The innkeeper smiled at Lareina sheepishly, inching closer to the little girl who stood at the door, ''You are a benefactor to us but I disrespected you again and again by doubting your capabilities yesterday. Yet, only because of you, I could get to the bottom of my brother's death,'' Speaking of this, the man's voice became forlorn, ''My brother was a foolish man but he was rather kind. He had no enmity with anyone. Who could have known he would be dealt with such a hard blow by someone he trusted? That bitch…. if not for the fact that she is dead, I wanted the officials to torment her to death…''
''It's unfortunate,'' Lareina paused for a brief moment before asking the innkeeper, ''But she was just a maid and your brother treated her well. Have you never wondered why she killed him with such an insidious plot?"
