Lute, twelve.
The sun sets and the night rules the world.
A few hours ago, the castle was quiet as if the time had been so noisy and fun was a lie.
Miss Chris looks out the window worried.
I don't even look like a girl who was afraid to go outside until recently.
"Rest assured, young lady. As long as your husband is here, we won't lose."
Mr. Merse gently places his hand on his shoulder and encourages him.
The lady smiled in agreement.
"... ma'am, Mr Merse, be quiet"
I speak to two people who encourage each other.
The ground floor is unnaturally noisy.
I hear rushing voices, rough footsteps, etc.
Mr. Merse squeezed her tight to protect the lady.
The door is knocked.
My hands are rough.
If there was a Deacon here, Mr. Mary, it would be a level of absurdity to get angry.
"... Lady, Merse, stay back just in case"
When they give the instructions, they honestly follow the instructions.
I grabbed a paper knife to cut the seal of the letter, just in case.
Slowly put your hand on the door knob and open the door.
One maid was in the hallway.
She peeks inside the room with a hurried look.
"Oh, is there a lady! I have a report that I would like to share with you as soon as possible!
"Report? What can I do for you?
"Now that Mr. Merry is back, my husband and his wife..."
"!? Lady, Mr. Merse! Get down!"
"Come on!
The scream of a maid who was in the process of reporting.
I look back and throw a paper knife at the window!
At the same time, a man broke through the upstairs glass and entered, landing in the room. That's where the paper knife I threw flew and stabbed him deep in the enemy's arms.
Physical enhancement improves physical abilities, entering the upstairs room from the courtyard. I acted aggressively when I felt signs of magic being used outside.
"Guh!"
The man looks like he's in his early twenties.
It has a race-like appearance, but it's probably the same vampire tribe as the ladies because of their oddly long teeth. I'm sure he's a magician.
The man pulls out the paper knife and starts the treatment.
"Light on your hands, healing light (heel)!"
Probably one of the amateurs gathered by his eldest brothers.
Even though the battle is not over, he cares about the wounds and treats them. Apparently, he's not used to fighting.
As a result, I can make a big gap.
I'm not working out sweet enough to miss that gap.
As Gigi taught, shorten your distance from the magician immediately.
The sorcerer's man rushes and waves to the horizontal girdle to restrain the paper knife pulled out of his arm.
Compared to your husband, there is no speed, no force at all.
I drop my hips, easily avoid them, and slap an enhanced blow into the other's abdomen.
"Ho ho!
The man sprinkles exhalation and saliva, extinguishing.
Still, I don't condone it, striking out my jaw with the palm bottom, knocking it out of the window where it came in.
When a man is knocked out of a window, he clashes to the ground and stops moving.
My hands and feet won't be dead because they're moving cramped.
I'm just passing out.
The opponent was a magician, but he was able to repel the enemy because of his immature combat experience.
But how could there be such a guy in a castle?
"Ma'am, are you all right Mae...!
"Mr. Merry!
When he knocks out the magician's man and makes sure he's passed out, Deacon Mary rolls into the room full of body slurs.
He must have gone to war with his husbands.
Why did you come back to the castle in such a mess?
A bad feeling swirls through my chest.
But more heinous news than I imagined is coming from Mary's mouth.
"Ma'am, I have a report for you. My husband was defeated by the betrayal of our Chief of Security Gigi in the earlier battle, Mae."
I, my lady and Mr Merse have doubts about the report.
There's no way Mr. Gigi would betray Count Brad's house!
The servants are fascinated by the character of their husbands, wives, and all have high loyalties.
Among other things, Mr. Gigi is exceptional.
I care like my own daughter, such as about the lady.
It's some mistake for him to betray him like that. It's a mistake!
I accidentally stuffed myself with a scratchy Mary.
"Isn't it some mistake that Mr. Gigi betrayed you? Or impersonating Mr. Gigi. Like a phony!
"Definitely in person. He stabbed his wife with a silver knife, poisoned her silver and forced her husband to surrender. Besides, he switched this anti-silver drug, Anti-Silver Drugs, to a confusing item at some point under the authority of the chief of security. The anti-silver drug, the anti-silver drug, was only held by the enemy, and her husband surrendered with an anti-magic collar to save his wife."
Mr. Merry weeps in his eyes with regret.
"The main house owners are marching to the castle with their husbands and wives in their hands, and the next one is aimed at the lady's physique. I saw a gap and got out, but the chaser hit me like this... Home owners will be here soon, ladies get ready to get out of here as soon as possible."
Mr. Merry's impatient advance.
But the young lady had not yet gone with her head to the overwhelming change of circumstances, and she was just stunned with a blue face.
Mr. Merse moves instead.
"Ma'am, excuse me."
Mr. Merse dresses the lady who had already changed from a party dress to a pyjama with a coat with a thick fur of fabric.
Mr. Merry gives instructions to another maid who was screaming and makes her fish the jewelry box in the lady's room.
Plus he came grabbing my arm with his hands wet in blood that he wasn't thirsty yet.
"I'm going to take Lute to a hidden passage that only me and my husband, my wife, know. Take the lady away from there, Mae."
"What are you going to do with Mr. Mary and the others?
"We'll catch our Lord's attention and buy time, Mae."
My back teeth snap at that response.
There is strength in Mr. Mary's hands wet in her blood.
"I apologize for relying on the lute of a child who is only twelve years old just because we are impudent. But only Lute can protect your daughter now. Please, please! Protect the lady, Mae."
"... of course. I'll show you as your daughter's butler and blood bag."
"Thank you, Mae"
By the end of the conversation with Mary, the lady will be ready.
