Chapter 21: A Deal

Chapter 21: A Deal

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Speak of a Knight Patrol looking for a man in a saloon. Speak again for the same group of Knights coming around to apologize for the faulty information they spread and speak in a much politer tone.

The man they were looking for turned out to be a missing person rather than a fugitive. The Knights started apologizing and left without looking at a single person in a bad way.

Then Leon walked in.

"Phew! That one was scary for sure!" He said as he walked in under the watchful gazes of everyone.

There were no guests in the saloon anymore. It was almost dawn and Madam Ruth didn't let any one of the guests stay longer.

But as Leon showed up, they were all just silent simply waiting for him to say anything. He just walked on the stool and sat on it with an exhausted body.

"Leo" Jordi called.

"Hm? Yes?" Leon looked at him.

Jordi looked at Jessica and the rest but it was Madam Ruth who came for him first.

"What was that all about?" She asked with a stiff face and expressions.

"Truly sorry, I went and talked with the Knights' Captain, had a few drinks, and assured him that I was alright." He said.

"What did he want from you?" She asked.

"Well, you remember that night you people picked me from the river?" He asked.

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"Sure you do. That night I witnessed something about the culprit of the accident on the bridge and the killing of the guards that happened. One of the knights spotted my face before I fell off the bridge and they wanted my testimony. That's all." Leon said.

Technically, he witnessed what happened and the Knight that met him wanted to know what happened. No lies here.

"I even got a reward for speaking to them." Leon said as he flicked a golden coin in front of them all.

"Wow!" Jessica didn't expect to see that.

"Is that a Crown?" Even Jordi was almost out of his mind.

The girls upstairs heard the word gold and they were trying to look and see the coin.

That's the power of Gold.

One may possess what is worth more than a Gold Crown coin but there is a power to the Gold that not even a bag full of paper money can have.

This luster and shine is proof that one has dealt with an aristocrat before or someone who can wield a similar amount of authority.

Ruth, on the other hand, didn't swallow the story quite well.

"What was that man you met like?" She asked.

"Fairly young for a Knight, he seemed to have a good word with his Lord though. The trident emblem seemed to belong to a reeeeally big noble." Leon said.

"Yes, you have no idea." Ruth seemed to know the emblem, "What did he ask you about? And what did you tell him? I want details."

"Eh alright"

Leon seemed to have no leeway out of this one with Ruth and he was ready for it since he spent a lot of time on his way back twisting facts and coming up with answers.

"Not just you!" She looked at him sternly, "You do realize that nothing good comes from interfering with a fight between the Aristocrats. If Ruth took one side and handed over that escapee to whoever is looking for him, there will be a reckoning."

Leon narrowed his eyes.

"You mean that whoever is looking out for that escapee will come and vent it on the saloon here." He said in the tone of asking but he realized it midway.

"Duh!"

"You're right." Leon said as he scratched his chin, "I always denied the fact that he may have some backing, and honestly I think you make a good point, Jessica."

"Then don't fucking help Ruth catch him. And you do realize that many people know your face now, right?" She said.

He looked at her and nodded.

"This makes my Rabbit job harder." He said.

"Almost impossible." She corrected him, "A Rabbit shouldn't make himself visible. Ruth will get rid of you now that you're a burnt card."

Everything she said made sense.

"So Ruth will get the saloon involved in a shitty situation with the nobles and will get rid of me once I am no longer useful." Leon then smiled, "So I should keep stalling with Ruth?"

"She'll eventually find out." Jessica said.

"But if I can at least buy enough time for myself to pack up and go somewhere else?" He said.

"Yes, but she wouldn't stop chasing after the prize you put for her. And she will come after you probably with the Aristocrats since you can identify the escapee for them." She said.

"Right." He nodded, "I'll handle that my way. What you care about is that I don't get the saloon's people into trouble."

"Yes." Jessica nodded, "You own us your life in case you don't remember. Almost twice."

"I do. I won't disappoint you." He nodded, "But in return, I want your help with something."

She narrowed her eyes.

"What sort of help?" She asked.

"Madam Mikaela told me about that place. They call it the Mercenary Hall." He said.

"You" She looked at him from top to bottom to top again, "I am a saloon girl and I can beat you."

Leon laughed inwardly and outwardly and brushed it off.

"Do you know where it is?" He asked.

"Yeah, I can take you over there in the morning." She said, "You want to be a Merc?"

"I have to have a way out of this, don't I?" He said, "A place where I can draw the attention from here elsewhere."

"Sure you have to. And what will you do if Ruth threw her weight at you?" Jessica asked.

Leon smiled.

"Then I will find what is dear to her little heart" He said as his smile grew wider, " and burn it all."

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