You Will Pay With Your Life For Deceiving Me

 

And the knights looked very embarrassed. They were instructed never to leave the master’s side, but the bag of gold coins was too heavy for them to stretch out like that.

 

They claimed that they were just giving it to them to have a drink at the festival, but this amount of money was enough to buy not only alcohol but a bar.

 

Of course, it wasn’t that big and nice, and it was the price of a small tavern frequented by commoners.

 

“Come back here in five hours. “Because you aren’t going anywhere.”

 

“… … Yes, master. It’s five hours. “Do you have to keep your promise?”

 

In the end, the knights couldn’t resist the temptation of money, so they took their pockets with both hands heavy and left one by one.

 

Gerald used the same trick with the coachman, and they were alone together. Gerald said he was coming this way and led Ayla into a building.

 

She looked inside the building with a skeptical face, but fortunately, it didn’t seem suspicious. It was just a neat cafe decorated with plants here and there.

 

“welcome.”

 

An employee wearing a bow tie greeted them.

 

While Ayla, who was visiting a cafe for the first time in her life, was looking around, Gerald was talking privately with the employees and quickly got a private room.

 

It was a large room, with soft, comfortable sofas filling the walls.

 

‘Are you saying you came all the way here just to go to a cafe?’

 

If she wanted to eat a sweet drink and dessert together, there would be no need to come this far.

 

When she thought it was strange and sat down on the sofa, Gerald sat close to her, even though there were many other seats.

 

She could have told him to get away with it and pushed her away, but Ayla decided to just watch to see what this big-ass guy was planning.

 

After a while, The drink that Gerald ordered was served. It was a tea made by steeping a fruit she had never seen before in honey. It looked like a lemon or orange, but the flesh was a very dark orange.

 

And even after the car came out, Gerald continued to act suspiciously.

 

When the waiter says he will pour tea in a pretty glass, doesn’t he mean to tell him to leave the teapot behind since he will pour it for you?

 

Although the waiter was puzzled, he left the kettle behind when the customer ordered it, and only then was Ayla able to fully understand Gerald’s intentions.

 

Gerald took out a small pill bottle from the inside pocket of his jacket. He then poured a drop of the liquid from the bottle into one of the glasses.

 

Of course, it seemed like he was acting secretly so that Ayla wouldn’t find out, but he was so clumsy that he ended up getting caught.

 

‘… … There’s no way that medicine is a good tonic for the body.’

 

Ayla looked at Gerald as if it were absurd, as he casually handed her the glass filled with medicine. It was truly foolish to think that he would have made such an obvious move and not been caught.

 

She thought about just pouring tea on that bloated face, but she held back because if he got burned by the boiling tea, it would be difficult to heal.

 

‘I don’t even know exactly what the medicine is.’

 

Ayla, lost in thought for a moment, pretended to drink tea and brought the teacup to her mouth. Then Gerald’s eyes flashed with a sense of victory.

 

‘Look at this.’

 

She sighed inwardly and put down the teacup.

 

She didn’t know what she was trying to do, but as soon as she noticed, she had no intention of playing along as Gerald wanted.

 

“Why why? Doesn’t it fit your mouth?”

 

When she put down the tea again without drinking it, Gerald asked impatiently.

 

Ayla shook her head and fluttered her abundant eyelashes.

 

“No, that’s not it… … . “I want to try that.”

 

“that?”

 

“You know that before. Chocolate pound cake.”

 

When she looked up at him with the ‘pitiful look’ she often used to weaken Cloud’s heart, Gerald’s face turned bright red.

 

At that time, She ignored him, telling him that it was enough to eat alone, and suddenly she wondered why he was like this, but she gave in to the temptation.

 

“… … Okay? “There’s probably one in this cafe too. I’ll order it for you.”

 

And while he, who foolishly fell into Ayla’s trap, pulled the string and rang for the attendant, Ayla quickly changed the cup.

 

Since the shape of the delicately crafted cup was the same, Gerald ordered the chocolate cake that Ayla wanted to eat without even realizing that the cup had been changed.

 

Ayla laughed at that foolishness and lifted the teacup to her mouth and took a sip, and Gerald also happily drank the tea in front of him.

 

It was a little bitter, yet had a sweet and sour taste.

 

She thought there would be a change after taking the medicine. Perhaps it wasn’t a medicine that took effect quickly, but Gerald didn’t see any change until the waiter brought the cake.

 

“”Don’t let anyone in here until I call you, okay?”

 

They seemed very sane, as they even scolded them, wondering what they were going to do with the two of them, leaving the waitress behind.

