Arthur steadily moved through the darkness of the night. He looked calm but inside his thoughts were all disarray.
Today was the day when the meeting of honor was held in Valint and it went in a surprising way. At first when Gekko's father started talking, he was all about wanting justice and Arthur's head on a pike but later when he saw that his son was the main problem, the guy suddenly backed down.
After that, he didn't seem to ask or actually demand anything from Arthur. All he spoke of was his son's body and the place where the tragedy had occurred.
Arthur's face couldn't help but frown at the thought.
It went way too… smoothly.
Arthur wasn't just being a skeptical person. His life had its ups and downs and it had more downs then he could count. His father falling for that witch's trickery, his mother's Illness becoming more problematic and him having to participate in a brawl almost every day without any real reason.
But life certainly had some ups for him.
Arthur smiled almost a bit perversely as he remembered some of the moments. He would sometimes accidentally bump into a beautiful girl or would end up trying to save them and later would flirt with them. The most update n0vels are published on NovelHub(.)net
It was all fun and grabb- I mean games, that his sweet Elizabeth didn't need to bother with.
His happy face took a downturn as it quickly got replaced by a sigh. He shook his head, disappointingly, "And here I thought, my luck was starting to look up."
He said those words to the group of soldiers that suddenly surrounded him. Looking around he saw there weren't more than 10 soldiers, all elite from his standing. They were at the back of an alley where there was nothing but dump.
Arthur too had felt that some people had been following him for a while so he had deliberately walked to an empty place where there wouldn't be any chance of normal civilian walking by.
Looking at their chest, their armor didn't seem to have any crest so he assumed they were removed deliberately, "You guys don't seem the type that would be mercenaries. But you don't have any crest on you."
He smiled, "Let me guess, your master wanted you to do his dirty work but was afraid of actually showing himself, even to the point of removing his own family's name from your armor."
"Talk about being a coward."
Surprisingly, Arthur's words didn't incite any anger inside them. They were all calm, as expected from elite soldiers of a noble house.
Arthur clicked his tongue, "At least give me the satisfaction of making you angry before I kill you all."
At his words, all the soldiers readied their sword and aimed them at him as they slowly moved forward.
Arthur looked around and saw their move. They were trying to cut off his space of attack and injure him from all sides. Frankly it was both a stupid and bold move.
Bold for being effective against the weak minded, stupid for using it on him.
Without a word, Arthur dashed behind him. The soldiers a bit shocked at his sudden change of movement went for a slash. Arthur smiled as the sudden escape place that conjured and quickly slid out of it before striking at their backs.
The fight went on for a while before Arthur stood in a somewhat big-ish pool of blood. His body drenched a bit from sweat and the blood of his enemies. Putting his weight over the sword, he took steady breathes.
They weren't normal soldiers so it took a bit out of him to stop all of them. But they weren't strong enough to injure him.
Then he suddenly called out at the end of the alley, "So, are you going to come out or do I think of it as you bowing out?"
Three metallic claps rang out as a soldier wearing gold plated armor came out of a corner where Arthur had directed his voice. The person was tall, standing at 6 feet tall and his heavy armor made him look even more dangerous.
But his face couldn't be seen through the helmet he wore, which might be why he took it off. Then a face mortified by wars was shown. Dark brown skin, bald as the helmet, a few crooked teethes and one disfigured white eye.
The guy opened his mouth, "From the moment I saw you, I knew you would be fun." Then he looked at the dead bodies on the floor, "They were just crumbs to give you a light workout."
"Well thank you for that experience," Arthur said, "I hope you wouldn't be stupid enough to join them, right?"
"On the contrary," The guy pulled his longsword, "I want to be the one to kill you."
Arthur sighed again, "I try to tell them but nooone of them listen."
I stood before the gates of my house. The same place where Bianca had hung herself.
Yes, it definitely would have been unsightly scene by the looks of it.
Now about the doctor… the guy after a bit more pull, said everything. But nothing of them was good news.
After the dead of this baldy, which wasn't done by his buddies in the dark, they all cut off connection from this place. They figured that such a person dying would immediately spark interest from many people but haha… nobody cared.
It was especially good for them, those who broke off all ranks and orders and took each territory for their own, which is spread all over the kingdom.
So it definitely wasn't going to be easy taking them back anymore… now that I think of it, it never was going to be easy.
Sighing I get inside the house to my room steadily. The house was under construction, who knows where my heavy step might break something and fall on me.
Good thing, my bed was on the first floor.
Opening it, I find a pleasant surprise waiting for me as she sat on my bed with a smile on her face.
"Master… I came to claim my reward."