If its gold coins, he had already earned them. Since he had three gold coins, he could have bragged about it and silenced the rchant, but Azadine held back.
Instead, wont you give so tea? I think the other travelers would think it strange if you dont give tea.
Tea of course, I should.
The peddler grumbled and brewed so tea.
Any sweets?
Yes, this is a sweet made from sugar wormwood. Ah, you cant even get money from this ssenger, but he seems to keep taking valuables.
The peddler at the teahouse gave them so sweets, though Azadine felt slightly sorry about it. It was a cookie made by kneading a bitter and sweet herb called sugar wormwood into dough. Azadine gave it out to his party and asked while he continued to sit.
So what is the mission?
The Rescue Knights are doing rescue work ahead of us. We are setting up camps for the refugees and distributing food to them.
You are doing a good job. You dont an to kill those Rescue Knights, do you?
Yes. Well, its not that. The only problem is that they are forcibly asking for donations from the rchants by saying they will use it to help the poor.
Hmm, well, that is about it.
Azadine considered it lightly. It was because he felt it was reasonable for Rescue Knights to forcibly ask for donations from the rich to aid the refugees.
The Rescue Knights rescue actions feel a bit like bandits. While it sounds fine on the surface, I hear that they usually take more in the end. It wasnt unusual for Azadine to be generous with others. Still, it seed like he was especially generous with the Rescue Knights? Did his arms bend slightly because he believed in the archangels?
diam had so suspicions.
The tea rchant, an informant of the ssenger Clan, continued to talk.
So the rchants gathering at the front are turning around outside the road to make a detour. Theyve noticed that a wyvern has been appearing recently.
A wyvern?
Yes. Refugees who fled because of the drought had beco thieves nearby and also appeared The Rescue Knights are also looking for the Heavenly Kings Book of Truth.
And the mission?
I want you to deal with the wyverns and bandits on the detour route will you do it? Or will you refuse again?
This much I can do.
Ohh, this is surprising? What new wind is this?
Since its not assassination, but about helping people.
Hahaha.
The tea rchant laughed oddly. Azadine was now slyly criticizing the rchants request.
Of course, the tea rchant, who was only a servant in the ssenger Clan hierarchy, had also secretly chided the ssenger Azadine. However, the tea rchant presud himself to have a higher standard. Instead, the tea rchant was the one feeling insulted because he didnt acknowledge Azadine, who had been pushed forward to beco a ssenger.
diam then asked.
Azadine I cannot stand this any longer. Can I do it?
Azadine nodded at her request.
The tea rchant was puzzled at this exchange.
Srng!
diam drew her knife and pointed it at the tea rchants neck.
Uh?!
Azadine simply continued to sip his tea in this situation.
How dare a servant ss with a ssenger? Are you actually ssing with ?
N-No
Be polite to the ssenger. If not
diam thrust forward at the rchants neck with so force. The rchant had to lie flat on his back with his upper body fully bent to avoid his neck getting pierced.
Stop.
Azadine stopped diam.
diam, you are of the Ethar and are holding a servant position. However, your opponent has a higher social standing than you. Lineage and position are important, but our clan also values traditions. With that in mind, if you arent going to kill him, then put the sword away.
Yes.
diam wiped the blood off her knife and swung it around to sheathe it back before kneeling to Azadine.
As a proud Ethar, she had deliberately knelt excessively to show her respect for Azadine. Of course, it was also for the tea rchant to see.
The tea rchant was taken aback when he saw how polite diam was to Azadine.
Sorry. The tea you served was delicious, but we showed you such a sight.
Azadine wasnt stupid. He knew exactly why Azadine had suddenly drawn her dagger and threatened the tea rchant. He calmly drank his tea and apologized.
N-No.
The rchant looked puzzled while touching the wound on his neck. Azadine, the Emperors ssenger, had apologized on behalf of his rude servant, aning that the tea rchant had no choice but to accept it. However, feelings were hurt, and the words were true, so the situation felt awkward.
There was a person who lost and a person who apologized. In reality, the two were one and the sa.
After parting ways with the tea rchant, Azadine embarked again on the read. After they crossed a hill, he called diam over.
diam
Uh?
First of all, thanks.
Huhu, it is nothing. Now that I am the servant. Those who disrespect you will have to fight with . Besides, the Korasar Peddler Guild belongs to the Savan, right?
Savan was one of the five founding families of the ssenger Clan, and they have been at odds with the Ethar for a long ti for one reason or another. diam had simply taken a chance to show her true self.
