73 Unexpected Information (1/2)

Chapter 73: Unexpected Information

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

Footsteps hasty, eyebrows frowning, Lucien was acting like an ordinary person who encountered kidnapping for the first time. Meanwhile, he was also much calmer than most of the ordinary people. He knew where to go and what to do right now.

Lucien tried to stay focused when he was walking on the street, separating his spiritual power from his body and making the power float in the air, as if his soul was overlooking his body. Lucien wanted to test if there was anyone among the crowd who was following him.

However, since Sunday noon was often the busiest time in Aderon, and the kidnapper was currently more powerful than Lucien, he did not find anything special.

The gate between Aderon district and the noble district was open, however, this area was not busy at all. Only a few poor people from Aderon who were doing the most menial work in the nobles’ places were going through the gate after going to the church.

Two guards were standing there, lazily leaning against the wall and looking at the poor people walking in hurry with some feeling of superiority. The guards were hopeless for becoming real knights, and since they joined the city guard and got spoiled by the prosperity of Aalto, they soon forgot the many fighting skills that they learned from their previous training.

All of a sudden, the guards noticed a young good-looking man in decent white shirt and black suite coming toward the gate, which was quite unusual. They stopped Lucien instantly and asked,

“Sir, what is your purpose entering the noble district?”

Lucien’s heart was being burned by the great anxiety, thus his attitude was not very nice.

“Are you questioning me here? Since when do I have to be questioned first to pass through the gate?”

Rander, one of the guards, immediately regretted as soon as he stopped the young man in front of him. Without knowing a visitor’s background, stopping the person randomly may put them in trouble since they never knew whether the person was actually a noble or someone important.

Lucien’s tough attitude made him even more nervous. He hurriedly apologized, “Sorry, sir. We’re having a hard time searching for the demon followers and tend to overreact sometimes. I’m sorry, sir.”

Lucien slightly nodded and was about to pass through the gate when he changed his mind. He turned to the guard and asked in a low voice, “May I ask where does the chief clerk of the town hall, Mr. Urbain Hayne, live? I’m his daughter Felicia Hayne’s classmate.”

Happening to know where the chief clerk lived, Rander answered, “Mr. Hayne lives at no.158 Noble Street, one of the Hayne family’s houses.”

“Thanks.” Lucien replied shortly and walked through the gate.

In the noble district, where many knights and even grand knights lived, Lucien expected that the kidnapper from Argent Horn would not be able to follow too close. Therefore, by asking the guard, Lucien purposefully let the kidnapper know where he was going. If the kidnapper still could not follow up, that meant he or she was not at all capable of tailing Lucien for a long time, and then Lucien could find a proper chance to get rid of the kidnapper and conduct his own plan.

Staring at Lucien from behind, Rander complained to the other guard, “Although the guy dressed like a gentleman, he even didn’t know where the chief clerk lives. Probably there’s something between this effeminate guy and lady Hayne… who knows…”

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It was the second time Lucien came to the noble district. Compared with the stormy night when Baron Laurent died, the noble district looked much more appealing today. Green trees lined up on both sides and flowers flourished. Among the trees stood the big and luxury houses. Many of them were of different architectural styles—some were similar to baroque style, others of religious style, while some were emulating the gloomy and extravagant architectural design of the ancient magic empire. And often there was only one house on each fork of the road.

Lucien appeared to be rather weird on the street since he dressed decent but was walking on foot. A few noble ladies and gentlemen passing by in their coaches threw Lucien a surprised glance, certain that Lucien was by no chance a noble.

All of a sudden, a coach stopped beside Lucien. The window on the coach opened and inside of the coach sat an elegant young lady of full figure and fine presence, with a black crape bonnet veiling half of her face. She laughed and asked, “Is this Mr. Evans? The concert last night was awesome.”

Despite being anxious, Lucien maintained his gentleman manner, “Thank you, my lady. Can I have the honor of knowing your name?”

“I’m Yvette Hill, Felicia’s friend.” Yvette glanced at Lucien with great interest, “Are you looking for Felicia, Mr. Evans?”

Excluding the family of Violet, the Hill family, together with the Hayne and the Rafati family, were the three most influential noble families in the Duchy of Orvarit. Each of the three families had a whole shire as their domain.

Lucien just recognized the coat of arms on the coach consisting of spears and grizzly. He answered with respect, “Yes, my lady.”