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[At certain district in Kiserre]

A young man can be seen talking to the merchant at the district

"Thank you so much, and can I have this mango juice" [?]

"Sure, and come again" [Merchant]

The young man takes the mango juice and sip it out bit by bit as he started to analyze the information that he managed to get

(There's still no concrete evidence to suggest the two fallen prince of the Demon Kingdom, no the traitor of the Demon Kingdom to be here and involve, but...) [?]

The ashen hair man stop for a while

(That still doesn't exclude them from the list of suspicious people) [?]

But, what puzzling him the most right now is how did this section of the church, that is the old follower can cooperate with someone from the Demon race

(Do they share a common goal? If so, what?) [?]

As he keeps on sipping out the mango juice, he can see a group of people, most likely from Estel, with a noble at the centre

(I wonder if The Behemoth Slayer is among them) [?]

For now, he should just stay low

(Hmm... that is...) [?]

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So this is Kiserre, as compared to Estel or Kiserre, this one have the same motive as that of the Modern Vatican. And what strikes me the most is that

(There are all human...) [Ash]

Well, even back at Estel and Malsia, non human population are small in number as most of them reside in the Beast Kingdom and Demon Kingdom, but you could see one non human easily, but here, it's totally zero

(Well, better start using my scan magic) [Ash]

As I am about to use my magic, something strike me odd, and prevent me from using it

(This feeling... someone, no, there's two of them, and one of them is... Agnes?) [Ash]

"What's wrong?" [Crow]

"Someone, watching us... there's two of them though" [Ash]

"Agree, but, I couldn't pinpoint them out" [Alaric]

"Stay calm, it might just be their soldier and knight watching us as part of their patrol" [Crow]

"Maybe, but I didn't like this feeling" [Ash]

"Then, the two of you should lay low for a while. Come with me to the noble mansion first" [Crow]

""Yes"" [Ash, Alaric]

I guess that's for the best. Didn't want our cover to be immediately blown up before we start our investigation

As we make our way to the noble mansion, I couldn't help but keep on noticing that we are being watched. Alaric feels the same, and what strike me odd is that the two who watched us, I got this feeling they aren't from the same side. One give a feeling similar to Agnes, while another one give quite the opposite feeling

And when we arrive at the mansion, I could tell that the two spying eye have left. And, we are now greeted by the butler of the mansion, and from the look of it, the butler didn't seem to be enjoying our presence. I wonder why, but Crow's friend however

"It's been a while since we last saw each other!" [Noble]

"Yeah, I miss you there" [Crow]

They're having a fun time greeting each other, guess that's normal. But

(That butler really is suspicious) [Alaric]

(Is he spying on us? Or is he observing us?) [Ash]

(Huh? What's the difference?) [Lisa]

(One is to see whether we are a threat, and the other one is to see whether we are of use to him) [Alaric]

(You mean, kidnapping us!) [Lisa]

((Most likely)) [Ash, Alaric]

I must say, I didn't expect that I will find a clue this fast, and neither thus Alaric. I guess it just a lucky stroke for us.

All of us (except for Crow) are guided to one big room, so that we could all lay down for a while. Once we are inside

"So, did you guys found anything?" [Worker A]

"Well..." [Alaric]

Alaric and I explained to the worker that comes with us. They're someone that Crow trusted so that's why we can share certain information to them

"I see, well, the butler did seem suspicious, but the noble son didn't give the same impression" [Worker B]

"Agree" [Bodyguard A]

"Maybe the head of the house and the butler knew something, while the son doesn't. Not everything should be kept open, even among family member" [Worker C]

"I see, that is a possibility" [Ash]

Guess I should ask Crow to investigate this noble house further. If it were me, I didn't think I will do half a good job as Crow did.

And when dusk greet us all, Crow decided to book us all a large inn near to the mansion, and once again, when we are all inside,

"I see, so you two haven't felt the spying eye ever since then, and the butler, just like you mentioned, really do feel off" [Crow]

Crow lean back, thinking for a moment before

"You should just stay here, and start the investigation when you are sure they're not watching you anymore" [Crow]

"Agree, but should this persist..." [Ash]

"You will go and "greet" them personally?" [Alaric]

"That's risky" [Lisa]

"Agree" [Crow]

"Well, that's true, but what other option do we have?" [Ash]

"How about we ask the adventure guild here for help" [Lisa]

"Well, about that..." [Crow]

Crow seem to know something, wonder what happen

"Well, if the rumour that my friend heard are true, the adventure guild master and some good profile adventure are contracting some "mysterious illness", and thus they're being "treated" by the church" [Crow]

"I see, and I bet the guild master replacement is someone well connected with the old follower" [Lisa]

"That seem to be the case" [Crow]

"This is hard" [Alaric] "That make it simple" [Ash]

""!!"" [Crow, Lisa]

Huh, look like we have two conflicting opinions here

"Well, I could just "ask" this replacement "nicely" for some juicy information, what do you guys think?" [Ash]

"It's risky" [Alaric]

"And we are still being watched" [Crow]

"But the information that we will get is good" [Lisa]

"Then, I should "greet" the replacement after everything settles down" [Ash]

"Fine... but promise me, don't do anything too reckless" [Crow]

"Well, what he is about to do is basically reckless" [Alaric]

"Agree" [Lisa]

Well, given the option, I do believe this will be risky, but the pay off will be good. Still, we still have to consider the watching eyes, and

"They aren't watching?" [Crow]

"No, they still aren't" [Alaric]

"Well, just to be on a safe side, we should wait for another one or two day to confirm it" [Lisa]

"Sure" [Ash]

Better be safe than sorry