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Chapter 193 – The Knight's Words

Lavia was just as surprised.

「You seem to be a knight. Unfortunately, I do not have such a grand name. I am Lavia. Just Lavia.」

She presented her guild card. The name field only showed “Lavia”.

East stared at it in astonishment.「I see. You've abandoned your family name. Wait, how did you even—」

「We're in Agiapole, Sir Knight.」

East realized that customers and employees were staring at them, wondering what was going on.

They were in Agiapole. Even if Lavia was a wanted criminal in Ponsonia, the kingdom East served, he couldn't arrest her here. He would have to go through formal procedures first.

「You're… right. But as a knight, I must… Hmm.」

「Let's go somewhere else, Paula.」Lavia said.

「G-Good idea!」

Lavia and Paula left the restaurant. East hurriedly paid for his meal and bolted out.

「P-Please wait!」he said.

「What is it?」Lavia asked.

「There's something I need to know. Did you… kill your father?」

Paula gulped. Shocking words came out of the knight's mouth, words that one wouldn't normally say while out in town in broad daylight.

「I did not. Neither did I detest him enough to want to kill him. Back then, I simply gave up on living. I envied the world.」

She wasn't allowed to leave the house freely. All she had as visitors were magic researchers. Even they didn't treat her like a proper human being. In their eyes, she was nothing but a lab rat. The only world she knew was found in books.

「I… see. You escaped from the carriage…」East glanced at Paula.「…with the help of Bios. A powerful country like this could pull that off for sure.」

East arrived at his own conclusion. He thought Paula was affiliated with the Church.

Lavia knew that the knight was actually concerned for her, even following the convoy to make sure no harm came to her. But she also knew saying something now was a bad idea. One slip of the tongue could mean trouble for Hikaru.

「Lady Lavia. You seem to be full of life now. Fortunately, you're not wanted anymore, so you may return to Ponsonia. I doubt you want to go back, though.」

Lavia couldn't tell him that she was in Ponsonia just a few days ago.

「That case bothered me a bit. But after seeing you, I think I'm over it.」East said.「Well, then. I will take my leave. We might not see each other again.」

Even though East was a knight, the daughter of a n.o.ble still ranked higher than him. The present Lavia, however, was nothing but a commoner. Still, the knight bowed. He then turned around and walked away, not looking back. Eventually, he disappeared into the crowd.

「Lavichan.」Paula said.