Chapter 590
My Villains Episode 590
70. This side(23)
Princess Eadina wasn't the only one who interrupted me as I was about to run down the rabbit hole..
After parting ways with the princess, who left behind meaningful yet ominous words, I hurried back to the teacher's dormitory, where my fellow teacher with whom I had lunch was waiting for me..
“Ah, Ludo..”
“Efree?”
From the outside, it seemed like he happened to run into me as I entered the main gate while I was walking around the courtyard inside the teacher's dormitory complex..
Of course it wasn't very natural..
If you've been teaching for nearly half a day, you should go back to your room and rest. Why go for a walk? It was also awkward to keep glancing at the front door instead of looking at the well-maintained garden..
Whether looking at the circumstances or the expression on the woman's face, it was clear that she was waiting for me, but I couldn't show that she was bothered. To maintain a disguised identity, a certain level of social life was necessary..
I greeted him face to face in a friendly manner..
“You came back first. How was your afternoon lecture??”
“……Oh, that's it.”
Efre's happy face quickly darkened. Just by looking at it, it looked like he wanted me to ask questions, so I did so..
At first, she shook her head and said it was nothing, but soon she started chattering about what happened in the afternoon lecture..
“At lunch earlier, I said that students at Royal College are all the same in the end.?”
“It was like that.”
“I'm canceling that statement..”
When I heard the complaint, it seemed like he had been harassed by some mean people among the students. She was playfully questioned as to how she came up with the novels she published under the pen name 'Morion', especially the parts that were 'embarrassing to put into words'..
“Because of those students, I couldn't even finish half of the lectures I had prepared. How can he be so reckless? No matter how noble he is - no, because he's a noble, shouldn't he be more careful about his behavior? You are tarnishing the name of a well-known family..”
Efre continued to huff and puff, as if he was upset about having trouble during the lecture..
“……Well, I'm glad you held up well..”
“I have to endure it, what can I do? Out of my temper, I wanted to slap him, but if I did that, let alone revenge, I would have been caught by the military police right away..”
“Let's say something. Senior teacher or principal.”
“It's obvious that they'll ask you to be lenient and understand that this is a prank by young students. No, before that, what can they do??”
Were you waiting for me with the intention of complaining or something?.
I didn't think they were that close because they only talked once and had a meal once in a while, but it seems the other person had a slightly different opinion..
Maybe it's because they disguise themselves and imitate the original's personality..
While I was comforting Efri moderately, I suddenly remembered the information given to me by Raph, the ‘mystery man’ who is a close associate of the Marquis of Eavon..
The real Ludo - who disappeared after being attacked by 'unidentified assailants' while traveling - was a swordsman who refined the miscellaneous sword skills he learned while wandering around as a mercenary under the teachings of Ohit Ryu. On the other hand, he was a gentleman with a polite and kind personality. He also participated in the colonization of the southern continent, and perhaps because he had a lot of terrible experiences in the process, he had a somewhat secular atmosphere..
If he could imitate it to some extent, no one would think of the red knight Phoenix when they saw swordsman Ludo. That's right, here in the royal capital, the impression of the Red Knight is quite... … Because it's distorted.
To roughly summarize, to the people here, the Red Knight was known as a cruel murderer, a cunning traitor, and a lustful maniac who had a fling with witches. All other nonsense is just a bonus. I think this may have happened because of the influence of King Zacharis and the Church of El Ganor..
Efre, who had been whining for a while, began to notice when he saw me glancing at the slowly setting sun..
“Do you have any dinner plans??”
“Oh, it's not a promise... … . Because I have things to do outside of my room. When the sun goes down, it becomes difficult to come and go..”
Efre's eyes sparkled at the vague remark..
“If you're outside the inner city, do you mean the old town? What kind of business do you have??”
Since he was in the mood to ask me to go with him if I had to, I quickly came up with an excuse..
“There is no specific destination. I plan to look for merchants or mercenaries from the empire..”
