Chapter 180 – The First of Two Chances -3-

What if the lobby of a dessert shop is full of people who ate kabobs?

Until they have an accident, they are customers and customers of the store with legitimate rights.

As long as it doesn’t harm me and Chloe, what does it matter whether we dance as a group outside or draw with cream puffs?

‘It doesn’t matter!’

Even the rough guys walking around in the dark with a dagger in the back alleys can get something sweet.

Even furry bathers in blood may have a habit of purifying their minds by enjoying tea with macaroons, Mont Blanc, or slices of cake.

The people who were present rushed out, perhaps because of the vicious spirit, but the group that entered the place filled it.

It moved around noisily, but it didn’t seem to cause any trouble, so I took my eyes off the wall and met Chloe’s again.

“No. Anything… Shall we continue the story?”

“Yes!”

With Chloe’s eyes shining brightly, I turned my fork around and thought.

“Wait a minute… How far did you go? Um-.”

My thoughts were interrupted by those guys outside, and my mouth stopped.

Since I was drooling, Chloe, who was in a position to listen to the answer, gave me the answer on the contrary.

“Oh, my older brother is also quick-witted, so I’m trying to say enough…”

“Ah! That’s right! Chloe has a good memory.”

It needs sugar, which is fuel, to force its hard head to turn without biting.

Pick up a piece of cake, put it in your mouth, and organize your thoughts again.

“If you look at the academy… There are a lot of cadets called the future of this empire, but if you look around you, whether you’re sisters or brothers, most of them get along like strangers, don’t they try to push each other out?”

“··Yes.”

Certainly, Seria is the only one who gets along well with Chloe’s sisters, like herself.

The rest were all face to face, so it was common to say that they were ordinary or worse than others.

“The reason Eclair and Chloe are particularly good is not based on differences in abilities, or someone being selfless, or something simple like that.”

Even if the gap between the two’s abilities and recognition is ridiculously large.

It is rare that the situation works harmlessly without causing any trouble.

“If either of the two of them had lost their humanity, the relationship wouldn’t be formed like it is now.”

“What my brother wants to say is…”

“The words that Chloe’s qualifications to love herself as she is are guaranteed by the meticulously strict people around her.”

“…!”

“This story has been cut off before, but of course I also think that the current Chloe can be proud of herself.”

If you just interpret it, you can feel the favor I gave you indirectly.

Chloe’s mouth twitched, then she lowered her head and her face flushed brightly.

“Whoa…”

If this was a game or a cartoon, steam wouldn’t come out from the top of her head.

Drooling-!

The door swung open without a knock.

Chloe was taken aback by the unexpected situation and turned her head towards the door.

It’s me, there’s a person walking around the room with a rickety gait, so I keep focusing on it even if I try not to pay attention to it.

Perhaps because of Romerius’ elixir, it felt like my senses were transcending the wall and seeing through.

“H-Our noble blue bloods! We’re having a dinner at this store today, so we’re here to say hello… Ohhh?!”

The man with yellow eyes fixed his eyes on Chloe and gave her a sinister eye smile.

“Since we’re talking, why don’t you close the door and leave? If you quietly close it now and disappear, you can live.”

The man, who shrugged at my voice, rolled his eyes to see what he was doing and smiled.

Bang-!

When I told him to close quietly, he closed the door roughly like a tree frog.

Tak the knife hanging from your waist! He sprints and comes closer to me.

Jerk- jerk-

It’s like showing off that I don’t have a weapon in my hand and that I have a weapon.

The case where the head was rarely seen in the capital became clear.

From the way he walked, to his clothes, everything looked like something he would do like banditry in a corner of the country.

“Huh! I can’t understand the current situation, bro.”

“I can’t understand the situation? Hmm-.”

Dreuk-

Funniest joke I’ve heard in a long time.

I pushed off my chair and stood up to greet the approaching man.

…
…

Courage!

As I turned my neck to the other side like an owl and tossed a breathless corpse into the center of the buzzing crowd, all eyes turned to me.

“What’s wrong with this bastard!”

“Nope! Nope! Wake up!”

A few of the group grabbed the man by the shoulder and shook him.

He was dead just by looking at it, but the way he called his name was ridiculous.

“What are you doing holding a dead man? He… Touching a dead child or something?”

“You fucking bastard!”

Hearing my words, the bald head with bloodshot eyes raised his iron club and whimpered.

