Zenniah opens the door of her private study room, which is not far from her room. When she opens it, the commander and Ednol are already sitting on the couch waiting for her.

  “I hope, you didn’t wait long.”

  “Of course not, my lady,” Ednol replied.

  “May I ask, why you call us here my lady?” The commander asks.

  “Just a while ago, you swore an oath to me, right Ednol?” Zenniah asks while looking directly at him.

  “Yes, that’s right my lady.”

  “Then tell me, about the ‘naevus inky guild’, all of it. The information I know you knew.”

  “...”

  Ednol didn’t respond to her. She noticed in his calm appearance a face that didn’t know how to respond honestly as a loyal knight to her. The commander who was smiling is now in a serious expression like he's going to smack someone in the head. They look at her with a serious face.

  “Leave us,” she said.

  “Yes, my lady,” Girly bows politely then she walks out.

  Before Girly closing the door Zenniah said in a serious tone.

  “Make sure no one listens to us.”

  “I follow your command, my lady.”

  When Zenniah was sure the door was closed she spoke up first.

  “What a serious expression’s the two of you showing off. Should I be scared?”

  “My la... My lady, that’s not what our intentions are,” the commander replied.

  “Do you think I’m scared commander?” Zenniah looks at him in the eyes. “It’s just only an ‘expression’, is not I’m going to die,” she added with a smile like a smirk.

  “...?”

  “I knew while looking at the two of you, that both of you believed I was sheltered in a way ‘that not knowing anything’ sort of thing. It’s kinda funny what your faces are showing now to me”.

  “...”

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  “...”

  “What a silent response... How did I know? Huh... Let’s just say I hit my head so, so hard that I can see the glimpse of the future ahead... Is that a convincing reason for both of you? Huh...?”

  “...”

  The commander spoke first.

  “My lady... This not a joke, right?”

  “Do you think so, commander?”

  The commander saw how serious she was in his eyes.

  “...”

  “My... My lady... this kind of conversation is not supposed to be mentioned.” Ednol replied trying to be calmed to not show his frowning face to her.

  “Ednol..” She used a tone that knew she was in a higher position than him.

  Ednol shivers for a second, but as a professional knight and a professional member of a guild to not show such fear in front of a predator. He seriously looked into her eyes.

  “Hmm.... What is this seriousness all of a sudden?” Zenniah changed her approach.

  “I mean, let’s say that I’m the chosen customer you choose then. Well, that’s easy to understand” she smiles at them.

  The commander gives a heavy sigh, and then he responds to her.

  “My lady, we heard about that guild, but you got it wronged. Ednol knows only the information of what people knew already, even to me.” The commander now responds to her in a calmer manner than before.

  Ednol snapped. “I was lost for a second when she mentioned the guild,” he thought.

  When he hears his commander respond to her more calmly, he's now calming himself and even the way he thinks. He closed his eyes for a second and then looked back at her, but instead, in a calm manner he still felt shiver when he looked at Zenniah's eyes. He saw a different aura in her like she could swallow you whole without chewing.

  “...”

  “So, this means that my reasoning is not easy to believe, right commander?” she asked.

  “... ... My lady...”

  “My reason is that I hit my head so hard that I saw a glimpse of the future. Tell me, commander, why is not believable? Hmm...”

  “...”

  “Aah... There are not enough reasons, am I right? I guess... Then, let's see how far the future I saw.”

  Ednol and the commander start to feel instead of nervousness they felt fear for the very first time in their life.

  “Sh**... What this kind of feeling!!” they don’t know that both of them had the same thought.

  “...”

  “...”

  “Either you are shocked or something, that you can’t respond to me immediately, I don’t give a da**!!” she said and continued.

  “Well, let's see... Commander... Hmm... Your guild name is ‘inky asylum’ the leader of the naevus inky guild. Tell me if I’m wrong now commander?” she looks at him in the eyes and smiles.

  She saw the commander was shocked and didn’t even hide how shocked he was. Even Ednol that trying to be calm was now showing his frowning face to her.

  “That guild name, only our few members knew it. How come she knows?” Ednol thought. “Not to mention that was a very private matter to our leader.” Ednol looked at him how shocks he was.

  “Ooh... I like the faces of both of you now” she smiles while showing her perfect teeth. “Should I continue?”

  “My lady, get to the point.” Now the commander is using the character of a leader.

  “Let's say, we believed you. But telling us we are the guild is unbelievable, not to mention telling me that I’m the leader of that guild.” The commander was now smiling back at her.

  “Hmm... How stubborn. Gives me a headache” she sighs. “Should I tell you also your hiding places, commander?”

  The smiling face of the commander was gone in a minute when he heard it.