Chapter 549
At last, Ian stopped chewing and turned his head. His eyes, looking at Jamal, who was subtly casting his gaze downward, eventually curved into a slight arc.
"As long as you play along as well as you have been, traveling together won’t be difficult."
"Truly?" Jamal’s head snapped up to look at Ian.
Meeting the flush of excitement in his gaze, Ian added, "But I don’t have any kind of plan that you’re expecting."
"Pardon?" Jamal, who had paused, asked a beat later.
Ian started chewing his meat again and added, "You’re heading to cross the sea even though you know the situation of the inner sea, so you must be thinking we have some kind of special plan, aren’t you?"
"Th-That is correct, Agent of the Saint," Jamal replied, lowering his head slightly again. He seemed embarrassed that his thoughts had been so transparently read.
"Unfortunately, there is no such thing. In fact, it might be even worse than your original plan because we will head out to sea regardless of the situation," said Ian, as if he had expected as much.
As Jamal’s eyes widened, Ian turned his gaze to Thesaya, who was now smiling with amusement, and continued, "Of course, we’ll gather what information we can in Rune Catis, then choose whatever seems the safest. But that’s as far as it goes."
Exchanging a look with Lucia across the table, Ian let out a small smile. "Even if that so-called safest method means risking our lives, we’ll still cross the sea."
It was then that laughter echoed in Ian’s mind. It was Yog who had been listening quietly.
—A plan I quite like, my friend. I hope it’s dangerous, if possible. It would be even better if I could meet that failure of the sea again.