 

‘What kind of medicine did you take? Does it have no effect?’

 

Nothing happened so much that all these thoughts came to mind.

 

However, as time passed, Gerald started rubbing his eyes and yawning, as if his eyes were slowly closing.

 

And soon after,.

 

Dororon fell asleep, snoring lightly.

 

‘It was a sleeping pill.’

 

Ayla is stronger and more nimble than him, so it seemed like they couldn’t do anything about it, so it seemed like they were trying to do something bad to her by putting her to sleep.

 

She took out the dagger she had been hiding, thinking that she would stop him from acting like a man, but she changed her plan because she thought that this might be her chance.

 

“… … hey.”

 

Gerald showed no sign of waking up even when Ayla stabbed him in the cheek with the back of a blunt knife. He seemed to be in a very deep sleep.

 

She rummaged through Gerald’s pockets. It was because she had seen earlier that there was a bag of money left over after stabbing the knights.

 

‘… … Four and a half hours to go. ‘Until the drivers come to get me, I am truly free.’

 

Ayla lightly threw her pocket into the air and caught it again. The coins inside made a jingling sound.

 

She was just coming out to enjoy the festival anyway. Since that plan was ruined by this mean calf with horns on its butt, she thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to enjoy the festival with his money.

 

She had seen the route from the festival street to here from the carriage, so she was able to find it on her own.

 

There was no one watching her or disturbing her. All she had to do was take her time and return on time.

 

Ayla opened the window and carefully left the cafe, avoiding people’s eyes.

 

The air outside couldn’t be that hot.

 

Ayla climbed onto the roof as quickly as she always did. There was no particular need to do so, but it felt awkward to walk down the street with both feet on the ground like everyone else.

 

And that was her world.

 

Looking down from a high place, she was able to quickly find a shortcut to the festival street.

 

Ayla jumped over the fence, ran across the rooftops, and ran to where the festival was in full swing.

 

Not long after, she arrived at the scene of the festival full of excitement.

 

Actually, at first, she had planned to enjoy being among those happy people, but just watching from above like this made her feel like the happiness was contagious.

 

So she decided to stay on the roof for a while.

 

Because there is still plenty of time.

 

People dancing and singing, people clinking glasses and laughing while having trivial conversations.

 

“Mom, buy me that! Buy me that! Yes?”

 

“Oh, there he is again! “After eating so much, do you still have enough stomach left?”

 

Children hold their mother’s hands and beg to buy the food they want to eat.

 

It was a scenery so beautiful that it brought tears to her eyes.

 

She doesn’t know if it might be a normal daily life for others.

 

These were scenes that Ayla wanted to keep in her eyes and her heart.

 

She looked down at the festival scene from a high place and came down to the roof feeling that her heart, which had always been empty, was filled.

 

It was because now she wanted to enjoy that vivid heat directly from her body.

 

The first thing Ayla bought was something she had been curious about earlier: a sandwich-like food filled with meat and vegetables between thin breads.

 

It was a little spicy for her because she wasn’t used to spicy flavors, probably because spicy spices were added, but it was still very delicious.

 

As she cooled her numb tongue with a sweet and cool yogurt drink, she felt so excited that she couldn’t help but laugh.

 

“now! Give it a try! If you throw the shuriken and hit the target, you will receive a prize!”

 

“Dad, I’m that doll! doll!!”

 

And how long did she walk? A rather interesting store caught her eye. It was an amusement park where prizes were given out if she threw a dagger and hit the target.

 

“What, that rabbit doll? “That’s a piece of cake.”

 

When the daughter begged her father by pulling on the hem of his clothes, the father rolled up his sleeves and participated in the game.

 

But the result… ….

 

“Ah, no luck. Is there a next challenger?”

 

The knife he threw did not come close to the target and ended in vain.

 

“… … Hehe. I hate you, Dad.”

 

 His daughter, who desperately wanted a rabbit doll, was so disappointed that she burst into tears.

 

Ayla, who was watching the scene, paid a coin called the participation fee and participated in the game.

 

“yes? Are you saying that the young lady will participate? It must be harder than I thought… … .”

 

Hearing that a young girl dressed quite classily was participating, the store owner seemed embarrassed and tried to dissuade her.

 

Even though it was made for a game and was duller than a real weapon, it was clear that if she accidentally threw a shuriken and got hurt, she would be scolded for hurting a noble lady.

 

However, the store owner’s words had no effect.

 

“… … “Stop talking nonsense and give me your sword.”