The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

15. The sun and the moon (4)

The three men were born and grew up in the environment, and the current situation is blah blah blah.

He kept his mouth shut at Elijah’s cold stare after uttering all sorts of useless stories.

Then, only briefly, but in detail, was released about Richard.

Yo was like this.

First of all, they were gangsters who roamed the backwaters of the city.

It is not a dangerous criminal organization.

Extortion, pickpocketing, robbery of empty houses.

The level of occasional crime was just that.

A group of petty criminals.

And they used to blackmail a weak business to get protection money, and that was the daycare where Richard lived.

“To sum up.”

Hermis, who was in charge of the interrogation, sorted it out.

“I received a certain amount of money every month as a protection fee for the daycare center, and the daycare center did not pay the protection fee this month.”

The three men silently nodded.

“The payment of the protection fee started about a year ago, and from then on, the value of the bonus was raised little by little, and by raising the protection fee for this month by 5 times, it forced a bonus of an absurd value.”

“… ….”

“The reason I put forward is that Richard, who came from an orphanage, is a candidate for an escort knight for the Bebel family that serves the Sun Bridge.”

“… ….”

“When they resisted an unreasonable payment request, they destroyed the facility to scare them, and then used violence against Richard, who came to protest, as an example…. It’s amazing.”

The three men did not refute a word until Hermis finished speaking.

No, I couldn’t.

It’s all testimony from the mouths of those men.

In between, I glanced at Richard, and he nodded cautiously.

It all seemed to be true.

“This area seems to be particularly exclusive to the Sun Bridge, but…. This is a bit harsh.”

Elijah nodded her head and looked at me.

“What do you want to do?”

“… Yes, yes?”

I stuttered at the sudden question.

‘Why do you ask me… ?’

Apart from my doubts, Elijah was calm.

As if it was only natural for you to ask me.

I turned the question to Richard.

“What would you like to do?”

No matter how you think about it, it should be Richard who decides their situation.

“Uh uh… ? Uh, well I can decide… Case… go?”

Richard looked at me and asked.

The pupils glanced at Elijah as if they were anxious.

Elijah nodded her head, still looking at me.

“They say you will become a lady.”

Richard turned to the three men.

Rage immediately stained his bewildered face.

“The money you took so far. I want to get everything back. And again, I hope this doesn’t happen in the future. If possible, rooting out their organization altogether….”

Richard, who was talking excitedly, slurred his words.

She gave Elijah permission, but she seemed worried that she would be asking too much of herself.

On the other hand, Elijah was calm.

“Did you hear that?”

I just briefly asked Leah and Hermis, and they both nodded at the same time.

“Ha, but all that money is already….”

The man protested in a timid voice, and Hermis laughed as if not to worry.

“You don’t have to worry. There are many ways to get money back that has already been spent. The Bebel family has several means in place for him.”

Unlike the calm and benevolent way of speaking, the content was eerie.

*

Elijah, Hermis, Leah.

The three of us started talking about this and that.

It seemed like they were discussing how to dispose of those three.

Meanwhile, me, Richard, and Argon chatted a few steps apart.

“Are you feeling better?”

“I can’t stand this much.”

“I never thought I would see you get hit and roll around in your life.”

As Argon joked, Richard laughed weakly.

“That’s right. But what are you doing here?”

“I stopped by a nearby church for a request. I found it by accident on my way back.”

“Huh…. I must say I was lucky.”

“Then why did you come all the way here? As far as I know, isn’t your nursery school around here?”

“Ah, that happened….”

Richard glanced at the men.

Looks like cattle waiting to be slaughtered on their knees.

In front of her, Elijah is still talking to her own entourage.

After confirming that appearance, Richard opened his mouth.

“I knew they were paying protection fees, but today I found out that they went up several times. So I came here to argue with those people myself, but ended up being beaten and chased.”

From what I heard, he seemed to care very much about the nursery school.

He said that he was busy every weekend because he went to the nursery school to help.

