Thrown Into Madness - Lord of the Mysteries

Mission

"Greetings, Scoutmaster."

Words echoed through the, otherwise quiet, Pocket Dimension.

The members of the Troop Meeting kept their saluting pose until a voice sounded from the head seat.

"Greetings, take your seats."

Everyone sat down, looking to the largest and most captivating seat.

On it was a young girl, sitting leisurely with a calm but smiling expression.

Ellone turned her head to the opposing seat.

There sat a tall, young man with long brown hair, her brother, Dager.

He had gloomy, almost sulking expression.

Ellone noticed as the black-haired girl, Juny, turned to look at him.

After Juny saw his expression, her black eyes immediately shifted to the short-furred black cat sitting next to Ellone.

Ellone followed Juny's gaze.

Having received the hints, Darmine, spoke.

"The scouting was successful, we uncovered the ones communicating with Dager's crew member."

Juny nodded, seemingly having expected it.

"Well done."

Ellone then watched as Juny turned to nod towards Dager.

"What's that about?"

Before Ellone could sigh, Dager spoke up, his tone gloomy.

"They're nobodies..."

Ellone's eyes narrowed.

Just then, the young man behind Dager, Valler, reached to massage his forehead.

Ellone couldn't help but think that he must be feeling embarrassed.

Valler spoke, explaining.

"The crew is not well known nor famous. Their captain is simply overconfident because he found out Captain's age."

Ellone leaned back as Juny lightly nodded.

"I see."

She finally rolled her eyes at her brother.

Before the topic moved on, the 20 year old Brielle spoke up.

"The sea, especially the pirates are still in a bit of an uproar because of the news from last week. Although we opened it up last week, we thought it'd be good to repeat it. The Second Mate of the Admiral of Blood, 'Steel' Maveti, with a bounty of around 6 000 pounds was mysteriously killed last Wednesday or early Thursday."

Hearing the bounty, Ellone's attention was piqued.

At this moment, Darmine nodded.

"Yes, although the Church of the Storms covered it up, we did some scouting and searching."

All gazes moved to the short-furred black cat.

"It is believed that the Fourth Boatswain of the Golden Dream, Blazing Danitz, was behind Maveti's death. But it's also unlikely that he did it by himself. At some point, he was seen moving around with a sharp looking man with gold-rimmed glasses. He was also seen leaving a boat called White Agate from the Darmir Harbor."

"It took some time, but I managed to find the list of cruisers on the White Agate from that specific day. We were able to get the name, which also matched with the recent newspapers. The man's name is Gehrman Sparrow and he's probably an adventurer or a bounty hunter."