The Crown Of The Nine Continents
Chapter 23: The City of Rondelia, and the Vampires.
Jumping and Jumping, the figure of Ren moving agilely between the old buildings is quite amazing.
Each of his movements looked very natural, as if Ren was a wind.
"Hm? Right too, I forgot something, what if the Sacred Blood Beast is weak?"
Ren this time really wanted to hit himself. Even for important matters such as searching for information, Ren did not check the Sacred Blood Beast's ability first.
"There's nothing I can do...."
Ren can only leave all of his to fate. In his heart Ren hoped that the Sacred Blood Beast was strong enough to seek out dangerous information.
It didn't take long for Ren to reach the Mansion where Yarth and Cethy were. Yet.....
"Miss Cethy, I'm sorry I was late to save you." Yarth looks like he's bowing apologetically.
"ahahahahah.. It's okay, I was surprised. Mr. Yarth chose to help me." Cethy replied with a smile.
Seeing both of them was fine - it made Ren breathe a sigh of relief. Although they were not very important people, Ren still had a little debt to them.
It would be a pity if they were killed as Ren chased after the two people.
'It looks like the enemy's relief force doesn't exist at all, I'm too worried about this.'
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"I'm back.." Ren's voice sounded.
Followed by Ren's sudden appearance, Yarth and Cethy are shocked.
More than that, Cethy looks wary of Ren's suspicious arrival.
"Be careful, Mr. Yarth. I feel something that's not wearing from him." Cethy spoke cautiously.
"uh? Miss Cethy calm down, she's the one who saved us." Yart explained.
"Eh? So her? but why did he cover his face like that?" Cethy looks confused.
"Oh? Want to know why?" Ren removed his face cover.
"Because this face always brings trouble" Ren turned to show his face.
Even in the middle of a pitch-black night, there was no lighting.
No moonlight was present, as a result of the rain falling. But the Cethy is a cat demi-human race that has sharp eyes. Even in the dark he could see quite clearly.
Thinking of being obstructed, Ren's face was slightly obstructed by the darkness of the night.
But, Cethy still could not take his eyes off. His face was like magic, luring anyone who saw it.
"I-This??? Musta-Hil's....." Upon seeing Ren's face, Cethy said and lay unconscious. With blood pouring out of both of his nostrils.
"Miss Cethy!" Yarth immediately catches Cethy into his arms.
"What's going on?! is this what you did?!" Yarth was a little angry and alert.
"He was just surprised to see my face, you're an Elf right? it's only natural that you can't see clearly in this darkness." Ren speaking.
Yarth looked at Ren's face covered in the darkness of the night. Although a little, Yarth could still see his face, but Yarth did not feel that there was anything special there.
"Your face? I don't understand" Yarth shook his head in confusion.
"Don't think about it, I'll leave for Rondelia City tomorrow. How's yours?" Ren asked, then sat leaning against the wall.
"Ah, right too. We might leave tomorrow too. By the way - By the way......." Yarth paused his words.
"Who are you? what did you mean I owed you earlier?" Yarth asked curiously.
"You'll know for yourself." Ren said as he closed his eyes disregarding Yarth's sharp gaze
"What do you mean?"
Yarth asked again, but Ren's figure had fallen asleep. Leaving the atmosphere into silence without a sound.
"So fast as he sleeps...." Yarth looked in wonder.
"Here you go, I'll be on my own."
Yarth laid Cethy on a flat surface, and Yarth sat looking at the cloudy night sky.
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Rondelia city.
A vast port city of his was twice that of Ceeven City.
The city became a center for the exchange of resources from other countries. Plus, the entire access road to the Cities in the Kingdom of Aulzania is here. Make this City no less beautiful than the capital.
Every city in the Kingdom of Aulzania is connected to this City. Not only that, if you want to go to the capital you have to pass through Rondelia City first.
The road to the capital of the city of Rondelia is one - one that is not a dirt road.
Half the City facing the land is blocked by an elongated large wall. It is on this wall that the gates to every different city are located.
