Became the Escort Knight That the Princesses Were Obsessed With

40 – 40. Owl House (1)

On the way back with a clue.

Irina was seen looking up at the burned down mansion.

The princess’s bedroom has long since burned down.

It was so miserable that it was impossible to know what was stored inside.

Irina turned her head to the sound of my military boots.

Surprisingly, her expression was calm.

“Bale, you’re here. “Have you caught the culprit?”

I shook my head at that question.

“No, I didn’t catch it. but… .”

Instead, he showed me a piece of the cloak he got from the guys and a drop of blood that he put into a glass bottle.

“You will be caught soon.”

Seeing my stern expression, Irina nodded, saying she believed.

Then he approached and looked down at the cloak fragments and blood drops.

“If I send it to the imperial wizard, I guess I can roughly pinpoint it?”

In essence, mana has unique characteristics depending on the caster.

Those who are strong in fire attribute magic have hot mana temperatures.

However, that alone is not enough to completely figure out who it is.

It’s just a matter of sorting out people among talented people.

“I will not send this to the imperial family.”

I put the clue I showed the princess back into my arms.

Because there is a much more accurate way than that.

“Then, where should I send it?”

“We will send it to Cornell, a slum outside the city limits.”

Cornell.

A crime-ridden area located on the outermost side of the three-tiered walls of the capital.

There are many people living here who practice black magic or witchcraft, contrary to the original law.

And there… .

There is a witch doctor who is a ghost and whose job is to find people.

“There is an expert living there who will help us find the criminals.”

I approached the carriage.

And before getting on, he spoke firmly to the princess.

“Her Highness, please take refuge in the villa for now. “I will find the culprit right away.”

With those words left behind, I settled down on the seat.

However, the body I entrusted to him immediately began to shrink.

Because the carriage door that had been closed opened again.

Before we knew it, the princess had received a black robe from the maid.

She quickly got on the seat next to me, covering her face with it.

“Woe, Her Highness?”

When I asked her again, she crossed her arms alone.

And he answered in a calm tone.

“Let’s go together.”

“The place I’m going to is Cornell. I can’t take the royal family to the worst crime-ridden area in the empire.”

As I tried to persuade her, the princess looked at me intently.

And he said, grinning like a silver fox.

“You sound like I’ve never been there before?”

My eyebrows naturally furrowed at those words.

What the princess said means she has been to Cornell before.

“You told me to go to the villa, right? “I have a villa there too, so I’ll go there.”

I couldn’t even imagine.

The royal family’s villa exists in a place like that.

No, does it really exist?

It seems like a lie… .

“As a bonus, as I go, I will also accompany you to the site of your clues. “It’s about catching the guy who dared to target me, so I have to take action myself.”

Her resolute attitude.

I sighed deeply at that attitude.

“Let’s leave quickly, because it will be difficult for our other relatives to see us heading to Cornell.”

Soon the carriage began to roll vigorously.

Out of solid tolerance.

We passed through the inner area managed by the imperial family and entered the outer fortress.

Then, colorful streetlights and noisy citizens’ voices began to be heard.

Irina stared at the commonplace scene.

And I stared at her back with great suspicion.

“By the way, when did you start visiting Cornell?”

“It’s okay. “I had to take away my savings.”

“You mean property?”

When I asked, the princess immediately turned her head towards me.

And he answered with sparkling emerald eyes.

“I knew there would be an attack like this one day.”

The princess half-closed her eyes and smiled.

“That’s why I hid my wealth in a place where my relatives wouldn’t worry about it.”

Like a silver fox.

“Huh… .”

I was completely amazed by that sight.

Was this the reason why I was calm even after the mansion burned down?

“Better than that, how can we find clues? “Has there ever been a tracking magic better than that of the imperial wizard?”

This time the princess asked me.

As if responding to this, I narrowed my eyes and looked at the bright back alley.

“You know I’m from Goa, right?”

“Yes, I know.”

“Growing up in the slums, I saw a lot of witchcraft and black magic right in front of my eyes.”

I asked the driver to stop the car.

Then he opened the carriage door and showed the princess the brilliant back alleys of Cornell.

“And among them, there were some who were able to identify the assassin just by looking at the blood traces.”

I got off the carriage first.

Then he grabbed Irina’s poor hand and slowly lowered it.

“I brought you here because you were stubborn, so please promise me one thing.”

I asked her, looking at the various evil people walking down the street.

“From now on, please turn a blind eye to everything I do.”

The princess looked up into my serious eyes.

“Of course, what could be more important than catching the group that attacked the royal family?”

And then he confidently made a promise.

“I give permission in the name of the princess. Do as you wish.”

As if responding to this, I walked to the back alley.

And we stopped in front of a semi-basement bar that looked like it was going to be crowded with trash.

“If you don’t do this, he won’t come out.”

“Owl House.”

By imperial law, bars can only operate until 10 p.m.

And the current time is 11pm.

They kicked in the door of a building that was blatantly ignoring the law.

Then he placed his hands on his waist and shouted loudly.

“Who said they were still in business!”

The mercenaries and shamans who had been making noise soon quieted down.

They looked at me in uniform with a grim expression.

“Don’t you know that bars are open until 10 p.m.? “Where’s the boss?”

The shamans’ faces frowned as my shout broke the mood.

They ordered the mercenaries who accompanied them and sent them to me.

“Hey, knight. “Why is this happening all of a sudden?”

A particularly large man approached me.

