Chapter 197 – Chapter 5: Rose Sabel – 2
Next day. We visited the medical center.
And of course, I couldn’t go inside the medical center.
“Only officials are allowed to enter the main building.”
Does not matter. There was no need to go all the way inside.
Anyway, my goal was to find traces of memories while walking around here.
I walked around a bit with Marie.
“Is there anything I can help you with?”
“No. The memories will come back soon. “You just have to wait a little bit.”
“Yes.”
Finding memories without any clues is very difficult.
If I want to see ‘a specific memory’. We need to find out exactly when and where the incident occurred.
If I were to use an analogy, would I say it is similar to wandering around in the Dragonez Forest looking for the Heavenly Pearl?
Until now, I had only followed the traces left by Tia, so I was able to easily bring about the illusion.
It was quite difficult to use one’s abilities to find someone other than Tia.
But not like this time. I saw Lobrt’s memories. I also know that the royal doctor was arrested here a few days ago.
… So it was easy to find.
“I found it.”
A ‘vision of the past’ where soldiers take the royal doctor with them on a carriage.
“Marie, follow me.”
“Yes.”
I immediately chased after the illusion.
I held Marie’s hand tightly and ran through the crowd. I kept watching the illusion so as not to miss it even for a moment. Running along a blurry carriage heading somewhere.
The place where I stopped after running for a while.
It was an inn near the port, very far away from the medical center.
I took a moment to catch my breath and continued to watch the memory illusion.
The soldiers dragged the doctor out of the carriage and entered the second floor of the inn. And at the entrance, a soldier took turns guarding the entrance.
I fast-forwarded time. However, only the guards changed periodically, and there has been no change until now.
In other words, the doctor is still trapped in the inn.
“I found it. “Over there.”
“Then we can go in right away. But…”
Marie pointed to a soldier sitting leisurely in front of the inn.
“That guy doesn’t look ordinary. He also has a weapon.”
“That’s right. “I’m a private soldier of the Piolo family.”
The problem was the soldier guarding the inn.
He disguised himself as an ordinary guest and stood guard in front of the stairs leading to the second floor of the inn.
Just ‘one’.
It was quite a shabby expense compared to imprisoning the most skilled doctor in the country.
So much so that if I had Ruyev next to me instead of Marie, I would have started right away.
However, Posao is spreading his magic all over Deseo.
You should refrain from causing unnecessary disturbance.
You must go into the inn as quietly as possible, see the doctor, and come out.
At that time when I was thinking carefully about how to get through the security.
Marie, who was watching from afar, called.
“Ritz oppa.”
“Huh?”
“I want to look around.”
“… Yes.”
It was a good opinion.
Let’s walk around the inn and see what kind of structure this building is. It will be clearer if you calmly make a plan.
We looked at the inn from as far away as possible to avoid arousing the soldier’s suspicion.
There was no difference. It’s really an ordinary inn.
Food is sold on the first floor, and bedrooms are on the second floor. What’s unusual is that the door is tightly closed. It seemed like they stopped doing business after the doctor was imprisoned.
The surrounding streets were where ordinary city dwellers lived, so there were no tall buildings. When I looked closely, I saw that there was only a small grocery store, a clothing store, and a stall.
There was a dark, narrow alley behind the inn with no people around, so I didn’t go there.
“How is it. Do you have any good ideas?”
After completing reconnaissance. I asked Marie what she thought.
Actually, I didn’t have high expectations. It was so unremarkable that there was no way to quietly enter the inn other than looking around once.
But Marie pointed to a corner with her small hand.
“That cart… “Please borrow it for a moment.”
There was a small cart standing there.
I don’t know who it belongs to. Could it be something belonging to someone who lives around here? Looking at the piles of straw, it looked like it was being used in a nearby stable.
Well, it doesn’t look like it was set up to be used right away anyway. I guess I can use it secretly for a little while.
While pulling the cart, Marie said something strange again behind her.
“And it would be nice to have apples.”
… Apple?
“I will try to create a gap.”
