Episode 31. To Academy (5)
The morning when dawn breaks and the round sun rises.
In contrast to the calm sky, the inn’s hallway was extremely noisy.
-Boom boom!
A number of knights armed with iron armor knocked harshly on the door.
At this, Brian, who was in the room, hurriedly opened the door and came out.
“W-what’s going on?”
Brian seemed taken aback by the sudden attack.
“Emergency measures have now been issued throughout Saffern! “We will conduct a group survey targeting outsiders, so everyone in the room must come out!”
The driver showed an order with Sapern’s emblem stamped on it and requested cooperation.
Sweat ran down Brian’s face as he looked at the order.
“excuse me… … “I’m really sorry, but if you tell us the location, we’ll go. Can’t you give us a grace period for now?”
“Grace time? Do you think we’re kidding? If you don’t want to be taken by force, come out quickly!”
“Well, that’s because our master is still sleeping soundly. He said never to wake me up until he wakes up first… … .”
“Master~?”
The knight snorted at the word ‘young master.’
There’s a master at a typical inn where adventurers like this can stay?
That means there are nobility, but people who value fitness more than life are the only ones staying in places like this?
It couldn’t even be used as a joke.
“If you don’t show up for the count of three, it will be considered non-compliance and we will start forcibly arresting you!”
The knight pointed to the three with his finger.
“one!”
“Drivers, wait a minute! “You’re in real trouble!”
The driver didn’t care.
“two!
“If you do something wrong, all the knights will end up in the wilderness… … !”
“three!”
With a three-sound sound, the driver passed Brian and kicked the door violently.
Eventually, the driver entered the room and came face to face with Sian, who was sitting on the bed with her shirt off.
Judging by his blank eyes, he looked like he had just woken up.
“… … ?”
After entering excitedly for a moment, the driver was soon engulfed in silence.
A long, smooth body and solid muscles without any flab.
There were even numerous scars on her body that did not match her youthful face.
He reminded me of a veteran who had experienced numerous battlefields, not a boy.
It felt like I went into a rabbit hole thinking it was a rabbit hole and ended up encountering a tiger.
Everyone who entered the room, including you, was speechless.
“Are you awake, master…?” … ?”
Brian, who was the first to come to his senses, asked cautiously.
“I woke up because it was loud.”
Eyes full of life turned straight to him.
The moment Brian met those eyes, his entire body became stiff.
“What did I say last night?”
Sian’s tone was full of irritation.
“Well, don’t ever wake it up until it wakes up on its own…” … .”
“But what is this? “I didn’t wake up on my own right now?”
“Well, I tried my best not to wake you up, but there are unavoidable circumstances here… … !”
Brian, who was shaking, looked at the Sapern knight as if telling him to take responsibility.
The knight, who was standing with blank eyes, soon realized his duty and quickly shook his head.
“According to the Sapern emergency measures, all outsiders currently in the city must be urgently investigated! So I’m unintentionally asking for your cooperation… … .”
The driver’s voice was as quiet as the sound of a mosquito.
“Ho, are you by any chance a son of a noble family?”
Even his tone of voice changed to an honorific, as if he realized something was seriously wrong.
Xian didn’t respond and just stared fiercely into the knight’s eyes.
The driver could no longer speak due to an unfamiliar feeling of intimidation that could not be explained in words.
It was Brian who broke the silence.
“Well, our young master is Sian Berthe, the son of Duke Berthe, the lord of Belias! “I was on my way to Luwen to go to the Royal Academy!”
He hurriedly showed the knight the Berthe family emblem that was on the table and said,
After seeing the sentence, the knight’s eyes widened and he immediately put away his weapon and bent his waist to 90 degrees.
“I’m sorry I didn’t know! “I meet you, son of the Duke of Berthe!”
The rest of the knights also hastily lowered their heads.
“… … .”
A moment of silence passed with no one speaking.
Xian looked at the knights with a straight gaze and began to get dressed as if he had finally woken up.
Brian thought when he saw that.
He said he saved many lives today… … .
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“Emergency measures against outsiders?”
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“Yes that’s right!”
“Why all of a sudden? “Who stole the tax evasion money that was hidden in the warehouse?”
The driver was shocked to hear the word tax evasion.
“W-what kind of trouble are you talking about? That’s not it, our lord of Saphern, Farqualon, went missing last night… … .”
Paqualon?
Where have I heard that name before?
I clearly remember that he was a member of an influential family in the empire.
“Are you by any chance referring to the Marquess of Nephelis’ Farquaron Nephelis?”
“Yes that’s right! “He was ruling this territory on behalf of the former lord of Saphern, who suddenly died of illness a year ago!”
I didn’t know that the bald family was ruling this place.
The Nephelis family was one of the three richest families in the empire and had the current empress, Cassandra Nephelis, on its back.
At this time, Marquis Randolph Nephelis would probably be the head of the family.
The marquis’ younger brother is probably Lord Pacquaron, who rules this place.
But that guy went missing?
How on earth did the guards have to be such idiots that the lord went missing?
“Well, it’s a big deal that the lord has gone missing, but what does that have to do with outsiders like me?”
“Ah, well, I don’t know how to tell you this… … .”
The driver was scratching his head as if he had something to hide.
“You said they were going to call everyone in and interrogate them anyway? Then wouldn’t she try to talk? “Speak without hesitation.”
