Chapter 10 - Please dont forget your mission (2/2)

Kazuya stares at his friend for a few minutes, before he finally said, ”Rhys, for now, don't mention that stuff.”

The man frowned, ”Kazuya, you can't be serious.” Rhys shook his head disappointedly, ”That woman is merely a chess piece in our plans. You can seduce her all you want. But don't fall for her; otherwise, our plan will fall apart.”

Shouldn't that be a good thing, him falling for Lyn for real? Kazuya doesn't reply straight away, and he felt his friends growing anger. After a while, Kazuya spoke up, ”Lyn differs from her family members. She has done nothing wrong,” Kazuya said. Honestly, when he thought of the original plan to seduce her but later on abandon her. It made Kazuya sick to the stomach. Being betrayed by somebody like that won't make anyone feel well. If he's felt this way just at the mere thought about it, what would Lyn feel?

He couldn't do it.

Rhys paused as though he considered the words Kazuya just said, before he commented, ”I do agree that the Princess is different than the rest. But we really can't be too sure; she's still Queen Orthez, daughter.”

Queen Orthez, huh? Anybody related to the Queen is their enemy. However, Lyn, he can't associate her as one of those people. Kazuya tapped his fingers against the wall, but he was becoming increasingly restless. Rhys tossed him a cigarette and Kazuya thanked him. He tried to quit smoking, knowing the damage it possesses to your body. But it is hard to stop once you got started. Once the cigarette was in his hands, he felt a sense of relief and quickly lit it up.

”It's hard to quit,” Kazuya murmured.

Rhys laughed, ”Dude, don't bother trying anymore. It's useless.”

The smell will stick to him, will Lyn notice? She clinged to him a lot after all, ”Did you call out to me to ask?” Kazuya changed the topic. He didn't want to talk about the subject regarding Lyn anymore or wait for Rhys to bring up his secrets.

His companion nodded, ”The thing is, the Mist Kingdom Main castle is large. Even with our group of ten, I doubt we can infiltrate the place in one go.”

Kazuya's face was grave hearing those words, ”We have to check every corner somehow,” Kazuya trailed off, as he took another puff from the cigarette, ”I don't think we will get another chance to explore the castle.”

”Then, there's another suggestion the others came up with him,” Rhys seemed to hesitate to tell him but eventually spoke up, ”And that's to have the Princess show you the way.”

Kazuya glared at Rhys suggestion. It's not like it never crossed his mind. At least initially anyway, however, he changed his mind once he saw what the girl's powers were. Traces of dark magic, no it's dark magic.

Considering Lyn's situation, there is no way anybody could have taught her those spells, leading him to one conclusion, Lyn's dark magic is natural. He had yet to tell Rhys regarding the girl's powers. Kazuya knew Rhys would tell the others in a heartbeat and they'd scheme something up.

”I know you think it's dangerous for her. And yeah, it will be. Even if she shows us around naturally, people will be suspicious. That's why we will have to rely on you for this side plan, while we stick to the main one,” Rhys nodded to himself, not getting an immediate response. Rhys thought he understood and continued to speak.

Kazuya, however always thought how stupid the side plan was. No, the whole project itself is ridiculous. Lyn isn't as stupid as they all think she is. In fact, recently he noticed that she's picked up on his suspicious actions. Though Kazuya does spend most of his time with her, there are occasions where he is late. Events where he is planning away with his friends. Yet she always treated him normally, no matter how late he dropped by.

”The original plan hasn't changed, we strike at exactly 20:00 hours. The opening starts at 8:00 am, so we have eight hours until then. But those eight hours won't go to waste. In that time, we will set up our defenses just in case we are to get caught.”

Kazuya remained in a daze as Rhys went through the plan from the top. He didn't need to listen to it again; he already knew it word from word. His thoughts remained on Lyn; the Princess knew something already.

But why does she still treat him normally? Is it possible that it did not matter whether or not he was the enemy? That would be too naive, and from what he's learned about Lyn's character, that logic didn't suit her.