Chapter 8: Saving the saintess (3)
Gran Jurad looked surprised by this question.
At the same time, the guard looked like he raised his guard as if something was about to happen.
Seeing the misunderstanding that she caused, Saintess Amy quickly said, "No, no, it’s not like that. I was just wondering where you came from and what you were doing when you saved us."
After saying this, she looked like she realized that she had said something wrong.
After all, the way that she said this still seemed like she was accusing him of something.
However, Gran Jurad didn’t take offense at this.
Instead, he simply responded, "I was passing by and heard the commotion, so I came to help."
This seemed like a perfectly logical explanation if not for the fact that they were currently in the middle of the forest. As well, it was currently the middle of the night, so it was strange that he was simply ’passing by’.
As such, the guard narrowed his eyes to ask, "And why were you passing by this place?"
Gran Jurad didn’t panic when he saw this, he just calmly turned to look at the guard before saying, "I was on my way to Fairview for the hero ceremony. I was worried that I would be late since I was traveling on foot and wanted to get there as soon as possible."
The guard’s expression slowly changed as he nodded along to this.