Chapter 120: A Punch to the Gut
Jonas had enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and was feeling rather relaxed. He had planned on seeing if his underground contact had returned to the village, and if so, if they had any new information about what he'd asked them to look into for him. He didn't expect anything new and if they didn't have any information, he was going to write them off as a dead end.
Ater all, if they were to really do something to try and stop the assassination attempt, then they would really need to be closer to the king in the first place. Which meant that they would need to leave this village sooner or later. Though, with how worn owut they'd been, Jonas figured that they'd need to stay in the village for a few days at least to fully recover.
Jonas was about to head back to his room for a morning nap when Elmo came through the door, looking rattled. Immediately Jonas was concerned. Nothing should be happening inside the village to cause that kind of reaction, unless there was another, say goblin attack, but given the fact that there wasn't any screams of fright or panic in the streets, it clearly wasn't anything on that level.
Jonas quickly ushered Elom to a seat at the table, setting him next to Elin before sitting down on the other side of the table himself.
"What happened?" Jonas asked directly. Whatever it was, it needed to be dealt with now and not dance around the issue.
"I went for a walk to pass the time," Elmo said, his voice unsteady. "Then when I started coming back to the inn, some people stopped me before surrounding me and asked me where you were. Then after I told them, they started to get more confusing and said that they wanted to know how you know whatyouknowandthatIneededto-"
As Elmos spoke, it was clear that he was starting to panic, so Jonas quickly motioned for Elin to stop him, as the more he spoke, the faster he seemed to talk as if he didn't have time to say everything he wanted to say.
Elin stopped Elmo from talking by clapping a hand over his mouth, though it was clear it didn't do anything to lessen Elmo's panic.
"Elmo, stop," Jonas commanded him, hoping that it would keep Elmo from passing out from getting overexcited about whatever happened. Fortunately, it seemed to work and Jonas motioned Elin to let go of Elmo.