The dinner ended in a warm atmosphere.

After the seats were cleared, Abel didn’t go back to his room right away, but waited in a room near the dining room.

Soon after, the door opened and a familiar face entered.

“I made you wait a long time.”

It was Scarlett.

Abel stood up and answered.

“no.”

“No. The story is longer than I thought. Sit down first.”

“yes.”

Scarlett suddenly brought up a story as soon as she sat across from her.

“He looked pretty good on you.”

“You mean me?”

“okay. The Blaine family itself originally had a family tradition of worshiping radishes. A good fighter deserves respect no matter what background he comes from. This feeling.”

“okay.”

When Abel answered in a calm voice, Scarlett smiled and continued.

“It is completely different from me. The reason I sponsored you was because I thought it would be of great benefit to you.”

“I am always grateful for the opportunities Scarlett gave me.”

“I didn’t mean to say thank you. But what was he trying to say… … .”

Scarlett tilted her head for a moment, then opened her mouth again as if thinking of something to say.

“ah! So, if there is something to be exchanged like this in the future, he wants us to do it together. What do you think? Not very often. Because it’s once a year. Twice at most.”

“For me, that would be a second-to-none opportunity. Of course I will accept it.”

“okay. Certainly, apart from training alone, it is also important to grow while interacting with others. That’s why Del Modor Academy was established in the first place.”

“I am definitely learning a lot at the academy. Even if it’s not necessarily a lecture.”

“A very good cadet. That’s a good attitude.”

Scarlett shook her head and finally got to the point.

“Then let’s talk about the reward for this job. First of all, is there anything else you want?”

“You mean what you want?”

Abel hesitated at Scarlett’s question.

Until now, Scarlett’s compensation had been given unilaterally, and it was the first time she was asked if she wanted something else.

“Yes, whatever you want. The basics are already equipped, so if there is something in particular you want, we will do it for you.”

“then… … .”

Abel quickly shook his head.

I was taken aback for a moment, but it wasn’t too difficult to think of an answer.

It’s because I usually rank the things I need and organize them in order of importance.

That’s why Abel was able to offer the most suitable reward.

“I would like you to arrange for one person.”

“People?”

Scarlett asked again, her eyes wide open at the completely unexpected request.

Abel answered calmly.

“yes. As a former mercenary, he is probably staying within the system.”

“Hmm. What does it have to do with you?”

Scarlett asked, narrowing her eyes.

“It’s not really a big relationship. All I heard from someone who taught me a few moves in the past.”

“So you’re saying you don’t have a face?”

“yes.”

“Then you’re more curious about the reason?”

“I want to learn swordsmanship.”

Scarlett’s expression changed even more strangely at Abel’s answer.

“I… … I don’t have a big prejudice against mercenaries, but is there any reason to learn swordsmanship from him?”

Scarlett’s question was reasonable.

Currently, Abel belongs to the prestigious academy Del Modor.

Of course there was a swordsmanship lecture in Del Modor, and there were quite a few excellent swordsmen even if it wasn’t a lecture.

Where is the academy?

Even among the knights of Count Klein’s family, there were not one or two who were well versed in swordsmanship.

However, it was only natural that he would feel puzzled when he suddenly said that he would find a former mercenary and learn swordsmanship.

Abel brought out an answer he had thought of beforehand.

“You must learn… … Not like that.”

“then?”

“The mercenary is the swordsmanship teacher of the person who gave me some lessons the other day.”

“Hoo. In other words, he is the master’s teacher.”

“That’s right. So, I thought that if I had a chance, I would like to meet him once.”

Scarlett shook her head at those words.

“okay. You don’t necessarily need a grandiose reason to meet someone. However, I feel that compensation is not enough.”

“I’m fine… … .”

“no. i’m not okay There is a reward that is perfect for this situation.”

Scarlett interrupted Abel’s words and took a pouch from her bosom and placed it on the table.

click-.

The pouch was quite heavy at first glance, but when I put it down, the sound of metal hitting it resonated.

“Let me give you this too”

“It seems like too much.”

“no. Didn’t I always tell you?”

Scarlett raised the corners of her mouth and continued.

“It’s all an investment. If possible, take a lot of pressure. And with that much effort, we show results that exceed our expectations.”

“… … yes. I will act so that I will never be disappointed in the future.”

“okay. That’s enough.”

The conversation ended with that.

Scarlett asked Abel for more details about the person she was looking for, then said she would try to find it as soon as possible.

“Then, I’ll be back by tomorrow morning. See you at the academy.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Abel said hello to Scarlett, then got up and walked away.

Eventually, Abel returned to his room, checked the contents of his pocket, and opened his mouth.

‘If I refused, I would have been in big trouble.’

It was because it was an unimaginable amount.

‘This is not enough to entrust the request.’

Thanks to that, I was able to save a single worry.

A request that Scarlett couldn’t do. It was a request to investigate the internal affairs of the United Kingdom.

