
“I'm sure by the time I've defeated half of them someone is fleeing in this direction.” Leathina muttered as she continued to search for someone she had previously seen running away.
“I can interrogate him if caught, but although the previous criminals must also have information but I feel if I follow the escape I will get something bigger.” Inner Leathina who was still running looking for one of the criminals who had managed to escape.
“Syutt!”
There was a whistling sound, Leathina's reflexes immediately searched for the source of the sound and ended up in a dead end where there had been some people waiting for her.
“Ah, it seems my hunch is indeed right I got a big problem this time.” Leathina muttered then slowly stepped back.
“Nona where are you going? Don't you really want to meet us?" He said as he watched Leathina leave slowly by taking a step back.
“Good gentlemen, it looks like I misdirected my way there good-bye.” Leathina then hurriedly left them.
“Eh, where are you going?” suddenly two men intercepted Leathina, apparently planning from the beginning to lure Leathina into following her.
"Sir we met in the front alley, right? You see for yourself, my poor brother is hurt I have to take him and treat him.” Leathina reasoned to try to dodge, but unfortunately Leathina had been besieged so that she could no longer go anywhere.
“Nona, you know some of my friends have now been arrested it's all thanks to you. So instead, we'll take you with us, just relax we won't mess around.”
“Means my father's men have come, I must endure as long as possible until they find me.” Inner Leathina.
“No, no, you can't take me. You'll be in big trouble if you catch me.” Said Leathina trying to dodge.
“Your parents will be looking for you in a few months, after which they will let you go thinking you are dead. So hang on for a few months.”
“Come!”
“Ark!”
When going to be caught Leathina reflexes lowered their head and then kicked her legs until she fell.
“Catch that damn woman!”
Leathina suddenly became like sugar swarming with ants, as much as possible Leathina avoided being caught trying to buy as much time as possible until her father's men came to find her.
“Woah, woah, you guys are too aggressive sir.” Said Leathina who was still evading.
“Damn it, catch such small-sized women only you can't!” shouted one of them who seemed to be the leader of a group of criminals.
“Oh!” leathina exclaimed at him in surprise.
“I've seen you in banquet, which family are you from? Kenap can join with criminals like them, is your family bankrupt?” leathina said and still pointed at him.
“Akh! Goddamnit! I don't want to know you guys have to catch this woman.” She cried out with emotion from feeling humiliated by Leathina.
“Duh, I forgot to bring my dagger.” The inner Leathina who was beginning to be overwhelmed.
“Pak!”
“Tak!”
The defending Leathina immediately ran away unfortunately the criminals kept chasing her and even surrounded her.
Someone jumped towards Leathina, Leathina managed to dodge but unfortunately she pulled Leathina's dress tight enough to make Leathina fall then the others also surrounded Leathina and managed to subdue Leathina to be unable to move anymore.
“Looks like your efforts were in vain Miss.” Said the man who had ordered to arrest Leathina.
“Betul, it looks like I lost this time. So what are you going to do to me sir?” ask Leathina.
“Oh, it seems like you are not afraid at all miss. I'll scare you half to death and beg somewhat I kill you.”
“You are very confident apparently.” Leathina muttered then smiled.
“Ah, you are really not afraid at all. I'll introduce myself to you, I'm Alas Dante of the Dante family. I'm one of the owners of this business, so you should be honored that I caught you first at least I won't sell you into slavery, I'll hire you. How am I not so good?”
“I'm actually not too interested in getting to know you sir because your face is ugly!”
“Plak!”
A moment after Leathina finished her remark, Alas suddenly slapped her with emotion.
“See, how ugly it even gets to your meat.” Leathina muttered looking at Alas sharply.
“You're pretty brave too Miss, you said ever seeing me on the banquet means you're one of the noble families right? I'll use you to blackmail your family, this will be a lot of fun. So which family are you from miss?”
“Master aren't you being too stupid? Humm.. In addition to ugly face you also have a stupid brain apparently.”
