Chapter 131 - #130 Defection? (2/2)

”...You know, it's girl ta-” Akame wanted to reply but Green interrupted her.

”It's fine, I am going outside for a fresh breath. Have fun, you two.” Green said and already started walking away from them while waving with his hand behind him.

”Well...alright. Akame, you wanted to talk, right? How about my room?” Tsukushi asked with a smile while ignoring a slightly awkward atmosphere from before.

”Yeah, sounds good!” Akame replied with a wide smile while following after Tsukushi.

”?!” Green who heard them stopped walking and froze in place while looking at the ground with wide-open eyes.

'Why would she want to go to her room when Akame's room is nearer to them than her own room? Am I overthinking things or is Tsukushi actually already suspicious of our actions? Should I stop them? No...that would be even more suspicious, not to mention that Akame wouldn't leave without trying to talk to her. Shit! Fuck! I must go quickly to my position, I am sure that Akame can take care of herself! I must trust her.' Green thought while increasing his pace while walking through the hall towards the exit. Once he exited the palace through Akame's escape route, he immediately went into a sprint with another escape route in his mind as a goal.

---A few kilometers from the Capital, inside the forest---

”What the hell did you just say?!!” Najenda asked while pulling Leone's hair with her metallic arm. She was quite upset after hearing Leone's report.

”Aw! Aw! Ouch! Please stop, boss! Everything I just said is the truth, is there anything wrong?” Leone replied in hurried tone while holding her hair and standing on tiptoes, doing her best in preventing Najenda from pulling them out completely.

”Haven't I warned you about the person named Akashi?! You could have died there, you idiot!! I am quite surprised that he let you walk away after bothering him so much and talking to him in such a way. *sigh*” Najenda shouted at Leone before she calmed down and released a tired sigh.

”Well...I must have been drunk at that time since I don't really remember...he-he” Leone replied with a forced laugh and smile while scratching back of her head since it was the first time she saw her boss being so upset.

”You-!” Najenda stopped herself from saying more and just light her cigar.

*inhale* *exhale* ”You surely know about the infamous Esdeath, I have also told you a few things about her. That Akashi you have met previously is in terms of danger on Esdeath's level or even higher. He doesn't have such high fame as her for destroying numerous armies but that's because he isn't part of the Empire's army. I haven't witnessed his skills personally but when I still worked together with Esdeath, she was praising him quite often which was extremely rare...to get praise from her, not to mention to be praised constantly.” Najenda explained while calming herself with her cigar.

”...You kidding, boss, right?” Leone asked with a slightly panicked expression to which Najenda only nodded her head with a serious expression.

”Shiiit! I should have accepted his invitation! Marking such a remarkable man would be my win!” Leone suddenly exclaimed while holding her head and looking up at the sky.

Upon hearing this, a deadpan expression appeared on Najenda's face while she dropped her cigar from the between her fingers.

”You-! Stupid! Cat!” Najenda shouted while using her metallic arm to beat Leone into her gut with one punch after each word. But the real reason for this outburst was the cigar Najenda dropped due to Leone's fault.

After the cat was punished, Najenda asked what she exactly meant with the ”invitation”.

”Ah, that...We were just playing around, speaking in playful way to express our intentions. It was kinda fun, or it would have been if I wasn't the one being chased.” Leone replied with a carefree smile.

”*sigh* I guess Akashi doesn't hold anything against you since he let you leave but be careful around him. We can't afford to make him our enemy, Esdeath is already big trouble enough. Anyway, you have a job. Tonight is the night when Akame deserts the Empire together with the guy named Green and maybe a few more people. Here is a drawing of him so don't attack him if you see him alone.” Najenda said with a tired tone before she handed Leone a paper with Green's face drawn on it.

”Alright! Leave it to me, hop!” Leone replied while leaping to her legs and brushing off the dust from her clothes.