Zaos sighed once he put on the formal clothes that he always wore during parties. He disliked those… even though they were so soft and light. He felt way more comfortable wearing his armor and carrying his big-ass sword.
"It is just like they say, the clothes really make the man," Erean said with his arms crossed and while grinning.
Fortunately, things were sowhat simple for man. They basically wore the sa kind of clothes at parties, at least in the Sairus kingdom, but won rarely wore the sa dresses two tis in a year. At least things were that much practical to him.
"Did you notice anything off until now?" Zaos asked since Erean was observing things through the window of their room.
"No, everyone looks pretty much like ordinary people," Erean said, taking a glance outside again. "Outside from the kids and the won, the n here are a bit out of shape, since they are rchants and all. Despite that, not a single one of them walk like they can protect themselves in a fight."
"What are the chances of so infiltrator faking that kind of posture?" Zaos asked.
"Pretty low," Erean said. "Modesty aside, I am pretty good at judging those that seem like good fighters and those who aren't."
Zaos almost ntioned the three riders that they t on the first day of travel who were ard and looked attentively at the carriage, and he didn't notice, but Zaos decided to keep quiet about it.
"Let's see… will you stay here throughout the whole night?" Zaos asked while looking through the window as well.
"Yeah, why?" Erean asked.
"If sothing happens outside, I will fire a Fire Sword through that window," Zaos pointed at the tallest window right above the entrance door of the mansion.
"All right, it might take a while even for the guards outside the mansion to notice sothing," Erean nodded. "That will alert them and we will have room to enter once they leave their positions."
"Well, I am going then," Zaos said.
"Try not to fool around too much, rember, you are on duty," Erean smirked.
Zaos sighed. Erean was treating Zaos like he was an old friend that change happened since they sparred. While Zaos didn't dislike those, who were practical and had the sa mindset as him.
"I had considered learning how to throw knives and enhance them by using magic, but I gave up on it when I found those crossbows," Zaos thought. "In a situation like this, I can see that was a mistake."
Zaos wasn't exactly completely vulnerable without his sword and armor, but still, the presence of so tools made Zaos feel more confident in his abilities. While Zaos approached the mansion gate, he noticed that so of the guests were looking at him. Probably because he was alone, and his clothes were different from others. Compared to the others, he seed a bit old-fashioned. Regardless, he couldn't care less about that.
Once Zaos entered the mansion, he looked around, trying to have a good view of all the guests inside the mansion. People were pretty relaxed inside. Those who hadn't greeted Noemi and her family were making a line to do so. They were pretty much wearing the sa clothes as the previous night, but Noemi was wearing a pink dress. A few ters to the left side of the Ojala family, Zaos found Drannor and Aria. Aria was wearing a dress similar to Noemi's. She probably received that as a gift… even though she was supposed to be the one to give gifts.
Since Zaos had been invited only because he was a friend of Aria and because he was her bodyguard, he decided to move to the corner as usual in order to have a good view of the entire room. Since Drannor and Aria were close enough to the Ojala family, he could take quick action if sothing were to happen to both groups.
After a while, Drannor and Aria finally noticed that Zaos had shown up. Still, their behavior seed weird. They walked towards him as if they couldn't see him.
"Oh? I thought this was a statue, but it is actually Zaos," Drannor said. "Who could have guessed it?"
"Ha-ha, very funny," Zaos said.
In the end, it seed it was just a joke the blockheads had prepared. Aria was trying really hard not to burst into a burst of laughter. They couldn't help but do that since that was his usual modus operandi.
"You guys should get going," Zaos said. "It seems the Ojala family wants to introduce Aria to so families of the region."
"What are you going to do?" Aria asked.
"I am going to keep myself incognito in order to have the chance to check every one of those people from afar," Zaos replied. "Anyway, don't look for too much, or these people will notice that I am a guard."
"Let's get going then," Drannor said. "Regardless, don't start liking this kind of secretive task, Zaos. Guys like us don't suit that kind of role."
Zaos couldn't agree more, but he didn't know anyone else who could do that in the end. Just as Zaos imagined, at so point during the party, the Ojala family invited Aria to stay nearby once most of the guests had greeted them.
At so point, Zaos couldn't help but relax a little. After four hours of the party, he didn't notice anything going on with the guests. The only weird thing that he noticed was the fact that so guests apparently were laughing too much. They sure were happy. Even though Zaos couldn't see them drinking or eating anything…
"Hmm?" Zaos frowned when he looked around and noticed that only a small group of people didn't eat or drink anything."
Zaos checked the surroundings again and confird that. Soon after, he tried to look for that group of individuals that seed so out of place, but he only caught a glimpse of them leaving the mansion. Zaos decided to follow them, but he was forced to stop when he noticed that the guests were suddenly sitting on so chairs and quickly falling asleep.
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