"… The eyes of your past are looking at you closely? What in the hell that mean?" Liu Ying grumbled with an uncomfortable tone. "Zealots of fate and their love for talking in riddles. Can they not say everything clearly?"
Bloed smiled wryly. Inwardly, though, he sighed.
Although Liu Ying found Charise's words confusing; Bloed and Regina, on the other hand, understood her meaning almost quickly. A trial related to Bloed's past could only mean his former family.
In the end, it seemed like they decided to chase after him.
Regina grabbed Bloed's hand and nodded to him in concern. Bloed gave her a small smile of thanks as a reply.
Yes, he was not alone.
Whatever his former family was planning, it didn't matter.
At most, he would fight them. It's not like he was afraid of them.
He could always use Leto to escape, after all.
After the meeting with Charise and Kallevang, Bloed's group was led by Javelin and Madeline to a warehouse-like room in Moonlight Glow.
"… Bloed, I promised you a reward when you agreed to help us to rescue the prince." Javelin said with a smile. "You already received the information you requested from Illina, and now I'll give you the other two things I promised."
Javelin then took out a folder containing some documents and passed it to Bloed.
"What is it?" Bloed asked.
"A money account. This document certificates that you own an account with money in Moonlight Glow. You can use it to deposit or withdraw money from any of our branches, or even is some other churches. The specifics are in the documents."
Bloed revised the documents and was slightly surprised.
In this world, the churches also worked as a kind of bank. Many people used them to keep great amounts of money and withdraw it when it was necessary.
And the document JAvelin gave Bloed served as proof of ownership for an account in Moonlight Glow, the problem was the amount of money in there.
There were one hundred thousand gold coins deposited in the account. Normally, a family of four needed around ten gold coins to live for one month, so one hundred thousand gold coins were a small fortune.
Due to his circumstances, Bloed normally did not care about money. But even he was very surprised by Javelin's generosity. Even Liu Ying, a former princess, was agape when she saw the number in the documents.
'I guess that a prince is just that important, huh.' Bloed smiled wryly. Thinking about it, he was a prince too.
"Of course, that is only a part of the reward." Javelin said as though all that money was not important. "… I was not sure about what to give you besides the money. Fortunately, Madeline gave me a good suggestion." Javelin then looked to Madeline and asked her to continue.
Madeline smiled and took three badges from a pocket, giving one to Bloed, Regina, and Liu Ying each. "Take this."
Bloed received the badge confused. It was a silver badge depicting a fox gazing to the moon. Moreover, Bloed could feel a slight magical pulse inside the badge.
"This badge makes you a guest of honor of Moonlight Glow. With this badge, you can go to any of our branches to request accommodation, information, and even assistance in case you need it. But pay attention to how you use it. If Moonlight Glow deems that you don't deserve the badge anymore, they will take it away."
Bloed was truly surprised this time, even more than when he received the money.
With this badge, it was the same as having one of the strongest churches of the continent backing him.
Of course, backing him was exaggerating a bit, but it did not make the badge less valuable. Moonlight Glow was a very huge organization, and the help it could provide Bloed was incredibly high.
"… Are you sure about this?" Bloed asked a little moved.
Madeline smiled. "Don't worry. In fact, part of the reason I'm giving this badge to the three of you is due to your talent. The three of you are among the most talented people I have seen in your generation." Madeline said while looking at Bloed, Regina, and Liu Ying. "Thus, giving you this badge now is a way to create a tie with you. If one day in the future, one of you becomes a demigod, then today's badge will have become a great investment."
Bloed fell silent for a moment before nodding and keeping the badge.
Although Madeline was trying to make it sound that it was not a big deal, Bloed knew how valuable this badge was. This was the kind of thing that was not easily given out.
"Then, are you satisfied with the reward?" Javelin asked.
Bloed let out a smile. "… Yeah, I guess that helping you was the right choice, after all."
"Hahaha, I'm also glad that I asked for your help back then. To be honest, it was a risky bet, but it worked. I hope we can cooperate like this again in the future."
"Well, our cooperation has not ended yet." Bloed smiled.
Javelin nodded. Right, they still needed to deal with Diadel City's problems.
"By the way, Javelin." Bloed suddenly spoke with a bit of hesitation. "Maybe I will need your help with something."
…
That same day, in another part of Diadel City.
A middle-aged man, accompanied by two people whose bodies were covered under long robes, knocked on the door of a house located in the south of the city.
One second later, the door opened slightly and a male voice came from the other side.
"What do you want?"
The middle-aged man spoke. "I came for the mission you received a few days ago."
"… Mister, I don't know what you are speaking about."
The middle-aged man nodded and. He then took something out of his clothes and passed it to the man behind the door. "This is my identification."
The man received it and used a few seconds to confirm its authenticity. Less than one minute later, the door opened revealing a cunning-looking skinny man.
"Welcome, Mr. S. I was waiting for you. Something to drink?"
The middle-aged man shook his head. "I prefer to focus on my work. How is the situation with the target?"
"… There were a few inconveniences, but fortunately, we did not fail the mission."
He then walked towards a wall and revealed a secret compartment behind a painting.
"This is all the information we got about the target."
On the first page of the document, there was a name and the drawing of a young man.
Bloed Norman.
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