บท 480: The land behind the walls [1]

"To clarify some things, the trip will not be a leisurely one. This is not going to be a vacation. In fact, you can even say that it's quite dangerous. Your task isn't a simple one. We need you to figure out the situation there and report on anything strange." 

"Lately, the goods imported from the Kasha have stopped, and we've lost most communication with our internal sources. What we need you to do is figure out what..." 

Listening to the Year Head speak, I rubbed my ear. She had been talking for quite a while but the gist of the situation was that while we had been invited to the Kasha, it was done so in secret. 

The House of Myron, a mid-sized establishment within the Kasha, had agreed to smuggle us into the territory for some undisclosed deal with the Academy.