Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

At this moment, a demonic crimson light flashed past his now dull grey eyes.

Simon smiled and revealed his pearly white teeth "The 'Battle of the Finest', your disciple who had come to this town according to the traces you have found, wouldn't miss this information and would definitely head for the tournament which this kingdom is hosting not long from now at the capital city".

"If we think carefully, a playful person such as her would surely be interested in this event. What's more, given what I know about her, I can already see her making arrangements to arrive for this event".

Adalinda's mouth was agape as she intently thought over it, even she couldn't deny that the possibility of this assumption being true was zero per cent. However, this wasn't enough to completely convince her hence she asked.

"What if she is not there?".

Simon simply shrugged his shoulders at that and replied with a 'we can only try our luck' attitude.

Seeing that Adalinda was still hesitant, he asked in a little mocking manner "If you have any other leads then by all means please share?".

His words immediately shut any doubts that had welled up inside her and she could only forcefully swallow it. He was right, even after roaming the city and with all the techniques and skills she employed, she couldn't find the slightest clue of where her disciple might have gone next.

Since she was clueless, she couldn't deny the only possibility that he had appended together.

"Alright there is no harm in going there… so let's go to the capital city right now. I can cut the space and create a tear and in a few dozen of minutes we will be there".

Adalinda nodded her head as her two ponytails flailed. She was just about to create a spatial tear inside the room when Simon hurriedly grabbed her hand.

"Hold on a minute, why are you in such a hurry. Listen to my full conjecture before doing anything" he arced his brows and barred the little girl from being impulsive.

Her petite little hands which seemed soft to the touch, immediately broke away from his grasp, she looked at Simon and asked fumingly.

"Why are you stopping me? Didn't you just say that my disciple could be in the capital city of Ellesmere? Then there is no reason to hesitate, let's go there now".

Simon sighed, a little exasperated when he saw that the little girl whose monstrous strength allowed her to look down on all creation, getting her sight clouded over her disciple.

Ignoring the dangerous fact that she told she could cover the ginormous distance between her and the capital, in a few dozen minutes, he first calmed her down.

"Would you first listen to my full explanation? I'm not barring you from going there, on the contrary, I couldn't be any more than happy to find your disciple as soon as possible" Simon declared curtly making Adalinda who seemed ready to rush out quiet. <br/><script>ChapterMid();</script>

Seeing that the little girl was finally willing to listen he explained further "I did say that she would be in the capital but I did not say she would be there now. There is still more than a month of time for the 'Battle of the Finest' to begin. That disciple of yours who seemed to be enjoying the time of her life roaming the world after escaping out of her home, wouldn't choose this time to arrive on the capital when there is nothing going on".

"I believe that she would be choosing the exact same date to appear when the event is going to start". This time, his voice sounded oddly convincing allowing even Adalinda to feel like his words were right.

"All the more reason to go to the capital right now. I would be able to catch her the moment she arrives there and beat her into submission fufu…" she said flashing a somewhat merciless smile.

At this moment, Simon asked a sudden question "How were you able to find the trace of your disciple here?"

Adalinda saw no harm in answering his question and thus satisfied his curiosity "That is because I felt her aura that she used while tearing through the space".

He silently nodded before adding "Then doesn't it also mean that your disciple would also be able to sense your aura if you cut through space multiple times from here to the capital?".

His reasoning made the little girl silent and reflect on those words. 

Simon observed her silence for a while before asserting "Try thinking like that… even if we arrive at the capital, there is no guarantee that we will be able to find your disciple before the event starts on the contrary, if she manages to detects your presence in the capital, that disciple of yours might not even show up. Being impulsive at this moment would not only hurt our plan, but would also stop you from capturing her".

Adalinda fell into contemplation as his words had some truth in it. She was the master of that young lady and knew her exactly well, if she detects the slightest presence of her master near the capital, it would be just like what Simon had said, she might not even appear there.

As her master, she knew very well how capable her disciple was hence there was no way she wouldn't detect the spatial tear made by her or her aura.

Although a little frustrated that she couldn't immediately go and capture her disciple this instant, nonetheless, she was still able to calm down and see the whole picture.

"You are right… so how do you say we go on about this?" she asked somewhat vexed.

Simon thought for a while before a thought rushed into his mind "Keep in mind that all of this is just a thought of mine at the end. With that said, this is where the proposal from that guild manager comes in. We can use him to get ourselves to the capital a couple of days before the event starts".

"This way, the risk of us being detected by your disciple would be very low and during the event when she arrives, you would be able to quickly apprehend her".

Adalinda thought over his words for a while before nodding her head. Although this way it would seem that she was restrained into doing some human's bidding, she had no choice since her top priority was to find her disciple.

She could only suppress all her vexation and go along with it.

"This is the only lead we have, so there is no harm to give it a try. Who knows, during this trip we might find a new clue related to your disciple" Simon consoled trying to prevent the ticking bomb from blowing up.

After a few minutes when their voices died down, the door was opened once again and the old man walked in. However, unlike the last time, Chuck was not with him.

Gill tapped his cane and sat opposite them before gazing with a stern expression.

"So what will it be? Will you pay ten Blackgold coins for the compensation or will you accept this task from the adventurers guild and accept my condition?".

Simon sighed and pretended that he had no choice but to give in "We accept your condition".

His voice sounded despondent as if he was really reluctant to accept the task.

Looking at him like this, a surreptitious smile appeared on the old man's face before quickly disappearing.

"Hoho, I must say it was quite a wise choice. Now that you have accepted this task from the adventurers guild, I am willing to forgive you for your actions earlier but it does not mean that our record is clear. As I said once you accept this task you must see it through the end".

The old man tapped his cane a few times and stroked his beard, his mood could be said quite good this time. He was no fool, with his experience and eyes that had gone through many adventurers and met various people, he could obviously see that the two were not ordinary humans.

The force that had descended onto the building earlier and that unknown skill going out of control, adding that with the fact that his attempt of [Analysis] were blocked previously, he could naturally sense that these two were not any weaklings.

He was convinced of this thought when they did not even flinch a little when faced with his aura.

The commission that was issued to their adventurer's guild this time required powerful people and most of the ordinary adventurers were unsuitable for it. It also at the critical time when he was delving over what to do, these two appeared and caused quite a scene.

As they say, your wits increase along with your age, Gill had already decided to rope these two in this task the moment he laid his eyes on them.

"Let's go, I shall inform you more about the clients and the job you need to complete on our way" Gill got up from his sofa, pulled open the door and beckoned.

"Where are we going?" Simon couldn't help but ask when they were all of a sudden to follow him.

The old man smiled and quietly led the two of them "From the way you two behave and act, I can already see that you two are not adventurers. But now that you have accepted the task from the adventurers guild, it won't do if we just sent some non-adventurers for the task. Haha, that is why you two must become adventurers, provisional adventurers for the time being".