Even most of the income earned from commissions at the training center is given to the orphanage.

“Honestly, we can’t go anywhere and claim that we belong to Bevel. So I was going to end it with a few hits.”

Richard looked at me and he grinned.

“Thanks to you, I survived, Judas.”

“No, what…. In fact, the lady has more credit than me.”

“Dude, would you have listened to my request if it weren’t for you?”

“… ….”

I want to say no, but I can’t.

No matter how many times I think about it, Richard seems to be right.

How should I accept this reality?

“Thank you, Judas.”

Richard patted me on the shoulder and laughed.

I’ve never seen Richard smile so confidently.

I have also been helped in many ways by Richard.

From the first time he came here, and many times since then.

Anyway, I’m glad if I’ve been helpful.

She laughed at Elijah and suddenly saw Elijah, and her expression was dissatisfied.

I think I was a little upset.

It is a face of serious and serious anguish.

‘Why is he like that?’

I’m curious….

‘Huh, huh?’

Suddenly, Elijah strode towards me.

***

Elijah thought quietly.

She sometimes gave advice or agreed to what Leah and Hermis said.

Who was the mayor of this city, what the mayor’s kinship and political safeguards were, how to distribute responsibilities over the entire city, and so on.

He gave only simple words.

There was nothing else I could do.

My thoughts, emotions, and consciousness kept sinking.

I came to find Judas.

She was strange from that point on.

From the moment she entered Selene, Elijah was able to accurately follow Judas’ path.

It’s a bit of a metaphor, but it’s like a dog chasing after her owner’s scent.

Something like a thin thread rustling in the air.

If you follow her cold energy, Judas’ flow will come out.

In the end, Elijah really found out where Judas was.

Without anyone’s advice or help.

There is magic that can track a specific target or determine its location in real time.

But it’s not the magic that Elijah learned.

Why was this possible?

Looking back now, it is clear.

The sun and the moon.

The quality of trying to achieve unity.

In the first deciphered Bible read by Elijah, it was written as follows.

The sun eats the moon to keep it inside him, and the two finally become one.

Maybe that’s why he was able to find Judas right away.

But at the time he found Judas, he had no time to think about that question.

Judah was being grabbed by a large man.

The moment he saw that menacing sight, a fever welled up in his chest.

The reason why the mad fire didn’t burn the three men in front of me was because Judas was by his side.

Is it because it’s been a while?

A cool feeling that felt good just by being close permeated my body.

Thanks to that, I could barely stand it….

Then, suddenly, I felt her gaze and looked up at her.

Yuda met her eyes.

Elijah strode toward him without her hesitation.

Before Judas could say anything, he snatched her hand and held it.

“Ah, ah, baby… Seed… ?”

A cold aura seeps through her clasped hands.

I think I’m going to buy some now.

She had been looking for this since the beginning.

Ignoring Judas, Elijah returned to her thoughts.

It was that part that Elijah was engrossed in.

Judas caught by the collar.

An adult who violently wrinkled his face and was ready to beat him.

Why did she have her own emotions fluctuate at that time?

She thought about it silently, but quickly came to a conclusion.

Unlike Judas, who is stupid and simple, Elijah is meticulous, meticulous, and smart.

It didn’t take long to deduce the results to this problem.

‘Projection.’

Narsisi and Elijah.

When she was being assaulted, she was herself, just projected into Judas.

Like a mirror.

And the second projection.

Her own person was threatened, from where she did not know.

Like her mother’s case….

‘… ?’

Elijah stopped thinking for a moment.

She is in a hurry She takes a step back from the status quo.

She instinctively feels a sense of crisis.

She seems to fall into weakness.

Let’s contemplate the path of her thoughts.

Did you just compare Judas to her mother?

No way.

It can’t be.

It is true that Judas is a special target.

However, the word ‘special’ encompasses too many meanings, from things completely different to things similar to it.

You can’t put Mom and Judas on the same line. Clearly.

That’s not the case either.

If that happens, Elijah will be dependent on Judas.

