"Sir? Rodric said he wishes to see yo-"

"Bring him in." The sandy haired man replied, not looking up from some papers on his desk.

The young man nodded, exiting the room. The icy eyed man continued to stare at the papers for a few moments before stacking them up and putting them away in a drawer, which he had just shut when Rodric entered, carrying four notebooks under his arm.

"The mission went off as planned?" The tan skinned man asked.

Rodric nodded, taking off his sunglasses. "Well, mostly."

"Mostly?" The man questioned, crossing his arms though his expression remained cold.

"One of the spies slipped up and the girl heard him. As he tried to get away, she threw a dagger from one of her attackers at him. He didn't survive. She also took his notes on the fight, so she figured out we were watching her." Rodric explained.

"So, because you failed to train one of your people correctly, we lost possibly vital information." The man's voice was the same as always, but the accusation was clear.

Rodric winced slightly. "Even the most well trained spies may slip up when then moment comes. It won't happen again."

"I trust it won't."

Rodric swallowed. "In any case, here is the information we gathered." He placed the four notebooks on his boss's desk.

The icy eyed man nodded, waving his hand, dismissing the black haired boy.

"One more thing sir," Rodric said. "The girl has a new companion. A human boy."

The man looked up. "She's travelling with a human?"

Rodric nodded. "She seemed intent on protecting him. He never helped her fight though." The black eyed boy crossed his arms. "We're looking into him, but so far he doesn't seem to have any connections to her."

The man nodded, waving his hand. Rofric turned and left.

As he was walking from the bosses office, Rodric ran into Darrel, causing the black haired boy almost fall.

"Oh, sorry Roddy!" The big man exclaimed, catching the boy before he fell.

Rodric sighed at the man's antics. "It's alright, Darrel." Rodric looked up at the man. "Why are you in such a hurry? Did the boss call for you?"

Darrel stared at the ground. "No… I-I just-"

"You wanted to find out what happened on the mission?"

The big man shook his head. "No… I knew what was going to happen when I sent them out…" The pepper haired man looked at the ground, his guilt clear in his voice. "I-I was just ging to ask the boss if I could-"

Rodric held up a hand. "I already had some people go and retrieve the bodies and have them prepared for burial."

Darrel looked back at the black clothed boy, his eyes a little misty from unshed tears. "You… you did?"

The boy nodded. "It would be bad to leave them there for some random kid on a journey to discover." He reached up and patted the big man on shoulder. "Plus, I thought you'd want to give them a proper burial."

The brown eyed man nodded, smiling sadly. "Thank you, Roddy."

Rodric smirked. "No problem, big guy."

Meanwhile, their boss hadn't moved an inch.

A human boy… He wondered. She's travelling with a human boy…

He folded his fingers together and pressed the tip of his pointer finger to his lips.

This has gotten very interesting…