[Rean point of view]
It hurts. My siblings, all of them keep on giving me a sharp stabbing stare, from Elise to Charlotte. They have keep it going from lunch to dinner, and they're surprisingly tenacious about it. They didn't even utter a single word, but I do know why they keep on giving that stare, but forgive me all of you. To tell you all of this will break my promise of keeping this matter a secret as it can be considered as national secret operation, so involving them wouldn't be a smart choice. Now I know how Brother Ash usually felt. Still, is it alright to entrust such secret to me? I can understand telling Grandpa Claude about it as he is a wise man, strong to that. But me, a fledgling? I am grateful that they're trusting me with that, but I have a doubt about myself, whether I'm truly worthy of knowing about it. That said, I have to give my best as to not betray their expectations to me.
(Plus, one way or another, we are all involved with this matter. So at least by telling me, I can get myself prepare and act immediately. More importantly, this will ensure that I am able to properly protect all of you!) [Rean]
Still...
~Deadly stare~
(They sure don't know when to give up...) [Rean]
With dinner ready, all of us ate quietly, but unable to tolerate the silent, Mara without any warning
"Sis Rafiah! Tell us what happen!" [Mara]
"It's not fair only Rean get a chance to know what happen!" [Kara]
"True" [Karon]
There they go, started to protest against this injustice. I can understand that, if I am on their side, I will react the same way.
"Maybe next time..." [Rafiah]
"Promise?" [Charlotte]
~Smile and nod~
She did it again, only smiling and nodding. Charlotte clearly looks disappointed as she gets7 this feeling that she wouldn't get any answer from her, and thus
~Deadly stare~
(Oh god...) [Rean]
"... - .- .-. ." [Housey]
(Not you too, Housey) [Rean]
"Meoooowwwwww" [Behe]
(Even Behe have started copying all of them...) [Rean]
"Sigh... if I told you that this matter is to be kept secret by the order of King Estel and Princess Diana herself, would you believe?" [Claude]
"Ehh!" [Others]
"But it is" [Rean]
I don't know why Grandpa Claude started to talk about it, but I guess it must be because he can sense my discomfort, or maybe more importantly, he doesn't want any of them to keep on pressuring me to give the answer, scared that I will lose to their younger siblings power and thus telling them the unnecessary thing
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"But why does Rean get to know about it?" [Elise]
"What makes Rean so different from us then!" [Zerolith]
"How about you ask Ash himself then" [Claude]
"That's..." [Farhah]
"Does that mean brother Ash give Rean the permission to get involved?" [Singa]
"Then why aren't we getting one then?" [Savel]
"It's complicated, but let me tell you one thing. For all we did, we did it while keeping each one of you in our mind, so that's why the most important thing that you guys should do is trusting Rean. If you keep on behaving like this, Rean will be upset and who knows what will happen to him shall he go knowing that you guys aren't happy about him" [Claude]
"That's, we aren't mad!" [Farhah]
Grandpa Claude really do know how to sway their heart. I guess he knows about each of us the best among all the people.
After dinner, I make sure that the boys group are fast asleep. Well, before I move out
"Be careful" [Zerolith]
"Be safe" [Karon]
"You're our big brother" [Singa]
"Get the bad guy that keep on doing bad thing to Sis Rafiah for us" [Savel]
"I will" [Rean]
I'm glad, there are sound of frustration coming from it, but I guess they kinda accept it. I'm glad they didn't make any ruckus about it, they're all mature enough even when they're still young. Well, I am 13, no, nearing 14. So I don't have the right to say that to them
And when I walk In front of the girls room, Elise come out and
"Be careful, Kara, Mara, Farhah, Charlotte and I wish you luck" [Elise]
"Thanks you, and don't worry. It's not something major" [Rean]
"Still, be careful. All that we left after the war, and before Brother Ash came is each other. So, we don't want to experience it again..." [Elise]
"Same here..." [Rean]
After telling that, I excuse myself and went outside. There, I can see Grandpa Claude with Mr Jacks discussing something, and from the sound of it
"We still haven't found it" [Jacks]
"I see. Well, they're crafty. I still remember my master didn't even know about their master mind until it's too late" [Claude]
"That sound omnious" [Jacks]
"It is, so Rean, do be careful. Don't do anything reckless and always follow Jacks instructions!" [Claude]
"I will!" [Rean]
The master mind aren't known yet. They did tell me about it, but it still didn't get digested properly inside my mind. I do know the church have multiple people inside of it, and they're multiple section of church, from the usual priest to the Achalasia Externa group. So, finding a single master mind will prove nothing but difficult.
With that, Mr Jacks and I start moving and sneaking around. He told me that we will meet with the trio first, especially Mr Erinmorlin as he does have some valuable information that he just found out about it this evening. I wonder what will he tell us about
As we keep on walking, the two of us stumble upon Sis Qis, and she later join us to met Mr Erinmorlin. Apparently, she just finished her side of job, investigating a merchant connection with the church. She alongside Sis Alice just came back from reporting it to Guild Master Gizzere, and Sis Alice were ask to relay the same to Guild Master Ram. As for Sis Qis, she was told to met Mr Erinmorlin just like us
"There he is" [Qis]
"Let us meet him" [Jacks]
"Right!" [Rean]