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

13. Rumors? (4)

Shylock.

A pretty skilful cheater.

A former knight.

There is only one reason why he is not treated well.

Guilt.

A family suffering from an incurable disease.

He was unable to save those who believed in him and supported him.

After the war has eased, some maritime trade routes have been released, and Shylock is faced with a dismal truth.

That it was a disease for which a cure had already been found in the country beyond the sea.

For him, who was a knight at the time, smuggling along a blocked trade route was no big deal.

After that, he deliberately lives in a dirty environment.

He said that at least that would ease his guilt.

*

“Do you want to cure your family of incurable diseases?”

I remembered the circumstances of Shylock that I couldn’t remember.

After he was done with the game, he spent most of his time recognizing Elijah.

It can’t be helped that Shylock’s family history and his cure came to mind belatedly.

“… ….”

Shylock glared at me with wide eyes.

It’s been a long time since the mask that made me laugh.

He tries to get up, but Hermis doesn’t budge.

Even his expression is relaxed, probably not too heavy.

“Sir Shylock? What are you going to do?”

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“… How do you know that?”

Do not hide hostility and ask questions.

Certainly, it would be unpleasant to mention it to someone you don’t know much about.

I shrugged and replied.

“Thanks to Lady Elijah’s grace, I am staying in that mansion. Do you know how many different things the knights there talk about without hesitation? In particular, it is all the more so because I do not see people as low as me.”

That’s pretty true.

It’s not often that I run into those knights.

However, even if you run into them, they don’t really treat you like a person and walk past you.

Acts close to pretending not to see.

They don’t hesitate to bring up personal and important things.

I won’t say anything that shouldn’t be known to the outside world.

Gossips about other people, love affairs, or family affairs go up and down very easily.

Of course, I haven’t heard of Shylock among them.

All it took was an argument that Shylock could believe.

I can’t make up lies, but this is just choosing the truth rather than lying.

“Let me tell you the conclusion. I know how to solve that incurable disease. It is complete.”

“… ….”

Shylock was still on his guard.

It’s a matter that deserves it, and it’s a situation again.

It must be hard to believe what a kid like me suddenly says.

How can I easily trust you?

‘If it were Elijah….’

She lets herself confirm that what she said is true.

The more you check yourself, the more you trust it.

“Believe is your freedom. The cure is simple. Obtain a flower called ‘Verbena’ from Citra Island in the middle of the sea trade route to the southwest of the continent. After drying the petals, you can drink it by decocting it in water for several weeks. If you drink it for a day, you will see improvement.”

“… ….”

“Of course, all routes there are blocked. From there, you’ll have to figure it out on your own. Whether to smuggle or smuggle. There might be a place left to manage what was imported before the blockade. Until then, I am not sure.”

Even after my story was over, Shylock stared blankly at me.

He seems to be calculating in his mind whether what he has been told is true.

The wrinkles between his eyebrows deepened.

The pupils rolled non-stop.

It was a complex expression mixed with confusion, fear, and hope at the same time.

I said to Hermis.

“Sir Hermis. Please release me.”

“Are you okay?”

“I think so.”

Hermis stood up warily.

Until she stood next to me, Shylock lay still, facedown on her floor.

He finally looked at me and opened his mouth.

“What do you want from me?”

“We will talk about the details after confirming the treatment. Wouldn’t it be hard to trust each other now?”

He was about to say something, but suddenly he laughed.

Before he knew it, a sly smile appeared on his face.

I shake my head as if this situation is absurd.

“I am. I’ve been through all sorts of things in my life. If I throw it as bait, I have no choice but to bite. Aren’t you too cowardly?”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

“This must be reliable information, right?”

I just shrugged.

It means that you will know if you check it yourself.

“… If this is a lie, I’m not going to get over it.”

Still smiling.

However, he glared at me with unsmiling eyes.

“Then Lord Hermis won’t stand still.”

“… Don’t you say a word A nasty guy.”

Shylock shook her shoulders in disgust and walked to the other side.

Hermis whispered as she watched him leave.

“Is it okay as it is? Shouldn’t I have to break a limb somewhere….”

