Chapter 73. If you move, you die2020.10.13.
I quickly dragged my dad and Oscar to a nearby restaurant before they got into more trouble. After ordering a rough meal, I glared at my dad and Oscar, who were looking at me with bewildered faces.
“Dad, what the hell is wrong with you? What if I spend money like that?”
“Those who originally have should use a lot-.”
“Write.”
“….”
Next, Oscar.
“Oscar. Why are you threatening people so much?”
“Because I’m getting close to you.”
“Tk.”
“….”
In an instant, the rich man became quiet. When the two of them calmed down, it seemed that they would live a little longer.
‘I’ll never come out with you anymore.’
I had only been out for about two hours, and I was exhausted. If it was only one person, I was dying to wear all of these unstoppable riches. In the silence, the chatter of restaurant patrons intermittently intermingled.
“Still, isn’t it strange that it rolls like this?”
“I know. I thought the country would be ruined at first.”
‘huh?’
I raised my head slightly at the conversation between the group of merchants.
“It’s crazy to put an ignorant baby on the throne anyway.”
He was also talking about me. Dad and Oscar’s expressions turned cold as if they had heard their story.
“Well, it will still be fine. Because the political affairs are watching the situation system.”
“Say it, say it. What kind of baby rules the country.”
“Do you know politics?”
I clenched my fists at the booming voice. I couldn’t stand it at all. … Exciting!
‘okay. That’s exactly what I wanted to say!’
it was so good! I thought I was weird because there were only weird people around me, but I wasn’t. Normal people also existed in this world.
‘Add more!’
I pricked my ears up and focused on the people talking with excitement.
“That kid is the emperor, so I can be the emperor too!”
“Hahaha!”
rattle! When Dad and Oscar stood up at the same time, I held their hands tightly and shook my head. The two gritted their teeth with angry faces.
“Mabel.”
“are you okay. It’s not wrong.”
“But…”
Oscar was about to argue against me. Courage! I heard the sound of a table falling over.
“Ouch! help me!”
The restaurant became noisy. A man in a black robe grabbed one of the merchants who was talking about me by the collar and lifted him up. The merchant struggled with his legs floating in the air.
“Don’t do this. Why are you doing this?! Ke kekek!”
“Because you sound like a star.”
A man’s voice was low. I slowly opened my mouth to hear that voice that was somehow familiar.
“…Aidan?”
why are you here Next to Aidan was a man with muddy green hair. It was the first time I had seen a man, but I could identify him. It was Casey, the submaster of the guild.
‘It was a big deal.’
They had to get out of the diner before Dad and Oscar ran into Aidan and got into trouble.
“Dad Oscar. we me-.”
“Why is that bastard here?”
But Dad recognized Aidan faster than that. I was devastated, but I hadn’t completely lost hope yet. Grabbing my dad by the hem of his dress, I deftly turned around.
“Is that child? Daddy daddy. Don’t do that, it’s too noisy here, so go somewhere else-”
“Aidan.”
But Dad didn’t even listen to me and got up completely from his seat. Then, Aidan, who had grabbed the merchant by the collar and choked him, slowly turned his head. Although my efforts were futile, Aidan and Dad recognized each other.
‘…ruined.’
Caught between them, I let out a deep sigh and touched my forehead.
***
Aidan stopped by the restaurant by chance. Casey, who was with him, sang a song that he was so thirsty, so he went in.
“It’s a mission right after drinking.”
“Ay tight.”
But as soon as I entered the restaurant, I heard Aidan’s annoying conversation.
“It’s crazy to put an ignorant baby on the throne anyway.”
Aidan found the person who spoke naturally. At first, I just tried to hold it in, but the level of conversation got worse and worse.
‘How dare you speak carelessly about Mabel.’
No one deserved to tell Mabel’s backstory. Aidan couldn’t stand it any longer and grabbed the man’s collar.
“master. it’s crazy?”
Casey panicked at the sudden use of force, but it didn’t matter. Since it was obvious that he would die if he did his best with all his heart, he intended to give a moderate warning.
“Aidan.”
