Chapter 16 - Childhood Flashback (Part 4) (1/2)
”I am alone, I just want the tiara. If you give it to me, everyone will be happy.”
Luke, who at the time was not yet able to listen to someone's heartbeat, did not dare to trust that man with the macabre smile.
”Come on, come on. Don't back down, hehe. I do not wish to hurt you, you know that. I just want the tiara.”
”What's so great about it?”
”Besides the beauty?”
”Yes, besides the beauty.”
”You must already know...it's not a normal tiara.”
”What does that mean?”
”It was found in a Dungeon, kid. But do you know what the particularities of Oukiwa Dungeons are? No, no. You must not know. The Dungeons of Oukiwa are predominantly mines.”
”E...? What does that have to do with the tiara?”
”Mine Tier dungeons don't have relics, and a curious fact about this tiara... it was found on the previously locked floor of one of our dungeons, which means it is a relic.”
Luke felt that the man was telling the truth, but he still refused to believe him because it didn't make sense that an item that was in a dirty storage room was that valuable.
”Why was it in a vendor's warehouse then?”
”Because he is a dumb seller, who bought it at an auction and doesn't know its real value and usefulness.”
”You are willing to trade it for how much?” Luke opened his belt pouch and took out the tiara, which had a faint glow in its shadow.
”Trade it? HAHAHAHA You still don't understand what's going on? I'm here buying time, and you've fallen like a duckling. I can't blame you, you're just a kid.”
At this moment, Luke jumped back and grabbed the dagger hidden in his shin.
Seeing this kind of fearless reaction and the angry look on the half-wolf's face, the man in armor, could only applaud him. Clap! Clap! ”You are a fascinating boy. Who knows, maybe I'll take you and the tiara, how about that? Hahaha kidding! You're just a disgusting half-beast. If you eat a gene, you'll probably die.”
Luke wasn't afraid of the man, all he had to do was run away from the alley his friends were in, and everything would be fine. The man couldn't be much faster than him in that armor. Just as he was ready to do just that, he heard:
”Aff! Why do you have to be annoying? You can bring her in.” He gave the order to someone.
And then the half-wolf could see two shadows coming out of the same alley the man had come from. One of the shadows was large, and the other was smaller.
He recognized Sarah's pink hair, but he didn't recognize the man who had a knife to the girl's neck. The Nice One, which was her nickname because she was friendly and sweet to everyone, now had tears in her eyes and a look of fear. If Sarah was alone at the time, Luke already deduced that the worst had happened to Shiro, The Protector.
”Damn him...” The boy, who was always calm and inexpressive, said to the man in armor. ”I'll give him the tiara.”
”Hahaha! I said no negotiation.”
”AAAAAAH!” Booomp! In the blink of an eye, Luke saw in slow motion Shiro appear out of nowhere and crash into the man who was holding Sarah hostage.