Chapter 504 – Fate.
‘When on earth did this happen…’
“I heard you dropped it when you fought the Central Knight Commander. You should treasure something like this, right?”
That means that even though Quixote was the leader of the rebel army, he was present in the square where many knights were gathered. As Pirika looked at him, unable to hide her astonishment, Quikhot shook his head.
“Thanks to Article 3 of the Service Clause.”
He said casually that it would be easy to get in between them if they were wearing similar armor and helmets, even if it became a little complicated.
Even so, he could not hide the boldness of interfering with the central knights. There was a reason why rebels had been famous for coming and going.
“I know what this guy’s skills are, but seeing him fight like that with the Central Knight Commander makes me suspicious.”
Pirika moved his pen while watching the rough fingers wearing gauntlets tapping the hat.
‘That’s a lie.’
“It’s a lie… Why do you think that?”
‘There must have been a note there too.’
It was visible in the girl’s eyes. You can see discoloration here and there, but the fact that the square part is not discolored and what was there.
“You’re a sharper girl than I thought. Are you saying you didn’t get the position of Mainades through a card game?”
Then Kikhod took out an old piece of paper that he had hidden separately. That was also the note that Donard left behind when he handed the hat to Usher.
“What a surprise. I thought we would never see each other again. To hear the news like this.”
Kihod looked at the note with an unreadable expression and put it back inside his hat.
“Do you know any news about the other guys?”
Pirika wondered if she should tell the truth, but she thought that knowing more than she needed to would arouse suspicion, so she shook her head.
‘I think it would be best to ask Usher directly about that.’
“Well, she must have stayed in Parsiphenia the whole time.”
He soon picked up her hat and looked at Pirika as if he was worried about something about her.
“It looks like you don’t have a normal relationship with that guy, do you?”
“Tsk…”
Come to think of it, he was staying at this inn, so he already knew what the relationship between him and Usher was like. If the soundproofing is not good.
“She was crying so bitterly. I heard the friend in the room next door couldn’t sleep.”
“Uuuuut.”
Did you even hear them having a relationship? It was when Pirika blushed and lowered her head at Kihort’s teasing remark.
“I’m kidding. I don’t know about anything else, but it’s definitely soundproof.”
“…?”
“I don’t want Madame to beat me up for spreading rumors again.”
When she looked up blankly and saw Key Haute joking around with her, Pirika soon realized that he was teasing her again and she glared coldly at him.
“Come on, let’s have some before the soup gets cold.”
Quikhod pretended not to notice and just picked up the spoon and ate the soup. In the end, Pirika had no choice but to follow him and eat the soup. Because I was already hungry.
“Ugh, shit.”
However, the side effects of the drug still seemed to remain, and the hand holding the spoon began to tremble mercilessly, as if forcibly lifting a heavy object.
I couldn’t even understand how heavy it was if it was heavier than a pen. I barely stopped trembling when I groaned and concentrated, but as I remembered the soup, I started shaking again as if I had never stopped.
-Clink!
“Ah…”
Eventually, Pirika dropped the spoon from her hand.
“What is this?”
The girl was startled and instinctively closed her eyes when she saw the hostess, who heard the sound, walking towards her with a startled voice.
“Oh my god! Are you okay? Wasn’t it hot?”
“Huh?”
What she heard was not a shout but a voice filled with concern, so she opened her eyes in surprise and saw the hostess wiping the soup off her clothes with a wet towel.
“The condition is worse than I thought. How much drug did he inject?”
“Uh, wow…”
Kihort also put down her spoon and asked with her serious face, which made Pirika vaguely and unpleasantly recall in her dizzy memory how much the contents of her syringe contained.
“Oh my god, so much to this little kid?!”
“Tsk, I’m glad I didn’t go into shock.”
When Pirika grabbed the finger of the hostess, who seemed to be similar in size, and estimated her amount, she was astonished and got angry, calling him a bastard, and Kihort clicked her tongue.
“Now, say ah.”
“…Ah.”
In the end, Pirika had to sit on her mistress’s lap and eat every little bit of her soup that she fed her.
“Sssss. Chu-wow…”
However, the side effects did not end so easily. I barely finished eating, but cold sweat continued to flow and tears kept flowing from an anxiety that I couldn’t understand.
As if winter had arrived early, I was shivering and feeling nauseous due to the cold, and pain was felt all over my body, as if I had overexercised, making it difficult to even walk.
“Typical withdrawal symptoms.”
