Chapter 21: Traitor in Town

Once Sara calms down, she said thanks and before Zhen gets to take this opportunity for a kiss, they are confronted by the army guards.

"You two, can you please follow us back to the investigation's room so we can find out what happens." an army guard asked us.

Zhen wanted to smack the hell out of these so-called army guards.

'You have the gut to ask for our assistance when a person can infiltrate the town easily and even cast a deadly spell on law-abiding citizens.'

Zhen never read the laws of this town but he has no shame in calling himself a good citizen.

Zhen wanted to punch and beat the hell out of these army guards who clearly failed their duty.

Alas, it's a shame that Sara stopped him from going wild and agreed to their request.

'Sigh, Sara is simply too naive and pure to realize what the hell just happened.'

Zhen can't help but lament Sara on her naive mindset in this situation.

The attacker clearly said, "warning to the little girl" is already proof enough that there is a traitor lurking in our town.

Think for a second, Sara informed the adventure guild recently about the news yet not even 2 days have passed and they already found out the informer.

What happened to witness confidentiality?

There's no way the black mages would have known about this. They could only know about Sara because someone informed them.

The person that could know it's Sara is definitely someone with authority in this town. Otherwise, they shouldn't be able to access the information about the person's identity.

To not let Sara worry about all this jumbled-up mess, Zhen kept silent and followed the guard with Sara.

Meanwhile, Zhen tried to sense the black mage that he marked back in the forest.

Somewhere in the Forest~

"Our elder has infiltrated the town and warned the little girl while informing the town about being engulfed in flame soon. The townsfolk would soon be panicking which allows our plan to work better."

A black mage bowed to a person sitting in a chair and spoke with respect.

"Good, remember, that thing hidden inside the Forest of Trove is ours and no mistakes are allowed." The person in the chair replied.

"Yes, honorable grand elder, we subordinate will not allow any mistake since we have been working for 10 years to put this plan into action." The black mage kneeled before dismissing himself.

"10 years, it's about time for our era to begin with those treasures buried inside the forest."

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In an investigation room~

"How many times do I have to tell you guard, that we don't know the person attacking us and we have nothing to inform you?" Zhen spoke in an irritated tone.

When Zhen tracked down that black mage, he unexpectedly found out their plan working for 10 years.

He was irritated as this would involve him now even if he wants to be a bystander.

"If you didn't have any relation with the mysterious person then why would he fire a rank 5 fire blast toward you. Let me remind you, it is a high-rank 5 spell that not many people in this town are able to cast."

The guard interrogating Zhen and Sara spoke in a loud voice while banging the desk.

Zhen didn't bother with him anymore as it's wasting my breath. He closed his eyes and laid his head onto Sara's shoulder to stop thinking about this mess.

Otherwise, if he continues to argue with the guards, he might not be able to control himself in blasting the guard's face.

'Such a retard could become an interrogator shows that this town is useless. They don't even know how to employ the proper person for the role.'

Sara sighs at Zhen's actions as she knows he definitely has an idea of what happened but refuses to speak.

Therefore, she simply kept quiet and did not say anything.

Seeing their uncooperative actions in helping their investigation, the guard was about to use other methods to force them to talk before there was a loud bam in the door.

*Boom*

The door was forced open by someone from outside.

"How dare..."

The guard tried to yell at the person barging in his interrogation.

"You have a lot of guts to interrogate the victim like they're the culprit, guard" Before the guard is able to finish the sentence, the person that enters the door by force yelled at him.

"C-C-Commander, this subordinate does not dare." Seeing it's their commander, the guard bows down with sweat trickling on his forehead.

'Damn it, what shit luck I have, these two are people with background, no wonder why they act so carefree and ignoring my authority.'

The guard cursed inwardly on Zhen and Sara for not informing him of their identity.

"Let them go as they are innocents!" The commander roared at the guard before turning his head back to Sara.

"Sara, I apologize for my subordinate's action. I will punish them for wasting your time." His tone became gentle with a smile on his face when speaking with Sara.

"It's okay Uncle Gerald, they are simply doing their job." Sara flings Zhen's head from her shoulder before bowing with respect.

'The commander is Gerald Nam and he used to be an adventurer along with my father back in their youth until my father decided to retire. Uncle Gerald didn't continue his adventure after hearing about her father's retirement so he went to serve in the army, and was promoted to commander.'

Sara sent a mental transmission to Zhen who was a bit unhappy to be flung aside.

She explained the person in front of her to Zhen in case he disrespected him like how he disrespects the guard.

Zhen, knowing his relationship with Sara instantly got up and gestured a bow before saying, "So it is Commander Gerald, it's my honor meeting you here."

Meanwhile, Zhen sent a mental transmission to Sara and asked, "How trustworthy is this person? Can you guarantee his ethics as a person and is completely loyal to the town?"

Not knowing why he asked this kind of question, Sara replied with a transmission, "Even though Uncle Gerald is a commander, he still meets up with father occasionally and drank together"

Sara didn't know how to reply as she doesn't know him well enough. So she describes his relationship with her father.

'Is that so. Let's test the water.'

Zhen was still a bit suspicious of this whole ordeal so he wants to be cautious in everything.

"Commander Gerald, I know the location of the black mage that was spotted in the forest," Zhen spoke loud and clear, dumbfounding the people in the room.

Using Sense as soon as he finishes talking, Zhen was able to check Commander Gerald's emotional states.

'Huh, guess I was indeed right. You're the traitor in this town.'

Zhen said inwardly while his expression remained the same to not alert Commander Gerald.