And when I opened my momentarily dazzled eyes again, I saw…
“……so fast.” (Tougo)
A large bird, which had apparently come in through the window, was being slashed by Laocles.
It was fast.
But that wasn’t the end of the story.
Another large bird flew in. Laocles clicked his tongue and blocked the bird that was flying toward me with his shield. The bird hit the shield and crashed on the spot.
Laocles swung his shield again and hit the bird with his shield, the one that had first came. Then that bird also stretched out on the spot. I see. A shield can be a blunt instrument.
When the two birds were stunned… They disappeared as if sucked into somewhere.
“There!” (Laocles)
Laocles saw this and, leaning out the window, picked up a candlestick he had left lying around and threw it at them.
Then a scream could be heard from outside the window. If the heavy brass candlestick had hit me, I think it would have hurt a lot.
The Redgarde family guards came out into the yard while things were happening… The noise outside the window suddenly becomes very noisy.
Laocles looked out the window without putting his sword away and continued to be on alert… But then he glanced at me and beckoned me, so I went to look out the window as well.
Outside the window, several people were being surrounded by the Redgarde family guards.
Among them, I spotted a familiar blonde head.
“Oh, it’s Mr. Santos.” (Tougo)
The son of the lord had come all the way here? Perhaps the bird I saw earlier was his summoned beast.
As I looked down out the window, Mr. Santos looked up and looked at us. He seemed to have realized that he was being watched. His forehead was bleeding. I think he was hit by the candlestick that Laocles threw. He looks painful.
Mr. Santos glared at us and shouted loudly.
“Hey! Come down!” (Santos)
“I refuse.” (Laocles)
Laocles cut him off. I don’t want to go down, either. I mean, how could he think we were going down in this situation?
“What? You don’t care what happens to her!?” (Santos)
…But as Mr. Santos said that he grabbed one of the people who seemed to be Mr. Santos’ bodyguard and put a knife to that person’s throat.
“…what is he doing?” (Tougo)
“Come here…” (Santos)
We look at his hand, wondering why he would take his own ally hostage to the enemy… When we found out that the person, he was holding hostage seemed to be a female warrior. It was too dark to see her face clearly.
As for us, we were a little troubled by the sudden action of Mr. Santos. The guards of the Redgarde family were also starting to get a little confused when he started taking their friend as a hostage. I’m not sure what to make of this.
…However, Mr. Santos didn’t care at all, he only addressed us and said this.
“This is Intarlia Berche. …The name sounds familiar, doesn’t it? He is a former colleague of yours, isn’t he? You killed the Lord of Gorda together, didn’t you?!” (Santos)
I saw Laocles stiffen beside me.
“You see her!? Barclaed Oriens!” (Santos)
He called Laocles a name I didn’t know, and I looked at him with wide eyes, not blinking… just looking at Mr. Santos and the hostage woman with a frigid stare.
It was as if he had become a statue.
Laocles does not move. Even the guards of the Redgarde family didn’t move. I didn’t move either.
I wonder what kind of situation this is… Somehow, I understand. I know why they can’t move.
Perhaps the person being held hostage now was once a colleague of Laocles, who was perhaps a former knight.
I think she’s important to him. I can see that by looking at the face of Laocles, who has a bloodless expression.
“Look, look, what’s the matter? If you want to spare her life, get that kid out of here! Come on! Oriens!” (Santos)
Laocles called out, squeezing his sword… His hand was trembling in anger.
“Hey, I’m going to kill her. What do you value more, her life or the kid? We don’t intend to kill the kid. We’re going to give him a good life. So, what are you waiting for? You bring the kid to us, and everyone will be happy.” (Santos)
“……shut up.” (Laocles)
Laocles said in a hushed voice, but it was painfully obvious that he was upset.
“Oriens! Come on, bring that kid over here! Come here! Do that and I’ll let Berche go!” (Santos)
“Intarlia……!” (Laocles)
Out of the corner of my eye, the woman was also looking at us. …No, the woman has been looking only at Laocles, not at me, the whole time.
Laocles was seen by that woman, Mr. Santos’s gaze, and then the gazes of the Redgarde family’s bodyguards… and she bit her lip.
And.
“Intarlia! Hate me! I must protect my master!” (Laocles)
He said this.
“Wha… Hey, are you insane! Don’t you care what happens to this woman! This woman is a slave! She is the property of the Dioren family! She will die if I order her!” (Santos)
“Yes, I don’t care! If you want to kill her, go ahead!” (Laocles)
Laocles roared back at the panicked Mr. Santos. But his hands were shaking and his eyes were fixed on Mr. Santos and the hostage woman.
It was at time… She said,
“Oh, I don’t care! Kill me! I’ll kill myself instead of becoming a shackle for my former compatriots!” (Intarlia)
The hostage woman laughed and snatched the knife from Mr. Santos’ hand.
“Ed. I wish the best for your new life—and your new master!” (Intarlia)
The woman then pointed the knife at her own throat.
“Wait!” (Tougo)
I couldn’t help but scream.
Everyone looked at me in surprise, probably because I had been silent for so long and suddenly shouted so loudly.
“…I’m going. Wait a minute.” (Tougo)
I looked down at the window for a moment… and decided that I couldn’t jump off the window, so I left the room through the stairs.
“Oh, hey! Wait!” (Laocles)
Laocles chased after me, but I ran out of the guest room, down the stairs, out the front door, and around to the garden.
…I went to and found a group of people who were having a hard time deciding what to do, and they looked at me when I finally came down.
“…What? You want to go with me?” (Santos)
I walked up to Santos, who was probably the most confused of the group, and he blatantly flinched.
“Yes.” (Tougo)
So, when I replied like that… He was blank.
“If you want to take me with you, take me with you. But let that person go.” (Tougo)
“Hey, what are you talking about!” (Laocles)
Laocles grabs my shoulder from behind. The hand that touched my shoulder, which was still in my room clothes, was very cold.
“Laocles are going with me?” (Tougo)
I asked him. Laocles also looked at me with a blank stare.
“Well, if possible, it would be reassuring if you could come with me.” (Tougo)
…Laocles, who had his mouth agape, immediately came to his senses and asked,
“……are you insane?” (Laocles)
“Yes.” (Tougo)
“You could be a prisoner for the rest of your life.” (Laocles)
“I don’t think so.” (Tougo)
“I may get overpowered… and I’m not, by any means the strongest. I can’t solve all my problems on my own.” (Laocles)
“So, I’m glad you’re coming with me. I can’t solve all my problems by myself either.” (Tougo)
When I said this, Laocles looked down… Puzzled, lost, and troubled, and then nodded.
“…I will pay this debt.” (Laocles)
“Yeah. Okay, six hours of modeling, excluding breaks.” (Tougo)
All right. Negotiation completed. I can draw Laocles all I want with this. This is enough for me.
Well… I finally turn to Mr. Santos.
“Mr. Santos. You can take me home as you wish. In return, I will decide what to do… with her.” (Tougo)
Santos looked a little frightened. But I don’t care.
“Do you want to take me with you? Or not? What are you going to do? ” (Tougo)
When I asked him again, Mr. Santos raised his voice as if he had made up his mind.
“Take you!” (Santos)
“I’m going, see you later.” (Tougo)
Waving to Fay, his brother, his father, the maids, and the guards who were looking at us anxiously, we set off for the Dioren house.
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