37 - Marquis Maron
Chapter 37
He had seen Eugene Widemark begging Hayley Maron, claiming it was all a misunderstanding. At that time, he seemed genuinely remorseful.
It was not Hayley who extended a hand, but the young cardinal, and it was Hayley who had been coldly abandoned in the Contaminated Zone who rejected him.
Wasn't it the complete opposite of what was known to the world?
"I need to dig into this. It's getting interesting."
He would unleash his capable informants to investigate and reveal this stinking truth to the world.
"Next to killing people, burying them is the most fun."
Rango chuckled, shaking the reins.
The Snowbeast Rango was a child raised by wolves from a young age. He grew up without knowing the most important thing a person should have.
That was human dignity.
"This is going to be fun. The most revered men in the three kingdoms embroiled in scandals one after another. How amusing would that be? Those handsome bastards are already highborn and popular, which is annoying."
"That's just inferiority, you know."
A woman spoke from inside the carriage.
Rango yelled at her to mind her own business whether he felt inferior or not, but they had grown accustomed to each other while traveling through the Contaminated Zone, and they simply laughed at his annoyance.
"Lord, your legs must be tired. We'll walk now. Please get in the carriage and rest."
"No way, why would I go into that cramped space?"
"You've been walking continuously. Without rest. You've been constantly Purifying us so we don't get Contaminated…"
"No, that's why I need to stay outside. What if I doze off in there? If even one of you gets Contaminated, you'll all blame me."
"No, we won't."
"The hell you won't."
Rango, who was about to tease the Marquis for saying 'the hell you won't,' tightly shut his mouth as he watched Hayley push back the Magical Energy far ahead with one hand.
Don't argue.
Let's not meet again after this. Let's not even get close to the Contaminated Zone.
But Hayley gave him a request.
To investigate the Fake Holy Knight created by the Order.
It was a request that he should have refused without a second thought. The most dreaded requests for assassins were those involving the Order, Holy Knights, and Divine Power. No insects would swarm where only stench emanated, no matter where you dug.
But Hayley offered him old gold coins.
Five of them. Ten times that if he succeeded. That would be fifty. Rango's mind started racing as he held the gold coins in his hand.
While digging into Eugene Widemark, he could also dig into the Order, and he could escalate things so that Cyril Vandision and Michelan would have no choice but to suspect the Order.
The request was simple. Hayley didn't even tell him to handle it discreetly. She simply said, "Investigate."
Ah, what was the princess's name again?
Asta Rosa Kasnatura.
Using that woman would be fun too.
Rango grinned and nodded.
Rango stole the Order's top-secret documents, causing Grandis to be turned upside down, and the people of Selbon returned to Maron Keep.
He asked if they should go to a different city than Grandis, but they were terrified and begged Hayley to please let them return to Maron Keep.
Rango parted ways with them and infiltrated Holt alone. It was the territory he had once entered to assassinate a poacher.
He met a well-known informant there.
"Long time no see, Elder."
"Aren't you Snowbeast? Where have you been wandering around these days?"
"Here, take this."
Rango placed an old gold coin on the table. The old informant grinned, revealing his yellow teeth as he held it in his hand.
"Ask me anything."
"Spread a rumor in the back alleys."
"What should I say?"
"Say that Cyril Vandision, Mikelan Holt, and Eugene Widemark took advantage of Sorceress Hayley, used her for their own gain, and then discarded her, and that's how she ended up like that. That they were afraid the truth would be revealed, so they threw her into the Contaminated Zone where no one could find her."
"What kind of…"
The informant, who was about to ask if that was nonsense, looked at the gold coin again. Then he readily nodded.
"Sure. What's so difficult about spreading rumors?"
"You know, Elder. But I want this rumor to definitely, absolutely reach someone's ears."
"Whose?"
"Asta Rosa Kasnatura."
Rango said with a smirk.
