It seemed like he was looking for a chance to sneak into the mansion.
However, there were knights stationed around the building. It seemed difficult for even Cloud to break through that security. Even she, who prides herself on being one step ahead of Cloud, seemed to have trouble getting in there.
Cloud sighed, unable to tell whether he felt regretful or fortunate, and hid in the shadows as before, watching the movements of the mansion.
‘Well, it’s no different from before.’
That was enough to keep an eye on Cloud. Now she was planning to leave to find out who was under such heavy security.
If only there hadn’t suddenly been a sign of popularity coming from behind the building she was hiding in.
‘Obviously, no one was there.’
Why did she suddenly feel someone there again? She quickly turned her head and looked into the alley.
‘That person… … . ‘That boy then?’
Unexpectedly, there was a boy standing there wearing a hood and smiling mischievously. It was clearly the boy she met in the back alley of Grunfeld.
The boy hurried his steps with an excited expression. He must have been so excited to sneak outside. Thanks to that, he didn’t seem to know how loud my footsteps were making.
It wasn’t just Ayla who felt his presence. Cloud, who was hiding in the back alley, also noticed his presence and moved to the back along the wall of the building.
‘… … With such a dull body, you did a good job of eluding the servant. No, I guess it’s only natural since I used movement magic.’
At that time, when Ayla was silently laughing at the boy, she suddenly realized something strange.
The boy she saw in Grunfeld is also here. It can’t be a coincidence, right?
‘Could it be that Byron followed that boy?’
The possibility was not at all out of the question. The boy was wealthy enough to spend the expensive magic scroll on his nightly entertainment. There was no clearer evidence than the fact that the boy was present wherever Cloud went.
Ayla felt embarrassed and turned her gaze toward Cloud. Cloud looked at the boy with a blank expression for a moment. His expression was as if he couldn’t believe that the person he was chasing suddenly appeared in front of him.
But when he lowered his head for a moment and raised his head again. His eyes were sharper than ever.
It was like a wild beast that had found its prey.
Cloud killed the sight and started chasing the boy. While doing so, he carefully took out a weapon from his pocket. It was a sharp dagger.
‘… … It’s dangerous. They’re trying to kill that boy.’
Although she didn’t know who that immature brat was or why Cloud was trying to harm him, her body moved first. She couldn’t let that little boy die.
She quickly checked the surrounding terrain from high above and moved along the boy’s path at the highest speed she could achieve.
She jumped down and grabbed the arm of the boy who was walking without any sense of the danger that would soon attack him.
“uh… … ?”
The boy was embarrassed and tried to say something, but he couldn’t because Ayla covered his mouth.
Ayla dragged the boy and hid herself. Looking from the roof, she saw that there was a gap where she could hide under the veranda on the first floor of this building, so she dragged the boy there.
Although he was a boy who was taller and heavier than her, he was dragged by Ayla’s strong force without being able to resist.
“Eup, eup!”
The boy started to struggle as he finally came to his senses, but he stopped struggling when he recognized Ayla who put her hand to his lips and said, “Shhh.”
‘Look over there. you idiot.’
Ayla still covered the boy’s mouth and pointed in the direction where Cloud was with her other hand. The boy’s eyes widened when he saw the assassin looking for him in panic, holding a dagger in his hand.
‘Now I don’t have to cover my mouth.’
Ayla still covered the boy’s mouth and pointed in the direction where Cloud was with her other hand. The boy’s eyes widened when he saw the assassin looking for him in panic, holding a dagger in his hand.
‘Now I don’t have to cover my mouth.’
She will close her mouth on him even if she doesn’t have to. She took her hand away from the boy’s mouth. As the boy tried so hard to make a sound, her hands were covered in saliva.
‘Ugh.’
Ayla looked at her hand with a displeased expression and wiped the saliva off by rubbing it on the boy’s black cloak.
Despite this, the boy did not show the slightest sign of dissatisfaction and just observed Cloud’s movements with a frightened expression.
“Shit.”
Cloud had been looking for the boy’s whereabouts several times, uttered harsh words, and disappeared into the distance.
Once Cloud was out of sight, the boy tried to go out. She grabbed his arm.
“Don’t go out yet. “I will check first and come back.”
“Uh, huh.”
Perhaps because she saved his life, the boy obediently followed her instructions. After coming out, she climbed onto the roof and looked around, but Cloud was not visible.
When she jumped to the floor and landed lightly, the boy, as if amazed every time she saw him, was looking at her with his golden eyes shining and his eyes peeking out from the floor.
