Chapter 7 An Unexpected Situation
Author: M_W Cancer
Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral
As soon as they arrived in front of the Sword and Magic shop, Leo moved his attention away from the princess as he started observing the shop.
He then breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that the shop looked mediocre.
Obviously, from the very beginning, his plan had its pros and cons.
There was a 50% chance for it to succeed, and the merchant caravan would then take them to small or medium-sized businesses. 49% chance that it would take them to a large size business, and a 1% chance that it would take them to an underground market.
It is fortunate for them that the mature woman's business looked like just a mediocre business. He doesn't want to imagine what would happen to them if ever they had unluckily stumbled into someone who owns a known and large expensive business. The money they had would not even be enough. Although they don't mind getting embarrassed. But, some unexpected danger will surely follow them afterward. And he doesn't want to have such danger.
Also, the shop's owner would immediately question their identity. No, actually they won't, but it's expected that they will report them to the Silver City's guards, and it's precisely those guards that would question them.
Afterward....
No! There won't be any afterwards...
It would be the end of them since they would surely die the moment the guards knew that the princess of the Crimson Rose Kingdom was with them.
What if they became so unfortunate that they stumbled into a merchant caravan from an underground market?
There's a good chance they'll end up becoming saleable goods. Considering that the underground market only sells products at a horribly expensive price, and going there was suspicious since they weren't even capable of buying anything, highly likely they would then be kidnapped, hence surely becoming their slaves later on.
However, he isn't worried much if ever that turns out to be the case because he has his ways when it comes to the underground market.
The moment that he had made such a plan in his mind. He had also thought of the consequences of his action. He was basically betting his life on such a plan.
"Ayysss!" Leo turned to look at the princess as he said, "You, Princess of the Blood Race, should compensate me after this mess!"
The Princess looked at Leo while feeling wrong inside, "It's not like I forced you to save me, right?"
Just when Leo wanted to argue back, a mercenary suddenly knocked on their carriage's door to inform them that their Madam had invited them inside the shop.
Obviously, Leo understood what the soldier meant was that it was time for them to go inside the shop to continue their business with their boss. After all, he had used the 'let's discuss business' plan to get inside the Silver City, so he should continue with how it would play out.
Leo turned towards the princess as he pulled her hands towards him. But as soon as he got her hands, he was immediately pinched really hard. He didn't mind it though as he said, "Don't do anything unnecessary and stupid inside! As soon as we get out of here, I will let you go!"
Hearing that, the Princess immediately nodded her head in compliance, but she still didn't stop pinching Leo's hand.
.....
As soon as they arrived inside, Leo was surprised to see that the mature woman wasn't anywhere...
No, there was someone there to meet with them. But it wasn't that she was not there to meet them that surprised him. Instead, it was the fact that the shop itself was unexpectedly not a mediocre business at all.
Sword and Magic!
"Heck! Why didn't I realize it sooner?! Sword and Magic is the number one shop of the entire Human Race!!" Leo cursed himself due to his stupidity.
Sword and Magic shop was a store widely recognized as the number one store throughout the entirety of the Human Race territory. To be exact, they were not just a store, but an organization. A really powerful organization!
The Sword and Magic have branches in every Kingdom and Empires of the Human Race. They even have some branches in other Foreign Race's territories, as well.
It was even argued back then that the Sword and Magic may have the same strength as the existing Human Empires or possibly more.
"No... no, no, no... This can't proceed any further, I need to escape!" Leo thought while panicking.
"Ohhhh... That's why the merchant caravan looked familiar to me!" Fatty Ben said, seemingly nonchalant. Of course, he knew. He just didn't say anything because he assumed Leo knew.
Hearing Fatty Ben's remarks, Leo quickly turned to them and grabbed them both. He immediately informed them about the direness of the situation.
Butler Xiao and Fatty Ben turned solemn immediately the moment they heard his explanation.
"You actually didn't know?!" Butler Xiao and Fatty Ben both can't believe it.
