A Narrow-Eyed Nobleman Is Always Misunderstood

Episode 189 – Three People in Danger, And…

After finishing the meal, the three people left the restaurant and walked down the street for a while.

Three women walking down the street without saying a word.

Nina, who walked first, was not in a good mood.

And Anna and Seluna, who followed her, also had equally bad expressions.

Other people who saw three people walking down the street with unhappy expressions wondered if something had happened.

However, no one actually came and spoke to them, and this was because of the three people’s attire.

Anyone could tell that Nina was a noble, Anna was wearing leather armor and a sword, and Cell Luna was also wearing a short sword to protect herself.

It looked like something unpleasant happened when a noble lady went out for an outing with two servants.

You never know what might happen if you do something that goes against the wishes of a noble lady.

To the commoners, nobles were like bombs that could cause serious trouble if touched incorrectly.

Also, even though she was a noblewoman, there was a reason why she couldn’t talk to Nina carelessly, and that was because of the ring she wore on her finger.

The ring worn on the ring finger of her left hand was a sign that she was a person of title, and the ring worn on the index finger of her right hand was a sign that she was a titled noblewoman.

In other words, if touched, it was not a big problem, but if done wrong, it could have spread into a problem that could become a battle of pride between families.

So, even the hot-blooded noble men could not touch Nina.

“Let’s take a break at the park.”

Nina, who was walking down the street in front of her, opened her mouth and made a suggestion.

This was because a small park in the distance caught Nina’s eyes her her her.

It was a small park with only a few benches and flower beds, with very few people using it.

Anna and Seluna had no choice but to no avail despite Nina’s one-sided notice of her.

Because the two people’s positions were not equal to Nina’s, she was the perpetrator who caused damage to Nina and her loved ones.

The three people who headed to the park sat on a bench.

“To be honest, I have no intention of forgiving you. “Not yet.”

Nina sat on her bench and looked up at the sky and spoke her thoughts.

The two people were downcast when Nina said that they had no intention of becoming a hero.

But she had a glimmer of hope in the words she added at the end, ‘Not yet.’

I can’t forgive you right now, but as time goes by.

Also, wouldn’t it open up the possibility that something might be an opportunity to change your mind and forgive?

In that respect, Nina was treating Anna and Seluna incredibly well.

People were bound to give up when all hope was lost.

However, if there was even a little hope that the situation could improve, he never gave up.

‘Not yet’ means…’

‘I don’t know when that will happen, but there is a chance that he will forgive me.’

Anna and Seluna understood very well what Nina’s intention was when she said these words.

“But even if I forgive him, I don’t know how he will turn out.”

The two people lowered their heads again as if in resignation when Nina said again, “It’s because she is a person with a very close relationship.”

Perhaps it was because she realized that even though she had somehow managed to break through her first line of defense called Nina, there remained a strong final line of defense called Alberto.

Although Nina was also a victim of what the two did, there was someone else for whom the two really had to earnestly ask for forgiveness.

But now, in the current situation where I don’t know where Alberto is, I couldn’t do this or that.

When the silence continued for a while.

-Bang! Kwa-bang!

“What is it?”

“Explosion?”

The sudden roar of an explosion struck the entire city.

The three people stood up in surprise at the sound of the explosion and turned their heads in the direction from which the roar came.

In the direction from which the sound came, black smoke was rising and rising into the sky.

“Did an accident happen? Or an attack?”

Nina guessed whether there had been an accident or whether some organization had attacked the city.

“The explosion sound was too sharp to be called an accident. It seems like someone artificially caused the explosion.”

With the senses of a sword expert, Anna realized that the explosion sound that had just occurred was not an accidental explosion, but an artificial explosion.

“This smell is the reverberation of magic power when a magic bomb explodes!”

Using the sensitive five senses unique to elves, Seluna sensed the reverberations of magical energy flowing in through the wind generated by the explosion and discovered that this was an explosion caused by a magical bomb.

“What do you mean?”

“It seems like someone set off the bomb with the intention of causing chaos in the city.”

A bomb was set off with the intention of bringing chaos to the city?

What kind of people do this?

The answer was surprisingly simple.

“Everything for El-Romed.”

A secret established society by indigenous people who wanted to regain their ancestral land.

It was committed by El-Romed’s hardliners.

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In any organization, there is a divide between hardliners and moderates.

This could also be found in El-Romed, where Rampleto, the elder of El-Romed, was the head of the moderate faction.

And, the leader of the hardliners who opposed him was Elder Geres.

Despite Rampleto’s relatively moderate tendencies, he shows no mercy for the organization’s success.

This was also true for hardliners with opposing tendencies.

The hardliners and moderates only have different methods, but ultimately they destroy both empires.

And the goal was to regain the old ancestral land.

El-Romed’s moderates and hardliners used different means to achieve one goal.

The moderate faction led by Rampleto wanted to destroy the powerful Bregerne Empire and the Elpario Empire from within.

