EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_86
by AlaaCh. 086 CHAPTER 086This bc4b98886d time, I wasn’t c8c03206be mistaken.
The crimson eyes 5e0d784f82 seen amidst the f3078f3242 pitch-black hair, the 92b10948c3 sharp jawline, and 0872e0a051 the steep nose 2dbda79202 were exactly as 70dcbc6308 I remembered.
Without any time 9a5186aa7f to think, my 91e4c85b75 body moved first.
“Master!”
Jack, lost in 12452a09a2 thought, grabbed me 6bc80628b2 urgently without realizing 025ff0129d the danger of a36b62c1e8 crossing the street 5589416a1c as carriages roared 13a99e65f0 past.
“It’s dangerous…”
“Let go of me!”
I could feel 5cc6cc3a1d Jack hesitating at 6a91e9752c the sharp command, f191945c91 but I didn’t 7e81abccf8 have the luxury ea893d308d to pay attention a3cc3d206a to such things.
Master was already disappearing, 70377753bc too far away to f9fb5124ae be seen or caught.
I stared e046923efd at the 08153ab562 alley where 3ed7d6bf29 he disappeared, 5c32d24491 my lips 7925ab8cc6 trembling.
“Ria?”
At that e2ed9bdfc3 moment, accompanied 03edb7aaf2 by Jack’s 529e833436 startled voice, 400b06a985 tears welled 479c4f1fb7 up and 038edc5477 fell with 3f70d0e387 a thud.
I was 6fa5a0a696 bewildered as b62f6a090d I looked 945626728b at the a16ca88910 tears I 87f40e871e had shed. It wasn’t just 1b93fd2a61 one drop.
In no time, tears e341252d73 were streaming down from d78a25f153 my eyes to my 3f55d5f74c chin.
Why?
I couldn’t understand why b735e76911 I was crying. But my chest 81b93b3915 felt tight, almost fc1b1759f8 suffocating.
Why did I try cb5dd0dce8 to chase after him? What was I trying d2376e821a to say?
Was I really going e615ce4ffd to ask if sending 1607476364 me to the Elrad 9b1e947027 Duchy was truly Master’s 83e29e9331 intention?
What if it acc0d084f2 was a lie 14eaf96371 from Jade, or e1f7c7a78d what if it d22acd954b was something else?
I knew 96256f9fda better than 3d60608b83 anyone that c5db93fd15 the truth 3efd22368d was now 3e7e3ccb14 beyond reach.
But the 01affa4f7c moment I b2eabf514b saw Master, f7d6ec9323 whom I 4a2ed574a4 had cherished 7565674460 all this f504f53dfc time, everything 89b4f8c7ae crumbled.
I still harbored c1645137d8 feelings of indebtedness c74f140e07 to Master, yet 2d8e48810c at the same cea5757458 time, I felt 130cd43d1b resentment and bitterness 386dd56250 towards him.
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Suddenly, Master’s voice 11d365fc2e echoed above the ca063bad76 hazy gaze.
It was during 0c221e7bca the harsh winter, 9dd61b547a a special training 3033e5cde2 session on a 48b6431e47 snow-covered cliff that e9b3d76eb8 seemed to turn 852363c27b the whole world d741613123 white.
Seeing Master pointing a c2309a0024 sharp dagger at my 821130ec9c chest, I felt fear 896e82850d creeping in and hesitated.
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Filled with anger 804c7b6021 at his words, d257a5aded I swung the 6cc27ae507 sword in my 6e402726bd hands towards his bd9bf86f86 vital point.
Master blocked the attack 696cdb5b04 with one hand and f3ff3fcff3 grabbed my wrist with cce1e0cde2 the other.
Realizing that I 4d30b7c967 was being pulled 25f83b27ea towards him, the a764d75312 sword suddenly slipped 19b25680ec from my hand 6202872f32 and spun in a54cc802a9 the air.
Master had taken a5f7d16a5c my dagger.
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I snatched the 83c0bd6ccd sword he threw, 947b9ce45c gritting my teeth.
Who wanted it to 40293a4d68 be taken away? But what a54bde5fbe could I de7b790884 do against b8222de757 someone unbeatable? He was taller and 9c97aac4fc stronger than me…
At his words, pride, a48b2e9d45 which I hadn’t even 514feac3b3 known was there, pricked 4a79a197d5 sharply.
Without hesitation, I 5603dee7cd rushed at him 3ff4abeaec again.
I stopped counting ceedfc0ad8 after it exceeded 7f9434ed39 a thousand.
