And so I decided to go out into the city. I thought of going to the guild and accepting a random quest, but then again, the tailor had my wind dragon gear, which made me anxious about my lack of protection. What to do…
“Uh… Where am I?”
Before I knew it, I had walked into an area that I knew nothing about. Well, I think I was still within the west district…
I looked around but there were no signs or obvious landmarks. Damn it…
“Oomph…”
I used Legs of the God Wolf to hop onto the roof of one of the buildings. This was the thing to do when in doubt.
“Hmmm… Ah, I’m right by the nobles district.”
I could see the wall to the east.
“You get a great view of the castle from here…”
The Iron Castle, Revance Reve. It was mostly black and gold with many spires. Very intimidating. As I sat on the roof and stared at it, something moved in the corner of my vision.
“…A child?”
A girl. She was walking alone. Judging by her clothes, she was clearly of noble birth…
From what I could see, she seemed to be lost. She looked around repeatedly and her fists were clenched anxiously.
“I can’t ignore someone like that…”
I wasn’t the devil. Surely helping a child wouldn’t result in me getting involved in anything… I could just help her back to the gate of the noble district. Yes, that’s all.
I jumped off the roof and landed in the shadow of a building. I would walk out casually as if I were completely oblivious.
With my hands in my pockets, I started to walk in her direction.
But on the opposite side of her, I could see that two men were walking in her direction as well.
“…”
I had spent quite a while in this world now. And something in my brain was raising an alarm. Those weren’t attendants or people with good intentions.
And so I turned into an alley and activated Presence Block. From there, I peeked out into the street.
They could just be guards who happened to look rough. I wasn’t all that experienced to have an instinct for these things.
“Now…”
What were they? The answer was about to be revealed.
“Ohhh…which way is it…”
“Little lady. Are you lost?”
“Huh?”
They were talking. She was lost after all.
“Uh, yes. I’m trying to get to the main street.”
“This place can be quite complicated. Hmm, I can take you to it.”
“Oh, that is very kind of you… Thank you.”
“Don’t mention it…”
He smiled. Hmm. Perhaps I shouldn’t judge people by their appearances…
And then the rugged man took the girl’s hand and started walking.
In the opposite direction of the street.
“It could be a shortcut…”
I couldn’t go around screaming ‘bloody kidnapper’ without knowing for sure. And so I decided to follow them.
I was careful not to rely on Presence Block too much as I allowed them to go on ahead before quietly following after them.
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Nice to see a MC not jumping the gun on people whether they could be good or bad people…
Thx for the chap!
Thanks for the new problem~
Thanks for the treat.
While it is nice that he isn’t immediately judging them as bad guys they DO seem a little too suspicious imo.
Thanks for the chapter, Detective Asagi is on the job!!!!!!!!!!