Irregular Curved
Chapter 22: Attack of the Capital — Part I
"Supporting the first prince?"
Light looked at his raised hand, covering a small part of the ceiling of his inn room. On several occasions, Light's focus was split due to the request.
Several days had passed since his meeting with Selene in the library. Far from being expected, Selene treated Light as she normally would at the time when the two were taking classes.
From the beginning, Selene's attitude was cold. Especially with the presence of his followers girls who are so annoying, Selene herself shunned by other students, very different from the shadow that people have of the figure of a princess in fairy tales.
However, since Selene possessed extraordinary abilities, even defeating Second Prince Arthur, all the students could only mute. No one was able to ridicule and humiliate Selene blatantly right in front of her.
"While my own father's actions violated the rules of inheritance in imperial law, I don't think that I can win against my father in court."
There's a sense of pessimism. The nobles of the judiciary are a group that makes the Renesse Family sentenced to death in 5 generations. Not only that, the supreme judicial power of the empire was held by the emperor, there was no way Light could win the lawsuit if the judges themselves were in the opposite position to him.
But, if I accept Princess Selene's offer.did not my decision automatically make me hostile to Prince Arthur who is also my own classmate?
"Aarrayghh!" Light ruffled his hair. All choices lead him to the path of death.
Light rose up, sitting on the bed with light pierced through the curtains of the inn. His gaze fixed on the little cylinder he got from grandma sucks the mysterious shop owner who robbed him of his money.
Recalling that night, after killing the attacking thugs, Light one by one carried the bodies into the alley where the mysterious shop was located.
However, the existence of the store instantly disappeared like a gust of wind. Light no longer finds the existence of the mysterious store in the alley.
After all, Light did not consider the shop to be an ordinary shop. That shitty granny must have kept a lot of unusual secrets.
Light erased the dark memories. He was ultimately only able to be grateful because the infuriating experience gave him a very remarkable experience.
The cylindrical from the start had a small hole that pierced through both sides facing each other. Knowing that, Light pairs a small thread that is watered by magic and makes it into a necklace.
Somehow, when using it under these circumstances, there was a closeness that Light could feel with the cylinder, feeling like Light would be very sorry if he lost it.
"Now, should I take a walk around here?"
Without further consideration, Light left his room and walked aimlessly inside the trading district of the capital. As much as possible, Light dodged the streets that led him to the slum district like yesterday.
Some time has passed, the sunlight is dimming. Now, the sky is showing a reddish glow, a sign that the sky's view will be dark.
The street lights had been lit up brightly, the use of magic tools aimed at the public interest made the imperial capital the city that had the most advanced civilization in the entire world.
In the end, Light did not get anything. He regretted that he only spent time while spending his money which only left a few pieces of large silver coins little by little.
"It's wrong..." Light held his head with both hands, he sat in one corner of the city park that did not look crowded with human activities, "I shouldn't do this..."
An uncertain future, financials that are currently at their lowest limits. Light did not think that his current state was so pitiful.
In fact, Light could get a life guarantee in the form of food and shelter if he returned to the dormitory provided for the students of the academy until his graduation, but Light was unable to do so.
Not only was the condition of the room supposed to be confounded by the other students during his departure, but Light was also required to pay compensation for the damage done.
I really need the money now...
The sound of stomach rattling. The last time he ate, it was the breakfast provided by his inn.
"Should I go back?" Light muttered with regret.
Light eventually decides to take his dinner at the inn.
"Hm?" As he passed through the outskirts of the district where the warehouses were located, Light smelled an unnatural iron smell that caused both of his legs to stop stepping.
There is a desire to ignore the problem. Moreover, deserted areas such as warehousing districts are the most prone to crime when compared to other areas within the capital's trading district.
"It's. the smell of blood." The origin of the smell is not directed from the existing warehouses, but from the sewer that is directly connected to a building that looks like an office.
Although it was illuminated by street magic lights, it did not make it difficult for Light to fuse with the darkness of the night. He slipped towards the back of the building from the outside of the very tall wooden fence.
His average body of a boy almost 16 years old makes Light can easily enter the narrow gaps between the wooden fence of the office with the warehouse around him.
The smell of blood was getting stronger, Light was sure the source of the smell was from the other side of the wooden fence where he was currently standing. Light spread mana throughout his body subtly, his hand grip to the sword hilt was also faintly reflected by the blue aura.
BRACKET!
Light jumped in. But the wind magic attack soon came to welcome his arrival.
Light fell with his back to hit the wooden fence. But it did not feel too painful to make it able to bounce back quickly.
"You have a very high curiosity, don't you?"
The legs are quite dwarfed, distinctive red bushy fur with two large ears that protrude upward, a characteristic shared by one of the most cunning species of the beastman race.
Red foxes, or so the people of this world call their kind.
It is said that in history, the red fox clan had been an advisor to the beastman kingdom for hundreds of years before the kingdom was destroyed after losing the war against the Corthia Empire.
The war has ended, none of their species have been found to blend in with society at large. Several times rumors were heard when someone saw them, although the rumor was disputed and considered a baseless confession.
"You... tell me what purpose you're here for?!" Light made a fighting stance. He could not let his guard down because the possibility of there being some other red fox was not zero.
"Mariabell, why are you so slow?" Suddenly, a voice appeared right behind Light.
Light raised his head, he saw the red fox male sitting on top of the wooden fence where Light had just jumped him.
"Yes, yeah. Go back to your starting position, I'll finish this quickly." Mariabell, the short-statured red fox girl took out two short swords from each of her white kimono armholes.
"Five minutes, I won't wait for you more than that."
With those words, the presence of the red fox behind Light instantly disappeared.
Mariabell raised both of her short swords and lunged straight at Light while making an expression as if having fun, "Try to cheer me up, son."