Chapter 217 – The Princess of the Fallen Kingdom (4)

I have money to buy clothes, but I don’t have a closet to put them in.
There were not many people who had a crazy money sense enough to pay for hundreds of clothes at once, and did not even know the common sense of refunds.

They were fallen nobles.

One of them appeared to be the attendant of the other, so only one of them was a Fallen noble.

“Enough then.”

Do-jin, who confirmed that the reason the two threw away their clothes wasn’t because they didn’t like their hobbies or because they didn’t like the clothes, waved at them and lightly turned their backs.

Then, the princess grabbed Do-jin, who was about to leave.

“There-!”
“Why?”

When the hem of her clothes her was caught and she looked back as if slightly displeased, the princess let go of Do-jin’s clothes and coughed a couple of times.

She then asked, looking up at him with her slightly wet eyes.

“… Could you be our escort?”
“What?”
“According to the nanny, you don’t seem to be an assassin, and you seem to have some skills- it’s very difficult to find someone like that.”

As a position to hide your identity, escorts using official routes cannot be hired. Whether it’s an adventurer or a guard, an opponent without status won’t even do it.

However, using the unofficial route, the two had no connections in the city. The connections to hire a skilled and reliable escort.

In the meantime, it was fortunate to meet Do-jin, who was not an assassin at least – and also had excellent skills.

“I’m not asking you to do it all the time. Just a few days, until we find an escort in this city….”
“If you want to get an escort, go to the mercenary guild or the adventurers guild. Don’t ask anyone.”
“… You know? That there are circumstances that cannot do that.”

As the princess said, she pointed to the hoods they were wearing. It was not an ordinary object enough to deceive Do-jin’s feelings of her.

Something that a criminal who simply commits a crime and runs away cannot have. It was one of the reasons why Dojin considered the two to be fallen nobles.

However, Do-jin had no intention of listening to them no matter what the story was.

Howie, it’s such a nuisance. It is a very tough job where you have to be always vigilant so that the two of you don’t get hurt, and if you get hurt even a little on such a subject, it’s a very tough job.

“Do you have money?”

It was something that Dojin didn’t want to do even if he died. However, he knew that if he stubbornly refused, the two would not give up until the end.

Seeing the two of them clinging to each other persistently, with the intention of making them fall apart on their own, Do-jin asked the two if they had any money.

Upon hearing that question, the princess burst out laughing. Money? Did you help? Does she know who she is and ask such things?

If they wished, they could finance about 10% of the continent. The magic stone powerhouse, the only kingdom with a dungeon with magic stones, was richer than any other country.

Even now that the country itself was completely destroyed, there was enough slush funds to live on for the rest of my life.

“Sure!”
“Do you know what my ransom is?”
“It’s okay to receive a large silver coin a day! I promise you gold coins every month!”
“I’m sorry, but it’s not enough.”
“Yes?”

Fortunately for Do-jin, the princess could not hire Do-jin with the slush fund she had. He is the sole supplier of deep magic stones to the Dungeon Spirit, and is he not the ruler of the dungeon?

His per diem, which was exempted from tax, was so staggering that it soared up to platinum coins.

“I’m sorry, but I’m someone who has accumulated at least tens of gold coins, even ten platinum coins, every time I hunt.”
“Pears, pears, platinum!?”

It was an amount that even the princess who ruled the kingdom had never easily spent. Rather than being used by individuals, wouldn’t it be an amount that would be seen during large-scale construction projects or wars in the country?

Naturally, the princess couldn’t easily believe that fact.

“It makes no sense, platinum is not a toy currency for children… !”
“If you don’t want to believe it, would you like to go to the guild together? I can prove it there.”
“… Are you serious? Really platinum?”
“Yes, at least one platinum coin a night if you want to hire me.”

Did you give it a huge discount? Watching Do-jin say that, the princess met her eyes her with her nanny her.

I guess it wasn’t a lie. Originally, lies are meant to be told by the other person to believe, but isn’t this an outrageous amount to tell someone to believe?

And regardless of whether Do-jin’s words were true or false, it was the same that he would not be able to hire Do-jin.

If it’s true, you can’t pay that amount, if it’s false, it’s an expression of your intention that you don’t want to take on this job to the point of lying to the two of them.

“… 7 platinum coins. Right?”
“Oh, miss?”

However, the princess believed Dojin’s words and thought that she should hire him even more. Isn’t she an adventurer with platinum coins, and her skills are better than anyone else’s?

If he could hire such an adventurer, he wouldn’t have to hide. She was immediately stopped by a royalist noble she knew and was able to trust herself.

What if the nobles betrayed the two and tried to imprison them? After escaping with the help of Dojin, there was also a way to leave the city altogether.

After completing all her calculations, the princess took off her necklace, thinking that hiring Do-jin would be a long-term benefit.

“… These are the tears of the Spirit King, said to be worth dozens of platinum coins.”
“Ah, lady!?”
“It is the treasure of the kingdom. I’m sorry that it’s a real thing, but it’s worth dozens of times that… Are you okay?”
“Miss! It is a treasure left behind by His Majesty the King!”
“Nanny, what’s the point of a necklace? If you die anyway, it’s all over.”

