The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

4. Boys grow up fighting (3)

I had this conversation with Elijah once.

I mean, not young Elijah.

This is a conversation I had with Elijah, an adult from the future.

The Elijah, who had scars that cut her face diagonally, and who often burned people to death.

It was an event that I managed to find.

Then she was sitting cross-legged on a pile of burning corpses.

She was free from her own fire.

A certain family’s mansion was set on fire.

Under the scenery where her ashes fluttered like her snow, she said with a smirk, holding her chin.

“To me, others can be divided into two types. The one who will kill me, the one who will not kill me yet.”

I didn’t have a choice, so I only answered in my mind.

Isn’t it because you’re killing people?

“In other words, the person I will kill. Who i will kill later You can also divide these two. Question here.”

Elijah laughed bitterly.

“Do you want me to kill you now? Shall I kill you later?”

The man who will kill Elijah.

The one I won’t kill yet.

She was like asking that.

There were only two options.

I wanted to answer differently.

I have no intention of killing you.

I was just curious.

Just as we uncovered the various stories in the game, we wanted to know the story of Elijah and the Bebel family.

It was a time when they hadn’t even tried to kill Elijah yet.

It took me a long time to find out that killing her was impossible.

[Kill him later.]

It was the option I chose at the time.

Other than that, there was only an option to ‘kill now’.

Elijah grinned.

The orange and yellow lights mixed in the red eyes rose like flames.

“Ding. Wrong. I will commend you for following me until this point. But it’s over now.”

Exactly, Elijah snapped her fingers.

A flame that bloomed like a whip in the air burned my character.

With the scene where Elijah, left alone, looks up at the sky where the ashes fall, the game returns to the beginning.

*

“What would you do if I became your enemy? Or not. If you become my enemy, then what will I do?”

Elijah asked.

The situation is similar to that time.

In my mind, I want to act stupidly and pretend I don’t know.

Because it’s just like a child’s body, ask innocently and say you don’t know.

Something like saying that I’m on the lady’s side unconditionally.

A normal kid would have done that.

But I have already stimulated Elijah’s interest in many ways.

There’s no way this quick-witted villain doesn’t know.

‘Whoa…. Let’s stay calm.’

I remembered the character who was reduced to ashes in Elijah’s fire.

There is no law that says I shouldn’t be like that either.

‘What is Elijah’s magic level right now?’

I heard that you became very strong after an incident when you were young.

Awakening of those born with the talent of a wizard. Or bloom.

Is the present after that point or before?

I don’t know.

So, you have to assume the worst and act.

Elijah is testing me and at the same time asking me out of curiosity.

How can she become a friend with this when she was an enemy.

‘Lindel.’

In the eyes of Elijah, Lindell and I fought meanly.

But when she came back, we were friends.

It was a phenomenon that she would never understand with her way of thinking.

“My lady.”

I answered calmly.

“I cannot be your enemy.”

“Can’t be?”

Elijah repeated the words.

She seemed intrigued.

Elijah blinked her eyes slowly, as if telling her to continue.

Long eyelashes look like flytraps.

If she falls in, she will be burned to death by her red eyes.

“All enemies must be of the same rank. Wolves and rabbits cannot be enemies. They are both predators and prey. The same goes for you and me.”

“Hmm.”

Elijah raised an eyebrow and nodded her head.

I really like it.

“So, even if the lady is hostile to me, I have no choice. It’s best to just run away with all your might. But I will never be hostile to the young lady.”

Elijah stared at me.

Are you expecting boring answers?

Because she hates unconditional favor, flattery, and obedience.

‘She hates going against her more than he does.’

“It’s like why rabbits don’t attack wolves.”

“It’s not obedience, but providence. That’s an interesting point of view.”

I know very well that I can’t be the opponent anyway.

It’s not even a game, I’m alive right now.

If I die, it might really be the end.

So, opposing Elijah is her suicide.

She’s the one that even in the game she couldn’t attack in any way.

My answer is not over.

To be precise, Elijah’s curiosity has not yet been resolved.

“A rabbit who can’t eat meat will never understand the wolf’s heart. Conversely, the wolf cannot understand a rabbit that lives only on grass. The two beasts will run on parallel lines, unable to understand and sympathize with each other for the rest of their lives.”

Elijah quietly listened to my story.

“It is the same with this case. Me and Lindell are rabbits. No need to eat each other. I can’t even eat. They can fight over the same pool. That’s all. However, it is different with the lady. Because you are a noble.”

