38 – Relationship

The sapling didn’t bother me for a while as long as I properly fed it with magic power.

I wanted to try it quickly, but there was no place around here where I could swing my sword.

For now, I just thought of going back to the magic society where Silverin was.

I had a lot of money left, so I had a different mind for a very short time.

I thought about faking it as if I had spent money, but soon gave up. It’s almost like theft, and if you get caught, your trust with Silverin will be ruined.

I left a lot more than expected, but it wasn’t even my money in the first place.

It’s good to be clear about money matters. Cheating a benefactor who casually gives you such a large amount of money is an act that crosses the line a lot.

“No, but where are you going?”

I couldn’t figure out where the Magic Society was, where Silverin was.

In fact, I was like a lost child thrown into a strange city.

I wouldn’t say anything more than buying a few meals with the money left over.

First of all, I moved in the direction where Silverin’s carriage had left.

Silverin had said that she would come and go to this city quite often during the school year. I thought I would come again anyway, so I would familiarize myself with it in advance.

Take a leisurely look around the city and ask passers-by if you don’t know the exact route.

Wearing a mask and holding a potted plant in one hand would be quite bizarre, but people are not interested in me at all.

There were many people like me who covered their faces on the street, and since it was a place where potion production was active, there were many people like me who carried bundles of grass.

Fortunately, my current appearance was not so unusual in Rigbed.

The streets of Rigbed were filled with an astonishing variety of people.

Knights in full armor, aristocrats, wizards in cone hats, peddlers, beggars, students, and many other classes were passing by in one place.

People of various types were living together in one place, enough to be called a melting pot of classes.

It feels like another world to me.

Among the people passing through the streets, I wonder if there will be someone who will become my Eternia motive.

Thanks to the mask, I could openly observe the face of people my age passing by.

In the midst of people-watching, the movements of the passers-by became noisy, as if a commotion had broken out in front of me about a few hundred paces away.

What’s going on?

From the front, the crowd was splitting left and right to avoid something.

“Aww!”

“Catch, Catch!”

You can hear the sound of things breaking along with the popping sound, and the intermittent screaming echoes. Something hurriedly pushed people towards it.

And someone shouted in the distance.

“It’s a thief!”

***

The escort knights hurriedly pursued them, but it was not enough.

They weren’t just shoplifters. I approached it deliberately and broke through the defense of 20 people and stole the goods.

It happened in the blink of an eye.

Three escort knights, who could be called elite, fell out in an instant and were seriously injured. It was a surprise attack, so they couldn’t respond properly, but it was clear that they were good at swordsmanship and memorization.

What they took was a rare artifact called ‘Century Wand’. Borrowing the power of the family, while being airlifted from the empire, they were attacked by surprise.

It seemed that he had been aiming for a long time after hearing that Lilith was staying at Riggbed for the entrance exam.

The centennial wand was an important item that would play a big role in helping her pass the Eternia entrance exam.

Lilith also pulled up the skirt of her three-layered dress and chased after the thieves, but it was not enough.

Rarely had Lilith ever run so long in her life. It was hard for her to even squeeze through the crowds.

It was a serious matter that depended on whether or not she was admitted to Eternia, so she couldn’t stay still.

“Ha, ha, ha.”

I ran so much that my eyes went white, but the gap with the thief did not narrow at all.

Escort knights rushed behind her.

Two knights attached to her and supported her. It was the first time that even the knights had faced Lilith running so urgently.

“My lady, are you okay?”

“Ha ha, it’s okay, ha ha, catch them quickly.”

The captain of the escort commanded the rest.

“Build a siege!”

The knights who followed belatedly hurriedly fell into the alleyways on both sides.

“Even if you block all the entrances to the city, catch them. certainly.”

It was the most important thing to Lilith.

It was time for her to raise her bent body again.

Kang!

The sound of clashing swords echoed through the streets. The escort knights also turned their heads in the direction of the sound as if in surprise.

This was clearly the direction the thieves were fleeing.

“… !”

A place not far away.

Sensing that a fight had taken place, Lilith ran out without even holding her breath.

“My lady is in danger!”

Escort knights hurriedly followed her.

In front of them, a group of people surrounded a street in a circle.

