Chapter 15 (1/2)

A Discovery

After running for several minutes, I finally arrived at the guardhouse at the southern gate. Seeing as there were a number of guards hurriedly running in and out, it seemed that Daniela too had arrived safely. And just as I was thinking about going inside, Daniela came out of the door with a guard in tow. A moment later, Russell followed.

“Asagi!”

“Daniela, I see you made it here safely.”

“Aye, I explained the situation to Captain Russell.”

Russell nodded and said that he was now leaving to arrest the adventurers.

“To be honest, I was getting quite angry with this trend of making you out to be a fool. I don’t appreciate them speaking ill of a man I rescued. But just leave it to me, I’ll have them thrown into prison, even for the smallest of crimes if I have to!”

“Russell, I’m grateful for the thought. But you shouldn’t abuse your power.”

“Hahaha!”

“Hey, Russell.”

He looked away from me and began to walk on. No, I really was happy for the thought, but.

“Asagi. The captain did listen to what I said with a serious ear. I think it should be fine.”

“Well, I do trust him…”

I mumbled as we watched the group of guards running, their armor clanking as they set off. There was something suffocating about being in the center of such an uproar, when I had rarely been anywhere but the sidelines all of my life.

As I and Daniela stood there watching, a young guard came and guided us into the building.

The inside of the house was overflowing with stuff. From doc.u.ments to mysterious boxes… Contraband, they later told me. It was a bit unsettling. I tried to avoid touching anything as we went further in towards the back and into a small room. There were two chairs, a desk, and a bed. And while there was a window in the room, it was set with iron bars. Wasn’t this a room to put villains in?

“I’m terribly sorry, but you must rest here today.”

“It makes me feel as if I were guilty of something…”

“Hahaha. Rooms that are difficult to escape from are also the safest.”

It’s not what you say, but how you say it, right? It was what it was. I didn’t care to get involved with anyone else out there now. But there was still one problem.