I won't tell you
"Escort Else? Is she being arrested?" Alex asked. Of course, that was not what he actually meant by his question because they would not let her hold such a weapon and even protect her if she was a criminal.
What he meant was that Elsa was the daughter of some high-ranked military personnel who ran away from home and her parents ordered these advance mages to bring her back.
"No no, not at all. She is actually the daughter of someone very important and was just traveling through here so we were ordered to assist her safely because of how dangerous this place is" they explained with a laugh and Alex also laughed along with them.
Amidst the laughing, they could not help but stare at Alex's sword from time to time, but that was all they could do as they did not dare try to take it as they might offend Elsa by doing that.
"Alex!"