He pressed his face towards me as if he knew that his features were hideous.

The mercenary who got closer looked at my face when I was 20 and smiled, saying that he finally understood.

“Hey, look at your face. “Is this a rookie?”

The mercenary immediately laughed heartily and pointed his finger at my face.

As if responding to this, the other guys also burst into laughter.

“Senior sent you to go and suppress it? “You were haggard, man!”

The guy fell asleep, hitting his knee.

It’s worth it.

Even though stores were open until 10 o’clock according to imperial law, the Owl House remained open 24 hours a day.

This is the place where even the patrol team gave up and abandoned it.

Thanks to this, sometimes the seniors would humiliate new recruits in the patrol unit who they did not like by sending them away in this way.

“ah… That’s really funny, wait a minute… “What is this again?”

The mercenary scratched his shaved head and looked at the princess standing behind me.

Soon he lowered his head to see her face hidden beneath the robe.

“hey… “Did you bring your partner to show you how cool you are?”

The corners of his plump mouth twitch.

Soon, his eyes lit up when he saw Irina’s half-covered face.

“Oh wow… Look how fluffy it is. “I wonder whose girl she is, she’s so pretty!”

The princess seemed displeased by his remarks and sighed.

He immediately smiled arrogantly and looked down on me.

Until I cupped his cheek with one hand.

“Does this seem like a joke?”

I put my face in it like a gangster would.

It’s not just about late opening hours here.

It is a dangerous place where various illegal spells are tested.

“Call the boss.”

“This is not a person like you that someone like you can meet. “He hates knights.”

Soon he followed me with a straight face.

And he pushed back firmly, saying he knew about it a long time ago.

“I can’t help but hate it because you always make up witchcraft.”

“If you know, get out of here, because even your great empire can’t protect you here.”

Since it was in front of the princess, I wanted to endure it as much as possible.

However, maybe it was because I came to Cornell, my hometown.

I feel like my patience is dwindling like it was during my orphanage days.

“Yes, even the Empire has no involvement in this place.”

I pressed the cheek of the guy I caught.

And the moment he was about to swing his fist at me.

“That’s why I really like it.”

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I slammed it straight onto the floor of the bar.

Kwaaang――――!!

A loud explosion filled the store.

Then the bored guests burst into laughter at the fight that broke out.

“What, there was a fight?”

“It’s going to be fun for the first time in a while!”

Several guests came to watch the fight.

Among them, there were mercenaries with the same affiliation as gangsters.

They attacked me without any weapons.

Instead of dodging the large and slow fist, he instead grabbed the arm.

And then I threw it at another guy who was running at me.

A mercenary who fell on the table where the shamans were smoking their medicine.

Thanks to this, purple dust spread and the witches immediately protested as if they were annoyed.

Irina watched the chaos in front of the door.

Instead of being scared, they looked at me with a curious look.

“Bah, hurry up and call Boss Margo! “That bastard is crazy!”

“Is it okay for a driver to act like that?”

The Owl House mercenaries soon pressed themselves against the wall and began to run away.

However, I followed until the end, as if I was condemning those who had already attacked me once.

And the moment when he grabbed his head and tried to throw it on the table, as if to relieve the stress of missing the wizard.

I stopped raising my hand.

“S-stop… !!”

The door behind the counter.

Because the owner of the Owl House, Margot, came out from that door.

A woman wearing a black silk dress and a witch hat.

She tied her hair into pigtails and hurried out to the center of the store.

“veil. “What’s going on here?”

The witch came in front of me, her black hair flowing.

Then, while holding both hands together politely, he gave me a friendly smile.

The mercenaries’ eyes widened at the sight of the boss appearing in a low posture.

“When I called, he came out right away. “You had to play the game to come out?”

“I always use soundproofing magic during research… .”

“After all, it must be illegal witchcraft.”

The witch scrubbed the messy table.

Then he took out a clean chair and placed it politely in front of me.

Margot, a witch who runs the best bar in a crime-ridden area.

She turned her head and gave orders to her subordinates with a cruel expression.

‘Take a look at the atmosphere. You trash! He’s Bale the Mad Dog, don’t you remember?’

The mercenaries, who had finally found out who I was, became thoughtful.

Only then did they hurriedly run over and kneel down on the floor.

“You’re not angry, are you? “Would you like me to pour you a drink after a long time?”

Margot said, subtly pinching my sleeve as if trying to comfort me.

Only then did I sigh and relax my expression.

“Okay, I told you to keep the store’s operating hours, right? “Is there a limit to seeing you as a friend?”

“Y-you know-. “In Cornell, if you open a store by 10 o’clock, you’ll quickly go bankrupt.”

The witch rubbed her shoulder against me like a black cat.

I turned my head away, ignoring her scolding.

And then he called Irina, who was standing blankly in front of the door.

“You may come down now, lady.”

The princess soon slowly came down the stairs.

And he silently came next to me.

“This is my orphanage classmate, Margo. A shaman who will examine the blood traces.”

Once the situation was settled, I confidently introduced Margot.

That’s because he’s far from the law.

The skills are certain.

So, I thought the princess would be happy with the certainty that she would be able to find a clue.

but… .

“… .”

The princess did not react to my words, but just stared at Margot.

Bloody green eyes.

Margo, who rose from the slums to become a CEO after overcoming various crises, felt an eerie feeling the moment she saw those eyes.

“That witchcraft lover you told me about… I guess they were quite close friends?”

Irina asked Margot with a grin.