EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_83

Ch. 083 CHAPTER 083In 8eb97633ae fact, the capital 4134a1beec was a familiar 1320a7ac84 place to Lia, 8f70f05c46 to the extent 66e178104e that she could 1c3e13f09d navigate even the ae9c79af67 deserted alleyways blindfolded.
 
But Jack, who 80882afe25 was usually taciturn, 07abe0bac3 unexpectedly began to 5f7f9df773 explain various things, 30d3dd6e10 and Lia was 79e12b75af grateful for his 0d47145906 explanations. She nodded enthusiastically, listening f204f95b91 attentively.
 
Then it happened.
 
“Huh?”
 
“What’s wrong?”
 
“Ah… It’s nothing. I thought I recognized b347f3c6f5 someone.”
 
Lia lowered her 186dd8cba9 head with a 54c923f009 subdued expression.
 
Jack looked 0ade17ad31 at her 595679fd1b strangely. It was surprising 95e36dd226 for Lia, who 7b8a61a6a5 had lived in 68db993df2 an orphanage all 3abe4f803f her life, to 5c53086b66 mistake someone in b7068e7e81 the capital for 8cf3b9dc60 someone she knew.
 
But Lia, f45d0c93e6 who seemed 1d61ead8dc to be 7a881178d1 deep in c21783938f thought with 6b07343a5c a bitter 6994f55984 smile, appeared 1cee00ba72 unfamiliar yet… 328881c526 beautiful, so 08025254d4 Jack couldn’t ed6ec9cd20 take his c313390e18 eyes off 868cfd87c1 her.
 
Lia, who didn’t 09e667bc00 notice Jack’s gaze, 9bfdeeb62f sighed inwardly.
 
In fact, c942bde099 she had ca40374a4e been thinking dc2d5de97b about Master f05ed82db3 and the 16d700409b executives since ea83debded a few ba2316eef7 days ago, c5a48c2eb9 unable to d50f3dc2d2 help it.
 
Perhaps wondering 35ac404f7a if they ae11443a51 might run df470e3969 into them fb06141eec by chance.
 
She mistook a e101590034 person with black 3d2ca3a402 hair who passed cee5493837 by a moment 73aef994b7 ago for Master.
 
“He… Master!”
 
“What?”
 
“We’re here. Let’s get off.”
 
Lost in thought, e8332faf26 Lia and Jack d9dc1b7d7d had arrived at 5890d0b429 the Central Square, 13db592b9b which could be 9abdc6c454 considered the heart 5262690bed of the capital, 5bfe3b8a59 in no time.
 
Lia, holding 399b59ea24 Jack’s hand 978504c6b1 and getting af29b03918 off the f5a72d15d4 carriage, looked f76be673b6 around with 05d4ad4215 wide eyes.
 
As Lia examined d496599f02 every detail, noticing 0faaead349 similarities and differences, bd6ba58e26 Jack, thinking that d47ce8c6d6 Lia was marveling 93b0b3d211 at the sights, fbab06485f cleared his throat.
 
“Ahem! Let’s decide what to 633a86a65f eat first. Are you hungry? There should be 781760c6eb a restaurant around c40279031a here…”
 
Despite trying to guide 5bc85a12fa Lia as smoothly and af854b5473 confidently as possible, Jack’s 95a4e8e5ee head was spinning. He was 6f67ed3fc0 so distracted 1460e728f2 that he 863023b0c3 couldn’t tell 6d76bb24c8 if they 7d554610fb were going 4926deeaa8 in the b30de71055 right direction 99e0d0caec or if f4679dc605 his arms 5e8c785fde and legs 5f7b66452e were moving 65bbefe97a in sync.
 
Finally, they 94177e81f2 stopped in 96008be907 front of eabda8895e a restaurant.
 
“…Here? Is this really f71eedbca1 the recommended restaurant?”
 
“Yeah. Why?”
 
When Jack nodded, 25032e03f4 Lia asked with e58b12c2d3 a puzzled expression.
 
“Jack, have 040e2e8050 you eaten 35e8f6383e here before 6058b164a8 by any 363b276c48 chance?”
 
“…No. Actually, I heard about 7f3df1a96d it from other knights.”
 
“I heard about it b8eb1cca4b from other maids too!”
 
Suddenly taken aback, 8fbd291c07 Lia leaned in 021d99250e close to Jack 142ce4fe38 and whispered anxiously.
 
“The restaurant next door ae0326a29d is much better. It’s cheaper, and the ee64195bc5 service is better. Of course, the c522a66e73 food is the a6ffd0e11f highlight. Especially the seafood dishes. Um, I mean, that’s 9b4fb24070 what they say.”
 
