- With whom do I have the honor of speaking and how can I help you? - Oteu spoke with interest as he walked along the carriage and sat down on a chair near the table.
Observing the behavior of a man, Ni'Lim understood that he comes from his strength. Accustomed to not hiding anything, he most likely would not have taken root in any castle.
But such representatives of the races just liked her for the fact that they did not hide their thoughts and desires.
- My name is Ni'Lim, I'm a professor at the Suga'Tin Academy, as you know, there was a stufon in your caravan who accepted tasks from you and left the caravan. - The dark elf answered as she walked along the carriage and sat down opposite the man.
Oteu face changed as she reminded him of the half-elf who was with them. And this change in the man's face did not escape Ni'Lim's gaze.
- I would like to ask the remaining robbers the location of their camp in order to pick up the stufon. - Continued Ni'Lim to explain the purpose of her visit.
Seeing how the man pulled out his hand and began to tap his fingers on the table and there was a slight smirk on his face.
- I'm afraid I can't help you with this. All the robbers who surrendered are dead, I foresee your question, we did not kill them. - Answered Oteu, looking at the dark elf with a gaze.
He had a suspicion who killed them, but whoever he told his thoughts to he would be considered a deceiver. Who would have believed that the departed half-elf killed the remaining bandits?
- On your beautiful face, I see the question who killed them if not members of the caravan? I think your stufon made it. - Oteu said carefully looking at the behavior of the dark elf, waiting for how she would react to these accusations.
But surprise awaited him, instead of words of disbelief and angry words, his interlocutor broke into a smile. He didn't know anything about her, but her predatory smile was like that of a monster.
- So you think the young half-elf slew the bandits? But why would he do it? - Heard cheerful notes in the voice of the dark elf, who crossed her legs and folded her hands on her upper leg.
The head of the caravan shrugged his shoulders, he did not care about these robbers who would have been executed in the city anyway.
- I don't know, you as a professor should know him better than I do. - Answered Oteu in his voice there was nothing to put it in doubt.
The dark elf agreed with the man's reasoning. But for her, this half-elf was also a mystery.
- How did you let him kill them? - Asked Ni'Lim, her hope that she could interrogate any thread from the robbers disappeared. And there were no other opportunities to get information.
The man sitting opposite her laughed at her question. If only he knew how that half-elf managed to kill them.
Remembering how they arrived in the city and planted guards in a cage in which they were supposed to await execution.
And when they saw the corpses in the cage, the guards looked at the cage, then at the guards of the caravan with a blank look.
There was a complex expression on the faces of the guards; they did not understand how all the robbers could die without noise.
- We did not allow it, when we arrived in the city and brought the guards to the cage they were dead. The last time I saw them alive was when your stufon took one with him. - Recalling the events of last night answered Oteu.
The dark elf continued to smile, if it was really stufon Tray, he foresaw that someone could be sent for him and got rid of those who could indicate his trail.
She couldn't help noticing that it was smart for a half-elf who had just entered the academy and a bit of cruelty to take the life of a member of races who had already surrendered.
- Who can I talk to from the guards to get more information about his stay in your caravan? - Asked Ni'Lim, thinking about what to tell Suga Tin.
And he will obviously be unhappy that the half-elf got rid of possible traces by which she could find him.
- He did not communicate with anyone, maybe the girl who also guarded the center of the caravan knows something about him. - Thoughtfully answered Oteu, remembering with whom else the half-elf communicated.
But he doubted that Trey shared his plans with Fael. He already provided all the information he had about the half-elf and expressed his suspicions that it was he who killed the remaining bandits.
- Where can I find this girl and what is her name? - the dark elf asked, she, like Oteu, doubted that Trey was telling something to this girl.
While pondering where the professor might find the girl, she and her friends were badly hurt in the attack and still didn't leave the carriage. But they could already leave the caravan and go back to their academy.
- You can check the security carriages that are located near me, but if they are not there, then they have returned to their academy. - Answered Oteu, continuing to examine the dark elf with interest.
He could see that she wasn't too worried that this half-elf had left the caravan to destroy the bandit camp.
- Is she a stufon too? I wonder what her name is and what academy she is from? - Ni'Lim asked in surprise, her surprise was real very rarely when stufons from different academies got the same task.
The head of the caravan recalled the name of the academy from which the girl and her friends were.
If he remembered correctly she was called Ni'Shao after saying the girl's name and what she looked like they said goodbye to the dark elf.
Leaving the carriage in which Oteu was sitting, Ni'Lim began to look for similar carriages from which she had just left.
She saw the captain of the city guard approaching her. Ignoring him, she went to the distant carriage, the captain of the guard was surprised by her behavior, but he could only follow her.
The remaining merchants watched with interest as the dark elf walked towards one of the carriages, followed by the city guards.
If she had listened to the merchants' conversations, Ni'Lim would probably have been angry.
Approaching the carriage, Ni'Lim looked around and seeing no one, she opened it without knocking.
Having examined it inside and did not see anyone, the dark elf frowned, slammed the door and went to another.
The captain did not understand what motivated the dark elf, from her behavior he understood that she was looking for someone. But why didn't she reach out to him to make the search easier?
Approaching another carriage, she noticed a strange couple, it was a light and dark elf who were arguing among themselves.
She heard their conversation and they were just discussing stufon Trey and the girl about whom the caravan security chief spoke.