82 Strolling through the City. (1/2)

The next day when Ozul woke up was when Raven had no choice but to disturb his peace.

Ozul was displeased at first, but then he remembered that if he kept sleeping and missed the day, he would've blamed it on Raven as well.

Raven, who was waiting for the harsh words from him, was surprised that he did not mind it and just stood up from the bed.

When the trio walked down the second floor, they noticed that behind the counter, there stood an old man instead of the old woman last night. Both were around the same age, which made the trio guess that they might be husband and wife.

”Good morning~. I hope you had a good stay.”

The old man said with a jolly smile on his face. It seemed that the couple truly cared about their customers, but Ozul, who could sense emotions, knew that the wrinkled man behind the counter only had a fake smile on.

This kind of smile would even fool the old foxes that had played this game for centuries.

But even if Ozul could not sense emotions, he had already noticed the hidden artifacts in that man's clothes, which indicated that he was not so simple.

”Good morning. The stay was not so good, though.”

Ozul had felt the slight displeasure from the old man, but he hid it quite well and did not let it show on his face.

”Oh, please overlook our rough lodgings. Can you describe the things that you did not have to your likings?”

”No, I don't have time.”

This sentence finally caused some cracks to form on the old man's face as his eyebrows struggled not to twitch.

Even the duo behind Ozul wondered what had gotten into the latter to start 'conversing' with a random hotel owner.

”Just tell me where the Mercenary Guild is.”

”...You just have to take the left turn from here, and keep walking until you see the big sign at your right.”- Though the old man did not want to answer, for the sake of formalities, he answered anyway with a weird smile on his face.

After taking the directions, Ozul walked out of the hotel, but before he went out;

”Your acting...I like it.”- Ozul seemingly muttered to himself, but the old man who had heard him instantly knew that these words were directed towards him.

The old man's heart shook since even the old foxes would not be able to figure out his mask, while this kid had so casually seen through him.

Though before he could say anything, Ozul was already out of the building with Raven and Blaze.

'Interesting... some kind of hidden organization?...'- Ozul only had this thought in his mind.

The concept of some people working under the shadows disguised as regular civilians intrigued Ozul. He would surely look into it in the future.

The duo following him already had no idea what went through his mind, so they opted not to ask anything.