"Levi, what's happening at White Castle?"
Onaya asked as they ran.
She was still utterly baffled. They had agreed on a trial by combat, but White Castle had inexplicably descended into chaos. She couldn't make sense of those mercenaries, either. If they were really there to help her, why had this Knight killed their leader without a second thought?
"I'm not too sure myself. We interrogated a mercenary we captured earlier. He said something about them planning to pledge allegiance to our Duke, but if they really intended to, why didn't they contact us sooner?"
Levi told her the truth, more or less.
He had no love for this band of mercenaries who had suddenly appeared to try and steal his credit.
He had been trying to figure out a justifiable way to get rid of them, but to his surprise, the punk who was clearly their leader had taken the initiative and attacked him.
It had certainly saved him a lot of trouble.
