Chapter 33
I thought I was going to die there.
The fear and the horror I felt when the interest started dropping so fast.
This world was scaring . I didn’t even have the ti to be happy from all the dangers around .
I moved my quivering hands behind and held them together.
Then I opened my mouth to speak.
“......I didn’t know it was a secret place. Excuse my rudeness.” (Penny spoke in an informal way since she was pretending and also is a high rank noble lady, while Vinter was speaking formally like any store owner would speak to their custors.)
I forced my chin up with even though my head was wanting to shook so badly from the fear.
I needed to act like an arrogant noble lady who doesn’t know what fear is. It was terrible.
Vinter seed a little surprised at such a light and sweet voice and my confident attitude.
“......Please co this way. This is not the place to talk about requests.”
He politely tried to escort out of this place.
It seed like he wanted to get out of here as fast as possible.
I walked slowly as I could, to see if the system chart appears.
I did enter the ‘mysterious and secretive place’ as the quest has explained, but the white box showing if I failed or not didn’t appear yet.
Seeing how Vinter’s interest fell, it seed like entering and coming out again without being caught was the ‘hidden quest’.
If that’s the case, then I failed for good.
Does all the hard mode quests not inform about anything like this?
‘What a crazy ga. Quest or whatever, I’m never accepting it again.’
I decided that multiples of tis in my head as I approached Vinter.
As soon as I got to him, he turned around and moved to the hallway.
‘Am I a monster who harms kids to you?’
I felt awfully bad about this.
It was my fault for sneaking into this place, but I didn’t really do anything here but to help the kids out and play with them.
Just then.
“Noble auntie! Good bye!”
“Let’s play again next ti, auntie!’
I looked behind and found 5 animal masked kids waving their hands at .
The lion mask who tried to cover for first, brought a finger to the mouth and winked with a ‘sh’.
‘Cute little ones.’
I felt a little sorry that I had to leave like this without having the chance to thank them.
I waved my hand back. Though my face couldn’t be seen through the mask, I still smiled at them.
Then I noticed the rabbit mask who stopped in tracks and was watching and rushed to him again.
We didn’t speak a word while walking down the hallway.
‘How did things turn out like this...... .’
I stared up at the [Interest 3%] with depressed eyes.
I probably died from the laser beam from his staff if it weren’t for the kids who defended .
Vinter was going to be my insurance for just in case Eclise’s interests drop, but now I was in a state to be thankful for Vinter’s interest not falling anymore.
‘Ha...... .’
I let out a deep sigh ntally.
The hallway was a lot shorter when we walked back out. Vinter stood by the open door and waited for to exit first.
I walked past him, shivering inside, but perfectly fine on the outside.
Vinter exited the place right after I exited and turned his back to to ticked his staff to the door we just ca out from.
Creak- The door that opened sideways, closed.
‘Huh?’
I blankly stared at the door that just closed up.
The rectangular creak was completely gone from the wall as well. I didn’t think I’d be able to locate the door if I was to co here again next ti.
Vinter didn’t give much of a reaction.
He seed to be locking the door several tis using magic with his staff. After that was done, he lowered the staff and moved his gaze to .
“Thank you for taking care of the kids.”
“...... .”
“But it is too late to hear out your request, so please co again next ti.” (Again, Vinter is speaking formally.)
Honestly, I thought he was going to ask more about how I got into this place.
But he didn’t and spoke well-mannered.
I looked at the window in his words.
It was noon and the sun was starting to set. I haven’t focused like I did today in a long ti that I didn’t realize how much ti has passed.
Emily probably realized that I was gone long before now.
“...... I’m screwed.”
‘A conversation with the duke confird...... .’
I wanted to cry.
Now that things have co to this, I decided to go stubbornly.
“I didn’t co here to request anything but ca here because the white rabbit ca to and delivered the ssage that I should.” (Penny is speaking informally.)
“Ah...... .”
“I waited for quite a long ti since there wasn’t anyone here. I could’ve gone back and co back next ti, but I’m quite busy to visit again.”
