Chapter 28 (2/2)

Fii was excited.

Crow called her over, and she entered the back gate of the manor.

It was a blindspot with no windows. Perhaps that was why there were three guards here, but unfortunately for the merchant, those guards were now unconscious.

“Err, as I recall, the architect said it was around here…?” Crow muttered to himself, as he stood on the edge of a wall and looked about up top.

Before long, “Oh! There it is,” he said, as he pulled out a block from the wall.

With that, there was now a small hole in the outer wall.

Grabbing Fii beneath the armpits, he brought her in front of it.

“Watcha think? Think you can fit?”

According to Crow, it was a hole connected to the ventilation system, and had access to the entire ceiling of the manor.

Fii easily slid into it.

She found herself in a slightly wider s.p.a.ce now――though it was still fairly narrow――and skilfully turned back to face him. Sticking her face out of her hole with a slightly dissatisfied and discouraged expression, she said,

“Could it be that you guys took me in for this?”

Considering the size of the hole, it was impossible for any knight to fit in here with the exception of Fii.

Conrad was the next smallest, but even so, his medium build and height would have found it impossible too.

“Well, I won’t say that wasn’t part of it,” nodded Crow with a troubled smile.

“Well, that’s fine, I guess. I suck at fighting anyway, and as long as somebody needs me, I won’t complain,” she replied with a pout.

It wasn’t that she was dissatisfied with being picked for that, but like anybody else, she would have preferred a cooler reason.

“Well then, look to see if there are any kidnapping victims, and then if you can, try and find out where. It’ll make things easier when we need to save them, you know?”

With that, he handed her what seemed to be a map of the ventilation system, as well as a flute of some kind.

“Oh, and don’t come down from the ceiling. There is to be no fighting. You’ll endanger yourself again, you know? Just get us some info, and get the h.e.l.l back here. Once our side has the info, if we wanted to charge in, we’d be able to. If you mess up, and find yourself in a pinch, blow that flute.”

“Yes. I understand.”

With a clear goal now, Fii immediately began making her way through the vents.

Fairly quickly, and soundlessly too. It took no time at all until Crow could no longer see her.

Being small wasn’t enough. If she wasn’t incredibly flexible, something like this would have been impossible.

She was almost like a cat.

Heath herself hadn’t noticed, but in the entirety of the knight order, it was probably only her who could have done this.

You could even say that it was her talent.

“Looks like Roy’s eyes were dead-on.”

Crow scratched his head, as he saw off the apprentice who was like a little brother to him.

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