Dependency creates weakness.

Weaknesses are like shortcuts to defeat.

I do not deny that I am a special child.

The only color you have left.

A child who planted anemones in a cage.

She’s just different and a little conspicuous.

It is not something to depend on.

You shouldn’t depend on it either.

Elijah obsessively repeated her words.

Because she always had to be perfect alone.

I firmly grasped and controlled the reins of emotions that were about to cross a certain line.

Anyway, it must be true that it was projected.

Because it’s structurally the same as back then.

‘Yes, that’s why.’

These two projections just made me very annoyed.

Because she didn’t get cold energy from Judas for a long time.

So it has to be.

Other than that.

There is no other reason, really. Really.

In the first place, Judas is her own.

Her possessions are tampered with by others, which can’t help but be unpleasant.

That’s how Elijah ended it.

Judas was staring at Elijah like that.

Under the serious expression of Elijah, without even knowing what kind of rationalization is going on.

Because it was a rationalization, even Elijah himself did not know that it was a rationalization.

*

The work was done quickly.

Exactly, it will be taken care of.

Reimbursement of childcare fees that Richard’s child care provider was unfairly obliged to pay.

Clean up petty criminal organizations disturbing public order in the area.

Those two were her main agenda, and Elijah decided to write her letter to Mayor Selene in her own name.

Richard was distracted by what was happening before his eyes.

Things that could never be done with one’s own strength are quickly being resolved with just one word from Elijah.

And there was a colleague who made it possible by her side.

Judah.

“It will take some time.”

Elijah said lightly, and Richard hurriedly lowered his head.

It didn’t matter if it took time.

If it can be resolved, I will wait.

“Thank you.”

Judas greeted him first, and only then did Richard speak up belatedly.

Argon, who was watching, also lowered his head.

“Thank you.”

I wanted to hurry back to the nursery school and share this news.

In the meantime, Judas asked what he was really curious about.

To Elijah, actually, the first question she wanted to ask upon seeing her.

… I didn’t let go of her hand, so I still held her hand.

“My lady is here… What did you come for?”

Elijah did not readily answer.

It was a question she didn’t have to answer.

It is rude to question her own actions.

So, she should just dismiss it as nothing.

But Elijah was deeply troubled.

Why did you come? Why.

Sure.

She was really strange.

Does she simply want to absorb that cold energy from her?

She wants to feel with her body that the first Bible she has confirmed and interpreted is true?

Or else?

I looked at Judas face blankly.

She made the same eye contact, then realized her rudeness and lowered her head.

Have you learned the concept of politeness now?

Then, I’m sorry for some reason, but it’s not necessarily like that.

If she had known manners, earlier she wouldn’t have made the men so furious.

If you are disappointed, what is the reason?

The reason is holding back again.

The reason Elijah came here.

She didn’t do anything grandiose.

She came to see Judas.

Therefore, that was the reason and purpose of Judas’ coming here.

But it is strange and unfamiliar.

Could she be the reason and purpose of a person?

To her, people have always been means and tools.

For ‘person’ itself to be a purpose, it had to be followed by another explanation.

Elimination, kidnapping, blackmail. Stuff like that.

But Judas was far from such words.

So what?

The clever brain quickly found a plausible answer.

‘Use.’

I can still feel the cold energy from Judas.

She needs something to stabilize her mind and body.

Like looking for a doctor when you are sick, Judas just needed it.

So, I will use it. This is There is absolutely no dependence.

The subconscious mind did not distinguish between necessity and use, and made arbitrary conclusions.

In the end, Elijah’s answer was simple.

I thought about it, but it didn’t take long for me to answer.

“… Just.”

Judas nodded her head.

She didn’t have to ask any further.

Elijah said he just came, but it was funny what she said.

You must have other business.

That’s how I accepted it.

By the way, Elijah showed no signs of leaving.

Looking at yourself blankly.

An awkward air current flowed.

A situation where Elijah, who has the highest authority, looks at Judas without saying anything, while the other three do not know what to say.

