"We are innocent. They attacked us first!" Veronica instantly defended herself, yet her face reddened out of embarrassnt.
"Yes, we are innocent," Catherine played along.
"I can see how innocent you are, Mistress and Miss Catherine." Darius stepped forward and strode toward the shopkeeper. With his large hand, he grabbed the collar of the shopkeeper and hoisted him up. His strength was so intense that he didn't break a sweat when he raised the full-grown man with one hand. Then, he crashed him against the wall and declared, "You have made a huge mistake laying your hands on these two won. You have to pay the price."
The shopkeeper realized that he picked a fight with the wrong people. "Sp-spare …" he begged for rcy.
Darius grinned. His smile was almost sadistically devilish, as though he was enjoying the shopkeeper's misery. "Too late. The one who will deal with you is the Master of the Magic Tower. You laid hands on his wife, you know."
"W-what?!" The shopkeeper's face was ashen in shock. His body was visibly trembling. "Wh-when did he get married? I didn't hear anything about the Master getting married! This is p-preposterous! Preposterous, I tell you!"
Darius challenged him, "As if shady people like yourself would know about his wedding. Let's go to the Magic Tower and find out."
"Is there any need for Arthur to know about this?" Veronica interrupted.
"He would find out even if we choose not to tell him," Darius answered.
"Oh..." Veronica's mouth was sealed shut, and she didn't know what to say next. The first ti she went out without Arthur, she happened to run into trouble. She was afraid that the next ti she goes out without Arthur, he might send an army to accompany her. "We should head back." She gestured at her friend.
Catherine could tell that they might face the real boss of the ga after going to the castle. She urged, "Let's go back. Oh wait, we have to pick up our things."
Later, Sebastian and rlin ca to the shop. They were startled to see the massacre inside the shop.
"Mistress! Thank goodness you are safe!" A sense of relief rushed over Sebastian's body. "Please don't give a heart attack like that in the future."
"I'm sorry, Sebastian. We should have listened to you." Veronica was apologetic.
"Hmph! As if I would listen to him." Catherine crossed her arms and proclaid proudly, "We had everything under control."
Sebastian: "…" He could only glare at her. She was the one who forced him to eat all that spicy food. Because of her, he couldn't properly fulfil the duty which was assigned to him by his master.
rlin looked around and coughed. "We can see that. I'm so proud to have such a strong Mistress and her friend. There's not a single scratch on you and yet you fought four n. What a relief."
Veronica bashfully replied, "You jest. How did you know we were here? I thought you went to look for us."
rlin explained, "We did. I was tracking Sebastian and Darius, hoping to get so lead. I suddenly noticed that Darius stopped in one place and didn't move. I contacted Sebastian using a communication device and ca here."
"You have a communication device? That's so wonderful!" Veronica bead with anticipation. "Can I see it?"
Sebastian took out a small round box from his pocket. It was smaller than his palm. He opened it and they saw a blue gem attached to it. "When soone communicates, their face becos visible, and we can talk just like that. It's like having a face-to-face conversation."
"This is brilliant. I want one. How can I get it? How much do I have to pay?" Veronica beca excited like a child. She just had to have one!
"Ahahaha!" Darius laughed loudly. "Mistress Veronica, you amuse all the ti. You are the Mistress of the Magic Tower. If you need any magical object, you just have to give your orders? to the magicians. They are obliged to carry out your order."
"Okay, I will do that." Veronica understood that she said sothing stupid. She beca quiet.
rlin: "…" He helplessly gazed at his friend. 'He really doesn't know how to talk to people. Who will teach him?'
rlin then contacted Arthur. Arthur had finished his work at the palace in a hurry and went to the square to pick up his wife.
It was already evening. Everybody started to turn on the lights. The streets weren't covered in its usual yellow lights, but instead was embellished by a sea of multicoloured lights. A festive and magical aura was in the atmosphere.
The sun had almost set by then. The sky had a yellowish hue which caused everything beneath the horizon to have a golden tint. The temperature was quite humid, despite the gentle breeze blowing from ti to ti. Sumr in Tybu was indeed a mindblowing season.
When the carriage arrived, Arthur asked rlin, "Why did you contact ? Did sothing happen?"
rlin greeted him and said, "Your intuition is always correct. I know Sebastian was supposed to contact you. It looks like Mistress Veronica and Miss Catherine faced so trouble. Darius already took four guys that were responsible to the interrogation room. I'll leave the rest to you."
Arthur frowned. His cold eyes swept toward Sebastian before looking at Veronica. "Are you all right?" he asked.
His voice was neither cold nor warm; however, Veronica was relieved to see him. She smiled a little and replied, "I'm okay. Nothing happened to us. So people disrespected us. So, Catherine and I thought we should teach them a lesson."
Arthur's cold eyes finally were filled with so warmth. The corner of his lips lifted slightly as he told her, "You must have worked hard. Let's go ho and rest." He reached out his hand toward Veronica.
"Okay!" Veronica took his hand and got inside the carriage. She never thought she would be this eager to get back to the Magic Tower.
Catherine followed her, while Sebastian put the shopping packages in the carriage before shutting the door.
The carriage had started to move. Arthur's fingers gently brushed over her cheek. "How was your day? Do you like this city?"
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