Chapter 304 For the time being, Jin will (1/2)

“Belle!”

Noticing the girl beside him collapse, Barou, alarmed, tried to help her up.

Jin also couldn’t just stand by and watch so he rushed over too.

“Seems like she has a fever.”

Belle’s face had turned red so Jin put his hand on her forehead to check and noticed she was burning up.

Belle’s consciousness had also gotten hazy and her breathing became shallower.

“Belle! Belle!”

Barou, who was holding her up, was desperately shaking and calling her but she didn’t regain consciousness.

Jin stood up.

“Reinhart, can you leave these two to me?”

Jin asked Reinhart.

(“Yea, I don’t mind. Do you plan on taking them with you?”)

Reinhart replied with a low voice so only Jin could hear him. Jin also answered in a low voice,

(“Yea, I can’t just stand and watch and I also feel like I have some responsibility here, even if only a little.”)

(“I see… Once you get into Shouro empire, a visa or ID won’t be needed.”)

It seemed as if Reinhart vaguely knew what Jin was going to do judging from what he said at the end there.

“Got it. Then I guess I will be fine in my carriage tonight as well. Tomorrow at 8, again?”

This time, he raised his voice so that everyone could hear him. Reinhart too replied in a similar voice.

“Yeah. We will depart at 8… Well then, Matheus, let’s go.”

Saying that, he started walking again. Matheus hurriedly followed him and asked,

“Reinhart, is that okay? What about Jin-dono?”

“Yeah. Today will be our last night in Serroa kingdom, let’s go all out, shall we?”

While saying that, Reinhart glanced back at Jin behind him gave an eye signal.

Jin answered to it by raising his thumb.

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“Keep it together! Belle!”

Jin tapped Barou’s shoulder, who was now at a loss as the girl in his arms wouldn’t regain consciousness.

“You — for now, we can’t keep that girl as she is.”

“Eh?!”

Barou looked up and saw Jin.

“The person who was with the noble just now?”

Seems like he finally noticed that Jin was also there. Jin nodded.

“Yeah. And I have been entrusted with you two by him. What will you do? Will you come with me?”

“Y-Yes”

As a last hope, Barou tried standing up with Belle in his arms. But he staggered.

“As I thought. Seems like you also reached your limit. Reiko, please carry the girl.”

“Yes, father.”

“Father?!”

Jin was actually 21 years old but because of his baby face, he looked less than 20.

Barou was surprised seeing the girl, who looked 12-13, calling Jin ‘father’.

Reiko picked up the girl and briskly walked towards the carriage.

“Ah, w-wait, please!”

Almost being left behind even by Jin, Barou also followed hastily.

With his utmost efforts to keep his legs moving, he followed Jin.

(I don’t know if we can really trust them or not… but we don’t have anywhere else to go anymore…)

That was the only thought which went round in Barou’s head. With that as his only hope, he moved by willpower alone. But before long, even Barou had reached his limits.

Jin got into a peculiar carriage. Just before that, Barou also lost consciousness.

“Ah-he was also at his limit, eh.”

Jin, who noticed this after looking back, felt bad.

The impression left by the girl he saw yesterday night who faked having a bad leg was strong on Jin so he ended up unconsciously testing them.

“Reiko, could you carry them one by one, then?”