The next day.
Alex, Kali, and I, the Prince, were playing a card game.
“Hey, seriously, none of you are going? Today is the last day we can play.”
Ryan has already made the 12th suggestion.
Tomorrow is Alex's Academy dorm assignment day. At the same time, we're wrapping up our field trip and heading back to Belzer.
“How many times do I have to tell you I’m not going? I’m tired of playing now.”
“Sister, pick. It’s your turn.”
Alex handed me the five cards he held. I absentmindedly drew one... and it was a bomb.
“Tta-tta!”
I got annoyed with Ryan for no reason.
“Come hang out with brother Revan! Why do you keep asking when I said I wasn’t going?”
And then I handed my card to Merchen, who was standing next to me. "Now that it's come to this, I'm handing the bomb over to the Prince!"
But Merchen kept trying to draw only good cards, as if he had a bomb detector. I moved my hands around.
“Oh my!”
Tch.
In the end, Merchen escaped the bomb.
“Then we’re just going to play by ourselves?”
Revan asked again. Those two men, in fact, haven't been out for a day since they arrived in the capital.
Well, he was released after spending half his life in prison, but there was no one or anything in Belzer, where he lived...
I understand he wants to play, even if it's only while he's in the capital.
“Dad! Melon bread on the way home!”
I shouted behind Ryan and Revan as they were about to leave.
“Hmm, can I buy that?”
Across the street, Kali sighed.
That damn melon bread!
I heard it was famous in the city, so I went there exactly three times to try it. But the bakery was closed all three times.
I thought they were closed for business, but they always close early because they sell out of bread within half a day of opening.
“How can you buy something that isn’t even for sale!”
“No way!”
Alex, Kali, and I, the Prince, were playing a card game.
“Hey, seriously, none of you are going? Today is the last day we can play.”
Ryan has already made the 12th suggestion.
Tomorrow is Alex's Academy dorm assignment day. At the same time, we're wrapping up our field trip and heading back to Belzer.
“How many times do I have to tell you I’m not going? I’m tired of playing now.”
“Sister, pick. It’s your turn.”
Alex handed me the five cards he held. I absentmindedly drew one... and it was a bomb.
“Tta-tta!”
I got annoyed with Ryan for no reason.
“Come hang out with brother Revan! Why do you keep asking when I said I wasn’t going?”
And then I handed my card to Merchen, who was standing next to me. "Now that it's come to this, I'm handing the bomb over to the Prince!"
But Merchen kept trying to draw only good cards, as if he had a bomb detector. I moved my hands around.
“Oh my!”
Tch.
In the end, Merchen escaped the bomb.
“Then we’re just going to play by ourselves?”
Revan asked again. Those two men, in fact, haven't been out for a day since they arrived in the capital.
Well, he was released after spending half his life in prison, but there was no one or anything in Belzer, where he lived...
I understand he wants to play, even if it's only while he's in the capital.
“Dad! Melon bread on the way home!”
I shouted behind Ryan and Revan as they were about to leave.
“Hmm, can I buy that?”
Across the street, Kali sighed.
That damn melon bread!
I heard it was famous in the city, so I went there exactly three times to try it. But the bakery was closed all three times.
I thought they were closed for business, but they always close early because they sell out of bread within half a day of opening.
“How can you buy something that isn’t even for sale!”
“No way!”
Ryan grumbled and went out with Revan, as if he really wanted to take me out to play.
***
[ ! The hot topic, Melon Bread! ]
[ ! Landing on the island! ]
[ ! Purchase limit of 5 per person! ]
[We do not bake more than the daily sales amount]
A signboard that lets you feel the popularity.
The line in front of the small bakery was very long.
“What the heck, this is so delicious that the line is so long!”
Ryan and Revan had been waiting for an hour and a half, and they were just now starting to see the store's stalls.
“Should I cut in line?”
Ryan muttered quietly.
The owner had just informed the waiting customers that he would be baking the last plate in 10 minutes, but Ryan was ominous.
Somehow I have a feeling that it will end right in front of me...
“Are you out of your mind? If you can’t buy it, then just go back.”
“Ugh.”
Yeah, let's not do anything that breaks our conscience.
Ryan walked along the slowly shrinking line, lingering among the stalls.
I'm nervous...
At that time.
“Sir, what is it?”
A young girl's voice was heard from behind.
Ryan was too busy looking ahead to pay attention and only glanced back at Revan.
‘...What is it? A pickpocket?’
As far as he remembers, two people were waiting right behind them, presumably siblings, but now he sees that they have been replaced by a large man.
"Are those people who kept waiting in line stupid? Go back."
Of the siblings who had been robbed, the younger one spoke with aplomb. She seemed to be around Vania's age.
"My group was originally here. I was just waiting and then went somewhere else for a bit."
The man responded naturally.
"I've been watching you the whole time. What are you talking about? And when did you see me? Why are you speaking informally to me? Go back!"
“You don’t even know how scary that little thing is, you’re so noisy...”
The man ignored her and turned away.
Revan, who had been watching, was about to say something, but the older of the siblings stepped forward first. He grabbed the man's arm.
"Look, we've been waiting for nearly two hours. If they run out of bread, we can't buy any more. What if they stop selling right in front of us?"
“What? Let go!”
“Don’t cut in line, go to the back and get in line.”
“That’s absurd. Do you have any proof that I cheated?”
Well, I saw the evidence. Revan hesitated for a moment because of the man's large size, but now he was about to really intervene.
Puck!
The man pushed the boy's shoulder.
“Wow, brother!”
A slender boy struggled. His brother's body, which had been pushed by his younger sister behind him, was hit.
