85 The Suspicious Couple. (1/2)

”Is that so? Okay. We will take our leave then...”- Blaze said before the trio stood up to leave. The trio walked out of the office while leaving Emory seething with anger.

Emory had many scenarios thought in his mind, and he had planned to counter every one of them. But he had not even imagined that the trio would be so uninterested in their talks! He was a Vice Guild Master for god's sake!

He felt insulted since he was also a Rank-7 Mage with exceptional talent as he was also advancing as a Fighter. However, just a meager Rank-6 Mage dared to talk to him this way! Emory calmed himself down as Lucy followed behind the trio.

”W-wait!”- Lucy suddenly shouted at Blaze as the trio was going to the stairs. Blaze turned around, while Ozul and Raven just kept walking and did not stop.

Ozul had sensed some similar emotions that he had felt earlier from this girl, but those were actually directed towards Blaze and not him. He did not want that to change, and so he chose not to stay.

It was now Blaze's problem to solve, and he was happy to keep things like that. Back to Blaze, Lucy could not find any words to say after they were left alone in the corridor.

”Um... W-what is your name?”- Since Blaze just kept glaring at her coldly, Lucy got nervous and started stuttering.

”Blaze.”- Lucy was already wasting his time, and now she was dodging the topic, so he did not care about pleasantries.

”Oh! My name is Lucy. I work here as a secretary! Do yo-”

Just as she was introducing herself, Blaze cut in the middle since he was quite annoyed already.

”No, Miss Lucy. If you have something important to say, tell me already.”

Although Blaze knew what Lucy thought about him since she lost her cool only after looking at him, he did not have time for such things.

”...If you are busy, then that's fine.”- Lucy gave him the eye smile, which anyone could tell was fake. Her eyes even started twitching at some point.

”Hmm.”- Blaze did not know why she suddenly changed her tone, but one thing was clear—he wanted to stay far away from this girl.

Only after Blaze had walked away did Lucy erased the smile on her face as she clenched her fists, mumbling;

”...Who does he think he is!?”

In all her life, Lucy was courted by others while she did not even glance at those people. But today, when she saw Blaze's face, she was instantly captivated.

However, never did Lucy imagine that she would be ignored the same way that she had ignored others. Even after karma hit her, she did not realize that not everything goes your way.

When Blaze came down from the second floor, Ozul and Raven were waiting for him.

”Oh~ Aren't you a heartbreaker~?”- Along the way, Raven teased Blaze to get some reaction out of him, but he was also someone that Ozul had selected—he wouldn't break so easily.

The only good thing today would be that there had been some clouds here and there which blocked the annoying sunlight for the most part.

There was a good hotel just near the Mercenary Guild where most of the Mercenaries would stay, but Ozul decided to head back to the place that they had visited before.

Raven did not understand why Ozul was suddenly taking an interest in that place, but she would never object to whatever he says. However, out of curiosity, she asked;

”Is there something about that place that I don't know?”

”I'm just interested in what that couple wants to achieve... And if my hunch is right, it will only be beneficial for me.”- Ozul calmly explained. Even though he still gave pauses in his sentences, it had declined to the point where those intervals were negligent.

He would also answer anything that Blaze or Raven asked these days. He would try his best not to eat his sentences.

About 20 more minutes later, the trio was back to the hotel that they had slept yesterday in. At this moment, they noticed that both the old woman and the old man were present behind the counter.

From a single glance, everyone would just think that they were a happy old couple. Even Ozul may have been fooled to believe as such if he could not sense the emotions to such an extent where nothing hides from him.

When the old man saw the trio entering from the front door, he was going to welcome them with his trademark kind smile, but his expressions immediately crumbled when he recognized the faces.