Seeing their state, the Princess finally believed that these three people weren't kidnappers or rapists at all. They were just ordinary Nobles who were pulled into her mess because of their Young Master's kindness.
'What a bunch of fools, you should have just let me die in the woods...' She thought in her mind.
"What should we do then?!" Butler Xiao and Fatty Ben voiced out in unison.
"Respected guest! Um... I'm Alicia, and I'm here to guide you towards Madam Silva." The receptionist name Alicia suddenly interrupted Leo and his group from their discussion.
Leo quickly turned around to look at the girl before nodding his head, acting like nothing was wrong at all. But, deep inside, he can't help but gulp a mouthful of saliva. 'We are really in danger now, even the name of the Boss sounds like a bad guy... I mean woman!'
As soon as Alicia turned her head around, Leo immediately said, "Why don't we just tell their Boss the truth?"
"No, we can't! If we do such a thing, then we will surely face serious consequences... Young Master, the woman with us is the Princes of the Crimson Rose Kingdom! What do you think their thoughts would be after hearing that we have the missing princess with us? Even if we explain to them that we just happened to coincidentally encounter the Princess along our journey to Silver City, they would still make us a scapegoat to fix the mess! Young Master, we would be blamed for why the Blood Race is causing a mess around the Silver Kingdom right now!" Butler Xiao hurriedly explained.
"Yes, Young Master, how about you and Butler Xiao, along with this princess, escape while I do my best to hold them off? I already told the scout a while ago to report to Head Guard Kevin the situation here. So, all of you should just go and run back to our city, since sooner or later you will meet Kevin along the way!" Fatty Ben said while putting his hand on his sword.
"Respected guest, please come with me this way, please!" Alicia said softly, completely ignoring their loud murmurs. But her voice for Leo and his group at this moment was like a devil underling calling them towards the gate of Satan's castle!
'Heck, we are screwed!'
.....
Just after a minute of walking, Leo and his group finally arrived in front of an oak wood door.
The door had a sword and a book crossed together as its design, representing the name Sword and Magic.
"You may enter inside!" Alicia said before leaving.
As soon as Alicia left them after arriving in front of the door, Leo and the others suddenly gulped a mouthful of saliva at the same time before pushing through the door and walking inside.
"Respected, Madam Silva!" Leo respectfully greeted. Despite feeling extremely nervous deep inside, he continued to act like everything was normal. That nothing is wrong with them at all. He was hoping deep inside that the mature woman called Madam Silva would not notice anything wrong.
However, contrary to what they were expecting, the moment the four of them stepped inside the Madam's room and closed the door, the first thing that Madam Silva looked at was unexpectedly the princess of the Crimson Rose Kingdom.
Leo and the others panicked immediately, as they all remember the time that Madam Silva's face changed for a brief moment back then.
"You have 5 minutes to explain to me why the Princess of the Crimson Rose Kingdom is currently with you!" Madam Silva greeted them in a threatening manner.
"What the..." Leo was shocked that Madam Silva had realized that the woman with them was the Princess of the Crimson Rose Kingdom immediately. She was wearing a cloak that covered her face and entire body, after all. Even her family would be having a hard time recognizing her, right? At least that's what he believes.
"You might be wondering why I can tell," Madam Silva can already guess based on Leo's reaction what he is thinking, "Ever since young, I had the aptitude to remember everyone I had met. I was given the honor to meet the royal household of the Crimson Rose Kingdom many times before. So, I can confirm immediately that the woman with you is Princess Cassandra Rose, said to be the greatest young vampire of the Crimson Rose Kingdom, and also the next in line of the throne!" Madam Silva suddenly explained, "You only have less than 4 minutes remaining to explain." She then added.
Leo's face instantly turned solemn.
Without any hesitation, he then began explaining to Madam Silva what had happened to them, and why they had unexpectedly met with Princess Cassandra.
Naturally, Leo didn't dare to lie at all. What can he do, their secret was quickly known by Madam Silva. Aside from obviously telling the truth, there was nothing else they could do anymore!