27 Chapter 27: Hero’s Chronicle, Extra: Manager of sVery Sweets” (2/2)
Although I couldn't see her face clearly through the hood, I could determine that the person was a woman.
”Yes, you.”
What does this finely-dressed woman want to do with him?
”Your name is….”
The name that she spoke was indeed mine. Why does she know my name?
”Is that right?”
”…. Yes, it is. What do you want with me?”
”... Do you feel remorseful?”
”…. Ha?”
”Everything you had was taken away, and you're even driven to this pitiful state…. No, not everything. What you should protect, remains by your side.”
His mind quickly cooled, and he immediately made the distance between them. 'It should be fine if I'm not this cautious, right? It's just a woman, after all.'
”To not be fooled by appearances…. I understand that fact so clearly that it's become annoying. Unfortunately, I don't trust anyone anymore. Especially people like you, who pop out of nowhere.”
”Indeed. If you haven't learned your lesson after being betrayed, then you're really an idiot.”
His face soured from the woman's words.
”Although I don't know how or where you found that out, I'm not interested in what you want.”
”But I need something from you.”
I turned my back towards her. Although I'll be angrier passing that closed shop door one more time, it's better than speaking with this woman.”
”Do you not want to reclaim everything you lost?”
”…. Not interested.”
”I believe that if you do, your brother might be in a better situation than he is in right now.”
With that sentence, he stopped in his tracks. ”Do you want me to wag my tail and beg like a dog?”
”I don't need pets. What I want you to do is become my hand and foot, and work for me.”
”Ha…. What specifically are you asking me to do?”
”I just want to help you take back what you lost. I have kept an eye out for you since your grade's in the academy where splendid.”
”Huh?!” He paused ”Are you that young lady of the East Trade Company?”
”….” she said nothing and then she slightly smiled.