Yarra's Adventure Notes-Chapter 1298 - 84 Another Arrangement

"No, no, no, there’s absolutely no common language between us." The response that suddenly came from behind didn’t surprise Catherine even though she had not known there was someone behind her, but without thinking too hard, she could guess who the person with the voice that had just appeared behind her was. Laughing delicately, the owner of the voice said, "They are closer to those nobles who play politics, manipulating people’s hearts with overt means, while we prefer to lurk in the shadows, where conspiracy and darkness are our lives. So, please, don’t lump us together."

"Have you completed your mission for today?" Catherine turned around with her usual expression, speaking as calmly as if catching up with an old friend, "It’s earlier than I expected."

"It was a simple task." The voice was cold, but it held a hint of warmth, seemingly fond of Catherine’s casual demeanor, "There wasn’t much to do."

"Um, my dear Passion means to say that although the task is quite critical, the difficulty wasn’t high—merely the spreading of some rumors, something a few lowly thieves could accomplish. We were involved mainly for added security." Indulgence explained Passion’s meaning quite naturally, "Coincidentally, we are in charge of coordinating with the allied forces in the City of Innocence, and our deployment area is the City of Knowledge, so it’s perfect for us to take on."

"Eh? Are you planning to stay in the Holy City for a while?" Catherine brightened up and with a twinkle in her eye, she asked, "Then why haven’t you come to see us these days? Didn’t you always stay with us whenever you came over before?"

"Can’t help it. Recently, I’ve had a tail following me around. If I went to stay with you, I’d be worried about bringing the tail along, which would be troublesome." Indulgence, who had been hidden in the shadows behind Catherine and Pannis, now stretched her long legs with ease, letting out a comfortable moan as if she had just relieved herself of a heavy burden, and with her eyes closed, she leaned on Passion’s shoulder and said, "It’s always tiring to have a tail behind you. However, what’s strange is that the tail has suddenly disappeared these past few days. I don’t know why."

"The tail you mentioned, it’s not one of your colleagues, is it?" Catherine and Pannis exchanged a glance. The girl narrowed her eyes in a manner eerily similar to Pannis, a chilly intent emerging hazily from her pupils, "The one who could cause you such a headache, apart from several of your team captains, there’s no one else, right? Let me guess, it can’t be so coincidental as to be Elegance, can it?"

"Hehe, you guessed right." Indulgence didn’t seem at all worried about the enemy lurking in the shadows and continued to laugh delicately, "If it were someone else, we’d have tracked them down and directly settled the matter, but it’s just our luck it’s Elegance. We can only sense that he’s following us, but his identity is too mysterious for us to pin down."

"If it’s him, it’s no surprise that he disappeared suddenly." Pannis said coldly, "We’re back, and if he didn’t leave, he’d probably lose another body."

"Huh? Lose a body?" Indulgence asked with confusion, "Does he have many bodies?"

"Focus." Passion jabbed Indulgence firmly in her waist from behind several times, speaking icily, "Do you have other grudges against him?"

"Of course, there are grudges." Pannis stroked his chin, his smile chilling to the bone, "If there wasn’t a more pressing matter now, and time permitted, I might already be visiting your President Shadow in the City of Innocence. Obviously, Elegance knows what I’m thinking, so realizing that we’ve returned to the City of Knowledge, he’d keep as far away as possible."

"Frankly, I’m lost." Indulgence looked at Catherine with a plea for help, "Could you explain it to me?"

"Elegance is Shadow’s son, and also a follower of Carnivore Jaylica, just as you are. As for who Carnivore Jaylica is, you can slowly investigate that. Their other identity is that of an Undead Mage, although this identity should be known by now to the higher-ups of various factions—there’s nothing special about it." Pannis bared his teeth with a sinister air, "There’s a reason they’re so secretive. Hehe, they’ve utilized some Secret Techniques of the Undead Mages that allow them to transfer their soul between spare bodies, hence why they can have countless avatars. But, judging from their attitude, losing a spare body isn’t without impact for them; they take it very seriously. So, the best way to hit them hard is to help them lose a few more bodies." ƒrēenovelkiss.com

"So you want to use us to strike at Elegance and President Shadow." Indulgence, though her expression still held allure on the surface, could feel Passion tightening her grip subtly, and of course, Passion was sure Indulgence felt the same way, for the secret they’d just learned was indeed shocking. Indulgence took a deep breath to suppress her surprise and then coyly said, "If we do this for you, what’s the reward, dear Mr. Pannis?"

"You can rest assured, although Sting, that’s Aske, has stopped paying much attention to the Shadow Hand, Shadow wouldn’t dare go against the rules of the Shadow Hand to help his own son and intervene in your skirmishes. You can deal with Elegance without any reservations." Pannis spoke in a lowered voice, "Even if you don’t do it to help me, you’d eventually have to engage with Elegance anyway. I’m merely providing you with some more detailed information. If you insist on a reward, I’m not without one; come closer, and I’ll tell you."

Pannis whispered into Indulgence’s ear for a while before he spoke earnestly, "With these features, you can have a significant chance of identifying if someone is Elegance in disguise. Once his mystery is resolved, it should be easy for you to ’have a friendly exchange with him,’ right?"

"Indeed, it shouldn’t be difficult, but this doesn’t seem like your style." Indulgence, too, whispered closely to Pannis’s ear, asking in a volume only audible to them both, "You don’t seem like the type to concoct plots through others."

"We’ve taken out two of Elegance’s spare bodies, so he deeply resents Catherine and the others." Pannis’s voice was barely audible, "The more you weaken him, the safer Catherine and the others are. As for me, well, I don’t have the time to deal with these issues, so I have to borrow your hands to resolve them."

"Is that really the case?" Indulgence’s usual coquettish demeanor faded, her face showing concern as she cast a discreet glance at Catherine to ensure she was chatting with Passion and had not noticed them, then quietly asked, "Why do I feel that something is off with you, as if you’ve arranged everything to happen after this? Are you sure there’s nothing wrong?"