Episode 145

Rurin's Grocery Shopping (6)
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Two days had passed.

But there was no news about Selly. Mrs. Rayne and Count Greek had both jumped in to help, but there was absolutely zero news.

Both the market’s informant and the city’s lord had taken action. The fact that they couldn’t find a single piece of information meant only one thing.

Selly was not a child born and raised in Greek City.

So no matter how much they asked around the citizens of Greek City, it would only lead to a dead end.

The conclusion is that Selly came from elsewhere.

That opens up several possibilities.

It seemed likely that she was involved in some complicated issue, but the girl still hadn’t said anything.

Or perhaps, as a young girl, she simply couldn’t articulate what she had seen and heard, even if she wanted to.

But today was different. The girl insisted on going down to the market, saying she might remember something.

This was a positive sign. To find out why the girl was alone, they had to rely on her memory.

For that reason, he took the girl down to the market himself.

If it was confirmed that she was an orphan, he could help her live comfortably in Greek City.

But that would only be if it was certain that she was an orphan.

Someone could still be searching desperately for the girl, so they couldn’t act carelessly.

So it was only right to find out where she came from and why she was wandering the market alone, and to see if she had any relatives.

“Selly, do you remember what you were doing when you came to the market? You were sitting here, right?”

“Mm-hmm.”

The girl looked around a bit and then nodded. She clearly remembered sitting here.

“Do you remember what you were doing when you came here?”

“Mm-hmm.”

The girl who had said she didn’t know her parents’ names.

The girl who kept repeating that her parents were dead finally nodded. Saying she remembered what she was doing when she came here was a very positive sign.

“Really? Do you remember why you came to the market?”

“No.”

The girl started shaking her head again. She had just said she remembered, so he asked why she was suddenly acting this way.

“Then what do you remember?”

“Over there.”

“Over there?”

The girl pointed in a certain direction.

“My mom and dad died over there.”

“Over there?”

The girl, who had only said that her parents were dead, mentioned for the first time that someone had killed them. And she still held her finger straight.

“Yes. Over there!”

“Alright. Rurin, let’s go.”

He said that to Rurin and started walking again, but suddenly the girl called out loudly to Rurin. Rurin, who had been lounging, lowered her head at the call.

“Unnie!”

“Hmm?”

“You are mommy.”

“What?”

“And here’s daddy!”

“What?”

And then the girl said something unexpected. Then she reached out to Rurin.

“What is that hand for… No need.”

“Oh, come on, mommy! Hold it!”

“Daddy, hold mommy’s hand too!”

“What?”

Under the girl’s command, El ended up holding Rurin’s hand, and the girl held Rurin’s other hand.

Normally, when talking about parents, the daughter is in the middle holding both parents’ hands, so why is this different?

“Oh, this is nice. Hehe, well done, Subordinate No. 2.”

“Right?”

She held El’s hand tightly in hers. The dragon’s hand was warm.

Rurin’s body is quite warm in her human form, and back in Korea, when El was in shock after learning of my parents’ passing, he received much comfort from Rurin’s warm embrace.

Her hands looked slender and soft. The kind of hands that seemed like they’d never touched a drop of water.

Well, considering she mostly slept and fought and rarely worked, it’s not far from the truth.

Rurin’s hands were confined. But she seemed to be in a very good mood.

“Subordinate No. 2, so where are we going?”

“Over there!”

Then the girl pointed far away again with her remaining hand.

There was no certainty if she knew for sure. But right now, there was no other way to find out her identity than her pointing finger. And they had plenty of time.

So they decided to go.

“Alright, let’s go.”

“Heeheehee. Your hand feels strange.”

“What’s strange about it?”

“It’s just strange. Ah! Your strange hand. Heehee.”

“What are you talking about…?”

Rurin walked in high spirits, and the girl kept pointing in one direction.

As they walked, they reached the boundary of Greek City. Beyond this was agricultural land. If they went further, they would reach the mountains, and beyond that, a road leading to another city.

If Dedran City and Greek City were arranged in a crescent shape, this would be the northwest of the crescent.

That’s the general direction.

“Did you come from here?”

Nod, nod.

The girl nodded vigorously while holding Rurin’s hand.

“My subordinate doesn’t lie. Let’s go further.”

“Why are you being so generous all of a sudden?”

“Heeheehee. Because she shows loyalty?”

“You’re ridiculous.”


Anyway, since we came this far, we might as well keep going until her finger stops. So we walked further, hand in hand. Then the wide fields disappeared, and they reached the border area leading to another city.

