Chapter 439 - Slum (3)

Auron looked at this exciting atmosphere. He knew for these people, a chance for education was what they hoped for their next generation. If their children could get an education, they hoped that their children would bring their families out of poverty.

The elder calmed down the mass. Smiling, he began to gather the resident to determine whose child would be sent next. 

Meanwhile, Patrick moved closer to Auron with a smile on his face. "Isn't it exciting to see these people happy?"

Auron didn't answer and just nodded.

"Oh, I am distracted. You haven't answered my first question yet. So, what are you doing here?" Patrick asked the question again.

Auron began to explain how he could come to this slum area. Of course, he would not explain he was on a secret mission.

Auron told Patrick that he was a newcomer in this town today. He had just moved and want to know more about this town, so he scoured the area. He was from the potion shop closed to the alley when he noticed a passage that leads here.

"I see. Are you alone?" Patrick asked Auron once again.

"Nope. I moved here with my wife."

"Where is your wife?"

Auron answered that his 'wife', Alice, was shopping while looking for a permanent residence. When Patrick heard that, he exclaimed, "Wow, you must be such a loving husband. You must have a decent job to come here."

"Not much," Auron answered.

"Do you want to join my organization in helping these kinds of people?" Patrick asked.

However, Auron immediately shooked his head and refused, "Sorry, but this is not my call."

"No problem, everyone had their own circ.u.mstances. But you would accept my invitation to my house tomorrow, right?"

Auron pondered for a second and said, "It will be my pleasure. Surely, I will come."

"That's great! Here is my address, bring your wife along. Looks like they had finish deciding! Let me take a look."

Patrick approached the coming elder and began a serious conversation. Meanwhile, Auron stood still and watched them from far away.

The conversation didn't last long until Patrick went back to Auron and said, "Well, that's it! I will leave now. Do you have something to do here?"

Auron shooked his head. Of course, he had nothing to do since everything was a coincidence. He also intended to leave the area. With that, Auron and Patrick bade farewell to the slum's residence and took the alley once more.

After coming out from the alley, Patrick said, "Don't forget tomorrow night! Bring your wife along!"

"Okay, see ya!" Auron nodded and bade his farewell to Patrick.

The reason why Auron agreed to the invitation was to look for information. He thought that since Patrick had been here for 2 months, he should have more information. Moreover, there was an organization behind Patrick. Maybe, the organization could help his mission somehow.

Dinnertime came. Auron met with Alice at the same restaurant they ate for lunch. They casually started a conversation while looking for other information from the other guest. 

Alice and Auron didn't want to talk about what they find here. They were afraid their conversation was heard by others and made them exposed.

Just like in the afternoon, they got nothing from this dinnertime. Hence, they immediately went back to their room.

Inside the room, it was time to have a serious talk. Alice started telling Auron what she found. She used her charm and s.e.xiness to charm the shop owner and gathered information from them.

After buying several things from the owner, Alice started to probe by saying, "This town was like heaven. There are many exciting places, unlike my hometown, *** Village. It was so boring. Moreover, it was unsafe."

By stating that, Alice tried to bait the owner to tell about what he knew. Some of the owners took the bait and began asking why is it unsafe, or they said that it was not much, etc.

Alice would lead every conversation to discuss the missing person case and what they knew about it.

From every owner that Alice had interacted with, only two of them had proper knowledge about the merchant that had gone missing, which what Alice had aimed for.

From what Alice had gathered, the group had 3 members in it. That said group was commissioned by a man to buy something from a nearby village and brought it back here. And, it was in huge quantity, which means it was a huge business.

The village was close. It took only around 5 hours to arrive there. And, the deal price was relatively high for that kind of thing. That was why the group accepted the task.

Of course, the group of merchants would not go alone. Since it was involved a lot of money, they had hired 5 guards to protect them during the journey. However, after the appointed time, the merchant didn't show up. Then, the man who commissioned the group reported it to the authoritative.

The local authoritative looked for the group. However, there was no trace, no corpse, and no clue at all. It was like the merchants had disappeared just like that. Even the 5 guards that were hired didn't come back to the town and vanished along with the merchants.

Alice had pocketed the name of the man who commissioned the merchants. When she told Auron the name, he was shocked. The man was none other than Patrick.

Auron quickly told Alice his story. From how he found the alley and arrived at the slum until he met with Patrick. Auron began to say to Alice Patrick's appearance and his first impression. He also told Alice everything about their conversation, about Patrick giving bread every day, and the free education slot provided by the organization.

In the end, Auron didn't forget to say that Patrick had invited them over, and he had promised to come along with Alice.

Alice pondered for a minute and said, "Interesting!"