"Jared."
The next morning, Jared was making preparations for departure, only to see Jelena suddenly came over to greet himself. On the surface, Jelena was three or four years older than Jared, and Jared's current status was a mercenary like them, so Jelena didn't add any honorifics, but called him by his first name.
"Ms. Jelena, what can I do for you?"
"That's right, I ... have something I'd like to talk to you about, is now a good time?"
Jared noticed Jelena's heavy emphasis on "you guys", so he turned and looked at Caroline, who had just woken up and was wiping her cheeks with a little bit of water. Then he nodded and turned to Jelena with a gentle smile.
"No problem, go ahead."
"First, I'm going to give you this."
With that, Jelena casually handed over the bag, and Jared took it curiously, then frowned. Naturally, he saw the head buried in the sand, but he didn't understand what Jelena meant by it. Was it a different custom in this world? But early in the morning you send a head ... this is also too that a little bit.
"I suppose you don't realize what you killed yesterday."
Jelena smiled and laughed, obviously having guessed Jared's reaction beforehand. In fact, she also guessed from this point that the two must have never been mercenaries, otherwise after killing so many sand pirates could not even look at what their leader looks like, and even did not even collect the things on their bodies and then threw them away. This is even the lowest level mercenary will not make the mistake, at least the rookie also know to rummage through the loot is not it?
"These two are the biggest sand thieves in this area for several years, their nicknames are 'Fat Bear' and 'Hungry Wolf'. They've been offered a bounty by the government, and their heads are worth 500 gold coins! Put them away, luckily the desert is dry, as long as you bury the heads in the sand, it shouldn't be a problem to keep them until you get out."
"Thanks for the heads up."
Jared nodded his thanks to Jelena, and in truth, the amount Jelena had said didn't bother Jared too much. For one thing, he and Caroline didn't know anything about currency equivalents in this world, and he couldn't even imagine what 500 gold coins was. He couldn't even pretend, but when Jelena saw Jared's calm and collected face, not the least bit surprised by this figure, she secretly raised her opinion of him by a few points.
(I didn't realize the fat man's head was worth anything ...)
At this time, finished cleaning up Caroline walked to Jared's side, some feelings said, to which Jared can only helplessly bitter smile. At this time, Jelena will look to Caroline, she thought for a moment, apparently the next thing to say is a little difficult to say. But she finally looked over at Caroline and stared at her sharply.
"Caroline, are you sure you can't talk?"
"... Ms. Jelena, what do you mean by that?"
Jared's expression was still mildly indifferent, but his tone had "accidentally" dropped an octave or so.
"I've been watching since yesterday, and it's true, Caroline hasn't said a word. But for someone who can't speak, she has to rely on other means to show her meaning. But according to my observation, Caroline didn't show any body language either when she was communicating with you or Mr. Florence, as if you could speak at all. ..."
"I don't think this should have anything to do with you Ms. Jelena."
Jared's eyes narrowed slightly as he quickly swept a glance at Caroline, who was obviously surprised by what Jelena had said as well. The truth was that they had been careless in that regard. Jared was used to Caroline's thoughts communicating as naturally as if he were talking, eating, drinking and breathing. Caroline was obviously used to it, too, but it didn't occur to him that Jelena would actually see it and take it to heart. This made Jared's heart emerge a trace of uneasiness and anger, so he took a step ahead of Caroline, blocking in front of her.
"Also, I hope Ms. Jelena understands that it's rude to observe people in secret. We're just traveling with you, not under you, so I hope you'll respect our privacy, and if there's nothing else for you to do, I think we should get ready to depart."
"..."
Jared's words had no hint of anger in them, but they were a clear sign of expulsion. Jelena was no fool, she knew that staying here would not help, so she said nothing more and turned to leave.
(Careless.)
"That's right."
Jared nodded, his eyes locked on Jelena until her figure disappeared, then he let out a long sigh.
