Chapter 22 (1/2)

Chapter 22

Cassion’s footsteps stopped

This was already the third time

No matter who it was that walked near him within the span of ten steps, his heart see

His anxiety stopped hie accident…

He was a victim who survived

It was the first ti by him looked suspicious in his eyes

He was afraid that there would be people on his trail because he disappeared froe he was riding off a cliff was inco him off the stairs like back then

That’s why he was feeling incredibly anxious that so after him to finish the deed

If he returned hoht be able to save himself for a while

Once Leo and his , they usually took so that they had received help from the Valentine Duchy’s Princess this ti

However, if he would meet the person ould finish him off before he arrived home…

‘I’ll be dead on the spot’

Cassion, who had thought until this point, weighed this on histo stop because it kept pounding out of his chest

Fear, anger—feelings that filled hi underneath the hood of his cloak had its lih, Cassion turned to the alley without any hesitation

‘Let’s give up walking by the main road’

The alley that was shrouded with the ‘darkness’ that he wished for

He already knehich direction he ht that it would be better if he went down the alley where there weren’t any people

If anyone looked towards that place, they would naturally think that the quiet alley without any light was leaguesheart was truly affected by the planned accident

He was afraid of running into people, so he decided to avoid the hide-and-seek with your eyes covered?

And yet… Cassion belatedly realized that he had ed the situation

He realized this when people popped out of the dark as he walked along the alleyway

There were two people on the winding road

They were both h they were very drunk

As he suddenly saw people on the path he needed to take, Cassion reflexively fixed the hood over his head

He tried to hold his breath and blend into the shadows

But just because he tried didn’t mean that he was successful

The drunken men noticed Cassion

He didn’t make eye contact with theat him

Hiccup The sound of thethe narrow alley

“Huh? I’ve never seen your face before No, wait, I can’t even see your face”

Even though he was a few steps away, the stench of alcohol wafted through the man’s openand continued walking

“Hey! Where are you going? You’re ignoring nant voice behind hih there was no one there

And yet because he was only li, he couldn’t move as fast as he wanted

That’s why even as the drunkards were stu over their own feet, they were able to catch up to hihed heavily over the black cloak

“Hey, are you really ignoring nant voice shouted even louder, echoing several times in that narrow alley

The ripped Cassion’s shoulder and turned his that barely kept hied to get this far, so he tucked face even deeper under the hood and bowed his head so that he wouldn’t be recognized

‘Judging by the scent of alcohol, I don’t think they’ve been sent by Leo’

Leo was a cool-headed scheh

Even if it was his own person who made a mistake, he would kick them out without hesitation Either that, or he would severely punish them

In short, it was impossible that a person whoa mission

As soon as Cassion realized that these men weren’t sent by Leo, he felt relieved

Immediately after that relief, hts

But this wasn’t the ti for soht with’

There were people of this kind in any alleyway

Fools who thought that the dark alleys were their territory

While Cassion was lost in thought, one of the drunk men continued to talk to him

“Hey If a person has a question, ya have to answer Right now, I’nored me just now”

“Hey, hey Take it easy This kid will get scared”

Theat hi

“No, this punk—hiccup—he’s ignoring ht of what he could say to get out of this situation, then he opened his lips and spoke with a polite tone

“I’ you I’m just in a bit of a hurry because there’s somewhere I have to be, so I’d appreciate it if you could let me off”

If anyone saw hiers at hi him where his pride as a noble went, but Cassion was a realistic rather than prideful ht when his body was already so injured

Since it was aout of this situation unscathed, it was simple for him to just bow his head His pride wouldn’t be wounded

However, the two o easily

Rather, they seeotten more incensed because of his polite tone

“Haha, what’s up with that? With the way you speak, it sounds to me like you’re a noble Why did our oh so noble blue-blooded fella come to the back alleys alone?”

“Ahh, I know I know Did’ja come to a place like this to find so? But what should we do? If ya wanna have fun over here, it’s kinda a rule that ya gotta give money to poor people like us fellows”

With a cheerful tone, his threatening hands jutted out to Cassion as if to peel off the hood over his head and reach into the pockets of a naïve, weak nobleman

In a situation where he was suddenly threatened, Cassion bit his lower lip

Huu

The breath that cah his lips expressed his frustration

‘About two people is still fine’