Clearly, Amir was also a little surprised by this unusual laxness.
However, she did not act immediately against the two slacking guards; instead, she made a silencing gesture to Histori.
Histori nodded at Amir, obediently held her breath, and pricked up her ears.
Below them, the guard who was carving a turtle with a knife seemed to have a sore hand.
Irritably, he threw down his carving knife and kicked his snoring companion beside him.
“Hey! Old Suo! Wake up! Stop sleeping, you’re drooling all over the gate!”
“Huh? What? What’s going on? An enemy attack?!”
“Attack my ass.”
The turtle-carving guard rolled his eyes at him—
“Sigh, I really don’t get it. Baron set up so many guards outside, making the whole city nervous, but as soon as night comes, he dismisses all the other guards and leaves only the two of us to watch the door for him, without even a chance to switch shifts…”
Old Suo rubbed his eyes and let out a big yawn—
“Besides, hasn’t it been like this for the past two months?”
The turtle-carving guard stroked his chin and turned his gaze to the room behind them—
“Well then, tell me, why does the president bring that kid Yorick into the sacred room every day and act all sneaky with him?”
“What else could it be? Of course… come closer, I’ll whisper.”
Old Suo lowered his voice and leaned close to the turtle guard, but in this open room, Histori on the copper pipes could still hear their conversation clearly—
“A couple days ago, I heard from Yorick when he was drunk that the president has been working on some big project with him inside for the Great Forging Festival next month! And he also said that this Great Forging Festival might become a turning point for the fate of our Dwarf race, a huge change unseen in thousands of years!”
“R-really?”
“Mmm hmm, that’s why the guards have been so strict lately! And because the forging process of this Sacred Artifact is top secret, during this period of forging, anyone who dares to come within fifty meters of the secret room, whether elder or anyone else, we can directly drive them away! If someone tries to force their way in, we can even attack them directly without issue!”
The turtle-carving guard nodded in sudden realization—
“Oh, I see! But if it’s such an important task, why would he choose only the two of us to stay here and guard the gate for them?”
“Of course, because I myself am sharp, brave, quick-witted, and have good ears.”
Old Suo picked his ear and then pointed his thick finger at the sky—
“I tell you, even if it’s not just fifty meters, if there’s a mouse moving in the pipes above us, I can hear it clearly!”
“Oh, as expected of you. What about me?”
“You… you’re just a decoration. Actually, I’m enough.”
“…Huh!? Are you looking for a hammering?!”
“…”
After listening to this divine conversation below, Histori, above on the pipes, covered her forehead speechlessly.
‘Even I can see that your President Baron probably realized that you two aren’t too bright—the security’s IQ should be as low as possible.’
‘But that’s perfect. Those people outside the walls should be all the guards. The interior of this Great Forging Assembly is actually unmanned. As long as Amir makes a move and knocks out these two slacking guards, they can swagger right into the room where the Sacred Artifact is kept!’
However, when Histori looked up at her thief companion, she found that Amir’s gaze had already passed over these two guards and was fixed on the tightly shut door of the sacred room.
Her brow was slightly furrowed, as if she were listening to some faint sound through that door.
…Huh?
Seeing this, Histori also pricked up her ears and pressed her cheek against the dusty pipe.
Following the echo through the pipe, she heard a faint, complicated argument seemingly coming from deep within that tightly sealed secret room.
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