IARMDH - Chapter 50

“Give me everything from here to there.”

“Is it true, Young lady, or rather, ma’am?”

Henry never forgot the mistake of calling her 'young lady' until the end. The smile that he called 'a person popular with people of all ages and genders' never left Henry's face.

Even though he was finally able to get a vacation from the police force and come back here to work, he seemed genuinely happy.

“...At that point, it would be time for a mouse to appear on his lips.”

Erne, who had neither the aptitude nor interest in dealing with customers, looked at Henry strangely. This place seems more suitable for him than the police force, that punk.

“Sir Henry is the best.”

Judith looked quite satisfied as she looked at Henry. Judith's eyes met Henry's, who happened to be looking this way, and her eyes curved like crescent moons.

“You’re smiling with your eyes.”

With her husband by her side, to her husband's friend? 

At that moment when Erne was dumbfounded, Henry smiled at Judith. 

Is that the kind of smile you give to your friend's wife?

Henry was far away, so Erne covered Judith's eyes, who was nearby.

“You are having an affair.”

“Just exchanging glances is not an affair.”

Huh, Judith snorted and took Erne's hand.

“And how is this an affair, when I’m widowed?”

Judith stuck her tongue out at him and walked into the store.

Covering Judith's eyes when making eye contact with Henry was a joke. Judith's words that she could exchange a smile with Henry since they were separated were also probably a joke.

I know, I definitely know,

“...I feel.”

Why is it so dirty?

***

“You dare swindle me? You damn bitch.”

Less than a week after Judith's candle shop opened, Kane realized that he had been completely scammed by that scheming woman.

If Smith had invested in the incense shop, it would have been worth a visit, even late at night, but Smith and his subordinates didn't even bother to show their noses. Not even the Luhmann brothers!

As soon as he found out, he went to confront Judith, but it was no use.

“There is no problem with the contract, so why are you doing this now?”

Judith pushed the contract he had been forced to sign, and the man next to her, whose face was covered, furtively played with his sword. So he had no choice but to return, but he was so wrong that he was going crazy.

So today, Kane was complaining to the owner of the bar he frequented. At that moment, a man he had never seen before came and sat down next to him.

“Here, give him another drink. I’ll buy it.”

He had a scary-looking face because of the scars on his face, but his smiling face didn't look that evil.

“Who are you to buy me a drink? Well, I’ll drink it gratefully.”

“It seems like something bad has happened, so I’m here to comfort you.”

Although the face was unfamiliar, Kane accepted the free drink without any suspicion.

“It seems like you’ve been wronged, but since you have a lot of time, let’s go and see. Do you know if I can help?”

***

“Thank you, please come again next time.”

A few days later, in a corner of the store, Erne watched Henry see off customers, standing like a shadow.

Henry, who felt that sales was a good fit for him, took sick leave from the police force and took a job at Judith's shop.

She liked that she didn't have to pick people.

On the other hand, unfortunately for Judith, Erne had no talent for hospitality. To begin with, he had to deal with customers with half his face hidden.

That doesn't mean Erne was completely useless. He had a keen eye and was good at catching thieves.

Some people would often leave without paying or sneak a candle into their pockets, and Erne had a knack for observing such people.

So Judith made Erne stand in the corner of the store. Erne was honestly shocked. It wasn't a difficult task, but using his skills to catch thieves was a waste of time.

Besides, he had work to do. He had to go around and catch the red wine medium. He had not heard anything from the Marquis of Mosley, who had said that he would contact him if he used Ceres to contact the red wine medium, so he had to go to the Marquis as well.

Yet he could not leave Judith's shop.

“Are you two a married couple? Or are you possibly dating?”

“Huh? Oh, no. He’s just here to help me out for a bit.”

“Oh my, you looked so affectionate I thought you were a married couple.”

It was because of this situation, as it is now.

About three out of ten customers mistook Henry and Judith for lovers or a married couple.

Last time, Tan had a similar misunderstanding, and now even people he met for the first time are making the same mistake. However, Judith and Henry didn't seem too offended by the misunderstanding.

