Chapter 22: Discuss With Reimi (Part 1)
Reimi's perspective
I am looking for Sir Rigen according to the address that he wrote in the letter to Her Highness. I'm now leading my horse with me on the streets, the address should be very close now.
Seemed like the address Sir Rigen told in his letter is an inn, he may now stay inside it, I will get inside to get him, and after that ride him back to Her Highness.
I let my horse outside then walk into the inn slowly, I called Sir Rigen a word but seemed like he didn't answer, there is a stair up there, Sir Rigen must be up the floor.
"Who do you want to find, lady?" - A little girl, maybe the inn's employee asked me, I didn't notice her existence until she called me
"Reimi? Why are you coming here?" - A voice from the stair called me
"Sir Rigen! Finally, I found you!"
Finally, I found you, Sir Rigen! Maybe I should pay a little talk to him before suggesting Sir Rigen return to Her Highness.
"Papa! Who is this woman?" - That little girl called Sir Rigen "papa", what?
"Hey Reimi, don't mind about Eris, she always doing jokes!" - Sir Rigen replied to me
"Hey, lady! Do not take papa away from me! He already ha-" - That girl named Eris was about to talk more but her mouth was kept by a woman standing behind her
"Sorry, miss! I hope my daughter won't make you feel annoyed, just pay your time to talk with Sir Rigen as you like!" - That beautiful woman said to me
She may be the owner of the inn, the kid that talked to me must be her daughter
"What are you doing here, Reimi? Don't you say to me you came here for that Mentor!" - Sir Rigen asked me
"That was a part of my duty, Sir Rigen! But the main part I came here is to bring you back to He-, I mean Lady Shera!"
"Seemed like I have given you a hard time, Reimi! But now I don't have any intention to return, give my word to Shera that I would return in a short time but not now!"
"And also Reimi, stop calling me Sir Rigen! Call me John or Sir John instead, you have already made me so outstanding here!" - Sir Rigen asked me to address him as he wanted
Though I don't understand what is he meaning yet.
I stood dazed a little bit, trying to figure out what Sir Rigen meant, but seemed like I cannot understand at all!
"Reimi, you are truly a muscle brain!" - Sir Rigen called me that title, I also don't understand what was that meant
"You two are so funny! Sir Rigen, the breakfast will be ready a few minutes later, your friend will also be invited too, I will go inside to prepare now!"
"Eris, follow me, sweetheart!" - That woman called her daughter to go with her
"Own-"
"Please call me Milch, miss!"
"I just left my horse outside, do you know anywhere for me to keep it?"
"Ah! Sir Rigen, why don't you lead your friend to that place? The border guards will keep the horses for the passengers, just need to pay 1 Atta each hour for the keep!" - That woman talks to Sir Rigen with a very familiar voice, I feel something unusual about this
"I will return soon, Milch! Reimi, we can talk outside during the walk!" - Sir Rigen asked me to follow him
Then I walk alongside Sir Rigen to the border gate while taking my horse with me, I don't know why at this time when walking with Sir Rigen is so much emotion.
Something is wrong with me, isn't it? Why my heart is now beating a bit fast when close to him?
"Ahh, Sir-"
"Call me John, Remi! We must keep our low profile!"
"Low profile?" - Sir Rigen spoke a word that I don't understand so I asked him
"I mean we should act like the normal people, I'm now very famous in this town, the people here are trying to find me!"
"The two people you saw at the inn already knew my real identity but they didn't say it to the people here!" - Sir Rigen explained to me
Seemed like I understood why Sir Rigen asked me to address him like that before.
"I'm sorry for my useless, Sir Ri-, I mean Sir John!"
"Just act like normal! Anyway, I know you have made out that hard to find me, but there are some reasons
I cannot leave now, say to Princess that I grateful at her kindness, but not now!" - Sir Rigen said to me
"Anyway, the way Princess acted when sending those letters to me was very odd, she seemed to care about me very much, can you explain it to me, Reimi?" - Sir Rigen asked me
Because Her Highness is in love with you, Sir Rigen! Sigh!
"Because Her Highness had considered you as an important person, Sir John! "
"But the main purpose why is she doing that?"
"I, I have no idea, Sir Ri-, I mean Sir John!"
"Anyway, we have come, get your horse to keep in here, Reimi!" - Sir Rigen said to me, I didn't notice I have came to the border gate
When I was about to lead my horse to the keeping place, a man looks like the commander of that post came outside, he stared at Sir Rigen and then said a word.
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"This lady's horse is allowed to be kept at the cleanest place and pays no charge!" - That man said to his guards
Then I let the guards, let them take my horse away. Who is this man exactly?
"Thank for the help, Grenze!" - Sir Rigen thanked the man named Grenze
"You two should go back to your place! Lady, I swear I will treat your horse as good as possible!" - Grenze said to me
Then we go back to the inn, during the walk, I have asked Sir Rigen about the man named Grenze.
