I Will Avoid The Death Flag [It's Published]
6. Rumours

"Mr Daughter, please don't stay away from me" Sir Derick told me.

I just smiled stiffly. But Sir Derick is too close to me, isn't he? Our bodies touched several times as we stepped.

I know that he was worried about me because we were in the capital for the first time. It was because Viten told me to go to the capital, to have fun.

And I felt I had no problem with this and accepted Viten's offer to go to the capital.

Viten just told me to go with Sir Derick who enthusiastically took me in, but took care of me excessively.

Sir Derick and I wore plain robes but they were made of expensive silk. The material is also very light and falls, making me free to move without having to have trouble.

"I think His Majesty just wants me to know the rumors about myself in the capital" I muttered.

"Certainly, Princess? You are very intelligent to be aware of this" Sir Derick replied with an angelic smile.

Hey, can't everyone be aware of this too? Is Sir Derick pretending or what?

Well, whatever. What matters is that he didn't torture me.

"Sir Derick, please don't call me

The Princess here, won't it make others suspicious?" I said.

"Ah, right. I'm so remiss, forgive me, um ...." Sir Derick looked at me with an angelic look.

Geez, don't be, Sir Derick. I can nosebleed at any time over this combo of good looks and sweetness!

"Call Ethy, Sir Derick," I said, smiling.

Sir Derick seemed happy after receiving my smile. "Well, Ethy."

Geez, I can see the dog's ears and tail wobbling inside Sir Derick.

"So, we have to look for information and rumors" I said. Sir Derick looked at me with an angelic charm. "Um, ahem, so I think information and rumors like that are usually spread from the bar or inn, right?"

"That's right. I guess, Ethy's very smart."

"That's nothing, Sir Derick. So, I thought it would be nice to visit the bar and listen to the rumors."

"Derick," said Sir Derick.

I blinked. "Yes?"

"Call me Derick, Ethy. It's outside, isn't it? So calling me Sir will attract unnecessary attention."

He's correct. "Well, I'll call you Derick. That's okay, right?"

"That's fine, Ethy."

Strangely seems enthusiastic.

I cringed in wonder but decided to ignore it.

"Then, where's the nearest bar, Derick?"

"If the nearest bar is ...." Sir Derick looked at me, I tilted my head slightly. Wh why?

"Ethy, you're over 17?"

Oh? Is correct. Visiting the bar also has a minimum age, right?

Well, my real age is 25, but considering Serethy .... The novel is definitely about Serethy, but I think he's nineteen? I'm not sure.

"I'm nineteen years old."

Derick then smiled. "Well, then there's a bar not far from here."

We then walked side by side towards the bar that Sir Derick had said.

We entered the bar and took our place at the bar table, then sat down side by side.

The bartender accepted our order and asked us to wait. Moments later, two beers were in front of us.

"Hey, did you hear the new Princess?"

I sharpened my sense of hearing. Lucky for once, just arriving at the bar will already get information from the rumors that are spread.

"I heard, of course the entire Asher Kingdom knows," the middle-aged man replied as he sipped his beer.

"He's a prisoner of war, right? What is His Majesty thinking? Making a prisoner of war as Princess?"

"Ha! She's just a very lucky woman. From the beginning, she was a lucky woman. Wealth, dignity, honor, power. He's got everything. Then God made him fall once, but it turned out that his luck was super." Sipping his beer again, the man hiccups. "He's the Princess again. Ahaha! He's getting more power!"

"You're right. He's very lucky."

"The Goddess of Luck accompanies such people, ha! Why has the Goddess of Fortune never looked at us, ordinary people? Are we not more in need of the blessing of the Goddess?"

"You're right. I wish the Princess was a wretch."

I cringe.

"Please don't listen anymore, Ethy," Sir Derick told me.

I just smiled a little. "It's okay, Derick. Asher's opinion is also important."

"But you don't need to hear that kind of nonsense."

I'm shaking. "That's not bullshit. He's telling the truth. I'm just a lucky girl."

Sir Derick looked disappointed, but did nothing more.

"And aren't the new Princess' father and brother still on the run?" The middle-aged man drank his beer again after saying his sentence.

"Because you said it, I just realized. And you're right. The former king and former crown prince are on the run. They're also on the wanted list, right? Said that we'd get five million ash with just one head."

