Certain events led to Arlo entering into a contract with multiple parties that forbade him from guiding Roy and stopped "them" from targeting him.
But now… he was finding out that someone had targeted him even though he had kept his part of the deal.
This angered him thoroughly.
"I have a few suspects in mind. But I lack evidence to convict them. To claim that someone had done something bad without proof to verify it would be a bad move. The current court doesn't convict vile people of crimes if there is no evidence against them. It will only give them a chance to cover up their track better and know someone's upon them. That's why… I've remained silent. And… I hope you would do the same."
Telling them about his problems was his way of showing that he was willing to trust them.
"I won't say a word of what I heard hear to another." Arlo pointed his thumb at the elder mage. "I don't know about this guy, though."
Roy looked at the man with greying hair in silence.
