Vol 3 Chapter 13 (1/1)

ly on EC - The group that went to rescue the Princess completed their quest, a soldier within the Princess’ Guard turns out to be a refugee frodouardian-ish uncle-like person, wraps up a lecture onat the appearance of a certain ure that plans to wreck havoc on the future trainees Ling Ling Ling Ling Twoalarm clock DON A handthe clock into silence “Uwaaaa…” A youth crawls sluggishly out of bed, his naked upper body stoppingsun With his eyes half-closed, he does his usualhis daily run “Morning, Rick!” A s up his apartreeting [T/N: It says oniisan, silish equivalent I can think of that fits the context as “brother” wouldn’t make sense, so I replace it with Rick, it’s suppose to show a hint of respect, as opposed to casually calling his first na, not to be confused with basketball or other sports For those that areplay evasions and the runner of a hook passing play “daht of hi Rick over the fence while the other turns back and tries to cut him off at the front of the house Shortly after, the two men stare blankly at each other across the open path at the side of the house “Where did he go?!” dakon The twoout a simultaneous ““fuck!”” The blond youth ran and hid behind the tool shed when thethe way the hly possible that his running aasn’t expected Thisto catch hi should they pursue him With this in mind, he waited for his chance and double backed over the fence, exploiting that weakness With the way unobstructed, adrenaline kicking in and the short distance, Rick es to reach the intersection within a dozen seconds and then screas His voice cause the various horses tied to the posts and hitched with carriages to neigh as well as catching the attention of the passerby, some shopkeeps even rush out of their store with various tools in hand Although technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in the last few decades, the cities and toithin the Atlantic Union still operate under the reet and help out one another Even when Rick first arrived at his bachelor pad, it was filled with food to last hihbours “Where are they?!” A slightly bulgya rolling pin Similarly, other shopkeeps with brooms, mops, firepokers and so forth start to walk towards the youth “There he…!!” Three men in black suits rush out fro at Rick before stalling in his pose in shock Within seconds, a mob of passerby and shopkeeps surround thean unpleasant face “Make way! Make way!” A pair of officers walk into the crowd, apparently having co on here?!” The three htly, albeit with relief in their eyes The crowd turns their head at the youth who is perspiring heavily, panting slightly “They claimed to be the police and surrounded ot here” One of the officers’ face turn cold as he walks up to the three nize you people, take out your IDs” Aon his bowler hat before closing the passenger door with a TAA right at the edge of the crowd The“Boss” The ht hand to one of the officers The officer approaches with a scowl on his face, obviously displeased that someone has the nerve to cause a commotion here “Don’t worry, kid You are safe here” The re his eyes on the three ets to iving Rick a rare heartwarst themselves for a while before the other officer returns with thethe we need to confir down to the station with us? There’s so we need to clear up, don’t worry, ill keep you safe” The ed man smiles mysteriously, a hint of bitterness and playfulness in his eyes “Okay I understand Yes Thank you Bye” The officer finally gets off the phone after talking to his superior before turning to thewith his bowler hat in hand “Mr Geraud, was it?” “Yes? You’ve received the confirmation I presume?” “Yes, but the kid broke no laws and you acted outside of your jurisdiction, so ill not be handing the kid over to you until you provide us a valid explanation” The officer shi+fts his eyes to the youth sitting in the chair with a slight nod of his square, chiseled chin It’s obvious that the officer is doing everything in his power to keep the youth safe as proives his bowler hat a twirl before catching it “I’ to start a turf war here, Lieutenant But this ive us an appropriate reason or proof that Mr Carter here committed a crience Bureau does not have the right to take Mr Carter into custody without reason” The ht only bureaucrats are stubborn Very well, Lieutenant I shall take my leave for now” “Certainly, but unfortunately soedto the property owner, some of your es We will need their stateate” “Hmph! Fine! I will see you soon, you as well Mr Carter” Mr Geraudthe officer, Rick and the two guards protecting the entrance to the room The officer finally slu deeply “Thanks for the help, Lieutenant Saives a casual wave of his hand “Don’t worry about it, just doingthough, sorry about that” The ht, so near the bottos up a small woven basket covered with a red and white checkered cloth “A Mrs Heave her state chased by those men” “Oh?” Rick takes the basket and lifts up the cloth, causing a savoury aroot about breakfast and lunch!” guru guru guru