Chapter 169: An Escort Request (2/2)

“I think it’s dangerous to use a weapon from an unknown origin.”

“I agree with you… But are you seriously telling me that you don’t know where it came from?”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

Lapis asked as if she found what he just uttered as completely strange, to which Loren could only silently shake his head.

He knew that one’s thoughts might sometimes deviate from what one says. So, he pretended like he didn’t know anything.

Even if he wanted her to confess, he did not want to force her.

“It’s true, I really don’t know where it’s from. No one told me what it is. It was just one of those things that was kept in the warehouse,”

Lapis muttered, taking her eyes off Loren. It was a dangerous weapon but the man wielding it himself seems to be nonchalant as he took another sip and placed his drink back on the table.

“So, this is something you took from your house?”

He asked, as he thought this girl had taken out something dangerous.

However, so far, there have been no problems with it. Rather, Loren would have to say that the weapon had proved quite handy.

But since Lapis had brought it from home, it might change things.

After all, she is a demon.

Demons could keep items in their warehouse that could be a few dozen times more dangerous than what he would expect.

“Please don’t ask,”

Lapis moodily said, turning away. Though from Loren’s point of view this was a life-threatening issue. Not something that can be so easily dismissed.

“I don’t mean it that way. I mean, since it is from your warehouse, it’s dangerous right?”

“There is nothing dangerous in my family’s warehouse!”

“Well, that maybe so…”

It was logical to assume that demons keep something dangerous in their warehouses, though that was a rude thought.

What’s more important, it was Lapis’ home. The same Lapis who he has been with for so long.

Loren was sure she wouldn’t hand him an item without making sure it wasn’t life-threatening but soon noticed the girl’s wandering gaze.

“Lapis?”

“N-no… It might not sound convincing but… I checked everything thoroughly. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have placed something so dangerous in a town store.”

“Were you selling something?”

“That’s not the point. How do I put it…”

For a while Lapis seemed to want to say something. But, each time she wanted to speak up, she closed her mouth again and scratched her head. To Loren, it seems as though she was trying to think up a story, trying to hide that she was the original owner of the sword. When she finally settled on her story, she turned to Loren and looked at him.

“If it was entirely made of magic iron, then there would be no problems. I never thought that there would be something inside it…”

“So you admit it’s your fault?”

“I’m just saying what has happened!”

Loren believes that they would uncover the solution if Lapis would share more but, since she continued to hide it, Loren decided that it would be impossible to probe further. Therefore, he just let it go and asked.

“All right. So, what do we do?”

When Loren asked ‘what to do’ when the owner herself was uncertain, Lapis seemed a little hesitant to answer.

“We need to ask someone who knows.”

“Someone who knows…? Who?”

Loren did not believe that this weapon could be appraised.

Lapis could appraise herself, and Loren did not believe anyone could do a better job than her.

If there was anyone who knew anything about this weapon, it would be the original owner. So, Loren stared at Lapis.

“Do you mean…”

“Yeah, I don’t know who originally owns it… But, there is someone I know who knows more about this sword than I do,”

Leaning on the table, the girl spoke in a low voice to Loren, who was staring at her in bewilderment.

“Loren, I need you to come to my house.”

Not knowing what to say, the man just looked at the girl who wore a serious expression.