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At that moment, Lynch felt like he was caught between two erupting volcanoes.
The military officers and clerks who had been rushing by noticed the situation, and their paces slowed considerably, a gossipy glint sparkling in their eyes.
Some even feigned nonchalance as they stopped, pretending to look down at the documents in their hands while secretly straining to hear.
'This is getting out of hand!'
Lynch enjoyed a bit of gossip, but he had no desire to become the subject of it.
He quickly tried to stop them in a low voice, "This isn't the place to talk."
With that, he quickly led them away, found a reasonably clean-looking inn nearby, and got two good, adjacent rooms. He also prepaid for their meals, asking the innkeeper to prepare some food.
After Lynch quickly washed up and put his Shadow Protection Robe back on, he went down to the inn's small, first-floor dining area. He found Amadis and Avril already sitting on opposite sides of a square table by the window.