"It seems that we should be more careful, since this Jelena was able to see the abnormality, there will surely be others who can see the problem in the future. We have to think of something, otherwise, this will become a big problem."
（But we can't change anything now. If we don't, we'll make them suspicious.)
"That's right."
Listening to Caroline, Jared threw up the bag in his hand and then took it back into his hand. Even if Jelena had any suspicions about Caroline now, it was only at the stage where she wasn't sure. But if Caroline changed her ways, it would be hard for Jelena's eyes and intellect not to see that they had been in over their heads. But as Jared got into the camel caravan, he looked ahead at the mercenaries and made an inexplicable complaint.
"Even if it's a test, this is too much."
He's a good man, and he's got a knack for doing things his own way.
Sitting on a pannier in front of her, Jelena thought carefully, a satisfied smile appearing at the corner of her mouth. In fact, while she did have some doubts about Caroline's behavior, Jelena honestly didn't give such a small matter a second thought. From the way Caroline and Jared acted, she could tell that the two had been partners for quite some time, and whether they were a couple or simply companions, if they could get along so well, they would naturally have some communication skills or even telepathy that ordinary people could not understand or master. As an experienced mercenary, Jelena will not be confused in this kind of small matter. But she still asked ... and was warned by Jared without being soft or hard. Obviously, although Jelena has always been very proud of her own body and appearance, and with her intimidating aura, very few men are able to raise their heads in front of her and say a few hard words.
Looks like it's time for phase two.
Mixed into a caravan does not seem to have changed, Florence is still responsible for driving, but as a merchant, he naturally can not help but deal with the people around him, and Scott Chamber of Commerce to pull the relationship, after all, like him such as traveling merchants, the future of the shipment or receipt of goods will not be able to avoid and these large chamber of commerce to deal with, in this kind of semi-enclosed environment, the friendship between each other can be more effective than in the big city to invite several times on the In this semi-enclosed environment, mutual friendship is much more effective than inviting people to a few taverns in the big city. Caroline and Jared remained at the end of the line, not dealing with anyone. Jared was not happy about Jelena spying on him and the others. Although she had acted friendly to Jared, her next questioning really pushed Jared and Caroline's buttons.
Even knowing that Jelena didn't really mean to suspect anything, Jared's heart still didn't feel right.
The whole caravan was safe and sound all day, and at the present rate of progress, if they traveled just one more day, they would be able to leave the desert.
But, just as the crowd was getting ready to set up camp, Jelena actually came in front of Jared and Caroline once again. And this time, she was facing Caroline.
"Caroline, I've heard from Mr. Florence that you're a good fighter too."
(...)
What does this woman want?
"I think you can see that I'm a woman, too."
Jelena tapped the hilt of her sword, a gentle smile on her face as she tried to lighten the mood.
"Besides, I'm a warrior too. Since we are both the same ... then,should we compete?"
Caroline was silent for a moment in the face of Jelena's invitation, and she looked over at Jelena as if probing for her true intentions. Then, slowly, she nodded her head in agreement.
（Leave it to me, Jared. She won't see through my powers that easily.)
"Understand..."
Jared nodded and stepped aside. Caroline smiled confidently at him, then put away her parasol with a snap, and the Rune Sword immediately morphed, instantly transforming back into its original thin sword.
"Oh? That's interesting ..."
Caroline's hand made Jelena surprised, she originally thought that the parasol held in the hand of this weak and delicate lady was just some kind of prop, but she didn't realize that this was actually her weapon. And judging from this change, this weapon was obviously very unusual. Thinking about this, Jelena's fighting spirit was also raised, she drew her long sword at her waist and carefully observed her opponent's actions. The mercenaries also noticed the fight between the two girls and gathered around, mercenaries were born to watch. And now the main character of the show is their leader, naturally shouted very vigorously. In the crowd of people, only Jared a person wrapped his arms around, expressionless watching the two.
Caroline's Tectonic Harmonization will be completely ineffective in about ten minutes.