[Byleth blinked, actually taken aback at how serendipitous this whole thing was. Yet another breakthrough lead, just throwing itself into his path?!]
Is that so...
[Yet, as pleased as Byleth was about this development, he had noticed Vander's darkened mood. It meant Byleth's suspicions were all but confirmed: whoever now 'owned' Draumahol was likely the culprit of Birdie's disappearance. While he could give this information to Cetina and consider that particular case closed, he still needed to find out if the other two were linked to Draumahol, or if Birdie was just an outlier, falling to the mundane machinations of the criminal underworld.]
...then, may I ask you to aid me in the next step of my investigation? As I said, I was planning on visiting Draumahol to interrogate the new front owner myself, but I'm aware of the dangers. It wouldn't do to become 'disappeared' myself.
[Not that he'd make it easy for them. He was called 'Ashen Demon' for a reason.]
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Is that so...
[Yet, as pleased as Byleth was about this development, he had noticed Vander's darkened mood. It meant Byleth's suspicions were all but confirmed: whoever now 'owned' Draumahol was likely the culprit of Birdie's disappearance. While he could give this information to Cetina and consider that particular case closed, he still needed to find out if the other two were linked to Draumahol, or if Birdie was just an outlier, falling to the mundane machinations of the criminal underworld.]
...then, may I ask you to aid me in the next step of my investigation? As I said, I was planning on visiting Draumahol to interrogate the new front owner myself, but I'm aware of the dangers. It wouldn't do to become 'disappeared' myself.
[Not that he'd make it easy for them. He was called 'Ashen Demon' for a reason.]