Was it really okay to dress so sneakily in broad daylight? Weren't they afraid of being hauled away as suspicious characters?
"Uh..." Will tugged lightly at the arm the cloaked youth had grabbed, only to find that even the strength he had built through long training could not break free from the other's grasp. He was incredibly strong!
Unable to break free, he simply stopped struggling and answered honestly, "That's right."
After saying that, he seemed to see a sharp glint flash through the eyes on the upper half of the cloaked youth's face, hidden in shadow. "Ho ho, then you're really in luck. If you want to make something of yourself somewhere, charging in with nothing but hot blood will leave you battered bloody. I have records of the preferences of important people in the Imperial Palace—there are even weaknesses and compromising secrets. Want them?"
"Huh!?" Will paused. Something like that did sound useful. "Do I have to buy it?"
"...How vulgar!!!" The cloaked youth fell silent for a moment, then said in a tone full of disappointment at iron that refused to become steel, "Do you think ordinary people can get their hands on this stuff? Do you have any idea how great the risk is?"
Will understood. Preferences could perhaps be excused, but compromising secrets were surely taboo among taboos. If caught, one would definitely lose one's head! "How about this? Answer a few questions for me, and then you can ask me one question."
"Isn't that even cheaper than paying money?" Will asked in surprise.
"It's mine. I'll do with it whatever I please!" the cloaked youth said with an aloof expression.
He had encountered a strange young man before, and now he had run into another strange youth. Will frowned slightly and tried to make