At that moment, the girl, who had been pointing towards the sky, finally pointed her finger downwards.

“There, there!”

“There?”

“Yes!”

The girl answered my question firmly and moved forward. Where her finger stopped was a fortress.

A fortress?

Why was there a fortress here?

It’s unheard of that there’s a military camp or fortress of Greek City here. It’s not a mountain path, so it couldn’t be a bandit’s fortress.

Something was suspicious. This was a fortress that hadn’t existed before. It was a newly built fortress.

“Rurin, pick Selly up. Let’s move quickly.”

“What’s going on? Why are you letting go of my hand?”

“This is not the time to be leisurely, Rurin.”

I let go of Rurin’s hand and quickly moved towards the fortress. And I found it. Suspicious guards in the suspicious fortress.

Recalling my memory, many times, inside such fortresses were slave caravans.

Slave caravans continuously move around, crossing countries.

If they were still unaware of the news from Dedran City and had returned from another country, it makes sense for them to have a fortress here.

In short, we came to a place we shouldn’t have unknowingly. Do remnants of Rieden still remain?

If that’s the case.

If the girl accidentally escaped from here, it’s understandable that she has no parents and no acquaintances to find in Greek City.

Then all the answers are in that fortress.

At that moment, the fortress gate opened. A carriage came running from the opposite mountain slope and stopped in front of the fortress.

“Ahhh!”

Women were being dragged roughly by their hair. It’s obvious without looking that the women in the carriage were captured illegally.

The women were dragged inside, and a bloodied boy was thrown out of the fortress.

He looked about 18 years old.

“Throw this brat away.”

And the fortress gate shut firmly. There seemed to be a lookout post above, but for now, he decided to save the boy and attempt a teleport.

The boy was already unconscious and covered in blood, so he wouldn’t remember. But using teleport would fascinate Selly.

But the girl had already experienced a teleport when Rurin fled the market.

And the girl wasn’t old enough to recognize what it was. And now wasn’t the time to leave someone behind.

“Rurin, let’s go to Elena’s clinic.”


The boy woke up. The girl watched him. Rurin wasn’t interested. She sat on a chair. I could feel her gaze on me.

Fortunately, the boy could be saved with Elena’s Great Healing. He had numerous knife wounds, but the power of Great Healing had almost healed them. Healing magic and especially Great Healing are powerful against external injuries.

“Melly!”

The boy, now awake, began looking for someone.

Then he looked at us. His eyes met mine. Then he saw Elena, Sereina, Rurin, and Selly, and finally looked back at me.

Then suddenly, he started rushing towards me.

“Die! You demons!”

The boy grabbed my neck with both hands.

“Who’s the demon! Well, sometimes I am, but… Anyway, let go!”

It was Rurin who pushed his hands away.

Rurin, huffing and puffing, immediately kicked the boy’s body. The boy, who had just recovered, rolled to the floor from the powerful kick.

Cough, cough!

The boy struggled to get up, coughing harshly. His face was contorted with pain.

“Rurin, wait a minute. He still seems to think this is a slave caravan.”

I quietly approached the boy.

The boy looked at me, Rurin, the girl, and the elf again.

Elves are a major product for slave caravans. They’re considered the scum of the earth, and if there’s anyone I would destroy without question, it’s a slave caravan.

“Give me back my sister! Where is my sister… Melly… Melly…”

The boy screamed at me once more.

This was a bit unexpected. There are coincidences.

I wondered if this Selly might be the boy’s sister, but the boy didn’t seem to care about her.

He just kept mentioning the name Melly, looking into the distance, and then glaring at me again.

Well, the names are different.

Are the girl and the boy separate cases? Anyway, the fact that Selly came here and this boy is in this state looking for his sister are both the work of the slave caravan.

“This is not a slave caravan. I think you’re mistaken.”

“That’s right. El saved you when you were injured. So if anything, he’s your benefactor, not someone to glare at and attack.”

Elena spoke to the boy in a slightly rough voice. It was the first time I heard her voice distort like that.

She has always spoken in a gentle voice.

But thanks to that, the boy seemed to come to his senses and slowly started looking around.

“Th-that…I’m sorry!”

Then he lowered his head to the ground again and began to apologize.

“Do you remember what happened before you lost consciousness?”

When I asked, the boy nodded vigorously. He seemed to finally realize his situation.

“I went to rescue my sister from the slave caravan…I was toyed with by the guards…and then…my memory is blank.”

“Can you tell me what happened?”

I asked the boy gently.

The boy began to explain how he had been relentlessly pursuing this slave caravan to rescue his sister.

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