103 Chapter 103 - Completely Different Long Chapter

Joshua’s proposal caused the Deceiver to hesitate.

“Isn’t that a great paying transaction, Pluk?

Before the Deceiver could decline Joshua’s proposal, an elf slowly walked down from the second floor’s staircase. Her purple-gray-colored pigment of her skin informed Joshua that she was a rare… dark elf.

The dark elves that lived underground were much rarer than the forest elves.

But, Joshua kept feeling like she was giving off a disharmonious feeling. It was like she was covered in a layer of mystery.

Unfortunately, Joshua’s innate perception seemed to be ineffective toward this dark elf. He was unable to determine her true identity using his perception.

“We shouldn’t be doing that.”

The Deceiver called Pluk began to mumble to himself.

“Your inn barely has any customers all year-round. Furthermore, you’re sheltering all those orphans. You couldn’t be planning to have them eat those sand-filled black bread on the daily, right? Besides, Norland is not a place where you can purchase a large quantity of rough food.”

The dark elf walked over to the receptionist desk and picked up the sack of gold coins Joshua placed on the desk. After weighting the sack of coins with her hand, she tossed it to the Deceiver.

Persuaded by the dark elf, the Deceiver Pluk finally agreed to Joshua’s proposal.

After persuading Pluk, the dark elf did not bother to stay and left the hotel. She brushed past Joshua on her way out.

“I kept feeling like I’ve seen that elf somewhere.”

Ciri looked to the back view of the leaving elf. She felt a sort of inexplicable sense of familiarity.

“We’ve met her before. It was back in the Demon Realm. She might be my elder sister or younger sister’s spy. Or, worse yet, she might be my elder brother or… the other three Duke’s spy.”

Joshua was certain that he had met that dark elf before in the Demon Realm. But, he was unable to recall where exactly.

In other words, that dark elf has been secretly monitoring him since when he was still in the Demon Realm.

In the entire Demon Realm, the person who would most likely order something like this would be his elder sister Cecily. After all, surveillance was her job.

As for the third prince’s elder brother Knox or his fourth sister Faye, Joshua rarely have any interactions with them.

“Should we capture and interrogate her?”

Ciri’s way of handling things has always been ‘if not afraid then attack.’

“We’ve missed the opportunity already. I’m no longer able to detect her. Besides, there’s no need for it.”

The dark elf’s ability to conceal herself was even stronger than the elf following the Flower of Farucci. Not long after she left the hotel, her aura completely disappeared from Joshua’s field of perception.

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Following the Deceiver that was deliberately avoiding the topic of the dark elf, Joshua had no choice but to acquire information indirectly.

“…”

The personality of this Deceiver was completely opposite from the name of his race. He seemed to not be fond of conversations and knew that he would leak unnecessary information from talking too much. As such, he continued to quietly lead the way for Joshua and Ciri and didn’t bother answering any of Joshua’s questions.

Joshua was forced to stop asking questions for the time being. He began to examine the hotel. The hotel employed the usage of a spiral staircase frequently seen in libraries. There were a total of four floors. While its reception hall was not very large, the interior of the hotel was much larger than Joshua imagined it to be.

The entire hotel gave off a feeling of being old. Some parts of the floor would creak when stepped on. If any noble was to be here, they would definitely complain that this hotel was ‘no different from a peasant’s barn!’

Apart from the Deceiver, the manager of the hotel, there were several non-human children in the hotel. They were hiding behind a wall with their heads poked out and staring at Joshua and Ciri curiously.

“You’ve adopted those kids, that half-dragon and gray-cat beastman?”

Joshua waved his hand at the kids. The kids reacted like they were terrified and immediately pulled their heads back. It seemed like they were very afraid of humans.

“Their parents had left them in my care. After that, they never returned,” said the Deceiver.

The Squirrel Street was one of the few places in this world that accepts non-humans. But, this street was all there is. Apart from some curious mages, outsiders would never bother to approach this street.