Chapter6. When you feel safe, hit your back. (7)
“Because all of this was Master Abel’s doing.”
“……Well, what?”
“He is displeased that he cannot go as the lord’s representative.”
Philip smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“You are preventing Sir Jonas from leaving on time. If you cannot say hello to him, his departure will be further delayed.”
“…….”
“As I said earlier, we have prepared in advance for something like this to happen. You will be able to leave soon.”
Jonas had nothing to say, so he just stared at Philip.
‘They said I was a fool with no way to save myself, was it like this?’
Both Master Abel, who calmly committed such a thing, and the butler, who knew it would happen and prepared for it in advance, both seemed to be out of their minds.
‘I guess that’s why the lord sent me as an agent.’
Jonas finally seemed to understand Diego’s feelings.
If I had sent Abel instead, I don’t know what would have happened… … .
“for a moment.”
At that moment, a thought passed through Jonas’ mind.
Jonas hurriedly searched inside his arms. He took out the pocket he had stuffed inside and opened it.
A cry of astonishment burst from his mouth.
“doesn’t exist!”
“Well, what do you mean?”
I didn’t even have the presence of mind to answer Philip’s urgent question. All I could do was hope that I was mistaken and look through the package again.
But no matter how many times he searched inside and out, he couldn’t find what he was looking for.
“……Really, none.”
The lord’s seal that Diego had entrusted to him as a blessing had disappeared.
“There is no seal….”
Jonas slumped down on the bed.
The sight in front of my eyes seemed either white or black. No, it felt like it was spinning.
“There is no seal? You mean Lord Diego’s seal?”
Phillip was sweating next to me. His eyes turned to the bag held in Jonas’ hand.
“It’s the bag from yesterday. It’s definitely Sir Jonas’s favorite….”
The blood drained from Philip’s face in an instant. He looked like he was thinking about something and had a guess.
“……No way, no way?”
Jonas jumped up and grabbed him by the collar.
“Oops!”
Philip growled, ignoring the red face on his face.
“Scented candle.”
“Ugh, okay?”
“What did you do to the scented candle? Tell me now!”
He had already rolled his eyes and even threw away the honorific he was using. Philip squirmed and barely managed to spit out a word.
“I just heard that it’s a scented candle that helps you sleep well.”
“Do not be ridiculous!”
Jonas shot back harshly.
“There’s no way I could have fallen into such a deep sleep with just that much scented candle! I slept with that bag in my arms in the first place!”
“Fu, is it in your arms?”
“That’s right! You fell into such a deep sleep that you couldn’t even get up to take it. That can’t be an ordinary scented candle!”
At Jonas’s urging, Philip closed his eyes tightly with a red face.
“Ah, this is the scented candle that Master Abel gave me. I couldn’t disobey his words….”
Jonas glared at him as if he were going to kill him, then let go.
“Ugh!”
Philip, who barely escaped his grasp, chuckled. Jonas glared at Philip and chewed out each word.
“Do you know what you just did?”
“…….”
“Aren’t you saying that Master Abel is going pretending to be the lord’s agent?”
He touched his heated forehead. The heat rose from the corners of my eyes and I was on the verge of passing out.
“What is this? How can I see the face of my lord!”
“That’s… impossible.”
Jonas raised his eyebrows at Philip’s words that came out with difficulty.
“I beg your pardon?”
“No, that. What you just said is impossible.”
“What do you mean?”
Philip continued, clutching his neck.
“Master, your right arm is broken. So what you are saying is impossible.”
He spoke in a much calmer voice.
“You’re probably just trying to play a nasty prank.”
“A nasty joke?”
Jonas blinked as if he couldn’t believe his ears. It seemed like the butler was going crazy and saying random things.
“Yeah, just kidding.”
But Philip spoke clearly, as if he really thought so.
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“This is all a joke to him. He must be enjoying watching us fidget like this. He probably has the seal hidden somewhere as well.”
“……under!”
People say that if something is too absurd, you’ll laugh, but that’s exactly it.
Jonas looked at the distant mountains and took a deep breath.
I can’t believe I have to play like this because of the immature boy’s pranks. It felt like his chest was burning with soaring heat.
He asked in a rougher voice.
“Then where is you now?”
“He must be hiding in the castle, or inside the territory.”
“great.”
Jonas spat out as if chewing.
“First, please prepare a horse for me to ride and some food again.”
“yes.”
“Disarm the servants and find the master. As soon as we find the seal, we will leave.”
Philip massaged his red neck and nodded.
“You wouldn’t have gotten far.”
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“Purr!”
With a loud cry, Black Star ran forward with great vigor.
Although it seemed like it was just running at random, Black Star’s movements were very delicate.
Avoid pebbles that would make your body shake when you step on them, and only choose places where the ground is solid to avoid losing speed.
Although it was dark, Black Star acted as if it were bright daylight. This was thanks to their excellent eyesight, which was several times that of other animals.
