Chapter 9

Chapter 9 – Runaway (9)

There was one more piece of information I gathered during the pursuit. Seemingly a thick encirclement was underway. Although I encountered squadrons in every direction, the encirclement wasn’t in place yet. This meant that the pursuit squad knew the direction I was taking.

How did they know?

Let’s take a step back for a bit. Since Hestia was in charge of the whole pursuit, the success of the pursuit squads had to be due to her instructions. She had to know the path that I was taking.

How could she know that?

I was stumped. No... let's look at it another way.

I was heading in the direction of the cave to escape the cold during the night. The reason being the blanket I’d brought along was thinner than expected.

Wait a minute! I stole this blanket from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs! That said, there was a possibility that Hestia was aware of my situation.

Dammit! Was my destination revealed too?