Do-jin, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two rather than rejecting the goods, realized that the identities of the two were not simply fallen aristocrats.

“… I wish I could ask.”

“Whoa, I tried not to say-“

Saying so, the princess took off her hood. Shiny blonde hair appeared. Compared to the saints and the elven queens, she lacked an appearance, but her beauty was enough to be called a princess.

“I am Elena Pradio, the princess of Pradio Kingdom.”

“The princess, the princess of the kingdom that was destroyed this time… ?”

“Yes, what. She is the princess of a kingdom that has already been destroyed, so it’s pretty easy to call her a princess now.”

Saying that, Elena pulled her hood over again. She then looked at Do-jin with an expression as if she would refuse a request from a person who looked like a princess.

In the meantime, Do-jin was immersed in other thoughts. Just thinking about her identity.

‘A princess?’

She hadn’t thought of it until now. She was deliberately oblivious to the fact that her kingdom was destroyed by her actions her, and that there must be people who would be harmed by her.

She didn’t even know in her dreams that she would meet the princess of that kingdom… Thanks to this, the conscience that remained weak in Dojin began to fluctuate.

Huh, Do-jin, who took a light breath and controlled his mind his, judged this matter coolly. Abandon emotion, just be rational.

“… Does anyone know The fact that you came to this city.”
“Yes? I do not know… I didn’t tell you, but there might be a pursuer.”
“Are you living in an inn now?”
“Yes, I am a little embarrassed….”
“Move house. If you don’t live nearby, I can’t protect you.”
“-That word!”

Do-jin quickly took the necklace the princess had given him and appraised him. Certainly, judging from the delight of the spirits hovering around it, it must have been authentic.

It was the tears of the spirit king, I didn’t know where to use them, but they were tears shed by a great being.

It will be useful anywhere- Do-jin, who put the necklace in his arms, left a word.

“It is a week. Take care of yourself after that.”
“—Honestly, there is a price for a necklace, but can it be less than a month?”
“Ten days.”
“… Fortnight.”
“Two weeks.”
“Like.”

The princess, who had dramatically completed the agreement and doubled the week, clenched her fists with great joy inside her.

Do-jin, who obtained at least dozens of platinum coins, a treasure that could never be obtained with money, was not really happy.

‘It’s heavy.’

The fact that the things he had done on his own would turn around and come back like this made his heart heavy.

“Then, shall we go right away?”
“… Where are you going?”
“Where is it?”

The princess who hired Dojin smiled and opened her mouth.

“To the mansion of the royal faction.”

* * *

Tick ​​tock.

Only the hands of the clock were ticking, indicating the passage of time.

In the room filled with sticky silence, even time seemed to pass slowly. Even though it seemed like several days had already passed, when I checked the time, it was only a few hours.

The old man thought it was time for the princess to return. She doesn’t have much for a fugitive to do. Especially, what she has to do by going around all night without an identity.

Tick ​​tock.

However, even after several hours, the princess did not return.

‘Caught… Me?’

It can’t be. The old man remembered the smell of the princess he had smelled right before her assassination of her. She smelled too calm to be nervous.

Although a person can hide their facial expressions, they cannot hide their bodily reactions. If he had realized that the two were assassins, he should have reacted on the spot.

‘Then, is it his fault?’

If there was no variable within the identified information and the result was different, an unidentified external variable had to be suspected.

The old man was suspicious of the unknown elf. While thinking about what the elf could do to help her princess, a memory of her passing through her old days came to mind.

-Rescue the remains of the King of Spirits from the kingdom…….

That was the only thing the elf could be interested in. The remains of the spirit king, the best material for elves who deal with spirits.

Was the item, which was even considered the kingdom’s treasure, in the arms of the princess?

“Hey.”
“… Yes.”
“It’s time for you to be active.”

The old man woke her child from her sound sleep and took her to her window. The child who had stuck her head out of her window and sniffed at her caught her scent her and turned to her old man.

“Yes… It’s still inside the city.”
“Yes- by any chance the elf you met earlier was with you?”
“Erf-? I have never met an elf.”
“… What did you mean by that?”

The old man who heard the child’s words asked the child without hiding his embarrassment. No elves? It was definitely the smell of an elf.

However, the child conveyed what he saw and felt.

“That person is not an elf.”
“Elf… No?”
“Yes. I was human. Short-eared man.”
“… It’s not cut or anything, you’re a human?”
“His hair was black, and his ears were round.”

I took the possibility of being a half-elf, but well- half-elves were harder to see than elves. In the first place, it was not so easy to have a child between a human and a subhuman.

Humans don’t have flame sperm that impregnate dogs or cows….

“It’s hard to believe… Maybe he got his hands on some mystery too. Good night. You said you were in this city, right?”
“Yes….”
“Do you know the exact location?”
“Two o’clock.”
“Good job. After all, my grandson.”

The old man stroked the child’s head. The child, who was praised and felt better, hesitated while trying to say what he thought of when he saw Dojin’s face his.

‘I won’t tell you what I didn’t ask…….’

Thanks to being so educated, the child did not tell the fact that Dojin was on the list of dangerous people handed over by the nobles of the Republic.

The old man jumped off the building with the child in his arms.
Even if the target does not return, with the spirit of service to visit directly.