Junta & Wizarding World
#60 Suspicion
The sound of the spinning wheel was one of the sounds the Junta could hear clearly, plus perhaps the sound of a gentle breeze that occasionally passed through the Junta and Zonya who were on their carriage. It was still early in the morning so that the wind that occasionally blew was cold, fortunately the robe that Junta and Zonya wore could provide a little protection from the cold wind.
“Don't you feel like we're moving too fast?”
The Zonya slightly turned her head back to look at Junta then said.
“Better we move quickly than late”
“I know we need to go to Varka kingdom quickly to complete that special request given to you, but don't you feel sorry for Alicia?”
Junta said that while slightly turning his head back.
“I've never seen him sleep in a car like this, I think he's exhausted”
“This is not that I force you to move fast, but you know for yourself the situation, this does not mean I also like to move with a tempo like this”
“What about other 5 classes? Do they also move quickly?”
”I'm very sure the other class 5 actually moves faster than us, I doubt there is a class 5 that is not aware of this threat”
The junta did not respond back and simply folded his hands while looking at the road ahead.
Some days the Junta team moves quickly, Junta understands that this hasty movement is indeed due to circumstances that force them to move as quickly as possible. But after seeing the unusual Alicia sleeping inside the carriage was lying there with Kou, The junta began to think that it seemed like this squad was not getting enough rest which meant that they were moving too fast.
The Junta did understand the circumstances so far, although the Junta did not know how strong a class 8 monster was, but the Junta knew 1 thing for sure, though, this is a situation that threatens everyone and is very dangerous. Although preventive measures are important, what else can prevent a problem from surfacing, Junta still thinks that it is better for Zonya to regulate stamina or energy, he said, a fight without energy or stamina is a tough fight to win, at least that's what his father and mother once said.
Too preoccupied with his thoughts, Junta was a little surprised when he returned to reality and saw in front of him there was a city gate guarded by 1 guard, which was, I don't know when they've been near the city.
The gatekeeper looked lethargic and pale, very much like a sick person but still forced himself to work, indeed in the previous cities his guard also looked like this, too, but the Junta felt that this one city guard his condition looked worse than the city guards in the previous cities.
In contrast to the condition of the gatekeeper, the atmosphere of this city looks a little lively, although it can still be considered a deserted city, at least the crowd here looks bigger than the previous cities. There were still many shops open and quite a number of pedestrians passing by, there were still some people shouting in the streets to promote their wares.
After a few minutes of walking down the street, Zonya stopped her train right in front of a building that seemed to be an inn.
“A-Are we there.?”
Alicia suddenly said like that in a sleepy tone.
“Ya Alicia, please wake up Kou then follow us into the”
The junta said that while getting off the train, following Zonya who had already gone down and went inside.
Unlike the inn in the previous city, this one inn had quite a number of people sitting on the chairs available in the room, which eventually created the impression that this inn was alive. It is not as many inns in the kingdom of Aruf, but at least this inn is more alive than the previous inn.
“Please 2 rooms for 1 night uncle”
His zone spoke like that while putting a few gold coins on the table.
“Room number 24 and 25”
And replied to the man guarding the inn in a tone that seemed a little cold.
“The state of this city looks a little different from other cities that we previously visited, what in this city everything is still going well?”
His zone said that while taking the key placed on the table.
“Nothing went well during the war, I myself also do not know how this city can still live while other cities have started to look like dead city”
The man who looked like he was 40 years old looked at his Zonya meticulously from top to bottom before he finally said.
“What made you come to this kingdom? If you want to take a vacation you took the wrong time you know?”
“No no, you can assume that I'm just someone who happens to pass”
“It just so happens to pass ya, you do look like a strong person, but I still advise you to be careful when you are in this kingdom, things get messed up here, too, and things can turn bad in just seconds”
“Thank you, I'll remember that”
After Zonya avenged the man, Alicia and Kou suddenly appeared behind Junta and Zonya.
“This is your room key, go inside and rest lah”
“E-Eh? Where are you going Zonya?”
“I will go to the Association briefly to see what to do, just relax, for today we will take a full rest”
After saying that, Zonya quickly stepped her feet away from Junta, Alicia and Kou and quickly disappeared from their sight after she passed the exit.
“Sister, it might be a good idea if you go with Zonya”
Kou said like that while looking at the exit that Zonya had just walked through.
“I'll accompany Alicia to rest in room”
“Alright, you do have a point Kou, rest with Alicia, I'll catch up with Zonya”
Upon seeing Kou nod and Alicia smiling, Junta quickly stepped out of the inn to catch up with Zonya, fortunately Zonya was on foot and still not too far away from the inn, so that the Junta can quickly catch up with him.
“What are you doing here?”
“Kou told me to go with you, and I felt that Kou had a point”
”Hey, I am class 5, I can take care of myself”
“Already, there is no harm in fighting with others in a fight that you can win by yourself right?”
Zonya just shook her head in response.
As he walked in silence, the Junta turned his head to the left and right several times to get a closer look. The streets are not too crowded, though, but the Junta felt that this city had done a very good thing because it could maintain the state of the city so as not to become a deserted city like the cities that the Junta visited before.
To the left and right of the Junta, there were 2 or 3 merchants who were shouting to promote their wares, some of them were seen to have a lot of visitors, some of them seem to have no visitors. The voices of people who are talking can also be heard Junta although not many, people who pass - tares also look busy with the things they carry. This city is indeed not as many cities as in the kingdom of Aruf, but the Junta appreciates enough the efforts of the city administrators who have done their best so that the atmosphere here is not like the previous cities.
Not feeling Junta now can see the Association building, the distance between the Association building and the Junta inn is actually not too far away, maybe because the Junta is on foot, so the distance seems a little far away.
Inside the building was apparently also a little different from the Association building in the previous city, the atmosphere here looks more crowded even though the atmosphere feels a little weak. There was no sound of cheers or shouts of excitement that the Junta usually heard in the Association building, there were only people who were staring silently at the cup that was in front of them while looking dizzy thinking about something.
“Zonya, class 5, does the Association have anything for me?”
His zone said like that while showing his necklace.
“Ah, of course, where I put it..”.
And the receptionist looked puzzled as she moved her hands under the table.
“Ah, here it is”
And the woman placed 1 brown envelope on the reception desk.
“I don't see any other staff here, did you take care of this building yourself?”
“Ah, the other staff is resting, they are going out and will be back soon, do you have any business with any of the staff in this building Zonya?”
“No, no, I'm just a little curious where the other staff here” went
“Ahaha...The association looks very busy lately, so we work harder than usual, so when we see there is time to rest, we rest, ah, please don't tell anyone!”
Zonya held up the brown envelope with her right hand and said
“Sure, no problem, by the way thank you for this”
“Ah, yes, of course there is no problem, talk to me if you want to know about something”
His zone replied to the receptionist with a nod before finally going to a nearby table.
“Alright, let's see what we have to do now”
Zonya said that while opening the brown envelope she had in her hand.
The contents of the envelope turned out to be more than before, there were probably about 3 papers held by Zonya, which signified that maybe the order this time was quite complicated and long.
Whether it is because Zonya read the papers quickly or not read them at all, Zonya is now finished reading the three papers containing the small writings.
“Do you really read it?”
”Of course, why?”
”You look very fast reading those papers.”
“Think I'm a little used to the Association's writing, although I actually wish they could enlarge their writing”
“It doesn't matter if you need time to read those papers you know? You don't want to miss anything else, do you?”
His zone paused for a moment then folded his hands together while saying.
”But, this easy command has a little reason to worry me”
”Why?”
”Association said that The Fingers seemed to be suspecting them, so all class 5 were forbidden to leave the city or enter the city for a while”
The junta who seemed to understand what Zonya was thinking said.
“Do you think this has anything to do with our mission yesterday?”
”That's one of them, yesterday we almost got caught, do you think The Fingers suspected the Association because of that?”
“Did the Association not say any of these issues on that paper?”
“Nothing, they said that they are investigating this further”
Zonya said like that while looking at some paper she put on the table.
“There is a possibility that due to yesterday's incident The Fingers suspected the Association, but I think there may be other reasons, such as another class 5 that may not be careful when executing orders from Association”
“So, since the Association is now under suspicion, what is the order this time Zonya?”
“Very easy, we just need to go somewhere to retrieve the information collected by, say the information network belongs to Association”
“Only that?”
”Only that, we are also not allowed to go out or enter the city for a while, so I think we can take advantage of this time to rest”
“Good, then let's go get that information then go to the inn and rest”
Junta stood up, but Zonya did not follow, she was seen thinking of something.
“Do you still think about The Fingers' suspicion problem?”
“Yes.. I feel the Association must be doing this secretly and very carefully, how could The Fingers know.. Is there really another class 5 that makes mistakes when running tasks.?”
After saying that, Zonya stood up and raised her hands like one who did not know what to do and said.
“I think this is The Fingers for you”
After saying that, Zonya and Junta went out of the building and walked towards where they were headed.
Not knowing where they should walk, Junta decided to follow Zonya behind him while looking at the surroundings. And of course nothing has changed, the city streets are still in the same state.