Keyhot watched the girl shivering as if she were cold, even with her blanket wrapped around her.
“How could a child like this…”
The hostess also sat on her bed and checked her condition, but instead of improving, her condition was getting worse as time went by.
“Ugh! Ugh!!”
Pirika immediately shook off the blanket surrounding her body as a sickening feeling rose up from inside her and pressed her mouth with both her hands. Kihot, realizing what that meant, brought a trash can near her. .
“Uuuuu!”
The girl vomited out the contents of her stomach right there. All she ate was soup with very little substance, and that was only one or two spoonfuls, so most of what filled her trash can was gastric juice.
“Is there no way? What kind of drug did they inject to make it like this?”
“I’ll check on you for a moment, so could Madam take care of you in the meantime?”
“…Sure.”
Quikhod eventually asked Madame for her understanding. As I went out onto the street, I saw knights wearing rusty armor lying around here and there.
“…”
He looked back at the figure for a moment and then quickened his steps. The route wasn’t complicated or difficult, but the distance was quite long, so we needed to hurry. Still, simply retracing the route was dangerous, so it was inevitable that time would be delayed.
“What is that knight doing? She was the first witch I found in a long time!”
“I can’t see her no matter how much I look for her. Hasn’t she already run away?”
“Shit!”
In fact, on the way to bring her pirika, her goons who had targeted her were seen lingering around the streets around her as if they had some lingering regret.
‘They’re still the ones I can’t stand.’
They were also the type of people that Quikhod especially disliked. Because they were doing things without even realizing the contradictions in their actions.
‘I didn’t expect there to be normal humans among those who support Minos.’
Now, the reality that they are ruling this country only leaves a bitter feeling. After turning around again, the place we arrived at was none other than Bayetz’s home.
‘Is it better to look around first?’
Now, the family has already lost its prestige and has been reduced to a puppet, but its past prestige does not disappear anywhere, so it was not easy for him to infiltrate. In the end, I was just walking around to check out the rumors around me.
“Hey, did you hear the news?”
“The Bayets family head’s fiancée ran away in the middle of the night?”
“No, not that one! I heard they’re looking for drugs again this time?”
“Drugs? I didn’t think you were the kind of person who would do something like that…”
Fortunately, news related to him spread around the area and was easily obtained.
‘In the old days, Bayets would never have heard news like this. ‘There is no way to control the users’ presence.’
If Bayets had been alive and well in the first place, there would have been no need for Kihot to go around and try to obtain information.
‘The current head of the family is nothing more than a puppet of Minos, but I still thought of him as a gentleman.’
From the looks of it, it seems that injecting Pirika with drugs wasn’t enough, so he also administered the same to himself. Otherwise, there would be no way to suddenly find drugs like that.
‘No, you didn’t know that you had to control the amount of drugs because you were a teacher?’
If so, I could understand why he was suddenly buying drugs. However, he had not yet obtained the most important information, so while he was hiding and watching the movement on the street, something caught his eye.
‘Doctor?’
A gas mask shaped like a bird’s beak was originally meant to be used only in emergency situations, but perhaps because of its symbolic appearance, it was an item worn by those who claimed to be doctors on a daily basis.
As the place he was headed to was Bayets’ mansion, the doctor frowned when Quixote blocked his path, but there was a way.
“I’d like to get some painkillers.”
“Oh, it looks like you’re an urgent guest.”
With that one word, the doctor frowned and led him to the side of the road.
“Which do you want?”
“It’s injectable and transparent.”
Quikhod recited the characteristics of the drug that Pirika had written down with a trembling hand. So he had some guesses, but for treatment, he had to use as similar a drug as possible.
“Oh, you have quite luxurious and extreme tastes. It costs 5 gold coins. Is that okay?”
“I want you to show me the items first.”
“Calm down. Now, are you sure?”
When he spoke nervously, the doctor smiled leisurely, as if he thought he was just an ordinary drug addict, and showed him a syringe and a bottle containing medication.
“Give it to me quickly!”
Quixote shouted, almost throwing the gold coin, and the doctor kindly placed it in his hand.
“I’ll look forward to your next visit, sir.”
“…”
After taking the money from him, the doctor walked with a much happier look and stood in front of Bayec’s mansion. That doctor probably knows that this isn’t used as a painkiller.
‘I already knew that all alchemists who call themselves doctors are like that.’
He turned away, telling himself that at least he must use this for therapeutic purposes.
