Chapter 145 (1/2)
Rody felt as if his lungs were about to explode He felt a piercing pain in his chest with every breath he took His strength was getting weaker, but there was only one thought in his mind: RUN!
In fact, based on Rody's current physical condition, he should have long been exhausted froed to drive him extremely far
During the night, the courtyard of the brothel was extremely crowded Many people came and hile the women tried to solicit their customers The crowd cursed hinored them and continued to rush out of the brothel
Rody was running wildly on the streets, while Mada closely behind him As they were in the middle of the Imperial Capital, she had some restraint and only chased him secretly
Just as Rody turned into a street, he ie He was unable to avoid it and was knocked by the carriage That caused hiround
The carriage driver was shocked and iuards nearby also dismounted their horses and went over to Rody One of them kicked Rody
After that, a delicate voice spoke froe, ”What happened? Why did we stop? Didn't I order to leave the city immediately?”
Two guards turned around, and one of thee has knocked a person”
The girl in the carriage was silent for a moment before she said, ”We have knocked someone? Is it serious? Leave one person behind to deal with it I aht”
The guards respectfully acknowledged, and then one of the guards bent down to turn over Rody Rody had just been hit and was dizzy He subconsciously struggled to sit up The guard took a glimpse and exclaimed, ”Ah!”
After that, the guard immediately used his body to block Rody's face from the passersby He helped Rody up and led hie door He then said, ”Miss, please come out and see… this person…”
Rody had regained consciousness at that uard leaned towards him and whispered in his ear, ”Your Excellency the Duke, please keep quiet You are in the naled with his eyes to indicate that there was a crowd around them
At that moment, a pair of white hands opened the door to reveal a charuard and cried out in fear, ”Seth!”
Rody was also stupefied He looked at the lovely face in the carriage She was none other than Miss Jojo
The guard whispered, ”Miss, do not say anything here This is not a convenient place to talk”
The guard was extremely smart and winked at his subordinates The subordinates then chased the croay froe and stood at the door to block the sight from the crowd He then whispered, ”Miss, do not speak The Duke seeeneral of the Empire, to return to the Imperial Capital without an order from His Majesty is an offense punishable by death”
Rody was surprised and felt alaruard nodded and said, ”Your Excellency the Duke, you nize me I am one of Coht now, I have been transferred as Miss Jojo's guard”
Although Rody still had souard's respect and loyalty towards hienuine He then took a deep breath and whispered, ”So me Someone wants to kill me Be careful”
The guard's expression changed Both the guard and Jojo exclaimed, ”Someone wants to kill you?”
Jojo showed an expression of concern while the guard subconsciously pulled out his sword
At that ritted his teeth and said, ”No matter what, weme is very powerful You all would not be able to hold out”
Jojo showed an expression of fear Others th She had already worshi+ped her sweetheart as a brave, invincible warrior She whispered, ”I…”
Rody shook his head and looked at Jojo who seemed confused He did not expect to run into Jojo
”Let's leave first! This is not the place to talk!”
The guard asked, ”Miss, should we still leave the city? I think it is better to go home”
Jojo stared and said, ”We cannot go back!” She then paused and continued, ”Let's go to the Duke's mansion!”
Rody shook his head this tiuard there It would be too obvious if ere to go there” Rody took a deep breath and continued, ”Let's find somewhere else”
Jojo iested, ”Then… I was going to leave the city Why don't you follow me?”
Rody hurriedly replied, ”No… It is too dangerous outside the city”
Jojo said in disdain, ”This is the Imperial Capital! I don't believe that there is anybody that dares to stop uards Some of them are my family's master warriors, and some are warriors specially selected by Gordon What is there to be afraid of?”