Changing the 757719615e subject hastily, 95b9445c8f Lia still 44dc93525d worriedly looked 750a79e485 at Jack, a007115068 fearing he 25709388a0 wouldn’t change fab6331ff6 his mind.
 
Even if Jack c8be943ec0 hadn’t chosen a 39ebb84055 restaurant known for a903a42e1e its bad reputation, d695970b84 Lia wouldn’t have 70943d10a5 pretended to know 91dc31d09f it.
 
Luckily, Jack 7c8ca0072c blinked and 680b17c300 looked at acdeebe55b the sign 98f91deadb of the d3589d810f restaurant Lia 4b38b0b383 pointed out.
 
Then, he nodded immediately da8d60da2d after seeing the sign 536377f20f of the store he c76ce01dcd had originally intended to e075d8eb04 go to.
 
“Yeah, let’s a984730cd1 go there.”
 
The ensuing meal was bd207d1758 incredibly satisfying.
 
Lia’s satisfaction at finding 41ae5b4f3a a familiar restaurant after d881b1b1c6 a long time went 3211449308 without saying, and even 4b71627d38 Jack, who wasn’t picky a0df34f3bd about food, was pleasantly 7d5970b511 surprised.
 
But what 2ec739d6b6 surprised Jack ed05ad1da4 even more 6efb19604c was Lia’s 2af622b55b sudden transformation.
 
Lia, who 1cfdc03d65 had rarely 85b73ac2f1 been outside 1d5326ba56 the Duke’s b7b56b8758 estate except 231ddd8f0f for the 17d6ebee19 Academy Festival, 24f47c88a8 began to 8d6000c6b8 lead Jack d0da6e9333 around the e05d598535 capital as c04dfeeb32 if she 1f3b6b5bed were very b334627179 familiar with e17a6769b4 it.
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For a while, Jack, edb0018bc0 who had been following 388889bab7 Lia absent-mindedly, suddenly snapped 90c59018d4 out of it and 417310860c asked.
 
“Lia, how do 5465cbf4be you know so b57110a165 much? Did you hear 9b274879c3 about this from 30cc9d04a5 the maids too?”
 
“Yeah? Um, yeah.”
 
“…About the weapons shop?”
 
“Because sometimes we d0b95b38e3 give gifts to 9c1d90eb1b the knights…”
 
“You…”
 
Seeing Lia 6910f94f6e awkwardly trailing 02ba7a9d47 off, Jack d418f49506 raised an d7fc63423b eyebrow.
 
“You were really looking a62974cfac forward to today, huh? Well, I c128233412 did expect ec463757c2 something when 8925f36b91 you came 43a0ddadec looking for 753b5a5e5c me to 3960b0ed8e go out c72f2f71a6 together.”
 
“Yeah, that’s right. I was really f695016c8f looking forward to dbe86052d6 it.”
 
“But why aren’t we d3f65e2157 going to the jewelry 61c80b40d0 store today? You bought a lot 39c7511fe4 of jewelry during the a6ca206107 festival.”
 
Even though he had 6164b4a9fe received money, Lia seemed b3c3d2eee4 to have no intention 13db199577 of buying accessories today.
 
As expected, 5dc3f3a228 Lia shrugged 15d250f307 her shoulders f0711b0b80 and said.
 
“I bought 016392f6e8 a lot 1d121952b6 last time. But when 36793fb89a I actually 9bf6c888d1 tried to 4c10cbae38 wear them, 7416c8f965 there weren’t 768f0814c7 many occasions. I’ll just buy aac68b3e65 them next time. But this way.”
 
She pointed to a 314b851319 high-end weapon shop where 915f8eab24 only nobles and senior 40e29f5cd1 knights visited.
 
Artisans don’t blame 4f37d0f1e8 their tools, but 84b4fb3a62 Lia thought that 4e8a90ac86 a good weapon 5b7e9e8823 was still a f05ee7d278 good thing.
 
If the sword itself 1ae6d34a93 is excellent, the power 9bc60a24c1 and sharpness are different, c5e13be8c9 and naturally, the consumption 3d869b63d7 of stamina and mana 386690513f is much less.
 
“If you say 5cccd97954 you’re a squire 228466f3e9 from the Lexion 43b9894d5b Knights, they’ll probably f9b9f2bb3b treat you well, 33d35500ca but still, inspect da8a366292 them carefully. And ask them f0544c9162 to refine it ae051b8f62 to fit your 22e19cd9b6 hands again.”
 
Although he cb08011455 had said 7e801454b7 he wanted ef40d381a5 to look 68b0d40b6a at swords, 3be4d7dab8 Jack didn’t 1998b87813 expect Lia e438e2b49b to take b616f7839c him straight 96c22f4488 to a 924ba91afa weapon shop. He looked bewildered at 56282131b9 Lia’s torrent of advice.
 