“What the heck are you doing now...?”
“Excuse me, sir!”
The siblings shouted in anger, but the man raised his arm and made a motion as if he was going to hit them.
The man clicked his tongue at the flinching siblings, as if he had threatened them with his size more than once or twice.
“Hey, go back!”
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Revan trudged closer and intervened. The man turned around as if asking, "What's wrong?"
“I’ve seen you do all this nitpicking, so go back. Where did you learn all these bad things?”
“...What’s your tone? Are you a man or a woman?”
“I don’t know! What the hell kind of taste is this bread that even a thug like you is attracted to it?”
“What? A thug? Are you done talking?”
“Huh, what should I do?! Hit it, hit it!”
In the midst of all this chaos happening behind the scenes...
Ryan didn't even care!
He just follows the falling line and anxiously watches the bread dwindle away.
'There are 7 left...!'
There are two guests in front.
There are 7 breads left.
If two people buy enough bread to fill up the limit of 5 per person, it will definitely end in front of Ryan!
I'm getting anxious...
"Ilder brother!"
Revan called from behind.
"Why..."
“Come on over!”
Ryan finally looked back. Even though the line had already slackened considerably, he hadn't followed, and he could see Revan in the distance.
Ryan quickly counted the number of breads left and went to Revan.
“What, why, what?”
“No, this human...”
Before Revan could even explain anything.
The man who had been swindled ran away faster than light.
“...?”
Looking at that back view, Revan's mouth fell open.
"Wow..."
“What is it?”
“This is ridiculous...”
The moment he saw Ryan's size, he ran away. He was so imposing towards his younger siblings and the small Revan.
"Thank you."
"Thank you."
The siblings greeted Ryan.
...What are you suddenly thankful for? Ryan was confused.
'Bread!!!'
I ran back in a hurry.
There is only one customer left and five loaves of bread left.
“Give me five.”
The last customer to order the maximum quantity per person.
Behind him, Ryan opened his mouth in vain.
"Ha..."
Is this, is this really how it is?
At that moment, the customer who ordered glanced back and was surprised.
He didn't mean to threaten him, but Ryan's eyes inadvertently met with the customer's.
“...Three, please.”
The customer quickly corrected his order.
Yahoo!
Ryan excitedly packed the remaining two, relieved. He can feed his bunny-like daughter and son.
“We’re closed for business today!”
The owner shouted.
Bread that was cut off in front of siblings.
Revan looked at the sullen siblings with pity.
They must have wanted to eat so much that they didn't even know they were scared and yelled at the guy who cut them off...
“Hey.”
Then, the boy called Ryan.
Ryan hid the bag of bread behind his back as he watched the siblings approach.
The boy who saw that smiled slightly.
“No. That’s not it... It might be a bit out of the blue, but if you’re not busy, could you help me?”
“What can I help you with?”
Only then did Ryan begin to observe the siblings' movements.
He is wearing a shabby robe over his head.
Their wheat-colored hair and emerald eyes, visible through their hoods, make them look like siblings.
“I have to go somewhere urgently. Could you please accompany me as an escort?”
“...?”
Ryan was dumbfounded.
“...Do you know who I am?”
"Yes?"
“I am a ‘nobleman.’ I am a ‘Baron.’”
Revan shot Ryan a scornful glance. Acting all high and mighty with just some lowly honorary title...
But the boy, without showing any sign of panic, held the hand of his younger sister who was next to him, and spoke.
"My younger sibling is young, and I'm worried because of what happened a little while ago. I'll make sure you don't feel bad about it."
After getting into trouble, it seems they decided it would be safer to go with the big Ryan.
Ryan looked dumbfounded, not even answering whether he liked it or not, but the boy took a note out of his pocket and showed it to him.
"It shouldn't be too far. It's my first time walking around the capital, so I'm not sure of the exact location."
At that time, Ryan and Revan looked at each other and talked with their eyes.
'Feels like a rich kid who ran away from home?'
'Does it look like that to you, too, brother?'
A guilty face glimpsed even beneath the shabby robe.
Although he speaks politely, he has an aristocratic attitude that cannot be hidden.
He feels like he grew up in a house where money was everything, so he thinks he lived a life where it was strange not to have an escort.
Revan took the note the boy handed him.
[Fritzlstrasse 796-1]
Only the address is written briefly.
If it's Fritzl Street, it's on the outskirts of the island.
It is also currently a family residence area, with a collection of luxury villas for rent...
!!!
Revan's eyes widened.
Ryan, who was also looking at the note.
The two people's mouths dropped open as soon as their eyes met.
'Isn't that our address?'
'Are they in our dorm right now?'
Ryan stiffly turned his head, looking at the siblings.
As if he had noticed Ryan and Revan's flustered expressions, the brother's face was wary.
“By any chance... why are you going here?”
“....”
He asked, but got no answer.
Who are they? Are they simply looking for the place? Or is their goal someone who's currently staying there?
Ryan asked in a low voice.
“Who are you?”
“...”
There was no answer this time either. Perhaps sensing something strange, the younger sister hugged her brother's waist and cringed.
The brother was very wary and quickly rolled his eyes, looking back and forth between Ryan and Revan...
The Shackles of Bondage
!!!
Ryan froze.
A state in which one cannot close or open one's eyes or open one's frozen mouth.
When he checked the presence next to him, it seemed that Revan had also frozen.
This is definitely a blessing of action or a shackle of bondage that has been trained to at least the third level.
The older brother among the siblings, no...
Richard, the ninth son of the Wassenberg family, snatched the note from Revan's hand and ran away with his younger sister.
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