38 – Untimely Raid
Edgar, who returned to the lodging and lay down, looked up at the night sky, which was exceptionally dark today.
It wasn’t a matter of the dark moon or the lack of stars, it was just that the sky itself felt gloomy.
Even if there were dark clouds, it wouldn’t be this dark.
“Edgar, are you here?”
As he stared blankly through the window with his legs crossed, a loud voice rang in his ears.
Edgar just turned his head, and Leonel appeared, gasping for breath as if he was in such a hurry.
“What is it, Leo?”
“I decided to play cards with Enya, would you like to come too?”
“Card?”
No matter what kind of card game it is, it’s not fun if it’s just the two of you, so he seems to have called himself.
If possible, I wanted to help her play alone for Enya, but it would be strange to try too hard not to get in between them.
Besides, it was a car that somehow made me feel uncomfortable, so it wouldn’t be bad to forget about it and play together.
“Okay, let’s go.”
“Oops! After all, there must be three people playing cards.”
Immediately, Leonel cheers and jumps up and runs to Enya’s room first.
Edgar, who had been laughing at his back, got up belatedly and left the room.
As I was about to pass the hallway in the middle, Creed was just entering the dorm.
When Edgar asked where he was going, Creed smiled bitterly and shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s a way to meet some people you know.”
at this late hour?
Edgar, who felt a strange air current, asked in a calm tone with a smirk that did not match his youthful face.
“Oh, are you a lover?”
“You bastard, if you had a lover, there’s no way you’d be stuck living in a place like this.”
“Oh, excuse me… … .”
Come to think of it, I’ve never seen Creed bring up the topic of a woman.
Am I not particularly interested? Judging by his age, he was the age that would have many children under his command.
‘Well, there must be circumstances.’
Otherwise, even if a person with the position of former knight commander is in the arms of the Grand Duchess of Amman, he would not be looking after the children in a remote place like this.
Maybe it wasn’t an easy enough question to ask. In this case, it would be polite to leave quietly.
“But where are you going? kitchen?”
“Leo asked me to play with cards. It must have come to me because Mr. Creed is gone.”
“Cadra, it’s good. I’ll just finish cleaning up and go right away.”
Creed was a person who liked to play with children very much, in spite of his large size.
That must have been the reason why Leonel and Enya, who were only the two of them, didn’t suffer greatly from loneliness until Edgar came here.
Normally, it would be annoying for adults to join in at times like this, but seeing that he would come back on his own even though he didn’t ask for it, his mentality was well revealed.
Maybe it’s because I’m bored myself, I don’t know.
“Then shall we wait?”
“Wait. play with you guys I’ll bring you some snacks.”
“Because you’re too considerate.”
It was a car that happened to be on the go, but how did it fit so well.
Moreover, Creed’s cooking skills had long been well-reputed to the residents of this inn.
It was Creed, no one else, who prepared their meals every morning.
Edgar had heard that he had been cooking as a hobby since he was a member of the Knights.
Perhaps because of this, Edgar had thought several times that Creed’s cooking skills were superior to those of his former masters.
Actually, I would have liked it better if it tasted better, because I never did.
After watching Creed head to his room, Edgar also headed to Enya’s room, and the two people who had arrived earlier greeted him.
When Leonel asked if he was hungry just in time, Edgar smiled and relayed the good news he had just heard.
“Mr. Creed said he brought snacks.”
“really!? Just as Enya said she was hungry, I’m glad!”
“Leo, Leo… It’s embarrassing to talk like that… … .”
They are a pair that suits each other even though they don’t seem to match at all times.
Edgar, who was watching the two of them with a happy heart, slowly approached the window and checked the night sky over it again.
I’ll see you tomorrow anyway, so don’t worry too much.
I can’t spend the night with my eyes open because of a sense of déjà vu.
For now, it would be best to play cards with friends and forget about it.
He drew the curtains and stepped out of the window and came over to his friends who were sitting on the floor.
The game was decided by poker, and soon after, Leonel handed out the hand skillfully.
The first card Edgar received was a four of four.
The hand that held the card gained even more strength.
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grasp.
A sharp dagger pierced the neck of a guard who was patrolling, and the new model sank into the darkness.
Exquisite throwing using blind spots is a basic skill of an assassin, and this man was no exception.
hooked
He calmly removed the dagger stuck in the neck of the fallen corpse and stabbed it again in the heart.
Since he had seen several corpses, he could tell at a glance that the guard was dead, but the most demanding thing in such an act was thoroughness.
‘That place would be fine.’
The man who was looking for a place to hide the body moved the body behind a large tree right behind him and made him lean against a tree trunk.
It was dark tonight anyway, so this was fine.
Besides, it is a place that is not easily seen by the guards patrolling, so even if it is bright tomorrow morning, it will not be easily seen.
For such a crime, the later it is discovered, the better.
‘That’s it.’
