Half an hour later.
"You don’t have to do this," Gill said with crossed arms, looking at her with a complicated expression, asking for the nth time.
Juni looked at him warmly, "Are you caring about me now?"
Gill sighed and didn’t bother with her and turned to discuss the plan with the others.
She had just gotten approval from the village center and was now being oriented in the barracks.
On paper, she was bitterly running away from being dumped. Which she was, in a sense.
But more than anything, doing something heroic was definitely a great way to distract yourself from heartbreak. She looked softly at the man who was now giving her some advice for her safety.
"Always have these weapons in your space," he said, giving her some handy weapons. Then he showed her Troy’s hidden arrow weapon. "Keep this with you at all times."
Her eyes were full of him as he taught her how to use the small weapon. She nodded and listened well, knowing how annoyed he would get if she didn’t.
"What if he got so close? What if he notices?" She said with a calm smile, but everyone knew what it implied.
Gill’s eyebrows furrowed and looked at her. He pursed his lips. "You don’t need to go… beyond necessary to get information."
She looked at him, "Like using my body?"
"Juni—"
"I know what people think I’ll be doing," she said, "But I can get plenty of information without having to resort to that." frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
Her serious face morphed into a teasing smile. "Don’t you remember? When we were teenagers—"
"Here are a few aether letters you can use to contact us." Gill cut her off, clearing his throat, and handed her a huge parchment. "There should be someone nearby to help you out."
A limitation of the aether letter was the distance limit, but they had planned on staking out a few days before they attacked, so the distance shouldn’t be a problem.
Juni’s lips twitched upwards. To think Gill would soon camp out, waiting for her message as if his life depended on it…
Thinking of it this way, it sounded quite romantic…
"Drake, who Fargo doesn’t know, would be with you along with a couple of others. They wouldn’t enter at the same time as you, but you will figure out a way to contact each other covertly.
Since they were new, Fargo wouldn’t be expecting much loyalty from them. However, in the event that they get close to him somehow, they’d need to appear loyal. For this, Oslo lent them a loyalty faker.
However, after everything was ready, a certain acerbic man couldn’t help but sigh, "Are you sure you’re going?" Gill asked again, "It’ll be troublesome to get you out of there."
This just made Juni smile, knowing he was being harsh on purpose. Regardless of whether he still had romantic feelings for her, he still cared for her very much.
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