Your movement towards your journey goal continues. However, minor changes have been made to the route.

The vans continue moving towards your destination. Vans move along narrow forest roads in a south-west direction from the town of Ranelborg. In addition to the van in which you and other brothel employees are located, there is a van ahead, which contains props and personal belongings of the owner of the brothel. In this second van is the owner of the brothel "The Shaded Lantern" - gnome Kynth Gwyn. He explained to you that his personal presence is necessary for the quality organization of the event in this secluded forest mansion.

You remember the words that Kynth told you a couple of hours before leaving the city of Ranelborg: “My dear friend Ulkin! This extremely profitable order requires me to carefully organize the entire process of this event! It is important for our well-being that this event is held at the highest level of quality and so that it satisfies the most demanding tastes of our aristocratic clients! Therefore, I will go to this forest mansion with you and other brothel employees."

Unpleasant thoughts trouble your mind. Bomur's words cast vague doubts into your mind.

Suddenly you feel the van stop moving and stop. You hear the sound of armed mercenaries hired by gnome Kynth to escort the wagons. You carefully look out the window of the wagon: the mounted mercenaries have stopped as well as the horses that moved the wagons forward. You see the coachman of the front van jump to the ground and inspect one of the wheels of this van. You think that there was probably some kind of breakdown in one of the parts of the cart. The coachman is busy with repair procedures for about 30 minutes. During this time, you are **** to endure boredom and wait for a solution to the problem.

When the repairs were completed and the coachman climbed back onto the van, you were surprised to notice that the horses had not yet moved and the movement of the vans along the planned route had not yet resumed.

You decide to take a closer look.

Ahead, at a distance of about 15 meters from your van, you notice how the gnome Kynth Gwyn is talking about something with the commander of a small detachment of human mercenaries who are accompanying the vans.

You can hardly hear the sounds of conversation due to the great distance. But your ears catch several phrases that Kynth Gwyn said in a rather irritated tone: “Due to waiting, we lost more than half an hour of precious time! This is too important an order! We can’t be late! If you need to turn onto the eastern road to speed up, then I demand that you do just that! I pay you money and I don’t give a damn that the eastern road is closer to the border!”

You did not hear the response of the commander of the mercenary detachment. However, after this conversation, the coachmen redirected the horses to the eastern road. The vans, along with an accompanying detachment of mounted armed mercenaries, headed along a changed route. However, the purpose of your journey remains the same. The wagons move along the road through the dense forest, a dozen mounted mercenaries, who are armed with spears, shields and swords, move nearby. Armed mercenaries move on either side of the wagons, and there are also a pair of mercenaries riding horses in front of the wagons. The coachmen rhythmically urge the horses.

For the next hour you sit quietly in the van. You ponder the events of the past days and the words that were spoken by the minotaur Bomur.

You're thinking, "One logical explanation for what Bomur said to me is that he's very jealous of me. He's jealous of my popularity with clients, he's jealous of my friendship with Kynth. Bomur probably just wants to cut me out of this lucrative business, because he sees me as a strong competitor. Obviously, Bomur is afraid that I will get more and more profitable orders and that more and more rich clients will use my services and refuse his services. That's why he made up this stupid fiction about a magical tattoo, which supposedly forces me to do whatever Kynth wants."

As the van moves, you look out the window and take in your surroundings, trying to distract yourself from the unpleasant thoughts that have arisen in your mind due to Bomur's words.

You look out the window and you see a peaceful landscape of a deep forest thicket: thickets of bushes, tall grass, spreading branches of trees that are covered with green foliage. You hear the sounds of grasshoppers chirping and beetles buzzing past your nose. You hear the distant murmur of water in some stream and the creaking of the wheels of wagons that drive along this small forest road.

You're thinking, "Okay, I'll try to ignore Bomur's intrigues. I'll just continue to work at this job. After all, this job is quite profitable for me. Besides, I'm lucky that I work with my close friend Kynth. He's a good guy who always showed friendliness and a desire to help me.

Your thoughts were interrupted by the sudden and loud neighing of horses.