The friction between me and Lindel is trivial.

It was just a brief fight between two boys.

There are no complicated interests or political situations, and there is no need to risk one’s life.

Elijah is different.

She is a direct child of the Duke of Bebel who can survive even after killing several people.

In addition, he is a genius among geniuses who was born with the talent of a magician, which is rare and rare in the world.

Even her talent is not ordinary.

It is a special magic talent called ‘Crazy Fire’.

She has various interests intertwined for various reasons.

To the extent that it is difficult for a petit bourgeois like me to imagine.

As she is, she cannot conceive of reconciliation with her enemies.

Her best would be a temporary alliance for profit.

She is a precarious alliance, capable of betraying at any moment.

‘That was the closest relationship I’ve ever reached in a game.’

“So, it’s only natural that the werewolf girl can’t understand my relationship. Because it makes no sense.”

“You speak as if you know me well.”

It’s not like that.

The story of the duke of Bevel was so little, and even that, the game is in the future rather than now.

However, I just guessed from the information I found while digging into the stories of other nobles.

“Does it sound like you are trying to teach me?”

“… Sorry. There was no such intention.”

“I guess so. Unless you’re insane But, I think you’re crazy sometimes.”

“… ….”

“But that’s it.”

Elijah grinned.

It was a maritime smile befitting his young age.

The liver, gallbladder, and liver are pure enough to make you want to be loyal to them.

If you don’t know what’s inside.

“Not too bad.”

“… Thank you.”

“So, what is it?”

“Yes?”

“No way. You’re not going to claim to be an ordinary slave, are you?”

“… ….”

Elijah kept her smile, only her eyes narrowed.

Under the crescent-shaped eyes, the red eyes are terrifying.

“It’s not just talking. Are there any slaves in the world who think like you?”

“Just…. It is a humble knowledge learned over the shoulder and picked up. I’ve heard that it has a good memory, but that might be the effect.”

“Hmm.”

Elijah cupped her chin and laughed.

Shakes her leg like a child who heard a funny story.

“Yes. I don’t think she’s going to open her mouth even in a bad way.”

“… ….”

“Flatter, hostility. It’s the kind of emotion displayed by the vast majority of humans I’ve met. I hate people like that But, you don’t belong to either side.”

Elijah nodded her head and leaned back in her chair.

“That’s not bad. Oddly enough.”

“… It is an honour.”

“It’s oddly funny. Am I weird?”

I didn’t answer.

Since you muttered to yourself, you wouldn’t bother asking for an answer from me.

It is impossible to say that something strange is correct.

“By the way. If I’m a wolf, are you trying to be the rabbit protecting the wolf? It’s kind of cute.”

“… ….”

I don’t get excited at all even if I have to hear that from a kid.

More than that, Elijah’s ‘cute’ is synonymous with ‘ridiculous’.

“Anyway. Good. Leah.”

Elijah called for her maid who was waiting by her side.

A maid named Leah quickly approached Elijah.

“Just bring a few of the things I bought today.”

“Yes.”

While Leah left, only an awkward atmosphere remained for her.

Elijah looked out the window at her with a calm face, as if he was not paying attention to her.

I rest my chin on her chin and tap my eyes with my fingers.

There was a tear point where the index finger touched.

This guy who is just a pretty little girl, how does she become such a villain.

‘Looking at what he’s saying, he’s still not normal.’

Does Elijah have a different future?

Doesn’t she become a villain?

I don’t know.

Even if I know, there is nothing I can do.

I’m neither smart enough nor great enough to rehabilitate anyone.

It is difficult to change others.

What a special human being I am, I presume to rehabilitate others.

I am also busy taking care of myself.

“What are you looking at?”

Elijah said.

Her eyes are still fixed outside her window.

“… Sorry.”

There are no ghosts.

How did you know without looking?

Lia returned with a box in her arms.

“It’s a gift. I don’t know if rabbits will like it.”

Elijah grinned.

‘Rabbit….’

In the game, she always called other people ‘bugs’.

Me, the player, was no exception.

‘If it’s a rabbit from a bug, should I say it’s improved?’

She thought and looked inside her box.

Elijah explained.

“It’s called chocolate. Did you hear?”

Even if I eat it, I saw it.

It was a 2,000 won chocolate sold at a convenience store.

What’s in front of you is different.

