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Chapter 44 - Mission to London (2)

"Lord Raleigh? Would that be alright?"

"...Hmm."

Raleigh thought for a moment, then spoke:

"Eleanor? You also heard Nemo's words."

"...Yes."

Raleigh exchanged some kind of glance with Eleanor, then glanced at me and said:

"She says she wants to go. How could I stop her?"

"..."

There was something... peculiar about the atmosphere.

Hmm... the plan was to help save London citizens while sending Raleigh away. It wouldn't work if Raleigh was reluctant.

Come to think of it, the description of Raleigh in the catalog was... um...

'The most unpalatable man at the Elizabethan court.'

...That was actually the text. I speak to this most unpalatable man:

I asked carefully.

"...Lord Raleigh?"

"Yes."

"Is something wrong?"

Then Lord Raleigh asked back with a trembling voice.

"W-what do you mean, is something wrong?"

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Lord Walter Raleigh is a devout Protestant.

One might question how devout one can be while living as the Queen's lover, but everyone has dual aspects.

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