assumed it was lost and even gave up searching for it.”
His tone wasn’t accusatory, but since Hissop knew nothing about it, it wasn’t a question he could answer easily. If he gave a vague answer, he would get caught in his own words, so it would have been safer to say it was a secret. However, Hissop decided to make a bold move.
“Keter would know about that.”
“Keter?”
“My half-brother, and a knight representing the South.”
“How interesting. I assumed he would be an adventurer, a treasure hunter, or perhaps the painting was an heirloom passed down in the Sefira family.”
“Vice Dean Zioran, are you interested in Pigasso’s other works as well?”
Zioran immediately put down the teacup he had been about to sip. “Huh?! Of course!”
Just then, Rukan interfered, “Sir Hissop, do you even know...
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