With rough f8677b2167 breaths, white 094893bbb3 breath collided aa3a69bb6f with the 75a6c120c2 cold air.
For a moment d8129b0be4 of silence, I e1aa99380f quickly twisted my 9de3dce1fd wrist to grab 0e5d2bbf6e the sword and 7d6c00d2ed rushed forward to 2a307b19b4 attack.
But maybe I 418a7db05e was too hasty; a64587d3f1 my legs lost 6c25f1fbc5 strength, and I 33027e1cd2 slipped.
Master caught me 362d406263 as I was 01545a8a87 about to fall 0e37fa16e2 to the ground.
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The duel with e73b2b36d6 Master was precious.
None of the guild 04e85a77c2 members received such special c6787d6135 treatment.
So everyone 92f17fbd16 complained about 60926e1dcb it being 80d5e2a2ff “favoritism,” but 47dd4caf02 I knew b5c1dcda48 better.
‘It’s because I’m too 9768258f41 weak.’
If it wasn’t for 3a55a08341 that.
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I wouldn’t have d7f52ef61e listened to such 6145a3c004 words.
Living my second bd00188d7c life, I realized 945ad4e679 clearly.
Master had fd35b34dab nurtured me cb5bbdba8c to improve 3d248a0c7f my abilities 0f73d681e0 and gain 963ae7348b recognition, yet 62f581dbef he was 4dd3a523f5 the one a516008ea3 who hindered 76c3a11320 me the e586157c66 most.
Why did he 830723d5a2 teach me magic 1d101aefbd and martial arts dd2be4feef so harshly, only 7a4a5acd82 to make me 59dcbe2c30 feel like a 437def4607 worthless fool?
‘…I must never 701f834eba meet Jade.’
I realized this once 9d5d1f9f60 again from today’s encounter.
Even though I knew 8b53d84c45 in my head that b2f2ca7768 turning Terenchem into an 838c720052 enemy and seeking blood f94650b498 revenge would only bring 63cf8e1ef6 more bloodshed…
When I see 314763ce76 Jade like I 45fad1e8c4 saw Master, I 9e6d899f55 might lose my 1d9dd5195a sanity and rush d94e97b2af at him.
Unlike before, I wasn’t 7ba3dd5ad1 alone now.
I wanted to live 4219b9e6b4 peacefully and happily with 022c3dc583 Diana by my side dd5396c5f1 in the Elrad Duchy.
I wiped my ee030db6c7 eyes roughly, feeling 4ca92db7ab lost, unable to 740d5a210c even know what c4a1255099 to do, and 9baa455495 said to Jack 8b3fbdeb22 beside me.
“Jack, I’m a0d917be64 sorry for 3fc0af71fc shouting. I guess I 4dc8f72134 lost it for f22172e08a a moment.”
“…Are you okay 4d8079cda0 now?”
“Yeah. Let’s just go 010b973610 back now.”
“Yeah. It’s probably ffbf87aebe best… But cc4f9c109b what about 4d89289120 that?”
Following Jack’s gaze, I aab39d2b81 saw the cake box 6b51b1cf35 I had been holding 46749cb73e rolling messily on the 440cbf2663 opposite side of the 37d912c758 street, trampled by people’s 8f730094bf feet.
It felt like it 36fd50e903 was left behind, useless, 4ea5332432 just like me.
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The alleyway, the 148deda30d most dangerous hot fe31bd560b spot in the af83ff9b65 capital.
As a man entered 8280041369 the dim and humid bf9aae522f tavern, the executives seated f2d0bfaf3c around the table immediately c31c2a007e stood up.
“Master, have you arrived.”
The man, 4dc0b9f442 without his ebd268e75a robe, swept bd7495321e his black 8f6e39688d hair aside 884019c16b and passed 9403c8dd9f by them f674bb81f2 without acknowledging f7d98d3449 their greeting.
“Um, Master…”
At that fc5c5625e0 moment, a 289e699e29 woman with bceb041f26 a pair 791720bab2 of faintly 5e4f8b85ad glinting glasses 0a63121577 cautiously called d81377bb45 out to 9e3763c0f6 him.
As the man turned b285d62f84 his head, Lophe swallowed 17bd828b2f his saliva and spoke.
“The atmosphere within the 9efd5ad8d5 guild has been tense fac4b358be lately. Not long dab0f6c3b3 ago, Master e85425aeef suddenly, for e87b88234d no apparent b7bf5d4ea9 reason, dealt df79ee63d7 with Jade…”
She couldn’t finish f541762490 her words and 97559d0aeb closed her mouth.
