Volume 7 Chapter 2 (1/2)
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Volume 7 Chapter 2: Who's the Friend? Who's the Foe?
The carriage driver was still waiting within the courtyard; it wasn't that he hadn't tried to escape, but rather, he was being blocked by Plum's servants.
”Use my carriage!” Plum said.
”Use mine instead! I don't go out ordinarily,” Sheila responded. She wished for Aiwa to use her carriage instead.
She really wanted to do something for this man, who had brought such happiness to her.
”Hehe, it's the same. How much?” Aiwa laughed.
”Who wants your money! I've already given my body to you, would I still be afraid of losing a single carriage?”
Plum believed him to be teasing her.
”No, this is an official errand, payment is to be given for sure. Moreover, I needn't pay as he will be doing so.”
Aiwa pointed towards the carriage driver.
”I &h.e.l.lip; I don't have money!” The driver was persistent.
Aiwa advanced forward, fished out a purse from his bosom, and counted over 1000 gold coins.
He concurred them to be the reward for injuring him. Aiwa took out an additional 100 coins from within and gave them to Sheila: ”Take them! Plum, you won't mind it, right?”
”Do as you wish, I only want you to visit whenever you have the time.”
Though a bit unwilling in her heart, Plum didn't reveal it on her face. Her second mother and she had now both boarded the same s.h.i.+p.
They accompanied Aiwa till quite a distance from the village, before reluctantly turning around once they had lost sight of the carriage.
As soon as they left the village, Aiwa let the carriage driver take over. They started to gallop towards the ravine.
By the time he arrived, he could see the two soldiers at the bottom of the valley in dredges.
Aiwa first tied up the driver to the cart. He then tied the long rope he had received from Plum to a huge tree and threw the free end down.
The soldiers climbed up using the rope and glared at the driver. Just catching a glimpse of him almost made them want to chop him up.
”Stop! We still need him to deliver me to the base. You can hand him over to Lovna after returning back, she'll handle things properly.”
Aiwa never believed Lovna had hired the driver to injure him, it definitely had to be the design of someone else.
The soldiers received their weapons backs and followed Aiwa on the carriage.
Due to the delay at accompanying Plum, a night had already pa.s.sed by the time Aiwa's carriage had reached the Mandeff base.
While they were traveling, Aiwa noticed a giant windmill a kilometer away from their destination.
”What's that?”
Aiwa felt curious and immediately sprung down the carriage.
”Seems to be a windmill of some sorts,” The soldiers replied.
As the three of them were attracted by the giant windmill, the driver suddenly jumped off the carriage and made for the grove on the wayside.
He knew that the moment they reach the base, it would spell his doom. If he hadn't run now, there would be no more chances. The soldiers planned to chase after him when they saw his actions but Aiwa stopped them.
”He won't be able to escape.”
Aiwa raised his hand and threw two bamboo needles towards the driver.
He dropped flat down just as he was about to disappear into the woods.
”Search him! He had a lot of gold coins on him!” Aiwa ordered them.
The soldiers immediately hurried to search his body for the purse.
”Captian, this ought to be yours.”
They didn't dare to be greedy, handing it over to Aiwa.
”Consider it as your reward. Tell Lovna after returning back that I made the driver stay behind.”
They were naturally happy for receiving such an amount and immediately asked if they could do more for him: ”Captain, do you have any other commands? Please order us.”
”Return the carriage.”
Aiwa gave them the location of Sheila's village. He originally wanted to order them to protect Lady Plum and Madame Sheila but since they both were also members of a rich family, they must have had their own laws, being able to stay safe for so many years. Therefore, he just ordered them to return the carriage.
The soldiers boarded the carriage and made their way towards the Hohfeld Headquarters while Aiwa traveled to Mandeff alone.
The windmill seemed to grow larger as he neared the base.
He was surprised to see no sentinels visible anywhere near the base. He had imagined the place to be heavily guarded, a guard at every five to ten steps.
Aiwa looked around; only wilderness came into his view. Even the lookout posts seemed devoid of any person as the d.a.m.ned place wouldn't have any visitors.
After entering the base, he discovered that the colossus const.i.tuted of not only a windmill but also a wheel, fitted with several gears underneath. Several poles seemed to have been locked onto the giant wooden wheel securely, even a powerful gust wouldn't cause them to shake at all.
Aiwa pondered for a moment, but he still couldn't figure out its purpose.
He continued to walk inside and noticed a huge drill ground nearby, a squadron wearing a special attire were currently being admonished by someone. He deduced it to be the one Lovna spoke of; the Demon Instructor Cartel.
He walked over towards Cartel at the drill ground, but he acted as if Aiwa wasn't there at all, continuing to admonish the soldiers with an arrogant manner.
Aiwa arrived aside Cartel, waiting for a long time, still hadn't he paused to look at him.
