Chapter 62 (1/2)

4 (2) – 3

To understand just why Camilla and the others, who had h the streets yet were now looking for a way into the town's underground, there is so that needs to be done

Snow fell silently fro faintly echoed through the town from somewhere in the distance

The narrow cobbled streets on the outskirts of to little traffic compared to the ed, the shop signs and awnings faded with tilass protecting it broken

The Lörrich family had eyes all over Blume, but they would have to strain their eyes to see this far In front of a small and rundown diner in this poorer suburb were Alois, Camilla, Nicole and Klaus, as well as the four men that acco my Mistress to such a place!?”

Nicole yelled loudly outside the store, not holding back in her coirl There's no need to get so upset”

“Don't call rily on Klaus, but he didn't pay her anyto look at the diner with that ever-composed face

The double doors that led inside lay open, the hinges on both sides having been roughly broken off There wasn't a single light core illu pitch darkness

The counter propped up opposite to the entrance was covered in a thick layer of dust, whilst the decayed and peeling tables and chairs were pushed haphazardly into the corner, revealing worn floorboards that often gave way to dangerous looking gaps Behind the counter, there was a door that led back to a kitchen Right next to the entrance was a second door, that probably led to an owner's residence of sorts

Klaus, leaving the other three standing outside the entrance, walked inside as if he owned the place As he began to look around curiously, Ca hi an adventure like this is every boy's dream, y'know?”

“Adventure, hmm…? Are you really a nobleman's son? You really do leave a lot of room for doubt”

Was he carefree or just careless? It was hardly befitting a proper noble place without a proper escort

“What's more, when it comes to the people of this town… You see that, Cauided thehtforward tour, with Klaus earnestly showing Cahts Theshops The trees that lined the streets that would be adorned with all sorts of colour flowers once spring bloomed into life

But of course, the toas still in the depths of winter The only thing adorning those withered looking trees were sheets of snow, those streets that would be filled with people in the more amiable months near deserted

Yet, whenever they did come across anyone, without exception they all seemed to know Klaus at least as an acquaintance

From an eccentrically dressed and spoken scholar with books under his arm to a passionate and roup of children to a panhandling old man They all called out to Klaus and he called back to the an old friend

However, if they were just fa it up After all, despite the difference in social status, Alois had been acquainted with the orphans of Grenze Even Camilla herself became familiar with orphans and the people of the capital back when she slipped out of the uised as a co different about how Klaus spoke with them, compared to Camilla and Alois

Of course, part of it was just hoide a variety of people he happened to be acquainted with, but also…

“Those people in town, you called them all ‘teacher' What exactly are you to these people?”

As he met people in the town, he would always call out to them as ‘teacher' or ‘teach' It didn't matter if they were an adult, a child or a homeless person on the sidewalk Cae that he would address people from all walks of life with basically the same title

“Hmm… A student?”

As he looked over the counter, Klaus answered her casually Klaus didn't hesitate in answering her, nor it seeh an abandoned property He didn't see like that at all

“What do you uy we ht htThose ht me a few street tricks Oh, and the oldat composition”

“Aren't all of those taboo!?”

Camilla was startled by what Klaus had said After all, everything he just spoke of was frowned upon greatly in Mohnton Theatre plays were unheard of here and it goes without saying that balls for the nobility weren't held either Children were expected to behave properly and s and poems that were acceptable in Mohnton were lullabies and hymns that praised the royal family

The only worldly pleasure that didn't seeet their hands on The customs and traditions of this land were still heavily rooted in a sense of atonement and modesty, in the way their ancestors had repented for the crimes that sent them here in the first place

Of course, Caood at all However, Caner in these lands For people are born and raised here, she assus

“No s, you can't control their hearts”

Saying that, Klaus raised a finger to his lips and winked at her like a tease

“That said, this needs to be our little secret If it were found out, et in trouble, y'know?”

“I was never going to say anything in the first place… Since I had people like that too”

Camilla, who had sneaked out of the house plenty of tie in defiance of her parents, had no reason to give up Klaus' teachers either

Ca in the first place Unlike Ca, poetry and singing ell thought of back in the capital A proper noble was expected to have extensive knowledge of the perfor the theatricals, musical composition as well as the classics

Caet angry about so like that either He wouldn't take issue with it, nor seek to uncover it

Although, that leaves out one person…

“Aren't you bothering my Mistress and Lord Alois!?”

Nicole wasn't satisfied at all Just like the lady she served, it seemed like Nicole and Klaus were incoirl, whilst Klaus was a carefree man, they were like water and oil

“Because of what that teacher of yours said, my Mistress had to come to an awful place like this!”

As Nicole squared her shoulders and shouted angrily at him, Klaus merely smiled with narrowed eyes That lackadaisical manner only ticked Nicole off even et involved with dealing with soround!? Aren't you the one as asked to solve it!?”

And so, we finally arrived at the reason

The cause of all this was a rue noises co from under the surface

In the northside of Blu in the poor slue noises below their feet