Chapter 217

Chapter 217

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Chapter 217

"Diarca, and the Crown Prince. Did the sage know about this?"

"No. He didn't. If the Durmand that I know of is the same Baron Durmand, he's a powerful noble from the Diarca Duchy. Had I known, would I have risked coming here in madness?"

Their colleague spoke so, but Nahan did not nod. He only stared quietly at the man's face. A cold sweat began to bead on the man's forehead under Nahan's gaze, as if trying to pierce his thoughts.

"Nahan. You're not planning to use your power on me, are you? Isn't the reason they contacted us after stepping on our tails because you used tricks to infiltrate Apeto? The sage really..."

"Hey, brother. Have I ever done you harm?"

A cold smile spread across Nahan's scarred face.

"Doubts like that aren't good. In many ways."

"I, I didn't mean..."

"Anyway, that's that."

Nahan quickly changed his expression and turned sharply.

"It is true that I borrowed the power of the sage to infiltrate Apeto and put a line on the sidelines. I came here to repay and clean up, but I never thought that such a big man would be caught... What should we do?"

His gray eyes scanned over Baron Durmand and his subordinate coldly.

"It's certain that this guy needed power to cure mental illness. After verifying that the power is real, he probably planned to introduce it to the Crown Prince, achieve his goal, and then deal with the aftermath."

"Deal with...?"

The colleague's face turned white once again.

"Nahan, can't you erase their memories with your power?"

"My power is to manipulate illusions, not memories. It's much easier to drive them mad by showing continuous illusions. Or we could just kill them now, while they're defenseless."

At Nahan's cold response, the man bit his lip.

"We can't do that. Killing a high-ranking noble for such a reason is far too dangerous. Instead... let's pretend to cure his migraine and then run away. I will explain it to the sage."

"If they believe we cured them, won't they keep looking for us? Didn't you complain about how hard it was to evade the Peletta Knights? You want to add the Diarca to that?"

"That's true, but we need to let the sage know so that he can come up with a plan. And in the first place, all of that is because of you...!"

"Shh. If you raise your voice, they might wake from the illusion."

The man, who had started to raise his voice, was taken aback by Nahan's words and shut his mouth. He looked anxiously at Baron Durmand, who was lost in the illusion. Thankfully, the Baron was still swaying in a daze, regardless of the loud conversation.

The man sighed softly and spoke in a hushed voice.

"Anyway, the reason our situation is becoming increasingly dangerous is because of you. If it weren't for you, Gayle and Doyle would still be with us, and the Peletta Knights wouldn't be so relentless."

"Gayle and Doyle. The sage didn't look for them either."

"Have you forgotten who Peletta Duke is? How do we find them when they're caught by the Cavalry that's much stronger than us? I don't think they're alive. They're probably already..."

The colleague gritted his teeth and turned away.

"So please, stop taking risks and just heed the sage's advice for once! Who do you think pulled you out of that deathly swamp?"

The moment his words ended, an icy chill seemed to plunge the atmosphere to sub-zero. UppTodated from nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

The man stifled the laugh he had barely managed to muster and stiffened at the sight of Nahan, his face expressionless. He raised his hands in immediate apology.

"... I apologize. I know you dislike hearing about it, but I spoke without thinking in my anxiety."

"It was Hosanna and the sage himself who saved me. Neither you nor your brothers have a place to debate that."

"Is there anyone who could escape your ability?"

"Of course, there is."

"Have you seen them?"

"Yes. Several times."

At Nahan's reply, his colleague blinked in surprise. He hadn't expected that response.

"Oh... I see. Whoever they are, I hope they come to our Star of Nagran. If they are that mentally strong, even the sage would be pleased."

"He said he didn't want to."

"Pardon?"

Nahan didn't give any further explanation. His colleague, assuming he had heard wrong, quickly forgot about the matter. His mind filled with thoughts of reporting to the sage, he bid farewell to Nahan and Hosanna with a heavy heart and disappeared in another direction.

Nahan watched in silence as he departed, then turned to Hosanna and asked,

"Hosanna, what do you think the sage would think about that story?"

"Pardon?"

"It's the Crown Prince."

"Well... I don't know."

Hosanna glanced around and shook his head with a bewildered expression.

"He's a good person... He wouldn't put us in danger twice. I think..."

"A good person."

Nahan's lips closed tightly.

"Yes, let's hope so."

"Why? Are you worried?"

"No. Never mind. Also, it seems that the swinish character we just met doesn't trust us and has sent someone to tail us. We should teleport directly across the market from the next alley."

Hosanna was startled and widened his eyes, but he didn't turn to look behind. He nodded and shifted his stride with feigned nonchalance.

A moment later, a flash of light streaked from beyond the alley. By the time the henchman of Baron Durmand, who had been tailing them, sluggishly pursued, there was no one left in the alley.

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"Yuder."

At Ever's voice, Yuder turned his head and squinted at the rising dawn sun.

"Yes?"

"Do you really think we might be dispatched to the West?"

"Didn't you hear from the Commander? I thought he mentioned it to the Deputy Commanders."

"We only got a brief message, so it doesn't feel real."

Ever, who had frowned as if to say, 'isn't it obvious?' quickly broke into a smile.

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