“Commandment, I came to tell you how the lure worked… Did something happen?”
“It is nothing.”
I blinked as I looked around the silent laboratory.
That sure looked like a lie.
If it were really nothing, there was no way all the mages would have their mouths shut and their heads lowered like that.
“Timaryuk.”
I turned my head and sought out the person here who was worst at lying.
Receiving my gaze, Timaryuk blinked a couple of times, then eventually opened his mouth.
“Sir Zrya and Miss Commandment fought again.”
“Ah, Hyung! I told you not to say anything!”
“Meister added a few words from the side and nearly got punched.”
“Ah, fuck.”
Yes.
Life was so much easier when you had someone tactless and honest around.
Who needed a separate observer?
I handed Timaryuk a meat skewer in gratitude for his honest statement and for sparing me trouble.
The meat skewers I had bought on the way back from patrol had been the thing Timaryuk enjoyed most.
The innocent mage, who was already in his thirties, accepted the meat skewer with sparkling eyes.
“Thank you.”
“If something similar happens again, I would like you to tell me. I will compensate you handsomely.”
“Of course.”
“Hyung, come on. You can’t do this to me. You throw away the promise you made with someone you’ve known for ages like trash, then hold hands with that guy and laugh together?”
“But Tay, Job gives me meat skewers and candy.”
“Are you…