Chapter 106 - A Bet (1/2)

“Are you only monitoring me or do you possess an information network all over Norland? Or… are you part of an organization?”

Joshua’s questions once again caught the dark elf off guard.

She was prepared to be interrogated by Joshua with questions like ‘Who’s your master?’ But, she was surprised to hear those questions instead.

“Naturally, it’s an organization. Have you heard of the Squirrel Street’s Black Dove? To a certain group of people in Norland, that’s a decent destination.”

The dark elf answered Joshua’s question honestly.

She didn’t wish to go against Joshua. Thus, she revealed information to Joshua while keeping some secrets. She was not planning to act like those devoted spies that were willing to die by swallowing poison rather than to leak information upon being captured.

Besides, even if she wanted to kill herself, she wouldn’t be able to.

The black bird symbol on her neck did not show any reaction to her words. It did not heat up nor did it turn cold. This made her heave a sigh of relief. It would appear that the information she revealed to Joshua was within the amount of information her master was willing to allow her to reveal.

“Black Dove…”

The filming site for ‘Léon: The Demon’ was precisely that hotel Black Dove. It seemed that the organization behind that dark elf was also using that name.

An organization that sells information?

Joshua was able to roughly guess what the organization she belonged to does just from her words.

“How big is that organization? Are you all capable of finding information about all the major events in Norland immediately?” Joshua continued to ask the dark elf.

“The answer to your question would be ‘without a doubt.’ Black Dove has existed in Norland before its founding. At the beginning, it was an organization of non-humans that gathered to help one another. As for now, it has grown to become an organization that encompasses the entirety of Norland…”

The dark elf did not bother to conceal anything about Black Dove. After all, what she told him would not be considered to be any kind of secret in Norland.

Basically, the people that had blended themselves in among the people of Norland and those powerful nobles had all heard of the organization Black Dove.

“Are you the leader of that organization?”

“I came to this city four years ago and got rid of the original leader of this organization. A portion of the people of this organization follows me. The other portion had chosen to keep silent.”

The dark elf revealed to Joshua that she was not only a capable intelligence gatherer with an ability to change her appearance, she was also a skillful hitman. Furthermore, she also possesses excellent administrative abilities.

“After that, you followed your master’s orders and braved dangers to monitor me?”

Regardless of which world one might be in, talents were scarce. Performers were only one type of talent. As for this dark elf, she was a different sort of talent Joshua sought after.

She possesses a talent for… journalism.

Because of that, Joshua planned to pick up his shovel to dig at the foot of the wall to undermine the foundation and steal the talent once more.

“I’ve done this sort of work countless times already.”

The dark elf shrugged to express that she had already gotten used to this. As a dark elf, it was very difficult for her to survive normally in this world to begin with. After all, humans were the race that ruled this world.

“I have an opportunity that would allow you to change your profession. Do you wish to give it a try? You would no longer need to risk your life by trailing dangerous people like me. You only need to sit in a room with a desk and a cozy cushion and wait for your subordinates to bring information to you. As for the members of the Black Dove, they do not have to live their lives impoverished and waiting for business all day either. I will pay them a monthly salary. In simpler terms, I am planning to legalize your information organization.”

Joshua stared into the dark elf’s light-purple eyes.