Chapter 222 – 50. Determination. (2)
Viola, who had been relaxing her stiff shoulders from a long work day, reached the window. The waning sunset was so beautiful that it robbed even the eyes of the iron mask for a moment.
Her head was confused with this and that for a moment, and then a face came to mind.
Elisabeth, who was dismissed from the position of vice-captain in the Round of 10—
Rumors about her had already spread throughout Vermandois. The nickname graceful wizard has gone, and she is now labeled an incompetent wizard.
… I knew it would be like this someday…
Like Viola, she has the unique ability to identify talent, and she also has outstanding magic talent… , Obviously did not have the qualities of a leader. It was a mask that would come off one day.
It was good to actively use the fact that he was from a duke’s family. However, the problem is that I ran amok as if being a duke was my ability. You don’t even know that it’s a double-edged sword that falls into hell if you make one big mistake… Honestly, it’s self-employed.
However, the impression of the viola ends there. We had a good relationship once, but it was only in terms of business.
Camaraderie? There’s no way there’s anything like that for each other. Whatever Elizabeth was, it was none of her business.
… And when Viola took up the quill she had put down to finish today’s work.
The counter clerk informed me that a customer had arrived.
“Ask me to come in.”
And the guest who just entered was a person Viola could not have imagined.
“Sister.”
Didn’t Elizabeth, who was said to have been dismissed from the position of vice-captain of the Round of 10, suddenly appear!
Why is she here when she should be in the East?
“You…”
The incompetent wizard smiled lightly. Other than that, he pretended nothing was wrong, but there was a faint feeling of helplessness around his eyes that could not be erased.
“What are you doing here?”
“Oh, well, something like that happened. … I couldn’t be in the East.”
The two women looked into each other’s eyes for a long time. Feeling a bit embarrassed, Elizabeth asked if she could sit down and pointed her chin at a chair.
“… Okay.”
The incompetent wizard walked gracefully to a chair and sat down in it.
Upon closer inspection, her outfit was not like her usual. Such plain, ordinary clothes that she would not have looked at in the past. It was a bit haggard to the point of being there.
… It seems that the rumors about her personal life are not just nonsense.
“My rumor… , You know my sister, right?”
“Roughly.”
“Not all of them, but most of them. I was sacked from the position of vice head of the 10th round, and I was also kicked out of my family. … Yeah, it’s all my fault my fault.”
“… So? I don’t think I came here to lament my life. Why did you come here?”
Iron Mask asked coldly. Unfortunately, Viola didn’t have much sympathy for Elizabeth’s drama.
The incompetent wizard smiled and crossed his legs as if he knew that. It comforted her too, and it was much better than hearing her say things she didn’t mean.
“I want you to lend me some money.”
… This is unexpected. However, as long as the money issue came up, I couldn’t help but ask about credit.
“What do you believe in?”
It was an implicit question about what you believe in and lend money to you, who was kicked out of the duke’s family, not even the tenth grade.
Elizabeth opened her mouth and closed it in silence several times. … At the same time, she realized how disastrous her human credibility was as Elizabeth, who was missing the Princess.
“… Will you give me strength?”
I was laughing, but I wasn’t laughing.
Viola didn’t bother to answer and just stared at Elizabeth.
It was the gaze of complete distrust of a human named Elizabeth, who was not a princess.
“… Not even a dime? How long can it be?”
“Fifty gold coins. I’ll have to take a note. I’m a wizard, so I’ll hit you a little more.”
50 gold coins. Penny money that I wouldn’t even look at in the past.
Of course, I’m desperate for that now, but I didn’t want to write a memorandum with just that.
“That’s it.”
“… Is it really necessary to come all the way to Vermandois? You just have to go to Granzo Danju, who loves you. Will you lend me as much money as I want?”
“That too, for a reason.”
Elizabeth did not want to tell her that she strangely went to Grenzo Danju and asked him to lend her money. … Even though she said things that stabbed her in the chest, he was still the only person who had ever trusted the human Elizabeth.
“… If you need money, go see Allen Danju. That person may differ from my judgment.”
“Thanks for the advice. … Doesn’t this require money?”
The incompetent wizard rose from his chair.
“I’ll go.”
Viola nodded her head and looked down at the paper again.
Elizabeth came out of her office and pulled her hood down.
The incompetent wizard looked up at the quickly darkened sky and sighed haha.
… Did I leave Dongbu for nothing…
She knew she wouldn’t get help easily, but she still had a little hope as much as Viola.
Elizabeth was so miserable with her shabby appearance.
… The duke probably knew this and sent it obediently. What could I do, having lived only in the bosom of the Duke? She suffered outside and lost her spirits, so she must come back eventually…
The air is full.
She adjusted her clothes even more and walked on the path to see-through.
The footsteps, which had wandered for a while not knowing where to go, found their way somewhere else.
· · ·
After a day’s work, Allen slowly returns to his hideout.
His eyes widened slightly at the unexpected person waiting for him in the hall on the first floor.
“… Elizabeth… ?”
She greeted him with a casual smile, but then, perhaps a little embarrassed, she slightly averted her gaze.
He was quick-witted and quickly grasped the situation.
In the end, it’s here.
He seems to have realized what kind of existence he is and how he is treated in the Duke’s family. So that’s probably why he left.
Even reading the inside, it wasn’t much different from his guess. … However, that determination was shaken a lot now. It is proof that you feel that the world is tougher than you think.
Even she was broke and broke. Perhaps the duke was dissatisfied with her leaving, so he sent her away empty-handed, in a way to scold her. And thinking that she’d come back with a lot of scolding on my subject.
