A Narrow-Eyed Nobleman Is Always Misunderstood

Episode 172 – The Promised Day Has Arrived

It’s a big deal.

“Young Master, you probably know…” ” …”

The promised day is just around the corner.

“Tomorrow is the promised day.”

Tomorrow was already the day I had promised to meet with the executive committee.

Now the sun had disappeared beyond the horizon, a curtain of darkness had completely covered the sky, and small stars were twinkling on the deep blue canvas.

I don’t often use poetic or literary expressions when describing something.

The only exception is when I taste a sweet dessert that wraps around my tongue, but I felt like I had to make an exception now.

I don’t know if it was because my mind was complicated until just an hour ago, but I was assigning meaning one by one to natural phenomena that had no other meaning.

I thought that a lot of my fears had disappeared since I reached the level of a sword master, but the day I encountered a large monster not long ago, I realized something.

I still haven’t completely overcome the feeling of fear.

A feeling of fear suddenly emerged during the fight against the monster, which was difficult to deal with even with the swordsmanship skills, magic, and divine power that had helped me become who I am today.

I thought I had gotten rid of the feeling of fear as my swordsmanship skills got stronger, but it looks like I still have a long way to go.

“Haa…”

All I can do is sigh.

“Master…”

I hear Nina’s voice worrying about me from behind me.

I guess Nina is also very anxious after hearing my sigh.

She approached me carefully and hugged me from behind.

“Don’t worry too much. If you’re a young master, if you’re a young master that I know, I’m sure you’ll be able to do well.”

The soft touch and warm body temperature I felt from behind seemed to calm my fear just a little.

“No one knows the future. Not all prophecies necessarily come true.”

Okay. Maybe what Nina said is right.

A prophecy is a picture of the future seen from the present point of view.

At this moment, the future has not been decided for sure.

The meeting with the executive committee, which is scheduled for tomorrow, has not happened yet.

In that case, all I could do was do my best to gather information according to the secret instructions.

A letter has already been sent to His Majesty the Emperor in the Bregern Empire through a secret route.

The letter contained the details of what I had researched so far, and was intended so that, should something happen to me, someone would be able to investigate it after me.

Usually, something serious happens when people who receive secret orders meet a bad end while delaying updating information.

Therefore, I reduced the reports to His Majesty to a minimum.

In general, secret orders were supposed to be reported once a month, but I reported once a week.

So, it meant that even if something happened to me due to an emergency, someone could take over the secret orders I was carrying out.

Rather than worrying about things that haven’t happened, I should first solve the problem in front of me right now.

“Everything will be fine.”

Looking out her window, I placed my hand on Nina’s hand, who was holding me with her hand as I answered her question.

It felt like Nina’s warmth was being transmitted through Nina’s hands, which were a little rough, but still softer than mine.

I hope nothing happens tomorrow.

Even if something happens, I hope you can come back safely.

I was desperately hoping in my heart.

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The next morning.

I woke up to the sound of birds chirping outside the window.

Birds chirping around the dormitory means the sun is rising.

Unless they are birds that fly around at night, birds that make sounds usually become active when the sun rises.

Today is the day to meet the executive committee and meet the author of the book.

I got up from my seat, made up the blanket and pillow, washed my face briefly, and got dressed.

The place I had to go was outside Noble Academy, and for this I had an exit permit that allowed me to move outside.

This exit permit was brought by the executive committee member, and was an amazing item that allowed the person holding it to go outside of Noble Academy only on designated days.

This thing looks like nothing more than a piece of paper, but I heard that even though it looks like this, it is a thing with a complicated security spell, so it is very expensive.

I didn’t receive it in the first place, I just heard the explanation given by the executive committee member when he received it and gave it to me.

At least the executive committee wasn’t trying to make me feel bad for something like this.

“Huh.”

As I exhaled briefly and straightened my breathing, I felt my head clearing.

After completing all preparations, I headed to the main gate of Noble Academy and saw someone waiting for me there.

“Welcome back. I’ve been waiting for you.”

It seemed like the executive committee member came out before me and was waiting for me early.

“It’s a little late.”

I apologized on purpose so as not to embarrass him.

If you go in with your head down from the beginning, the executive committee members will be less suspicious of you.

“No, you and I left earlier than scheduled. Let’s leave now.”

Hmm. The executive committee member suggested that we leave, regardless of the fact that I arrived earlier than scheduled.

“Good.”

No one knows whether what lies ahead is a trap or a treasure chest full of unexpected treasures.

All I could do was hope that the place I went was full of unexpected treasures.

Treasures named ‘traitors’.

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Adalbert and Damran graduated from Noble Academy.

Originally, as an ordinary student, access to Noble Academy was restricted during normal times.

However, when Damran, a member of Bless’s executive committee, said his her name her her her, said he would be her guarantor her her, and showed her permit her, he opened the door.

Here, Adalbert learned the names of the executive committee members for the first time.

“Now that I think about it, is this the first time I’ve heard that name today? It also sounds a little unfamiliar.”

“Oh my, I was so busy that I forgot to tell you my name.”

“Hehe, that’s possible. He’s probably a very busy person.”

Adalbert nodded and smiled at Damran’s answer.

This was a positive meaning that the question had been resolved.

But Damran was taking this differently.

‘Are you a busy person? Does this guy know my entire plan and is following me?’

Damran felt that there was something in Adalbert’s words.

It’s like, ‘I know everything you did last night!’ It felt the same.

Damran was nervous, but she could never let it be known that she was nervous.

What if Adalbert found out about his plan by showing off like that?

To her sheer Compared force her, Damran could never defeat Adalbert.

For Adalbert, who continued training even after becoming a sword master, a steak knife with leftover steak sauce was enough to remove Damran.

No. If the time and situation were right, Adalbert could have killed Damran with a fork for dipping fruit or a teaspoon for riding in a car.

‘No. It could be that they are just talking nonsense without really knowing anything.’

However, Damran soon calmed down her nervousness and thoughts of two cases as to what kind of judgment Adalbert would have made.

First, what if Adalbert knows everything?

At that time, she uses everything she has prepared to attack and eliminate Adalbert.

Even if she couldn’t kill him, if she could inflict enough damage to him, that was enough.

However, what if Adalbert was just talking nonsense?

At that time, Damran may have felt sorry for Adalbert, but she would not hesitate to get rid of him.

Anyway, the two left Noble Academy and started moving further and further away.

And Adalbert noticed that the strange feeling he had been feeling for a while was getting stronger.

That is, Adalbert’s instincts recognized that there was a dangerous element on the path he was taking.

Adalbert was nervous, but secretly happy.

He meant that he was moving forward correctly.

When I dropped out of Noble Academy, the strange feeling disappeared, but came back when I came back.

In the situation where she was following Damran, she was just following the path he was taking, but a strong feeling that was different from usual stimulated Adalbert.

Perhaps, if you followed Damran, it was clear that someone was waiting for Adalbert there.

‘There really seems to be something.’

Adalbert continued to follow Damran, passing the entrance to the city and entering his alley.

So the two people just kept walking without saying anything.