“A merchant or a mercenary??”
“yes. I was wondering if I could at least pick up news from my hometown..”
“iced coffee.”
She is a woman with quite a variety of facial expressions. When I brought up the story of my hometown, they looked at me with sorrowful eyes, as if they were empathizing with my situation in a place so far away from home..
Regardless of that reaction, it seemed like he had given up on any thoughts of following along. They seem to have realized that if they want to find merchants or mercenaries from foreign countries, they have to go to places that are not appropriate for young women. I was worried because he gave off a bit of a goofy vibe, but it seems he's not as stupid as I thought..
If Princess Eadina and Ephri were the first and second obstacles respectively, the third was a bundle..
“……what.”
To be more precise, the current situation where the bundle had not appeared for 30 minutes was an obstacle..
It was a week ago that Mungchi, as the owner of the Pasa Sword, reorganized the royal capital's secret society, or bank..
Instead of Geomju, he visited the heads and executives serving Jeonju, received a new oath of loyalty, and summoned the assassins attached to the organization to strengthen discipline. I don't know the detailed method, but Moongchi succeeded in taking control of the organization in just two days following the 'Samgeomhoe method'..
From then on, whenever I visited secret locations such as Ellen's dry goods store or the rabbit hole in the new city, I made sure to contact Mungchi first. It was to check my back and receive advance warning if a problem occurred at each base..
So, it was strange that even though more than 30 minutes had passed since I passed through Naeseong and Jungseong and entered the new city, the bundle did not appear in front of me..
I pretended to be lost and walked out of the alley, thinking about the current situation..
First of all, there are two suspicious situations..
First of all, maybe the bunch has lost track of me..
Of course, there is no way that a master of stealth and tracking would have made a mistake by following my lead..
What is more persuasive is that the people who were monitoring the area around the inner wall according to the group's orders did not do their job. Mungchi is completely unaware of the fact that I came out..
Even though the assassins belonging to the bank are excellent, they are nothing compared to the gang. So maybe, really just maybe, you could make that same mistake. Or, in the process of reorganizing the organization, a hole may have appeared somewhere..
“…….”
But no matter how much I thought about it, the likelihood of that happening was low..
The Pasagumju secret society has been taking root in the kingdom for a long time, but is it impossible to catch even a single person entering or leaving the inner walls? It's not like I was acting secretly or changing my disguise..
The next thing I suspect is that a tail is attached to me..
If there has been a trail following the inner wall or even before that, and the gang that noticed it is sending a silent warning by not showing up,?
With the power of the bundle, it would be possible to remove the tail or tails attached to me, but if I did that, the people who were following me would become suspicious. It wouldn't be easy to warn me directly..
After thinking briefly while walking the streets of the new town, I decided that it had a tail..
If it was a mistake made by a group or a secret society, there would be no problem, but if a person was followed, it was an emergency situation in which the base could be exposed. It would be wise to keep the worst-case scenario in mind and move accordingly..
And if they were being followed, they definitely weren't ordinary guys. Because I don't feel anything.
Even though my magic power is sealed, my senses are at a superhuman level. However, if you are able to follow them without being noticed at all, it means that you are a top-notch person..
“…….”
Then what kind of person is using such great talent?.
I swallowed my anxious questions and headed toward the back alley. However, if the path I had been wandering until now was in the dark and gloomy back alleys, the place I entered now was full of all kinds of noise and people..
Like most streets in the royal capital, it was a back alley full of tall buildings..
However, what was unusual was the sight of a number of temporary stairs leading directly to the street from the 3rd and 4th floors, as if the stores on the upper floors had straws pointed toward the ground. The streets were as crowded as a beehive, full of touts and street vendors, naked prostitutes and pimps, drunken merchants and excited travelers..
It was a brothel. The royal capital was the largest city in Milan, and the brothel that lived there was also truly enormous..
I encountered the fourth obstacle in the shadow of the royal capital, where I had set foot in to ward off an unknown stalker..
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