"They are very good at hiding! I hope I meet one of them and take him to His Majesty."

"You're right. Five million ash! I thought it was only in my dreams."

"Ethy, how about getting out of here?" sir Derick asked, he looked uncomfortable. Maybe because rumors only say bad things to me. That's sweet, Sir Derick. You're trying to keep my feelings, aren't you? As expected of a Fallen Angel!

Sir Derick seemed hesitant, but decided to wait.

Come to think of it, Serethy's father and brother are on the run and become fugitives. Initially, Serethy was also on the run with her father and brother, it was just that Serethy was separated in the middle of the road and she was instantly captured by Asher warriors.

In the novel, it is not told about Serethy's father and brother unless they are on the run.

Serethy did try to ask Viten to look for them, but Viten instead tortured Serethy. That crazy bastard.

I wonder if I can meet them because the plot of the novel has changed?

"Well, yes, yes, the troublemaker in the Marquis's family!"

"His age will be twenty in a few months but he did it again in the square yesterday, right?"

"If it's not wrong, he burned one stall?"

"Haha! A very annoying troublemaker. If I were to become the owner of the stall, I would request five times the accommodation of the Marquis!"

"really. Slightly rob them of their money rather than using money with unnecessary fancy things."

I think I knew who the troublemaker was after hearing the word 'Marquis'.

He's a stubborn, alcoholic man. He returned home drunk, otherwise drunk, his identity must be questioned.

I know because he's one of Viten's former best friends.

It is not known why they became former good friends in the novel, but the troublemaker once tortured Serethy.

It was at a banquet banquet held within the palace.

Just then, Serethy came to the banquet party on Viten's orders. Unfortunately, in the middle of the road, Serethy met the troublemaker in the palace garden and accidentally hit the troublemaker.

The troublemaker was drunk and angry to see Viten's face in the ballroom earlier. With consciousness at the threshold, Serethy was beaten and eventually drowned in a fish pond.

Really crazy bastard after Viten.

Fortunately, Serethy survived.

"Well, I really don't want to meet this troublemaker" I told Sir Derick.

"You're right. Just hearing that makes me upset."

"Yes, right. He's so insolent."

"It's okay, Ethy. I'll protect you if you accidentally cross paths with him."

"Thank you, Derick," I said. "By the way, you're royalty, aren't you?"

I already know the answer, but I want to hear it directly from Sir Derick. Just tell him I want to talk further with him.

"That's right. I'm from Count Cliterion's family. Nobles from the southern region of the Asher Kingdom."

"That's ... far enough?"

"Yes, Ethy. We are on the border with another kingdom. Our family focuses only on administration, but only I am interested in becoming a knight. That's why I came to the capital."

"And you become a knight now."

Derick smile. "true."

"I thought you were great. Become the only knight in the family and reach for the top with his own efforts. That was so amazing. Of course it's because it takes a lot of effort that's not easy in it."

Sir Derick looked at me with a surprised look, then a red hue quickly spread across his cheeks and ears that were not covered in robes.

"Derick?"

Derick raised the beer glass and sipped it slowly. "It's okay, Ethy. Thank you for your compliment."

I wanted to smile back before the bar door opened loudly.

The entire visitor at the bar gasped, while the man who was in the twenty age range just entered the bar casually, a lookalike smile was also on his lips.

Then for some reason, he sat next to the two of us.

"That's Young Master!"

"Young Master troublemaker!"

"Run!"

Almost all the visitors panicked and hurriedly left the bar. Even the two middle-aged men that we listened to her conversation had already run away first.

"Hey, bring me the most expensive wine!" said the man sitting next to me.

"Derick" I whispered to Sir Derick.

Sir Derick nodded then took out the money bag in the pocket of his robe, then took out a silver coin.

The bartender accepted our money nervously.

Derick and I stood up from our seats and prepared to leave the bar.

"Wait."

Before that "Young Master of the Troublemaker" blocked my hand.

Sir Derick went straight ahead and tried to let go of the man's hand.

The man brushed off Sir Derick's hand and released me simultaneously.

Instead, his hand gripped my chin and forced me to look up.

"Ho. Violet, violet eyes and pink hair" she whispered to me. "The new Princess Asher."

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