“To that extent…. It’s not like he actually touched me.”

If it were Elijah, he would have let go first.

To build a more friendly relationship when we meet again.

“Rather than that, Mr. Judas. What information about the disease you mentioned earlier?”

“Ah…. Since I’ve been talking about it, I’ll tell you more. It is a cure for a disease called paroxysmal insomnia.”

Hermis wrote it down on a memo, just like before.

“When I was walking around the front line, there was an old grandfather who came over from the other side of the sea. He gave me several prescriptions, including folk remedies.”

“You have an excellent memory.”

Hermis completely believed my words.

Her To her, her Yuri Dike is the only bloodline.

A close relationship like real sisters.

I found that kind of Yuri Dike her husband, whom she will regret for the rest of her life.

As much as Eurydice, Hermis will regard me as a benefactor.

‘… Maybe?’

All that remains is Shylock.

He has no choice but to test my words.

After finding out that it is true, he will definitely come back.

He can’t be called a good person.

However, people who live in debt are by no means.

*

A few days have passed.

I took a walk around the training center with Hermis on purpose for several days.

The area around the training center was a forest with few people, so it was suitable to wait for Shylock.

There was no special conversation to share, and no more information to disclose, but Hermis was a friendly person.

The atmosphere was not awkward and led me well.

“Oh, and about the Jericho you mentioned last time.”

“Yes.”

“After checking several factors, it turned out to be true.”

Hermis gave me my bankbook.

I took it last time to write information value.

The most recent history of the returned bankbook read “3,000 Florins.”

This is the amount deposited in exchange for the information sold this time.

“First of all, this is the amount presented by us. Jericho and paroxysmal insomnia, the sum of the two.”

I was just staring at the figure of 3,000 florins, bewildered.

I earned it in return for saying a few words.

Approximately 12 million won in Korean currency.

I don’t know how much or what benefit the information guild made from this information.

Similarly, I don’t really know if the information is valuable enough to pay me this much.

I know it’s worth a lot.

However, I couldn’t figure out how much it was when it was converted into money.

“This is the amount currently calculated, and there is a possibility of additional compensation according to the profits we gain in the future. If you don’t like it, it’s possible to negotiate.”

“No. No. It’s okay. I am satisfied.”

I hurriedly answered.

With this amount of money, it’s worth buying even if you go outside right away.

It’s worth living anyway.

It is still not enough to live in a safe area.

“Next time again….”

As she was about to say something, Hermis looked ahead with wary eyes.

Shylock was there.

He’s the one I’ve been waiting for these days.

Today, rather, it seems he has been waiting for us.

As usual, his face is full of relaxed, slightly mischievous smiles.

“Ah. Judah.”

“Did you check what I said?”

“Sure. I checked enough. So.”

I waited for the next word.

But Shylock didn’t say it out of his mouth.

Instead, he came right in front of me.

“… ?”

As it is, slowly, lower your body.

Bend your legs and sit on the floor.

He looked up at me proudly on his knees.

… They are almost identical because of the height difference.

“Thank you.”

Contrary to his servile posture, he talked with a cool smile.

“If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I’ll tell you anything I can answer.”

I never expected her to change her attitude so easily.

It’s embarrassing and uncomfortable.

Maybe it’s because his family is still alive, he’s much brighter than the Shylock I used to know.

Less insidious.

“Well, wake up first. If you suddenly come out like this, I feel uncomfortable.”

“Oh ho. Contrary to his eccentric personality, he is unexpectedly weak against this kind of behavior.”

“… ….”

I had nothing to say because it was a classic song.

Shylock laughed at what was funny. Unlucky.

Shylock brushed his knees and stood up.

“Then, I guess you’re not good at compliments or thank you?”

I ignored the teasing.

“… First of all, why did you tail me?”

Shylock glanced at Hermis.

“It’s okay with her.”

Information Guild’s contact.

Leave your escape plan and maintain friendly relations with them to your advantage.

‘No, I won’t leave that plan.’

Dividing the continent into two is the Helios Empire and the Bebel Principality.

If you divide it into 5, the Mage Tower, Assassin Guild, and Information Guild will be added.

