Watching Huang Huo silently walk up to the second floor, Adeni finally turned around as if she had made up her mind:
"That... I'm her companion, boss..."
"Captain, don't..." Naquel grabbed her and pulled her back, whispering, "Please be rational. We have to leave this place first."
"Leave?" The female Knight Commander stared fixedly at the silver ingots on the counter. "Why? We went through so much trouble to find this clue."
The elf shook his head and leaned close to her ear, whispering, "Because this place is going to become troublesome soon. We can come back tonight. Lord Rosalin has sealed off the port. They won't be able to leave."
"All right, all right, I heard you. You don't have to get so close." Adeni felt her cheeks grow slightly hot and shoved him away. "So what do we do next? You decide."
Naquel nodded and lowered his voice as he said to the others, "That man is carrying the Sword of the Sun God. He must have some connection to that prophecy. Even if he isn't the one we're looking for, we still have to find a way to get close to him and learn more from him."
The knights all nodded.
Clearly, they trusted the latter far more firmly than they trusted their deputy commander.
"Mr. Kesav... ahem." Delphine lightly coughed twice into her fist before asking with some concern, "You said there was a foreigner among those gentlemen?"
The afternoon sunlight filtered through the tree canopy and fell upon the young lady in mottled patches. Her skin was so pale it was almost translucent, as though even a gust of wind could knock her down. She looked so delicate that it stirred the heart.
Kesav found it difficult to look at her. He hurriedly replied,