Chapter 46

Chapter 10. We had come too far. (5)

The sword that was weakly held in Eila’s hand fell.

Blood flowing from a deep cut wound dripped down on top of him.

After a while, Aila opened her mouth and a voice like salt, cracked by the scorching sun, barely came out.

“how......?”

How did you know the name and how did you find out about the new store?

How did you already reach the path of the sword?

It was a question mixed with many questions, and a light with the same meaning appeared in his eyes, but Calian had no intention of saying a single word.

Immediately, Calian took a step forward and stood looking into Aela’s eyes. Then he reached out and grabbed Aila’s chin strongly. Aila let out a single word without realizing it.

“Ugh!”

It was an attempt to remove the poison that the Sejaks always carried around, but no poison was found anywhere in Aila’s mouth. I hadn’t already swallowed the poison. Calian laughed when he realized that he had taken the poison himself.

“Aila.”

When Calian called again, Aela shrugged her shoulders. Calian spoke in a low voice.

“Tell me. Proof.”

Should I lie and say that such a thing never happened in the first place?

Should I say that I will hand it to you if you send it from here?

Several thoughts flickered in Aila’s mind and then disappeared repeatedly. Aila, who was looking for a way to get out of this situation because she knew that if she was caught like this, would die that way, asked vaguely.

“If I tell you, will you let me go?”

“Now?”

Calian asked back with an expressionless face.

They attacked with all their might, sending deadly threats, but now they are begging for help. So what more opportunities can I give you? Calian spoke again.

“Everyone says that Secretians are harsh, but it seems like you are not.”

And he added in a tone that sounded like he was talking to himself.

“I don’t know if it’s not true or not.”

It was difficult for Aila to understand exactly what he meant. However, looking at Calian’s face, it seemed like he had no intention of saving his life.

Soon, Eila stood with her back straight facing Calian. He then pointed to the fragments of the sword scattered on the floor. They said they would not save him, so he tried to find a way to live.

“The Swordmaster’s sword was broken by an Auror. He is not a knight, but carries a sword that is worse than that of a guard. Why is this?”

Aela was mentioning Kirie’s sword when she saw it. Calian stared at Aela without answering. Aila, who interpreted this as meaning to say the next words, opened her mouth again.

“People around you don’t know. Are you hiding your skills?”

Aela, who was observing Calian with such a secret expression of luck, had the look in her eyes of those who occupied a superior position. This is because I saw Calian slightly clenching his fist. Ayla spoke without stopping.

“You’d better just let me go, or I’m going to tell the drivers outside what I just saw.”

Kalyan clearly gave it a chance.

I’ll turn a blind eye to everything, so just leave the evidence.

I gave him a chance to save him somehow.

Calian, who had been standing silently, eventually let out a small laugh.

– Woe!

Suddenly, Calian grabbed Eila by the collar and pulled her forward. Then he looked closely at Aila’s face, gritted his teeth, and spoke fiercely.

“If you wanted to live, if you were going to do this and ask for my life, you shouldn’t have done something that would kill me in front of me!”

Calian’s murderous energy exploded and pushed Aila down. The red eyes flashed as if they were going to devour Aila at any moment.

There was instinctive fear on Aila’s face.

“Is it true that the royal family searched the house?”

It was possible, but I wasn’t too worried about things at home.

Hale didn’t leave any evidence behind anyway. In addition, Hale had sent Jeon Seo-gu in the morning to inform Lennon Brissen of the situation and ask for help. Haven’t you put in so much effort so far to help with this cause?

Hale, who thought he had prepared well in advance, opened the letter.

And I opened my eyes wide.

It wasn’t from his house.

– You’ll need someone to represent you. So, to help you out, I explained to Queen Sillike what you sold and what happened. So relax. < Alan Manasil >

A letter fell from Hale’s hand.

I felt like I needed to check how much Calian knew. Is it really true that the ‘something’ written in Alan Manasil’s letter means new material?

Hale hurried out of the room. Then I changed my mind and came back in.

“No. That sly wizard already knew everything and sent a letter like that. I’m tired of groveling to that commoner’s child and calling him a prince. Let’s just hide it for now.”

Haley locked the door to his room. There were items that had to be hidden in case those sent by the royal family discovered this secret space during a search. Something that Silike or the Marquis Briesen should never know.

Sick of it!

The intention was to take out a new item that had been purchased from Blue Solsae but had not yet been delivered to Brisen Merchant.

– Drurk!

When I turned the clock on the bedroom stove, the bookshelf next to the bedroom moved making a small noise.

And I could see countless valuables piled up inside. Hale didn’t pay attention to them and hurriedly took out a box from the far corner.

Then I opened the lid for a moment and checked what was inside.

I saw quite a collection of sacred items. I would have been able to make a fortune with this amount, but when I saved it up to negotiate a little more with Lennon Brissen, this problem arose.

Hale, who ate his food in disappointment, quickly closed the lid of the box and stood up.

“thank you.”

And I heard this.

Haley raised his head in surprise. A man’s head was floating before his eyes. Then, as if drawing a picture in the air, the head, neck, shoulders and upper body appeared little by little.

Hale, faced with an unexpected situation, sighed and sat down.

“Who are you!”

He looked somewhat familiar.

The wizard who came to Calian wet from the rain the night before...

A wizard!

Soon, his entire body was visible, and he looked at Hale and belatedly introduced himself. It was a serious face with no hint of laughter.

“Wizard. This is Arsene Hertz.”

The reason why no one was able to open the magically locked door while Aela and Calian were fighting was because the only wizard who could open it was hiding in Hale’s room.

Of course, the reason was to find an indispensable piece of evidence that even Butler Malcolm did not know the location of.

Calian said that the more evidence there is, the better.

Of course, transaction records written on paper are important, but wouldn’t it be even better to have something this visible?

Therefore, Arsene Hertz, who had been hiding in Hale’s room for several hours while maintaining the 4th Circle’s invisibility magic, opened his mouth in a very polite tone.

“I will use it well as you took the trouble to find it.”

Arsene took the box from Hale’s stunned hands. Then he said with a look on his face that something suddenly occurred to him.

“And... I will definitely tell this to the prince, who is the son of a snub-like wizard and a commoner, because the Count obediently handed it over to me without any resistance. You don’t have to decline.”

Hale’s face was bleached white.

A gasping sound escaped his lips.