Episode 90
The scene of the accident was terrible.
Horses with broken legs rolled on the ground and the carriage was broken into pieces, making it difficult to recognize its original shape.
âI should have escaped from the moment I was in a weird condition.â
Eugene thought, looking at the broken carriage a few steps away.
âOh, my God, Young Master!â
Eugene turned his head to the voice of his servant Rikent.
âRikent, are you all right?â
At Eugeneâs question, Rikent shouted in an excited voice.
âIâm okay, Iâm not injured at all thanks to the quick escape from the young master with teleporting magic. Young master hit his shoulder hard so â¦â¦.â
âIâm fine.â
âOh, my God, whatâs all this about? Hurry up and start with the treatmentââ
âRikent, itâs all right. Itâs only a minor bruise.â
âStill.â
Rikent said, making a fuss.
Such a sight came the horseman who was still shaking, unable to shake off the lingering effects of the incident.
And as soon as he was found, Rikent distorted his face and vented his tremendous anger.
âAre you out of your mind? How did you manage to get into this situation?â
âSorry, Iâm sorry. Iâm so sorryâ¦â¦..â
The horseman bowed his head with a blue face.
âWhen you go back, youâre fired, you think it makes sense that you almost killed our young master, let alone serve Aceâs family? You know what you did right now, donât you?â
âI have no excuse.â
The horseman said, bowing deeper.
âIf it werenât for our young master, you and I would be dead.â
Rikent said in a voice containing anger.
âIâm so sorry. Iâve sinned to death.â
With his head down, the horseman spouted an apology like a shotgun, but Eugene was actually not listening to him.
âWhat do I do?â
Thereâs no way a horseman can use teleportation.
Looking at Eugeneâs stiff face, the horseman said in tears, becoming a statue.
âThe entire place of Dainard is in a deserted placeâ¦â¦..â
In his words, Rikent touched his forehead with his hands as if his blood pressure had risen to the top of his head.
âIf we donât get to Middle Village, there wonât be any place we can find the carriage, what should we doâ¦â¦?â
Eventually, the impatient Rikentâs anger exploded.
âWhat the hell did you do that made the horses with the accident-free record for years run mad? And then, âwhat should I doâ, you say? Thatâs what Iâd like to ask you!â
At the voice of Rikent, who was overflowing with anger, the horseman gave an excuse, shaking his hands like a quiver.
âIâm so sorry! I didnât listen at all.â
The horseman said with the look of the man who had sinned to death.
âWhen the horses suddenly saw a black cape and an arm-shaped thing flying in front of them, they started running! Strangely enough, pulling the reins doesnât work.â¦.â
Eugene hesitated at his words.
âBlack cape with arms?â
At that moment, the monster he saw in the Academy passed through his head.
âHa, a black cape with arms, donât be ridiculous.â
âRikent, stop.â
Eugene raised his hand and hurriedly blocked Rikent, who was trying to pour out criticism.
âIâm on my way to where the carriage might be, and Iâm going to ask him in detail.â
Thinking so, he turned his eyes toward the horseman.
âLetâs get started. The sun is already down, so I think we should move quickly. You can show us the way, right?â
âWell, thatâs obvious.â
âWeâll arrive at Middle Village, stay overnight, and leave at dawn.â
Then Rikent stared at Eugene with his eyes wide open as wide as a lamp.
âYoung Master, wouldnât it be better to contact your home and cancel your training schedule? Itâs too much to start training right away.â
âI donât care if I can save time.â
Eugene said in a determined voice.
âWeâve already been here for more than six hours from home. Itâs going to take eight hours just waiting for backup, and itâs more of a job to go back even if itâs closer than Leyrat.â
For more,
âDamn, itâs snowing.â
He was irritated but couldnât help it.
Because that was the only option.
âBut by now, Master, the inn will be full, and it may be hard to find decent accommodation.â
Rikentâs words had a point.
It was Friday night and itâs been a long time since the sun went down.
âI donât care. I can even stay in an empty room right now.â
âBut what if thereâs a rumour that the heirs of seven families are wandering around in low-quality lodgings?â
âAs long as we donât get caught. Iâll take care of it.â
For more,
âNo.â
He heard that she got busy after she became a Housekeeper.
Under such circumstances, if he visits without any notice, Yerine will surely be embarrassed.
He didnât want to bother her that way.
âYoung Master, I know you canât get along with the Duke of Spade, but youâve prepared for the schoolâs opening ceremony together. Canât you ask for this much? Between classmates?â
âNo, I said no.â
âOf course I donât like the Spades, but wouldnât they help us out of honour? Besides, itâs an emergency.â
âRikent, never.â
But Rikent didnât break his obstinacy.
âYou said you were wasting your time, Young Master? There wonât be a faster solution than going to the Duke of Spade right now.â
Upon hearing that, Eugene closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
He knows honestly.
Thereâs nothing wrong with what Rikent said.
âCertainly, Rikent and the horseman should be resting in a decent place.â
I wasnât going alone, so I should consider their physical condition.
It was reasonable to be indebted to Yerine in many ways.
âI really donât want toâ¦â¦â
He shook his head with his fists in his hands.
âOkay. Letâs go to the Duke of Spade.â
Finally, when his permission fell, Rikent breathed a sigh of relief.
âGood thinking, Master, sometimes you have to be brazen in front of the enemy.â
Eugene did not reply to Rikentâs words.
âWhat enemy?â
He knew.
That Yerine, who heard about the situation, would accept him as a guest without hesitation.
There was no reason for her to think of himself as an enemy.
He remembered her last smiling face he saw just before the vacation.
For more,
âIâm leaving right away tomorrow. When the other two get better, Iâll be beholden to you only then.â
His blue eyes were tired because he had to go through a lot on his way.
Nevertheless, Eugene was showing off his noble figure in an upright position, not at all disorganized.
âWow, now I canât ignore Peletain. I didnât expect a real guest.â
And itâs my job to make sure that the guests can stay comfortable till they leave my mansion.
âWell, you can stay a little longer, and you donât have to strain yourself. You said you walked for hours from where the accident happened.â
âNo thanks. Thatâs just our business. Never mind it.â
Stubborn.
Just because itâs a vacation, that personality canât go anywhere.
Thinking so, I laughed deliberately, covering my mouth with my hands exaggeratedly.
âOh, are you worried about me? That Eugene? To me?â
The effect was excellent.
As expected, Eugene immediately raised his head and retorted.
âDonât get me wrong. I didnât mean to think about you.â
âYes, itâs Eugene who has to rush in like an angry cat like this all the time.â
âOh, who you call a cat!â
Well, heâs really like a cat, no matter how I look at him.
âThereâs the Second Prince here anyway, and Erica Blothea, whoâs laughing all over because they like you, and thereâs nothing good about meeting them, so Iâm just going.â
âOh, yes, yes.â
âAre you listening?â
It was refreshing to hear Eugeneâs nagging after a long time.
âHey, you didnât miss me?â
I grinned and said to Eugene.
âHow did you survive the vacation because there was no one to nag atââ
At that moment I was speechless. It occurred to me that I said something wrong.
âHuh?â
Because Eugeneâs face was as red as a red beet.
I was just joking.
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