Unexpected Follower

"What is this?" Seth asked one night, a few days later. Rody was invited to the palace by the King that day. After an entire day of discussion, when Rody returned that evening he remained inside the study room of the Summer Palace. Soon after that, he called for Seth and showed Seth the map.

"This looks like a map." Seth narrowed his eyes as he carefully looked at it for a moment. He then smiled and said, "It looks like a military map."

"This is the map of the military base of the dwarfs’ Hakone Kingdom and the placement of its soldiers." Rody looked serious. "The King gave this to me today. I brought it back to study."

Seth gently drummed the table with his fingers. His expression did not reveal his swinging innermost feelings. He then casually asked, "Have you decided to help the King?"