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VOLUME 2: MEETING KLAUS
Chapter 14: "The Testimony of the Shoemaker Couple"
"When I asked about the child taken in by Sister Camilla last week, they said it was taken in by the shoemaker couple. But when I mentioned I wanted to go check, they seemed flustered and said they wanted to confirm the information."
If the child had been adopted as a foster child a few years ago, such a reaction would be understandable. But the vague memory of the whereabouts of a child who disappeared just a few days ago shows a lack of responsibility.
"I thought it was strange and was planning to visit the shoemaker mentioned in the conversation."
"I see."
By the way, Klaus apparently had asked Sister Camilla where the children had been taken, but he was refused access to that personal information.
"I've known Sister Camilla since childhood. Perhaps she let it slip accidentally."
I didn't want to suspect her, who had been working at the orphanage for many years. I wanted to believe she was just tired from overwork. So, I decided to go to the shoemaker to investigate whether she was properly arranging adoptions.
With that in mind, Klaus, Matthias, and I headed to the shoemaker in Central Street.
"This shop has skilled craftsmen and is popular with both nobles and commoners."
I had been there a few times during my mother's lifetime. It's a popular shop where you can order custom-made shoes that take about a month to complete.
As we entered the shop, a young landlady welcomed us.
"Welcome."
"Hello."
The shop integrated both workshop and store, allowing customers to see the husband making shoes. Today, he was busy making shoes at the back of the shop.
"Do you need anything?"
"I'd like to ask you a few questions."
Whether it was an information fee or not, Klaus handed a silver coin to the landlady. She looked puzzled and glanced at her husband.
"We're not suspicious people."
She looked at Matthias, urging him to identify our status.
"We're, uh, affiliated with the Knights, working on confidential matters..."
The husband stopped making shoes and gestured to us to follow him to the back of the shop.
It seems that part of the ground floor and the second floor serve as living quarters. We were led to the kitchen and dining area on the ground floor. While drinking the tea the landlady made, we got to the main point.
"I'd like to ask about the orphanage. Has there been any recent visits or inquiries?"
"Yes. About ten days ago."
The shoemaker, busy with his thriving business and raising infants, decided to take in a foster child. They wanted a quiet child around five or six years old. They visited the orphanage with that hope.
"While playing in the garden, my wife took a liking to a girl named Mia and wanted to adopt her, but..."
After talking to Sister Camilla, they were told Mia already had prospective adoptive parents.
"So we thought about other children, but most of them already had their future arranged."
It's unbelievable that every child in the orphanage had a prospective home.
"Sister Camilla said she could introduce children depending on donations..."
The price she quoted was twelve gold coins, an amount that takes a commoner about a year to earn.
"I've never heard of needing money to adopt a child. When I mentioned it seemed like human trafficking, Sister Camilla said she wouldn't allow us to visit the orphanage anymore..."
Surprisingly, ruffians emerged from the orphanage and forcibly expelled the shoemaker couple.
The men who had chased me and Matthias earlier in the town might have been associated with Sister Camilla.
"I was thinking of consulting the Knights, but we've been harassed at the shop."
If they reported it, they were threatened with severe consequences.
Using violence to make vulnerable people comply is just cruel.
The landlady trembled as she recounted the ordeal.
"Don't worry. He'll do his best to resolve the situation."
She looked at Klaus, but he just stared back at her.
I thought Klaus would have more persuasive power than Matthias, who was in a maid outfit.
Now that we had gathered enough information, we left the shoemaker's shop.
It was dusk outside.
"Well then, we'll leave this matter to the Knights and the Iron Cavalry."
As I was about to bid farewell and leave, Klaus grabbed me by the collar.
"Hey, how can I contact you?"
"Me? Then, please provide Lord Lau's contact information, and I'll send a letter."
"..."
He wanted to know my identity, but he didn't want to reveal his own.
There's no way I'm telling someone like that.
"In that case, if you want to contact me, just go to Mellow, the bakery on Ritz Street, and order a hundred rustic loaves. They'll deliver the letter to me."
It was like a code for the old man at the usual bakery to pass on the message to the person I wanted to contact.
"Got it."
Klaus said and quickly walked away.
After he disappeared from view, I remembered I had forgotten about the marriage proposal.
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