Still, thank you, but dont insult soone who has deep relationships with people from the Savan. As things get bigger, there are even rumors that a forr ssenger was purged because the Savan family hated them.
If its just that, I dont mind.
diam said this but still showed signs of fear for the Savan. Was it because she was still young and full of confidence?
But the ssenger Clan seems big and has many mbers. Was that tea rchant a ssenger too?
Azadine clicked his tongue when Tarki asked this.
Dont try to know too much. As you know, we cant expose too much of the organization from our standpoint.
Still, it seems really capable and powerful. If I had access to it, Id be well on my way to becoming Count
.
N-Nothing. it was nothing.
Tarki, who received a glare from Azadine, fell silent. He was becoming greedy after seeing Azadines skills and the power of a ssenger.
If they actively helped him, he would easily beco the Count. It was obvious what he was thinking, so Azadine sighed.
You believed it when soone said you would beco the Counts successor. Are you stupid?
Uh?
Count Casel is still young. You dont want to determine an order of succession at a young age. You said your mother is from a family with money and low nobility ranking?
Otherwise, there would be no way he could have gotten the Emperors Gold Coin and also hired so rcenaries.
Yes.
Since the Count is the head of the family, everyone knows that the wife cos with property and would need to do what is necessary. Should we use this for a good reason for once? It isnt like the Count is an old man who will die in a couple of days. When the ti cos, even new children born before then will gather and change the situation.
Then we cannot just give up without doing anything, right?
Please just give up. Wouldnt it be easier on your body and mind to sit back on the Counts ti instead of pretending to be a knight and plundering people?
Being at the Counts court isnt comfortable.
Well, if more people like you who have bad personalities roam around, youd just end up harming normal civilians. If you feel uncomfortable about being in a mansion, just commit suicide and head to the afterlife. The people of Hubris, unlike the Aragasa, believe in the soul and an afterlife after all.
No, why are you being so abusive.
Then be aware of the abuse that you are enduring! The civilians that you looted will end up starving to death. Ahh, there is an inn there. The rchant said sothing about it.
Azadine spotted the inn ahead of them as he was harassing Tarki. At a glance, it seed to be an inn for those of higher ranks and adventurers to gather.
Two people, a man and a woman, approached them. Their skin was of a darker shade.
Brother Tarki!
Is it Tarki?
You two?
Tarki, who recognized them, looked at Azadine in shock.
Who?
My half-siblings.
Your competitors.
Azadines silent question asked if they were the half-siblings who went after Tarkis mothers lands after they overused their stipend from the Count.
No, not them. They are mbers of the Cell Sword Guild.
The Cell Sword Guild was known to be a group of rcenaries and adventurers. It was said that at a young age, they had given up competing in an inheritance battle and joined to act like rcenaries or adventurers.
He didnt know if they had a good sense of reality or if they had given up due to lacking support from their mothers. However, unlike Tarki, who acted like a noble, they wore lightweight armor and carried swords, bows, and spears.
Hello, brother. Who are these people?
Ah, these people
Azadine stepped forward and spoke.
We are pilgrims. Fortunately, Sir Tarki is escorting us.
Uh? Brother is with pilgrims?
And the rcenaries?
Ah, those people betrayed .
Betrayed?
We split up because they wouldnt listen to .
Tarki gave them that excuse. After all, the truth was the rcenaries he had hired had beco followers of the Kurt clan and turned an eastern village into a ss It would be better for him to avoid responsibility after claiming he had no more contact with them.
Are you fine after they betrayed you?
rcenaries often killed their employers when they chose betrayal. Under such conditions, there was little chance Tarki could have survived.
No, those bastards abandoned because our conditions didnt align. Honestly, I dont know if it can be called a betrayal.
I-is tha so? Ah, I am Kaka.
I am Chico.
The two siblings introduced themselves to Azadines group.
I am Azadine, this is diam and Ismail.
Azadine didnt use any fake nas but gave them their real nas.
So, what are you all doing here?
Ah, we are working at the Cell Sword Guild.
The rchants asked us to eliminate a wyvern spotted around here.
Wyvern? You arent looking for the book?
We have no idea where that book even is.
Wouldnt you be able to hear rumors or sothing when you travel around?
Are you also going to search for it and aim to be the count?
As if. Our mother isnt interested in us and we dont have the background to fight for that position.
If I find a copy of the book. I will sell it. I wish my brother would buy it from . Brother Tarki is much better than Kozel.
Azadine, who heard this, laughed.
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