"Hm." Now that he thought about it, he was almost convinced that this mark meant some sort of disease or something. But now that he realizes the meaning of the mark, he gave pause as he thought of several options. "Well, I guess the only right thing to do is to go and find them, right? Yeah, that definitely sounded right.
"So you wish for a tracer spell? Give me a moment..." The man whistled and soon enough young boy, probably an apprentice of sorts, came running up with a very impressive looking staff.
"Now, if you could tell me where you recieved that mark I should at least be able to determine their general direction and if they still live. The mark is very dated so this is about all I can do, even with such a powerful Artifact."Finding Ed, Aneira grinned at him.
"Boss told me you were in charge of money now. Well, I just bought a horse from her and her boss, so she's here to make sure that I'm not just trying to steal the horse. Also overheard you were picking up weapons, so if you could grab me a plain old bow while you're picking stuff up, that'd be great."
Aneira picks up an Iron Bow
Aneira and Alice found Edward hastily scribbling down the items the mercenaries had requested, among other things. At the mention of money he finished his current scribble and turned his attention to the girls.
"And how much is that going to cost me?" he said with a sigh as he scribbled down another word.
"O-One thousand..." Alice mumbled just loud enough to hear, trying to keep eye contact with Edward.
"Is she... alright?" Edward asked after scribbling something that vaguely resembled a one and three zeroes on the paper.