Chapter 329 - Intermission (1/2)

Lyn increased her hold on him, and Kazuya laughed. All she can do is comfort him like this. All she can do is stand by his side. No, that's not it. From now on, they will fight together. She's concerned about Rhys whenever he gets that clouded look in his eyes. After hearing about his experience, it made sense. If Kazuya tells her everything, will she be able to understand him like she does with Rhys? It's hard to tell; these things even now make little sense to her. One thing is for sure, though, no matter what happens, she will make sure to prevent him from staining his hands with even more blood.

”What are you two doing here, flirting when we have an emergency case on our hands?”

At that comment, Lyn looked up and found a scowling Rhys on the balcony. He leaped down.

”We're not flirting.”

”Right, that's not flirting,” Rhys agreed. ”What we did yesterday was flirting.”

With his vague and yet suggestive tone, Lyn knew he did it on purpose. But Kazuya wasn't paying attention. His gaze was dark.

”Did they take it?”

”Yep, glass treasure was stolen at approximately 3:00 am this morning. Funny enough, none of the security alarms went off for it. The only crime reported was a bag of goods taken from a head guard---” Rhys looked at Kazuya and sighed. ”Give those back.”

Kazuya laughed, ”It's fine. The situation is resolved already.”

Did nothing trigger the security? How come? Wouldn't it make more sense if those guards were searching for the glass treasure?

…

In the end, the three of them went to the center of town. Because it was dark when they arrived, Lyn didn't notice how close the station was to the city. Rhys, however, seemed to be able to navigate through the dark. It must be nice; she ought to learn more from him. Even though he acts in that manner, Lyn understood how powerful he was. Kazuya is far stronger, but he isn't fond of teaching.

”Is this cloak new?” Kazuya asked.

”Ah,” Lyn glanced over at Rhys, who was taking the lead. ”It was a gift…”

She insisted that she didn't want it, but considering how she walked out of the mansion without many things. This was the only cloak Rhys brought with him.

”It suits you,” Kazuya didn't seem to notice her looking over at Rhys. ”Yeah, this color fits you better.”

”...”

Why is Kazuya so oblivious to everything? Then again, if he did notice, it would turn out to be a messy situation. Forget it for now and focus on the situation at hand here. Lyn peered over Rhys shoulder, who opened the map up, exclaimed. ”Ah. If we're going to this place anyway, can we drop by here?” she pointed to one of the houses on the map.

Rhys frowned, ”Hey, I thought you said.”

”But, since we are going to end up there anyway, we might as well, right?”

Kazuya walked over, ”Here? This Lord Iz's mansion?”