“Re—!”
The streets became chaotic due to the sudden influx of people. The moment when my pushed body hit a wall.
Uh, huh?
Someone tugged at my clothes.
“Uargh!”
As it was, my vision tilted, and I fell backward.
What is this again…?
In an instant, the surroundings became quiet.
Where am I?
As I fell to the ground, I put on my hood and looked around. It was an old, shabby warehouse with white dust and spider webs everywhere. I was definitely in a crowded place just a moment ago… How can space change so quickly?
Wait, what about Redian?
It was Redian who first came to my mind before even figuring out the situation. He’d be left alone in the street!
Ah, but the escort knights and maids are following us. Fortunately, a carriage with escort knights and maids followed us so they would find him.
After my mind was relieved, my head also became clear. Then… I’m the only one who needs to get myself together. The experiences I had in N lifetimes were speaking to me.
It’s kidnapping again.
Ah, I’m so sick of it.
“Aah…”
First, I pretended to faint and fell down. Someone seemed to pull me into the wall where the teleportation magic was applied while people were crowded.
But why did they kidnap me? Have I already grown to the point where I could be kidnapped? I’m still a supporting character among the supporting characters!
Ah, anyway, there’s definitely someone in here.
I hid myself under the robe and looked for anything that could be a weapon. Damn it, I should have brought a dagger. But there was nothing particularly useful. I just needed something pointy and sharp.
“Did that person faint?”
“I think so. That person fell with a loud thud.”
As I held my breath, the floor creaked, and I heard a voice.
“Is this her?”
“They said she would come out wearing a robe. Besides, since she’s from the royal princess’s palace, she must have been wearing such a flashy robe.”
Royal princess’s palace…?
“That’s so cheeky. How dare they betray her?”
“They even forged an identity and planted a maid to serve as an informant!”
Urgh!
Puck! The man kicked my shoulder, and I felt a heavy pain.
“After entering that place, she turned everyone’s eyes upside down. This is why you shouldn’t be too kind to commoners.”
“Isn’t this person pretending to faint?”
Uurgh!
Puck, puck! Again, my back was kicked by a blunt heel.
These are really…
I gritted my teeth. It had been a long time since I had been kicked so recklessly.
“Hey, when is this little master coming?”
“I don’t know. Wouldn’t the little master come after all his work is done?”
“Shall we take care of her before the little master comes?”
It seemed that the ‘little master’ had planted a maid, who had forged her identity, as a spy in my place. It’s so cliche.
Since the maid and I were dressed similarly, they mistook us. I clicked my tongue inwardly but kept my head steady.
“I will be guarding the outside door so you can go and take care of her.”
“Okay. Since we’ve prepared this much, we’re going to have fun too, right?”
Threatening footsteps grew closer and closer over my head. There was also the sound of a strong rope being dragged across the floor.
Come, come here.
In the meantime, I pulled out the pin that was in my hair and held it in my hand. One, two, three…
“Aargh!”
My robe was lifted in an instant, and my vision became brighter.
“W-what are you! Who are you?”
As soon as he saw me, the guy who jumped in surprise stepped back. The man guarding the door also blinked in embarrassment.
Why are you running away and making a fuss?
“Yes, yes?”
I blinked as I hid the pin in my hand.
“W-where am I?”
I was confident in acting this much.
“C-crazy, hey, did we really mistake her for someone else?”
“Damn it, what should we do? First of all, we have to go to the little master and quickly tell him that things have gone wrong.”
“I’ll go, so you grab her and tie her up first. Don’t let her move!”
“We’re really unlucky, uurgh!”
At the time when a tough guy threw a rope at me,
“Uaargh! This crazy!”
I pierced the top of his foot with the pin I was holding. The moment he stumbled, I jumped out of my seat.
“You, Miss, who are you?”
“If you’re going to make a conversation, you have to do it right. Shouldn’t I ask you who you are now?”
“Keugh! You, Miss!” The limp guy approached me with a huff as if he was trying to grab me by the collar.