* * *
Rattling-.
An old cart rolls ominously on a stone road.
The cart was loaded with straw bales, and a box full of apples swayed precariously on top of it.
It was an apple seller that could be seen everywhere, but strangely enough, people stopped in their tracks and looked at him with puzzled eyes.
That’s right… The person pulling the cart was none other than a girl.
The sight of a small girl struggling to pull a cart was a sight rarely seen even in Deseo. Usually, the cart was attached to a pony or mule, or pulled by a strong man.
However, as the cart whined with thin legs that looked like they were about to break, everyone was busy shaking their heads and clicking their tongues.
The cart rolled slowly and began to pass in front of the inn.
“… Hmm?”
How happy that strange sight must have been for the soldier who was boringly guarding the stairs.
He looked at Mari, who was sweating profusely, with interest, and had a look in his eyes measuring how far he could go like that.
Rattling-.
By the time the cart had almost passed in front of the inn.
“Aaaaah!”
Boom!
A cart that was passing precariously on a stone road suddenly fell into a step and fell down.
At the same time, the box on top of the straw fell over, and countless apples tumbled down.
“Uh-?”
The soldier who was watching got up in surprise.
Apples are rolling here and there on the street. Marie left the cart and ran around trying to pick up the runaway apples.
But it wasn’t enough to pick up all the dozens of apples.
Even though the girl managed to fit a few apples into the width of her small skirt, she ran quickly and fell over a stone wall, which spilled all over again.
“Oh my, this is so…”
The soldier looked around with an embarrassed expression.
People passing by on the street were busy looking away, and it happened to be the quietest place in the area at the time, and there was no one who could help this poor girl.
He was the only one.
In the end, the soldier who couldn’t do anything came down the stairs and walked towards Marie.
“Hey, little girl! “Are you hurt?”
It is now.
The ‘gap’ that Marie was talking about was exactly this time.
Come out from the wall you were hiding in and walk towards the inn.
Five straight steps.
The moment the soldier kneels down to make eye contact with Marie, with his back to her.
Swish.
He immediately turned around and went up the stairs.
There is no time.
I quietly and quickly went up the stairs and opened the door to the second floor.
Kkeikik-.
It was dark inside. A structure with four bedrooms connected to a long hallway.
As I walked down the hallway, I checked and found that all the bedroom doors were locked.
Only one room at the end was not latched.
Crash.
The moment you carefully open it. I saw a familiar face.
Court doctor.
The doctor who barely saved me from almost dying.
The woman was sitting on the bed with her tired face.
“Ah…”
When she saw my face, her eyes widened.
“Hello, doctor. “It’s been a while.”
“You…”
Without saying a word, I grabbed the shirt and lifted it up.
When the doctor showed the long, ugly wound torn by the bear’s claws, all his memories seemed to come back to him.
“… Ritz. “It’s Ritz, right?”
I nodded.
“Why are you in Deseo? What about Tia? No, rather…”
She asked as if she couldn’t understand.
“What do you mean ‘it’s been a while’? “Isn’t this your first time meeting me?”
“That…”
Surely. I have never met her.
I only saw this doctor treating me through Tia’s memories.
“… It’s a long story. I sneak in, so I don’t have much time. Let me keep it short.”
Although there was not enough time, he briefly told us what had happened.
“That is… “Really?”
“Last winter, you shared her letters with Tia a few times. “He even sent me money and methods to treat me.”
“Huh. That’s right.”
“But she was never passed on to Tia. “Posao intercepted it in the middle.”
“Nonsense. “The unpleasant person who made unpleasant threats to me?”
“And he tried to kill me.”
“That can’t be…”
I looked around the bedroom.
Although the doctor was imprisoned here, he still seemed to be treated highly.
I saw a bed that wasn’t bad, and some leftover bread from what I had just eaten. They’ll probably cook the meal on the first floor and bring it to you right away.
Anyway, Deseo is a doctor with the best medical skills. Archduke Piolo would also have wanted to keep her alive as much as possible.