There was only one person who was offended, Erne.

‘Do the two of you really have something...?’

What if there was? But that wasn't his job. Even though his head and reason still thought so, Erne kept frowning at the unpleasant feeling that clung to him.

'You call me honey when you need to, and then you tell other men that you're divorced. It's a bit annoying.'

Yes, it's just because Judith is annoying. When he was sent to the arena, she acted like "honey, honey" and now he's no longer needed, she's saying "I'm a widow"? The more he thought about it, the more annoying it became.

“Then next time you come, there won’t be a man named Henry...”

The female customer who asked what the relationship between Judith and Henry was like blushed in embarrassment as she continued to speak, then suddenly closed her mouth.

“Why are you like that?”

When the customer who was talking to her suddenly stopped, Judith turned her head to where the customer was looking.

In the corner of the store, Ern was looking at her with eyes that looked like they were going to burn someone.

“Well, I guess I should go now. Goodbye.”

“Oh, there, come again, come again.”

The customer ran out in a hurry.

“I told you to chase away the thief, so why are you chasing away the customer?”

Is there such an absurd case? Judith looked at Erne with a protesting face. However, Erne raised his chin proudly as if he had done nothing wrong.

“Aren’t customers just customers? Don’t chase away any customers.”

“Of course, why are you chasing the customer?”

Then the store door opened.

Tsk tsk, Judith's face, which had been brightly shouting 'Welcome' while clicking her tongue, crumpled up. Judith looked at Erne with her lips pursed.

“Why, I told you not to chase away customers.”

“Is that a customer?”

The person who entered the store was the former owner, Kane.

He entered the store with his hands in his pockets, stumbling around, and when he saw Judith, he coughed loudly as if to tell her to come out and welcome him.

“What is going on here?”

Judith, who wanted to avoid causing a commotion as much as possible because there were other customers in the store, stopped Erne from going to Kane and then approached him first.

“I came to the candle store to buy candles. What else would I be doing here?”

Kane, who had been polite when the Luhmann brothers were around, became rude again when they were gone and passed Judith by.

“If you make a fuss, I’ll put you in the police station.”

“Oh, can you do this to a customer? This and that, okay, give me one of those.”

Kane took his hand out of his pocket and tapped the candles on display.

“Are you really going to buy it?”

Judith asked again in disbelief.

“Then should I buy the real one or the fake one?”

Kane raised his voice. You’re not going to run away without paying, are you? As Judith reached out her hand toward the candle, Erne came over and grabbed her wrist.

"For a moment."

"Why?"

“He just dropped something on this shelf.”

Erne's sharp gaze scanned Kane. Kane's throat throbbed loudly as he swallowed nervously.

“What, what did you drop?”

Seeing Kane suddenly use formal language, it seemed like he either knew that Erne was a tough opponent or that he was bothered by something.

“Well, if you have any doubts, look it up.”

Is it the former?

Kane even urged her to hurry and look for it. Erne scanned the shelves lined with incense. Judith scanned them with her eyes, but she couldn't see anything that fell out.

At that moment, Erne quickly lifted one of the candles. Then, something black and smaller than a soybean fell from the bottom of the candle.

"Bu..."

Judith, who was about to shout out that it was a bug, quickly covered her lips. Fortunately, the other customers did not seem to hear, and Henry was being careful not to look in their direction.

“What, I guess he flew in because I left the door open.”

Kane shouted at the top of his lungs as if to say, “Don't grab the bug,” but just then, the tiny beetle-like creature scuttled up the back of Erne's hand.

Erne reflexively swatted the bug away, but it quickly penetrated the skin on the back of his hand.

“...!”

Before Judith could scream in surprise, Erne ran to the back door.

“Erne!”

Judith, who was struggling between Kane and Erne, immediately followed Erne.

“Okay, uh.”

Judith, who was about to ask if he was okay, let out a groan as she saw Erne take out a dagger and stab his arm.

What the hell is this!

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