Everyone was stiff. No, Ran didn't know she was hardened.
Only then did Arca's other escort, who came to his senses, shouted.
"You bastard!"
Then, when he wielded a large sword, Lumiere leaned down to avoid it, picked up the sword that someone else was holding on the floor, and cut his opponent's neck.
It was the first time that Ran knew that his throat was thumping and that blood was pumping like a fountain from a decapitated body. The red blood stretched all the way to the ceiling.
Looking blankly at the shocking scene, Lumiere dropped the sword on the floor and turned this way.
The room was still. Lumiere seamlessly killed three people in less than 10 seconds.
It was a wasteless move like a man who had practiced it a few times, or dozens, or hundreds of times. He stepped barefoot on the carpet and walked towards Ran.
Ran swallowed her breath.
Dimodia was carrying a dagger from where she had taken it out, and the count and his escort had been discovered.
Lumiere smiled softly, his knees bend and began to crawl on all fours.
He crawled to the front of the party. The count lowered the sword and put it on his neck, but Lumiere looked up at Ran with a kiss and a charming smile on her dirty boots.
"Master."
Ran thought she fainted for a moment. Words didn't come out.
'She hates the smile in his eyes.'
Such thoughts lingered in my mind. No, he smiled with his eyes when she read the novel. I didn't feel good when I saw the sentence.
No, what do you mean by smiling with your eyes? Is that pretty?
However, Ran realized now that it is pretty and what it is like to smile with your eyes.
That expression was not explained in other words than "I smile with my eyes."
Then I heard a knock on the door outside.
"Mr. Arca!"
"Are you alright?!"
I was embarrassed, but what to do when Ran said to Lumiere.
"There's a secret passage."
"Guide me."
The count said instead, but Lumiere only stares at Ran, and Ran nodded.
I thought my voice would tremble if I answered.
Lumiere got up from his seat and quickly touched the candlestick on the nearby wall and pulled it underneath.
With a small sound of purring, the floor spins and steps down were seen.
Lumiere led the way, followed by the Count's escort, Count, Ran, and Dimodia.
As soon as he came out, Ran gritted her teeth.
'I shouldn't have done that there!'
The reason why she said the fact on purpose was simple.
-You don't have an excuse to order Lumiere anymore.
It was this.
Even if he gets angry at the attack, he won't be able to kill the aristocrat on the spot unless he knows she's an aristocrat. Then with the right amount of intimidation, 'I'm a capable person. I was going to appeal to' and buy Lumiere at a reasonable price.
'I didn't expect him to kill them all there.'
My stomach wriggled and I held back my nausea. Ran tried to take off her cape, but she uttered abusive language.
"Please take this off. You can't show them you're dragging a chain."
I got irritated with my voice.
Dimodia said. "I'll take off my clothes and give it to you."
"Okay, I'm wearing a coat in here. You only have a coat."
"I'll take off my cape."
Stopping Ran from trying to take off the cape with her trembling hands, the Count's escort quickly takes off his cape and hangs it on Lumiere. Lumiere wrapped himself in a cloak.
Ran rubbed her forehead and said,
"For now, let's go to the place to deal with that chain. Then let's go to the location where we hid your sister."
"Alright."
The Count said so and took the lead in walking. Dimodia quickly clung to Ran's side and asked.
"Are you alright?"
"Huh, no, yes."
Ran spoke quickly, and Dimodia smiled faintly.
"I think you're okay with that answer."
Ran swallowed a vain smile.
Ran spoke slowly to the Count.
"I'm sorry something unexpected happened. Now that he's dead, isn't there a credit problem?"
"It's okay. He was abandoned anyway. We can clean this up."
Count Illuminati spoke calmly, and Ran felt even more sorry for his calmness. Of course, he said he washed his hands, but the back connection would have been important!
Ran stared at Lumiere once, and Lumiere smiled cutely again.
'Oh, really.'
Ran grumbled inside and walked in the rain. The Count of Illuminati headed to the safe house. It was a house in the area of the common people who lived quite well.
He went inside and ordered something from the waiting servant, who soon returned with the key holder. Ran watched Lumiere's wrists and ankles unfastened without saying a word.
"She's upstairs. She's still sleeping."
Lumiere looked up at the Count's words.
"Can I meet her?"
In a pleading tone, he whispered. said Ran.
"Once you've washed up and changed."
What Lumiere was wearing was a tattered tunic. Besides, it's dirty.
However, I didn't want to bring his younger sister back together in that way. Lumiere also nodded gently.
As soon as he went into the wash, Count asked Ran.
"What are you going to do now?"
"Let him go."
"And?"
"That's it. I'm sorry to trouble you, Count."
"I'm not in a position to say anything, but..."
The count spoke low.
"His sister is very weak. As you already know, the drugs I gave her with drugs have hurt her body a lot. As it is..."
Ran asked back in surprise at the end of his speech.
"Is it too bad? Have she ever seen a doctor?"
"Even the doctor didn't know the root cause of her illness."
Meaningfully, the Count said so and Ran bit her lips.
In the meantime, Dimodia took off the hat and cape after taking off the damp and heavy things, I felt like I could live.
"Isn't there gonna be a follower?"
When asked by Ran, the count rubbed his chin for a while, lost in thought, and then answered.
"Arca was notorious on the floor. I'm sure there are quite a few who call for a search. And since he's a man who doesn't trust his men, he'll die with important information from his organization, the organization will be divided into quarters."
"Doesn't quadrant organizations usually seek to kill Arca, a murderer in search of justification?"
Count Illuminati nodded at Ran's words.
"Of course, they do, but they'll probably start a zone fight first."
"I see."
