Chapter 55
"I guess the jig is up, then." Grey sighed as he saw about thirty mages rushing toward them.
"Hold on, sir!" Grey said with his hands raised, and the thirty men charging toward them suddenly stopped while the town's lord raised an eyebrow.
"Why do you want to attack us all of a sudden? Does it really matter if she's Lord Cedric's daughter? Isn't it the town's deed you want? So just take it and let us go," Grey said with a sheepish smile directed at the town's lord.
"Do you take me for a fool? Haha!" the town's lord bellowed with laughter. "You see… I already knew that she would come here along with some strong mages."
Charlotte and the others were visibly stunned by his words.
"Shocked by my information gathering?" the lord grinned proudly. "I, the great Lord Bale, have outsmarted the town of Kiten. You see, I knew Cedric wouldn't give up Kiten so easily, and I was told he'd send powerful mages to rescue his son—and here you all are."