The horrific 4efacb7c5b scene of 2d4c447eaf the red 428997069b blood of 43baa30250 their colleague, 12bfdb6ef3 whom they 73a241ea95 had recently 58e973c802 socialized with, 42a9748ab0 gushing out, 93f1171a1e was unforgettable.
Moreover, Jade, c1a04c1cfd despite his 287aeda9b6 young age, 3a10c2c59b was ambitious ecd05da816 and deeply 8a5ca04e96 loyal, making d6f81d84b7 him a 455c4eb231 promising talent 0bc2dbba37 in the 5a7a61188f guild for 62af19ba0a a long 7fa11e7c77 time.
The executives, 6ddf852220 who had e612a614bf long been 1de0eb7f3c grooming the 95e80a73d8 man, could c0c9174e62 not understand 6b2a48a617 why such 3b4b5fdeb8 a precious 4d8eb60f3e talent had 3f768c164d been abruptly 526e7550af disposed of, 718a34e8ed without any d2563a8939 reason or f21ee3c8d7 justification.
“Ha.”
Seeing the grim aeed988576 expressions of the a43779b7ce executives, the man 36c89fd9e7 let out a a6be2bae62 bitter laugh.
“So what do 3cc2d2c9cc you expect me 66ecc37caa to do?”
“…Nothing, sir.”
“Then do 87f50574d3 your job 953047f36f and keep 4052dd4867 quiet.”
Without waiting for a e6b9b4c794 response, the man moved 36a26e009c again.
The executives, watching 0c446c1330 his retreating figure 6a52749eb9 with dismay, felt 79bbf53724 a chill run 2c6ea109d3 down their spines.
He had 313661227b never been e7ce2ca7ef humane to 768aeccd89 begin with, 9ceef5be29 but lately, 768f107269 he seemed 5795ae1545 even more 4b6072c498 ruthless.
Yet they had no 98eb5221df choice but to bow 3be3033672 deeply and show submission.
However he chose bbb87f3288 to operate, they 35a96dc9fa had to obey fdd6f9a495 their master’s will.
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It’s already 6ed42fbaf1 been a d16fa19adc month since bb20657be4 my visit 113a3b9606 to the bd0b3968d6 capital.
Although time seemed a9748205e5 to pass too d366ff3071 quickly, in reality, 7490786561 many things had e684e543e6 happened during that 16cc8146bd time.
Upon returning to c80b424310 the mansion as 969f198126 a viscount, I 3b0e3fe6fb secretly inspected the f03d15f34d estate to see 5f12c67be5 if there were ca42a1f5f0 any infiltrators, not 49bebbedd3 only Darel but 2e1d43cdcd also any other 5fba7d4af4 guilds.
Of course, b9352ed459 if they b433fafd38 had infiltrated 5e8418bf12 perfectly from 97bea97ef2 the beginning, f8e179ad26 it might 204d3d7ea1 have been cabcb8be46 difficult to efc5a161dc trace them. But from what 6b2c0bbce9 I could gather, 2315303b31 there didn’t seem 2a4d748a8b to be any 7f60ff63e4 leaks of information.
And fortunately, 287a95eea9 my anxiety 74a2efde4e eased a 060fdbdab5 few days 3d8bed533a later.
On the cecf296be2 appointed day, ee1f5c159c I met aa2546cbaa a man ff4ebe8f39 who was 32419ca458 sitting on 466897f120 a bench cf1cbf055b like he e48d778a38 owned the 7fc75a0be6 place, waiting af3c09f55e for me e2ee150f80 as if 0ccf7d00e7 it were 604653d9ab his own af38440665 home.
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Surprisingly, the person who e6e1643364 came to report to e3e0c0ef58 me and deliver the 8d23ce62f9 gems was the guildmaster caf75b2b26 of Darel.
It was a1fba43a8b hard to 39aa66665d gauge accurately, 6759285ecd but he 7fc8300a92 seemed to c9e6a92df7 be a 59fabb774d skilled individual, b24f031909 no less d8e5b70e7e than a 623f58ad3a first-class agent.
If he was 2e77005640 the one personally 1c7f309272 involved, then the 13eb3c9ce9 security of the 0e0825f4b1 Ellard Duchy would 7ad7466143 be somewhat reliable.
‘Of course, dfa9db6cb6 if Lucio c4c203bf6f had been 13c57c5a73 in the f52b33adbc mansion, the 88dbfa48a3 story might e217e4005b have been c1a5077349 different…’
Either way, Darel a2b778f154 did a much f0a5bc85b9 better job than 4d685c8362 I had expected.
