[Bonus chapter]Teamwork

Conan stopped at arm's length from Aries and Roman. His lips were stretched from ear to ear as if he wasn't executing mass torture in the emperor's chancery. Aries's eyes bore disbelief while Roman was looking at Conan in a different light. 

"I heard the seventh prince had arrived in the palace, so I went to check. But it seemed Lady Aries had already shown you the way," explained Conan, which wasn't the explanation Aries and Roman had sought. 

"What… is this?" Aries trailed off, pointing at the inside of the chancery. Conan's brows rose, taking a step, and taking a peek inside. His smile brightened even more as he faced her squarely. 

"That is teamwork." 

"..." 

"They left me with no choice and planned to throw all the work for me to finish. Hah! The nerve!" Conan scoffed, eyes glinting with motivated fire. He folded his arms under his chest, proud of the action he had taken.