Chapter 161 Rubicon (1/2)

Chapter 161 Rubicon

Harper stared at him with that pathetic timid smile frozen on his lips In his eyes, there was fake friendliness, worry, and desperation For soe to erase the smile of his face

'You scu trouble controlling his e must have shown on his face, because Harper suddenly blinked and took a step back But in the end, the desire to be allowed back into the Bright Castle won over his caution He forced himself to stay still, hesitated for a few moments, and said:

"I… I wanted to thank you for inviting "

Sunny looked at the gaunt young ht of dusk, his pale face was hidden in deep shadows Finally, he answered:

"Yeah We can talk"

'Think, Sunny, think…'

But hisin the sea of cold terror that had been summoned by the revelation of the future What little remained was utterly disoriented

Sunny raised one hand and rubbed his face

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'He's a spy He's here toto kill us What should be done?'

In the ed, Sunny had seen Harper reporting to one of the Guards He wanted to give the cowardly young e… but that would be a wrong decision

The best thing to do was not to expose the unfortuante spy, but to feign ingnorance and feed him false information Yeah… that was the opti spy his well

But would he even able to deceive Harper? By accident, the failed informant had chosen a perfect person as his

But he was also a master of deception So…

"Sunless?"

Sunny flinched and glanced at the gaunt young man

"Sorry Uh… I'm a bit out of sorts after today's hunt You wanted to talk?"

Reassured, Harper sain

"You see, I wanted to thank you for everything that you had done for me, and for all the people here in the settleht a very special ite it with you!"

Sunny frowned

"A special item?"

'I should see what his plan is exactly, feed hi with the lies, and then report to Neph in theenergetically:

"It's a… a bottle of liquor Every arden Getting one is very hard, but I was lucky Would you like to coot distracted for a few moments, but then forced his about? Artisans, liquor, luck…

'Why not?'

Giving Harper a nod, he gestured for the young man to lead the way and followed

As they passed other slum dwellers on their way to Harper's hovel, Sunny couldn't help but feel like they were surrounded by walking corpses

Most of these people were already dead They just didn't know it yet

…But he did

The weight of this knowledge was slowly crushi+ng him

Harper's small hut was even more pathetic than the other hovels in the slu pieces of wood, with plenty of cracks to let the cold wind in Inside, there was nothing except for a pile of seaweed thatch that served as a flimsy mattress and a loooden table Sunny could understand why the gaunt Sleeper was so desperate to return to the castle

At least there was a door

Once inside, Harper looked around with embarrassment and invited Sunny to sit on the floor in front of the table Then, he dug a glass jar from beneath the seaweed and placed it in front of hi a crude iron knife from somewhere, Harper then opened the wax seal of the jar, placed the knife on the table, and poured a milky white liquid into a chipped clay cup

"Here!"

He handed the cup to Sunny and se liquor He remembered many people in the outskirts who had drowned themselves in the bottle or killed thes Luckily, he was always too paranoid to allow anything to alter histi a certain thing

That's why Sunny was not too fa the cup to his lips, he held his breath and downed it in one go A pleasant war with it a bit of sweet solace

'I can see the appeal'

It wasn't too bad, really

Harper hurriedly refilled the cup and asked:

"I heard about the latest hunt By Gods, you have survived an encounter with a Spire Messenger! That ered for a bit, then shrugged

"I just stood at the back"

The gaunt young man shook his head

"Still You are incredible! I hear that you have been with Lady Changing Star fro more than two months in the Labyrinth Is this true?"

He was a really bad actor Even if Sunny didn't know that Harper was a spy already, he would have sensed soe at this point But it was easy to pretend not to notice anything

'Rats likeas you show them a tiny bit of respect, huh?'

Flushed because of the liquor, Sunny slowly smiled: