Denial

The question was a wild card that was thrown at him. Not only that, the one who threw it at him was a little girl that Ahli assumed to supposedly not know about the card mages. Which is why he got multiple questions in his mind ready to be unveiled. But before that, he had to make the girl did not tell any single person knew about the fact that he is a card mage.

"I, don't know what you're talking about."

Ahli gave the girl a smile and drank his ale. He then tried to avoid eye contact with her by taking more ale from the barrel. The girl somehow followed him and even tried to put herself in Ahli's view.

"Oh, don't act like a fool. I know for sure that on your waist is the tool that a card mage use. The one where they summoned their cards."