As Leon had expected, Rian confirmed that Dana had left the capital and roughly followed the Duke of Hamilton. Of course, he expected to go to Tertius Castle and stopped a wagon near it.

However, no matter how big Rian was, he could not enter the castle.

Looking at the gate, he tapped the floor with his feet.

How do I lure her outside?

He was pacing and very worried when he caught sight of someone familiar. It was Harbert.

He seemed nervous, but he was rushing out.

Rian went after him and blocked him.

“Hey.”

“Argh! Rian… Count Felice?

“You look like you’ve seen a ghost. Why are you coming out of the castle?”

“It’s… I heard there were defects in a few items, so I went to check.”

Harbert was embarrassed, but as an experienced merchant, he surrounded him with appropriate words. Rian didn’t seem to be very suspicious either.

“Did you see the wagon that just arrived? A girl must have been on board.”

“A girl?”

Harbert used his not-so-sharp brain.

The Grand Duke said that Rian might have a woman. But didn’t this mean that even Rian didn’t know?

“Well, I didn’t see. But I think there was a little problem. Soldiers rush… Look at that.”

Soldiers from Tertius Castle were scattered from place to place where Harbert pointed.

They seemed to look at people passing by, and ask something as if looking for someone. Rian looked sad.

“What’s wrong with him?”

Harbert said and shut his mouth. Rian approached the soldiers as if he couldn’t stand it. Then the soldiers asked him,

“Who are you looking for?”

Then the soldier looked at him with a grim look and Rian spoke,

“I’m looking for a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. Have you seen her?”

“Blonde and blue eyes? Are you talking about a woman living in this castle?”

“That’s…”

When one of the soldiers tried to answer, the person next to him grabbed his arm and cut off the words.

“I can’t tell you that. Bye.”

After they disappeared, Rian expected to be angry at the rude attitude, but instead, he grinned.

“She’s gone.”

Harbert sweated, wondering if he had told him something useless. If Rian was not the one who took Dana now, where did she go?

* * *

Lisa, Dana, and her party set up a room in the building opposite the Deniz merchants.

“Rian should be in the capital. I have to finish my work before he comes back.”

“Are you really going in? If you tell me the place, I’ll be back.”

“No, I’m the only one who knows that place. No one will come. I’ll go in a different direction. Lisa, you attract some attention.”

While Lisa and Dana were talking, Geras, who was looking around the top, returned. He was on his way back from delivering a letter written by Dana to Tertius Castle.

“Harbert seems to be away too. Merchants have all left for their area, and only a few middle managers remain.”

Dana met Lisa’s eyes at Geras’ explanation. Lisa nodded and spoke to Dana once again,

“Just take that item and go out right away. It won’t take long because it’ll look weird.”

“I’ll be right back. I’m the only one who knows that passage.”

“But what’s that? Does anyone recognize you?”

“You’ve seen it before, Lisa. My father only told me the location of the item. He just told me to find it at the Deniz merchants when it’s taken over by someone else.”

Geras urged them again,

“Come on, get up, it’ll be a headache if Herbert or other senior managers come. Many people recognize Lisa.”

Tom packed bags of herbs from outside. Unlike when she was rebuked by Lisa, it was now quite a lot.

“Let’s go.”

For now, Dana went into the merchant building with Lisa’s party. She rolled up her long blonde hair and hid it in a black hood, and she was still wearing a black top and bottom.

However, it was easy to recognize that she was a woman by her curved body. But still, it covered her eyes much more than feminine clothes.

First of all, Lisa went ahead and said hello to her acquaintance.

“How have you been?”

“Oh, Lisa. What’s up? You left as if you wouldn’t come back.”

“I’m here to sell some items.”

“Hey, Lisa. Did you see how the Deniz merchants treated me like a petty guy?”

The merchant dealing with Lisa was a middle manager, and he was a person who chose and managed the items to be distributed to the group.

Most of them were mass-produced or purchased mainly in small quantities and special items, so he didn’t seem to be of much interest in what Lisa, an individual, brought.

“First, look at it and tell me.”

When Lisa came out confidently, the merchant shrugged up, lowered, and approached them leisurely.

Dana whispered in Lisa’s ear in a voice that only she could hear.

“Lisa, me, wait…”

“Oh, yeah. You said you were in a hurry, right? Go ahead, it’s outside the building.”

Lisa responded moderately to Dana’s words as if she were going to do business. Dana quickly walked outside, and the middle manager didn’t really care about her.

The merchant, who was looking at what was in the bag, said as if he was surprised.

“Oh, this is Rosaveria. Where did you get this?”

“I can’t tell you that. I told you to check it first.”

Lisa only thought it was a herb, but she didn’t know it had the name Rosaveria. From the merchant’s reaction, it was clear that it was a fairly valuable medicine.