However, the latter two organizations operate in hiding, so their actual strength is less prominent compared to their size.

All problems cannot be solved simply by running away.

Ballack.

To avoid his gaze, you must be as friendly as possible with the information guild.

“If you say so, as a benefactor to whom I am very appreciative, I can trust you.”

He has a knack for making compliments piss him off.

In the future I met, he was a human like this.

“Yes. I’ll tell you all the truth. It was someone else’s order to follow you. More specifically, I am a human under the direction of Archduke Balak.”

… Ballack? Elijah’s biological father?

This is where the name comes from?

Hermis was also surprised.

“The goal is Judas, your isolation.”

“Isolation?”

“They told me to hinder them from adapting to life at the training center. I don’t know why you gave that order. I just follow.”

I remembered my conversation with Balak last time.

There is nothing particularly memorable.

Someone tried to assassinate Elijah.

A bloody conversation between a father and a daughter. Only things like that.

Maybe I challenged Balak and Narcissus.

‘At that time, I definitely said I would remember.’

Balack doesn’t touch me directly.

You’re right that you can’t.

If anyone touches me now, that’s Balak.

No matter how much you use someone else’s hand, the circumstances point to him.

Elijah is a person who can read the situation and question him.

In order not to offend her, Balak chose a fairly naive way of doing things.

‘The elder is very narrow-minded.’

Shylock finished speaking.

“The first was to spread vicious rumors around the training center to make you feel alienated. If that doesn’t work, he told me to ambush and use violence.”

“How about violence?”

“To the extent of breaking an arm or a leg. The purpose is to intimidate.”

“Hmm.”

From the side, Hermis listened with a complicated expression.

It’s like I’m embarrassed because I’m the target of Balak, and it’s strangely excited because it’s useful information for the guild.

“In exchange for taking on this job, I was promised a separate reward from the Grand Duke. Of course, the money was for the life-sustaining treatment of the family.”

Shylock looked straight at me.

“But, you don’t need it anymore? Thanks to the most popular person at the training center who is favored by Lady Elijah.”

“Be quiet….”

I add one word at a time that I absolutely do not have to do.

“Anyway. Nothing to worry about in the future. I….”

“No, wait a minute. You will continue to do as you do now.”

“… What, huh?”

“Continue to carry out Balak’s orders. Oh, except for the direct touch. That… You can pretend that you failed because of Sir Hermis here.”

“Wait, wait. Don’t you understand?”

Before speaking, I organized my thoughts.

How can I use this situation to my advantage?

What would Elijah have done?

‘I am Elijah, I am Elijah… , not!’

If you just put Elijah in this situation.

How did you respond?

“It’s a simple story. It is an offer to remain under Balak and act as my spy.”

“… !”

“I don’t care about rumors like that. Either that or not. A physical threat is a bit different, but wouldn’t that be handled appropriately if you were under Balak?”

Shylock looked down at me as if he was looking at something bizarre.

What are all these things?

How old is he? Aren’t you a child?

Just that expression.

Actually, it’s not even that great of a strategy.

He’s not smart enough to come up with a great strategy in the first place. I am.

‘I just came up with a useful method thanks to thinking like Elijah.’

This exaggerated reaction is also influenced by Judas’s youth.

“Summarizing, I want Ballack to think that his plan is successfully under way. Of course, I can’t help it if you don’t want to.”

In the end, what matters is Shylock’s will.

This is dangerous for him too.

Because I have to be a double agent.

It is difficult to guarantee not only his life but also the safety of his family if he grows up one by one.

Balack di Bebel is not an easy opponent.

Shylock chuckled.

As if you found something interesting.

“I have never seen a disgusting kid like you in my life.”

“Kyungdo doesn’t look very old either.”

“I look young for my age.”

“… ….”

“And, compared to what he looks like, he’s also a person who can’t afford to live in debt.”

He smirked and stretched out his hand.

It was a handshake request.

“I know you know.”

“Of course.”

I gladly took that hand.

“Please take good care of me in the future.”

“I am. No, rather, I am in a position to thank you. Whatever it is, just say it.”

Shylock smiled confidently.

Your voice is quite serious, unlike the one you were just playing around with.

