"Nagao... this... isn't what I thought, right?!" Adolph asked Nagao with a disbelief expression.
Nagao just kept quiet and chose to walk away. Seeing Nagao's attitude, Adolph pulled his collar and looked at Nagao with annoyance. However, Nagao only gave a cold expression as he said,
"My business is only killing that monster. So, get rid of your hands, Adolph... please." Nagao removed Adolph's grip from his collar and walked toward Goliath's carcass.
Nagao immediately did his job. After he finished, he stored all the monster parts in Storage. Adolph and Mr. Schmidt just looked at Nagao's attitude in silence. On the other hand, Mr. Schmidt immediately said,
"So you're not going to explain this?"
Nagao was silent for a few moments. Finally, he replied,
"For now, let me take care of my business first." While inserting some monster parts.
Mr. Schmidt just sighed and called Mr. Eddie's guards. The guards immediately came over, and among them, one was shocked by what had happened. Even so, they only kept silent at Mr. Schmidt's demand.
After everything was taken care of, Nagao immediately left. He had seen Oliver's weapon. He took a glance, but Nagao immediately left it.
Seeing his demeanor, Mr. Schmidt and Adolph insisted on accompanying him. Bargaining took place between them. In the end, Nagao was forced to let them join him.
With an understanding of the weapons earlier, Nagao organized all of them to be careful of the wind direction. However, due to Nagao's injured condition, Mr. Schmidt, Adolph, and Eddie's guards chose to treat Nagao first before leaving using the safe route. Nagao, who realized this situation, inevitably agreed to their suggestion.
After some time on the way, they arrived at Mr. Eddie's residence. Assisted by several medical experts, Nagao was treated in intensive care. At the very least, he needed some time off for a while.
***
In another place, precisely, At Mr. Eddie's office...
"So, that's what you guys saw?" said Mr. Eddie while holding his chin.
"We both watched until we were, inevitably, to engage in that fight." Mr. Schmidt looked at Adolph. As if understanding his glances just now, Adolph nodded in agreement.
Seeing Adolph's reaction, Mr. Eddie confirmed by looking at his men. The same answer was also given by them...
"We thought the same as Mr. Schmidt said earlier. There's no doubt about it!" The big man said decisively and followed by the other guards nodding in agreement.
"Hmmm... didn't expect Keldam to join in this situation," Mr. Eddie scratched his head for a few moments. "As for you guards, you may leave this room. I have some business with my old friend and colleague."
Mr. Eddie's five guards immediately withdrew from his room. When the three of them remained only, Mr. Eddie asked,
"For both of you, I'll be frank. Did you guys get any "Divine Guidance" after the fight earlier?"
"Divine Guidance??? What do you mean, Eddie?" Mr. Schmidt said with a confused expression.
"Simply, "Divine Guidance" is an order, call, or something like that from God. Some people I knew get that. However, it rarely happens. Simply, only certain people could get it," Mr. Eddie explained in a serious tone. "Short it off. Did you guys get it?"
Adolph suddenly remembered the incident where she saw a strange board that appeared before them earlier. Aware of the phenomenon mentioned just now, Adolph asked,
"Even if we found out, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to kill us?!"
"Adolph! Stop talking!" Mr. Schmidt emphatically said that. "We agreed not to talk about that for a while!"
Mr. Eddie was a little surprised by their reaction. On the other hand, Mr. Schmidt and Adolph exchanged annoyed looks. Realizing what was going on, Mr. Eddie cleared his throat and started to speak,
"For that topic, I will immediately report this to the hero. The hero has some understanding of this," Mr. Eddie spoke as he moved his hand. "Furthermore, you guys have entered Anendal's territory. So, information like that must be shared!" Mr. Eddie spoke assertively.
Adolph was taken aback. She didn't expect that her statement just now would go in such an unexpected direction. On the different side, Mr. Schmidt immediately replied,
"We're not going to reveal that information until we have assurances for our lives!" Mr. Schmidt spoke firmly.
There was silence between them. Aware of the situation that occurred, Mr. Eddie sighed and reacted,
"If you guys are behaving like this, you should explain it directly to the hero!" Mr. Eddie spoke assertively.
