( what this group is doing here?) Casper thought as he looked at a group made of more than twenty people that appeared in front of Casper and the others who were heading to the place of the last sacrifice.
"Hello, guys." A young man in his twenties suddenly walked out of the group and headed towards Casper's group before saying
"Hey Mr. Firrett, what are you guys doing here?" asked Luke, who was at the front of the group near Casper.
"The guests have spread into groups to search for the place of the sacrifices that the angel told us about, and our group has come to search this side," Firrett said, before examining Luke's group and noticing some new faces, and said, "But what are you guys doing here? And where is the head of the parada family? Have you lost him?" ?
"We can't tell you the details, but we've found a lead and we're following it now," Luke said in a low voice, peeping at the group that was standing a little distance behind Firrett.
"Hey Firrett, did you find anything?" Noelle said after she approached Firrett and luke interrupting their conversation
"Hello, Your Majesty, no unfortunately we haven't come across anything new yet," Firrett said
"Then can you guys join us, we need some extra help," said Noelln fact, Noelle has seen how strong the guards were in the previous sacrifice and she knows that without Fray it would be impossible for their group to be able to defeat those guards, and even if the guards of this sacrifice are not as strong as the previous ones, Noelle is not positive that they can defeat them before the time runs out. Therefore, she believes that additional help is very necessary to complete this task successfully...
"Kh! Kh! sorry Princess, I can't let you include them in our group," Casper said in a low voice and an inconsequential smile on his face.
(Who is this person? Why didn't he use a title when speaking to the princess) Firrett thought in bewilderment, surprised by the person's arrogant tone as he spoke to the First Princess of the Lionar Kingdom.
[Usually, when someone talks to a member of the Royal Family, they should use an honor title, for example, your Highness/Your Majesty.]
"Your Highness, he's right. We can't let this large group of people accompany us after all, the culprit could be one of them," Luke said.
"No, this group is actually all members of the Northern Iron Castle, and the Northern Castle family is one of the loyal families in the Lionar Kingdom. There is no way the culprit could be one of them." Noelle said in a confident voice, knowing that Northern Castle has been loyal to the throne for thousands of years and is also the biggest supporter of Noelle in the conflict for the throne, so she is convinced that there is no way they are behind this terrorist attack that targets Lionar kingdom.
"Yes, Mr. Luke, they are all well-trusted members of our own family Don't worry," Firrett said sincerely
"You guys seem to be ignoring me, as I told you earlier we don't need your help, we'll take care of the task by ourselves, " Casper said with the same twisted smile on his face as he looked at Firrett with his eyes almost closed because of his smile
"But..." Noelle
"Princess, you are now rejecting my master's order," said Casper, interrupting Noelle's words
(Order!? Does it mean Fray's order to listen to this person's instructions? But why he....? Ah! I remember now the angel told us to listen to Fray's orders, but what will happen if we ignore his orders?...) Noelle thought in confusion after hearing Casper's words, but she quickly decided not to prolong this discussion After all, time is short, so she said, "Alright, can you at least let Mr. Firrett join us?"
(Actually, we really need help to defeat the guards quickly, but can we really trust this guy... Well it seems they all trust him, well let's give it a try after all it won't be hard to stop him if things go wrong) Casper thought with a serious expression before saying "Okay, but hurry up, we've already wasted a lot of time on this conversation."
Thus, after Casper agreed to let Firrett join their team, the group proceeded quickly towards the direction described by the sorcerer previously under the leadership of Casper until they reached a small back garden of one of the royal palace's interior facilities.
After examining the place for some time, Casper noticed a small wooden pavilion in the middle of the garden consisting of several wooden columns carrying a decorated wooden dome, and inside it, there is a large table and many chairs that surround it.
(Could this be it?) Casper thought as he looked at the small pavilion before he starts to walk towards it as the rest of the group followed.
"Is this the place?" Loe asked as he looked around, trying to check out the pavilion
"There's supposed to be a hidden space for the sacrifice around here," Casper said
"…" Firrett looked at Casper with a confused expression
"How are we going to find this hidden space?" Aslan
"The hidden spaces usually contain a space fissure that serves as a link to the outside world, so let's try to find it," said Lisa.
"Yeah, let's search around the pavilion on the space fissure," Casper said, before starting to scan the pavilion columns.
[time remaining: 23 minutes]
(7 minutes have passed already!? ) Noelle thought nervous as she looked outside the pavilion by herself before noticing that someone was approaching her.
"Hello, did you find something?" Firrett asked after approaching Noelle's location
"Hi Firrett, No unfortunately I haven't found anything yet, do you want to speak about something ?" Noelle asked after noticing Firrett puzzled face
"Yes Your Highness, can you tell me who that person is and why are you following his orders?" Firrett asked in confusion, as he pointed to Casper, who was accompanied by the two siblings searching inside the pavilion
" Actually, I don't know exactly who these people are. All I know is that they listen to the orders of the head of the Prada family" Noelle said before sighing and looking at Casper then she continued, "somehow, Fray found one of the sacrifices, and after...
Thus, Noelle recounted what happened previously after following Fray in details, which h made Ferritt open his eyes wide, surprised and confused, unable to comprehend exactly what was going on with this person called Fray, and after a lot of thinking he decided to join the search too.
Thus, it didn't take long before Firrett exclaimed, "Guys, I found it!!"
