[quote=@Milkman][color=#93FFFF]“We're in, so what’s the plan Jaz?”[/color][/quote]
[i]Plan? Oh, she had a lot of plans alright! Strangling this Fox demon and carving the word [b]Civet[/b] on his forehead using a flaming arrow was totally not one of them, honest![/i]

Maintaining enough dignity to not hiss, she answered. [color=ec008c]"Why, of course, mister [i][b]Geito,[/b][/i]"[/color] 

Despite the apparent sarcasm, that pseudonym irked her more than it should Jazdia had to fight the impulse to incinerate the document along with the fox youkai in front of her. [color=ec008c]"Why don't we start with keeping up with the deception?" [/color] beseeched Jazdia in a calm tone, yet her mannerism suggested she was about to feed Kaito the documents she was now giving. [color=ec008c]"Go get your [i]story[/i] from those soldiers and compare their testimony with the report."[/color]

Then, without any threat or violent misconduct, she left, walking down the path leading to the mausoleum. As much as she hated it when the guard leered at her no thanks to Kaito's unnecessary remark, she had to keep it cool. It was all just a part of the job, nothing personal. There would be plenty of chances to get even with that crafty fox. Just wait...

[color=9e0039][b]"How long do we have?"[/b][/color] asked the Rosenving daughter as she catched up with Jazdia. 

The elf stopped at the tile that had a faint yellowish stain, taking her time to kneel before answering the question. [color=ec008c]"Until that guard realizes we are pulling the wool over his eyes. Probably will take a while."[/color]  

She stroked the powdery compound, it smelled like sulfur, and there were some metal fragments residing in the withering grass. The casing of a smoke grenade? Quite a high-quality one it seemed. Bandits usually encase them with buffalo skin, and they didn't produce smoke in the intensity enough to make trained royal guards break their formation. 

According to the report, after an assailant had his head split open by Matilda and the other killed by Fredricus himself, their priority was to quickly evacuate the king out of the smoke screen. The third assassin tried to shoot the escaping monarch with a poisonous arrow, but Matilda deflected it with her shield. It seemed the orc woman wasn't so slouchy she lunged at the ranged assassin at neck-breaking speed and literally broke his neck, face and all against the nearest vertical surface she could find. A nasty blood stain on the chapel wall confirmed this account. 

Jazdia briefly activated her eyes. [color=ec008c]"Miss Rosenving, would you mind to look at the hedge near the tree?"[/color]