Nox Renerio.
That emotion was like a snake that stretched its resentment, which he didn’t even know he had. Khalid scratched his knees, tears streaming from his eyes.
“How can you laugh so nonchalantly?”
I feel like I’m going to die like this. Khalid couldn’t hide his sobbing and cried out. His screams filled the room. How can you leave me and act so nonchalantly? If you’re going to take everything from me, you might as well take my life.
But the person who would hear his screams was no longer in front of him. Khalid cried and cried before falling to the ground. The tears didn’t stop. His day was gradually filled with resentment. Into a deep abyss from which he could never climb out again.
And the next day, Khalid went out with the moneybag Meta had prepared to pay for the inn. It was supposed to be his retirement pay, but the bag felt heavy as if Meta had prepared more. Khalid diligently moved his steps, exchanging gold coins for regular coins and silver coins.
“I should find another job before spending all of this….”
In fact, this amount of gold coins would be enough to spend leisurely for two years, but Khalid wanted to find another job immediately. The best thing would be to enter another noble mansion.
“Then I can….occasionally see the Duke, right?”
Even though Khalid had fallen asleep resenting him the night before, his mind was still filled with Nox, just him. He thought of the recommendation letter that was carefully folded in his pocket along with the gold coins.
Even if he resented and hated Nox, the name Nox Renerio was stuck in his mind and would not go away.
It was when he entered the alley. Three people were approaching him. Hunched shoulders, dirty clothes. And with gloomy eyes, Khalid flinched and stopped walking.
“I think we understand the situation.”
One person chuckled and snapped his fingers.
“Hand over everything you have and get lost.”
“….”
Khalid swallowed dry saliva. All of his opponents were adults. Two of them were skinny as if they hadn’t been well-fed, but one of them was more than twice his size. Khalid took a step back. But behind him, another person was already standing, blocking his way.
“Do we really have to spill some blood?”
They were holding rusty knives. Khalid, who was still young, judged that he couldn’t defeat them. He quickly untied the moneybag from his waist. It wasn’t just a few pennies, but it didn’t matter because he believed he could soon get another job with another noble family. As the robbers watched him untie the moneybag, they laughed. Khalid watched their reaction and slowly opened the moneybag, trying to discreetly take out only the recommendation letter.
“Stop right there.”
“….!”
Khalid hesitated. The robbers thrust their knives forward.
“Don’t touch anything, just hand it over.”
“No, you can take the money, but not this. Um, it doesn’t even have any value anyway.”
Khalid quickly threw the moneybag to the ground while shamelessly hiding the recommendation letter. But after exchanging glances, the robbers immediately rushed towards Khalid. Khalid tried to escape, but he couldn’t leave the alley because of the person behind him.
“Stay still!”
“Ah!”
The robber broke Khalid’s arm. Khalid struggled. Although he had been relatively strong since he was young, he couldn’t go up against three adult men. After restraining Khalid as they pleased, they ransacked him.
“What’s this? Just a piece of paper?”
“Yes, yes. But that….”
The robbers didn’t know the value of the recommendation letter because they couldn’t read. Khalid looked up at them humbly. To be accepted into a noble family and live in that world again, the recommendation letter was absolutely necessary.
In any family, a servant without a recommendation letter would not be used. Even if they were exceptionally good-looking, a mansion that hired based solely on appearance couldn’t be considered a proper mansion. That’s why the recommendation letter written by the Renerio family was essential.
“I have to go somewhere close enough to see the Duke….”
In that case, the mansion he needed to enter was at least a Viscount or higher. To Khalid, who was planning that, the recommendation letter was an important item that could not be discarded or taken away. But soon, a tearing sound was heard. Khalid’s eyes widened.
“I don’t know what it is, but it’s useless to us.”
“Oh, no! Stop!”
With his arms still held by the person behind him, Khalid wriggled and exerted force as if he would spring forward towards the man tearing the recommendation letter.
“Eh?!”
The man who was holding Khalid’s arms was knocked to the ground. Taking advantage of that opening, Khalid pulled his arms out and reached out towards the torn recommendation letter.
“Clop-!”
But the man next to him was faster. He roughly kicked Khalid’s side, and Khalid flew and collided with the alley wall with a loud thud.
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