Chapter 76

Before the fight with the man, Calian had regarded Sia with a smile on his face, but now his gaze had become quite fierce. Sias eyes were filled with fear and they both spoke at the same time

Luca did. I dont know,

What did you steal?

When their words overlapped, Calian stared at Sia, so he spoke again,

Yeah. I dont know,

You didnt know?

Not me,

Those guys were saying youre a -

Calian stopped talking in the middle of his sentence and held a hand to his temple. He understood the problem now.

Without turning his head, Calian called the best person to deal with the situation,

Lord Hertz,

Yes, your highness,

a.r.s.en, as a mage, was the smartest person here. He came straight to Calian upon being called,

Hes answering me before I even ask my questions, Calian said, frowning at Sia.

Only when a.r.s.en thought back to Sias words so far, did he realise what Calian meant. He let out a soft Ah! sound.

Calian didnt want to deal with the weirdly speaking elf any longer and said,

Well find out how hes doing that later. It looks like Lord Rauchel is going to interrogate that man from before so Lord Hertz, Ill leave sorting out what the elf is saying to you. Between the two of them, we should know whats going on. Until he departs, youll be incharge of conversing with him,

It was from this moment that a.r.s.ens th.o.r.n.y path began.

They were back on the road and a.r.s.en was still trying to clear things up with Sia,

Yeah,

So what youre saying is, you dont know anything about it,

Dont know,

In addition, you dont know what the stolen object is?

No,

Also, you are a

At the sound of the conversation that wasnt quite a conversation, the knights lowered their heads and from time to time, their shoulders would tremble. They couldnt laugh to their hearts content so some of them wanted to cry.

The only one who could act however they wanted was Calian, who would occasionally chuckle softly.

[I feel sorry for the mage]

Kiriye, who saw Hinas sign language, smiled slightly.

A while later, a.r.s.en, who had noted down everything he had learned from Sia, motioned towards Yan, checking it was alright if he could approach Calian with his report. Yan checked with Calian and nodded, before slowing down his horse and falling back to keep pace with Kiriye.

a.r.s.en came to Calians side to deliver the story,

It means the spirit of a crouched horse. My mothers tree gave it to me,

The childs name is Ciarus Tian Eureha, he is a 12 year old elf,

Sia, who had been riding with a.r.s.en added. a.r.s.en fell silent for a moment before adding an awkward,

is what he says,

Carry on, Calian replied briefly and a.r.s.en continued,

As youre aware, the answer seems to come quicker than the question -

Lord Hertz,

Stopping the horse, Calin turned to look at him and a.r.s.en lowered his head,

Yes, your highness,

Calian raised a hand and pointed at Sia,

Do it in order,

a.r.s.en stopped talking because he became nervous for a moment, he thought about what it meant to do it in order and realised he should report it in order of what Calian had tasked him to find out from Sia.

Trying to shake off the idea that Calian seemed to be strangely strict with himself, a.r.s.en replied,

I apologise. First of all, we do not know what the stolen object was. This child wandered around with another elf named Luca and sold wooden sculptures. The other elf, Luca, was chased by a group of people who attacked him saying that they had something unusual it seems he might have been the one to steal it.

So he was saying that he didnt know how or what Luca might have stolen. It was indeed surprising to find out that an elf might have stolen something but Calian simply nodded,

As they were chased, they ended up getting split up and thats when he met us, your highness,

Kalians head nodded once again.

And as for the reason why he answers first, I was not able to find out the details. It seems his mouth just opens on its own and he cant help it, but its difficult to understand the childs explanation accurately, I apologise,

After hearing a.r.s.ens words, Calian looked at Sia. As Calian opened his mouth to ask a question, Xia replied,

Not to that extent,

He had wanted to ask if the child had foresight, but since he already had his answer, he just nodded. He looked briefly at the man who was tied to a horse with Yuran and another knight. He had fainted during treatment due to blood loss and had yet to wake up so they hadnt been able to ask him any questions so far.

Is there anything else?

No, your highness,

In the end, they hadnt been able to learn anything. a.r.s.en said his greetings and went back to his place in the formation and Yan returned to his position by Calians side.

Will you be looking into this matter yourself, your highness?

They still had a long way to go on this journey, so Calian shook his head,

I dont think we should get tangled up and stop here well leave this matter with the Latran territorys Lord,

Yes, your highness. Then what would you like to do with the little boy? I heard that his home was in Hiriska Forest,

Calians expression became a little awkward. Hiriska Forest was too long of a distance for the Lord of this territory to send his own soldiers to escort the boy instead, of all things, it was located near the Seigfried estate.

So what was he supposed to do with a child that had gripped the hem of his clothes?

Even if its not to the entrance we can take him nearby the forest,

Yes, since it wont be dangerous for him now Ill make sure to let him know he can be relieved,

Even if their journey was long and busy, they could still drop off one elf kid on the way.

Calian nodded silently.