Chapter 889: 889
After the entire morning, the afternoon market finally quieted down a little .
Though the quietness was compared to its earlier state, in fact, the afternoon market was still crowded with an endless flow of people .
Those merchants who entered the city today and didn't make it to the best selling period in the morning had gathered in the afternoon . They were gathering information and trying to find a suitable spot to set up a stall .
Kieran and Starbeck mixed into the crowd after changing their outfits .
Kieran was smiling always and would occasionally stop at stalls to ask something; Starbeck would follow behind Kieran without missing a beat, as though he was a professional follower .
Both of them walked and stopped for more than half an hour before they reached a stall selling accessories .
On top of a piece of 1 square-meter grayish white cloth, a few scattered rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces were put up for sale and most of them were made from bronze .
Never expect seeing goldware or silverware in these kinds of stalls, if one wanted to find expensive accessories, a shop would be more suitable, not a roadside stall .
Of course, Kieran's objective was not all those but the inn beside the stall .
On the second floor window of the inn, a red cloth was hanging up high, catching attention as it waved along with the wind .
After a glance at the red cloth, Kieran simply picked up a ring .
"How much is this?" Kieran asked .
"Eight copper coins!" The stall owner offered the price after a glance .
It wasn't expensive, neither was it cheap . The stroll through the market just now was mostly an act but it was enough for Kieran to understand the pricing general pricing of things .
In other accessories stall, similar rings would only cost 6 to 7 copper coins .
"So expensive! 5 copper coins!"
"Impossible! This at least cost 9 copper coins!"
"9!? I can buy two of these rings!"
Kieran shook his head as if he was really a local merchant as he negotiated with the stall owner .
Starbeck behind him showed an inconceivable look as he watched Kieran negotiate .
The scene before Starbeck's eyes had exceeded his imagination .
As Kieran's party member, Starbeck knew why they were at the market .
Truth be told, after signing a contract to keep secrets, Starbeck already had the general idea of what Kieran was thinking . He didn't object to it because he could knew Mizelle, Pelker, and the other two were the smokescreens thrown out by the real thieves who stole the Holy Thorn Grail .
Should they fail, the four would be the best scapegoats to cover their retreat .
Should they succeed, the four would be the best evidence to remove suspicion .
Based on Starbeck's guess, the two thieves who stole the holy grail would surely plant it in the inn with the red cloth marking . They would then contact the city guards and Thorn Temple to complete their plan of framing the four of them .
It was only natural that Kieran would make his move before that happened because he would never give up the Holy Thorn Grail that could perform a baptism ritual .
If it happened, the fight with the city guards and Thorn Temple was inevitable .
So when Starbeck arrived at the market, he was quite nervous, to be honest .
However, when he saw how calculative Kieran was to a common stall owner, Starbeck couldn't help but doubt whether or not his guesses were correct or if he misheard something during the conversation with Kieran .
Though, soon enough a black figure captured the mimosa's attention .
The black figure was faintly showing itself as it moved through the shadows, it was swiftly approaching the inn with the red cloth marking .
Starbeck wanted to notify Kieran out of instinct but before he spoke, Kieran threw 10 copper coins to the stall owner and stood up with two copper rings .
"Let's go to that stall next!"
Kieran then walked towards another stall .
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