Well, it's a preoccupation fight.
'It's a district fight. Then, I think we can organize it in between.'
I'd do it if it were a guard with a real head.
After a while, Lumiere, who washed up and changed into neat clothes, returned. Scarlet curly hair was neatly tied together.
'Handsome! Handsome!'
Ran leaned on the sofa's back thinking so and looked at Lumiere. His pupils were also scarlet in pairs with his hair.
"Why is your sub coordinate hair color so bright?'
Ran said while looking at Lumiere with a thoughtless question.
"Let's go up."
The count nodded, and the party went up to the second floor. When I opened the door carefully and went inside, the nursing maid got up from her seat and greeted lightly.
"Is she sleeping?"
Come to think of it, it's dawn. The maid answered Ran's question politely.
"Yes, it is."
Lumiere asked Ran.
"Can I get closer?"
"Of course."
When Ran nodded her head, Lumiere approached the side of the bed without the sound of a footsteps.
For a while he was looking down at his sister's face. Ran said, "Would you like us to leave?" and her sister opened her eyes.
"Oppa...?"
It was a small, weak, muttering voice. Lumiere smiled.
"Yes."
"Oppa!"
Shouting, his sister coughed violently while raising her body. Lumiere bend down next to the bed and swept her sister's back.
However, his younger sister coughed and hugged Lumiere tightly.
"Oppa...oppa..."
Then she started to sob. Ran opened her eyes wide.
"Little girl!"
I think she's about 12 or 13?
The younger sister, who had the same scarlet hair as Lumiere, was completely ill, but she was also beautiful in that situation.
'Let's- let's see.'
I can do anything for a sister like that. Ran was constantly amazed.
However, the younger sister, who was coughing while crying, soon had a fit of convulsions.
"Lily!"
Surprised Lumiere held her tightly. Ran said when she saw the maid surprised and didn't know what to do.
"Call the doctor!"
Reacting reflexively to the order, the maid hurried downstairs.
"Ker, kerhyuk, kurl-"
Lan ran to Lily who was struggling.
'I mean, during a seizure--'
Ran tried to revive common sense somehow.
"Make sure she doesn't hit her head, make sure there's no blockage in her airway--"
She lifted a feather pillow and blocked between Lily's head and bedhead.
"Next, ah!"
"Uh-!"
"Lord!"
As soon as she put her finger in Lily's mouth, the bite made a small noise.
"Don't bite your tongue ·····."
Dimodia quickly came up with a handkerchief and was bitten in Lily's mouth and pulled Ran's finger out.
"Turn your head to the side."
At Ran's words, Dimodia turned Lily's head sideways.
"You got bitten."
I'm bleeding.
'No rabies, no rabies, no rabies.'
After a while, Lily's seizure stopped. Dimodia turned and held Ran's hand.
"Are you okay? You're bleeding!"
"This is fine."
Ran said so and glanced at Lily. The small body with the seizure subsided was making noises, probably exhausted.
'Is it epilepsy?'
The doctor just arrived while she was walking around. Looking at Lily, the doctor treated Ran's finger. Lumiere looked at it with burning eyes. His eyes wouldn't leave Ran's face, so Ran said to the doctor, feeling a little pressured.
"Can't you tell what the disease is?"
"Yes, I'm sorry."
"Yes...."
Ran said after a moment of thought.
"What's your name?"
I know, but it would be polite to ask. When asked Lumiere, Lumiere replied quietly.
"My name is what the master gives me."
No, not that. Lan sighed.
"Then I'll call you Lumiere."
When his real name came out, Lumiere was shocked. Chaos and boundaries passed in his eyes, but soon his unique smile erased everything.
"Thank you."
"Well, I was going to tell Lumiere and Lily to go where you want to go and live."
"!!"
Lumiere flinched the whole body. It was a response that he really didn't even think about it.
"By the way, Lily's sick.... There's an Elf doctor I know, and he's really good at treating. Can you show him your sister? To do so, we'll have to go down to Lazia...."
"How come?"
"Oh, the Elf doesn't like the capital.... so, he doesn't come."
It was the last time he came for a deal before.
"No, it's not that. Why are you giving me freedom?"
"Just..."
Ran shrugged her shoulders. Lumiere's eyes were filled with doubt at once.
"No, I'm sorry to everyone here, but that's it." said Ran with a bitter smile.
"You can do whatever Lumiere wants. What are you gonna do?"
"I'll follow you. But I don't know if Lily's body will butter her long journey."
Ran looked at Lily for a while and said, "I'll take care of that."
And Ran rubbed her forehead. Lumiere opened his mouth carefully.
"Master."
"Your master is yourself, not me."
Ran said in a nutshell.
Things seem to have been going wrong since earlier, but she was annoyed that there was no way to solve it, so her tone was also mixed up.
"I'm sorry."
Lumiere fell on his knees. Lan was embarrassed and grabbed him by the shoulder and made him stand up.
Lumiere looked embarrassed, too.
"Don't do this. I'm not mad at you. I mean, it's not that-"
Ran laughed to speak again.
"I'm a little mad at you. And you, what if you kill them there like that?"
"I'm sorry."
"No. I'm not asking for an apology."
Ran hesitated for a moment and patted him on the head. Lumiere's shoulder was greatly scratched.
"No, thanks. You worked really hard, too. Take a rest for now. I'll let you know the detailed schedule later."
Then Ran turned to the Count and said,
"I'll charge you for everything that went in."
"It's a favor."
"I know."
It's trash to eat other people's favors for free. Ran said so and told Dimodia.
"Let's go back."
First of all, I want to sleep today.
Then I think my brain will work better tomorrow. Dimodia bowed her head silently.