Something was going on in it.

Kang!

The crowd roared loudly whenever the sound of swords clashing was heard.

Lilith squeezed through the crowd.

Inside, a dark red-haired man wearing a mask was fighting fiercely with two thieves.

Another thief was lying on his stomach, dying with a broken ankle bone.

The thieves wielded steel swords at random, but the masked man skillfully blocked them with a wooden sword.

‘Dealing with something like that?’

The wooden sword looked like it would cut right through, but it was surprisingly good at handling steel swords.

The escort knights were following through the crowd.

As if he had predicted that the thieves would be on the defensive, he pressed the masked man even harder.

Every time the steel sword passed close to the man’s body, the dizzying screams of the crowd erupted.

The man was quite capable. The thieves’ expressions gradually distorted as the urgent offensive did not work.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lilith chanted from behind.

A blue energy rushed to the feet of a thief, and soon one foot froze and stuck to the floor.

The man didn’t miss the short gap and hit the frozen thief’s ankle with the back of his sword.

Suddenly, with a sound, the ankle bones broke and the thief screamed.

“Quaaagh!”

Quickly noticing that the remaining thief was hopeless, he hurried away with the stolen goods.

As if the back of his head had eyes, the man immediately turned around and threw the wooden sword away.

It flew right into the thigh of the fleeing thief and got stuck.

“Haaagh!”

The thief fell to the ground with a scream.

The knights who followed broke through the crowd and put on a bewildered expression.

The situation was already over.

The three thieves who stole Lilith’s centennial wand were completely subdued thanks to an unknown man.

The masked man walked slowly and pulled out the sword stuck in the thief’s thigh.

Lilith also ran and quickly retrieved the box containing the centenary wand.

Fortunately, the contents were intact.

If it hadn’t been for a man, Lilith might have suffered in the Eternia entrance exam.

She approached the masked man.

“thanks. This incident must be remembered and seen by the Izelius family… … .”

However, the man ignored Lilith and passed by.

“… ?”

At that moment, Lilith had only one thought.

Are you deaf?

A thief shouted at the masked man in a voice full of resentment.

“I will definitely kill you!”

In response, the escort knight put a knife to his throat and shouted loudly.

“Shut up! shoplifters.”

The man looks at the thief for a moment.

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Judging by the reaction, it was not deaf.

Lilith just didn’t care.

impolite. Do you know who you’re ignoring?

‘What’s with all these guys… .’

Lilith’s pride was quite hurt that the man ignored her as she was.

However, since he was also a benefactor, it was impossible to say anything out loud.

He stood at the corner of the road where the dirt was strewn about. Then, he gazed at the broken pot.

He couldn’t see his expression because he was wearing a mask, but he seemed angry about the broken pot.

Circumstantially, it appeared that the thieves had broken it in the process of pushing passers-by and running away.

Lilith’s expression softened slightly.

‘Could it be because of that?’

The only reason Lilith was ignored was because of the flowerpot.

She was treated worse than a potted plant.

There wasn’t even anything contained in it other than soil.

All you have to do is buy new pots and refill the soil.

However, the honorable job of facing himself and receiving the appreciation of a prestigious family would be one of the few precious experiences in his life.

A ring with the seal of Eternia was tucked into the hand holding the wooden sword.

Lilith’s eyes widened for a moment.

‘That’s from Eternia… .’

Lilith suppressed her pride and approached him again.

“Hmmm! If you need anything, we will compensate. I’ll tell you the name… .”

The man doesn’t even pretend to listen. She was completely invisible.

As if he had nothing left to do, he ignored Lilith’s words and disappeared through the crowd.

“no… .”

Lilith looked at the place he passed with a puzzled face.

Following the humiliation of having her important items stolen, she was openly ignored by a stranger twice.

Cold treatment from a man was something she had never experienced before coming to Rigbed.

Even the princes, who were of a higher rank than Lilith, did not treat her this way.

Lilith’s face flushed with irritation and embarrassment.

She called the captain of the escort who was sorting out the situation.

“Did you call?”

She tried to ignore the burning face and pointed in the direction the man had passed.

“That masked man. Please track it down somehow and find out its true identity.”