That is until you hear a familiar voice. As soon as I turned my head, I met pale blue eyes with a cold chill. Aidan’s gaze went down for a long time. Mabel opened her mouth, then put on a look of despair and touched her forehead. Aidan immediately finished assessing the situation.
“Heuk!”
I threw down the merchant I was holding and tried to quickly leave the restaurant, but Esteban didn’t take it lightly.
“stop.”
“….”
“This isn’t a dessert shop.”
Then Mabel rushed over and stood as if mediating between the two.
“I must have stopped by on my way to buy dessert. Right Aidan?”
“yes.”
Aidan replied, but Esteban’s doubtful expression did not completely ease. In the meantime, Oscar read the raucous atmosphere of the restaurant and went to the owner to give him a reward. We must put an end to the situation quickly. Mabel grabbed her father’s arm and waved to Aidan with a smile.
“Aidan. Don’t forget to bring dessert!”
“All right.”
The situation seemed to be over, but an unexpected ambush remained.
“master. Who are those people?”
Casey, who had been standing like a folding screen, intervened, unable to contain her curiosity.
“…master?”
Esteban narrowed his brows and asked again. Mabel thought.
‘It’s ruined…’
Beyond the big deal, it’s ruined. If he didn’t do anything, he would find out who he was and what he was doing with Aidan right here and now.
‘Dad would tell me to beat them all up and just lock me up.’
Something must be done to prevent that from happening. Mabel suddenly grabbed her hair and put on a full performance.
“ouch. My head suddenly…!”
“Mabel!”
“I feel like my head is going to explode!”
“Is Mabel okay?”
Esteban and Oscar clung to Mabel at the same time.
“I think I’ll get better if I go to my room and lie down!”
“Let’s go!”
Unseen except for Mabel, the rich family hurriedly picked up Mabel and left the restaurant.
“….”
Casey asked Aidan again in the restaurant, which became quiet in an instant.
“Who is that little girl?”
“you do not have to know.”
“Hmm.”
“Don’t investigate. Because you’re not the one to touch.”
Casey gave a small smile instead of an answer.
‘Since you said that, I want to investigate further.’
Two men who look unusual at first glance and a little girl who seems to be in love with them. It seemed like something was about to be caught. Even the master of the world was desperate for that girl’s words.
‘Interesting.’
In addition, in a short encounter with them, Casey got one of the most powerful clues. Aidan.
‘They obviously called the master Aidan.’
The name of the Master Casey knew was Ethan. And the information ended there. Even if I wanted to do a background investigation, I would notice and block the traces like a ghost, so I couldn’t tell where and what I was doing. Will he finally be able to figure out his identity? Casey was excited at the thought that he could finally quench his thirst for curiosity if he was an information dealer.
“Can I go to the bathroom for a minute?”
Casey pretended to avoid the seat and secretly contacted his subordinate. to follow them
***
“What the hell? Are you human?!”
Dean, a guild member of the Information Guild Evil and Casey’s direct subordinate, was extremely embarrassed. Dean’s stealth was one of the best in the guild. It was because even the master, Ethan, didn’t notice that Dean was lurking and chasing him for a few minutes. He never caught his guard and secretly pursued a wagon as ordered by his vicemaster.
‘It looks normal on the outside.’
Although it was large, it was a plain wagon without fancy decorations. The carriage headed for the outskirts of the capital. After chasing the wagon for a long time, not knowing where it was going, Dean suddenly realized that the surroundings were very quiet. When the sense of incongruity covered my whole body, the incident had already happened.
“If you move, you die.”
A small hand gripping the nape of the neck. And a languid, youthful voice whispering in my ear. looked like a boy
‘Since when…?!’
Dean was stunned. Of course, I thought I was chasing after him without being noticed, but I wasn’t. Instead, he gave up on himself. The boy pressed the cool dagger blade close to Dean’s throat.
“Who are you following?”
“….”
“If you don’t answer, you die.”
“…”
“What? Do you really want to die?”
It sounded like an annoyance, but it was more of a threat than anything else. Dean exclaimed nervously.
“I will tell you!”
Because Evil was not an assassination guild, there was no need to risk their lives to defend their identity. There was nothing like that in the guild commandments.
