Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 836 - 101: The 3rd Possibility

Chapter 836: Chapter 101: The 3rd Possibility

"The key lies in their purpose for doing this." Pannis stroked his chin, furrowing his brows tightly as he spoke, "There’s not enough time, and I can only think of three different possibilities for their purpose, but I can’t be sure which one it is."

"The first possibility should be Felic’s response." Muir toyed with the Flaron Harp, setting his speech to appropriate music, sounding like he was reciting a hymn, "From his previous reaction, it is clear he was displeased with us disturbing Master Fila. Thus, after receiving the message, and just happening to see Samoer and Jonas, knowing they were not in their own territories, and knowing the Prince was coming to inspect the Mountain Watching Fortress, he used this timing gap, found two people to disguise as those two Mage lords, and told us this true message. The ultimate goal was to make us leave quickly, not using brain-racking matters to disturb Master Fila’s rest time anymore. However, this possibility does have some loopholes, so it should probably be the lowest priority."

"Yes, it ranks last among the three possibilities," Pannis nodded and said, "First, the timing doesn’t align, second, two incidents happening together could be coincidental, three could be coincidental, but if everything happens together and is still considered coincidental, it would be somewhat insulting to our intelligence. We just happened to reach Fiery City, he just happened to receive this message, Samoer and Jonas just happened to meet him, the Prince just happened to come to the Mountain Watching Fortress, and he just happened to have two people who could disguise as the Mage lords. If I have to believe that these can happen together by coincidence, I might as well believe that a loser just happened to find an artifact left by Lord Yarra and became the best in the world."

"You’re not allowed to peek at my books anymore." Lina glared at Pannis sidelong and loudly snapped her novel shut.

"So, the second possibility is that someone really is helping us from behind, right?" Catherine picked up on Pannis’ train of thought, "Over the past year, more than once I’ve felt this, each time there’s something involving the Divine Servant, we always inadvertently uncover part of it, as someone once said, any event that seems to happen by chance actually has its inevitable aspect behind it, especially cases like these seeming coincidences. If someone is worried about us receiving the news too late, missing the chance to catch the clues, hence informed us earlier, it wouldn’t be incomprehensible, and combined with our previous experiences, including the Living Pillar Ritual, including running into those two leopard-type Modified magical beasts, including the Marsh Stalker incident, putting these together, this might also be the same person or group of people, secretly aiding us. Yet, this person definitely does not want us to know their identity, otherwise, there would be no need to go to such lengths to conceal their existence."

"That is a possibility," Pannis said, "but that possibility actually also has something off about it."

"You must be talking about the style of operation," Catherine agreed, "I also feel something off, it doesn’t match their or their previous style. According to their previous style, it’s more about influencing the other party, making the other party’s actions just happen to appear on our inevitable path, or setting up some clues, making the actions of others just be discovered by us, but this time it’s the opposite, it’s influencing us, informing us in advance about an incident that had already occurred. Of course, it can be explained by the incident happening suddenly, leaving them unable to set up clues like before, but even with such an explanation, as you said, it still feels quite off."

"So, the third possibility is the biggest," Muir interjected, then soon after, everyone almost simultaneously fell into silence, each person gravely contemplating with their heads bowed down.

"Ahem." Nicholas coughed twice, the conversation hadn’t excluded him, and he heard every word, although he was unclear about some specific events, but with his experience, he could guess roughly what it entailed. Thus, when everyone fell into silence, he broke the quietness of the tavern, "If I’m not mistaken, the third possibility, actually resembles the first one you discussed, from someone not wanting you to continue staying in Fiery City, hence using this information to get you relocated from Fiery City, maybe even from Butte Plateau sooner?"

"Yes, Your Highness, you are quite accurate in your guess," Pannis responded in a muffled voice, "indeed, the third guess has a substantial possibility, the other party was eager to pass this message to us, using our regard for the Sands of Time and Divine Servant to bait us into shifting our focus. However, you’ve got one thing wrong, Your Highness."

"Wrong?" Nicholas was taken aback; he was confident in his guess, but Pannis said there was a mistake, making him puzzled and asked, "May I know where it is wrong?"

"They did not use this information." Catherine clenched her teeth, her expression ugly as she said, "Very likely, from the beginning, they created this message on purpose to achieve the goal of relocating us from Butte Plateau."

"Um, this..." As the heir to a great Empire, Nicholas had seen many dark actions and even overseen a number personally, but to create a massacre that would kill nearly a thousand people just to achieve a minor goal was even difficult for him to accept, so Nicholas could only reply with a wry smile, "I’m sorry, I don’t doubt you, but this kind of action seems too insane, a bit hard to believe."

"I also remembered a problem," Pannis didn’t explain his train of thought to Nicholas but suddenly said to Catherine, "Do you remember the scene when we first met?"

"Crying Cave?" Catherine seemed to recall past events, her expression slightly softened, her voice also gentler, "Of course, I will probably never forget it in my life. Hmm, you must be referring to the Sands of Time, that was our first encounter with this organization."

"Do you still remember the two people in Crying Cave who attacked the adventurers?" Pannis said, "Do you remember their most distinct features?"

"One fat and one thin?" Catherine’s memories slowly surfaced, and with a sudden realization, she said, "Right, at that time from the Eye of the Mage, we caught a glimpse of their images for a few seconds. Although they intentionally used broad robes and paddings to alter their figures, their most distinct feature, the combination of one fat and one thin, could not be concealed."