“You don’t know why she was trapped here, do you?”
“The king was exiled… Because I was a doctor who served that king?”
“Teacher.”
Also. The poor doctor had no idea why he was imprisoned.
“The current king of Deseo is Tia.”
“… ?”
“Tia was a descendant of King Laichne. She was my granddaughter. So she was made king of Deseo by the nobles. There was a coronation ceremony just yesterday.”
The doctor was so shocked that he couldn’t even breathe.
“As soon as Tia ascended her throne she wanted to meet her teacher. However, when the teacher and Tia talk, Tia will realize that there is ‘something that doesn’t match up somewhere.’ All the evil deeds Posao has committed so far will be revealed. He was afraid of that. So he first used her hand to trap the doctor here.”
“…”
“Teacher.”
She got down on her knees.
“I am revenge. I came to Deseo only for ‘revenge’. Posao… “To kill that pig that took Tia away with my own two hands.”
When she sees the look in my eyes, she will know that this promise is not a joke or a boast.
I asked so desperately, gritting my teeth.
“Help. I have to go into the royal palace. The only thing that can kill that guy is… “It’s just me.”
“…”
Her request was as simple as her plan.
Please tell me how to secretly enter the palace and infiltrate the king’s residence.
“Okay. Wait a minute, think about it…”
The doctor looked confused and touched his forehead.
After calming down a little, she answered with a deep sigh.
“Surely. You’re right. The red castle is made like a maze. So I heard that such a passage definitely exists. However, I only know of its existence and have never actually used the secret passage.”
The moment she heard her answer, her heart relaxed.
Even the ‘court doctor’ who was closest to the king and communicated secretly did not know.
If she doesn’t even know this woman. Is there really no way to enter the palace?
“… But the former king’s followers still remain in Deseo.”
The doctor spoke carefully.
“I did not agree, but some of my colleagues were dissatisfied with the war started by the nobles. “It seems that our doctors received a lot of support from wealthy merchants.”
“No way…”
“She recently heard a rumor that an underground rebellion was being plotted. I couldn’t hear the details, but it seems like they are planning to infiltrate the palace. “Maybe the information you need is there.”
It was information that newly rich people who had been defeated by the nobles were hiding somewhere in Deseo and plotting.
I had no intention of getting involved with political forces, but in the current situation, I had to grab something.
“How can I meet those people?”
“I have an acquaintance in Pharmacy Street, in the tenth house. “If you tell that man my name, he will help you.”
Crash!
Suddenly I heard a sound outside.
We held our breath and waited for a moment. Fortunately, it wasn’t a noise that the soldier noticed.
When I came to my senses, I realized that I had stayed longer than I thought.
“Thank you. Teacher. “I will definitely pay for my life.”
I hurriedly walked towards the window.
And as he opened her window, he promised her.
“So please wait a moment. “I’ll get you out of here before work starts.”
“Now, wait a minute. Where are you going… ?”
I put my foot on the window.
Dark alley. The cart was stopped right below where I would fall.
Tak.
I jumped on it without hesitation.
A strong wind wrapped around me for a moment and then-.
Puuk-.
My back fell on a soft straw bale.
“Ritz!”
The doctor looked down with a puzzled face.
But he must have been relieved to see that I was safe, so he sighed and closed the window again.
“Ugh…”
Jumping from the second floor didn’t feel very good.
Is this Marie’s ‘plan’?
What should I say… As for Tia, if she does something bold like this herself, should I say that Marie comes up with something bold and makes me do it?
Anyway, there were no loopholes in this plan, so there was nothing more to say.
I removed the tangled straw and jumped out of the cart.
Then, Marie appeared from the corner of the alley holding an apple.
“Oppa Ritz, are you okay?”
“Uh? Huh. Still, you worry about me.”
I took a bite of the apple he gave me.
It was quite delicious, probably because it rolled on the street.
“Did you figure it out?”
“Yet. But it wasn’t like there was no income.”
There is no change in goal.
It only goes back a little bit.
“Maybe we found people who can help us.”
