Chapter 604: The Persuader
Selty tensed almost instinctively.
He wasn't about to attack.
But he braced himself as though facing a formidable enemy.
Before coming, he had believed he was taking Qin Ran seriously enough. After all, this was a powerful man who could fight a thousand opponents alone. Underestimating him would only put Selty at a disadvantage.
But after actually meeting Qin Ran, he realized he had still underestimated him.
Damn it, how could an ordinary mercenary have trained a disciple like this?
Were those intelligence gatherers' heads full of shit?
Selty inwardly cursed the people who had collected the intelligence.
On the surface, however, he wore a smile.
His gaze carefully studied Qin Ran once again.
Since the intelligence gathered beforehand was useless, he would have to gather it on the spot.
Qin Ran's face wasn't exactly handsome, but it was clean, and his eyes were exceptionally alert. Even sitting cross-legged on the ground, he carried himself with composure.
He showed no impatience and made no attempt to hurry Selty along.
Watching Qin Ran, Selty kept guessing.
A noble?
His calm demeanor fit, but he lacked any overbearing arrogance.
A warrior?
His strength was beyond question, but there was no sense of recklessness about him.
An assassin?
His methods were similar, but he lacked that cold, sinister air.
One identity after another surfaced in Selty's mind, only to be rejected.
He fit, yet he didn't!
It was the same with every possibility.
The anxiety in Selty's heart was almost spilling over.
Yet his words remained slow and clear.
He knew that probing through conversation would work better.
He had to seize whatever opportunities arose.
"Her Highness Mary's mother, Aileen, was an orphan taken in by the Crow School. Back then, a great war broke out between Warren and