“Let’s go up.”
Allen took the lead, passing Elizabeth. She followed him in silence with her head slightly bowed.
The two soon entered the living room. The reception room was not so fancy compared to its location in the top 10, but it was warm and cozy.
“What are you doing here?”
Allen asked Elizabeth. She, of course, had no ill feelings toward her. Although it didn’t help much, she went to the end of the world and caught the devil together.
“I want to borrow some money.”
She tried to be as assertive as possible, but she couldn’t stop her ears from going red with embarrassment.
… Elizabeth of the world wants to borrow money…
The moment money was mentioned, Allen instinctively became a money ghost.
“What do you believe in?”
A word not at all different from the viola.
“Aren’t you empty-headed?”
Elizabeth was speechless for a moment. Because it hit me too hard.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t lend money to someone who can’t guarantee it.”
“… I’ll pay you back. I can pay you back.”
“How? Are you going to make a mercenary group?”
“Yes. … It will take some time, but it can be done. I still have an eye for talent.”
Of course, it was not wrong. Because she has a [Simmian]. … However, it’s a problem that it’s not very useful because it’s a [Simple eye] That looks at the number of achievements.
Allen laughed once. And she did not hesitate to pour out her words that thrust a dagger into her chest.
“It was like that with 10 rivers, do you think she can do well with lesser mercenaries? Sincerely?”
… !
“Sorry, but you are not sober. Do you think it will be better if you create your own mercenary? It doesn’t look like it to me.”
Then, Elizabeth got a little hot.
“That… , You have to try it!”
“Of course, I agree with that statement, but I know this even if I don’t try it. Instead of paying off the debt, it will only increase. I’d rather go to the right place and earn money while gaining experience. If you don’t like that, at least sell your body. If you earn just one month, you’d be pretty good.”
Her face hardened at the same time.
“Why? Didn’t you have that kind of resolution when you left Dongbu? Did you think it would be easy to solve? … Then there is nothing more to see. Then and now, it’s the same. You won’t succeed this way, you.”
“… I have come to the wrong place.”
“Yes, I guess. … Bye.”
Elizabeth bit her lip and jumped up from her seat. And she walks away without saying goodbye.
Allen, who had been laughing leisurely, sighed as soon as she left.
… Damn year. Her pride is…
· · ·
After leaving the Allen-Mercenary’s hideout, Elizabeth roamed her streets again.
The incompetent wizard searched all her pockets, but not a single coin came out of her, let alone a gold coin. … While she got here, she robbed her emergency fund and became a really empty hairdresser.
In fact, the reason why I couldn’t go to the capital where Granzo Danju was located was because I didn’t have money. It will take another month to get there, but what kind of money are you eating and sleeping with? … I don’t even have money to eat today.
I was cold, hungry and tired. She pressed her rumbling stomach into a dark back alley and crouched against the wall. To avoid even the cold wind that blows.
At the poverty she felt for the first time in her life, she was so sad and miserable that she even cried.
… Isn’t it such a waste to lend that money! These petty, bad bastards… !
The opportunity he had when leaving the East completely disappeared within a month. She believed that once she came to Vermandois, she would find a way, but she never expected anything like this.
What did I do so wrong… !
As she sipped her nose, she fiddled with her sweet staff, her last possession in her arms. She originally bought it for hundreds of gold coins, but she sold it the other day and tried to buy a cheap one, but after confirming that it wasn’t even half of the cost of her purchase, she couldn’t sell it because it was ridiculous. … But at this first terrible hunger, she was truly shaken.
… Her desire to go back East, frankly, began to grow stronger. In the end, is it destined to surrender as the Duke intended?
As Elizabeth pondered whether or not to write her last note to the viola troupe and borrow her fifty gold coins, two of her men wandering through her dim alley slowly approached her.
Being alone, defenseless, in the notorious backstreets of Vermandois is tantamount to being told to eat yourself.
Ah.
She was worried about the two of them and tried to get up and leave, but they blocked her in front of her.
Still, she blended into the top group and came this far without any problems. She still didn’t know the fears of the world and tried to open her mouth with the thought of only moderately threatening her, but without a moment’s notice, her fist slammed into her stomach, choking her breath and knocking her down on the spot. .
Knock… !
Two men squatted in front of her as she drooled and croaked, pulling up her hood.
“Are you a woman?”
“Fuck, how pretty is that?”
“Hey, I have a stick. He is a wizard.”
“… Didn’t you just do something wrong?”
“You can pretend you don’t know.”
So in front of her two men who were going to take her somewhere with her,
“Hey.”
Someone showed up
“When you say nice things, go away.”
As soon as the two men checked her opponent’s face, they thought what a fucking bastard they were and trembled in contemplation.
The opponent is a person you would never know if you lived in Vermandois.
Top 10 sobriety, money ghost Allen—-.
They said they touched the wrong person, and begged on their knees.
“I-I-I really didn’t know! Sin, sorry. Yes, just let me live… !”
“I told you to turn it off. Count to three three, two, one…”
As Allen folded her fingers one by one, they ran into the alley opposite her as if their buttholes were on fire.
He went over to Elizabeth, who was lying on the floor, and squinted at the ponytail Enoch, who had followed as her escort. Then he quickly picked her up and helped her up.
Her sandy face was stained with misery and fear. … She must have keenly realized how cruel this world is to the weak.
Allen let out a light sigh of hers, and she lowered her head deeper.
“… Do you have a place to sleep today?”
She, who had been still for a long time with her head bowed, moved her head to the right and left of her very slowly.
“Song. … I’ll make it cheaper.”
He took her to her hideout, making her sound like a slut.