”Excuse me, Instructor, I have something I need to speak to you about.” Aiwa helplessly called out.
”Who are you?”
Cartel paused, taking a look at Aiwa, his pupils seemed to look right at his eyes.
His sight then quickly flashed by Aiwa's shoulders and then behind him. Cartel's stature was larger than Aiwa had imagined.
He asked: ”Did you come by carriage?”
”I'm Aiwa, from Hohfeld.”
Aiwa took the recommendation letter Lovna had written for him. Cartel's two fingers caught the letter from his hand and took it. Aiwa was baffled as to how he was able to easily open the envelope and take out the letter with those thick gloves on his hands.
Cartel casually glanced over at the sign at the lower right, Lovna's sign made his eyes brighten up and then made him quickly go through the letter.
”Haha, a graduate from the East Empire?”
Cartel glanced at Aiwa once more but Aiwa couldn't pick out anything from his expression.
”Yes, Instructor. I'm your junior!”
Hearing Cartel mention his experience of studying abroad, Aiwa inevitably felt proud.
”Junior my a.s.s! Once you're here, you're my student. Nothing more than that!”
Cartel seemed to have transformed into another person suddenly. Aiwa could only react after some time, his proud expression immediately becoming rigid.
Apparently, he seemed to be quite the eccentric. He simply couldn't be considered human, with the lack of emotions shown.
Aiwa originally wanted to form some kind of relation with Cartel but he had instead been humiliated by him, causing even his subordinates to burst out laughing.
When Cartel had humiliated him, Aiwa only felt awkward but he now felt furious.
He thought: ”Haven’t you only got a few more years of experience? How could I let you humiliate me when I don't even know your skill? For what reason did you feel that you had the right to do so?”
Aiwa corrected his manner and his eyes swept through the twenty or so students around there. Giving out an angry laugh, he purposely said to Cartel: ”Captain Cartel, I merely said I'm your junior, not your father, why are you so angry?”
When had Cartel ever received such a blatant provocation? He suddenly grabbed Aiwa's wrist and grappled it upwards instantly.
If it were not for Aiwa jumping timely, his wrist would have snapped off. At the same time, he also ama.s.sed his Dou Qi and curled his legs, shooting them towards Cartel's abdomen. No one could have imagined that Aiwa's attack would just repel off, almost as if his abdomen was a huge air ball. Cartel squeezed his hand and threw Aiwa back as if he was nothing.
Aiwa's body smashed onto a soldier behind him. Though it would appear as if Cartel hadn't used much strength, he still felt cold sweat down his back. If not for using the Dou Qi barrier to defend himself, his organs would have surely turned into mush from the oscillations of the impact.
Even then, Aiwa still experienced a violent pain.
”Hah &h.e.l.lip; that throw almost killed me &h.e.l.lip;”
Aiwa was no doubt exaggerating the pain he felt but it couldn't be concealed from Cartel's keen gaze.
Cartel laughed heartily.
”Brat, you have the nerve to use Dou Qi to attack me? I'll let you know, just pick any random student from the base and their Dou Qi would be no lesser than yours. You unexpectedly want to show off with Dou Qi! Who wants to punish this brat? Remember, Aiwa, be sure to accept it, if you dodge it or use Dou Qi to resist, there will only be two consequences -- -- Get lost from the base or let everyone here p.i.s.s in your mouth!”
”Pienne wishes to punish this youngster for daring to offend the Instructor!”
Aiwa still hadn't stood up when the soldier who had been knocked down by Aiwa just now came out from within the ranks.
Pienne received the Wolf Teeth Mace from Cartel, its thorns were quite hard and sharp. Aiwa could imagine the flesh easily lacerate from being hit by it.
Pienne played with the mace, hitting it lightly against his hand, as he made towards Aiwa with a sneer: ”Brother, I don't want to damage your higher grade Captain army clothes, how will you endure the cold weather without them? I say you should strip them off! I don't have the money to compensate for them even if you ask me!”
”What bulls.h.i.+t Captain? Even a Colonel will have to do as I say here!”
Cartel spoke with much loathe in his tone.
Not only had Aiwa not received any preferential treatment for his relation with Lovna but instead was being used as an outlet by Cartel for his grievances against her. Aiwa regretted giving the recommendation letter to him now.
Aiwa slowly straightened his body and calmly removed his s.h.i.+rt. He quite cherished his s.h.i.+rt symbolizing his Captain army rank, he had been bestowed with it after a valiant fight.
He gazed at Pienne coldly as he stood up, cursing him within his heart: ”Brat, you won't have a good end for acting against me!”
Aiwa still hadn't prepared to receive a beating when the mace smashed against his unprepared abdomen. He bent over immediately and then his back suffered another hit soon after.
He was about to straighten up again when he felt a violent stab of pain at his chest, but his developed muscles immediately returned the mace backward, with a high speed, smas.h.i.+ng towards Pienne's face.