Chapter 206: Chapter 206

[Some of the next upcoming chapters will shed some light on things that occurred in chapters 203 and 204 and answer a lot of questions and concerns. Know this, all is not as it seems and there are clues and foreshadowing in recent chapters.]

"Those fools."

Juveria sat back down at her desk and leaned back, taking a deep breath and cursing those who had sent them here to act as bodyguards for an alchemist. It had been a shock, not just to them but to others as well. The Red Ribbon's track record was great, and they hadn't made any recent mistakes, yet there were being sent out with the expedition, something that was considered a punishment.

She had been furious of course, and when she had questioned the decision all she had been told was that it was for a very important purpose, that they needed to send a group they could trust and that she would find out more on the journey to the plains. She hadn't understood at first, especially not when they had met the alchemist.