Officer Kewell burst into Jeremiah's room without any prior notice. Jeremiah was sitting alone at his desk.
Jeremiah: How dare you enter like that?! Get the hell out of here!
Kewell: What the heck just happened out there?!
Jeremiah: None of your business!
Kewell: Did you just let our prisoner escape? The one that we were suspecting of having murdered our Prince Clovis?!
Jeremiah: The heck I don't know.
Kewell: One of our guards killed Villetta! Do you realize? I checked his record. That guy worked here for seven years, according to the record he was as clean as spring water. And he just killed his superior and confessed! And then another two guards showed the prisoner her way out!
Jeremiah: I don't remember what happened...
Kewell: How the heck?!
Jeremiah: They told me afterwards... and it seemed very unbelievable...
Kewell: Are you betraying us, Lord Jeremiah?
Jeremiah: No! I never did and I never will!
Kewell: Fine... do as you wish.
Kewell left the room in a rush. He did not even close the door behind him. Jeremiah closed his eyes and left his head fall on the top of his desk. He did not understand a thing. Nothing made sense. What was actually happening?!
Knock! Knock!
Jeremiah: Go away!
Diethard: Have you checked the surveillance records?
Jeremiah: No.
Diethard: You'll probably find interesting things there.
Jeremiah: I'll watch them later.
Diethard: Your officers are going to watch them now.
Jeremiah: Who cares!
Diethard: Lord Jeremiah, listen to me: Up until now we have had three betrayals, or rather four if we are to count yours as well. It makes no sense. If anything is to be found out, it is on those records. Let your officers check the records and find out the truth and you'll be over. They're planning to throw you out of the game anyway. Soon they might have a real excuse too.
Jeremiah: Hmm... you're right, I should check the records before them... Well, you seem rather glad to help me. How comes?
Diethard: Maybe one day you'll help me too, who knows. Right now your only chance is to put your officers in inferiority by letting them think that you're acting under some higher authority. Let them think that you know something that Prince Clovis did know as well, but which they aren't allowed to know. There have been so many betrayals, so why not make it seem as if it's a large scale plot. You'll gain some time until you find out the truth and then you will pull yourself out of the whole deal by giving the best explanation for everything. One explanation that will be good enough to put you in a bright light.
Jeremiah: Very well, Diethard... let's go get the video records then. I'm still the one in charge here, they can't deny my orders for now.
