63 Cyan's Mission I Didn'st Even Want to Live, But God Forced Me to Reincarnate!

In the meantime, at the main harbor of Chinosato city...

[Scua rifte] (Shadow Cloak)

Rupert quickly chanted a spell that enabled himself to be camouflaged as long as he is in the darkness or shadow. That spell is one of his forte, even more so when he's doing his spy activities at night like this. Well, most of underground activities like spying are done during the night, after all.

He managed to enter the ship just fine. Now, he has to find the cargo that contains the undeniable proof of the illegal activities they are doing. The cargo should contain either a human being—alive, or their organs and cells. Either one would be good.

Phyllo is keeping watch of Rupert from nearby area, and Cyan is on standby as his true self—the Duke of Hartmann, along with the members of the local guards.

Once Rupert gives the signal, they would raid and capture every single person involved.

Cyan focused on synchronizing with Phyllo.

[Synchronize].

A technique that a familiar owner can use. By utilizing this technique, the familiar owner can synchronize their own senses to their familiar's. Thus, it enables Cyan to view whatever Phyllo is seeing right now.

This leaves the user vulnerable, though, as he won't be able to see what his own body is seeing in exchange of seeing his familiar's view.

Before long, Rupert sent out the long-awaited signal.

"Now!!" Cyan commanded, and broke his synchronization.

The guards ran along with him, raiding the ship and capturing each personnel.

Once they have finished with their inspection, turns out that the amount of illegal cargo loaded into that ship is not that significant...

Cyan felt uneasy, as this uncovering seems way too easy...

The captured personnel are tied by ropes and gathered in one room. Each of them seems to be a minor personnel among the illegal organization that leads the activities of human trafficking and inhumane organs and cells harvesting.

However, no matter how minor they might be, any information can lead them towards the root of the organization.

"Speak!" Cyan demanded.

"Speak, and your punishment will be less severe."

Still, no important information is being leaked.

Tch, these damned persistent people!

"I... I don't know... I don't know anything...," a man tied by the ropes is shivering in fear. Since his body and his other colleagues' bodies are tied up by the ropes and are lying on the floor, Cyan's angry expression and his low tone looks very intimidating from down there where they can see him.

Moreover, the shivering man looks to have less nerve than the rest of his friends.

He seems to be telling the truth, but who knows?

"Cyan, let me take over," Rupert touched Cyan's shoulder and stepped in front of him.

The man's shivering calmed down as he observed Rupert's calm demeanor and his soft voice, unlike that of Cyan's. He seems to feel relieved now that the one who's going to interrogate them has changed into someone much more calming.

The other men also thought the same, as they let their tense expression loosened.

However...

That short moment of composure they regained will soon be overthrown by something much more frightening.

[Fyrhtnes êacnian!!] (Fear Inducement)

Rupert suddenly raised his voice, and as soon as he finished his words, all of the men trembled in fear. The most cowardly man seemed about to wet his own pants. Some even clenched their teeth. Their body shivering is very, very clear to anyone there.

"Now, you'd better tell me everything you know, or you will regret it," Rupert said softly, but his tone contains something for those men in fear.

To be frank, the government of Riviera is against an interrogation by torture, and their crime is not enough to warrant them a death penalty. However, since those men are overcome with fear, they cannot think straight. They believed that their life would be over. In that way, they can't defy the spell user's demands.

Rupert gazed at their pitiful trembling bodies with a disparaging look. The fact that his magic was way too effective on them indicated what little magical defense and mental strength do these men possess.

In the end, as expected, they came to understand that the captured men were just insignificant pawns that didn't know anything. Pawns that could be disposed of, at any time. Worthless bunch of cowards who acted tough.

Which means, the intel they received, about a major transaction happening that might involve the heads of the organization they're pursuing, is blatantly wrong.

Could it be... a set-up?

But... what for?

What exactly do they gain by sacrificing the small pawns like them?

Why go that far to trick them?

While thinking about it, Cyan and Rupert walked back to their carriage.

Even if Cyan concluded that it was something useless, he couldn't let go of the uneasiness he has been feeling. His mind tried to trail off from the very beginning of it all. Then, he recalled something.

We first believed that it could be a set-up to make us leave the children alone... But they can't do anything now that the children are with us... Or... can they?

As a matter of fact, Gale is with them, and they are renting an inn with a good reputation. If something were to happen, surely the inn's staffs along with the other travelers who spent their nights there would notice it. Gale would be able to fend any intruder off while the other people in the inn got notified of the occurence.

It's supposed to be safe, yet...

Cyan noticed that they have arrived at the crossroad before arriving to the inn. The path they are supposed to take is straight ahead, a long path, yet the safest option. The right path leads to a dark and unsafe path, yet it's a shortcut that will enable them to arrive faster.

"Rupert, I can't get off this feeling of uneasiness... This might be dangerous, but..."

Rupert takes a look at Cyan's expression, and nods as he understands his junior's concern.

"Alright, let's take the other way to arrive faster."

With that said, they quickly instructed the carriage driver to change their course—and tried their best to assure the driver that should any danger happen, they would take care of it.

"Phyllo, please check the condition of the children... if there's something wrong, please quickly notify me, okay?" Cyan summoned Phyllo and quickly commanded him to go ahead of them.

"Piii!" Phyllo jumped to the air and quickly went away, as if swimming through the air.