We walked a while to the main street, then slipped into another street with barely any people.
We passed by so buildings and t with the pathway up. Through that, we could see the flourishing trees and grass fields.
The road wasn’t your ordinary road as it was decorated with several very detailed small lamps that were brightening up the area. The beautiful sight reminded of fireflies.
Then I took a closer look at the grass and the trees to see that they were all treated with care, just like the ones in the well-cared garden.
Then I spotted the sign with ‘East Hill’ written on it and because curious.
‘Why are we here all of a sudden?’
I dimly knew of this place. This was a walkway made by carving a mound owned by the duke family.
It was also the usual date location for the normal mode heroine and the capture targets.35
Of course, it was my first ti here as I was never in a situation to date any of them.7
The walkway was luxurious, however, access to it was strictly controlled. It ant that ordinary commoners could not enter.
‘Are you planning to stab where there are no people?!’24
I stopped in my tracks after I passed the sign.
“J, just a mont!”
Then Derrick coldly turned towards .
“......What is it?”
“Wh, why are we going up there?”
“Didn’t you say you wanted to be punished? Follow without complaining.”55
he turned back again and started walking again. In a flash, we passed the entrance and climbed onto the ramp.
I couldn’t talk back to that as there was sothing I said before. I also couldn’t predict what he would say if I were to say I didn’t want to go.
I followed him without having much of a choice, but this body got tired too fast even when we didn’t walk that much.
And I had to almost run rather than to walk at his fast speed.
“Ha, haa...... .”
I breathed heavily behind the mask on my face as I thought.
‘Is the punishnt he’s going to give perhaps, climbing up this hill?’15
If that’s the case, then he really was a cruel bastard.4
Not being considerate for a lady, Derrick continued walking fast without looking back. Without holding back any longer at that sight, I spoke.
“Haa, wait!”
“What again.”
He didn’t stop walking this ti as he replied annoyedly.
And that was enough to make feel scared again. Even so, I couldn’t continue to be dragged like this by him. The robe I was wearing was was already dirty on the lower ends.
“......It’s hard to keep up if you walk that fast.”
I protested with a timid voice.
I thought he’d ignore to be honest. Or if not, he’d at least spit out insults like he did every ti.4
Surprisingly, however, his steps began to slow down.2
And soon, there was a constant distance between him and I.
‘......I’m fine, right?’1
I glimpsed up above his head. [Interest 13%] was shining brightly like an indicator even in the dark.
For how much longer did we walk in silence.
A beautiful gazebo was seen from afar. At last, we reached the top of the hill.
I looked inside and frowned.
‘What the, I thought this was the date spot!’
It was ntioned as a place for a secretive eting between a guy and a girl in the ga, but it was empty inside when I looked in it.
‘I’m scared of being alone with this dude...... .’21
I moved over to the bench, powerlessly.
I was out of energy coming up here. I was desperately in need for a break.2
“Co this way.”
But before having to take a step, Derrick dragged again.4
It was only after we reached the top of the hill that he stopped walking.
“Look down.”2
I did as he said, having no power at all to protest.
But.
“Huh...... .”
My eyes grew wider at the sight.
You’ll miss a lot if you were to underestimate this place just because of the hill.
Under us, we could see the spectacular view of the capital city where the festival was in full swing.17
Night streets embroidered with colorful lanterns, antique buildings, and countless people streaming through.
There was no festival episode in normal mode, and I wasn’t able to get far enough to play the festival episode in the hard mode.
Therefore, the scene right now was sothing I didn’t get to see even in the ga.
“Wow...... .”
I looked down the hill, fascinated.
I didn’t know it was this of a beautiful world down there when I was in the streets myself.5
I couldn’t even think about feeling the beauty of the city then. I was always so full on guard, and always stressed out thinking of plans of things that may happen just in case.
It was the sa on Earth, too. I didn’t have the chance to look around in my entire life.10
But now that I take a step back and look at the world...... .
‘Why does it feel so realistic?’
This was a weird, way too weird, feeling. My heart... it felt weird.
‘It’s nothing more than a scene in the ga...... .’
It was then. Derrick raised his hand and pointed it at one place.
“Look over there, Penelope.”
I got out of my imaginations and moved my gaze at where he pointed at.
The place wasn’t far from this hill. It was a large street where a lot of people were walking through.
There were two knights in their silver armour, running in a fast speed in the middle of the crowd.
