180 Her anxiety. (2/2)

”Manager Hana finally found the Harmony Leaves to cure his brother. That means she wouldn't be in the pissed off mood like before now! Hehe...”

”Finally, the good days!... Wait, hadn't she already found them?”

”She did, but they couldn't even arrive in the city before they were stolen!”

...

Almost everyone who was chit-chatting had the same topic for their conversation.

It turned out that Hana needed the Harmony Leaves to cure his younger brother, who was almost on his death bed.

Some said that he wouldn't be able to live past this week if his poison was not cured. But the physicians were helpless as one of the main components for treatment was the Harmony Leaves.

Listening to the two women talking about how Hana had found the Leaves before as well, but they were stolen, Ozul could not help but think that the ones he had acquired might actually be the same.

However, he wouldn't admit it even if they indeed were the same.

'That explains her anxiety...' Ozul thought before he put this matter to the back of his mind.

Hana was desperate since her brother could die any minute, and the Harmony Leaves she had arranged before was stolen before she could even catch a glimpse of it.

He quickly got out of the auction house. Fortunately, he did not encounter anyone who wanted to stop him.

It was almost the middle of the night. Hours had passed after she got in this auction house.

However, unlike one might have expected at this time, the Neutral City was still as bustling as ever. Almost everyone was at least a fighter here, so most of them required little sleep.

'Hmm... I totally forgot about Raven and Blaze,' Ozul realized as he was thinking about what he wanted to do next.

Although he had told them that it might take some time for him to come back, hours had already passed.

He stopped a carriage that was parked at a little distance from the auction house. Telling the driver about the place, Ozul started to think through his plans.

'I have to check on Irvin first. The organization is the priority,' Ozul concluded.

If he wanted to have any chance of finding any clues about himself, the organization was absolutely necessary.

'Then I will have to do something about Raven and Blaze.'

Bringing those two together with him would only slow him down right now. Ozul had already wasted so much time; he wouldn't be able to rest easy if this was delayed even more.

Anyways, he wanted them to make things easier for him, not difficult. Since they were not ready yet, he had to think about what they would be doing in the meantime.

The driver brought him in front of the hotel as he thought of what the duo would do in his absence.

Thinking of how he would have to convince the two not to follow him for some time, Ozul entered the hotel.

The receptionist was a woman in a black and white uniform. Ozul approached her and took off his hat before saying, ”A cyan-haired man with a black-haired girl; where are they?”

”...I am sorry, but-... They just left. I believe you should be able to find them in the restaurant opposite to this hotel,” the woman replied hurriedly.

Before, she was doing some paperwork and was about to decline Ozul's request since it was against the rules to indulge customer's privacy. However, her words got stuck in her throat when she looked up to see his face. She couldn't seem to say no to this face.

Ozul did not say another word and immediately turned around and left the hotel.

As the woman had said, there was indeed a restaurant on the other side of the road. And it was from here that he noticed that Raven and Blaze were indeed there because he saw them sitting on the 3rd floor.

The restaurant's whole front side was made of glass, and each story above the ground floor had it transparent.

He could see someone else there too, but they were on the other side, so he was not able to recognize them from here.

Ozul slowly made his way to the restaurant.

Without stopping, he quickly reached the 3rd floor where he could finally see who was together with Raven and Blaze here.