Chapter 269
TL: Zimmings
Our gaze met in the air.
“Why are you…”
‘Do you know me?’
It was as if she had seen me before I fainted when our passages overlapped.
Only a few people like the priests and Empress Dowager knew the younger me. But Mina, who has never seen me as a child, cannot recognize me.
‘Henry said she was suspicious…’
As our passages overlapped, me and Mina fainted. But it looks like she saw the young me before I collapsed.
When Mina stared at me, the Duke of Amity asked.
“Do you know this kid?”
“That is-”
I was startled.
‘I have to stop her from saying useless things, but what should I do?’
I was contemplating, but a familiar man ran from afar. It was an Amity knight that I saw at a bakery an hour ago.
“Lord, I caught the suspect.”
Mina and I opened our eyes at the same time.
‘The mage who attacked Johann in the battle?’
The expression of the Duke of Amity quickly changed.
“Where is it?”
“The blacksmith at the back alley of the shopping district accepted the request. It was said that there was a person who requested a curse for the battle.”
The duke put me down and told Mina.
“I’ll hear why you asked for me after I get back. Please bring the child.”
The duke disappeared with the knight, and Mina bit her lips tightly.
“What if he gets hurt…”
“What?”
“Don’t go anywhere, okay?”
Mina, who said so, followed the duke. Standing tall and looking at the back of the two, I groaned.
‘What should I do? Should I stay here?’
But what if Mina says nonsense to the Duke of Amity?
In the worst case, Duke Amity may trust Mina and try to find out who I am. If that happens, the opportunity to get tears will disappear forever.….
‘Ugh…’
Like what Chul-soo said, we should go all out or gain nothing.
Let’s take a moment to gather the tears, watch over Mina, and find the mage who cursed Johann.
I rushed after the duke and Mina. However, I was much shorter than an adult, so I could only go to the back alley of the shopping district much later than Mina.
‘The blacksmith, the blacksmith…… There are three blacksmiths in the back alley. Where is it?’
Is it Mirose’s blacksmith?
No, Mirose seems cranky on the outside, but she is not a person who will do that because she is a good person.
Then, Mason?… No way.
He is the biggest coward in the shopping district.
‘Right, Matthew’s blacksmith!’
He is always in need of money because he is into gambling.
‘I have to hurry, so let’s go to the side road.’
If I go through the right path, it will take a year with my legs. I went between the buildings, recalling the memories of living as a beggar.
There was a gap between the buildings for six or seven children to enter. It was time to dig through the bushes and enter the alley.
‘Huh?’
Those wearing black robes were dragging a man.
I quickly hid in the bushes.
The face of the man being dragged looked familiar.
‘Max?!’
It was Max, the leader of the beggar group, where Tri, Emeline, and I were in once.
He wasn’t in a good condition. His whole body was covered with blood, and bubbles flowed through his mouth.
“…”
‘What? Why is Max being dragged away?’
Max was foolish and violent, so he had many enemies, but no one touched him. It’s no wonder because his uncle, who was strong like a nobleman, was a private moneylender who dominated the back alley when he was a beggar.
After the men dragged Max away, I carefully entered the alley.
At that time, a shout came from the corner of the alley.
“Nonsense! There was a report that someone saw a mage in your blacksmith!”
‘It is the voice of a knight in Amity.’
I quickly turned around the corner and ran to Matthew’s blacksmith.
Mina was in front of the blacksmith, when she saw me, she opened her eyes wide. But I quickly covered Mina’s mouth and peeped into the blacksmith.
Matthew, kneeling in front of the knights, shouted with an unfair look.
“I’m not the one! Before and after the battle, no one stopped by here! I didn’t even stop by the gambling place!”
“My children come to the capital for the first time to watch the battle. Since I broke up with my wife, I couldn’t see my children, so I looked forward to that day and cleaned the house a week before the battle!”
“Are there any witnesses?”
“The new worker could be the witness. Find him and ask. I once asked if it would be uncomfortable for children to sleep here after cleaning up the house that used to be like a pig pen.”
“Where’s the worker?”
“That, that, that worker…”
Matthew mumbled awkwardly and glanced at Amity’s knight.
“… He’s gone.”
“What?”
“I’m telling you the truth. I came to work today, but when I went to the toilet, h
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