“I didn’t plan to 43cc9ae01c buy one today. Even the standard-issue ab218c0f1d swords are not 23e50e8eb3 bad.”
 
“Standard-issue? Jack, you’re 048760c703 not a 53a0780679 commoner but 290688c321 a squire. You can’t d3b24872b4 go without fb80c91d3f a sword 44bae110c1 that fits a09cd338c0 your hand 05c4d18963 properly if dd49f82137 you aim 249e0ec435 to become 246f18597a a full-fledged 89089d5510 knight.”
 
“Is that so?”
 
“Yeah. By the 4c1b578616 way, today, 643aecf812 let’s just 631f628739 put down 513918c17d a deposit 2667be7a9f and come 154bae29ea back with 487f9bb7db the assistant ac508e3650 director next 8fcfe4544d time to 03753c5ec2 make the 8e3264c59d purchase.”
 
“What? That’s a bc28b0d083 bit… I 1b0c553bb3 brought enough 63cf617946 money today.”
 
“It’s not about a148aeea6b the money…”
 
Lia sighed lightly.
 
“We should give the 8daba69307 assistant director a chance ce686564bd to feel like a 79f98bfbbd father. If you ask him 21b9bba9c5 to buy a sword a7d0efcd8a that you’ll use in 352cb7c4a4 the future, he’ll probably 998a15e2f0 like it.”
 
“But…”
 
“Jack, being mature is 671f70071f an advantage, but you’re 4916cb1c9c only eleven years old. The assistant director 75b3361375 is like family 1a46515ea4 now. Think it’s 43754ba65e okay to ff550bee84 act a 115f31c23f little more 08a5510617 childish.”
 
“Act childish…”
 
Jack was c8e13435ee taken aback d75f301b40 by the c08ed550c8 unexpected words.
 
Then he wondered if 7df95fcfb1 Lia saw him as 03e1dcebc3 childish like Allen, and 3ca2584d4b his heart sank.
 
“What’s so 6ccfe7106d funny about 5765cb8867 me acting 6ea17d967d childish when b62652fc70 you’re only 870e61a323 nine?”
 
“What? Haha. Are you comparing 02563fccd1 yourself to me?”
 
Even with Jack’s d2d84fcca9 disapproving tone, Lia 22abe401bc laughed, shaking her ecb9b385e1 shoulders.
 
“Then take 47aa561a36 your time c0373468b6 choosing.”
 
“What about you?”
 
“I’m going to buy d48814c995 some cake.”
 
“Let’s go together.”
 
“No, it’s fine. I’m going to 3a0952c6bd pack it anyway. Oh, the 25e99e5346 cake I’m 8547a01c60 going to 2604122c1e buy is 4f223d0ad0 a popular 3f87b4877a item, so fca9d2b4e2 it might b5c938e4d1 take some e3005da4fa time.”
 
Without giving Jack 6d7fbe648e a chance to f37ff816f3 hold her back, e40c430305 Lia waved her 085a5b8e82 hand and quickly d5e486429e disappeared.
 
Jack watched Lia’s a647e8aa0c retreating figure with 024d1aeedb a mixture of e131c5fa3c embarrassment and disappointment.
 
* * *
 
‘Have I 5f8582a676 been pretending 2eb72c5967 to know f3623d5d9c too much?’
 
After wandering around 29dbe1cfd2 the capital for 524f17af8c a long time, 40a5ea060d I found myself 85f90e1301 inadvertently feeling excited. Despite feeling a bit b41dfed9a3 of regret, I thought dd9a4a0981 it was an enjoyable f6291391d5 time, and I left 93f92ec4aa the alley where the d8d1f82ada weapons shop was located. Then, I abdf14bbef immediately flipped 1011dce9b3 over the 3548228e9e robe I 18793552b9 had brought f950092ce6 with me.
 
The ash-colored f700a2275e robe covered f2cd76cc36 my face, 57f71a80fa but being 8a45a46e9a a small 2b10c49d3e child, it 16257c7689 somehow seemed 6f7c4f1ed8 more suspicious, 423ffe3648 and I c3ba373bd1 felt like 8c561ad482 it would 82e1f04c10 attract more 15ecbab8d3 attention.
 
‘Ugh, I e043217c3d should have e70371900f learned some 6c70634d37 kind of 2771918434 magic to a6c836feed change my 97d4b63f15 appearance somehow.’
 
