Chapter 449: Connection (1/2)

Aiden sighed with visible relief as he finally managed to alight from the Guild Hall. Rita turned out to be quite a formidable foe, her unique character and skills were a dangerous weapon to go against.

Aiden's clothes were drenched in sweat as if he ran a marathon or fought an arduous battle for hours upon hours with no end in sight. He was tired, now both physically and mentally at the same time. This little devil was incredibly difficult, she openly flirted and did everything in her power to seduce him.

”Who would have thought… two sisters, with so different characters…” He muttered, looking up at the sky, and taking a moment to collect himself.

As it turned out, Rita was the sister of the incredibly shy, curly brown-haired attendant, Mary. This claim was so unbelievable, that Aiden did actually question it all together. They were so different, not just in appearance, as, unlike Rita, Mary was timid, but a more generously gifted-looking young woman, with curly brown hair. She was shy, with great difficulty expressing her true feelings.

Her 'sister', Rita, however, had straight platinum blonde hair, blue eyes that didn't match either in color or shape of Mary's. She was also much more direct, more brazen, much wilder.

The two were vastly different, both in build and in terms of character, making Aiden question the legitimacy of the girl's claim. Still, ultimately it didn't matter even if it were true. What mattered was the fact that she revealed that Sara left some time ago, with an elderly well-dressed man. The man was dressed in a black silk-looking suit, looking somewhat similar to the Housekeepers, the butlers of those better-off households.

Aiden immediately recognized the Head Servant, the one the Masked Mistress always called as Sebas, to be the one that escorted the Young Miss, Sara, away. This also meant that all of her friends, as well as her sister, were probably already there.

Aiden sighed again, looking at the air, as a bitter smirk stretched across his face. He felt that all that happened in the last couple of days were starting to pile off, making him more forgetful of some of the simpler ways.

As he was talking to Rita back a while ago, he was suddenly reminded that he doesn't actually need to get to the Inn to learn the whereabouts of the rest of his gang. He could, actually just rely on the actual connection he shared with his servants, and instead of wasting time and even more of his steadily declining stamina, he could just… you know… CONTACT GALINA?!

He smiled at his own stupidity, before slowly turning away from the large multi-story building and taking on a casual stroll towards the exit of the famous alley.

Meanwhile, he focused his remaining wit on the connection, activating it, and -once she felt the shy little girl's presence-, called out.

'Galina, can you hear me?'

It didn't take long for an answer to arrive. Galina, feeling his master's presence suddenly jolted in her seat, a happy, elated smile appeared on her usually calm, mostly expressionless face.

'Yes, Young Master! How can I help? Are you coming back? Where were you? Oh, also, we-'

As soon as she heard her young master's inquiry, she fired a slew of questions towards the unprepared Aiden.

Her reaction and excited fidgeting caught the attention of the others in the living room they were staying at, earning the looks of almost everybody present and causing the small discussions to die down.

Still, she seemed to be ignorant and oblivious of the commotion she caused, her full attention was on the return of her beloved master.

Before she could fire, even more, Aiden spoke up. His light-hearted chuckle was the only one that could be heard for a few seconds before he managed to continue.

'Yes, yes, my dear I am back.' He answered, knowing that she was referring to his short escapade in Haven and not with the Guard Barracks. 'I had to take someone there and save her.'

'Is this the egg my brothers were discussing earlier, Young Master?' She suddenly asked, surprising Aiden.

'You guys talked already? How did you do that without me noticing?' Aiden asked, puzzled about such a feat. Normally, even if he weren't an active participant, he should still be, at the very least, aware of any active channels going on. After all, he, or more precisely, the system should be the medium that shouldn't be present in any of them.

'Ehrm, I'm not sure, Young Master. We only just recently learned about this new ability of ours.' Galina answered with a much more timid, wary tone. 'If this is not allowed, let me say I'm-'