Jason took a breath, and in an instant, he understood why the chief of public security at Hans Port was so respectfully deferential to him, his cousin.
All of Hans Port should belong to his cousin.
Or rather, his cousin owned a significant part of Hans Port.
Looking again at those followers, Jason’s perception, more than triple that of an ordinary person, told him that these attendants were just as formidable as the ‘Dark Guardians’ he had seen in Taor.
Whereas Dennise seemed completely oblivious to these details.
She was merely responding to Gerard.
Dennise’s eyes almost lit up.
While looking forward to Gerard’s response, she muttered to herself, “It’s because of the sea monster that I left home… No, I left a letter explaining in detail why I came to find Jason.”
Jason glanced at Dennise, then averted his gaze from her guilt-stricken eyes.
Compared to Dennise, he was more concerned about the truth of the sea monsters.
Is there a more convenient and quicker way to inquire about local rumors than to ask the local authority?
The local authority is also interested in those rumors!
“Jason, you truly haven’t changed,”
“Just like when you were a child, you’re still so interested in monsters,”
“I, too, have not changed!”
Gerard, looking at Jason, whose eyes held anticipation, couldn’t help but smile.
Perhaps memories were lost,
But some things never change!
A feeling of joy rose from the bottom of Gerard’s heart; he hadn’t been this happy in a long time.
However, when the topic switched to monsters, Gerard’s smiled faded, and he said with a serious demeanor:
Then, sitting up straight, he began speaking slowly:
“I’ve researched the archives and sent people to investigate. Records of the Hans sea monster go back more than two hundred years.”
“And in the past ten years alone, at least 16 people have clearly seen the creature.”
“From my summary, the sea monster is most likely to appear during the summer storms!”
Dennise looked disappointed.
There might be ways to extend the time spent in the instance world, but they were not easy.
As far as he knew, the only possibility was to alter the main mission.
And the risk of changing the main mission?
Jason had already experienced it in ‘Lorde’.
A narrow escape from death!
Without sufficient Fullness, he wouldn’t attempt it.
“Are there any other monsters near Hans Port?”
“There used to be quite a few,”
“But most of them have been hunted by me!”
“After processing their corpses, I displayed them as trophies in my manor’s collection room.”
“Jason, would you like to see them?”
“I can take you on a tour of my collection room.”
Jason did not refuse.
On the journey that followed, the two of them discussed monsters, and Dennise, listening with great interest, was far from bored and occasionally joined in the conversation.
Dennise knew a great deal about monsters.
It wasn’t for nothing that she spent her pocket money on novels.
This caused Gerard to feel a twinge of envy.
“Dennise, after dinner, you can join Jason and visit my collection room,”
Gerard extended the invitation.
Dennise nodded excitedly.
Just as Gerard was about to resume his monster discussion with Jason, the carriage was knocked upon—
“My lord, something has happened,”