Hiding among the shadows of the castle and moving stealthily, a balcony came into view at the end of his vision.
That is the room where the target, the lady of the Loveheim family, is sleeping.
As if I was quite relaxed, I could see the fluttering curtains through the open window.
It’s quite tricky to open a door like that if you want to kill and infiltrate as much as possible, but it seems that the gods are smiling at you today.
Although, from the young lady’s point of view, he was the god of misfortune.
‘Is it two? It’s definitely poorly guarded.’
Amman believes in barriers, but it was to the point where people laughed at this.
It was something I was very grateful for myself.
Shuk.
Even the sound of stepping on the bushes was minimized, and he moved to the corner and disappeared behind the wall.
In the backyard of the castle, a few more buildings were visible, including outbuildings where servants lived, but it didn’t seem to matter.
The least worrying part is that if you bring out the target, you will be caught by the eyes of those who came out of the annex… … .
‘There is plenty of time.’
If you fall in this position and go over the castle wall, the possibility of tracking you down will be slim.
Although it is relatively inferior in battle due to its inability to use magic, it also had the advantage of being difficult to locate by detecting magic when entering the tracking phase.
It was for this reason that he had been entrusted with missions focused on gathering information rather than combat-oriented assassinations.
However, those two people in front were quite burdensome opponents.
If you can’t kill them both at once, the other one will eventually call in another guard, and things will get out of hand.
However, there was a risk of getting caught in the light pouring from the building in the backyard as we passed by hiding in the shade.
How should I overcome this situation?
“hey! Come over here for a second!”
“what’s the matter?”
While the man was in the midst of his thoughts, he suddenly heard someone else’s voice from the other side.
Hiding behind a wall, with his face half exposed, he barely looked at the situation. A guard holding a lamp in his hand was waving at the two of them, as if to tell them to come here.
Concerned that an intruder might have appeared, the two guards rushed there, and the man did not miss the brief moment.
‘Heaven really helps today.’
I never thought things would work out like this It really couldn’t have been a lucky day.
The man who seemed to have succeeded in his mission right away and was excited, but finally calmed down and took something out of his arms.
It was a fairly flimsy rope with hooks.
From the outside, it looked like it could be cut with a single scissors, but even so, it was difficult to cut even with a famous sword if it wasn’t enchanted.
The man attached a weight to the end of the hook and threw it upward with all his might.
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Kirik.
‘Did it get caught?’
I wondered if I could reach it because of lack of strength, but luckily it seemed to be caught on the balcony railing.
In the process of proceeding successfully step by step, the man smiled with satisfaction and pulled the hook to see if it was properly fixed.
A rope that remains taut even when force is applied.
The man still held the rope with one hand and started climbing the building with his feet propped up against the wall.
It was a job that required a lot of stamina, so when I was almost halfway up, I was quite out of breath, but the man went up without stopping.
Because now that I somehow turned the gaze of those guards, it was the best opportunity. There was no bird to stop.
‘It seems to have arrived quite smoothly.’
Eventually, as I stepped over the balcony railing, I could see the backyard of the castle spreading out below.
It seems that the guards have not yet returned after heading to the other side.
If that’s the case, if I run away with only the young lady who should be sleeping by now, no one will know what happened during the night.
Seruk. Seruk.
The windblown curtain tickled my face, but I didn’t mind and went inside.
As expected, in the room, a girl lying on the bed was trying to get a good night’s sleep.
I heard that even though he is still young, he is quite knowledgeable in magic.
If he woke up for no reason and then used attack magic without hesitation, it would be a mistake.
It has to be finished without the slightest hesitation.
The moment the man tried to take out the things he had packed for such an occasion from his bosom,
“… … !?”
Suddenly feeling the murderous feeling from behind, he hurriedly took out his favorite bottle from his waist and reacted to the attack.
Chaeeng.
The sound of metal colliding with metal resounded in the room where there was only silence, and what appeared in front of the man was the black-haired boy he had seen during the day.
Without a moment of surprise, I managed to deflect the sword, widen the distance, and approached the door of the room.
‘How are you here?’
After all, they weren’t just friends, were they escorts?
Otherwise, there would be no way I could have set foot in the bedroom of the grand duke’s daughter on this late night.
No, even an escort would be impossible in the first place.
If so, does this mean that this boy also came here from outside and was waiting?
But he must have wished for a way to break through that barrier.
Anyway, that wasn’t what mattered now.
A disruptor intervened in a plan that seemed to be smooth.
And the momentum emanating from the opponent’s body was too much to look down on, simply dismissing him as a young guy.
Whoa. Whoa.
Surprised by the unexpected battle, my heart began to breathe heavily.
The boy, who had been watching this, took a step forward, and with a sword aimed at his neck, ferociously recited a threat.
“You’re waking up, hold your breath.”
The remark, which even contained an obvious murderous intent, made the man realize that he had been foolish a few seconds before thinking that he would be lucky today.