Chapter 411

I was able to borrow a cape

“I see. You may enter. ...But what brings you here at such a late hour?”

“Uh, I have some business that I forgot about...”

After arriving in Ractos, I banged on the door and called for the guard.

There was a small window to the side, where you could see the guard’s head. I then showed him the crest.

As it was dark and raining, I had to raise the sword so that the magic light would make the crest visible.

The guard was one of the ones who had seen us before, and so he recognized me and Leo.

Still, he checked the crest in order to confirm it.

And then the gate was opened enough for Leo to pass through.

“You seem to be quite wet. Do you not have anything to cover yourself?”

“No, I didn’t bring anything.”

“I see... Please wait one moment.”

“Huh?”

“Wuff?”

For a moment I thought he had become suspicious, but that was not the case.

The guard I was talking to rushed off to the guard house.

...Well, I was carrying the duke’s crest, so there was no reason to be suspicious... I wasn’t a criminal or anything.

Still, all we could do was wait for him to return.

“Please use this. ...Unfortunately, we do not have anything for your Leo...”

“No, thank you. It will be a great help.”

“Wou...”

The guard returned and handed me a coat that covered my entire body.

You could see how much Sebastian liked to explain things.

The first place I decided to check out was close to a place I had been before.

It was near the place where we had rescued Liza when she was being bullied.

“It’s possible that this Deam was watching when Liza was being attacked...”

“Wuff!”

A clearing in between buildings.

That is where we had found Liza... And the place we were now headed was on the other side of it.

Perhaps I was overthinking it, but it was possible that Deam or someone close to him was watching from the neighboring building.

...If that was true, then he would have seen Mr. Ekenhart... But perhaps the disguise would have been enough to hide his identity.

Regardless, I felt angry again when I thought about the idea of him spectating.

Leo also barked angrily as she stood next to me.

...No, no. We had to stay calm.

This was someone who had influence in the slums.

If we got too emotional, then something unexpected might happen.

And that was especially dangerous with Leo here.

“...Hah...hahh... Alright, let’s go, Leo!

“Wou!”

I took in a deep breath to calm myself and continued our journey.

First, we went to the main street that we always passed.

As it was quite late, the usually busy street was quite empty and quiet.

Still, there were fires burning at equal intervals on the streets, so there was a little light.

As there were no lampposts, these lights were quite comforting to have, and made it easier to travel.