Chapter 274: Back to the Empire (3)
Chapter 274: Back to the Empire (3)
Two girls in plain travel clothes wandered through the streets, glancing about. The bustling town center was filled with traveling merchants. They were none other than Milia and Lapicel, out on a mission to track down cultists.Milia had purposefully removed her robes and was pretending to be an ordinary civilian. After all, the cultist would likely catch on if word got out that she was an inquisitor.
The two girls remained serious as they walked, carefully scanning their surroundings. Two young girls glaring around the streets might have seemed suspicious, but in truth, it wasn’t the case at all. To others, they simply looked like this:
Did they get lost?
Or maybe they lost the rest of their group?
No matter how skilled the two were, to the ordinary eye they were nothing more than fragile girls, and seeing two teenage girls wandering around at night made people uneasy. In the peaceful days of the past, meddlesome adults would likely have intervened in some way.
The problem was that the current lord, who had taken over after Hudel, wasn’t particularly competent. Due to his poor governance, the town was filled with unruly outsiders, and public safety had deteriorated significantly. Those who saw the girls were worried and concerned, but they decided not to act.
What should we do?
Let’s just ignore it.
And in towns where law and order had broken down, certain things were bound to happen to young girls who wandered alone. From a back alley, a group of thugs watched Lapicel and Milia with interest.
"What do you think, boss?"
"Both of them look pretty nice."