The lady still has a blue face and her eyes are not in focus.
Reality still hasn't caught up with consciousness.
"Let's move to the dining room on the first floor, Mae."
Give Merry a hand, full of blood, and we'll head to the dining room upstairs.
Usually the dining room used by my husband and wife.
Luxury and good quality chairs at long tables. A vase with thick curtains and bright flowers in a candlesticker with gold leaves - a fireplace in a dining room that is different from the servant's dining room I usually use.
Mr. Merry pushes one of the stones in the wall in the fireplace.
One floor stone lifted stacking firewood in tandem in the fireplace.
As Mr. Merry squeezed up the stone with his trembling hand, a metal handle appeared. When he lifts the handle with all his strength, the floor of the fireplace opens like a lid and the stairs appear.
Mr. Merse will leave the lady's hand with me.
I clenched my luxurious palms in silk gloves.
I'm going to give you more money for the escape wrapped in leather bags.
"I'm sorry, I didn't have time to collect a lot of money. And there's extra treats in this bag at today's party. Eat along the way."
"... thank you. Please, Mr. Merse is safe."
For a moment, I went out of my throat and said, 'Let's run away with Mr. Merse, too'.
But that's only an insult to her.
Already Mr Merse has prepared eyes.
No matter what happens to me, I'm going to buy you some time to let your daughter go.
I urge the lady into a hidden passage.
For the first time here, her consciousness finally caught up with reality.
".................. ugh!
The lady weeps a large grain like a pearl and refuses to go.
I reached out fine and grabbed Mr. Merse's hem.
I can't speak, but I move my mouth hard and shake my neck sideways.
I didn't want to leave, I didn't want to go - and I was trying to tell him all over my body.
"Ma'am, we don't have time. Please hurry."
".................. ugh"
"Lady..."
".................. ugh"
"Lady!!!
"Huh!?
Mr. Merse yells at the lady.
Probably the first time she's been hired as a maid, scolding a lady, etc.
The lady shrugged herself in anger.
Mr. Merse turns around, with a loving look like a sister or mother, untying the fingers grabbed by the lady.
"Thank you very much for worrying about us. But no matter what happens to us, as long as the lady is safe, the blood of the Count Blood family will not be interrupted. So survive, whether you sip muddy water or be badly humiliated. Because it's our wish that your daughter is safe."
All the servants who were gathered in the dining room in Mr. Merse's words nod with the expression 'Exactly my will'. The expression is uniformly applied with the same determination.
Mr Merry further informed.
"We'll take care of your husband and wife. I will help you even if you change your life. Ma'am, please stay safe until then. Come on, Lute, let's get the lady to the stash aisle. Mae."
"... Yes, ma'am, your hand"
While the lady still leaves tear marks, she takes my hand and puts her foot on the stairs in the hidden passage.
I look back only once for the last time.
"Lute, I asked for a lady, Mae."
Mr. Merry left his last words and closed the door.
The sound of hiding the hidden passage again woods the spirit.
There is no more light.
I concentrate my magic on my eyes and strengthen my eyes at night.
Pull the lady's hand and go down the stairs.
The hidden passage was a tunnel dug underground.
The height is about 160 cm. If a human reaches out, it reaches.
If two people spread their hands, too, they'll stick to the wall.
Probably created it by magic.
The aisle was dusty because it was not used at all.
Excuse me, ma'am.
I hold the lady who is still crying and walk out.
The lady buried her face in my neck muscle and continued to weep.
Warm Shizuku wets my skin.
I did not use it on my feet, arms, etc. to save magic, but walked on my own.
- It'll be about an hour. at the end point.
Like the entrance, the stairs are blocked by stretched iron doors.
Concentrate your magic on one arm because you are holding a young lady and open it slowly and vigilantly.
"... Is this a cabin?
The doors, like the mansion, were built under the fireplace.
Watching how it goes with vigilance.
It is not popular and dark in the room.
There are walls made of marutai, materials placed on the edges, chairs on crude desks made of wood, etc.
I went into the room and sat the lady in a chair.
"I'm going to check on the outside for a moment, please wait for the lady here"
…………
The lady says nothing and takes her hands off me as she is told.
Open the door, go outside and check the perimeter.
The place out is in the woods.
Looking back, this is Marutai cabin, like one of the rest stops.
The area around the cabin was flickering there.
Spread the map in your brain.
The only place in question is the forest behind the castle.
I climb a nearby tree to make sure.
Improve your physical abilities with physical strengthening, of course.
Stand by the tree's heavenly edge and enhance your vision to its limits.
I can painstakingly check on the castle.
Around the castle there was smoke rising like wolf smoke.
Maids and servants flee on all sides with what looks like someone twitching on their sheets.
After that, the men on the main side of the house riding the horn horse were chasing him.
I don't know which one is the real lady and they have to run around until they get everyone.
She, they're struggling with two legs to shake off a run chase and buy us time to escape.
Someone like Mr. Merse can raise his hand to a man.
"Those guys...... ugh"
I have so many toothpicks that my back teeth seem to crush unconsciously.
But what I do is not going to help them.
Take your daughter to a safe place as soon as possible to avoid wasting everyone's mind.
I immediately descend the tree and return to the cabin.
The lady was sitting in a chair in a gym seat, burying her face in her lap.
"Ma'am, it's still dangerous here. Let's move the place right away."
…………
The lady doesn't react.
I told her, "Excuse me," and she held her again.
I walk out to the city relying only on the light of the stars in the dark woods.
Looking back in the direction of the castle, the smoke still kept rising.
The escape between the lady and me continues.