Blue Sky Inn.
At midday, there were only a handful of guests in the inn.
There was still some time until their agreed meeting at three in the afternoon, so He Xi was in no hurry to head to where the carriage was waiting.
After going to the church early to have Press cast Protection on him once, he came to this inn and found a seat.
The road directly opposite the inn's entrance led to the baron's residence.
From this position, if Lidona and Anya clashed with the baron and escaped, he could meet them in time.
At the same time, he had always found this inn somewhat suspicious.
When he had first been drawn over by the cawing of ravens and discovered the corpse lying in the woods, He Xi had not considered this possibility.
But every time he entered the illusion, he experienced almost exactly the same scene.
Whenever they approached that area, the "caw-caw" sounded.
He could not help suspecting that those ravens had been trying to warn him.
If it was really as he thought, then perhaps the ravens gathered on this inn's roof... knew something as well?
Unfortunately, the talkative innkeeper, Danica, was absent, and He Xi did not see her husband either.
There was only a little boy dozing behind the counter.
Not far from him, someone else was slumped over the bar.
He was a bard who had played the lute for a while at noon.
He had told an old tale of a warrior venturing deep into the barren mountains to rescue a caravan from Gnolls.
Unfortunately, whether the story was too clichéd or his delivery was simply too flat, He Xi found it dry and uninteresting.
He was taking a nap now as well.
He Xi could hardly fly up