Rhemic Empire (2)

-- Koji... I'd like to go with him, to look Keiji in the eye myself. Before I plunge a sword into the belly of the traitor. But... what is he planning? How does he intend to leave the island?

If he were a traitor, he would have killed the merchant on the boat. The brave Onryo wouldn't have waited for them.

Maybe this is a clever plan to clear his name? Like, the merchant disappeared in the snow. And the whole group too. Or just: "I escorted everyone, everything was fine, this guy is with me." And when a message comes from the fortress that this is not the case, Keiji and Koji will already be far, far away.