Chapter 76 : "The Pendragon Family)
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He was reluctant to move at first, but then he noticed where the Clone was going, and the subsequent realization making him finally move to where I was planning to go.
The Clone stared back, looking at Elaine as the brunette stared at the retreating Hekishoku and Sougyoku with a careful glance before actually moving forward and towards where the two siblings were once the strange duo had disappeared inside the nearby building.
Without wasting further time in staring at the retreating maid, the Clone paced quietly towards where the photographer was and, without sparing too much of a couple of words, managed to bribe the man in getting a commission from the man to offer a 'free' photo to the bespectacled blond and at the brunette that was now rushing to his side, and a copy of said photo back to him.
Moments passed as the scene began and concluded smoothly, with the experienced silver tongue of the man convincing the trio to share a photo, where Arthur unconsciously held the maid close to him much to the lady's light embarrassment.
Soon, the Clone moved back to where its creator was, humming happily as he walked inside the bar and took a seat by one of the unoccupied chair by the table where its creator and companion were sitting.
"Do you have it?" I inquired quietly, the clone nodding as it dispelled as he placed the picture on the table, dark particles rushing back to the shadow behind me.
Vali was the one that picked the photo with a sigh, lazily moving it to try and understand why I had gone as far as screw up the trailing just for that. "And how exactly is this going to help us, Hekishoku?"
Irritation dripped from his words and I tapped at the table with my finger.
"Arthur Pendragon isn't supposed to be lovey-dovey with that pretty lady, Sougyoku-kun," I started to explain with a quiet tone. "In fact, I'm surprised by the fact they are here in what seems to be a 'normal trip' in Germany-"
"Cease with the pointless details," Vali jumped in with a hint of anger. "Why is this important to our mission?"
"Le Fay is a renowned magician and so is our little chaser, Miss Elaine Westcott," I replied quickly, understanding that expanding on the lore now might sour things up with the moron. "The Pendragon Family is renowned to be part of the Golden Dawn, a paranormal society in England that has strong ties with Grigori… and yet we were not told anything about any mission from them."
"Perhaps Armaros forgot to tell us," He rebutted with a huff. "Knowing the man, he had to have wasted time making up that stupid costume of his and forgot about it."
I shrugged at that guess, that might be the case as well. "Or maybe there is something else going on. This is why we're checking with him now."
Just as those words left my lips, I reached down on my hoodie's pockets and picked up the radio that I had with me.
Activating the device, we were quickly granted some sound when we heard some cackling emerging from the other side.
I frowned at this first contact and sighed. "Sir, we have something to report back."
The cackling ended abruptly, the Researcher of Anti-Magic coughing a little at my sudden voice but he managed to recover soon enough.
"Oh right, Hekishoku. I hope things have gone smoothly with your first patrol."
"Peachy, sir, and-"
"Elaine Westcott, Arthur and Le Fay Pendragon," Vali interrupted slightly annoyed. "Are they here with an official mission from the Golden Dawn?"
There was silence from the other side, but soon the man sighed. "That's not possible. The Golden Dawn has sent no messages about some mission happening in Dresden. Why, what happened, Sougyouku?"
I shot a smug look at Vali and, despite the masks, he seemed to realize way too well what was going on, his posture tensing a little.
"We spotted them by District Rot, they seemed to be browsing around for ingredients, but I'm sure they were doing much more than a simple trip," I explained thoroughly. "Arthur had Caliburn with him."
"And that isn't something to bring in a simple trip." Armaros commented with a sigh. "I suppose you both are in a safe position to be reporting back."
"We will return soon," I proposed to Vali, the young Lucifer giving a distracted nod. "We need to include this odd circumstance with our current plans. Perhaps it's connected with the strange desertions."
"Perhaps," The Fallen Angel agreed. "I will see to alert both the Governor-General and the Grauzauberer about this. See you soon then."
The radio went silent and I sighed at this as I stared at my partner, noticing a strange posture he had adopted as his mask was directed at the table, away from looking at anything in particular.
"Is everything alright?" I inquired quietly, his head lifting a little at my question.
"I… I just felt… nothing," He stopped completely from commenting, his posture easing forcefully as he stood up and took the lead to make a path towards our headquarters.
Yet, despite the sudden decline to provide any answer to that behavior, I could already foresee that this wasn't nothing. And that this was going to be important somehow with how the situation was development.
Still, I didn't press him to tell me more, my mind shifting all its attention on the fact that Arthur and Le Fay had chosen this place where to be recruited in the Khaos Brigade and…
That had to mean something more than just some rogue magicians recruitment.
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A couple of hours had passed since we have made a safe return back to the big flat where Armaros was and… the situation had indeed escalated to a point I hadn't expected.
The investigations from the Grauzauberer had found a possible suspect behind the sabotage activities, with the new leader of the Hexennacht, Walburga, having started some struggles in some German cities against the control of the Magician Council.
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