Cube-shaped black chocolate was piled into a transparent sack.

I don’t think it’s a product for sale.

Are there any left after receiving the sample?

‘There’s going to be an uproar when I go back.’

In this world, chocolate is a luxury item.

A clumsy noble can’t even dare.

In addition, even among that chocolate, the grade is divided into heaven and earth.

If it was the chocolate brought by Elijah of the Bebel family, that level would be heavenly.

‘High quality chocolate is more expensive than slaves.’

In other words, the value of this box now is greater than the value of manpower in Room 13.

Involuntarily, I gulped down my saliva.

This is not me, this is the reaction of young Judas. Clearly.

“I can’t take my eyes off you. I guess you liked it.”

“Ah…. Yes. It’s the first time I’ve seen anything like this.”

It wasn’t a lie.

I have never seen such chocolate in my life.

“Take it.”

“Thank you.”

“I look forward to it again next time.”

I didn’t answer.

I just bowed my head and hurried out of the drawing room.

***

The office of Elijah’s mansion.

“Miguel.”

“Yes. Miss.”

Elijah asked as he sat down at her desk.

“Did you dig?”

It meant the background investigation of Judas.

“Yes. However, it was sold everywhere. There were also barren places where no documents were left, so it was not possible to determine the exact origin.”

Miguel held out the papers and explained.

It was a document proving what he just said.

“Hmm.”

A slave used to move from place to place.

It’s common.

There are also markets and companies that do not leave paper records.

It’s common and obvious, but why does it feel suspicious?

A baseless intuition tickled me.

“Keep looking. Report whenever new information comes out.”

“Okay. Oh, and here.”

Miguel handed over the envelope.

It was a gorgeous black envelope with gold thread.

“This is a letter from the Duchess of Narsisi.”

Elijah, who had been smiling softly, became expressionless as if he was bored.

With a sad face, she opened the envelope and read the letter.

It was related to her upcoming birthday.

Since it is a place where the whole family and precious guests gather, there was an order to prepare with sincerity.

“How would you like to prepare for the banquet?”

Miguel asked cautiously.

Elijah swallowed her sigh and lit her fingertips on fire.

Miguel was startled.

It was one of the best talents in the world, a natural wizard.

Although it is as small as a lighter fire, there are many people who cannot achieve even that even after years of training.

Not even 10% of those called geniuses have reached that level.

Elijah threw her burning letter roughly into the fireplace.

Her birthday is soon.

My birthday is about a month away.

It’s a long way off by Judas standards, but the nobility is different.

There are many things to prepare early on.

I bought chocolate here and there for that reason.

But she wasn’t interested.

Her birthday too. A banquet to be held at this mansion to celebrate her birthday.

The person concerned is not happy about my birth, so what should I do to celebrate my birth?

Those who attend her in the first place do not come to truly congratulate her.

It is just a place to build personal connections and make political connections.

Who the hell is this banquet for?

‘What is reputation?’

It’s annoying, but I couldn’t help but do it.

Reputation and honor.

It was the most important thing in the Bevel family.

‘It’s annoying to see my family.’

A grand place where direct and collateral families all gather.

I get annoyed just thinking about it.

Those who are united by only hostility.

People who will surely kill themselves someday if they don’t kill them.

Then, a smile came out.

It is because the words of Judas came to mind.

‘The wolf and the rabbit.’

It was an interesting metaphor, but it is not accurate.

Wolves form packs.

On the other hand, it was not too much for me.

A group of allies.

Miguel was taken aback by Elijah’s laughter.

Without looking at him like that, Elijah answered indifferently after a while.

“Roughly. Just like last year.”

“Okay. First of all, from the meat to be placed in the center of the banquet hall….”

“… Wait for a sec.”

Suddenly, an interesting idea came to Elijah.

It was a plan to learn about Judas while feeding the irritating Narcissus.

“Was there hunting during the candidate class?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

Hunting is one of the cultures enjoyed by the nobility.

Even escort knights serving nobles is a subject that must be learned.

“However, what they learn is not about hunting, but about the attitude a master should have when hunting. Although I learn very simple hunting.”

“Holding a simple hunting contest for the candidates on the weekend.”

Elijah made the decision without consulting.

I had the power to do so.

She approached the map pinned to the wall, and she pointed to a spot.

“The place is here. Moon Deer Forest. Participation is free.”

Miguel immediately dictated what she said.