“Women ja*lang!”
“Ark! Get your hands off my fucking face!” leathina screeched as Alsa touched her face.
“Just tell me which family are you from? I swear I'll get you and your family in trouble.”
“Oh, really?”
“Of course I can. So tell me which family you come from?”
“Master, you must have heard rumors about me, right? Look again, who knows your stupid brain can remember.” Leathina then grinned as she challenged Alas.
Alas furrowed his brows looking at Leathina seriously and tried to recall whether he had met her or not.
“Let's see, have I seen you?” muttered Alas while continuing to look at Leathina seriously.
“Red hair, blue eyes with a pretty face like se... oh! You're the eldest son of the Yarnell family! Damnit!” he finally remembered something about Leathina.
“Your brain can still function real, so do I want to let go of me now?”
“Woah! Whoa! What is this, I don't believe can ensnare his son.” Mumbled Alas was amazed at himself.
“You don't want to let go of my Dante Pedestal?” ask Leathina.
“Humm! Why would I let you go?”
“It's a pity that I intended to give you leniency when you were in law, but you were so stubborn apparently.” Leathina Mumbles.
“What do I need to fear about your family? My dad says soon you and your fucking dad will end up at the gallows for a rebellion.”
“I retract my previous remark, it turns out you are really stupid.” Leathina then looked at Dante with a condescending look.
“What is your gaze? You must be really crazy as rumored.”
“Why are the people my father sent me so long ago, this crazy man might actually kill me!” Inner Leathina.
The real Leathina who was panicking occasionally glanced towards the end of the road hoping that someone would come for her or someone would pass by and see her.
“Will I tell you a secret, actually your father did nothing wrong at all. My father and his friends purposely set him up to end up hanging on a gallows.”
“Why should my father be hanged, shouldn't your father and you be the ones to be executed? basic Nasty!”
“Your father is too much trouble for our efforts, you know he's really stupid! Though he can get a lot of great benefits if you want to join us.”
“For what my father joined a bunch of trash like you guys.” Said Leathina then spit on Alas for being very dislikeful of the man standing in front of her.
“To now do what you want to do, soon I will sell you out of the kingdom and ask them to torture you all out, on the other hand my father will also overthrow your father. How is it that now you feel hurt because everyone hates your father even wants to overthrow him?”
Leathina did not reply she only looked at Alas with a disgusting look because she was completely fed up with Alas.
“Ah I forgot that you hate your father too don't you?”
Leathina still remained silent, not opening her mouth at all because she did not want to run out of energy just to serve people like Alas.
“Let's see how many people are surrounding me, one. two.. three.. five. ten.. fifteen.. The arkh!! Damn them a lot, if one to five people were to surround me I might still be able to escape but if this much moves just a little they would directly encircle me.” Inner Leathina and involuntarily exhaled a heavy breath as she had yet to find a solution to save herself.
“You seem to fear Leathina?” said Alas when he saw Leathina always glanced towards the streets. “Do you hope someone will come to save you? Don't expect, I heard the duke even hates his own flesh and blood. It's a pity that she wasted such a beautiful princess as this, if she arranged a political marriage for you she would definitely profit a lot.”
“You're wrong, my dad likes me even more than himself. What kind of fool spreads such strange rumors.”
“This man is not very smart, if I can not escape then I just need to buy time while scraping information from this fool.” Inner Leathina while watching the Pedestal from the tip of the foot to the tip of the head repeatedly.
“Why? Are you interested in me Leathina?” alas asked as he realized that Leathina was constantly watching him.
“Iya it seems I have paid a little attention to you Mr Alas Dante, may I ask you some questions?”
“Why?”
“I'm curious, it's possible that I could fall for you right away if my curiosity was gone.”
“Alright ask whatever you want to ask, besides the person I contact to buy you has not come.”
“Oh, you want to sell me?”
“Of course, good stuff can't be let go for too long.”