“I belong to the information guild.”
“Information Guild?”
“yes. Have you ever heard of Evil?”
“I’ve heard of it.”
There was no one who did not know the name of the recently rising evil. It was the same for boys.
“The request came in. It was a request to pursue the whereabouts of the carriage.”
It was an order from the submaster, but it could be seen as a request, so it wasn’t a lie.
“Really. I have absolutely no intention of hurting anyone.”
Dean sniffed as pitifully as he could. Since the other person was still a boy, he deliberately did this in hopes that his heart would weaken, but it didn’t work.
“Who is the client?”
“I can’t tell you that.”
“Even if I die if I don’t tell you?”
Dean, who didn’t want to die, quickly shook his head.
“There is a way… I guess.”
“what?”
“It is to put a request in the guild.”
“Are you saying that we should put in a request to find out who the person who commissioned us to chase the wagon is?”
“yes.”
“It’s a clunky way.”
The boy answered briefly and relaxed his hands. Dean hurriedly moved forward as the strength of his strong grip disappeared. He instinctively looked back at the boy who threatened him. The boy’s beautiful face was reflected in the sunlight. Shining silver hair and cold green eyes. The boy with a cold expression asked in a feminine tone.
“Are you going to pursue more?”
“no!”
So Dean hit the line. . . . After a while the carriage door opened and Oscar entered. He sat next to Mabel and exchanged glances with Esteban for a moment.
“Oscar. Where have you been?”
At Mabel’s question, Oscar smiled kindly and stroked her hair.
“huh. There are bugs outside.”
“eww. I hate bugs.”
“are you okay. I chased you away.”
“Nice job Oscar!”
Hearing Mabel’s praise, Oscar thought.
‘Evil… It’s annoying in many ways.’
Thinking that maybe their enormous power might have an adverse effect on Mabel, I thought I should clean it up at least once.
***
Casey questioned Dean who trudged back.
“You just jumped out like that?”
“Then what? It looks like it’s backwards. It didn’t look like a human!”
“You mean that boy is that strong?”
“yes. Because I didn’t feel any presence at all.”
“Are you saying that?”
As for Dean’s abilities, Casey knew best. If a guy like that could even say this, it was that the boy was an incredibly talented person.
‘I thought our master was the only one who excelled in his young subject.’
Even though he was the same age as the boy, ‘Ethan’ was strong.
“Once I get it.”
It was unclear that they and the master knew each other.
‘What is the identity of the replacement master? And who is the real Master?’
The thought that this time they had to solve the mystery burned Casey.
***
That night I called Aidan into the bedroom. Because there were so many stories to tell.
“I almost got in trouble, right?”
Aidan lowered his head at my question.
“sorry.”
“Sorry. We met by chance.”
“I will be careful next time.”
At Aidan’s words, I laughed helplessly.
“There is no next time…”
When I go out with those people again, I go to the castle. I was so sweaty today that I was already drowsy. Leaving behind my sad thoughts, I started with the main topic.
“Rather than that, how was this investigation?”
This time, Aidan was away for a long time because he went on a guild mission, but his purpose was to spy on Devlin. It was a dangerous mission to cross the border and skim the overall atmosphere of Devlin.
“I came across the fact that Veron is actively roaming around the imperial castle more often than before.”
“Looks like you’re doing something.”
For four years we have been vigilant against Devlin. I investigated Devlin with all my abilities and the guild’s abilities.
‘Because Devlin won’t stay still forever.’
I thought it would definitely move because it had a purpose. Didn’t they actually attack the royal castle procession after planting a spy? I had heard of Veron’s purpose from Aidan. His goals were both realistic and futile. The first purpose was to get revenge on his father who cut off his arm during the war. The second purpose was absurd…
“eternal life.”
It was to obtain the power of immortality. Other than that, Aidan didn’t know the details, so that’s all he knew. Now that we’ve heard the report about Devlin’s situation, we move on to the next item.
“How about Duke Javier?”
“He is secretly inviting nobles to help him.”
“What family is it?”
I memorized every family name Aidan told me. It was useless memorization.
‘I have to throw it away!’
because it will mess it up.