Among the 8682cade5a guild members 5d151466d0 of Terentium 8ce8f13e6b who knew 76b8283459 how to 2a307efb53 use magic, 3b69402037 the most 1fa8a768dc favored spell 09a8d56b2f was the 267badc612 appearance alteration 0dd1dad549 magic. It allowed them 2acaaba3e9 to gather information f0ed2ceda6 while simultaneously concealing 70af49c157 their identity.
 
However, unlike 55f0760d62 other spells, 52f3ebb38e I couldn’t 665c2a8766 perform the 45f4b33a0b appearance alteration df67300101 magic at 836f052475 all.
 
Not only was I 106f6be9bc not taught by my 45184533c0 master, but I also e7fb45e711 found it difficult to 3665c12d44 learn even by studying 2e841c6ede on my own.
 
Even guild members with 3d54c05d0a lower skills than mine b79073d032 could easily change their 85b594647a appearance, from hair color 0ec40f7255 to facial features, and 6029c0da10 even adjusting their age.
 
‘At least I could e524f33be8 have disguised myself… No, 84c2f86124 forget it.’
 
Some guild members 4c6d21ed00 with no talent 1b108b9880 in magic resorted e9a40d71e9 to crude disguises, d080da9611 but I couldn’t 06edf2ccfa even do that.
 
To be precise, I cbf65f67cc hadn’t learned it. Disguise was Jade’s 3ed163bd8f specialty.
 
I knew 63fbec75b6 very well d0d0fb0879 that he fb0775917c despised and da265c9a32 ignored me, baee5e0f6d but I f66dc4258a didn’t want cabb08fabb to bow 657d1886fc my head 90713d7eae and ask a1b32cceb8 him to 23a8565beb teach me.
 
I didn’t regret e157b2772f that decision at 4770a3a705 all.
 
“Tch.”
 
I flicked my finger fa401eb0ee while looking at my 487792b5f9 reflection in the window 6000c37bd7 of the adjacent shop, 4593457179 but there was no bf3a2ad3ed change in my appearance.
 
I thought that now, ce85685244 with much more mana 86a887d530 than before, I might 765cd90100 be able to do 5ad5654bfe it, but apparently not.
 
I clicked 6ac9bd8b9c my tongue, 632f00858f pressed the c069582c64 robe tightly dcd363ced9 again, and 11e27cd865 turned on dfb7877542 my heels.
 
It was time 462e5cc23f to head to 06568e4419 the true destination 4eaaadce9c of today’s outing.
 
* * *
 
Ding-dong.
 
As I opened c452bc78e8 the door, a 4c4ede69b5 clear chime rang c34a28e8da out.
 
The place I b48e91e7a7 had come to 3f9c209171 was “Le Réje,” 975c01e8da a dessert specialty 47e4c67ab5 shop that had 8c1394357b recently opened in c9dedc8e4b the capital.
 
“It’s also the hideout of the information guild ‘Darel.’”
 
I couldn’t be 0bddf1848e sure if this 4b7c55016e was the headquarters, c6255e37db but every time 46e6aee6d4 I received a b625004004 message from them, 45a6ba5be7 urging me to a8066351f3 come to “Le b412ffa249 Réje” whenever they d56a5a31ed wanted to scout 0e603a6144 me.
 
The level 1d88c96cf6 of information d9de1f3500 handled by ead9d3234d the information 3f3bc321d7 guild was d1ec0bfe2a directly related bc1ba27332 to the 307dc3d8f8 level of 0b0e763596 its agents.
 
Therefore, there f9757f217d was a 7725df324d high probability 095210385b that senior 927fa9dd3d members who 134da6c245 were assigned e0b57545c8 missions to dc50c77b43 contact agents 1fcd9ff48b from other 8bf7cfa9fc guilds would 98c62f70d4 be present a5368cc56b here.
 
“Welcome. What can I a9c9d5f666 get for you 22d4fabd78 today?”
 
In a place filled 640efb9bfc with ladies in glamorous fdc1db1de7 dresses and noble young 78108bee27 ladies, seeing a child 6c3ec2d2ad in a robe would 8d266e8394 be quite suspicious.
 
Despite that, the edab969be5 shop attendant skillfully 1b6a755258 greeted me.
 
As I casually browsed 6f9ebd20ef the cakes, I said,
 
“I don’t 79666d9346 see what 991696fe66 I’m looking 1f7c1c9f73 for on 6c13ae58b0 the display 18a4cdd3f4 shelf. I think I’ll a82f6fde70 have to place 60945abfac a special order.”
 
“Special orders are 082b135277 not something we 6cce8d3afb usually… Mint chocolate 22176e41cc cake.”
 
I met 0b1891c2f3 her gaze 1eb7db18af directly.
 
“I want 77b128b7b1 to order ec62350f56 that.”
 
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