“A small participation fee is paid regardless of performance. There can only be one winner.”

“What would you like to be injured with?”

“Okay.”

Looking at her chocolate, Elijah muttered, thinking of her favorite Judas.

“What do rabbits like?”

While she was thinking about it, Miguel quickly finished organizing the contest.

“For now, the prize should be 10,000 florins, right?”

“10,000 Florins is an amount they will never get their hands on even if they work for a lifetime.”

“Really? Is that enough?”

Elijah tilted her head.

She was a price she could afford to consume all of her meals in one meal.

You can’t eat it even if you prepare it, but you can use it if you want to use it.

“Yes. Above all, it is difficult for them to keep at that price. Or, he might take the money and run away.”

“That is difficult.”

Other candidates don’t matter.

But if Judas ran away, it would be difficult.

“I’ll add, off topic, that 100 florins is a moderately overpriced price for them.”

A normal sword costs about 50 florins.

If you bring other light sidearms, you can now equip low-level armaments that have jumped into mercenary work with about 100 florins.

Personal weapons are allowed only during free time, so 100 Florin is ideal.

“Then do it. And the winner’s game will be displayed as a main dish at my birthday party.”

“It will be an honor that will last a lifetime.”

Well. Is it really so?

Elijah was not interested in her other candidates.

I was just curious about Judas’ reaction.

‘It would be difficult for an ordinary slave to stand out even in hunting.’

On the other hand, among her candidates are nobles who have learned to hunt.

That is. If Judas wins, he will gradually prove that he is no ordinary slave without even realizing it.

‘This must be fun.’

Judah said.

He is a rabbit and Elijah is a wolf.

I can’t be an enemy because I’m out of step.

Agree at a glance.

At least you and Judah are not enemies.

However, a question mark was attached to the statement that it did not fit.

You make yourself more interesting than anyone you’ve ever dealt with, so how can you say you’re out of place?

I was really looking forward to the hunting competition.

What kind of image will Judas show this time?

She smiled faintly at her map.

***

What is chocolate?

It’s just sweet food.

The chocolate I know is like that.

What I received from Elijah was different.

It’s sweet.

But for some reason, it’s bitter, it tastes a bit greasy, and even though it doesn’t contain nuts, it even tastes savory.

The flavors were combined in a complex way to create a deep flavor.

The chocolate I knew was denied.

“You bastards, get down!”

Richard shouted, smearing dark chocolate marks on the corners of her mouth.

Lindel and Argon.

A few others who didn’t like me quickly fell down.

“You bastards must have dared to ignore Judas!”

“Sorry! Aww-!”

The aftermath of chocolate was nothing compared to that of cookies.

“I have committed a mortal sin!”

They ate each bite of chocolate and shouted with all their heart.

The uproar subsided only after Dylan stopped him.

Room 13 has now reached the level of becoming a religion for me.

‘… You worship the treats I bring, not me?’

Anyway.

After a tumultuous time, it was night.

[Select a reward.]

[Rewards will be enhanced for results that exceed expectations.]

I finally check this out.

[1. Flask of Stamina (2)]

[2. Magical Release (1)]

[3. Hunter’s Sense (Lv.1)]

“… Crazy.”

I recited in a voice.

‘A hunter’s sense….’

This is a characteristic that can only be obtained through very painful and difficult repetitive labor.

‘I had to catch a certain number of creatures within a certain amount of time.’

As hard as it is to get, the effect is outstanding.

It is not a munchkin-like ability that overwhelms all enemies.

However, it is excellent in versatility.

‘It’s a hunter’s sense, but it’s not just useful for hunting.’

[‘Hunter’s Sense (Lv. 1)’ Is added to the attributes.]

There was no reason to hesitate.

It would be foolish to give up on this.

‘I can use it on the weekend.’

You should make the most of your free time without training.

‘There was a forest of moon deer near here. There are mushrooms that increase your health, so collect them on Saturday….’

The next thing you need is money.

Anyway, I have to get out of here.

Even if you drop out and get kicked out. Either run away

Since I don’t know what method it will be, there are many things to prepare.

So, you have to dig a route to escape on your own, step by step.

‘I’ll have to use the information guild.’

First of all, it is a group in which contact is possible only when there is money.

‘Apart from that, it’s okay no matter how much money you have. Should I look for light requests on Sunday….’

I fell asleep slowly, looking forward to the weekend.