Chapter 363: Here
Arwin peeled his gaze away from the melee fight currently unfolding on the arena grounds as Reya returned to the room. She flopped down in the chair beside him with a weary sigh.
“Found him,” Reya said. “And so did Esmerelda.”
“Esmerelda did?” Arwin blinked in surprise. “She was with you?”
“Apparently. She’s sneakier than I thought. Didn’t even realize she was with me until she popped out the moment I found the room Arnold was in,” Reya grumbled. She didn’t sound so happy about someone having managed to sneak up on her. “She said she’d handle things with him.”
That’s… odd. Esmerelda was the one that told me about needing to find him in the first place, but I somehow didn’t expect her to directly interfere. Didn’t think she was the type. Maybe that’s rude of me. Either way, this is the best case scenario. I don’t really know what I would have been able to do other than tell this Arnold guy to drop out of the tournament.
“Well, sounds like things are handled, then.”
Reya nodded. “Guess so. I wonder what she’s doing… but not enough to try and spy on her.”
“That’s probably wise. She’s carrying around enough cursed shit to scare anybody,” Arwin said with a shake of his head. “I still don’t get why she does that. Esmerelda is clearly capable of making powerful potions, and not everything cursed has to be bad. It’s just more difficult. She just likes choosing to make things dangerous.”
“Maybe it’s her hobby.”