Chapter 114: The Wise One

"The Wise One..."

Inside the carriage...

Calvin was sandwiched between Bruce and Ashlynn.

The Cavaliers were definitely low-key.

Despite the fact that most of them wore clothes made from high-quality fabric and silk, they rented a carriage from a company situated at the Western Borough for five Joselian Pesos a day.

Including the horse, the daily rent amounted to eight pesos a day.

That was a week and a half's worth of wage.

But even though the carriage rental was so exorbitant, the carriage was trash. It seemed that the person who made this carriage didn't fully grasp the concept of suspensions. It was because the carriage kept on jumping up and down even if the roads weren't really that bumpy.

This meant that since Ashlynn was sitting beside him. Her breasts keep on hitting Calvin's arm.

Ashlynn glanced at Calvin and gave a cheeky smile.

She pushed herself closer to Calvin and asked, "How do you like that?"

Calvin gave a bitter smile, "Is this some kind of a honeytrap?"

Smack!

Ashlynn smacked Calvin's arm and said, "Hmmph, you really don't know how to be grateful, eh?"

"What honeytrap? I just want to know more about what happened that preceded that incident. Hehehe, who knows? What if you suddenly remembered everything after being so close to me?"

Ashlynn winked at Calvin.

Calvin let out a dry cough.

Bruce turned to look at Calvin and he couldn't help but sympathize.

Ashlynn may be a beauty and an eye-candy but she always acts like a hooligan!

The world of Las Felipinas was a world stuck in the eighteenth century when compared to the modern and urbanized world of Earth. In other words, this was a world that called for women to be modest, virtuous, and always thoughtful.

The fact that Ashlynn acts like a hooligan and coquettish at the same time was considered strange.

The look on Bruce's face alone told Calvin everything that he needed to know.

"Am I not that attractive? I may be quite old now, but I'm still a maiden. I haven't done that sort of thing that can only be done by a man and a woman, you know?"

Peng!

A dull thud suddenly rang out.

For some reason, Bruce's head collided with the ceiling of the carriage.

"What are you doing?" Ashlynn looked at Bruce and asked with a frown on her face.

"Uh... Nothing, I just lost my balance..."

"Damn, this carriage is too bumpy!" Bruce scolded under his breath.

"Oh, I see..." Ashlynn softly uttered, and she didn't think about it anymore.

"Hey, what do you think...? Am I beautiful?"

Ashlynn went even closer to the point that her lips were now so close to Calvin's ears.

The hot air from her breathing gently tickled Calvin's nerves.

But Calvin remained steadfast in her assault.

He awkwardly scratched his cheek and said, "Well, I guess... you're beautiful?"

"What kind of response is that? Just be straightforward!"

"Am I beautiful or not?" Ashlynn fumed.

"Y-Yes... You are beautiful..." Calvin almost immediately replied.

Ashlynn gave a small smile.

Pushing her arms against her breasts, her assets became even more pronounced and bigger as she asked once more, "Then in that case, do you want to... do it... with me...?"

Peng!

Another dull thud rang out.

Bruce's head collided with the ceiling once again as he let out another series of dry coughs.

Calvin and Ashlynn glanced at Bruce.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... Ah, goddamned it. This carriage is so bumpy!" Bruce desperately hid the blush on his face as he rubbed his head, seemingly wanting to rub away the pain that inundated his head.

Calvin faintly nodded, then he turned to look at Ashlynn.

"I apologize, my lady— but I am not the type of person that would do such a thing in broad daylight. What's more, there are other people around us. My tastes aren't that heavy..."

"Oh? Then, what if there are no people around us?"

"Well..."

Calvin stretched his arm and wrapped it around Ashlynn's petite waist, "If the lady is offering herself to me in a silver platter, then I wouldn't be a man if I don't take advantage of that, right?" He even winked at him eliciting a furious blush on Ashlynn's face.

"Ah! Go away!" She pushed Calvin away in a fluster and Calvin could only let out a few dry laughs.

"You..."

"Pervert!"

Ashlynn coldly spat and then proceeded to ignore him for the duration of the trip.

Calvin made a sidelong glance at Bruce, and when the eyes of the two men met in mid-air. They simultaneously sighed as if they understood each other's feelings. From what Calvin could infer from Bruce's eyes. It seemed that he was also a victim of Ashlynn's antics.

What a poor guy...

"We've arrived..."

The Wise One's house in Ashmelion was a detached house located in the depths of the Hilton Borough. Located at the south-western side of Ashmelion. The entire Hilton Borough was an exclusive region highly protected by the police. This was where most nobles lived their daily lives.

All other houses in the exclusive residential subdivision of Hilston Borough were decorated lavishly and with patterns reminiscent to that of webs and prisms.

But this detached house in front of Calvin and the Cavaliers looked different. At first impression, one wouldn't find anything strange with the house.

But as soon as they stood in front of the gates, they would feel a shiver down their spines.

It was as if there was a persistent intangible cold breeze surrounding their bodies.

Calvin swept his gaze across the street and discovered that there were street lights whose height was about the same as that of an adult male. If these street lamps were placed on the other boroughs, they would most likely be stolen in just under a minute.

But this was Hilton Borough, a highly protected place.

No one would dare to steal anything from here.

Walking along the pathway blanketed by the rays orangey rays of sunrise, Calvin and the Cavaliers entered the Wise One's residential proper. Facing the main entrance was a cemented road that led straight to the house. The road was wide enough that it could probably fit three carriages at once.

There was a garden on the left, a lawn at the right, and a fountain at the center roundabout. The faint fragrance of the flowers and fresh grass whose mildew had just evaporated by the sun rays created a mixture of scent that could make anyone feel refreshed and relaxed.

But as soon as the group arrived at the front doors of the Wise One's house.

Ron Samuel suddenly gave out an order.

"Blindfold him... We can't let him see those things."

"Yes, Captain..." James gave his reply and proceeded to blindfold the astonished Calvin.

Right after Calvin was blindfolded— before he could even ask what was going on and why he must he be robbed of his sense of sight.

An ethereal voice suddenly floated over to the group from beyond the doors.

"Gentlemen, you're finally here..."

"Is he that young man that you lot mentioned in the letter?"

"Yes, Wise One..."

"All right, come inside."

A creaking noise rang out.

The doors were slowly being opened.

"Just walk straight," Bruce said to Calvin and he obliged.

Walking step by step into the residence of the Wise One, Calvin felt as if he was walking into the tiger's den.

A few minutes of walking ensued, and soon... Calvin's blindfold was removed.

The scene that he saw in front of him left him baffled.