While Thor wondered whether Byron had been taken because of the Red Worm, he suddenly noticed several suspicious figures gathering outside the inn.
Thor raised a hand to stop Agu from continuing. "Byron isn't in any immediate danger, but someone else is after you. I'll hide. See if they're the same people who took Byron last time."
Senior was a Tier 2 Wizard himself, and he also had an incredibly powerful Half-Elf with him. Even an ordinary Tier 3 Wizard would have trouble capturing him. There had to be more to this.
Rather than rack his brains trying to find answers bit by bit, Thor might as well draw the snake out of its hole and follow it back to its den.
Agu nodded and sat back down at the desk, pretending Thor had never been there.
He even resumed writing a few addresses on the blank pages, just as he had before.
As Agu turned away, Thor's figure began to fade. At last, he became a thin shadow and slipped into Agu's.
Agu stopped writing and awkwardly scratched his nose. He'd always been someone else's shadow before. Now there was something extra in his own shadow, and it was...
It really felt like carrying an extra burden.
Just then, he sensed someone approaching. He didn't pretend not to notice— that would have been too obvious. Instead, he immediately sprang to his feet, alert, and destroyed the book in his hands.
It was exactly the same reaction he'd had when he sensed Thor.
Except Thor had let him notice on purpose.
After destroying what he'd written, Agu leaped onto the roof. He shrank to the size of a mouse and tried to hide in the shadow of a beam.
He had barely concealed himself when the room's door and windows