Ignoring the excited guy and looking around, the waiters and shop assistants are in a room in the corner.

‘Did the guard go in too?’

Since it is a high-end store, there were two security guards for order and dignity.

It seems like they escaped together because they went beyond what they could handle.

Behind the door attached to the counter in the form of a staff room, you can feel the effort to prevent it by stacking various items.

If this is the case, won’t the guards come soon with someone’s report?

Is there no information or is there a corner to believe?

It was difficult for anyone to understand them as they pretended to be short-lived by imitating fire moths.

“…That’s really strange.”

As I scratched my chin and made eye contact with the thieves who occupied the wide lobby one by one, they gave a puzzled expression.

There are people who react sensitively to corpses, but there are people who behave as if they are strangers, which means many things.

“Gyeob-guk- that’s absurd.”
“Isn’t that bastard crazy? Do you think his muscles can stop a knife?”
“Anyway, bourgeois bastards in a place like this should suffer…”

The buzzing crowd is clearly from the shadows of the back alleys or the slums.

They have eyes unique to those of them who do not hesitate to kill people for pleasure.

So now, this situation is bizarre.

“I may not be able to remember, but among all these musty-smelling trash, is there anyone who knows my face?”

This isn’t just narcissism, it’s a realistic story.

Shadows and adventurers have a much deeper bond than knights.

That’s why my face may be unknown to most of the public, moderate nobles, and knights.

The deeper I go into the back alley, the more I get used to it, to the point where I deftly bend over and avoid it.

‘Are they weird bastards?’

His skills are also inconsistent, so even if he can’t fly from behind, it doesn’t seem like the time to be beaten.

They move in groups like this in the center of the capital, but they aren’t even famous guys.

I can’t think of any more words than ‘suicidal person’.

A giant, one head taller than me, approaches with a stinging smell.

It’s quite a fun picture to believe in the number, smile smirk, and glance at Chloe.

“There.

Widely.

My hand reached for the chair on the table next to me.

From the bottom to the top – draw a diagonal line and swing.

Quick!

“Kkeukreuk!”

When he hit the face of the voluntarily approaching man with a chair, his crushed nose and broken teeth burst out, and blood flowed out of his mouth like an exploded volcano.

The huge body with its full stomach stumbles and rolls over backwards.

Thud!

With a crunching sound, pieces of smashed chairs scattered around the shop, and the back of the pig’s head hit the floor.

“You’re thinking about it. You’re in the way, piglet.”

Are they the ones who ate enough to keep their backs warm and full?

As soon as they saw the situation, they began to draw their weapons without panicking with tension.

‘Are you involved with the guys you saw from afar before entering the store?’

Sreung! Sreung! Although the sound of the bladers making a noise and taking off the scabbard rang in my ears.

To be honest, there was no tension, so a butter knife on the table was enough.

They say fists are perfect for punishment, but I don’t want to touch dirty guys.

As a human being, shouldn’t we use tools?

I remember helping Eclair with this in Limno and doing great things.

“Stay right behind you. Or you can stay in the room for a while.”

“Brother! I-I can help!”

The moment I tried to push back Chloe who was trying to use the black brooch on her chest.

I fell into a fleeting contemplation.

“…”

What if it was Rike who was sitting with me right now?

That group would have been used for practical training and as a thrifty teaching aid.

What if it was an eclair? Without anyone stepping out, they would have been split so that they could not even recognize their shape.

This is where you will think.

‘Am I looking at Chloe too fragile and weak?’

She has no experience killing people yet, but she has great talent.

I didn’t feel so afraid that I couldn’t even react to the current situation.

Even with dozens of shady eyeballs that anyone can easily see that they are targeting him, he cringes as if he has seen something gross, but he is not afraid.

“Chloe.”

“···Yes?”

This is not a question to be asked with a smile.

I asked as seriously as I could, looking into her blue eyes.

“Can you really help?”

Even in a world where life is looked down upon like a candle in the wind, killing something is not a very pleasant experience.

Even if you aim for something noble and great, it is not good enough to recommend it to others.

But.

In order to live in this world, there are often moments when you have to make a decision.

If you want to take up arms and live in the Empire.

The chance of survival increases only when you quickly get used to the senses that harm your life and discard your hesitation as quickly as possible.

“Yes…! Trust me!”

A concise and powerful answer.

Chloe nodded her head, the tips of her eyebrows rising as if they were soft.