"?!!!" Mr. Schmidt and Adolph were taken aback by his words. Mr. Schmidt and Adolph even almost drew their weapons.
Even so, Mr. Eddie said assertively again,
"However, you did it in the context of defending yourself, right? At least, The hero is a wise person. So, lower your intention to attack because I didn't intend to trip you up even though I could do that."
Hearing these words, Mr. Schmidt and Adolph started to act normal while hiding their weapons. Then, Mr. Schmidt replied,
"Regarding the hero you alluded to before, is everything related to "Divine Guidance" should consult by that person? Are other matters the same as well?"
"Approximately, and it depended on the problem's urgency. In a way, The hero is a wise person; some say the kingdom's shadow advisor, the king's right-hand, until the crownless king," Mr. Eddie said with a sigh. "And I happen to be the hero's confidant. So don't worry about your safety!" Mr. Eddie said with a confident tone and smiled.
"Tch! Your obnoxious attitude never changes, damn it, even in a situation like this!" Mr. Schmidt sighed for a moment. "Then when are we going to meet that "hero" you refer to?"
"I'll arrange a schedule with hero first. If possible, Nagao is present to be comprehensive from his point of view." Mr. Eddie said assertively.
Mr. Schmidt and Adolph nodded in agreement with his statement earlier. In the end, the conversation between them ended.
***
At noon, July 23rd, 2223...
"Hmm... hmm... hmm~" A silver-haired woman hummed under a shady tree from her yard residence. The woman with warm ivory skin hummed while playing her guitar. Her fingers are skilled in strumming some guitar strings, between the guitar rhythms and the humming rhythms unity in one beautiful melodic.
*Strum* *Strum* *Strum*
"Hmm... A Lone Man amidst Illusion... Embraces his memories back... Huntin' for retaliation... Raise for attack... hmm~...." She continued humming while playing her silver guitar.
After a few moments of playing her instrument, the woman stopped. From behind, there saw a man clapping his hands as if praising her guitar ways ...
*Plak!* *Plak!* *Plak!*
The woman immediately said,
"Why did you come here, Mr. Eddie?"
"First, I must commend your playing. The Angendal hero, The Furious Paladin, Lady Megumi. Beautiful play as usual!" Mr. Eddie clapped several times.
"Thank you. However, you know I don't need those pleasantries. So," replied Lady Megumi with a sigh. "Just say your intentions~," while playing her guitar.
"All right," replied Mr. Eddie was silent for a moment. "This is related to the "Divine Guidance" you once said earlier," he replied in a short tone.
Lady Megumi immediately stopped her playing. Immediately, her expression turned serious,
"Keep on talking."
In another place at the same time, precisely, At the Keldam Kingdom defense council office...
After hearing the reports from his subordinates, Marquess Raya started to comment,
"So that's it," while looking at the view from the window. "Did they take my weapon?" he asked a black-robed man with a devil-patterned mask.
"No. They didn't take the weapon, Sir. The weapon is still in the same location under tight security, considering the enemy attack effect before,"
"Hmmm," Marquess Raya was silent for a moment. He immediately walked towards the corner of his office room. He then held a long gold-accented kris with a sheath of jasmine flowers patterned and a black-gold mix color as its background sheath. "Then, in the next two weeks, we will visit that bitch Angendal!"
Back to the previous place, precisely, where Lady Megumi and Mr. Eddie spoke earlier...
"Okay, I understood what you just said~," Lady Megumi stood up while changing her musical instrument into a weapon. Transforms into a giant silver scythe with various carvings and patterns. "Then, in the next two weeks, we'll welcome that Crazy-Psychopath Keldam!"
"It couldn't be... we're going to war?!!" said Mr. Eddie and the devil-patterned masked man with a surprised tone. Even though their words are the same, they're talking to different figures in different places without being connected at all.
"If that's the last resort—" Lady Megumi said assertively to Mr. Eddie.
"If that's what they want—" Marquess Raya said casually to the devil-mask man.
"— didn't the answer obviously!" They both said firmly to their interlocutors. "Then war became the solution to resolve it!"
From two different talks in different places and not connected based on communication, one decision occurred concurrently. Fate brought the two sides together in precarious ways.