The girl was troubled after pondering what kind of reply that she needed to say in front of Baston. If she followed his logic, joining
Madam Talina was only a temporary happiness but limited future in the end. However, following Luke seemed the same too. Not to mention the wealth and the influence were less than Madam Talina, the end might be also the same since nobles
wouldn't like their servant to became greater than them.
"Isn't it the same with your present lord right now? I'm pretty sure he also won't allow you to become greater than him."
"Yes, it is…" Baston nodded, "Since it's the same between my present lord and your madam, it's better to stay like this. There's no need to change because the result doesn't differentiate too much."
"Just say you're lazy to change…"
"Exactly…"
The girl was dumbfounded because all this conversation led into the same rejection. At first, she thought she could convince the fat boy to work somewhere else, but ultimately, Baston talked about the status problem before he stated his rejection to change his master. The fat boy seemed to find
roundabout excuse to reject her offer. It was kind of smart way after the girl pondered about the conversation.
"Alright, I won't poach you anymore…" the girl crossed her arms, "By the way, do you know why your noble lord seek Madam Talina?"
"I don't know," Baston shook his head, "My lord never tells me anything. He just said to follow him and he would fulfill my desire."
The girl only clicked her tongue, thinking that Baston was very innocent about what his new lord doing on his back. By the time Luke got into trouble, this fat servant also would be in the same situation. Little did she know that Baston only feigned ignorance so everyone would think he was just a simple servant and nothing more. With this, less people would know what he was going to do.
Unknowingly, the girl took something from her pouch. It was a pink stone with peculiar insignia on the surface. The size was small and it was just right for the girl's hand. She then suddenly grabbed Baston's hand and
quickly just handed the stone to him. The girl seemingly didn't give the fat boy to react, waiting for the reply. Of course, Baston acted to the best just to make himself looked flabbergasted.
"What is this?"
The girl giggled, "This is kind of item with special function of delivering secret call. I found you are quite interesting so I think it's good to have a contact with you. Don't worry about your lord. He won't know about it since this thing is special. It can only be used between us so any other person can't utilize it."
"I see…" Baston seemed to have another idea, "However, I think it's better not to do it. My lord won't like it if he found me doing something like this behind him. Even though it's a secret between us, from another
perspective, anyone will think that I have quite unique relationship with you. By the end of the day, everyone will think I'm working as a spy at present time."
"Really? You don't have to think too much about it. Just accept this stone just like a present from me."
"No, I can't do that…"
Baston rejected the idea so the girl could only sigh inside her heart. By the time their conversation was coming to end, Luke came out and nodded to the fat boy. Baston knew this was the time to go. He then excused
himself and the girl could only wave back to him. Although the time was short, both of them had a general information about what each other looked like. After Luke and Baston headed outside, the girl then entered the room where Madam Talina still looked calm without giving any expression about the result of the conversation between her and Luke. The girl sat at the couch nonchalantly before speaking with Madam Talina.
"The fat boy from before is quite interesting, but still, he has a shortcoming. Despite having a talent of ice magic, he doesn't know much about what happened on the kingdom. Even though it's peaceful now, there are
still many fights on the back…"
"Is that a reason why you want to poach him from Luke? You even using my name as the excuse," Madam Talina interrupted.
"Well, it will be such a trouble if I give him my real identity. Everyone will know and people at the palace should also catch the
information. By then, they will raise the effort to monitor my movement more than ever."
"That's quite right…"
The conversation between the girl and Madam Talina was unknown to Baston. The fat boy still looked casual about it and just
accompanied Luke on the trip. When he found nothing happened here, his
consciousness came back to the fat man at Tasco's barrack. The man named Sebastian was still calm, but Baston who was inside the old book didn't have the same demeanor. He thought the girl at Madam Talina's pavilion was just an ordinary staff or worker, yet when he stared at the pink stone with insignia
etched on it, there was a sudden click inside his head. Luckily, he didn't use his real body to talk with her since he could control what kind of expression that the fat servant wanted to show from far.
"The girl from before really has an extraordinary status. She should be a royalty. Thankfully, I know the royal insignia from the stone. If not, the conversation will take more time and it will be hard to refuse her…" Baston thought.
