134: IRIS'S PECULIAR HAIR

IRIS'S PECULIAR HAIR

To be born with natural auburn hair was rare in this continent, because this was not their usual hair color, therefore, Lou's attention immediately fell on her once he entered the room.

He knew about Mason, in truth, he had met him twice in the past when he needed something from his guild, he also knew about his little sister being a runt, but then because she was not important and it would only be a waste of time to look for more information on her, he had never paid attention to that runt.

Therefore, this was their first encounter and Lou was very surprised to see her. Blue eyes with auburn hair. He had gone to many places and had met with a lot of supernatural creatures, thus he could tell that her origins were questionable at most.

"Tell me, from whom did you get the color? Absolutely not your father, so your mother?" Lou looked very interested in Iris, he even ignored Alan completely.

Even if Cane could pretend he didn't exist, more so Lou, as the head of a guild. Alan couldn't use his title here.

"Say, red hair, from whom did you get your hair color?" Lou leaned his body forward, as he was very interested to hear Iris' answer.

On the other hand, Cane was silent, but he was following this conversation. Of course, he was aware of this peculiarity, but he didn't pay deeper attention to this, since her origins didn't have anything to do with him.

Whether she was a runt or not, it wouldn't affect him or his plans, but Lou's remark made him think otherwise…

"I got it from my maternal grandmother." Iris remembered she had asked about this to her old nanny and this was her answer, because neither her father nor her mother had this hair color.

"Hm…" Lou touched his chin. "Did you see it yourself? Or was it someone else who told you that?"

Iris knitted her brows. She felt his question was unnecessary, but she must answer it. "No. My old nanny told me. My maternal grandmother died before I was born."

"What about your old nanny?"

"She died when I was five."

"Hm…"

Alan couldn't take it anymore. He was here to buy an important item, not to hear this sob story about this runt!

"Enough!" Alan was enraged and Corry was hopeless in calming him down. "I am here for the Asturi Stem. Give me a price, I will pay!" He slammed his hand against the armrest, as he spoke.

"Ck, ck, ck." Lou clicked his tongue in annoyance. "This is why I don't like the royal family. I have told you to make him behave before our next meeting, right?" He shifted his attention toward Corry when he asked this.

"My apologies to Guild Master Lou, but we are in a hurry and the Prince is a little bit anxious." Corry's voice was so calm, it seemed, he had gotten used to fixing the problems created by this spoiled crown prince. "Can we move to the part of trading instead? We can't afford to lose more time. For people like us, time is very precious, right?"

The old advisor was very smooth with his words.

"I don't mind. I have a lot of time," Lou said with a chuckle, as he leaned his back against the chair, he put his focus back on Iris. "You have never seen your maternal grandmother? How can you be sure?"

Iris found it weird for him to ask her about this matter in detail. "Why should I question it?"

Hearing that answer, Lou laughed and then shifted his attention back to Cane. "You shouldn't have killed her father yet."

Cane didn't give a reaction to that statement, which made the silence that followed become a little bit awkward.

"Okay, it seems all of you are very impatient to get your hands on the Asturi stem." Lou clapped his hands, as if to indicate that he was done questioning Iris. "So, both of you want the Asturi stem and from what I see, you did not come together for this, right? But, unfortunately, I only have one Asturi stem."

This statement made Alan and Corry's eyes flicker with uneasiness. "Of course, you have to sell it to us. I am an old customer. I am a regular here."

"But, I want to make a new acquaintance with the new alpha of the Howling Wolf pack."

Alan was seething when he heard that and stood up, furious. He had a very short temper, probably as short as the length of a spoon. "Name the price, I will pay!"

Lou clicked his tongue. Just like Cane, he was also pondering how this brat could be a crown prince. The king was not that stupid to see how this son of his could do more damage than good for his kingdom and his reign.

"Instead of money, I want something else." He grinned, but he flashed Iris a look. "I want you to do me this favor. Whoever gets it done first, I will sell the Asturi stem to that person."

Cane didn't like this idea. He came here because he wanted to get those two water magic stones and let those two people pay back the price of the Asturi stem. He didn't come here for a complicated task, nor was he joyous to be ordered around.

"Nonsense!" Alan growled, he was throwing a temper tantrum again.2

"Well, if you don't agree, you can go. That's the door." Lou nodded to the door in front of them.

If it was somewhere else, Alan would have this man executed, but his title was powerless in this underground black market.

Lou grinned. "So, since there are no more objections, come with me." He stood up and went to the second door, but before that, he talked to his guard in a low voice.

Alan and Corry followed him, but Cane fell back to ask Iris.

"What was he saying?"

Iris tiptoed to whisper into his ear and Cane had to bend his body to accommodate her.

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