CH 10

It was clear when he recalled the attitude of Tuslena’s employees towards Rin. He was only an escort knight, but in reality, he was no different from goldfish poop. As in, he’s of no help. 

Even so, the man was a knight in his own right and got down on one knee in front of Rin. Then, with one hand on his chest, he lowered his head and replied with a respectful attitude, “Please call me Sir Smith.” 

“Then, Sir Smith, if you don’t mind, will you check every corner of this area? A boy my age may be taken hostage or kidnapped.” 

Smith raised his head and refused with a troubled expression. “But my lady, my duty is to protect you.” 

Didn’t I just see your face for the first time today?

“It’s because I’m so worried. I’ll be waiting here quietly with this man, yes? You can come back after checking one more time.” 

“Hey! What kind of flying flies are there in broad daylight. . .What are you doing in someone else’s store? Can’t you get out?”

Smith glanced at the babbling pub owner and replied with a troubled face, “Then this alley is an uneasy place in many ways, so directly with me – Miss!” 

Smith hurriedly supported Rin’s body as she collapsed without strength. Deciding to make full use of the image of ‘weak Lady Yana’, Yana coughed heavily. 

“Cough. Cough. Sorry, my head hurts because of the sudden jump. . .uk.” 

This is a way to apologize. 

It is a technique that uses Yana’s constitution, which instinctively gets nauseous when she apologizes, and is suitable for deceiving the opponent because her complexion actually turns pale. 

Unsurprisingly, the self-proclaimed escort knight, Sir Smith, seemed restless at the sudden situation. 

As expected of this escort knight.

If he had truly taken Yana by his side, he wouldn’t have been so taken aback by this situation. He would’ve known that Yana is a weak child from the very beginning. 

Thanks to that, it seemed like if I pushed a little more, I could pull it off right away.

“Gwa. Are you okay? I will take you to a bedroom right now.” 

As soon as Smith finished speaking, he lifted Rin on his back and hurriedly headed for the third floor. 

The door to what appeared to be the pub owner’s bedroom was slightly ajar. Smith broke into it without hesitation and laid Yana down. 

But something was strange. 

I can’t feel any warmth in this bed. 

“What is in this bedroom. . .”

Rin searched for the owner of the house, who was giggling while standing by the door. 

That man is suspicious. 

First of all, he was too young to be the owner of an old pub in a back alley. Perhaps if he was simply young, his chin and philtrum were so clean that not a single strand of beard could be seen, and there was no smell coming from his body. 

If you were originally a clean person, then the pub would be neat as well, but the pub on the first floor isn’t like that at all. 

Besides, the subject, who had just woken up from sleep, would’ve left warmth on the bed. Yet this bed is even clean, smooth and absent of any trace of a body tossing and turning. 

The owner of the pub was not at all assimilated with this place. 

“Thank you, Mr. Smith. If I move right away, I may vomit or faint from dizziness. I’ll be fine after a little rest, so please look around until then and then come. Can you do that? Please.” 

Smith, who was standing there with a look of thought, turned to the pub owner. Before long, the sword was pulled out with a bleak noise of crying. 

“Keep in mind that if there is a change in this person’s health, you will have to pay a very large price. This is a warning, not a request.” 

When the tip of the sharp sword reached under the pub owner’s chin, the owner shook his head with a pale face. “Hick! Yes! I-I will protect this girl well, so don’t worry too much and come back!” 

Rin looked at the back of the escort knight as he left the bedroom and clicked his tongue briefly inwardly. 

Certainly clumsy. 

No matter how bad the condition of the lady you are serving is, and even if you had been ordered, why would you leave her in an unfamiliar place? Don’t you know what that pub owner can do to Yana? 

At least she benefited from this. 

“Haa – I barely woke up and suddenly I found all this here?” The pub owner clearly expressed his discomfort and said to Rin, “Did you say you were a lady? I’m going down to work now, so get some rest. Come down if something happens. .. I have to prepare for business soon. . .”

Rin’s eyes narrowed. 

It’s not enough for an ordinary merchant to ignore the knight’s warning, leaving me alone as a child of a noble family? 

It was impossible. 

Having lived as a mercenary for a long time, Rin’s intuition spoke. This is a man associated with the shadow mage. 

Reassured, Rin slowly raised her upper body from the bed. And the moment when the man who was careless against the weak girl turned his back towards the door –

Woo-wok.

Rin put an intangible aura on her weapon and threw it at the man. It was the knife she had snuck on the first floor as soon as she arrived at the pub. 

As expected, the opponent was not an ordinary person. With quick movements, he avoided the kitchen knife flying from behind. 

“What is this – who the hell are you?!” 

Instead of answering, I used my aura to pull back the kitchen knife stuck in the wall. 

The power itself was unstable, so my fingers were cut a little, but it was useful enough. The man who saw this muttered with a stunned expression, “My God, swordsmanship?” 

In the unmanned word, whether the opponent is a swordsman or a magician, there is a rule that works unconditionally under the premise that the difference in inaction is not large. 

It’s the rule of winning first. 

Puck.

The man who had been hit in the head by the handle of a cleaver staggered to the ground. 

Hmm.

It must have been impossible to do swordsmanship with this body, for an extreme dizziness arose. 

It’s like this even for a very short time. I will use it once I feel better. 

Rin closed the bedroom door and approached the man. She then lifted the kettle from the table and poured it over his stunned face. 

“Wake up, mister.” 

“–Aww!” 

“I will only ask you two things. If you answer these two questions correctly, I will save your life.” 

I put the kitchen knife down next to me and asked while making eye contact with the confused man, “One, tell me where the body my age who was with you is, and two. . .”

Actually, this is the most important. 

“Do you know how about Cheonranghwan?” 

* * *

On the bridge leading from the market to the square, a middle-aged man raised his head from inside an antique looking four wheeled carriage, which had suddenly stopped. 

Sitting leisurely, he stared intently at a young man who could be seen through the crowd of people like a swarm of ants. Then the young man asked fearlessly as he returned to the carriage, “So what kind of commotion did you say there was?”

“It seems that a child abduction occured near the market.”

“A kidnapping?”

“Yes.” 

At the unexpected answer, the aged man’s expression hardened coldly. 

He was just returning to Tuslena Castle, however, the road to and from it as usual was swept away by an usual turmoil, so he stopped moving for a while and tried to figure out the source. 

Did a slave hunter come in? 

He thought they were quiet for years, but it seems that these slave hunters have grown active again. 

Even so, it was time for guests to come soon. It was impossible to keep such an impure element close to Tuslena Castle. 

I’ll need a countermeasure.

He scanned the crowd with a sharp gaze, and after a while, he frowned. 

“Hmm. I thought it was okay for my age. . .Did presbyopia come after all? Among the busy merchants, you can see the uniform of a Tuslena Knight, Jihad.” 

A black haired man sitting in the seat across from him gave a thoughtful reply, “I think he ran an errand.” 

Surprised by how insincere the answer was, the young man secretly raised his gaze and glanced towards the other man. 

Regardless of whether or not the grand master was interested in the kidnapping case, the man, Jihad, was intent on looking at the official documents from beginning to end. He was tall enough to easily occupy a seat for two and exuded a cool atmosphere, and he was a rare beauty. 

The man was the most famous Tuslena’s son, the Marquis of Lete – Jihad Tuslena.