* * *

next day.

Abel got up early and took the prepared wagon to the academy.

And on the way back, I asked Dale, who was in the carriage with me, for a favor.

“Couldn’t you stop by somewhere on the way?”

“Where are you talking?”

“It is near Calderan Square.”

Calderan Square wasn’t on the original route, but it wasn’t too far either.

“I think that would be fine.”

“thank you.”

Fortunately, Dale readily accepted Abel’s request.

After leaving the mansion, the carriage headed straight for Calderan Square, and arrived there shortly after.

“Come with me.”

“All right.”

Abel got out of the wagon with Dale. Then we headed to the street of street vendors not too far from the plaza.

Street vendors street, as the name suggests, was a place with small stalls, usually selling simple food or miscellaneous goods.

Abel headed for a slightly secluded place among the dogs.

It was a place that sold trinkets that could only be used by women, but Abel pretended to look around and took out a piece of paper he had hidden in his sleeve.

“How much is this?”

“Yes?”

The owner of the street vendor was a gray-haired grandfather. He leaned forward as if his voice could not be heard.

Swoop-.

At that moment, the paper in Abel’s hand was sucked into the old man’s sleeve.

Abel continued as if nothing had happened.

“This trinket. It looks fine.”

“Oh, that? Let’s see… … .”

The old man seemed to be thinking for a while, then spread out five fingers.

“This much?”

“okay.”

five fingers.

This meant that I would be contacted in 5 days.

Abel nodded and took five coins from his pocket and handed them to them.

The old man accepted it and handed the accessory to Abel, and that was the end of the conversation.

“Now go back.”

Abel straightened his lower back and said to Diron.

Diron nodded his head gravely.

“All right.”

Looking at it, it didn’t seem to notice anything special.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter if I notice.’

I don’t know if it’s saying no, but if it’s not, it doesn’t matter if it’s like this or that.

Even if the pod was caught, I was confident that I would get away with it.

‘The other side’ won’t have their tails stepped on like amateurs.

Abel went back to the wagon with such a light heart, and the wagon immediately started running towards the academy.

After passing through the crowded streets, the academy was just around the corner.

The carriage passed through the front gate of the academy and stopped at a designated place.

“Im here.”

At the driver’s voice, Abel got out of the carriage with Diron.

“Then, proceed carefully.”

“yes. see you next time.”

After bowing politely, Abel thought as he walked towards the dormitory.

‘I’m back after a day, but I feel strange.’

Back in the day, to be exact, going to school every day was terribly painful, but this academy was different.

Should I say it’s as comfortable as coming home?

If you think about it, it might be natural.

The academy was the first place that made him feel a sense of ‘belonging’.

‘Until then, I felt like I was wandering all along.’

Of course, it’s not that there wasn’t a group he belonged to even before he entered the academy.

Vulcan’s Workshop, an underground arena. At least when I wandered the streets, I belonged to a gang of beggars.

But Abel did not feel a sense of belonging there.

I always felt like I was floating somewhere.

Maybe it’s because I always had the thought of not knowing when to leave.

On the other hand, this place is different.

Because the clue to Abel’s ‘return’ was at Del Modor Academy.

“Abel!”

Abel, who was lost in thought and walking with his head down, raised his head at the familiar voice.

There was Henna waving her hand and approaching.

When Abel saw her, he realized that he had already walked to the dormitory.

“How have you been?”

“huh. Well done.”

Before leaving, Henna smiled and nodded as he told me the general circumstances while postponing training.

“Are you training tonight? If you’re tired, you can skip another day.”

“I can’t do that. I will do the training unconditionally.”

“That, is it? okay.”

Abel said as he walked back to the dormitory.

“Did nothing happen?”

“Nothing special… … . Ah, when did my father ask to see you?”

“huh?”

At Hena’s words, Abel stopped walking.

Her father is none other than the Duke of Del Kior.

Abel had also had a private meeting with him once before.

“It’s nothing serious, you’re just coming to see me and want to meet me?”

“When are you coming?”

“next weekend.”

Abel nodded.

If I had said that I would be coming today, I would have had to be a bit nervous, but next week I would have had quite a bit of room.

For a week, you should slowly think about what the Duke of Del Kior is asking you to do.

‘It’s not just one or two things to worry about.’

It wasn’t particularly surprising.

Since I fell here, I can count on one hand the times I have spent comfortably.

Even if you have to pay attention right away, the problem of henna runaway, the problem of the request, the problem of finding the person who asked the count, the united kingdom problem, etc.

There were so many problems that it was difficult to count on one hand.

‘Well, even if I think about it right away, there aren’t many clear solutions.’

Abel said while calming his heavy heart.

“Then see you in the evening.”

“okay! See you later!”

Hena said hello in a clear voice and walked somewhere.

Abel looked behind him and then went back to the dormitory building.

There was a lot of work left to do today.

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