148 René is captured
***[Heroine Oscar]***
“Long time no see.”
The already white count’s face became even paler at those words.
It’s a simple greeting, but he seems scared.
“…”
The young nobles next to the count were probably sons.
They look similar.
Not only their appearance, but also their facial expressions.
Several similar faces all had the same expression.
They are worried, frightened, and bewildered faces that don’t know what to do.
If I coughed once, everyone would fall to the ground.
‘It was too much.’
I fell for the butler and management’s instigation, but it may have been an overdone.
Simply being the first in the order would have been enough of a threat.
While I laughed bitterly to myself, the butler placed a wooden platform next to the horse.
reach out to me
I took the butler’s hand, got off the horse, and climbed onto the platform.
Unlike usual, his body is heavy because he is carrying a large sword on his back.
Behavior is slower than usual.
Maybe that made it even more intimidating.
The Count said with trembling blue lips.
“Thank you for visiting. I have been waiting for you ever since I received the call that the duke is coming. Ho, the other day, I was silent because I was worried if a secret was leaked, but our family wants to actively participate in the duke’s work.”
He hadn’t even gotten off the wooden platform yet, but the Count quickly said that and bowed his head.
Courtesy or something, it seems that he wanted to hurry up and clarify his position anyway.
I got off the platform and glanced at the butler.
‘I’ve accomplished my goal, so take this off now.’
The butler noticed my meaning and smiled.
A scabbard belt adorned with jewels is tied to my body to carry the sword on my back.
There was a frame on the back to hold the sword, and the leather wrapped wide around the shoulder and came forward and reconnected to the armpit.
Since it was for carrying a large sword, the leather of the belt was very thick, wide and strong.
It is wide enough to cover half of the body.
For that reason, the decorations to be seen by others were also noisy, and iron studs and jewels were dotted from the shoulder girdle to the chest.
The weight of the leather and sword alone would break your shoulders, but even the decorations are luxurious.
As the weight added to the weight, it felt like my body was gradually lowering to the ground and getting stuck.
It’s heavy and I feel like dying.
When the butler stood behind her and lightly touched her, her shoulders suddenly felt lighter.
It seems that it took a while to put on the scabbard belt, but now it seems to have come off in an instant.
The butler was politely holding my knife with both hands.
Thanks to my relieved body, I looked at the count with a bright expression on my face.
“Thank you, Count. I am very happy to hear you say that. From now on, please visit the palace often and tell your majesty about Prince Emil’s affairs.”
“No, of course. Thank you, Duke.”
He replied with a happy face as if the count had been dead and came back to life.
The faces of the sons standing behind him also brightened in an instant.
Blood is so strange, that it not only looks like it, but also behaves like it.
It was strange for the same faces to make the same expression at different times, so I smiled lightly.
Seeing my face, the Count and his sons laugh again.
The meeting here was so amicable, and after being treated politely, I left again for another family.
***[Rene, everything]***
After leaving the monastery, Renee ran and ran until it was dark all around.
I walk and run, and when I get tired, I walk again.
A gurgling sound rang out from the stomach, which was full of breath and hungry.
My legs were too heavy to move, but I couldn’t stop because I was afraid that someone in the monastery might notice and chase me.
When night falls and you can’t see ahead, you have no choice but to stop.
I forcibly moved my stone-heavy body at the thought that I had to run away before that.
‘Now that it’s night, the monastery won’t be chasing you right now. But in the morning, be sure to catch it. I’m not good at work, but I’m a valuable source of labor in the monastery anyway.’
Thinking like that, I really couldn’t rest.
The human body is truly amazing.
Even though I was so tired that I couldn’t even lift a finger and my eyes were gradually closing, thinking that I might be caught gave me strength that I hadn’t had before.
Renee walked and ran steadily until she arrived at a place where there was nothing in all directions.
Originally there was almost nothing around the monastery.
However, I had heard that there was a small village within an hour or two of walking.
I know the direction to the village.
So, he recklessly left the monastery.
If he had thought that there was no village nearby, he might have hesitated a little.
But when it got dark everywhere, he wasn’t sure if he was going in the right place.
In this world, there are almost no streetlights or signposts.
If there were no landmark buildings, unusual trees, rocks, or anything like that, everywhere looked the same.
‘What should I do?’
I thought I was walking straight in the right direction, but I can’t see the town.
I was slowly starting to get scared.