He might not have a chance to recognize the royal insignia if he just stayed inside Prius Academy after all this time. Because Alicia
happened to invite him before to go to her house, he then stumbled into this
information inside the library. There were many kinds of knowledge and he happened to see it in one of many books. The insignia was clearly the same from what the girl showed to him. There was no way to imitate it since the royal insignia was created with high magic. Once someone tried to make it, the kingdom would surely pursue until the end. Even the dark wizards didn't want to
trouble themselves so for many years, there was no case about fake royal insignia reported.
Since Baston knew the royalty was involved here, he didn't know who was the real royalty between the girl and Madam Talina. He just
arrived here for a couple of days so he didn't have any general idea about Luminos City. Still, even if he had been staying in the city for many years, he might not know who was the royalty since they hardly came into public. There was an information guild here but he doubted they wanted to take a job. Perhaps if he dared to ask, he would become a target in no time. It would be the best just to forget it.
"Ignorance is a sin. Ignorance is also a blessing…"
Deep inside his mind, he was glad that he knew this important information beforehand. Because he recognized the insignia, he had
the initiative to continue his ignorance about it. He played his behavior right so the girl should never suspect anything from him. She might think he was just a simple and innocent boy and he really wished the girl thought so. He was still weak on everything so it was best not to involve himself deeper into the nobles and the royalty. There was a probability to encounter them someday, but
not now. He had another important matter to do before he had a spare time.
Back at Sebastian, the fat man then focused himself to work hard just to see what an advanced skill of knight looked like. The training went for a few hours before he excused himself. With the puppet, Baston could move the body easily. Even though the posture was right, but there was no essence on it since he only copied a part of it. However, everyone had different enlightenment so he would do just like what he understood from the movement. He was waiting for a while nearby the inn before Luke and the puppet came back. Baston could then summon the 2 puppets to go back inside the old book, replacing the real himself into the world.
Although Baston was monitoring the puppets from inside the old book, he also felt exhausted because he had to divide his attention between the fat man on Tasco's Barrack and himself as the servant who was accompanying Luke everywhere. Not to mention he had to face someone from the royalty, it made him wondering how many variables inside this Luminos City. Even with a backup plan, he felt the chance of success was not great. Anyway, he just needed to increase the effort before he could see the result.
The dinner was served and Baston ate it delightfully. He was hungry after all the tasks he did from morning to afternoon. However, he knew it was only his tired head who demanded the rest while his body was still brimming with energy. With the food tonight, it would be really hard to go on a diet. Unless he did the exercise on his real body, his weight wouldn't go down. At this time, he lamented even though he was indeed a person with poor status, the food and drink seemed never became a big problem. He wondered there was no way this kind of lifestyle happened to poor person. While he was savoring the food, he looked outside the window.
"Finally, someone makes a movement…" Baston thought.
The fat boy realized the killing target this time would not be easy. Because of that, he released another puppet to monitor the surrounding in the form of bird and rat. He needed to wait until the enemy made a movement before he could decide his next action. While both of Luke and Baston were
eating, the puppet disguised as rat found something suspicious. At the nearby alley, there was a man who stared at the place where he had been staying for a long time before he made a call and went away. Baston didn't know if this man was sent by Luke's uncle or not. To make sure, he followed the man until he came into a small house. The man entered and the puppet also lurked between many creaks and holes before Baston could view the living room. He moved the rat nearby so he could eavesdrop them.
"How about it?"
"It seems the boy is really in there. What is our lord want us to do?"
"For now, just monitor him. We don't need to do anything less we will get into trouble."
"Even though our lord wants him dead?"
"Watch your mouth! Don't let anyone know about this!"
"I know, relax. Everyone already has a hunch about it."
"You might already know, but there's no need to speak about this. Let out lord do this himself. The matter between nobles is very
complicated so there's no need to implicate us in our lives."
Of course, I know. I'm just talking about it…"
"Let's go then to Paradise Resort. Our lord already waits there every day."
"You still want to go there even though he's not really there? Why we can just go to the hideout?"
"Because we have to make sure everyone thinks the lord is in Paradise Resort, not at Carpel Inn."
There was another conversation but Baston didn't hear anything important, so he waited until the men left the place. They were
heading to Paradise Resort, but looking at the magic restriction around, it was almost impossible for a rat to enter. He then summoned the puppet back and started thinking about the information he got. This uncle of Luke should be hiding at another place while giving the false impression for the public that he stayed at the resort. If not because of his puppet, he might not know it and just headed through to the trap.