Chapter 1702
As I was just planning to leave Mary and Anne to sort out their moving agreements to themselves, Shao appeared in front of me, a startled man stumbling forward.
“I found this guy lurking nearby.” Shao declared, looking at me like she wanted praise.
“Hmm?” I crossed my arms and looked the man up and down. “A wolfkin?”
Much of Chalm was made up of animalkin. This was because Aberis’s slave market had a lot of animalkin who were flooded in from Dioshin. One of Dioshin’s largest exports had been slave labor. The enhanced stats of many animalkin, not to mention the exotic traits they sometimes possessed, made them desirable for all manner of people. I had been buying them up and freeing them, and that left a city that contained many animalkin.
“I was not lurking!” The wolfkin cried out defensively. “I was sent with a message to find Lord Deekson.”
“Wouldn’t it make more sense for you to go to the mansion to find me?” I frowned, giving his story just a bit of doubt.
The man straightened his coat, which looked rather fine. “With all due respect, I am a rare variant breed, a bloodhound. When I am tasked with a message, I travel by scent, and I always take my message directly to the source.”
“In that case, you’ve already found me.” I cut in. “What is the message?”
“I have arrived under the orders of my master, Lord Duran. He has invited you to visit him in his castle.”
“Oh? Lord Duran wants to meet me?” My eyes brightened.
“Yes, he says he’s finished what he’s needed to finish, and he’s ready to escort you to Jespain.”
“Jespain?” Terra walked forward, her appearance a golem causing the man to become startled for a moment, but he seemed to quickly recover.
“Y-yes, as Lord Duran promised, he’s managed to secure an airship.”