CH 71.3

Litty walked out of the guild without a word back to Zhul. She had two guilds to choose from: the Martial Guild and the Summoner’s Guild.

Both of these guilds offered lodging, Litty could decide to stay in either of them.

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“Oh, you guys aren’t on the list. Sorry, you’ll have to find another place to eat.”

The problem was food. Aldis’s faction had a hand in this as well, refusing to accept anyone but the adventurers on the list. The restaurant was under orders from the King, and they could not go against the order.

After checking out a few more restaurants, Litty and Roma gave up, and made do with a simple meal that could be eaten without cooking.

“We’ll have to rely on jobs in the guild that also offer meals for us, if we could find any.”

“Right. We can’t cook meat in the city…”

“Hey! Hey! What are you doing there!”

The one who called out angrily to Litty was a knight of the kingdom. She recognized the two-headed serpent symbol as the Amphisbaena. Baider, the captain, was nowhere to be seen.

In his place were two contrasting figures, one round, the other tall and slender, leading the knights.

“Yes?”

“Hey, both of you come to the station!”

“We didn’t do anything.”

“Is this part of your joint operation with Yggdrasia?”

The knights did not answer Roma’s question, but tried to forcefully restrain them.

Amphisbaena Corps represented the power of the state. If they resisted, it could be considered as obstruction of justice. It didn’t matter if Yggdrasia was behind it.

However, if they were caught, no one knew what they planned to do with them. It would have been fine if it was only her, but Roma was also with her.

“Be quiet and come with us.”

Litty even thought of escaping the capital for the time being. With her current strength, she was confident in escaping from knights’ encirclement, but what about Roma?

Litty, who had no intention of abandoning Roma, thought desperately. As Litty’s mind was racing, she saw two figures standing at the corner of the building ahead of her.

“Come with me, Roma-san!”

“What…are you…?”

Without any hesitation, Litty grabbed Roma’s wrist and dragged her toward those figures while escaping the encirclement. The knights also reacted quickly and were closing in.

However, they suddenly stopped because there was a man that they couldn’t touch.

“Oh, my dear knights. What are you doing here so late at night?”

“Ah, you are…”

A small, plump, magnificent aristocrat, a woman with long flowing hair of bright blue, and a young girl with brown hair stood there.

They were Maamu, who was escorted by Litty in the city of Topaz; her father, De Mile; and her escort, Natasha.

“De, Count De Mile?!”

“Those two are my honored guests…is something the matter?” (De Mile)

“No, no, nothing in particular…”

“It seemed like you were chasing them around.” (De Mile)

“It was our mistake! We are sorry!”

The knights bowed their heads and then disappeared at breakneck speed.

Taking a deep breath, Litty was surprised to see them again.

Although they had never met before, Roma was able to figure out who this man was because of the knight’s greeting.

“Everyone… Thank you so much for your help.” 

“Oh, no, no. I was just on my way home from picking up my daughter today. It was just a coincidence.” (De Mile)

“Oh, Maamu, you see, she goes to the Magician’s Guild now. De Mile is taking her to and from the magician’s guild every day, as much as possible.” (Natasha)

“Oh, that’s amazing… though, it seems like I might have gotten you involved in a mess.” (Litty)

Litty gave a dazed look to Maamu and noticed that she was not in the elegant dress she used to wear.

She was a trainee, wearing black vestments, a skirt and tights, and even just in appearance, she looked like a fine wizard. In her hand was a wooden wand, and she looked very different from her previous image of a young lady.