Ren, Yarth and Cethy had reached the gates of Rondelia City, after taking 2 days walking.
"Next!" The gatekeeper shouted.
"Where's your ID?" The guard asked Ren.
"It's.." Ren handed over his Identity Card made of weathered wood.
"uh? The lowest card yes, fits perfectly with your appearance. Get in there." The guard slightly sneered at Ren, although he eventually allowed Ren to enter.
"Ah... Thank you very much!" Ren tried to bow to the Guard.
"Oh one more thing, you're a newcomer, right?" The guard spoke again to Ren who was about to enter the Gate.
"That's right, hehe." Ren turned around and confirmed the guard's statement.
"Be careful, don't wander around at night. Right now the City is being terrorized by Vampires." The guard spoke with a serious tone.
"uh? All righty! Thanks for the warning!."
Ren bowed back, then continued walking to enter Rondelia City.
While Yarth and Cethy can only enter because their queues are different. The reason they were separated like this was because Ren was in disguise again.
"Hey.. Why are you disguised to be so pathetic like this?" Yarth asked Ren who was using a vagrant appearance.
"Pulse. I also don't understand, what's the point for you to go undercover? you better put on your real face!" Cethy asked seriously, but at the time of declaring Ren to use his real face, Cethy raised a thumbs up looking excited.
"It doesn't take you to know." Ren said coldly, a glimpse of his face back on his usual face. However it soon returned on his bum face.
"All right, let's split up here! bye bye!" Ren walked away from Yarth and Cethy, waving his hand.
'Vampire Terrorism, huh? it's catchy.'
Ren said inwardly, hearing about the Vampire made him rejoice.
How not, the Vampire could be called as a distant brother of his Race.
'But, the information about this Vampire is so little.'
"Hey! You ugly man! how dare you bother me?!"
A woman's voice enters Ren's ear, awakening Ren from his daydream.
As soon as Ren came to his senses, he was already in the middle of a crowd of people. It was only fitting that Ren felt like he had bumped into some people while walking earlier.
"Eh?! Why am I here?!" Ren shouted ignoring the figure of the woman who called out to him.
"Don't you dare ignore me! you ugly, self-didn't know!" The woman's voice sounded louder.
"Aahhhhhhhh.! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Ren spoke with a terrified expression.
"Soldier! catch her!" The woman orders some soldiers to capture Ren.
"Eh?! Forgive me Miss! what's wrong!?" Ren shouted while being dragged by two soldiers.
Ren is then dragged and thrown by the two Soldiers. The result was that Ren fell down by prostrating himself before the woman's feet.
The woman smiled and stuck out her legs, then stepped on Ren's head.
"Hehehe... You weak ugly man, how dare you bother Miss Gyslen!" The woman named Gyslen stepped on Ren's head with a laugh.
"Argh... Missis! Forgive me....." Ren spoke with a weak tone, his face still smelling the ground.
"Pffit... It's so sad, I like to torture weak men like you. Hahahah" The woman kept laughing.
Making the people who gathered to see this feel disgusted.
A handsome-looking man approached Gyslen and started talking.
"Miss Gyslen, please listen to my advice."
"Oh, what is Zel?"
"What if Miss makes this man an extra bait for the operation?" The man named Zel laughed viciously.
"I like your idea, very good Zel. Get him and put him in a cage." The woman again ordered her soldiers.
Ren who was still knocked down helplessly was easily transported and carried by some soldiers.
"And you, pretty pretentious lady. Don't you dare claim to be prettier than me." The woman, Gyslen, said to a woman sitting there crying.
"Even so, Miss Gyslen, I've never claimed to be more beautiful than you." The woman said sobbing crying.
"You don't admit it, but the men around here call it that! that's enough for me to punish!"
Plakk. Plakk.
"Yeah! Au!! Sick Miss, forgive me!" The woman was slapped several times by Gyslen and screamed in pain.
The people watching could only look on this woman with pity.
There was something that made them unable to help him. Something that is above their power.
"Don't show your face in front of me again! Soldiers, Zell let's go!"
"Ready!"