While walking in silence behind Zonya, Junta noticed that Zonya occasionally looked at the surroundings with a suspicious and alert look, after reading the report from the Association that contained such a thing, he said, The Junta feels that Zonya's actions are now reasonable, but still the Junta feels that Zonya is a little too visible in suspecting the surrounding situation.
“You look too much Zonya”
Junta said like that while moving his legs quickly in order to walk beside Zonya.
“The Fingers could have attacked anytime and anywhere, did you forget the last time The Fingers gave us a warning?”
Zonya looked at the road in front of him while saying.
“Suspicious Association means suspecting all its members, and the largest likely to be attacked, is us the 5” class
“I'll help you see the situation around, so try to calm yourself, just if you are too blatant like this, then The Fingers will actually be more suspicious”
Zonya seemed to think of something and then said.
“Alright, I leave that to you, we will walk quickly towards our destination, so stay alert”
After saying that, Zonya sped up her footsteps and of course Junta was also forced to follow the rhythm of Zonya's footsteps.
So far the Junta has not felt anything strange, the city streets still look normal and there is no suspicious movement. To be honest Junta was also a little doubtful, did The Fingers have the courage to make a mess in the morning like this?
In the end, nothing strange happened, Zonya suddenly turned into a building indicating they had reached their destination.
Their destination was apparently a bar, the bar looked a little crowded with some visitors sitting scattered on the tables there, the bar was not a big bar, it was a big one, but it's quite spacious and pleasing to the eye.
“Please 1 drink any cold”
“If I'm something warm”
Zonya and Junta were sitting next to each other at the long table behind which was a tall man carrying a glass glass.
“You guys look just came in this city after a long trip”
The man suddenly gave the drinks ordered by Zonya and Junta while talking like that. It was unexpected that this man was fast enough in preparing the order.
“That's it, a tiring journey, by the way I'm Zonya, class 5, I'm here to take something”
“Ah, so apparently, I did not think that the Association would send class 5 to take this”
The tall man looked busy looking for something under the table after saying that.
“So, exactly what is going on, I heard The Fingers are suspecting the Association?”
The tall man looked around after finding what he was looking for, then said.
“Because today is quiet I don't think it's a problem to talk about it here”
“Sepi? I don't think this many people can be said to be lonely”
“Quietly, the ones here all work for the Association, so it's safe to talk about this”
The man handed the brown envelope to Zonya before finally saying.
”Because you're class 5 and you know about this, I think the Association has told the other class 5, it's true The Fingers are suspecting the Association now, I think, the reason we still don't know and we're investigating it”
“What because there is a class 5 who made a mistake in his mission?”
“That is indeed the possibility of Zonya, but as I said, we are still looking into this, I myself think that this happened because the Association itself is too visible in carrying out their operations, he said, I mean they command all 5th class right? Too many events in the adjacent time can cause a person's suspicious feeling”
“That is indeed another possibility, but I doubt enough that the Association acted blatantly or not carefully”
“That's what we're looking into right now, the reason why The Fingers suspects Association”
Zonya took the brown envelope on the table and said.
“Is this all I need to bring”
The man nodded then said.
“Maybe this is just a little advice for you class 5, but as long as you are in this kingdom, you better be careful to whoever you meet”
“I received the same advice at the inn, I heard everything went awry?”
“That's true, but that's not what I'm talking about here, we found something between the government of the Slyn kingdom and The Fingers, so I hope you're more careful”
“Something? You mean The Fingers and Slyn Kingdom working together?”
Zonya said like that with a surprised look on her face.
“I'm not saying they're working together, but what you're thinking is what I'm thinking, we're still investigating whether this is a good relationship or a bad relationship, in essence there is something between the government of the kingdom of Slyn and The Fingers, so I really hope you are careful when carrying out your mission”
His silent zone seemed to be thinking of something deep.
If it is true that the kingdom of Slyn and The Fingers are working together, then the Junta feels understanding about how the kingdom of Slyn can still survive in this war for quite a long time.
After a moment of silence, Zonya said.
“Then, I will bring this to the Association, but before that, maybe can you give the results of the investigation into this Slyn kingdom matter to me? Maybe a duplicate of the original document or something
“Sure, when the investigation has come to fruition, I will tell the Association to send you a copy of its documents, he said, although I actually believe the Association will tell you class 5 this problem without the need I recommend”
“Thank you, then we have to go now”
His zone suddenly stood up after drinking out his drink.
“Sure, remember, beware”
Zonya smiled as she placed a few coins on the table, then said.
“Thank you, I'll remember that”
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