No! Her mother was always right after all. This was just to huge of a task and that is why she tried to avoid it. She had to prove herself worthy this time,
"Okay. But you must be really careful no matter what you do"
"Don't worry, we...." Velox stopped halfway causing the both of them to look at her with questioningly
She brought a finger on her lips signifying for them to be quiet. She stood up slowly and carefully to avoid making any noise before grabbing her sword. Achlys and Anelle quickly caught on and they followed the same routine. Velox walked slowly to the door and stood still, she glanced at Achlys who nodded in approval.
She quickly opened the door and before the intruder could react she pulled her sword and placed the sharp edge a few inch apart from his throat which made him swallow hard.
"Disclose your identity"
Velox icy cold voice made him shiver the more. Anelle stepped out of the room and looked at Lucius carefully, he didn't seem...harmful, but ones look could be the exact opposite of his personality. Achlys came out and stood close to Anelle before turning to look at the 'spy'.
She froze rooted in one spot with her jaws dropped. She tried to talk but couldn't until she finally found her voice.
"W-what... are you doing here?" she asked. Velox shared another quick glance with her but still kept her sword in the same position.
"Do you know him?" she asked.
"Yes, but this will be a problem." replied Achlys quietly.
Lucius quickly spoke before she even asked him,
"I didn't eavesdrop on your conversation. I saw you enter this room and since we were going to continue our trip tomorrow I thought we could talk about our plans. I was about to knock before you came out" he said hurriedly.
The three women looked at each other before Velox asked with her sword still pointed at him
"Are you saying the truth?"
He nodded quickly before saying,
"Of course!! Now can you please lower your sword, this is an extremely dangerous position to talk in" he said and nervously chuckled while staring at the sword. Velox gave him a suspicious look before slowly lowering her sword.
"Why are you still here?" asked Velox fiercely making him flinch.
"I was about to leave already" he said before hurriedly walking away.
Velox walked over to Achlys,
"Is it alright to let him go? He was definitely eavesdropping" she said.
"Unfortunately we can't do anything, he's from the school" she replied. Velox seemed to think about it for a moment before she said
"Why don't I kidnap him secretly and lock him up somewhere?"
"We need to have him on the team, if not we get disqualified" she replied.
Velox sighed and frowned before saying, "I'm already nervous because of Zenon. If he heard our discussion which for no certain reason I'm sure he did. It'll just mean more trouble for us"
Anelle came closer and put her hand on Velox shoulder
"Don't worry about it too much. We'll just be extra careful and besides he seems harmless" she said and Velox slowly nodded in response. She then turned to Achlys and asked
"Are you leaving tomorrow?"
"Yes, we were assigned to a far place so we want to leave as early as possible. I hope you can be extremely careful" replied Achlys.
"Rest assured"
Silver walked along the streets of Nesha with excitement written on her face. It wasn't that this was her first time outside the palace, she had actually gone out countless of times. If her mother was going on a volunteer somewhere and even during some special festivals.
But this was the first time she was alone, not even with her maid and it brought a different kind of excitement to her. The fact she could do anything she wanted without limitation.
She had been out for a while so it would be a matter of time before they discovered she was missing. She looked at her clothes and they were obvious pointers but she had her pouch which contained different precious ornaments it would be easy to get a more common clothing.
She bought a blue dress which had only a few beads attached to it at the waistline. It blended really well with the clothes of the commoners so she felt more confident walking around in it. She was having the time of her life enjoying the scenery in Nesha when suddenly she heard a commotion. She turned to look at the source and it was in front of an inn. People were gathered around the entrance and a man was thrown out of the inn.
Another man who seemed like the owner came out and stood in front of the man who was harshly thrown. He looked at him with fury clearly etched on his face. Silver got a little interested in the scene so she stood up and walked over to where they were gathered.
The owner glared at the man and started to talk,
"You, you shameless man! After spending three days in my inn you refused to pay up and even accused my employees of robbing you!" he shouted angrily. After hearing this outburst the people who were there started to murmur among themselves.
"What type of man is he?"
"How could he do something like that?"
"He should be handed to the palace guards"
"The streets of Nesha always greets the morning with the weirdest of scenes"
Silver stood quietly listening to their conversation while observing the so-called swindler. Judging by his outfit he must have come from a very far place or since silk was very rare in the surrounding countries and the silk imported to Nesha was only used by the royal family.
The man on the floor suddenly stood up livid with anger. This reaction startled even the passerbys and for a moment they all thought he was going to attack the inn owner but after looking around and seeing the crowd of people who were ready to deal with him if he makes just a little mistake, he decided to use his nobleman approach like a scholar that he is. He cleared his throat before starting
"I was initially going to argue with you but being a man of reputable status I reconsidered it. What was it I had with me? Two blue jades, a lot of golden coins and some expensive clothes? I will let it all go but you must give me back my purple box. Something very important which I can't afford to let go is in there, Huh?" he pleaded and this even irked the owner further.
Why can't this man just accept his faith as a foreign victim. He would cause a scene here.