146 After the Figh (1/2)

Chapter 146: After the Fight

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

As soon as Lucien went back to the baron’s castle, in a corridor he saw Joanna walking toward him with a greatsword in her hands.

”Lord Evans,” Joanna showed her deep respect to him, ”All the husks here have been eliminated.”

In fact, she was to some extent upset with Lucien for involving them in this dangerous fighting without even telling them what they should expect. Actually, even Lucien himself did not expect a bitter fight like this.

Lucien nodded to Joanna and asked her calmly, ”Anyone else still alive in the castle except Mars? Is everyone all right?”

Joanna would not easily reveal her dissatisfaction toward Lucien, but she answered seriously, ”Except Mr. Mars, there’s no one alive in the castle. They’re all husks. Simon is dealing with some chaos happening in Fogtown right now… It might have been caused by some escaping husks. Mr. Mars and Wise are still hiding in the storage room. Betty is vomiting in the bathroom.”

”Is what?” Lucien’s left hand grabbed a handful of casting reagent.

Joanna put a look of disgust on her face, ”We found something in the kitchen, looking like the dinner we were about to ‘enjoy’… There were rotten flesh, eyeballs, tongues, fingers… all covered with maggots.”

As she was speaking, she almost threw up as well.

Lucien nodded. It seemed that the baron was about to serve them food with ptomaine to make them sick first before revealing his real intention. Under the disguise of magic, common people could not tell what that food really was, but when the spell casters died, the camouflage was gone as well.

”I see. Thank you, Joanna.” Lucien took a step forward to Joanna and said to her in a low voice, ”Please don’t call me lord. I do not have any title.”

Joanna looked up subconsciously and directly caught Lucien’s charming eyes. Instantly, Joanna fell into a dream where there were countless shining stars.

”Yes, Mr. Evans,” Joanna answered obediently.

Lucien checked her memory about the fight they just had and found nothing that could potentially reveal his identity, but he still made some tiny adjustments with Joanna’s memory.

”I’m fine here. Go to find Simon and help him, Joanna… can you?” Lucien dismissed the spell affecting her.

Joanna was suddenly startled and her checks immediately flushed. She could not believe that she was just standing there, staring blankly at Mr. Evans’ face, and felt that he was so charming that she could not move her eyes away.

”Sure… yes, sure… I’m going right now.” Joanna quickly touched her face with her hands and turned around, heading for the gate of the castle.

After Joanna left, Lucien adjusted the memory of the rest of people one by one and erased any evidence of magic in the fight in the baron’s room.

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Under the dim light provided by the candles placed around the living room of the castle, Lucien said to Simon, Betty and Joanna, ”Thank you for helping Fogtown, and, of course, thank you for helping me. As a convention, you take one tenth of the baron’s wealth, and I shall take one third. The rest of his belongings should be handed to Viscount Stanley and the Church.”

Lucien still wanted to maintain his identity in their mind as a knight, and that was why he did not take all the baron’s stuff on his own. Besides, he also felt a bit sorry that he involved his guards in far more danger than what they would commonly encounter.

The baron’s place was actually not that full of jewelry and gold as most people would think. Except for the castle, the manor and the land that Habearo owned, there was only sixty Thales left in the baron’s place and a level two greatsword of extraordinary quality named Rock, since Habearo needed to handle the expenses generated by Hunt’s experiments, buy babies and kids, maintain his luxury lifestyle, and pay for different things to hide his sinful behavior.

”That’s about… six Thales!” Simon’s eyes were full of excitement.

”No, it should be twenty Thales,” Lucien corrected him.