“That’s...... .”
A man was running away from the two knights who were chasing him.
But it was only a mont after that he ca to a stop and was caught. It was because the place was too crowded for him to get away.
It seed like he stole sothing, which was a pretty common thing that happens especially during the festival tis.
‘Reality or in the ga, people are all the sa.’1
I was thinking that when Derrick who was staring at the sa scene I was, opened his mouth.
“Those robbers are nothing. Many culprits of much harsher cri appears from everywhere around you during the festival.”
“...... .”
“There are probably much harsher things happening at where we can’t see from here. There was a murder incident yesterday at a bar by Hamilton street. Though you, who’s always been in your room, wouldn’t know.”37
‘Are you slagging off right now?’
I looked up at Derrick, curious. I didn’t get why he was telling this all of a sudden.
“Things are like this even in the areas the duke family watches over. What do you think it’ll be like in the small streets on the upper portion, where many culprits and dangerous people roam around?”3
His continued words made realise that this was a conversation continuing from the scolding from before we ca up here, by the escape hole.
‘If so, then is this an admonition or a mockery?’
Now all there’s need for to do is figure out his purpose on leading up here.
“Are you planning on befriending those people and start hanging out with them now?”30
Here’s an imdiate response to my last question. It’s a mockery.
‘Whew. What did I expect.’
I sighed once and spoke, leaving a mont of silence before I did.
“......I swear, I didn’t do anything that would bring down our family’s reputation.”
“It’s not you who chooses what’s good or bad for the reputation. Reputation is what follows after your actions.”
“That is why I wore a mask.”
I shrugged. Then Derrick icely glared at .
“What if there are people who recognizes you imdiately like I did? No, before all that, do you think that the people who find out that you’re a girl would leave you be with your mask on?”
“I’m not a little kid, first young master.”6
I replied without hesitation.
“It is true I have made a lot of scenes up until now while not knowing my place but even so, I’m not an idiot who enters a dangerous place with my own wills.”6
I was scared of how he’ll answer with now that I’ve said this to him, but it was sothing I had to go through anyways at least once.
I didn’t have a chance to properly confront Derrick as I was busy handling the duke up until now.
So I had to draw the line between us that we both shouldn’t cross, just like I did with Rennald.
“You say you’re an idiot. Are you saying that not even an idiot, but a gong-nyuh would crawl through the hole to escape?”2
“The reason why I went out secretly without telling anyone about it is...... .”
I worked my brain to co up with sothing while buying so ti by slowing down my speech.
An excuse that’s not exaggerated, but enough to make Derrick, who’s more harder to deal with than the duke, understand.
“......I told you that I’ll live like a non-existent person so that you wouldn’t have to mind at all. And the first master also wanted this.”6
“...... .”9
“So I only went out and ca back quietly without making a scene.”
Yeah, that’s right. You told to live as quietly as a mouse would, so I quietly went out and quietly ca back.2
A brilliant excuse. But it didn’t seem to satisfy Derrick as his expression hardened up even more.
“......What’s your purpose on going to that place?”4
He didn’t stop his interrogation. And that made tired.1
“Do I have to tell you that, too?”
“You better answer .”7
“I was going to search for a person by requesting an informant.”
I knew that an excuse such as ‘it”s a lady’s secret’ would only work on Vinter.
I held in a sigh as I took a portion of truths and lies to make sothing up. It was sothing I did everyti in front of Derrick.
“There’s a person who helped out at the royal palace, and I wanted to apologize as I lost his belonging he has lent .”21
“...... .”1
Derrick, who was making things difficult with all those questions, shut his mouth as soon as I finished my sentence.
I felt refreshed at that sight.
It was because I was talking about Vinter’s handkerchief that Derrick had ordered the servants to throw away.38
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-CatLovesTowels -Lizette^^
COMNTS (On the raws):
– You said to throw it away! I pretended that I lost it! And so it’s your fault in your perspective! Get it?? Hahaha!!5
– It’s because you guys kept on ntally killing her that she secretly left! You bad bastards!8
– She said it didn’t feel like a ga but more real. I sense so foreshadowing here.. What if she didn’t co into the ga, but a different world? And the reason why she said that the system is like magic is maybe because system itself is magic.10
– You’ve got nothing to say, NOTHING to say, right? Kekeke1
– Penny is a pro at making excuses lmao
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