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Shadow blinked when she tapped her foot at him, but said nothing for a few seconds.

"Hhh... Lord Kaissen, master of the house fell deathly ill four years ago. That illness was thankfully isolated and died with him, but the rest of his family fell victim to looters and pillagers when the Villa experienced a short time of anarchy with the loss of their Lord. This period lasted about two full weeks before it was finally dealt with by the Royal Guard of Cre' Est when a small battalion arrived to quell the situation. The family that is moving in is another wealthy and respectable family with whom I have no quarrel with. The family name is Sirenta, translated as Serenity. And to answer how much farther, we're about two days walk from the Villa if we continue at the pace we had set before."

Linde walked over to Shadow and sat down about a pace away, smiling as she watched the two of them talking. It was nice that they were bonding so well, even if on the outside it appeared more as quarreling. Lately Linde had been a little reclusive, staying to herself and speaking very little as time had progressed.

Shadow leaned back against a tree behind the boulder he sat on and closed his eyes. Even though his body was not tired, his mind was from everything they had been doing lately. Plotting their course, coming up with the execution of the assassinations and coordinated efforts to make them clean and quiet, helping Drake keep track of supplies, watching everyone's health and energy levels as they traveled, keeping in contact with Kain every step of the way and trying his best to train everyone in various forms of combat and tactics had Shadow's mental stamina at its limit.