Chapter 284: Waiting and Ease
But Ruger still told old Lunse about what he had discovered, including how those killers would leave behind the aura of the Nightmare World after committing murder. As he spoke, he turned to glance toward the opposite corner of the alley, though the shop walls blocked his view completely.
That direction was where their neighbor, the old gentleman statue, usually bathed in the radiance of the Blood Sun.
Old Lunse naturally understood what he meant.
"I'll try talking to that esteemed one and add in some of the things I've noticed. If there's a reward, we split it down the middle."
Old Lunse leaned forward and spoke in a low voice, spraying Ruger's face with the smell of alcohol.
Ruger nodded at that.
"And," Old Lunse said quietly, "clean up these plates."
Ruger rolled his eyes as old Lunse charged downstairs.
He had originally told the old dog-head only to remind him to watch out and hear his thoughts on the matter.
He hadn't expected there to be a reward to claim as well, Ruger thought.
For old Lunse to say that, he must have been fairly certain. The old fellow might have long since guessed the identities of their neighbors, the old gentleman statue and Miss Owl. And if he could guess their identities, then they certainly weren't some lone Wizard, but part of a Wizard organization. Old Lunse had to know something about them to think of seeking a reward.
If it really was a Wizard organization, then it ought to be a relatively decent and fairly reliable one.
After tidying up, Ruger greeted the little tree twisting about by the stairway.
He sat down in his familiar seat once more and began the long-missed work of minding the shop.
"Hm?"
Ruger, who