38 Favor (2/2)
This made the woman nod and say, ”Alright. First, let's get to the town so that your… colleague, can be treated. Broken bones can get nasty if they aren't tended to as soon as possible. You've done me a huge favor, here, so I definitely owe you. But we can talk later. What do you say?”
Aaron was about to nod, but he remembered something.
”No. His father is in the prison that is close to here. He needs to be rescued first. That is why we came here in the first place.”
This made the woman raise her eyebrow again, before she turned back to look at the sickly man.
Because they were standing close to each other, Aaron noticed more details about her – she had lots of brown hair which cascaded down her shoulders, and on a spot right below her fingers, on the back of her palm, there was an image of an eagle much like the one that Aaron had just seen.
As for the sickly man, he was wearing a casual black shirt and pants, which was actually a new attire that Aaron was seeing for the first time.
On top of these, he was also wearing a grey cloak, and on this cloak, Aaron finally noticed that there was a badge, of sorts.
It was a silver four-pointed star, with the words ”Bryarmont Town Mayor” emblazoned in gold.
As Aaron read them and understood who this man was, he found it hard to believe that someone who was supposed to be very powerful looked like this.
Yet, remembering the sight of that Gorilla, he threw out all judgments and remembered the paramount law of the jungle that nothing should be judged by its appearance.
As soon as the woman looked at him, the man, who actually looked quite young, said, ”I'll find out about it, Miss. What is the name of his father?”
Aaron didn't know the answer to this, so he walked to the pit, where Edmond looked up.
He had been hearing everything, and he would have spoken out if Aaron hadn't mentioned his father before.
As he saw Aaron looking down at him, he answered, ”My father's name is Nicholas Greenway.”
The sickly man heard it, too.
However, instead of leaving to find details, he closed his eyes, which made Aaron realize that he must be using his AA.
After a few seconds, he opened his mouth and said, ”Nicholas Greenway. Imprisoned for opposing the orders of the City Lord.”
”Oh? The City Lord of which City?”
”Dreadvale City, Miss.”
For some reason, this name made a deep frown appear on the woman's face.
Turning to Edmond, she asked, ”Hey, you. Was your family torn apart suddenly in some unexplainable way?”
This sentence made both Aaron and Edmond gape at her in shock.
How had she been able to guess that?
As Edmond finally nodded in response, the woman furrowed her eyebrows in anger and spoke in a voice filled with vexation.
”That as*hole. He said that he would stop, but he must have gotten bored again.”