Chapter 274 (1/2)
Chapter 274
Of Letters and Items
TL: SupremeTentacle
ED: Exkalamity
Melrosse opened the letter and read it carefully
“I see… Well done, Black Lightning Princess! We will hereby move to immediately support the princess”
So the letter really was about guarding the princess But again, why use a letter when they havedistance communicators?
“Why letter?” asked Fran telepathically
“Good question,” I replied
“Nn Faster to use item”
It see
“You were of great help,” said Melrosse
“Nn…”
“Ho? What is it young one? Your face clearly shows unvoiced dissatisfaction”
What!? How did he know that?
It really bothered me that he had accurately interpreted Fran’s expression Fran was never the type of person to wear her ee in her expression was so subtle that I’d assu it I unconsciously appraised hione ahead and done it, I decided I ht as well check his skills and confir that would allow him to read her mind
“Could tell, how?” asked Fran
“Ho When you have lived as long as I have you can observe what other people often miss”
Seriously? Just pure wisdoe? What the hell!
“…Can use item Why send letter?”
asked Fran
“Hoho, so it was the letter that was bothering you There is a significant reason e chose to use that method in particular Would you like me to explain it?”
“Nn”
“Very well”
The guildmaster held the letter out to Fran
“Okay to read?” she asked
“Indeed”
Fran and I took a look at the contents The letter described how a Basharian assassin was caught in the beastkin country and that the evident danger was reason to provide the princess with additional guards It didn’t see out of the ordinary save the code-like nulanced at Melrose and found hi Fran
“Weird nu?” asked Fran
“They contain infor to the princess’ destination,” he said “We encrypt the information for security reasons”
The guildmaster went on to explain why they used a letter and not the long distance communication tool It turned out the Basharians also had similar tools, and the concern was that they could eavesdrop on conversations in the beastkin country Information on assassinations and invasion plans had apparently been compromised in the past If that was the case, I could see why they would rely on a physical letter for top secret information
“If we knew the exact methods they used to eavesdrop on us
us we could deploy countermeasures,” he frowned
“Not known?” asked Fran
“Yes, their methods are unknown to us That is the only reason we fall back on more traditionalcouriers like you are essential to the swift relay of information”
I was using Principle of Falsehood during the entire conversation All the parts that the guildmaster said about Bashar was true But the very last part about it being the only reason was a lie It could be that siuild would naturally have one or two secrets But I couldn’t help but feel bothered that ere used for more than just confidential communication
I hope eren’t used for so malicious
I discussed my suspicions with Fran