"Well, Miss. hihi."
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Meanwhile, Ren is taken in by several soldiers. Dragged to the basement which was only illuminated by makeshift lights. Caused by his disguise, Ren could not act for now.
Ren is also curious what it means to be extra bait in an operation.
"Come in! we actually feel sorry for you. But what can I do." The two soldiers were talking to Ren the same thing.
Ren is then put in a prison, in which there are several other skinny young men. Then the soldier locked the door and left Ren inside the prison.
'Oh my goodness, if I hadn't disguised I would've torn that woman.' Ren muttered in his heart annoyed.
Ren sat down and leaned against the prison wall. Now Ren must act as best he can as a vagrant.
"Hey, you were lured by that jerk woman, too?" One of the skinny youths asked Ren.
"eeh?! I-That's right, just let me pass in front of her, what's my fault?" Ren answered to bemoan himself.
"You don't know, do you? did you just go to town?" The young man asked again.
"Right, I just got here."
"That's unlucky, by the way My name is Rin-yu." The young man mentioned his name, then sat down next to Ren who was leaning.
"Rinyu? Strange name, I'm Ren salutations." Ren put on a strange face hearing the young man's name.
"Hey, you're wrong, my name is Rin-Yu." The young man confirmed with an annoyed face.
"Is there a difference?..." Ren asked - asked.
"Of course, it doesn't matter. You know who that shitty woman is?" Ren asked.
"Of course I know! That bastard woman is Duke Tayslen's daughter. The one who holds this territory. He's also a part of the Knights of Aulzania, although he's only recently joined." Rin-yu talks to an annoyed Tone.
"What?! Princess Duke?! no one is trying to help me." Ren put on a surprised expression.
"Well you're right, no one dares to oppose him. If I'm strong enough, I'll hit that pretty face!" Rin-yu clenches his fists.
"By the way, they're all other than me a vagrant. They've lost their sanity. I'm pretty lonely you know, here for 3 days without a friend talking." Rin-yu said sadly.
"Thankfully, you're here! as soon as I ask you a question and you answer, I'm so happy." Rin-Yu looks at Ren with a happy face.
"Haha.. Really true?" Ren smiled awkwardly.
"Well, right. You know what? I'm a little sad about this." Rin-yu changes his expression suddenly.
"In what way?" Ren asked.
"You remember? that we're gonna be bait? We'll be fed to a vampire tau.! Rumor has it that Vampires are very powerful. There's a chance we're dead in this case.." Rin-Yu spoke sadly, his expression looking at a distant person.
"That's undeniable, isn't it? after all, they must have brought a strong man to eradicate the Vampire, right?" Ren tries to comfort Rin-Yu
"Heh, that woman? there he expects us to die.!"
"You're Right...By the way, why are you here? is it for some obscure reason like me?" Ren asks Rin-Yu
"If you insist on wanting to know, what can you do. Actually..." Rin-yu starts telling stories.
"At that time, that disgusting woman came near my house with a horde of handsome men beside her. I didn't exist at first because I worked. When I got home there I saw my brother being tortured. I got angry and tried to help her.
But, the handsome men by his side were too strong, let alone the one named Zell. With a blink of an eye, I was defeated just like that. When I realized I was in this prison."
"You live alone with your brother?" Ren asked.
"Pulse. She is the only one of my family that I love the most, and she is also beautiful!" Rin-Yu smiled proudly.
"Many men try to propose to her, but all she refuses on the grounds that I'm not old enough. Though I can already work alone, while my brother has to suffer because of me." Rin-Yu put on a sad expression.
"If he had accepted his proposal, maybe he would have lived better." Rin-Yu said back.
"You have a very good brother." Ren said with a smile.
"He was very - very good. So I feel sad when I leave him alone. Suppose that... I'm more.. Strong." Rin-Yu clenched his arm.
"Already - already, we better continue tomorrow. Let's go to sleep." Ren spoke, then lay down on the ground floor.
"You're right, let's continue tomorrow." Rin-Yu did the same.
The prison was then covered in silence. Then the two fell asleep.