Not to be outdone by Al and Noah, Haruka also picked out a few random books to bring to the table. A confused expression crawled over the girl's face as Al mentioned her guts, and she touched her belly tentatively.

"I did not know they could do such things as tell me where to finding the treasures and informations," she said, her eyes widening.

Then the man started patting her head for some reason, and her tail wagged furiously.

"This petting happens much to me. I am not knowing why, but it is fun!"

Turning back to Noah, she began answering the boy's questions as a good senior should.

"Ah, yes, master was killed by a westerner," she answered, nodding, "with a blade of blackest obsidian."

Haruka reached into a pouch and retrieved a small black chip.

"It is like puzzle, yes? But prize is revenge murder," she said, smiling as that other girl from dinner entered the room. A relation of Lord Chris, maybe. She enthusiastically raised her hand after Emilia finished speaking.

"I am Haruka from dinner," she chirped, "we seek for books with valuable treasures and obsidian blades if you have them maybe!"

She waved the chip at Emilia.