“Purung! Purung!”
Black Star continued to snort and moved his legs vigorously. Her gorgeous mane fluttered in the wind.
“Son, you’re excited.”
I grinned and held on tightly to the reins. Then, he raised his left hand and scratched the back of Black Star’s head.
“Hee hee!”
Black Star made a very cute crying noise as if he was in a good mood. And then he started running even faster.
“Yeah, yeah. I’m doing great.”
I held on to the reins with both hands again.
“Guys, are you going well?”
I meant the guys I was talking about.
This is the horse Jonas rode and the horse he was planning to ride. And a few hours ago, the guys I dragged out and released into the forest.
“Well, they’re probably walking around freely, eating grass by now.”
If you’re unlucky, you might get eaten by a passing monster. Or, he could have retraced the way he came and returned to his territory.
“Well, it will already be too late by then.”
He chuckled and tightened his grip on the reins.
“I guess you would have noticed by now.”
I looked at the distant sky where a whitish light began to shine. Now that we are past the middle of fall, the sunrise time is getting later.
“They were probably planning to leave around dawn.”
By now, Philip must have been busy waking up Jonas.
“I think I guessed roughly.”
In the meantime, Philip was trying to figure out what I was up to. While he prepared scented candles as I told him, he would secretly move around just in case something went wrong.
It was quite amusing to observe his nervousness.
“I thought you were simply trying to sabotage Jonas.”
My ultimate goal was the lord’s seal. The purpose was to rob it and go to the capital instead of Jonas.
“They must be looking for me who is hiding somewhere.”
Because they’ll think my arms aren’t healthy. They’ll think it’s impossible to do anything other than letting go of the horse and hiding things.
But both my arms were perfectly fine.
So much so that he tamed the ferocious Black Star and rode on it like this.
“Then, please do your best.”
I giggled. I couldn’t help but laugh when I thought about the shoveling that Philip and Jonas were doing.
Meanwhile, the scenery quickly passed by me. Black Star seemed to be excited about running for the first time in a long time, so he sped up without hesitation.
It was a sense of speed that was difficult to feel when riding an ordinary horse. Because of this, her body shook violently up and down, making it difficult.
“My goodness. I wonder how Old Man Ben was planning to raise this guy as a war horse.”
If I had ridden this guy, my shin bones would have been sore in no time. No matter how much he wanted to have a capable horse, it was too much of a stretch.
“I wonder if breeding is possible in the first place.”
Ordinary horses cannot even come close to Black Star. Even if he barely got close, he would have been stabbed in the leg and lost his reproductive function.
“Oh my, that’s terrible.”
After shaking my shoulders, I focused on running. At some point, dawn slowly dawned on her and her son-in-law became bright.
“Whoa, whoa.”
I found a pond in the middle and grabbed the reins.
“Purr!”
Black Star slowed down and shook his head left and right. A light cry was mixed with the crying.
“Is it because you want to run more?”
He laughed and made the guy stop.
“If you want to keep running, you need to rehydrate well. Drink water and run again.”
“Purung.”
Black Star seemed to understand what I was saying and obediently stopped at the edge of the pond. The more I looked at him, the more intelligent he was.
“What?”
I jumped off the Black Star. I let him drink the water and eased his numb legs here and there.
“Well, is this still worth it?”
After I warmed up sufficiently, I took out a map from my luggage.
“Where do you think we are?”
When people travel long distances, they usually use the highways extending north, south, east, and west from the imperial capital.
This is because it is the fastest and safest way to travel between territories.
Therefore, in order to get to the capital, I had to take the highway heading east.
but.
“Hmm… I guess this is it? I ran all the way along the ridge.”
My finger was pointing to the southeastern mountain range on the map. And then I skimmed down the mountain.
“Go down like this… Okay, we can go here.”
I pointed out a small territory attached to the end of a mountain range. It was a place far from the highway connecting the western territory and the capital.
“Bezerk.”
If I go this route, I will be able to achieve what I want.
I carefully looked at the map one last time and put it back in my bag. And he grinned.
“Even if Jonas comes after me, I won’t get caught.”
Philip and Jonas will soon realize that I have completely disappeared from the estate. It will light up its eyes and come after me.
“On the road heading east.”
But I didn’t choose that path in the first place. Rather, we will take a path that others do not take, that is, turn around and head towards the southeast.
“Still, I’ll get to the capital faster than Jonas.”
First of all, Jonas will be slow to move as he is searching for my traces. In comparison, I was riding a Black Star, which was much faster than a horse, so I was able to achieve twice the speed.
“That’s too bad.”
A pleasant smile spread across my lips as I mumbled that. I felt better when I imagined Jonas wasting money and running wild.
“This is all thanks to you.”
I carefully combed Black Star’s mane.
“Purung.”
Black Star rubbed the bridge of his nose against the palm of my hand. His attitude was quite charming, as if he liked what he had been running so far.
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