Episode 18 : 76 Euphrang Street (1)
Escalion, frowning, pushed his hair, which had fallen over his forehead, behind him.
He stuck out his tongue and tentatively traced his lower lip, then slowly opened his mouth.
“Bella, something urgent has come up, so I think I’ll have to stop watching the festival here. I’ll bring a knight, so you go back to the castle first.”
ah…I can’t help it.
Belladonna nodded at him with a disappointed look on her face.
Escalion, who looked down at her for a moment, turned his head behind her and glanced somewhere near her, and the knight who had been hiding in the crowd walked out, like the man who had taken the picture a moment ago.
Although he had a large physique, he was a man with a soft appearance, the exact opposite of Escalion.
What, where did that person come from…
“Guide Bella to the castle.”
“I understand, Captain.”
As the knight bowed his head towards Escalion, he took his steps without hesitation.
It was so urgent that he didn’t even give her a proper greeting.
“…….”
Belladonna stood still and looked at Escalion’s back as he walked with long strides.
Before she knew it, she could see knights popping out from all over the place and following behind him.
Everyone was hiding secretly.
“Ma’am, my name is Hazel and I will guide you to the castle.”
At that moment, her knight, who had remained by her side, approached her and greeted her.
Belladonna reflexively stared at him with a smile on her lips.
A brown-haired, gentle-looking face. At first glance, he seemed good-natured and didn’t seem to belong to a fearsome order of knights.
‘It doesn’t seem like the person came with us from Astanya…….’
Not long ago, when she visited the training grounds of the Knights of Griblata, he seemed to have seen it in passing.
“I was with you from Astanya, do you remember?”
Oh, no, haha.
Belladonna nodded, raising the corners of her mouth even more in embarrassment.
At her answer, Hazel’s face became much brighter.
“Thank you so much for remembering! I will guide you to the carriage. Please follow me.”
Hazel said, pointing to the wide road.
Although she was disappointed, she felt like she would have to be satisfied with this.
Belladonna took one last look back at the crowded streets of the year-end festival.
‘I won’t come again next time……’
I ate a lot of delicious snacks and took an unexpected portrait, so I guess that’s enough.
Belladonna slowly walked towards him.
Hazel, who was looking down at her, hesitated and opened his mouth.
“Well, maybe…Do you think it would be a shame to go back like this?”
huh?
Belladonna lifted her head.
Hazel was looking back and forth between her and the street she was looking at with his serious face.
It’s true that it’s a little disappointing, but i’m a little tired….
“phew…I can’t help it. I will explain it well to the Captain. Even after all this, I’m quite trusted!”
what……? What do you mean explain well?
Bella, who still looked confused, turned to him and Hazel smiled his wonderful smile.
“Enjoy the festival with me a little longer before returning!”
Oh no…! We can go back now……!
Belladonna waved her hands with a puzzled expression. I’m fine! I’m fine!
Now I want to go back to the castle!
“Well, I can do this much. lady! And the leader is not a very tight person either.”
No what? What on earth?
“Then shall we go from there?”
Hazel grinned and walked ahead. Belladonna looked at the back of him, who looked excited with her blank face.
I said no, you bastard…..
* * *
“So…! Hiccup! When I was younger than 16 years old…To the Knights of Griblata…! Let’s go in…! What happened…Hiccup! It happened……!”
“…….”
“At first glance…… It was difficult for me too, why not? Hiccup!”
“….….”
Belladonna looked at the huge man in front of her with low-pitched eyes.
“But our captain……? He is a man with a warm heart……! Hiccup! I know, Hiccup…… !”
“……”
Hazel suggested that we enjoy the festivities a little more, going from tent to tent excitedly and buying some of her delicious snacks with her.
‘It was definitely okay in the beginning.’
Hazel was a knight with a friendly personality.
Unlike Escalion, who I kept getting noticed for some reason, I smiled easily and even made me laugh with his comfortable jokes.
He had a friendly personality and had small and enjoyable conversations with the merchants, so much so that her desire to return to the Castle disappeared for a while…
‘……Why did you get so drunk!!’
Belladonna looked at Hazel with her bewildered face while his neck blushing bright red.
Hazel was sitting in front of the table shaking his head, looking very drunk and speechless.
“haha…..Still…? Madam…… ”
Ugh, I don’t want to hear it.
The thing I hated most in the world was the drunkenness of a drunkard.
Belladonna took her gaze away from him, who was crossing his arms and muttering incomprehensible words.
I should have said more clearly that we should just go straight back to the castle!
“Madam……! Are there any other places you would like to visit? Hiccup! I’ll go with you!”
If it were you, would there be any place left you would want to go with a knight who is in ruins…?