“Humm, I thought you'd save me for yourself.” Said Leathina who was fishing for Alas because it seemed like Alas was starting to like her.
“He likes my face and body, I can tell because his disgusting eyes from earlier keep looking at me he even several times salivate himself.” Inner Leathina who felt increasingly disgusted with the Alas who began to behave like an animal.
“So I'll start asking before then you can't touch me at all.”
“Alright, but I have to touch you after I answer all your questions?”
“I wonder who are the people involved with my father's accusation of rebellion and do they all have dark business too?” tanya Leathina who ignored Alas's question because she did not want to answer it.
“I only know a few names like grand duke Alcot but the old man is rotting in jail now, there is also Mr. David Clement, he said, Mr. Demitrus Dean and of course they all have dark business. It's been popular lately, if you're free you also need to build your own business even Yasmine has, baby she disappeared now.”
“Woah your information is useful once.” Leathina then smiled broadly.
“Why are you so happy just for listening to what I say, are you really falling for me?” said Alas with confidence he even tidied his hair a few times.
“Of course I'm happy, the person you trapped is also here.”
“What do you mean, you're making this up. You must have been really drunk on love. And why my customers have come so long anyway.” Say Alas annoyed while continuing to comb his hair back.
“Tuan.” Call his subordinates but Alas ignores him instead.
“Master!”
“What?!”
“D- duke?!” said Alas stammered as he turned his head to see Duke Leonard had stood behind him with a sword in his hand.
“You see, my father really likes me.” Leathina told Alas, then grinned as Alas looked at her with a look of disbelief.
“Damn it! Run, bring the girl too!” yelled Alas which then made his people start scattering in panic.
Duke Leonard who had more army personnel with him was quickly able to summarize Alas and his subordinates.
“You okay Leathina?” tanya Winter who then cleans Leathina's bloodied hands due to her previous puncture wound.
“Leathina you're hurt.” The duke who was worried about Leathina immediately closed it with her handkerchief.
“I'm fine dad, this is not my blood look well.”
Leathina reopened the duke in her hand and then showed it to the duke Leonard to trust her.
The duke who saw no injuries in his hand then felt relieved.
“Thank God you weren't hurt." Duke Leonard was relieved.
"tie them all and take them to jail. I will ask your Majesty the king to judge them directly.”
“What number are you okay?” alex asked who also immediately approached Leathina after seeing her.
“You why are here sir?” leathina whispers to Alex after Duke Leonard and Winter are busy taking care of the criminals they have captured.
“Ah, I was worried so I went with them. But miss are your hands really healed?”
“It's healed, did you tell anyone that I was hurt?”
“Your sister said.”
“Did he also say that I cured him?” ask Leathina worried.
“No, the woman named Anne said that we should keep it a secret to people. Is it true that no one knows your abilities?”
“I didn't want to get into a lot of trouble so I chose to keep it a secret. So sir I beg you, please keep this a secret.”
“Alex.”
“What?” ask Leathina who does not understand what her interlocutor means.
“My name is Alex, you can call me by that name.”
“My name is Leathina, Mr. Alex.”
“It's nice to meet you, but you've introduced yourself to me before Leathina.”
“You're too outspoken Alex.” Leathina replied with a slight laugh.
“Thank you for keeping Mr. Alex a secret, and thank you for helping my sister and driving them home.”
“What are you doing Leathina, you don't have to bend like that to me.” Quickly Alex held Leathina back from bowing to him.
“It's okay, I'm so grateful to you for saving me earlier.”
“Not that I mean, you should see the expression of the duke and the man next to him that.” Whisper Alex on leathina.
Leathina immediately looked at the direction Alex showed and she saw Duke Leonard and Winter had now looked at Alex, their gazes as if to say that do not get close to Leathina.
“Ah, forgive me. They are indeed a bit exaggerated if I am close to someone.” Said Leathina feeling awkward with Alex.
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