"Who is it?"
"Oh, come on. Given how close we are, stop beating around the bush with me."
"Just say whatever you have to say."
If it had been any of those other things, he might not have been quite so concerned.
But this was different.
Besides, the two of them had explained it quite clearly.
"That Little Princess has a Golden Crow Mark on her. Do you know who that mark came from?"
Although he had not said that name.
He already fully understood who this person was.
His eyes instantly widened, and he no longer knew how to respond.
"Do you know what would have happened here if I'd arrived a little later?"
He did not even dare imagine it. If things had gone as previously planned, he would have said nothing.
But the situation now was completely beyond his expectations.
"More or less. If you put it that way, I can understand what comes next, too. But once they get past us, that lord up ahead won't listen to reason. I'm afraid something might happen to him because of this."
The Official Runner sighed at that.
"We'll keep our eyes down and mind our own business. If it really comes to that and we can't stop it..."
"Then we can't risk our lives, either."
Tang Xiaoling, meanwhile, was perfectly at ease.
She led the two others leisurely farther inside.
Every now and then, she looked here and there, as though she really had come for a stroll.
"My goodness, the Little Princess is way too relaxed."
"Yeah, wherever she goes and whatever she does, she seems to have her own rhythm that nobody else can disrupt."
"Exactly. That's why we have to make this clear."
After those few remarks, the earlier problems no longer seemed very serious.