A Demon's Journey

In the next couple of days, Inquisitor Frog and Inquisitor Rat received information through their personal links that a few ministers from the Crown Prince's faction had started a secret trade firm.

The motive of this trading firm was to take over the trading of the raw materials for array from the King's officials.

The creation of this trading firm wasn't publicized, and no minister had actually taken direct control over it.

It should have been very difficult for Inquisitor Frog and Inquisitor Rat to find their connections to this trading firm.

The one thing that spoke louder than words was the money reaching their mansion.

Both Inquisitor Frog and Inquisitor Rat had contacts within various carriage drivers that carried this money to the minister's houses.

Inquisitor Frog and Inquisitor Rat received information on the other end that the raw materials had been stolen en route.

The fact that nearly a similar worth of money was sent to these minister's houses made them understand that these ministers were actually running a two-layered business.

On the surface, they were cooperating with the King's orders while under the table. They were stealing the raw materials of the array and then selling them privately. Thus, increasing their personal wealth.

This action was akin to betraying the King, though.

Inquisitor Frog and Inquisitor Rat immediately informed the King about this matter.

"Such a thing is occurring now?! David's faction is getting out of control… They seem to have stayed in power for too long!" The King was stunned to hear this information.

The two Inquisitors had nothing to say regarding those words.

"Apprehend those ministers!" The King gave his order.

The Inquisitors nodded their heads and were going to carry out those orders.

"Do we use our powers as Inquisitors or apprehend them through the Law Enforcement Branch?" Inquisitor Frog was curious about this part.

The King remained silent for a couple of seconds before he replied, "Use the Law Enforcement Branch. It's still not time to reveal the presence of Inquisitors in this matter."

"As you command, your majesty!" Inquisitor Frog and Inquisitor Rat replied collectively.

Meanwhile, Nancy Gill asked one of her friends to invite Rein Schwarz to a special party. At the party, she planned to meet with Rein Schwarz and find out all information regarding that secret employer and what he planned to do against the Sinyalian Kingdom.

Rein Schwarz accepted the invitation to the party. He thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to use this party to meet some new acquaintances.

The party was in the evening. This was a birthday party of one of Nancy Gill's close friends' brothers.

In reality, she was planning to ditch this party. But she believed it would be a good opportunity to meet with Rein Schwarz here and concocted this plan.

If her friend's brother wasn't conducting a party today, then she would have merely asked her friend to arrange a banquet.

A celebratory banquet for hunting some sort of rare beast. Nancy could have easily arranged the beast's corpse.

Fortunately for her, she didn't need to go through all that trouble.

Rein Schwarz entered the party. The party was occurring in a large garden. The grass was neatly cut, while there were many food and drink stalls in the garden.

The food and drinks appeared exquisite, and one couldn't help but salivate at the thought of ingesting it.

Rein Schwarz went to talk to a few men standing near the bartender's section.

Only by accompanying these men for a drink would he be able to have some small talk with them.

While talking, most men praised Rein Schwarz. They had heard how he had received a massive order from the Walsh Dukedom that had greatly enhanced the Merchant Union's revenue.

Rein Schwarz responded to their praise by lauding them in return.

As these guys continued to converse, Rein Schwarz's attention was drawn to a specific woman who had just entered the party from the entryway.

He knew this woman and couldn't prevent his heart from beating a bit faster than normal. It was Nancy Gill, the heiress of the Gill Merchant Family.

Nancy's appearance was bound to attract him since she had groomed up specifically to captivate Rein Schwarz.

Naturally, Rein Schwarz wasn't the only one glancing in her direction. Many other men looked at her, very surprised at this new look from her.

Instead of wearing traditional clothing, Nancy wore a top that looked smaller for her and a long skirt that skillfully concealed her long legs. Because of the small top, her midriff was slightly visible, making it appear incredibly sexy.

Her breasts couldn't be considered very large, but her face was quite beautiful. The current hairstyle really suited her looks.

Nancy smirked internally when she saw Rein Schwarz staring at her for a couple of minutes.

She had to approach him now. And it was quite easy for her to do so.

Rein Schwarz was standing next to the stall that served the drinks. She could easily approach him under the pretext of getting something to drink.

When Rein Schwarz noticed that Nancy was approaching his direction, he immediately averted his gaze and looked elsewhere.

However, he still couldn't help but peek in Nancy's direction when he thought she wasn't looking.

Nancy continued to move in that direction confidently as she ignored all the looks she received from men.

"Get me a shot of vodka," Nancy spoke.

The bartender immediately began to create a shot of vodka for her.

Nancy looked around and acted as if she just noticed Rein Schwarz, "…Hey, Rein! Is that really you?"

Internally, Rein Schwarz was excited to know that Nancy wanted to talk to him. He quickly calmed down his emotions to reply, "Yeah. It was Kiara who invited me to this party. I had nothing better to do, so I thought, why not? Thus here I am."

Nancy spoke with a smile, "Same for me."

Soon, the vodka shot was prepared. Nancy gulped that down in one go and then turned in Rein Schwarz's direction, "Do you wanna catch up?"

"Yes!" Rein Schwarz couldn't conceal his excitement. He was internally relieved when he saw that Nancy wasn't startled at that burst of excitement.

In fact, she showed him a smile, telling him that she really wanted to talk to him.

The two took seats around a round table as they faced each other.

It was Rein Schwarz who began to tell how things had been going on for him. Nancy listened to him while quietly taking a sip of her drink.

She could see his excitement and how his eyes were roaming all over her body.

Nancy did ask him whether he met some special individual in the past few months. But Rein Schwarz remained quiet about Edwin's presence.

He knew that if he ever revealed information regarding Edwin, he would lose Edwin's trust.

Edwin had given him a lot of things. His current fame was mostly due to Edwin. He wasn't going to betray him like this.

However, Nancy also wasn't planning to get up without extracting every bit of information from Rein Schwarz.

As the party was about to end, she took the initiative and kissed him.. After the kiss ended, she whispered in his ears, "Come to my house after this."