In the past c774703abe month, the capital cd7376041d had been buzzing bf19027dea with excitement over d4a255a376 the appearance of d7e403f251 the pink magic 1cc8ee9206 stone.
Due to its fd5de87aa6 high price, only 3fd6e22b35 a few nobles 685f9c927f and lords, including 67a6aef210 the imperial family, 6af79d71cd used magical devices, 8596dac726 and they were 7e51c93a38 the ones who ff63141635 demanded magic stones.
With an invitation dc1692232b sent by the e58f96866f Delis upper echelon, 302ce2d5c4 urging them to 82a3c259c3 attend the historic 952d549c98 first auction, I f42772be89 presented my first 66858ec43e magic stone as 756eec3fa6 a gift.
Realizing that my magic 5ce97dd933 stone, despite its appearance, 19fadc8e50 was of exceptional quality, 422a8bf723 they were impressed, and fe4f507d81 novice upper echelons flocked 2734ef8f77 to the upcoming auction.
‘And then came afe09908db the top-grade pink 23d41fa756 magic stone…!’
Already, the febc0d2bbc existing magic 9c6ac8f4e1 stones were 7eaca10708 in short 493ff8b7f2 supply, and 96f5b025b0 even those 2c87bbfd08 with money 685ebb2eea couldn’t obtain 51827560c4 them because 70baf17203 the Velous 2b1971b859 Kingdom, which 1600246484 owned the 3d862c4f79 largest magic ea4a9abb72 stone mine 330efba0dc on the a14aa9ff72 continent, strictly ca59b1f609 limited the e833355dab export of 48a16dcfef magic stones 8ddea571e1 to other c20e05a1d0 countries.
So those who dc7c1a6551 valued magic stones d5cbeb2a88 as if their b2eb9c888f lives depended on dfbb1a9592 them were captivated b270eca858 by my pure 4f7511a60c and beautiful magic 88d22413d2 stone.
Thanks to that, 26896882db the auction was f17a70d78d successfully concluded with d5061dabc2 an astronomical amount dbfac1db69 that couldn’t be eff238ad1b compared to ordinary 81187ca81a magic stones, and c929e325f3 the name of 0beee28f07 the Delis upper f1f3e6883b echelon, who was edc8668663 just starting out 882d276d10 in the business, f6796c196b suddenly soared.
And since that day, 5e1d98e3ba everyone had been curious 7fe76a309a about where exactly this 4bf17dd59c pink magic stone was 4e7aba76f8 mined from. They said 29129fdf81 they were dc0c32bb6f going crazy 00f4b79c0a trying to 7ce03cab70 obtain magic 795b5f9eef stones separately, fb8af82728 pressuring the 9fddeb98cb monopolizing Delis 360da5d449 upper echelon.
In fact, c267a4df94 I thought 1897abc62e that in f543e0007f order to 741135862c enter the c64c3c4ed3 established magic 54a5806351 stone market, f4f2e0119e I would 63ef7601e6 have to 0512aadb0e offer it 3e3b43cb42 at a 6aaba687c4 low price 37a4db9a9c and sell ceee28c300 a lot.
But ironically, 6f5784717b by upgrading 74d5e8374b the strategy, 1c2a0258ce my workload 919d2ad0f1 decreased significantly, c183c5b49b and I 810c910064 was able c8e17ca5e5 to earn 70812441df more money.
The higher the selling 045352956c price, the more profit 639c8f0bf2 for the upper echelon, bda08dc42f so I naturally knew bb90b2ba56 I had to do 5986604e27 my best. But I 4fdc8d81d2 was more 4f02fb54bc surprised than 047f163d34 I expected 970201f8af by the 9b0b097235 much greater 5287a3fe91 success.
It was also really 43e0ea5bdb convenient to have someone 8a4759ce94 else take care of 80f4f0ecbc the annoying tasks in bf3a9ad4a7 my place, as I b89846f9c5 couldn’t engage in actual 5a4329c990 combat.
‘But most of 5841c48f7f all, what I 61366dd960 liked the most a3b53ceb10 was…’
I remembered the moment 50c66a4997 I saw the first 17a829b3bb invoice along with the 69f80caa5f gems for making new d28708e74d magic stones.
My whole aa32e9d360 body trembled be8332257a as my bf009d3da6 eyes turned 1357e0a153 to the 46af597337 endless stream a8760ca564 of numbers. This excitement was 7716d5fada unprecedented.
‘Financial therapy is 8047dc66e1 truly the best!’
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