Chapter 82

Which place are you talking about?

Alan suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, although he hadnt heard the details, when Calian had asked, he had asked as though there were no Priests around him.

Latran. Before Tensil started the war with the Desert, Tensil presented Count Latran with a priest. Ive heard their relations.h.i.+p has changed now but at the time, the relations.h.i.+p between Count Latran and Randell was quite good. I didnt pull back the Priest once they had been sent,

Alan, who heard the answer, remained silent for a while. Rumein asked,

Why is something wrong?

Alan, who had been frowning, quickly straightened his expression and shook his head, he quickly made an excuse,

No, I believe the Princes maid is a healer, so he must have wanted to show her powers of a priest,

It doesnt seem that way,

Rumeins expression, as he looked at Alan, didnt look great so Alan smiled softly,

I really must have lost a lot of trust, since you dont believe me,

Who would believe that as the reason for why you came into the Kings room in the of the night to ask such a question,

That was true. Alan decided to let go of his excuse and spoke frankly.

I dont actually know the details, so can I come back tomorrow and tell you? It would be better to pa.s.s this information to the Prince. Anyway, neither Count Latran nor anyone else would find life so boring as to try and harm the Prince of Kyris, so please dont worry, your majesty,

There were no advantages to taking his time with this since he would have to leave the royal palace in order to deliver the contents of the information to Calian.

Rumein, who had decided to accept the moderate compromise, replied to do so with a dissatisfied expression.

Seeing that Blue Warbler had stopped dressing up as a man like she liked to do often, Calin leisurely took off the robes he was wearing and put them down next to him.

I had wondered who it could have been, I had thought that whoever had attacked, had done so despite knowing who I was,

Of course I knew, and I had told them about it too, but they were reckless,

Blue Warbler, who had her head turned to follow Calians gaze, answered.

It seemed that Blue Warbler had ordered the men to follow Luca the elf, and to not attack Calians party. However, they had shot their arrows towards Calian, and because of that were in the state they were in now.

After grasping the citation, Calin nodded slowly. Then raised his head, and asked in a pa.s.sing tone.

Then does that mean, Ive become a related person now?

He was asking if Blue Warbler was planning to attack Calin as well.

I was going to say that was the case

Blue Warbler looked at Calian for a long moment then took her hand off her hidden sword. Along with that, the sharp energy Calian had directed towards Blue Warbler disappeared.

With a look of fascination, Blue Warbler said,

It wouldnt be easy, right?

Instead of answering her, Calian asked something else,

Is the other elf you were after already dead?

Its harder than you might think to chase after elves in a forest. I have the headache of deciding whether to continue the chase or to give up and when I came back, I had even more headaches to deal with,

Calian once again craned his neck to look at the dead bodies behind her. Blue Warbler who followed his gaze once again said,

Its not very pleasant to have Princes and knights chasing me. Its not like either side was really harmed so would you go back? If you do, Ill take my hands off the kid as well,

I had to search so hard to try and meet you, and you say to just go back?

Calian shook his head and continued.

If you answer a few of my questions, Ill go back,

Blue Warbler, who seemed to agonise over it for a moment, soon nodded.

If you ask a few appropriate questions, Ill answer adequately too,

Youre not even a priest, so why are you looking for a divine item?

Since theyre quite expensive these days,

It sounds like youre selling divine items when you say it like that,

Blue Warbler poured liquor into a gla.s.s and took a sip, she frowned slightly at the strong alcohol and replied,

Well, there are also many times where Im disappointed with my main work too,

So while playing the role of a spy in Kyrisis, she had obtained a divine item and in order to sell it, she had come to this place.

At that time, a weak magical energy began radiating from Calians fingers.

Knowing that Alan was trying to contact him, Calian instilled mana into the ring and immediately, Alans voice was heard,

(T/N dialogue with a dash in front is mental communication so its not being said out loud)

When Calian had asked about priests, the Count had given some vague dribble that basically meant maybe there is, maybe there isnt.

The Blue Warbler had talked as though she had continually sold Divine items.

It meant that the priests who were buying from her werent buying for their personal use. Calian raised his head and asked Blue Warbler,

Is there anyone in Latran who would buy Divine Items? There is no reason to sell it in countryside like this after all, wouldnt it be easier to find Priests in Kyrisis?

No one pays as much as this buyer and he was originally a person with ties to us,

Someone who already had ties to Secretias spies?

It sounded like there was someone who had a connection to Secretias spies through some other reason, which turned into a relations.h.i.+p where you sell items to them.

Most likely, it would be someone who had been selling information about Kyris to Blue Warbler and now, instead of selling information, they were buying divine items.

Calian frowned, and asked his final question,

The buyer, is it Count Hale Latran?

I dont think that would be an appropriate question,

Blue Warbler smiled brightly, it was an expression that was an affirmation without a direct answer.

Calians eyes were covered in a dark shadow.