Vana's POV
“The question now would be, Would you join the team or not?” King Gregory asked.
I thought of the King’s proposition, considering all the possible advantages I’ll get from it. Being part of the King’s investigative, shadow team means that my achievements won’t be publicized, and I’ll be working in the dark. All I can imagine is my skills not being appreciated enough.
But we’re also talking about the case of the Serpent and Scorpion as well, which is a cold case that Jerome and I were trying to solve. Our last conversation about that topic was a week ago, and since then, we’ve stopped on a dead-end, still waiting for a response in the request we asked from Professor Zander.
He didn’t forget, did he?
Even if we’re back to our guilds, there’s no assurance that we can compile evidence and search for information we need. Not only are we limited in
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