Chapter 40 - Seems Fishy (1/2)

Leng Jin Yu tried to calm down his heart and nodded as a greeting, as if it was nothing strange, to stand in front of the mighty god of war and answer his questions. ”Indeed.”

Qiang Yan didn't look at him and was instead still focused on the place, where Shun Tao had disappeared. He couldn't really believe, what he had seen just now. ”Was he with a woman just now?”

”Her name is Hong Bao.”

”Hong Bao?” Qiang Yan repeated the name quietly. ”What kind of goddess is she?” He turned around and found a young man in front of him. He needed a moment, but then remembered, that he had seen him in the courtyard, the fate's scribe had spied on some days ago when he came by with His Majesty. Qiang Yan looked at the gate next to him and recognized it as the entrance to exactly that courtyard. A coincidence?

”She is only a servant girl. She helps the fate's scribe with an assignment at the moment.”

Assignment? ”He seemed, like he was running away from something.”

”It seems, he doesn't want anyone to know. He probably didn't want people to see him with Hong Bao.”

”Then how do you know about it?” Qiang Yan examined him. As the god of war, he had naturally paid most attention to the gods training their sword skills when he came by. He had an impression of the man in front of him, but he hadn't looked properly at him the last time. Now, he began to feel like he should do so.

His skills with the sword seemed good enough and he had a calm attitude, that would benefit him, when doing tasks. Furthermore, he had a good overview over the situation.

Mn. That's someone talented right here. Maybe I should benefit from whatever Shun Tao is doing here?

”Hong Bao asked me about some things, so she told me the general gist of what's going on.”

”So it's like that.” Qiang Yan looked at the courtyard again. Shun Tao had seemed quite casual about it the last time. It was astonishing, he had really found someone to help him and this fast, too. ”What did she ask about?”

”The identity of some of the gods, their activities and details regarding the people they observed. Well, Hong Bao said, he didn't need to know the exact identities, but some general information on them, like gender and age, so details might not be the right way to put it.”

”The people they observe?” Qiang Yan furrowed his brow. He didn't know much about the job of the fate's scribe and normally he didn't really care either, but what Leng Jin Yu had said, brought him a strange gut feeling.

Something is fishy here …