“… … “What are you really? Are you human?”
The sight of the boy hiding in the dirt, sticking out his face, and asking that question was quite funny. This made her burst into laughter.
Is it really a person? What kind of question is that?
“Well then, what am I if I’m not human? come out. “He’s gone.”
“Uh, yes. thank you. … … yo. this.”
At her words, the boy crawled out from his hiding place and expressed his gratitude to her.
Unable to understand the reason for adding ‘yo’ so late, Ayla looked at the boy with a puzzled expression.
“… … “Why are you suddenly being polite?”
“Well, you are my lifesaver. … … yo. this.”
If he were going to use a half-deference like that, it would have been better to just speak informally. She burst out laughing out loud.
“Just speak informally like you always do. It’s so funny.”
After laughing for a while, she wiped the corners of her eyes and finally spoke. She laughed so much that tears formed in the corners of her eyes.
“Okay, then.”
The boy seemed to think that Ayla was laughing at him and answered with a sullen expression.
But she had a refreshing expression on her face. It had been a while since she had smiled sincerely. No, she couldn’t even remember if she had ever laughed so comfortably in her life.
‘Anyway, why did Cloud try to kill this guy?’
Could it be that this boy is the ‘young lion’ mentioned in the letter? Ayla glanced at the boy with a lot of dirt on his face and blurted out her true feelings without realizing it.
“No, this is not young, this is young.”
“… … “Me?”
At Ayla’s words, the boy got angry and asked. If you tell a child that he or she is young, he or she will get angry.
“You keep looking at me and telling me I’m young. how old are you?”
The boy asked in a proud voice.
“me? “Ten, no, twelve.”
She almost said her age before being murdered by Byron without realizing it, but quickly corrected herself. The boy then raised his voice as if to ask her to look at it.
“I’m two years older than you? But don’t you think it’s strange that you always end up saying that you’re young?”
“… … That’s right. You’re definitely young. Is it time for you to raise your voice for something like that? What if you get caught?”
When she said it as if it was absurd, the boy covered his mouth as if he didn’t want to.
There may still be people around him trying to take his life but look at him getting so angry at being treated like a child. It was clear that he was a child.
Ayla opened her mouth in a voice that sounded as if she was shocked.
“Just because you’re older than me, doesn’t that change the fact that you’re a child? I’m young, and you’re young too.”
“… … “That too.”
He was truly a very understanding boy. Ayla looked at the boy with a grin on his face, then noticed that his clothes were covered in dirt. It looked like he was hiding under the ground.
‘Oh, wait. Maybe my clothes… … .’
She was embarrassed and looked at her clothes. Not only her black cloak but also the white nightgown she was wearing underneath was covered in dirt.
It was a crisis. If they continue like this, It is not obvious that Laura will find out that we secretly went out.
Ayla was in tears.
“what’s the matter? “Are you afraid you might get scolded for getting your clothes dirty?”
The boy, who noticed that she was crying while looking at her clothes, asked. Ayla unconsciously nodded.
In fact, it was a bit difficult to express that she was scolded for the hardships that would come her way. It was because she wouldn’t just let it go if she found out that she had gone out.
She even thought that it would be better to just run away like this, reveal that she was the lost only daughter of the Duke of Weishafen, and return to her biological parents.
Since this was a big city, there was sure to be someone who could help her.
Her hair had turned completely white and wasn’t working well, but she thought about how to overcome this situation and thought about it countless times.
The boy was looking at her in silence, took out a piece of paper rolled up and tied with a ribbon from his pocket.
“There’s only one chapter left, but I can’t stand by and watch my lifesaver find himself in such a difficult situation.”
The boy spoke in a very serious voice. Although she didn’t know what the boy was trying to do, Ayla watched him in silence.
“I command you to awaken your sleeping power and help me.”
The boy recited a spell with a rather handsome smile and then untied the ribbon tied to the paper. Then, mysteriously, the paper burst into flames and disappeared into thin air. The scroll that disappeared into thin air became a mysterious smoke of light that surrounded Ayla’s body. Surrounded.
Ayla, whose eyes were wide open as she couldn’t figure out what was going on, was looking at her body while turning her eyes here and there.
“what.”
Even the smoke surrounding Ayla dissipated into the air and disappeared, and her clothes, which had been covered in dirt, became as clean as if they had just been washed.
“… … How is it? Amazing, right? Cool, right? “It’s a washing spell.”
