17 Chapter 17: Mysterious crystal (1/2)

Meanwhile,

Freya watched as Oliver called Usui to another room. She didn't follow them as she didn't deem it necessary for her to follow him, she turned around to look for the reason she entered this shop.

And, right around the corner, she found what she was looking for, the people she was following before that annoying idiot disturbed her.

She was following them from the time she noticed their suspicious behaviour at the inn and noticed them walking around the place inconspicuously, looking for something.

Freya walked by the shelves, acting like she was glancing through the crystals as she stood right behind them, in order to listen to their conversation.

” Do you think this would help him?” the female one inquired her second companion.

The female asked persistently,” Do you seriously think that guards won't get suspicious?”

The male answered irked, ” Have you seen any guards? No right... Thunder squad wouldn't patrol around the territory at this time and as for the normal guards, we can deal with them.”

The female glanced around the shop and said, ”How do you know whether the thunder squad won't patrol now? It's not like we can recognise them.”

The male knocked her head slightly and said, ”Well, all I heard from him is that we can recognise them as soon as we spot them, with their leader wearing a mask and one always carrying a spear.”

Freya tried to hide her smile as she heard his words, she wondered how Jinha would react when he hears that people recognise him through his weapon and not face.

She was glad that they took the decision to announce to their people, before the competition began, to imitate the thunder squad members. That way, it would make them easier to patrol and hard to identify the members.

The female asked, ”Isn't it strange that there are many people wearing masks in this city? We have come across a few ladies who wore masks and some who carries their weapons.”

” Hmm... That is strange...”

”There is even one masked person in this shop. How are we supposed to know whether they are the soldiers or not?” the female nervously asked.

”Would you please not get nervous for every single thing?” the male snapped at her. He was fed up with her getting all tensed up for no reason. He mumbled, ” I shouldn't have taken a newbie for the task.”

The female asked, ” What?! ”

The male said, ”They are not on patrol. I have got news from him that they are within the palace, attending to one of their members.”

Freya was surprised that they got to know about this, she wondered who could be the spy in the palace. What he said wasn't wrong, it's just she escaped through the window for a breathing space which went unnoticed by the guards.

” The crystal is not here... The only place now left is the palace. We need to get back-up now or wait for further orders.”

The female sighed, ”The news we heard as soon as we entered is true then, the princess got a new collection of crystals and she seems to particularly love a blue one.”