Hermis and Leah were one step away from this strange situation.

Richard said with courage.

“Well, if it’s not rude, can I just go?”

“Oh, where are you going?”

Argon asked urgently.

He too wanted to run away from this uncomfortable place.

“I have to go back to daycare and give them the good news.”

“Uh, hey. That’s a good idea.”

“Then may I go with you?”

Judas asked.

It was a question aimed at Richard and Elijah at the same time.

He wanted to get out of here, too.

In the first place, Judas did not even think that Elijah had come to see him.

“Well, if everyone goes together, it’s good for me.”

“Then excuse me….”

The moment Judas stealthily took her hand away from her.

“Go with me.”

Elijah pulled her hand harder.

She was quick as if she would never let go.

“… Yes?”

Judas, Richard, Argon.

The three asked the same question at the same time.

“If you go.”

Elijah looked at Judas.

It was quite fun to see his bewildered face.

He is a selfish and confident child under any circumstances.

However, he often gets embarrassed in front of himself.

Only in front of yourself.

For some reason, that response was delightful and delightful.

Elijah smiled softly and finally spoke.

“I will go too.”

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“… ….”

The three of them didn’t say anything.

They just looked at each other and accepted Elijah’s words.

In the first place, the three did not have the right to decide.

The herd was torn apart and moved.

Originally, Argon and Richard rode in the chariot that Judas and Argon rode in.

Then, Judas got into Elijah’s chariot.

The guiding hand was so natural that there was no time to protest.

It was very natural to sit down.

Elijah sat next to Judas.

Lea and Hermis are on opposite sides.

Elijah took Judas’ hand before the chariot even left.

Judah stiffened as it were.

No matter how much he invaded his sleep and hugged him while sleeping, it was difficult to approach him like this.

Meanwhile, Elijah casually leaned her head on her shoulder.

Unlike Judas, she was unmoved in her heart.

She saw no reason to do so.

She just savored the cold aura that seeped through her hands that touched her.

The foreign substance stuck to her mind was neatly removed.

“Ah, lady… ?”

Judah called her cautiously.

Elijah was quiet.

She took a peek and closed her eyes.

She was breathing slowly, as if she was sleeping.

I was dumbfounded, but seeing her sleeping so peacefully made her mouth shut.

No matter how much she had to do, she politely offered her shoulder.

Hermis asked him with a look.

He alternates quickly between Judas and Elijah.

‘What the hell is this situation?’

Judas shook her head briefly.

‘I don’t know, so don’t ask.’

Then, Leah looked at Judas and Elijah with mixed eyes and then closed her eyes.

***

I arrived at the nursery school that Richard had been living in.

Getting off the carriage, Elijah looked up at the nursery school building. She

I felt the same way.

To raise children in such a shabby place.

The house covered with old wooden planks was not a place for people to live.

It looks like an abandoned house that only homeless people can live in.

You can call this home.

“Are people living in a place like this….”

Elijah murmured softly.

It’s fortunate that only I can barely hear it.

She would not have been hurt if Richard had heard.

For Elijah, who grew up in a luxurious environment all his life, it must be surprising.

I understand why you’re so stupid.

“Oh, well. Here it is….”

Richard made an awkward introduction.

A shabby and shabby nursery school, even with good words.

It was not a place to introduce a great nobleman with a smile.

“It’s still winter, so everyone should be inside….”

“It’s a belated idea, but didn’t we come too suddenly?”

Argon asked.

“It doesn’t matter? Unless you’re just coming here to stay.”

Richard replied leisurely.

I was worried inside myself too, but seeing that attitude made my heart feel much lighter.

However, Elijah, who is still curiously observing the nursery from the side, is uncomfortable.

Knock knock, said Richard, knocking on the door.

“It’s me.”

Without answering, the door burst open.

The door is open, but no one is there.

“Brother?”

The person was in a low field of view.

It was a small child, about the size of Richard’s stomach.

“Yes, brother.”

“Brother is here!”

