Chapter 320
Holding the three pieces of paper Joshua handed him, Holme was immersed in reading. Joshua decided to give him space and, after being given a tacit approval from Holme, walked over to the sleeping infant girl.
"You’re not bringing her away?"
Ciri noticed the protrusion on the infant girl’s forehead. That does not resemble a human’s features.
"While raising children might sound like a beautiful thing to do, I am actually not prepared to raise children."
Joshua extended his finger with the intention of touching the sleeping infant girl. But, after pondering for a brief moment, he gave up on that thought.
As Ciri was a human, she cannot detect the difference between the infant girl and Chaos Demons. But, the blood flowing in Joshua informed him that the infant girl was not a genuine Chaos Demon...
She was an existence similar to Chaos Demons. The only difference was that the magic power within her was not gray like that of the Chaos Demons.
The magic power within this little life had a bluish hue. While Joshua was looking at the infant girl, her hand moved slightly.
"There seemed to be... a magic inscription engraved on her arm?" Ciri immediately noticed the complicated insignia on the infant girl’s arm. It was like a tattoo on her arm.
"Which magic system’s rune inscription is this?"
Joshua attempted to identify the meaning behind the infant girl’s magic inscription runes. Unfortunately, with the magic knowledge he currently possess, the inscription only appeared to be a jumbled scrawl.
"I... don’t know either. I am able to recognize the rune inscriptions from the God of Flowing Waters and Healing and the God of Lighting and Punishment. I also know a bit about the Flames and Holy Light systems of magic. But, the rune inscriptions on her arm..." Ciri carefully searched through her memories. In the end, she shook her head helplessly.
Such an academic problem was indeed difficult for a live-combat mage like Ciri.
"It would seem that we’ll have to ask Gray Mage to come here to identify the rune inscriptions later."
Joshua does not believe that an infant girl abandoned to the streets would have such a complicated inscription insignia on her body. Most likely, she was not an ordinary person.
"Should we ask him?" Ciri pointed at Holme who was sitting there and nervously watching Joshua’s every movement.
"No need. Dark elf Thousand Faces had gathered the intelligence already. The knowledge she gathered might even be more than what the infant girl’s adoptive father knew."
Joshua took out a small bag of gold coins and tossed it to Holme. Holme extended his hand and firmly caught the bag of goin coins. Having mingled in Squirrel Street’s bottom rung all his life, it would be nowhere near enough if all he knew was gathering information.
Holme also looked to be an outstanding thief.
"There’re twelve gold coins in there. Use the money to treat your injuries. Also... I bet you don’t want that child to be malnourished either, right?" Joshua pointed to the infant girl sleeping in a rag-swaddle.
Holdme was holding the coin sack in one hand and the three papers in his other hand. He wanted to thank Joshua. However, Joshua gestured for him to stop.
"I look forward to your performance tomorrow."
After leaving those words, Joshua pushed open the door to the room and left the tavern together with Ciri.