Triiffic-Soul: Can I Be In Control?-Chapter 86 – Luna’s Concerns

Chapter 86 – Luna’s Concerns

The girl with the single dark grey horn said, “Thank you for your time.”

The middle-aged hunter warned, “All good missy… be careful.”

Luna smiled. “I appreciate the concern. May nothing befall you as well.”

Luna turned around wearing her standard disguise of an oversized brown dress with long sleeves that covered her hands. Syrus’ bags and weapons were left at home, and she simply wore her small shopping backpack. Luna had to clean off the dust of the bag considering its lack of use recently. Luna was rarely ever in control, as while they were in town, she left more and more of the moment and discussions to Syrus and Eva.

[Who is your next target?] (Syrus)

[The term target is incorrect; it is simply a friendly conversation.] (Luna)

[I didn’t expect so many people to treat you like a child though…] (Eva)

[It… is interesting but any further separation between this form and standard disguise, the better.] (Luna)

When someone tried to guess Anlesa’s age, they would usually shoot between sixteen and eighteen years old. A few people guessed over twenty, but something about her ‘youthful glow’ made people assume she was still in her late teens. Of course, no one could guess their actual age was quite a bit younger or older depending on the metric of soul or body used.

Unlike Syrus, people tended to guess Luna’s age to be around thirteen to fifteen. Considering Luna showed up rarely, the people who did recognise her due to her unique appearance assumed she was some sort of merchant's daughter. Along with that, the general assumption was that she was from a below-average merchant family but received a fierce education.

Of course, it wasn’t like this information was spread around or anything, but it was the total collection of all the small guesses and assumptions people had made.

Her height was certainly a sign of her being older, but her attitude and other aspects of appearance made it lean back in the other direction. Her slightly worn oversized clothes helped give the sense of a family who couldn’t keep up with the cost of buying clothes for a growing child. Thoughts about her height were usually met with countering thoughts of being an early grower or a factor caused by her bloodline. For better or worse, people here quite commonly chalked up major physical differences to an exotic bloodline, and considering ‘Luna’ had one clearly visible, people very easily ignored aspects of appearance when judging age. Especially considering rapid growth during the early teens was common for certain groups of exotic attribute families.

After talking to a few more people, Luna finally felt there was nothing more that she could find and headed home a very roundabout way. She made small changes to disguise along the way to be extra safe. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

[...] For the last few minutes while walking home, Luna was silent.

[Luna?] (Eva)

[Yes Lilly?] (Luna)

[Everything good?] (Eva)

[...] Luna didn’t immediately answer. [I am just worried.]

[About the investigation?] (Eva)

[Honestly, a little, but not much; that situation just seems to be standard, maybe a little rushed and what they are looking for appears to be vague. But the purpose of it seems to really be an investigation.] (Luna)

[Seems to be, but the purpose could be anything from bandits, mutants, demons or monsters.] (Syrus)

Syrus and Luna made their own attempts to gather information. Each was different due to their personalities. Syrus was quite friendly, while Luna was polite but a little blunt at times. Her bluntness and the near-emotionless way she expressed her opinions to strangers led to interesting interactions in their childhood.

Syrus thought back to Luna’s conversation to lighten the mood.

[Sometimes I can’t believe you were a saint with how you treat people.] (Syrus)

[I am polite with my behaviour.] (Luna)

[In certain aspects, yeah.] (Syrus)

From everything they were able to scavenge, it was simply an investigation, a large one to confirm troubling reports from scouts. It appeared that the authorities were quite sure what could be moving around, but the city was going to do this right and send out a large team to survey the area.

The only major issue was that this process was such short notice and plenty of people weren’t prepared to go on a multi-day trip.

[So, if it is not the investigation you are worried about, what is it?] Syrus asked, but really she already knew. There was only one thing that made the dark and troubling emotions swirl in Luna this much.

[Church again…] (Eva)

[I feel like I’ve noticed more around town.] (Luna)

[In disguise?] (Syrus)

[Yes…] said Luna. While Syrus was better at noticing suspicious people and everything really. Luna knew what the church tended to be like while undercover as civilians.

[I’m surprised you didn’t mention anything earlier.] (Syrus)

[...I was observing.] Luna had noticed people before, but it wasn’t worth mentioning, if she did, it would just make her more angry, but now they were already investigating the investigation and the number of Aurora Church priests seemed to have increased, it appeared vital to mention it.

[Few days, the number seems to have gotten bigger.] (Luna)

[Do you think they will cause trouble during the investigation?] (Syrus)

[No, but the fact that there are a few here is concerning enough for me.] (Luna)