Truthfully, I had more than enough ti, but I spoke in a way that I was too busy to co again. This was the pride of a gong-nyuh.
“I was waiting when those kids ca out from that place and asked for help.”
Do you get it? This isn’t my fault but your fault for coming late.
I pointed at the wall where the door was before with a brazen face.
Vinter seed flustered ever since I ntioned the ‘white rabbit’.
It didn’t seem like he had the power to see if the outsider who entered his secret base was the custor he contacted today.
He bowed his head and apologized.
“I am sincerely sorry. People usually co a day or two after they get the ssage...... I didn’t think you’d visit us this soon. I am to bla.”
My face went red. It was fortunate that my face was covered with a mask.
‘What the, they had this kind of convention?!’
How was I supposed to know that the nobles usually co a day or two after they get the ssage?
I’ve turned into a person who impatiently went to get the result of my request as soon as the ssage was delivered.
And the summary of the requested is.
‘Desperately finding a man I saw in a party......!’
Vinter could’ve realized that it was him who I was trying to find right after he got the request.
Since I aid for that when I was writing the word ‘handkerchief’.
I couldn’t look up at his face after thinking that far.
“Pretend that I never requested anything. We’ll call it even for you making wait and intruding that place.”
I babbled out any words from embarrassnt and turned around.
I don’t care about the plan or the additional request now. I was going to think about all of that again after getting out of this place.
I was just about to exit the White Rabbit base.
“Wait.”
His desperate voice kept from walking to the door any further.
“Please wait a mont.”
“......What is it?”
I turned around, unable to take another step towards the door.
The ultramarine blue eyes stared straight into my eyes.
“I cannot let a life saver who took care of the kids for leave like this especially when I was impolite to you by making you wait.”
I felt a question mark pop up in my head.
‘Why all of a sudden when he was strongly wanting to leave just a mont ago?
I denied his exaggerated words.
“It’s fine. Also, I didn’t do much to be called a life saver...... .”
“Please give a chance to make up for failing your trust, lady.”
Vinter cut through my words and pleaded.
I was going to reject his offer and was about to tell him to make up for it the next ti we et.
I had to hurry back to the mansion before things get too complicated.
Also, I had to change the plan that was ruined by accepting the hidden quest.
But in that mont, the letters above his head shined and.
[Interest 6%]
I changed my mind.
“......Then let’s hear the result for my request.”
I moved to sit on the sofa.
Soon, Vinter walked over and sat on the seat across from .
He motioned his hand in the air.
Then a teapot and two teacups ca flying here out of sowhere.
That caught my interest as I watched the teacup pouring the tea onto the cups by itself.
My face was already covered with a mask so it wouldn’t show that I was interested.
“Have a sip.”
He lowered his hand and the teapot gently landed on the table.
I held the teacup and took a sip of the black tea that was at a perfect temperature.
Vinter opened his mouth to speak.
“...... I don’t know if the lady knows, but only a very few people know that this informant group is operated by a sorcerer.”
‘I know that you’re a marquis, too.’
I nodded white muttering ntally.
“Adding to that, people who saw that place never went back with their own two feet.”
I almost spit out the black tea I was sipping at what he said.
I asked in a cold tone, setting the cup down.
“Are you saying that you’re going to try and kill right now?”
“......What? No. That’d be committing a cri.”
Vinter answered, flustered.
“What I’m saying is that the magic that erases soone’s mories takes away the persons energy that they fall asleep. Therefore, they cannot go back with their own two feet.”
“Hmm hmm!”
I cleared my throat, feeling embarrassed.
“I am supposed to erase lady’s mories as well, however...... .”
Vinter, on the other hand, calmly continued with his words.
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-CatLovesTowels -Lizette~~
COMNTS (On the raws):
– What the (Lol) I thought he would be a worse person than that,,
– You’re not crazy in a way that the others are. Then did you politely go insane?
– Interest falling to Penelope is the sa as a ga character’s HP falling. How scary...
– Is he normal??? Weird.
– Lolllll what ARE you???
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