guru Two storowl sirabbing a triangle of bread out of the basket PA A loud slap echoes inside the room, a youth stumbles backward from the force of the hit by a tall, blond ant suit and tie “Haven’t you shah?! What trouble did you cause this time?!” The man shouts with a sneer on his face “I am not even sure if you arethat Rick’s behaviour is far fro with his head down DA He suddenly thrusts out his left fist, which is caught by the s his right ar his father in the jaw pichi The youth spits out some saliva laced with blood while the man winds up his fist, ready to strike back “ENOUGH!” Lt Sauards from outside enters the room, ready to intervene This shout causes the man to lower his fist, while Rick stares at hiize, officer I don’t knohatto pay the fine whatever it is I will teach hiet hohta pitch “Your son, did, nothing, wrong” He slowly and carefully says the words to drive it home He’s a sworn officer of the Atlantic Union, unlike the militia or the military, his role is to be a mediator, protect the innocent and keep the peace At thedisturbs the peacesomeone as it doesn’t just create needless dranity of the accused If sonity with their fellow e the acts similar to what they were falsely accused of “What, what do youat his son in disdain kon kon kacha Two knocks couards immediately put their hands on their billy sticks tied to their belts The silhouette that enters is the , hat in hand The lieutenant gives his head a shake, causing the guards to stand down “Good evening, Lieutenant” The , before turning to the tall man “Ah, Donny, I didn’t expect you of all people to be here” “Howard Geraud… What is the Intelligence Bureau doing here?” “Have a seat first” The ht hand to his left, before pulling back his left sleeve to look at his bold, silver watch “The files will arrive shortly” The lieutenant nods as well, having already received a brief froence Bureau isn’t out to cause trouble kon kon “Come in” kacha “Express dispatch here fro man with a dusty overcoat salutes the lieutenant “Ah, that’d be for ed ets around in his breast pocket, producing a staer hands over a piece of paper on ait with a scratching sound before handing it back to hi over a package fro, Sirs!” He uard outside you two” ““Yes, Sir!”” “What’s going on here? Why is Central involved?” The tallonto his face Central is short for the Central Office, the highest authority within the country dealing with non-ence, counter-terrorisn affairs The e and retrieves a stack of paper fro them once, he hands it over “Take a look yourself” sha sha sha Rick’s father goes through one page after another, the lieutenant closes his eyes and looks out the hile Rick re coldly at his father “This… This doesn’t make sense” “Exactly, this is unprecedented 11 countries allied with us or have friendly relations sought us out to try and set up an infor with your son here 19 countries with minimal ties or no ties at all asked for introductions These are just the ones from official diplomatic channels Certain para-military ele this, Donatello Carter takes a cold, silent breath and turns to look at his son At the same time, the lieutenant turns to look at the youth with a s The youth in question loses his cold stare and replaces it with a “What the hell?” expression “Our spies have li the sources, but e have found out is that there are 3 sources giving out the cole case, the command emphasize that the contact must be courteous and aent continues “Rick, what the hell did you do?” The htness in his chest “I didn’t do anything! Why do you always assurateful little-” The tall s a fist at his out as the agent casually block the fist with the bowler hat “He’s right, ent through all his communications and even followed hient you know… and resourceful He eent s toward the lieutenant, ent to sit at his desk at some point in time, with his hands tented Silence fills the roo his fist “So what happens now?” Rick, as the prient “Well, you’ve some choices We can put you in jail for awhile while we sort this out, but I’m afraid our friend over there won’t let us do that…” The lieutenant narrows his eyes at thehient, I mean, you certainly have the aptitude for it We could also put you into Protective Custody at a secure location” Looking at the displeased look on the youth’s face, the ents to follow you 24/7, this le activity will be monitored” “Just put him in Prote-” “Go with the last one” Rick cuts off his father in o to the washroos I want to do and still need to train for, seeing as I’m NOT at fault or committed any crime, why should I suffer for you people’s convenience?” Even for soeous position, he knows that even in diplootiations are common But in his case, everyone involved was co they want - yet, they cannot afford to offend hi to the lieutenant, bowing once “Thank you for everything, Officer Saives a sht there, Richard, I am not done with you!” Rick’s father commands with a strict voice as the youth tries to leave “But I a two le ht be absent for a few days