Chapter 269 - A Foul Path to Freedom (2/2)

Gelling was the Yilish Guard that had dragged away the Priestess. The guard seemed surprised for a moment before he seemed to recognise Aegin. He hesitated, then gave Aegin a few instructions.

Aegin followed them. Down five decks into the underbelly of the ship were the staff quarters were. He found Gelling in a break room placing bets with a few other Crewmen.

”Aegin? What do you need?” asked Gelling.

Aegin sighed, ”I need to see her”.

Gelling frowned, leaning back against the wall of the small corridor and crossing his arms, ”You realise I can't take a passenger to the brigs like this? It's a restricted area. Technically you shouldn't eve be here”.

”I know but I need to speak to her,” said Aegin.

”May I ask why?” asked Gelling, ”You looked as if you didn't care for her at all yesterday”.

”I don't care for her,” Aegin replied, realising he was putting himself between a rock and a hard place, ”I just...she stole something from me, and I want to know who she sold it too”.

”Stole something?” asked Gelling, ”This Priestess gets more and more interesting”.

”Technically, she'd not a Priestess,” Aegin said.

Gelling frowned, ”She seems pretty legitimate to me”.

”She'd an Actress,” said Aegin, ”She likes to get into her roles”.

”And this Actress stole something from you?” asked Gelling, ”During your night together, I assume?”

Aegin nodded, ”One of them, yes”.

”And you've only just realised it now?”

”I only went to look for it now,” said Aegin, ”It's not something I check for often, but now that I know it's not there, I...well, she's the only one I've had contact with that was close enough to get to it. At least since I've last seen it”.

Gelling sighed, ”You are aware that this story is getting more and more unbelievable”.

”I'm aware, yes, but she'll confirm it for you,” said Aegin.

That was definitely a bluff. But luckily, Gelling didn't seem to notice.

”Fine, come on”.