Chapter 250: Count Kagehama (1) (1/2)
It was a chaotic night.
Because Kajsa, the beheading witch of the Ophand family who was believed to have died, and Sebastian Leguin, the Sword of Swiftness who had gone missing, had both returned alive, though the latter was unconscious.
‘There’s also us.’
The young heroes who saved the royal capital.
The couple of the century who were well-known in the entire kingdom.
The two people, who in the royal capital had created the trend of running away because of love, were now in the south, and they had also saved Kajsa’s life, so from the gossipers’ point of view, it was a complete feast of topics.
“But isn’t it strange? Sea Wolf Kajsa was captured by the pirates.”
“Why is Sebastian Leguin unconscious in the first place? Moreover, he’s with Kajsa. Could it be that Sebastian is her kidnapper – no, he’s involved in her kidnapping case?”
“It’s also strange that the fantasy couple saved Kajsa.”
“Maybe they’re also involved with it?”
“The 12 northern families and the 7 southern families? That’s impossible.”
“Anyway, I caught a glimpse of Lady Cordelia from afar, and she was indeed as beautiful as an angel just like the rumors.”
“Wasn’t there a rumor that she’s actually a real angel?”
“Have you lost your mind? You believe in that rumor? Except for Lena, there’s no other angel in the world. She’s the only angel left in this world. It can only be Holy Angel Lena.”
“Uh, is that so?”
“Why are the fantasy couple here in the south anyway?”
“Is something going to happen in the south?”
Because when they thought about it, huge events always happened wherever the fantasy couple passed by.
It happened in the north, in the wild lands beyond the borders, and even in the royal capital recently!
If the gossipers had also known about the incidents in the Forest of Eternity and the Kraken in the sea, they would have been convinced that Jude and Cordelia were like a plague, but fortunately, they didn’t know about that.
In any case, as the rumormongers gathered and tattled, the bards also began to sing eagerly everywhere.
Some made new songs by combining the rumors on how Kajsa was saved, while others sang songs from the royal capital that told about Jude and Cordelia’s past activities because they were still uncertain about the recent events.
“Jude, did you hear that? Our names are being sung in the song.”
It was also a very dirty love song.
The embarrassed Cordelia pulled Jude’s sleeve, and he whispered in a low voice.
“There’s also a play.”
“A play?”
“Yes, a play in which you and I are the main characters. And it’s not just one as there are several of it too.”
“What’s the play about?”
When Cordelia asked in embarrassment, anticipation, and anxiousness, Jude whispered small again.
“Like how we fought the Lord Protector, how you and I… Oh, that person is talking about us.”
“Huh?”
“It’s a one-person play. She must be a storyteller.”
As he pointed to a corner instead of passing through the night market, they saw a female storyteller and several people sitting in groups and listening to the story.
“Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged.”
“Then have my lips the sin that Milord has took? Or has Milord took the sin from my lips?”
“O, trespass sweetly urged! Lady Cordelia, give me my sin again.”
“You kiss by the book.”
T/N: The above 4 lines are direct references to a kissing scene in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The lines are taken from Act 1, Scene 5, with some minor differences and additions. Obviously, there are no ‘Milord’ and ‘Lady Cordelia’ in the original lines, and the sentence ‘Or has Milord took the sin from my lips’ is added by the author and not part of the original lines.
Cordelia was in a daze as she listened, and blushed when the storyteller glanced into the air alone.
W-what’s that?
No, what’s that about? Is that about a kiss? W-while saying those cheesy lines?
‘W-wait!’
We haven’t kissed yet! Not on the lips!
We’ve never kissed on the lips, so why is she talking about that?!
“What’s with your reaction? Don’t tell me… you haven’t kissed that lewdly like those rumors?”
Cordelia groaned at Kajsa’s question before she pursed her lips, and Kajsa giggled as she spoke again.
“Hey, you’re already like that when it’s just that much? There are a lot more erotic versions.”
“T-there’s more?”
“Yes, aren’t love scenes essential in love stories?”
Cordelia blinked her eyes and swallowed hard before she clung to Scarlet as if she was running away.
“The south is weird. The south likes erotic stuff.”
Scarlet had a bitter smile at Cordelia’s words.
These stories were only exported to the south as they were originally from the north and the royal capital.
But Jude was looking at the storyteller in curiosity aside from what she was talking about.
‘Isn’t that Shakespeare?’
To be exact, it was Romeo and Juliet.
It was a scene where a pilgrim encourages a saint to kiss him by saying that she should replace her hands with her lips.
‘Well, it’s just a coincidence.’
People lived in Pleaides and the world they lived in their past lives.
There could have been someone who had a similar idea to Shakespeare.
“Anyway, let’s hurry. Count Kagehama is this way.”
Kajsa spoke as she pulled down the hood that hid her face, and the group nodded as they moved forward.
Argon Port had a night market that was open regularly, so it became quite noisy when Marquis Ophand held a small festival celebration too for Kajsa’s return.
“Right there.”
Count Kagehama’s mansion.
Unlike the center of the port that had bright lights even in the middle of the night, the outskirts were quiet and even calm.
Having climbed on top of a low wooden building, Kajsa looked at a distance, and Jude and Cordelia also turned to the same place.
[I think… it’s similar to the houses that we robbed in the royal capital.]
[Because it’s a house of one of the 7 southern families. It’s a mansion where the family head lives.]
Although the 7 southern families had their own territories, most of them lived in Argon Port which was under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family.
“Scarlet, are you sure about this?”
That the token was in this place and not in their fief.
“I’m certain. Right now, it isn’t just Count Kagehama as most of the 7 southern families keep their tokens in Argon Port. That’s why they’ve been robbed in succession.”
Kajsa nodded at the explanation of Scarlet that she said in a low voice.
Given Kajsa’s facial expression, the token of Marquis Ophand seemed to be in Argon Port too.
“Rather than that, Black Cloak, are we really not going to send a notice card?”
Scarlet was highly dissatisfied about that more than the others.
I know it’s urgent, but I can’t believe we’re not sending a notice that the Rogue Master is going to appear. It’s hard to accept that.
“Sending a notice will provoke the that thief. So how about we send it now?”
“No, not this time. Isn’t it a bit offensive to send a notice just before you steal it in the first place? We can’t give them time to respond. If you care about the Rogue Master’s reputation, it’s better if we don’t send it.”
“That’s true, but…”
Can’t you just send a notice now and come tomorrow?
Jude shook his head again at Scarlet’s gaze.