"Not since the investiture ceremony, I believe?"
Following Mort, Adelbert was waiting in the alley. A secret meeting in an unexpected place—because I was currently at war with the Finance Department. From Adelbert's position as Finance Inspector General, meeting me openly would be awkward in any number of ways. Hence the secrecy.
"Right now, the Military and Finance Departments are at each other's throats."
"I know. Thanks to your efforts, the corruption is being dragged further into the light."
"So why did you come looking for me?"
Adelbert smirked and leaned his back against the wall.
"You're doing well. Thanks to you, Father is getting increasingly cornered."
"Are you the insider in the Finance Department, Inspector General?"
Adelbert didn't answer my question. But that was answer enough. He was the Finance Department insider who had passed information to the Judicial Department. Had the second-in-command deliberately leaked internal information to topple the first?
