Year of the Boar, Tenth Month, Day 27.

It occurs to me that I cannot trust anything Ryouko might tell me regarding Rani since I know now that it is she who is Rani's spy. It occurred to me sometime ago, as I recall, that Ryouko is possessed of too much knowledge to simply be a maid and other than Namami, no one else is close enough to Yuika and clever enough to be a spy.  Since Nanami could not possibly be in Rani's pay, that really only left Ryouko. I say Nanami could not possibly be in Rani's pay, of course it is possible but I have known her since we were children and I knew deep in my soul that whatever her feelings about Yuika, she would never betray me in that way. At least I like to think so...
Regardless, I decided that I simply had to know one way or another and so I confronted Ryouko about my suspicions this morning. To her credit, she did not even try to obfuscate; instead, she told me that she has been sending information back to her Kingdom for some years. The story she told me about generations of her family having worked for Dying Crane was complete nonsense - Ryouko tells me that the truth of the matter is that her father was of Dying Crane but her mother is of the Sixth. I do not know whether that is, indeed the truth but I see no reason she would lie about that when she had been truthful about her mistress.
Of course now I find myself in a pretty pickle since I am responsible for having put Ryouko even closer to Yuika and I have given myself away in the process. I did not question Ryouko in too much detail about precisely what information she has given to Rani but I must assume that the existence of my own network has featured.
I am unsure how to proceed. I would ordinarily be inclined to confront Rani but now that she seems to have Yuika under her spell, I believe that would be an incredibly bad idea. On the other hand, since I have yet to determine her motives, would I not potentially be putting Yuika in danger by allowing Rani to continue unchecked...? I suppose that by now, Ryouko has told her mistress that the jig is up so to speak so perhaps I should simply allow Rani to make the next move...