Suddenly, it was completely dark all around, and only the moonlight was softly illuminating the darkness.
The occasional dry tree branch stood there, casting a black shadow in the sky, and somewhere in the distance, something like a wolf’s cry rang out.
‘Hey.’
I was startled and my shoulders shook.
When I was young, I remembered what I heard while living in the slums.
At a certain time, the gates of the city are firmly shut and do not open until morning.
However, it seems that the family who was heading to a certain city arrived a little late.
It is said that the castle gate was closed and he slept outside.
It is said that it was a family with a couple, two grown children, and a child about three years old.
When I woke up at dawn after sleeping, I was told that the youngest had disappeared and only his shoes remained.
There were several footprints nearby that looked like those of wolves.
“…”
Perhaps because of the feeling, the wolf howling that had been heard far away seems to have come a little closer.
Of course, it’s still a long way, but for some reason, it feels just a little bit.
Maybe because I thought that way, I felt like I could feel someone’s gaze on me.
It seems that someone is watching you in the dark.
I was more afraid.
Renee hurriedly started running again.
The gaze that seemed to be looking at her disappeared before I knew it, but the darkness that I couldn’t see well under my feet was scary, and a small cry began to leak from Rene’s mouth.
I don’t know how long it ran.
maybe it was for a while
A small bonfire was visible in the distance.
Relief and anxiety came at once.
I don’t know if it’s a mixture of children and women, but what if it’s just men.
‘If something bad happens.’
Thinking that way made her a little afraid, but once again she heard a wolf howl in the dark, and Renee’s legs were running toward the campfire by themselves.
“…”
There were a few large stones in the campfire, and a small pot was placed on it.
The water is bubbling.
But there were no people.
Renee looked around and cautiously approached the fire.
Then, someone suddenly called out from behind.
“A woman alone in such a desolate place… I’m not afraid.”
“Hey!”
When I turned around in surprise, the man was standing there.
The man was holding some twigs in his hand.
He must have gone to gather more firewood for a bonfire.
It seemed like there were too few branches for such a thing, but since the fire was only meant to last one night, it probably didn’t need much wood.
The man glanced at Rene, but sat down in front of the campfire without saying anything.
The man took some jerky from his waist belt and put it in the pot.
“sit down please.”
“Oh, thank you.”
“…”
The man didn’t seem to particularly care about Renee.
I just sat quietly, sorted things out, and wiped the knife with a rag.
After the water in the pot boiled for a while and reduced to half, the man took out a cup.
“Do you want to eat?”
At that moment, my stomach rumbled loudly.
The man smirked and poured the jerky water into a cup and handed it to me.
“thank you.”
“Well, if you meet in a place like this, anyone will do the same, so there’s no need to be thankful.”
The man spoke bluntly and then muttered to himself.
“There are a lot of fools in this world. If you just stay still, you can live without having to face harsh things, but you dare to make the wrong choice.”
“yes?”
I was startled by the thought that he was talking to himself, and the man shrugged.
“It’s nothing, don’t worry about it.”
After that, the man said nothing.
I just sat quietly and closed my eyes.
I was constantly on the lookout for the man to do something bad, but the man didn’t do anything special.
That night, I dozed off by the man’s campfire and stayed awake.
It seems that he fell asleep at some point.
When I woke up, it was bright all around.
The campfire had already been extinguished, and the man was nowhere to be seen.
There was only one arrow drawn on the floor.
It’s what the man left behind.
‘This… is probably the direction towards the village.’
Renee jumped up.
I don’t even know where I came from now.
Everywhere in the east, west, south, and north, there was a similar-looking land spread out.
If I had walked in the light, there might have been a familiar spot, but it was pitch black, so I couldn’t see all around.
Maybe I panicked and ran in the wrong direction.
The arrow left by the man was the only hope.
René followed the direction of the arrow and found a village after a while.
“Everything, I’m glad.”
The village was very small and humble.
Some of the fence walls surrounding the village were also made of thin branches like bush clover.
It doesn’t seem like it can stop a rabbit, let alone a monster like a witch or a wolf.
However, this place is close to the monastery, and I did not intend to stay for a long time from the beginning.
Yesterday too, I had just rented a barn for a short night and tried to sleep.
And if there is a cart going from here to the big city, I’m thinking of asking for a ride…
Thinking that far, René looked down at her own clothes in surprise.
“Uh… this is…”
Monastic clothes are different from ordinary people.
