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"What's wrong?"
"It's just… he was always so willful. Thinking of him wandering about without sending me word of what he's doing… It frustrates me." The captain steadied his breath. "His name is Barboa."
He spoke as though I were someone worthy to hear it.
"We are close. He's an elder to me, and in our hidden order, he holds a rank above mine. He's hard to meet even for us, yet you know of him. That's remarkable."
I had only mentioned him at random, but it turned out they were indeed close.
"Well, not exactly. I only happened to see him during a trade with someone else. He wouldn't remember me."
Captain Nexmond's admiration only deepened. "As a plenipotentiary envoy, he handles only the most secretive and critical clients. To have seen him even at a transaction, regardless of who the other party was… I have indeed met a great man today."
"…"
Should I correct his misunderstanding? It hardly mattered. It wasn't unbelievable either.
I recalled the Red Flake assassin-sister, Elwin Esau, codenamed...
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