They're talked for a while until someone came to the bar.
-krieet-
"Ragha, you're back"
"yes savior"
"do you get the map?"
"here it is" He gave it to him
"hmm, I'll look it closely at Pan"
He stood and waved at the barkeeper.
"then, I'll leave it to you. We leave now"
"yes, just make sure your plan working"
"don't worry"
Yana and Ragha walked to the PanPan. After they arrived, Shanti and Pan were welcomed them.
"welcome back~"
"I'm really excited for the lunch"
"ahahaha~ you're flattering me Yana"
They sat in front of the counter. She went to the back room to take their lunch.
"so how's it sir Yana? everything is fine?"
"for now, i have what i need. We will discuss it after lunch"
"understood"
Pan came from the back and brought one big tray with three plates on it. They could see bright brown rice with lot of white little squares and mixed vegetables.
"hooo, it's fried rice now"
"heee~~ do you know this food Yana? i even don't know the name, my parents recipe book doesn't have on this one"
"well, let's say i have seen it somewhere"
"interesting. Talking with you will be very fun~~"
Yana smiled and looked at her eyes.
"I'm agree with that Pan"
Shanti looked at them. She felt something strange when she looked at those two. Uneasy feeling, and slightly anger.
"i should know...a man as great as sir Yana deserved to get many better women than myself" She mumbled
"hm? what's wrong Shanti?'
"no, sir Yana. It's nothing"
"then, let's we eat. I'm pretty sure this is gonna be delicious"
"agreed"
"another food that i have never seen" Ragha tried it
"hmm, the spice and this chicken meat...plus the vegetable's tenderness" Yana gave his comment
"ah! so this little white square is chicken meat? you're really awesome miss Pan!"
"ahaha~ it's my parents recipe! but yes, my cooking skill is awesome too ~" Pan smiled brightly
"every miss Pan's foods is delicious" Ragha agreed
They finished their lunch and talked about their next move.
"when we are gonna move savior?"
"at night, of course. That's when the guards and patrolling are not so tight"
"i see" Shanti nodded
Yana opened the map and looked it carefully.
"based from this layout, we can sneak from this gate at south and make our way to the underground prison from there. That's where Chanotte being held"
"eh?! that chief is being prisoned? why?" Pan asked
"the truth is..."
Yana told everything that's happened. From the invasion, until they decide to come here to make sure this commander will leave them alone. Pan showed a suprised expression on her face.
"no way....so that's what happened...so all of you is human that live in this Half-beast village? and you want to stop commander Libhane from destroying your village??"
"yes Pan. Now Chanotte was already captured, we need to rescue him"
"you're going to move tonight? are you already planned everything?"
"yes, you don't need to worry. We will manage it somehow"
"...i... I'm praying for your safety then~"
"thank you. Shanti, Ragha, let's rest, so we can do our plan tonight"
"understood"
They left Pan and headed to the second floor. Pan stood there while cleaned the plates. She mumbled about something.
"tonight...gate at the south..."
Yana and the others arrived at the front of their room. He gave signal for Ragha to follow him to his room. Now, three of them gathered at his room. Shanti opened the conversation.
"sir Yana....why are you lying to miss Pan?"
"now now Shanti. Let you guess it first"
"..err....wait. Mmmm, you're lying when we discussed about our plan to rescue sir Chanotte..so... she's on the commander side?"
"hmmmm, not quite.. but close"
"she has resentful feeling towards sir Chanotte?"
"i think...no"
Shanti kept thinking for a while, and she couldn't guess it.
"forgive me sir Yana. I can't think any other reason.."
"do you know why Shanti? because in your mind, you already "set" Pan as a good person. That's why you can't thinking the others possibilities"
"!! that's...true, i mean...miss Pan is really a cheerful and kind person..."
"-sigh- let me give you, no you two advices"
Shanti and Ragha lifted up their ears. They wanted to listen it carefully.
"just like when i told you about there's no enemy or ally in this world, that's also applied to good or bad person"
"i... don't understand...you want to say there's no bad person? how about those soldiers that killed all those elf?"
"let say they become a bad person because killed all those elf, but their reason to do that to protect their family..they believed those other races are dangerous. Then, what would you call them?"
"...they..."
"let say those one hundred soldiers that attack your village is bad people, even tho they're forced to do it. What would you called them?"
"...." Shanti couldn't answered it
"don't get trapped by good or bad, enemy or ally, justice or evil concepts. What is matter is their intention"
"their in...tention?"
"do they have same intention with us? will their intention bring good thing for us and our surrounding?"
"this is too difficult for me sir Yana..."
"well, you can think about it later. First, we need to discuss our real plan"
Shanti still showed a very confused expression.
"listen Shanti. There's no way someone can judge someone else. Just because they're doing one or two things, people labelled them as good or bad....that's now how it works...at least for me"
Shanti's eyes wide opened. She realized something when she heard Yana's word.
".....somehow, i understand about it a little..."
-----( Chapter 62 "Few advices" )-----