If you enter the village like this, everyone will know that she has run away from the monastery.
Renee, who was about to enter the village, turned around in a hurry.
‘no. If you do something wrong, you will be caught again and sent to the monastery.’
Medicine is a very precious commodity in this world.
The town must know that the monastery makes and sells medicine, so maybe they want to get the medicine after handing René over to the monastery.
Renee hurriedly ran, making sure that no one was looking at her.
Looks like you’ve been running for a while.
The village was nowhere to be seen.
There are no people in sight, and I don’t know where to go to the next village.
‘Now what?’
I was more afraid.
Besides, I’m not very familiar with geography, but this place is close to the frontier.
It would be impossible to walk to the duchy without knowing the direction.
Still, I couldn’t stand still, so I walked aimlessly and my throat was dry.
I have only a little wine, but I have never seen water in my walk.
I thought I should save it, but the sun was shining brightly in the sky, and I was sweating and my throat was dry as if it were burning.
Unable to help it, Renee opened the canteen and took a sip of wine.
and walk again
But in less than ten minutes, thirsty again, Renee took another sip.
And another mouthful.
Then, before I knew it, the old leather canteen was empty.
Now it’s really messed up.
what to do what to do now what
It was a time when I was standing on a desolate land under the scorching sun, not knowing what to do.
The sound of horses hooves was heard in the distance.
‘Who, who is coming.’
lived
As I turned to the sound, I saw several men on horseback in the distance.
A horse is a very expensive thing in this world.
The men were riding pretty decent-looking horses, and they seemed well-dressed, albeit from afar.
They didn’t look like thieves or bad people.
Not wanting to miss her, Renee ran towards them with her arms held high.
“help!”
The men were running straight towards Renee.
thank god.
It was time to breathe a sigh of relief.
The man’s face came into focus.
“!”
Renee stopped walking involuntarily.
That man, that man’s face I’ve seen before.
Apparently, he was the subordinate of the man who was her ex-fiance.
no.
Renee turned around.
I don’t know why that person is here, but if I get caught by that man, I won’t be able to go to the dukedom.
That man will probably take her to his master.
Oscar, I can’t meet my husband.
As I moved my heavy legs and ran, I saw a man standing in the distance.
This is the man who lent me the bonfire last night.
“Help me! Help me!”
She shouted involuntarily, but the man who had been watching her turned away as if he hadn’t heard.
At that moment, the sound of horses hooves was heard right behind.
The man’s thick arms quickly wrapped around her waist.
Renee was put on the horse in an instant.
“Ouch! Let go, let go! Let go of this!”
As Rene struggled, a man’s heavy voice rang overhead.
“shut up!”
Sensing an unprecedentedly harsh energy from that voice, René stopped moving in shock.
On previous encounters, this man used honorifics to her.
But now.
It’s kind of ominous.
Renee forced her fear to open her mouth.
“I-I’m a nobleman. If you do something to me, it’s in my family.”
“This woman is really stupid.”
As the man muttered, the man riding the horse next to him chuckled.
“You don’t seem to know your situation, but the moment you left the monastery, you were no longer the Rene of Viscount Mayer. Renee is in the monastery.”
“What? But I’m here now.”
“Yes. But Viscount Mayer doesn’t admit that you are Rene. He says that his daughter is docile in the monastery. The monastery has no choice but to say that according to the monastery. He can’t say that the noble lady he entrusted to his monastery is gone.”
“But one day someone will find out that I’m not in the monastery! So release me right now!”
The men chuckled.
“In a year or two, the monastery will contact Viscount Mayer. Unfortunately, Lady Renee fell ill and died.”
“What…? Could something like that be allowed…”
Renee muttered blankly, and the men laughed loudly again.
“You really don’t know much about this world…”
The man had something more to say.
They were talking about other monasteries that even prostituted themselves, and that this monastery was a place where there was no such thing even with hard labor.
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Just coming out of a place like that without any preparation, it’s the same as trying to catch me, you’re a really stupid woman.
My head goes blank.
According to these people, the dirty and difficult monastery feels like a good place to practice the right way, protecting and benefiting women.
But there’s no such thing as stupid.
It’s natural to hate living like that in a place like that than dying.
These people are lying.
Renee started struggling again.
“No! Drop me down! Let me go!”
“She’s a very noisy woman.”
It was the moment the man said so.
Suddenly, I felt a strong shock to my head.
and darkness.
nothing was visible.