Belladonna shook her head, paying attention to her expression.
She quietly stood up from her seat with the intention of going back to the castle.
“Uh……! Are you leaving now? Okay, great! I am! I’m! I’m sorry……!”
Hazel followed me to stand up from his chair, but his legs seemed to lose strength and he stumbled once.
Belladonna was startled, and she stretched out her hand to support him.
“Hiccup! It’s okay, it’s not okay. How could my delicate maday hold me…….”
Hazel quickly waved hia hands and tried to stand upright.
“The carriage is not far from here…Hiccup! madam…Is what happened today a secret between me and madam? Okay? Okay?”
Hazel smiled weakly and extended his little finger towards me.
Belladonna forced a smile and looked down at his red fingers.
This will only end if I cross my fingers……? Belladonna carefully hooked her finger around his and shook it.
“haha! I have a secret with madam……!”
Okay, so let’s go back quickly…
Belladonna turned her head with a very tired and exhausted face.
“Master, I drank it……!”
After leaving the bar, Hazel began to walk, staggering in earnest.
Bella followed him diligently, wondering whether she should support him or protect herself so as not to get run over by him.
At that time, the loud noise coming from across the street began to gradually become louder.
“Damn, I guess I won some money?”
“Hey, let’s go! Let’s drink more! I’m shooting today!”
“Let’s go!”
Everyone’s face was turning red, and it seemed like they were a bunch of drunks.
No, the sun hasn’t even set yet. Why is everyone so drunk?
Belladonna moved her body to sneak out of their path.
“Oh!”
“……!”
But the movement seemed a bit slow.
One of them came up to her as she stumbled, bumping his shoulder hard with Bella.
Oh, it hurts! Bella and I wrapped her arm around her shoulder, and she took a step back without realizing it.
“Oh, sorry…Ugh!”
It was all the more instantaneous for Hazel to extend his arms towards the man.
Hazel, who was ahead of her, instantly turned her body and stabbed the man’s neck with his thick arms, while at the same time stretching out his legs and kicking his shins.
The man who was attacked unexpectedly fell down.
He fell while looking at the sky, hit the floor, and made a loud thud.
“Ugh…….”
“Hey, hey, Are you okay……?”
The man’s companions widened their eyes at what happened so quickly.
Belladonna also looked at Hazel in surprise.
No, what just happened?
“How dare you get in the way of someone?”
He had a face that you would never have thought of as a man who was very drunk and laughing wildly just a moment ago.
As he glared at them with menacing eyes, they stretched out their hands towards the man sprawled on the floor with his face turning white.
“S-sorry. My group got very drunk…….”
“We apologize on our behalf!”
“sorry!”
They quickly raised the fallen man and repeatedly lowered their heads towards Belladonna before running away in the other direction.
uh…..now…..What happened?
Belladonna opened her eyes wide and looked down the road they had disappeared into.
“Ma’am, are you hurt anywhere? I should have been a little more careful, and I’m really sorry.”
Hazel looked back at her and frowned at her, his face looking knightly.
Aren’t you the one who was drunk just now?
Belladonna looked up at him, her mouth slightly open, and she barely nodded her head.
Bella, who didn’t seem to be seriously injured, looked relieved when he checked on me.
A few seconds later, he returned to his completely relaxed face and pulled in the corners of his mouth.
“That’s good, let’s go now, ma’am…haha…..”
What is it, dual personality?
Bella also released her eyes again and followed him as he started to walk away.
‘He make sure to follow the rules even while he’s drunk….’
Belladonna shook her head, feeling sorry for having doubted the Knights of Griblata for even a moment.
‘Well, since they are an order of knights who made great contributions in the war, their skills must be outstanding…… .’
“uh? lady! I know this way!”
It’s the path you took! If you don’t know, who knows!
Belladonna suppressed the irritation rising again and turned her head to where he was pointing.
“This is a place I visit sometimes with the leader, but ah…The alley behind the bar is connected like this! I didn’t know that either! New path exploration completed!”
Hazel shouted like a child.
The place he pointed to was a narrow alley between buildings. At the end of the narrow street, the commercial district ended and the private houses began.
Bellaxonna turned her head and read the sign on the brick.
[76 Euphrang Street]
Euphrang…
Belladonna tilted her head to a somewhat familiar address.
huh? what? Where did I see this road name?
There was no way there would be a familiar address in Griblata, which I had never visited before.
“Then, let’s go! Just around the corner from that building is where the carriage is parked. It gets colder when the sun goes down! Let’s go back quickly before then!”
Hazel said, taking another step forward.
Belladonna, who was trying to follow him, slowly stopped her steps.
‘for a moment…… .’
76 Euphrang Street.
It was the woman’s address.
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