Chapter 43 (1/2)

Chapter 43

For a moment, I could only blink at Cassion’s words

I do understand what hecare of the child so that he wouldn’t feel e like that What was that about

What do you mean, ‘compassion’? When did I ever?

But I soon realized which part he misunderstood

‘When I said I’ll leave the dolls to the kid, you ht?’

He seeht a useless doll and added more money for the child’s sake

Of course, it’s true that I added more money

When the doll seller finally appeared even after I strained ratitude rather than kindness

The child who took the money offered four dolls in return

However, I only needed one doll, and it’s not good to carry three more useless dolls withme all four dolls

He seeoods that were equivalent to as much as I had paid

If you live so honestly, you’d soon find out how tiring life is

I wondered for a et ht away

It would be laughable to try and get a refund frohly handled the situation, saying that I’ll pick up the rest of the dolls later

I felt a bit sorry for Cassion, who thought that he saw another side of me, but it was not an act of compassion but rather an act of annoyance

But this good , it just revealed hoarmhearted he was

With a subtle sed and patted Cassion with the fan in my hand

“I’m pretty kind by nature I have a nice face, too, and reeable, so don’t run away frohter that spilled through my lips, Cassion turned away

Ha

I could barely hear a suppressed exhale of breath

Feeling a sense of satisfaction in many ways, I continued to walk forward

After that, ent deeper and deeper into the alley

The loomier the at here called ‘ho or a beast could be heard, let alone a hu creature here…’

It’s the perfect place to kill one person and sweep the

Cassion didn’t seem to think differently In the middle of the alley, he tapped ht place

Every time he did that, I’d check Blanca’s fairly detailed map and saw the characteristics of the alleyway that she had indicated, so I confirht way

We passed by a suspicious looking red stain and a small tree with blue leaves

On theof a house site that seemed to have collapsed and turned to ashes

It wasn’t until we had fully immersed in this dreary at place

However, this here the real probleht place, but no one aiting there

The only things to be seen were old, dilapidated walls that seerotesquely twisted trees

I couldn’t feel any movements around us

In the still silence, the sound of grass shaking in the wind sounded bleak

‘Seriously Is this really the right place’

The question that Cassion had been asking me came to mind However, this really was it Didn’t I confirm and tell Cassion ht ti to be a little late, or did we come too late?

The former was better I could wait here However, if it was the latter case, then I’d need to grab that person by the back of their neck

I ca me?

Cassion and I stood in the middle of the vacant lot and looked around However, e thought that there was no sign of any movement—

‘Huh?’

“Rosetta!”

As soon as I felt that so was odd, Cassion called out to er flew byhurt in the nick of time, but it’s clear that the situation had turned for the worst

I strained ns ofPerhaps the other person was quite talented in hiding

‘This is obviously an ambush’

For either me or Cassion Or an attack aimed at us both

I reached back and took Cassion’s hand

When I pulled his hand, I felt his large body co my back

“Don’t move away from me Take this chance to hide in the safest place possible”

“And you?”

At the concern that was palpable in his voice, I chuckled lightly

To be honest, the biggest hindrance for ht noas Cassion

Had it not been for this man, I would have already jumped up that tree

“Are you worried about me?”

Cassion did not answer

Meanwhile, several arrows rushed in

I took a slow step back, watching where those arrows cae tree, I saw a huge pile of the dilapidated wall’s debris on the side

Whoosh

An arro in froain I countered the arroith the fan that was in lad I hid an iron sheet on one side of this fan

In ration, hting with this rather than a larger weapon that would elicit suspicion

‘Looks like there’s only one ene in from only one direction Besides that, there’s a little pause in between each arrow that would get shot

That eneht in front

First, since I’ve identified how many of the ene I need to know is ‘how the ene us in this place’

Did they sneak up on us from behind?

No, that shouldn’t be true