Book 5: Chapter 21
I scanned the merchants sitting next to me slowly enjoying their mushroom soup out of the corner of my eyes.
Freya was playing with the dog I just bought her. I thought she was just testing their reactions. I never expected her to actually really like the dog. But, the dog seemed to really like the name ‘Prince.’ He would ignore you if you called him anything else. It’s alright. I don’t mind. It’s not named Troy, so I don’t care.
Freya is my adopted-sister, too, so there’s nothing wrong with naming it ‘Prince.’ Freya’s attention was totally focused on scanning the people by us. I can’t see through a person completely, but Freya should be able to. Freya’s observation skills and wits are far superior to mine.
She looked at them and quietly said, “Brother, if you have any plan, it would be best to speed it up. Though we were able to confirm whether or not they are our enemy, we have also given them a reminder in the process.”
“Uhm, I know.”
I gave a small nod and then continued, “The most important thing now is that I’ve got no clue what exactly they’re aiming for; I have to go with a counterattack strategy. I don’t know where to go to find out about their plans, nor do I know if they’re related to the elf-trafficking case, however; I feel that they are definitely involved. The problem is I don’t know what they’re planning.”
“You don’t have to worry about that. Brother, I believe that they will let the cat out of the bag. A plot will be kept completely hidden if just one person carries it out. But once you have a lot of people participating, it’s easy to slip up and get discovered. Since they’ve got someone from the village involved, their movements will be very obvious, so you don’t have to worry.”
Freya looked at me and then chuckled softly as she continued, “I don’t know what they are plotting either. But since it’s a business deal, money will definitely be exchanged. As for where the money comes from, I need to go with you to a certain place. Mm, we can’t approach it without Miss Luna, though.”
Luna paused before asking Freya, “What place?”