Accordingly, the goal was to plant spies here and there to rot the empire from within and cause it to collapse on its own, and then El-Romed would take advantage of the gap.

In contrast, the hardliners, led by Geres the Elder, argued that the moderates’ plan was unrealistic and would take too long.

True to their name, hardliners, they called the moderates’ plan to destroy the empire from within as unrealistic and set up a plan to destroy the empire from the outside.

For example, the national power of the empire is exhausted through several attacks similar to the monster wave incident that occurred in the border area.

Then, the empire would have to expand military power to stop the monster wave, which would lead to a huge financial burden.

Taking advantage of the empire’s weakness due to the continuous monster waves, simultaneous uprisings occur across the country.

Because the empire’s strength is weakened, it will not be able to cope with simultaneous uprisings.

Then, El-Romed further encourages the uprising and ultimately encourages a large-scale rebellion to break out in the capital.

If that happens, the capital will collapse, and ultimately El-Romed will occupy the capital and develop the empire.

In some ways, the hardliners’ plan was absurd.

However, while the moderates’ plan was progressing, the hardliners’ plans suffered a major setback.

It was because of the two prosecutors who were destroying El-Romed’s underground organization from the root.

One was an elderly man with thick white hair, and the other was a squinted clown wearing a mask that looked like it was laughing.

According to the report, the two swordsmen’s skills were, to say the least, sword expert masters.

Due to the sudden attack of the two swordsmen, many of El-Romed’s underground organizations disappeared without a trace.

As a result, Elder Geres, the leader of the hardliners, felt impatient, and some members of the hardliners, who thought that if things continued like this, El-Romed would eventually disappear without leaving a trace, committed arbitrary acts.

The mana bombs that El-Romed’s members brought in disguised as high-quality wine were originally scheduled to be sent to various parts of the city.

Mana bombs contained in barrels of fine wine sent to numerous bars in the city explode at a set time.

Then, a huge explosion would occur throughout the city.

This was a plan made by the moderates, and they would begin to slander the empire and make people have negative thoughts about the empire.

However, those who committed this incident were extremists who were treated as idiots even within the hardliners.

They were planning to set off a bomb prepared by the moderates and then kill everyone without hesitation, sending the whole world into fear.

If you look closely, there are many loopholes and it may seem like a ridiculous plan, but for hardliners who were already steeped in extremism, such things were an afterthought.

So they set off an explosion before the barrels of high-end wine had even been delivered, and the huge explosion blew away all the nearby liquor warehouses.

At the same time, the barrel of alcohol offered as a bribe was located at the guard barracks and the main gate, and the barrel also exploded, annihilating the guards.

When the security forces were wiped out due to receiving bribes, members of El-Romed’s organization rushed outside.

“Activate the mana suppressor.”

“I understand!”

They even activated the mana suppressor to prevent any wizard or auror user from responding.

Of course, this was of no use to a sword master or someone with similar skills, but fortunately, there were no such skills in this city right now.

So they were able to commit massacres to their heart’s content without interference.

As the anger that had been suppressed underground broke out, the explosion that occurred in the city began to turn into a massacre.

Meanwhile, the three women were also being attacked by El-Romed.

“Be careful!”

“Ugh!”

Seluna and Anna were holding swords to protect Nina from El-Romed’s gang members.

The three were also targets of El-Romed organization members.

It was natural that the death of a noble would cause great shock.

So, in El Romed, Nina had to be killed.

In particular, since Nina was a noblewoman with her title and a noblewoman from another country, it was obvious that if Nina died, she would inevitably protest against the El Pario Empire from the Bregerne Empire.

On the contrary, Anna and Seluna knew this well and had to protect Nina even at the risk of their lives.

If you make a mistake, a diplomatic dispute may arise, which will make it difficult to find Alberto in a confusing situation.

“Ugh, damn it.”

“Are you okay?”

“A wound like this is nothing.”

But there were too many.

In a situation where Aurors could not be used due to the mana suppressor, El-Romed’s gang members were so numerous that Anna and Seluna were able to deal with them.

In the end, the three were cornered.

“Kill the nobleman. Then the whole world will be shocked.”

“Kill, kill the noble!”

“Damn…”

Anna and Seluna, who were at their physical limit, gathered all their strength and raised their swords to protect Nina.

Just like that, when members of El-Romed’s organization slowly approached with black-edged swords to kill the three women.

Hehe. How can you put pressure on a weak woman? “Aren’t you embarrassed?”

Laughter mocking El-Romed’s gang members was heard above the heads of the three.

A man was standing in the direction pointed by El-Romed’s gang members.

“What a guy!”

Short white hair fluttering in the wind.

A bandage covering the entire body that is exposed under simple clothes.

And, a narrow-eyed clown mask with a smiling face that seems to be laughing at the other person.

Lastly, even though the mana suppressor is activated, the Auror Blade takes the shape of a burning flame.

“Go, masked swordsman! A masked swordsman has appeared!”

El-Romed’s natural enemy, the Masked Swordsman, has revealed himself.