The child exclaimed.

Roaring footsteps echoed from inside.

Several children rushed in like an earthquake.

“Brother Richard!”

“Brother! Are you okay? You went to fight with the guys earlier!”

“Of course not. Did you see him lose?”

Richard was good with children.

After a short commotion, the children’s eyes returned to Richard’s back.

So, look at me and Argon.

“Who are those people?”

“Hyung, these are my friends. That free-spirited guy over there is Argon.”

“What… ? No, uhm…. Yes, I am Argon.”

“And the ferocious-looking guy next to him is Yuda.”

“Hmm. Hi guys.”

I didn’t correct it because it wasn’t a mistake.

The children’s eyes naturally turned further back than that.

“Who is that sister?”

There, Elijah was watching the children closely.

The red eyes were persistent.

What are you looking at?

“Ah, that….”

Richard hesitated to introduce himself.

At that time, someone inside hurriedly walked out.

The sound of footsteps louder than before.

The person who actually appeared was also an adult.

“Richard?!”

A blonde woman dressed in shabby commoners’ clothes.

‘… Where did you see that face?’

When she saw Richard, she freaked out and started punching her on the back.

“You, again, again! It just jumps out on its own!”

“Ah, ah! Sister Benny! Stop, please!”

Richard blushed as he looked at me and Argon, perhaps embarrassed.

It was only then that the woman called Benny looked this way.

As before, a brief introduction was exchanged.

She introduced herself as Beninita, a woman.

“I run this nursery school. Sometimes it’s too much for me to do alone, but I’m glad Richard comes to help from time to time.”

Also, her eyes went through the same process as her children.

She found Elijah.

She recognized at once that Elijah was no ordinary child.

The way he speaks becomes cautious.

“Who is that… ?”

Elijah D. Bebel.

She is the youngest daughter of the Bebel family that rules the Duchy of Bebel.

She is an aristocrat with a fairly high status, but surprisingly, in this world, there are quite a few cases where the ruler doesn’t know the real thing.

There are no photos, and even if there are photos, there is no medium to spread them here and there.

Even if I want to know, it is difficult to know.

‘… What? Wait for a sec. How did those old men recognize Elijah right away?’

My doubts were interrupted by Lia’s calm voice.

“This is Elijah di Bebel, the youngest daughter and sixth child of the Bebel family.”

“Ah… !”

Benny hurriedly knelt down on her knees.

“Oh, well, so… ! Sorry… !”

Are you sorry for not knowing what etiquette is?

As Benny lowered her head, the children were intimidated.

I sensed a strange atmosphere.

Rather than being naive and immature, these are precocious children who pay attention to their surroundings first and keep their mouth shut.

You must have grown up in an environment where you had no choice but to do that.

Elijah waved her hand sullenly.

Lea hinted in her ear.

It’s time to go soon.

After nodding her head, Elijah held my fingertips and said.

“I’ll go.”

“Look carefully.”

Receiving my greeting from her, she smiled faintly.

A cat doll in its arms.

It’s winter, but it’s slowly getting warmer, but a red blanket that doesn’t come off your neck.

Those two factors disturbed me.

As Elijah left, Beninita said.

“The Duke’s lady came here for some reason… ? Richard, did you have an accident?”

“If anyone hears it, they’ll think I’m just having an accident.”

“Then isn’t it?”

Richard, grumbling, briefly explained to Benny.

I’ve got all the money I’ve paid so far, and I’m sure it won’t happen again.

“Eh… ? Are you kidding me?”

Benny couldn’t believe it.

“Why am I joking about this?”

“Well then, really… ?”

Finally, her voice trembled, and Benny started to cry.

“Really, really… ?”

“Of course not.”

Her eyes slowly filled with water.

It groaned and then fell off.

Sobbing like a hiccup, she finally sobbed.

Her children also cried along with her sorrowful weeping.

Without knowing why.

The weeping of an adult has a different resonance than that of a child.

Richard silently comforted Benny and her children while Argon and I waited for them to calm down.