“Did you hit me with this foot earlier?”
“Uuurgh!”
But I was faster.
“If I get a bruise on my shoulder, you won’t be able to use your feet for the rest of your life.”
“Aurgh!”
As soon as I stepped on his foot, he jumped out and fell.
“Wait a minute, that woman. No way…” The other guy who was guarding the door seemed to recognize my face.
“Do you know who I am?”
“Hey, Ben! You go! Hurry out and tell the master!” He shouted at the guy who was holding his feet and groaning. Apparently, he knew who I was.
“Hurry! I’ll put a sleeping scent on her and put her to sleep!”
“Argh! I’m going to kill her! That’s crazy!”
“Hurry up!”
Sleeping scent…?
Eventually, the guy I stabbed dragged his feet out of the door.
“Wow.”
Then another guy came in, taking something out of his clothes. “If you sleep for a while and wake up, it will all be over.”
Our distance gradually narrowed as if he were trying to spray me with the sleeping scent.
“As expected, you know who I am.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Who am I?”
First, I had to buy time.
“P-Princess Felicite…”
I could see the hand of the man holding the sleeping scent shaking slightly.
“That’s right. And you’re going to spray something like that on my face?”
There was nothing particularly difficult.
“There are more than 30 escort knights of Felicite who followed me today. They should have come all the way around here by now.”
“…!”
“That sounds fun.”
I chuckled.
“The crime of daring to plant a spy in the royal princess’s palace will also be revealed, right?”
* * *
After skillfully checking the remaining bullets, Redian walked out recklessly. He walked, walked, and eventually ran.
“Master!”
He searched everywhere in the alley and looked for her. However,
Where is she?
She was nowhere to be found. As if the woman who just smiled at him and held out to him with a smile was all an illusion.
“…Sigh.”
He couldn’t see anything. The obsession with finding that woman and the anger at having lost her right before his eyes were all intertwined and consumed his consciousness.
What kind of b*stard dare…
At that time, his blue eyes revealed through the mask gradually turned.
“Why are you like this?”
Someone was limping in from the corner of the alley down below.
“Ah, what about the little master? I kidnapped the wrong crazy woman!”
“What?”
“First of all, Zek is going to subdue her by spraying the sleeping scent, so we have to take care of things before that!”
“…”
It was an instant that Redian, who was looking down at the scene, finished processing it. Then he pointed his gun. Bang, bang—!
“Uaaargh!”
It was an instant that the bullet that flew away pierced his ankle.
“Urgh!”
The guy holding his ankle fell to the ground, screaming.
“…”
Redian jumped down at once. “Where is the lady?” asked him, pointing at the guy’s face with the gun.
“W-what?”
The guy’s face turned pale. It was because the emotionless blue eyes looked at him as if strangling him. The moment that man’s hand pulled the trigger, he would instantly die.
“Ugh! P-please spare me!”
“…Spare you?”
Then, the lips exposed under the mask twisted up as if it were funny to see him begging for his life.
“Don’t worry about that. I’d rather keep you alive until you beg me to kill you.”
Redian thought. Once he found Siani, he was planning to cut off that useless head and present it to her. Therefore, whether that guy lived or died wasn’t in his hands but Siani’s.
“Where is the princess?”
“Ugh, that!”
“If you make me ask the same thing one more time…”
“Ugh!”
Bang!
There was no hesitation in pulling the trigger. The bullet flew once again and pierced the guy’s ankle.
“This time, it’s going to be your head.”
“Please s-spare me!”
In the end, he desperately crawled on the ground, dragging his weak legs. The man was slowly following behind him.
What should we do? If they went to a warehouse like this, things were bound to go completely wrong. But… He was even more afraid that his head would blow off at any moment. Because there was no mercy in the gaze hidden behind the mask.
“H-here we are!”
He eventually brought Redian to the front warehouse.
“…Here?”
Blue eyes glared still at the tightly closed door.