I’m sure they were the ones who came to investigate, but somehow the roles seem to have been reversed.
The driver, who had been pondering over and over again, closed his eyes tightly and said as if there was nothing he could do.
“Actually, our lord is not just missing, but is presumed to have been kidnapped… … .”
“kidnap?”
I kept asking questions.
“Who is the presumed suspect?”
“Well, I’m not sure about that yet, but why isn’t there an organization that keeps coming up these days? Those Mist guys who follow the black fog… … .”
They are doing shit.
I wasted my time last night to check that they weren’t here.
Now, if something happens, do you suddenly suspect Mist?
And it’s not an assassination, it’s a kidnapping?
If it’s a real Mist, they’ll kill you on the spot, and you won’t go through the trouble of kidnapping them.
It is more credible that a fake pretending to be Mist kidnapped the lord… … .
wait for a sec.
When I heard that it was fake, I naturally remembered what happened last night.
This can’t be… … .
“That Lord Pacquaron has no hair, right?”
“yes… … .”
The driver immediately answered yes without any hesitation.
A kidnapper wearing a black mask and a hairless nobleman.
I think this is the guy I saw last night.
I didn’t want to get involved in something useless, so I just passed by, but in fact, the two people I saw yesterday were the disappeared lord and the kidnapper.
Things are getting intertwined like this again.
“Well, we actually don’t think this is very likely! “Our lord is not a person so vicious as to be targeted by those black bastards!”
What a bountiful harvest.
Do you think I don’t know about the filth of that bald family?
If they knew that Marquis Nephelis and the current empress would later be accused of treason and all would be eradicated, they would turn a blind eye.
“However, strange black smoke was rising from the room where the lord went missing, so I put it on board just in case!”
“So you were conducting an investigation targeting outsiders to find people who might have been disguised?”
“Yes, that’s right! “You have great insight!”
He hesitates and tells me facts that I didn’t even ask about.
This was truly a true article.
No matter how much I am the son of a man who carried the Berth family on his back, I don’t think you will be the type of person who will rise to the top just by looking at your arm.
I just got up from my seat.
“good. It’s okay because I know everything. “Stop leaving.”
“yes?”
The knight asked back with a completely stupid face.
“The investigation is over, right? “I don’t need you anymore, so get out.”
Of course, the fact that the investigation was completed was mine, and the fact that it was no longer needed meant the articles.
You must be dumbfounded to have been questioned without any results, but what can you do?
At least I’m sure I’m not the culprit.
After sending the stupid knights away, I immediately started preparing to leave.
“Uh, where are you going, master?”
Brian, who had been watching the situation, asked with a bewildered expression.
“Drink.”
“Oh, you mean from the morning?”
“It won’t take long. “Be ready to leave as soon as I get back.”
“Yes, I understand!”
There is a long way to go to the Academy, but isn’t there a saying like this?
The more urgent you are, the more you go back.
I’m not trying to solve a useless kidnapping case, but rather look around with a relaxed mind… … is a mess.
I’m just going because I’m worried.
Now that that guy has seen my face, I don’t know what kind of sparks will fly if he leaves like this.
I returned to the alley where the fog had dispersed last night.
Despite the sun rising in the morning, the alley was as quiet as the night before.
After looking around to make sure there was no one around, I closed my eyes again.
“Ammu Type 4: Life Detection!”
A small mist escaped through the collar and entered the snow along the neck.
The view shrouded in fog dyed everything black, turning the world into a black and white world.
However, this black and white world we see now is nothing more than a useless background.
-Paaah!
A red glow slowly shines into young eyes.
An intense light was shining beyond the long wall and the tightly packed buildings.
same.
The same life as the guy I felt last night.
I quickly crossed the alley and headed towards the red light.
Following the light, we reached a place in front of a shabby house.
Judging by its condition, it didn’t look like an empty house, but honestly, it was so worn down that even though it looked like an abandoned house, there was nothing to say about it.
In other words, it was a suitable place to abandon a corpse or kidnap and imprison someone.
I naturally knocked on the door.
-Boom boom!
Knock on the door and wait for 1 minute.
In the meantime, I knocked a couple more times, but it was completely dark inside.
You clearly feel like you’re popular, so you’re going to pretend like you’re not there?
I took a step back and positioned myself to force it to break.
If you break an old wooden door like this with your fist without even taking out Keiram… … .
-Squeak
Before I clenched my fist for a moment, the door suddenly opened with a squeak.
“who are you?”
“… … ?”
I couldn’t help but be embarrassed.
The person who opened the door was not the middle-aged man I expected, but a young girl who appeared to be around my current age.
And with crutches on one leg… … .
“sorry. “It took me a while to get out because my legs were bad.”
I gently lowered my eyes and looked down.
Isn’t this a bad level?
The girl’s left leg was completely twisted below the knee, and was completely wrapped in a white bandage.
When I raised my head again and looked into her eyes, I realized that, far from being alive, they were full of unspoiled innocence.
what? Did I come to the wrong place?
Just when I was wondering if I had mistaken the house behind it, someone else inside the house appeared.
“What’s going on, Sal… … “Inhale!”
He was a middle-aged man with gray hair.
The moment he saw my face, he couldn’t hide his surprise, as if he had seen the devil.
I knew it the moment I saw those eyes that trembled like aspen trees.
You’ve come to the right place.
(Continued in the next part)
fantasy,
