The Siren's Lullaby (Isekai Book 2)

The case that seemed off

>>Enri

She removed the cloak from the front of the hand cart, "See," She said, "All clean."

I looked at the freshly washed vegetables and nodded.

Hmmm.

Indeed I saw a bunch of eatables there, nicely washed and ready to be used.

"I see," Was I being suspicious for no reason? She seems odd though.

"Do you need anything else sir knight!?" She closed the rag and covered the whole cart again.

....

"No," I replied, "You may go."

She passed me a smile and picked up the cart to leave while I stood on the dirt road watching her. Nothing was off to the naked eye but I kept feeling that there was something more underneath.

I let her go because I had to make sure I had the right woman. So when she was far away, I slowly began to follow her.

I understand that the river is near the house but still, it doesn't make any sense that she goes to the river to wash her vegetables when the water pump for commoners is nearby too.

I quietly made my way on the road when my teammates joined in and I gestured to them to just quietly follow me.

The woman made it to the house we had searched in the morning and I nodded to myself as I felt assured that I didn't make a mistake when I stopped her. She opened the door to her house but didn't remove the rag or park the cart.

Instead she took the cart all the way to the door. But that wasn't it, instead of properly taking things in, she wrapped her arms around the rag, making it into a big bundle with her things still in it, then dragged it inside and slammed the door shut.

...

What the-?

"I wasn't the only one who saw that, right?" I asked the soldiers who came with me.

"No," The three of them agreed, ''That was definitely a little suspicious."

"And that bundle rag." One of them, Ains, said.

"It seems like she had quite a lot of stuff in it." The other one, Yeol,spoke.

"A little too much." Clearly just vegetables aren't supposed to be that heavy, "You three go back." I began to walk towards the house, "I'll investigate a little more on my own."

"Yes sir!"

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I didn't notice this before but the windows are higher than they normally are but thanks to that it wasn't a problem to go around the house without getting detected. Honestly, I didn't notice anything strange. When I looked inside I just saw the woman cutting the vegetables and doing her thing in the kitchen. The only other thing noticeable was the girl sleeping on the bed.

She must be the daughter who came back while I was in the forest, other than that, there was nothing that would raise an issue.

Hmmm

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary and I doubt I'll be able to catch anything near this house. Maybe I'll have to follow her to see who else she deals with but I feel like she won't be going out anytime soon considering she just came in contact with a royal knight.

I tapped my foot on the floor for a while as I thought about what to do.

...

For now it's best to leave, I nodded to myself, I'll station someone here for a lookout later.