“Is there anyone else in charge of this other than Sir?”

“There are two more in the training camp. Gaston, talent.”

“That’s a name I don’t know.”

“Because it is not an article close to the candidates. Actually, I took the lead in spreading rumors.”

After that, I asked Shylock to report as if everything went smoothly.

We decided to leave the forest in different directions and at different times.

Looking at Shylock’s back, who left first, Hermis hesitated.

“The conversation we just had….”

“You can use it however you like. You don’t have to ask for my permission, do you?”

“Still, it’s the first time I’ve ever heard this kind of information right next to a customer…. Hmmm.”

“Rather than that, I’m curious now. Will everything that happened with me be reported to Lady Elijah?”

“I can’t say everything, and if there is an incident, I have to report it.”

“Then what about this case?”

“Um…. In this case, there is a possibility that it will be known that I am a planted person in the information guild, so I am going to report it in a reduced form.”

“Are you going to report the article about Gaston and the Talents as well?”

“Yes. You are Archduke Balak’s spy hiding in the training center, so you should report it. Sir Shylock… It will take a little thought.”

I feel the same way.

Me and Hermis under Elijah have a duty to report.

It takes just one thing.

‘How do you explain how you found out?’

If this story is told, my name will inevitably come out.

In the process, some of my other unusual appearances, and the connection with the information guild….

Suddenly, isn’t it already too late to worry about this?

I thought so.

Anemones in the bedroom.

A potted plant that falls asleep after looking at it in a disturbed mood every night.

“You don’t have to worry.”

Hermis said.

“Before being a knight, I was active as a member of the Information Guild longer. Judas will have nothing to worry about. I will report it as condensed as possible.”

“… It looks like the stain is on my face.”

Hermis just laughed.

Certainly, Hermis is better than me.

Because I’m bad at lying.

‘There’s something I’d like to ask Elijah, but I can ask it next time.’

By the way, Balak….

I understood that Balak was targeting me.

The fact that he is trying to avoid Elijah’s questioning.

But something….

‘Does it go this far?’

I expected Balak to kill me, or at least retaliate accordingly.

By the way, what is alienation? Isolation? A broken limb injury?

‘Does this man think that even if he was beaten by me, it would be just that much?’

Duke Balak.

In the future, a person who died and was not there by Elijah.

However, I am well aware of its reputation.

‘I don’t think he’s a moth enough to do such a childish trick.’

This is not necessarily retaliation.

Isn’t it a bit like a test?

‘No matter how illegitimate you are, what are you trying to do at the daughter-in-law training center? .’

*

After passing through the forest, we arrived at the entrance of the training center.

I was about to return to the mansion, but the same roommate was out near the entrance.

“Oh, Judas!”

Richard, Lindell, Argon, Hador, Finn.

Five people rushed in.

“Seniors?”

They looked back and forth between me and Hermis.

Hermis just smiled innocently.

Richard looked at her, gulped at her nervously, and asked her cautiously at me.

“That… Can we talk about it without him for a second?”

“Yes? Well, yes.”

So we moved to a place away from Hermis.

Argon asked with a serious face.

“Judas. Tell me the truth.”

“What do you mean?”

“Are you dating that knight?”

What the f*ck….

Because of the absurdity, double desire rose up to his throat.

“How could you come to such a conclusion….”

“You, you, you go with that driver every day these days!”

“That’s because the lady appointed him to be my escort….”

“That, and! Every time the two of us go into the woods, what, what are we doing!”

“Ah….”

Crazy bastards, little, ah.

My head hurts.

The front of my head really tingles.

I think I’m getting a little dizzy.

He touched his forehead with one hand.

A deep sigh comes out of nowhere.

He spoke with great strength.

“Seniors, it’s not like that….”

Richard asked seriously.

“Did you have a preference for being older? .”

He’s older, he’s nabal, and he’s also a child by my standards.

I’m not a kid like Elijah, but I’m a teenager.

I know there are no laws or punishments for age and dating in this world, but by my standards, it’s a crime!

“It’s not like that….”

“Did you play with Lady Elijah?!”

“… ….”

Ah.

My head hurts….