The fact that the young man�s expression turned serious made the merchant as well as people walking by all start to pay more attention to him.

�Even Honte-nim�s family could only see him from afar and have never been allowed to meet with him.�

�� Really? Why would they?�

The two merchants� expressions turned odd.

��I didn�t know about that. I didn�t know that that was the case.�

Hilsman exaggeratedly nodded his head at the merchant�s comment.

�Me neither! I didn�t know about that either! Anyway, there is apparently a reason all of those people went to the Alchemists� Bell Tower to look for their family members right now.�

�What is the reason?�

Hilsman flailed his arms around as he exaggerated on.

�You know how a lot of alchemists went to the battlefield in order to fight against the Whipper Kingdom? They were worried about their family members, so they went to meet with them.�

�Ah.�

The merchant nodded his head.

He had wondered why they were all here, but that was an understandable reason.

�It makes sense to be worried after sending your family members to the battlefield. I�m sure it�s been hard for them to sleep at night.�

�Oops.�

The merchant who had said that without thinking flinched and turned his head. The merchant who was putting out his fruits did not have a good expression on his face.

His younger brother was participating in the Whipper Kingdom war as a soldier.

�Ahem, hem. But we probably don�t need to worry much about it! Our Empire will win!�

The merchant looked at his buddy and quickly added on, giving the chance for Hilsman who had been waiting for an opening to strike.

�Of course. Would the Imperial Prince allow the Empire�s citizens to die terribly?�

�Of course not! That would never happen!�

Hilsman turned his gaze away from the merchant who was unintentionally playing along and looked around.

He was not the only one acting like this right now.

Cale and Rex�s people were having similar discussions throughout the capital and observing what was going on. JrNovels.com