Plan: Part One

"And this amount is enough to entice a Transformed Knight such as Red Hare?"

Hex put the scroll away. He saw Sterling look at him in shock. 

"You think I should react with fear and try to flee?" Hex asked, his voice laced with mockery. He didn't know who he was mocking though. Perhaps himself. 

He barely escaped a life-and-death situation a couple of days ago. He didn't expect to be in danger so soon after coming to another country. At the same time, he had gone numb to the feeling. Facing people, creatures, or even deity-like beings didn't faze him as much as it should.

"I don't know how the news got out so fast," he continued. "Maybe we are still close to the borders with Asterella."

"Perhaps," Sterling agreed. Hex kept staring at him, waiting for his reply. Sterling looked confused at first but then remembered.