142: A MYSTERIOUS MAN

A MYSTERIOUS MAN

Aside from Iris' scent, which he was very familiar with, there was another scent that he couldn't place. Someone was inside this room a moment ago, because the scent was still so strong, it actually lingered in this room.

Cane knew that he was right when he saw Iris' expression, she was stupefied. "What happened? Someone was here." He looked around him, but couldn't find anyone.

"There was a man. He came through the window," Iris said. She pointed at the window and Cane immediately looked outside. The window's glass was open, but there was no sign of someone being there.

The scent of that man must have been blown away with the wind, thus he couldn't pinpoint the direction he had left.

"What does he look like?" Cane closed the window and locked it before he approached Iris. His eyes were so calm, it was hard to read what he was thinking right now.

"He looked so young, maybe twenty to twenty three years old, with green eyes and golden hair." Iris tried to remember her short encounter with that young man.

"What did he say?" Cane narrowed his eyes and stood right in front of Iris, so she needed to crane her neck to look at him, because of the stark difference in their heights.

"He didn't say anything."

"What did he do?"

Iris's cheeks dusted pink when she tried to explain, because no matter how she thought about their position earlier, it could cause a misunderstanding. "I was about to kick him, but I think he noticed someone was coming, so he stopped and disappeared, poof, just like smoke." She used her hands to emphasize her explanation.

Cane looked at her closely, just like that man did, but this time, Iris shrunk back and lowered her head.

Silence stretched between them in this room and Cane was deep in thought, until he heard the bell ringing in the distance, indicating that it was evening already.

He tapped her shoulder to get her attention. "We will leave now." There was no way to find out who that man, who had entered this room, was. More so, they needed to leave this place, after Cane had sorted out all the things that he wanted to do in this black market.

He didn't come just to look for grains and dry meat.

"Oh, yes…" Iris said softly and started to pack her things. Thankfully, she had enough sleep and felt a little bit better to have another long journey back to their pack.

However, this time, Cane waited for her and together, they went to the first floor and had their dinner before they set out to leave the black market.

"Where is Ethan?" Iris just noticed that the gamma was missing after they had their dinner.

"He had already left, we will meet him in the Arleen city," Will replied.

And then, they didn't talk much. Cane didn't talk about the mysterious man that had entered her bedroom and disappeared like smoke either.

Because this was the black market, of course, there would be some sort of people. That man could be a magic user, but for what intention he came to see her, Cane couldn't think of a reason for that.

Their plan was to leave the black market after this dinner, but when Iris was about to finish her meal, she could feel the tension from the three men at the table and lifted her head only to see their eyes fixed on a certain someone behind her back. Their eyes were filled with malice.

Out of instinct, Iris turned around to see who was that, only to figure out it was the crown prince, Alan, and his old advisor, Corry Maleen, along with five guards behind them.

"Here you are! I thought we would never see each other again!" Alan said smugly, he walked closer to Cane's table, while Corry kept frowning, he was trying to tug his sleeve and stop this clueless crown prince of his, but it was a futile attempt.

"I hope I will never see him again, actually," Will muttered under his breath, while Redmond snickered.

"We are leaving now," Cane said curtly, as he stood up, but at the same time the crown prince came closer to him and blocked their way.

The five men behind him also surrounded them, which attracted a few people's attention.

Iris also stood up when Redmond and Will fell into positions behind Cane. They looked at the crown prince and the other people with him frostily.

"Who told you that you can leave?!" Alan looked so haughty, while Corry looked so distressed by his actions. They shouldn't have provoked Cane in the first place and avoided him altogether.

However, as usual, Cane didn't waste his breath and focused on making his way out of there, followed by Will and Redmond, who took Iris with them as well.

Yet, before they could reach the door, one of the guards that Alan brought with him blocked his way and locked the entrance door, trapping them inside.

People around the table became more and more interested in what would happen next. Some of them knew that this was the crown prince, but since your title meant nothing in this place, they didn't look at him deferentially. He was the same as the others.1

On the other hand, Alan moved around Redmond and snatched Iris' hand to pull her to his side, something that they didn't expect.

Iris shrieked and tried to wriggle her hand, but his grip was so tight and she felt her bone would break because of it. This man didn't even consider his strength at all.

"I will borrow her for a while," Alan sneered at Cane, who looked at him frigidly. "Don't worry, I will return her in one piece after Lou is done with her."

However, after saying that and before anyone could react, Alan suddenly let go of Iris' hand abruptly, as if he had just been electrocuted.

His glaring eyes landed on her. "What is that?!"

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