Reincarnated Into Weak Noble
Chapters 24. Paladins

Vindice, a dark organization. They are not bound by the law, for they are the meaning of the law. Like their gods, they give justice from their own point of view.

If anyone demands Vindice's justice then the person is confirmed dead and if there is an existence that will cause disaster then Vindice will find the figure and kill him.

This is what Fiona is going through. It is unfortunate because of the unique ability that is considered dangerous he is targeted by Vindice.

On the seventeenth anniversary. One man from Vindice attacks his kingdom, killing all his servants and servants, their goal is to find Fiona Rosemary.

They managed to catch her that night, but Fiona managed to escape due to the carelessness of one of the members of Vindice. He was accidentally fascinated by the figure of the blonde princess. Plus the princess made a booze in which she would let the member play later that night as long as she allowed him to be in the room.

The foolish member is bewitched by lust and accepts her offer, unaware that it is Fiona's only plan to escape.

True, Fiona steals the key and escapes from the confinement, thanks to which the nameless member is murdered.

Fiona had managed to escape before, but now she returned to the headquarters of Vindice who certainly did not wear this.

“You're finally back, you stupid princess!”

A girl with red hair shouted. This speech is made to Fiona who is locked and raped in a prison. The prison is Vindice's underground headquarters. 

There was no reply from Fiona, she just stared at the red-haired girl sharply as if distracted by her presence. 

The red-haired girl seemed to grit her teeth, wanting to feel like she was disciplining for a haughty princess like Fiona, but she remembered that if she did something with Fiona without the Boss' knowledge, she could die.

The red-haired girl grabbed her hair and walked away from Fiona. “Well, hopefully you can be free for this time, even if it's impossible.” 

Fiona stared at the red-haired girl's shoulder blankly, the girl was named Feny, a person who often came to disturb her in prison. At that time Fiona managed to escape, but now she returns to this headquarters.

 ***

On the other hand, Arthur ran without direction trying to find Fiona but did not get any information. Day had become midnight, Arthur had a bad feeling about this, he added his running speed even though he did not know the purpose.

 {Woi, Nak.}

"What's Shutaru?"

The one who just asked was the black dragon-Shutaru. Once in Arthur's body, they can communicate directly.This is also one of the abilities as an heir.

{It's about the girl. I have a feeling that she has something dark power. It's for your sake, it's better not to save him}

{What's the point of doing that anyway? Didn't you go there and come here to save people, but they ended up scared and left.}

{The umbral disease you have keeps you away. No one will ever accept you, I'm sure the girl will run away. When knowing his rescuer is a sufferer 'umbral plague'}

"That's all you want to say, Shutaru? You just tested me. Your goal is to make me fall into the dark, right? But, sorry I wasn't stupid to accept that remark.”

Although being in Arthur's body does not mean they are familiar, Shutaru never considered Arthur as the eighth legitimate heir, he assumed that the teenager was still too naive. To become the true heir of Shutaru, Arthur wants to fall into darkness.

 It's not like Shutaru wants Arthur to be evil all he wants is to eliminate his naive nature because the task of the heir to the Darkness Sword Technique will be very heavy for people like him.

“I don't care.if I ignore someone then I'm the same as the one who keeps away from me. After all my time is limited, so at least let me do whatever I want before I become a crazy umbral.”

For the Umbral Plague sufferers have a year before they drift away from the darkness of their hearts and go mad.

Frankly Arthur should not use his Darkness sword Technique as it will accelerate the growth of the umbral.

Arthur stopped his running. This is reality, he doesn't know where Fiona is.

“You have a point Shutaru.

{You are really stupid! I can't believe Tamus chose you and the nickname of the nameless hero is too cool for you.}

 Arthur only smiled forcefully hearing the ridicule from Shutaru. Amidst the confusion, suddenly Arthur could feel the air of someone around him, the air was so cold that he held a sword on his shoulder as a sign of vigilance.

 {Oi, Son! There's someone.}

“Ya, I know..”

Arthur turned his body back. In a split second he saw a person in black robes, his face was not clearly visible. When Arthur wanted to see more clearly, suddenly the figure moved to the back of Arthur.

He held Arthur's hand, which was about to pull the sword from his shoulder. The movement was so fast that even Arthur's eyes could not respond, he was made to be surprised at this incomparable speed.

“Do not move, Son. I have no intention of fighting..”.

That was what the mysterious figure said, even so Arthur was still able to feel the incredible coldness of the figure. As if his words were a joke.

“What do you want?” arthur asked without lowering his guard.

“Don't be stiff like that, instead I came to help. You want to know something about the girl's whereabouts, right?”

This speech comes from a mysterious figure who is now behind Arthur's body, somehow he knows what the purpose of the teenager. Arthur felt uneasy, he felt an overwhelming sense of suspicion.

“How do you know about that? And who are you?”

“It doesn't matter who I am now. The important thing is to take this, son.”

The figure gave the folded paper to Arthur, he suspiciously accepted the paper. Slowly Arthur opened the paper which turned out to be a map indicating a destination.

“It is a possible place is your destination.”

 “Wait for talks not-“

When Arthur looked back the figure had disappeared like darkness. Arthur wondered who the suspicious figure was.

He squeezed the map, actually he felt a great sense of suspicion from this map, but the fact that Arthur had no information whatsoever. So following a map whose origins are unclear is probably the last resort.

He thought if there was a trap then it was okay, but there was still hope even though it was only a few percent. Although the possibility is small, there is still a possibility that Fiona is in the location of the map.

He decided to immediately run in the direction of that map. While busy with his running activity, Shutaru suddenly said in a serious tone.

 {Nak... The last one was Paladin}.

Hearing this surprised Arthur. Because basically the figure of the paladin is the most powerful person in the world of magic and sword techniques. And it only contains for one person, a position for the strongest person.It is very strange if such a great person has cold and comes to a place like this.

However, Arthur doesn't care, he is more concerned with focusing on Fiona's quest.