“Ah, this is really…. I can’t do this in front of guests….”

Sniffing her nose, Benny laughed embarrassedly.

I put on a friendly smile, as if telling me not to mind.

“But why… ? No, how?”

“Hmm. That….”

As Richard tried to explain something, his eyes met.

He grinned at me.

“Thanks to him.”

“Yes… ? Did you say Judas? How does that kid….”

“Because Judas told the lady. Thanks to that, she said the lady would take care of it for her.”

Suddenly?

The ball comes back to me?

“Really… ?”

Benny asked me.

I awkwardly scratched my cheek.

“If I had to say it, it’s not entirely wrong….”

“Uh…. That, yes… ? I’m really grateful for that, um…. What about the young lady… Relationship?”

“… ….”

It’s worth wondering.

What the hell am I, Elijah solving the problem himself?

Unlike me who kept my mouth shut, Hermis grinned.

A mischievous smile that clearly shows the dark inside.

“As for this Lady Yuda, it is the lady’s precious and precious love….”

I hurriedly shut Hermis’ mouth.

“It’s just, uh, thankfully, the lady favors me a little… Oh no, so….”

As I spoke, the atmosphere became more strange.

What the hell am I Elijah?

What should I say to myself?

I interrupted for no reason.

I’ll just let them say anything and ignore it.

Since I stuttered, even Richard and Argon started to laugh sinisterly.

“That…. I accidentally helped a young lady, so I am grateful for some help.”

Fortunately, Beninita didn’t find my reaction strange.

But. Beninita….

The name sounds familiar too.

“Yes…. It’s true, it’s true…. Thank you….”

Embarrassed, I averted my gaze, but Argon patted my back.

A gesture of admiration.

It seemed to comfort him that he could be proud.

I just laughed at him.

“This admirable guy!”

Benny, who was sobbing, suddenly hugged Richard.

“I was worried because I had accidents every time, but I learned how to make good friends! You are all grown up, yes!”

“What, what… ! Get away! Why are you suddenly hugging me!”

“What are you doing all of a sudden? It used to be like this often!”

Richard struggled, his face red.

Even though he said no, the corners of his mouth trembled as he tried to go up.

‘… Wait for a sec.’

An arrow that flew instantly.

… Like, something crossed my mind.

That was a memory of one day.

The day Richard persistently asked me if I was interested in being older.

‘This guy can’t be… ? Was it like that?’

And remember the future.

I know Richard.

A person who would later be called the Knight of the Dead.

He had a wife.

That name is Beninita.

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***

Shylock, who was under Balak’s instructions, now becomes Judah’s double agent.

He let out a sigh as he looked at the command that came before him.

‘You don’t intend to leave the child alone….’

Balak’s new order has been issued.

The strategy to evade Judas in the training center did not work as expected.

It’s not the only reason Shylock sided with Judas.

More than Balak expected, Judah has steadily adapted to her life at the training center.

Above all, the relationship with her roommates was very close.

No matter how much you scratch outside, it is useless if you are close to someone close to you.

Still, Ballack did not give up.

His first order failed.

And then, the second order has just arrived for Shylock.

‘When Judas returns, she should let me know right away.’

*

“Hmm.”

Weekend.

Dylan did not go out on request and stayed at the training center to train alone.

He stared to one side while resting after running on the playground.

He found out relatively recently that there were strange rumors going around the training center.

The unfounded criticism of Judas.

When he found out, it was at the point where the already overheated rumors subsided.

Nevertheless, Dylan dug up the source, and at the end reached the person over there.

Envinyl. A 12th grader in Room 5.

He was hanging out with the candidate and a knight.

‘That person…. Was it Sir Gaston?’

It was an article I knew little about.

It wasn’t just the two of them.

Others in Room 5 following along.

‘The picture is strange. The guy in the center… The head of Room 5. His name was Salaman.’

Dylan felt uncomfortable with the crowd.

With an unfounded sense of crisis that something will happen soon.