Chapter 42 Animal Language Part 6

The people who know everything live in Laterite, the small town of Red Moon. The place is very far away, it is on the other side of the island and transportation is between ships or planes. The journey was not easy, including gathering information. On the other hand, Culture asked for compensation for the information Lucas got.

"I'll think about it, but I have to go with you. No one can complain."

Said the annoying old man. This mission was supposed to be secret and outsiders were not allowed to participate. But he heard that the guy was very difficult to work with, maybe with the help of Culture. Lucas can get clearer information.

Before that, Lisa contacted Professor Abbe. He heard the conversation between Lisa and Professor Abbe.

[This is a bit difficult, I got all the information I could from certain people. Not very complete. Can this person be trusted?]

"I can't say, and besides, my parents' relationship with this old man is very good and has been for a long time. I guarantee that what he says is true. If there is a lie or something being covered up, we will be one step ahead of him.

Lucas heard a sigh on the other end of the line. The situation is quite difficult to assess.

[I know of a non-wizard organization that was founded in and then disbanded. A dark organization? I just heard about it, and it might be a new clue for you. I hope you can complete this mission quickly before the midterm. Before that, I would like to talk to Lucas privately.]

Something very secret and someone doesn't want to know. Lisa gave the flat object to Lucas.

[Professor Bathilda once assigned you a special mission to investigate a non-wizard organization. But I didn't expect that your mission would be to find the mastermind behind the attack on the city of Illois. Searching for the involvement of dark magical beasts, ultimately referring to the clues of non-wizard organizations and dark organizations. On the one hand, I heard that Peter and Cloe were both investigating a woman named Lorenna Timothee.]

"Yes, they're still investigating, but they haven't found anything. We are going to Laterite. Has the investigation of the woman named Lorenna Timothee been stopped or will it continue? It has something to do with attacks with technological objects."

[Because it has to do with the attack of a dark magical beast, which of course is harmful to non-wizards. But I cannot rule out the possibility of technological weapons attacking you. Just put it in the second option, you have to focus on investigating wizards who are related to dark magical beasts. And one more. Lucas, this is just an additional option. You don't have to do it. Investigating non-wizard organizations becomes the second option].

They had to go to Laterite to meet someone. Lisa, who leads a small team, has to discuss all of this with her three members. The meeting took place in a small and seemingly abandoned shop, where only two or three people in dull clothes were looking for food. None of them had an appetite due to the gloomy atmosphere of the tavern, but out of pity for the hunchbacked old man who owned the tavern, Lucas treated them to a full glass of frothy soda.

Peter and Cloe's mood was much worse as the investigation turned up nothing. They just followed Lorenna to places that weren't suspicious. They went to the market, the supermarket, the clothing store or spent more time watching the orphanage kids cleaning the orphanage house. Nothing suspicious at all.

Cloe downed the glass of soda, leaving only half of it, and slammed the glass down on the table. "I don't like that woman, she's arbitrary with her foster kids. She yells and treats her foster children like servants. The non-wizard justice says nonsense. She is arbitrary herself. Everything this woman says is just nonsense.

"Saying all that is just nonsense, sometimes it has to be proven by the truth. Beautiful Cloe has to be brave to do justice."

His smile was too wide and implied teasing, but then again, maybe he just wanted to tease the ponytailed girl who was very easy to tease. His words sometimes made Cloe's face flush or red, as if it were burning with anger.

"I don't care about you, Lucas. Don't provoke my anger."

"I'm just complimenting you because you're beautiful, right?" Lucas showed an increasingly wide smile that looked annoying.

Lucas and Cloe are like a cat and a mouse, always at odds, perhaps like a children's cartoon with a bluish-gray cat and a brown mouse. Wherever the two are together, there is no peace and quiet, but rather quarrels or attacks on each other that cause a stir.

Peter, as a friend of the two, couldn't mediate and could only remain silent. But not when Lisa was around. The bespectacled girl swung her wand on the table, making a loud noise that made several people in the shop turn to the source of the sound.

"Just because I'm a pleasant person, you make a scene in front of me? I still won't tolerate it."

Quite an embarrassing commotion. On the other hand, Lucas and Cloe, who were elbowing each other, looked really embarrassed. Lucas accidentally grabbed her small, slender waist, but he really enjoyed it. Just because Cloe has an annoying and irritable nature, but the girl has beautiful and ideal body proportions.

"Oh, no. I'm sorry." Lucas held his arms up, his face straight and completely innocent.

They could have fought and destroyed this gloomy shop, but their actions clearly made Lisa angry. His cane poked Lucas and Cloe in the head at the same time. It is very fast and cannot be seen by the ordinary eye.

They were just discussing and making plans. Meeting someone in Laterite naturally made Cloe and Lucas a bit suspicious. They agreed to keep an eye out for Culture.

From the city of Illois to Laterite, it takes five hours by fast train or only two hours by plane. To complete the mission, he decided to take the plane.

"This is the first time I've left home, I didn't expect everyone to be so dependent on technology. Hah, lazy humans. Earlier wizards could do everything with the power of their bodies, running here and there, no need for technology". Culture wears a furry coat that looks worn, but not with his behavior of always snorting along the way.

He was like an old man trapped in a cave for too long, hating the increasingly modern world. His mouth never stopped making incoherent comments.

The city of Illois is located in valleys and mountains, but with a modern city in the middle of the valley. Apart from fast trains and trams, which are the means of transportation, the city of Illois has an airport for domestic travel only. Unlike Moon Gap Airport, which has both domestic and international flights.

What Culture says is true. Technology makes it easy for everyone to do activities, but people become lazy. The hologram card in his hand is very practical, apart from being an identification card. The hologram card in your hand is multifunctional. To buy plane tickets, you don't need to queue up at the tube-shaped counter, just look for public transportation services and order tickets, it's very easy, and check the tickets before getting on the plane.

"I really don't know how to use this damn thing." Culture grumbled, slamming the hologram card against the metal railing. People whispered and stared in amazement.