Chapter 589: Dark Side of Faes (2/2)

With Zero so worked up, Truen sighed. He thought it would be alright to drag it out a little longer before informing Zero about the situation's complexity. Cleo did tell him about the unusual activities Fae King Vivian noted in the wilderness outside of his border. However, the Fae King didn't mention what was causing it. Cleo warned them about the possibility of a new dark fae leader in the area, but she didn't have more information.

Bob was nervous as Zero confronted Truen. The wood elf was surprisingly calm, and Bob didn't understand where Truen learned how to be so gutsy. Zero was scary when he was angry. Ever since his trip to the abyss, his master was no longer the kind of child who would get angry and call you a poop head until you give him a candy to pacify him. Zero wouldn't forgive easily now, and he could hold his grudges well.

Truen's calmness made Zero feel a little odd on the inside. Wasn't he too calm about the situation? Did he already know about this? Why was Truen doing such a thing? As best friends, shouldn't there be no secrets? A slight sting inside of Zero made him flinch. He felt oddly betrayed, even though Truen did nothing wrong.

”Yes, I knew that this would happen. That's why we made that array. If the boss doesn't appear tonight, we could sleep soundly till the next morning. I didn't inform you about this because you would rush to Pocky's aid without further investigations. We could have gotten into a lot more trouble if you flew into action at the first encounter of danger.”

Listening to Truen's explanation, Zero felt his cheek heat up. Truen wasn't wrong. Although he learned a lot over his journey, Zero was still very much a hot-headed person who would jump into action before he could think about it. Endangering Pocky was the last thing they wanted, and Truen wasn't wrong. Still, it didn't make Zero any less sulky.

”You could have warned me about it,” he looked away, and Truen apologised. Zero must have gotten very alarmed to know that they were targeted prey in this wilderness.

”We will hunt for the boss after some sleep. What time is it now?” Truen yawned, and Zero checked the time. It was almost time for the second shift anyway.

”Sorry about waking everyone up,” Zero clapped his hands and screwed his eyes shut. He should have known better than to act so rashly.

As Zero waited for forgiveness, Bob watched how Truen bopped him on the head gently and called him a dummy.

”Get some sleep,” he told Zero. ”I'll answer all your questions tomorrow. You too, Bob.”

Zero snuggled with Bob in the tent with no further questions as Truen calmly burned the fae corpses with magic. He was still a little sleepy, but if the dark faes continued to attack them, it would make his job simpler the next morning.

Zero might have figured it out already, but Truen thought it wasn't important if he hadn't. After all, these dark faes were going to lead them directly to the person they were trying to find.

Thanks to these dark faes occupying the wilderness near Mystic Meadow borders, Truen's tracking arrows weren't very effective. He couldn't find the person they needed to find with so many camps and settlements in the area. If they could find the leader of these dark faes tomorrow, they would be able to find some answers. Who knows, it could just be the shipwright they needed.