Sir Rigen said to me that he knew him the first time he got inside the town, but Sir Rigen only said that information to me, no more else.
Then we walk inside the inn, getting to the kitchen to enjoy the meal that those two mother and daughter made for us.
By looking at the meal, I can see it had been made very well, but the nobles like us have to eat these filthy meals from the commoners, I hate it.
"Because Sir Rigen is here with me so I will enjoy the meal for his sake, otherwise I will go out right away, you filthy commoners!" - I whispered to myself
Then I look at Sir Rigen, who is now sitting next to me, about to eat the meal made by those commoners.
Sir Rigen glared his eyes at me, seemed very mad, did I just make something terrible? Or Sir Rigen precious those people.
"Sir, Sir Rigen!"
"Just eat, Reimi! I will talk to you later!" - Sir Rigen said to me with a normal voice though his eyes are still glaring at me
Then I ate the meal in a fearful mood, I hope I didn't make anything to make Sir Rigen mad. After breakfast, I go up to Sir Rigen's room as his order, waiting to get my punishment.
Rigen's perspective
Looks like Reimi just made me upset during that breakfast, but if I think back carefully, her behavior was not that rough.
Every noble would have done the same as her, because they want to show they are special. But let's deal with Reimi later, I still have something to talk about with Milch and her daughter.
"Milch, Eris! I want to talk!"
"Just wait for us a few minutes, Sir Rigen!" - Milch said to me, I understand that she is now cleaning the dish
"Wait for me a little bit, papa!" - Erissen addressed me like that once again
"Call me John or Rigen, don't say papa to me anymore, Eris!"
"Understood, papa John!" - Eris then opened a childish smile to me
Then I ignored Erissen and went to help Milch and her daughter to clean the dish, seemed like the cleaning had been done sooner, I later sat on a chair, opposite Erissen and Milch.
"I know you two are having a hard time, please take the money, this is 50.000 Atta coins from the reward of killing the Assassins, use it carefully for you two!" - I put a bag of money down on the table in front of those two
Milch and her daughter got shocked after hearing what I said, they were shocked at the amount of money they would receive from me.
"Sir Rigen, please keep your money! You should not spend that much on us, I will immediately find another job! I will take care of myself and my daughter, I don't want you to care for me that much!" - Milch seemed shocked, she suggested I keep the money
"Mister John, I will also find a job to help my mom too, I don't want to make hard on you, what if you run out of money!" - Erissen repeatedly rejected to take the money
"You two don't worry, I still have much money left, the reason why I gave you two so much money is, I want Eris not to live hard like you anymore, Milch! I will give her the money to get educated!"
"But Sir Rigen, the average admission of this Kingdom costs about 4.000 Attas a month, and of course Eris would be taken to the Capital city to get educated with the nobles!"
"I'm afraid that I cannot pay that much money for my daughter even with the money you gave me, Sir Rigen!" - Milch trying to convince me to withdraw the money
"But!"
"Please! Sir Rigen!" - Milch said to me more and more
"Why I cannot help these people live here even when I was very close to them?"
"Do you ever think about the new job that you gonna do, Milch?"
"I'm still thinking about it, but I will do anything! Even how hard if that job be!" - Milch said to me
"I will gonna help my mom!" - Erissen said to me
"Until that time, I will help you two to find a job, just take the money as the way to buy a new house! This inn costs very much taxes, isn't it?"
"But if we do that, you won't have any places to stay, Sir Rigen!"
"Don't worry, I know a guy that lives near here, I will ask that man permission to stay with him!"
"But! Sir Rigen, even if we bought another house, we would invite you to stay with us as always, thank you for everything, Sir Rigen!" - Milch deeply thanked me
"I will do my best to help you everything, mister!" - Erissen also doing the same
"I don't want to make you two worry anymore, please take that easy, I will go upstairs now to discuss something with my friend!"
Then I run upstairs to talk with Reimi, as the time I went up, Reimi is now kneeling on the floor, she raised her head, staring at me, seemed to be forward to something.
"What's wrong, Reimi?"
"Please punish me as what you want, Sir Rigen!" - Reimi said aloud to me
"Just stand up, I just don't want to see you rude again with those two, okay Reimi?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Sir Rigen!" - Reimi thanked me though I didn't do anything
"Hey Reimi, just who is that Mentor, you know his identity, right?"
"I do, Sir Rigen! But I'm afraid that I cannot tell you!"
"Why?"
"I'm very sorry to make you see me so useless like this, Sir Rigen! But that order came from His Majesty so I cannot against his words!" - Reimi now behaving like a child
"Just! Take it easy! Mentor said to me that the coup was not his fault, it was just a misunderstanding, I don't know if his words are true or not!"
"But he seemed not really like a liar, you were Mentor's former disciple, right? You may have something that you want to talk to him about!"
"Yes, I do! But I don't think the thing I want to talk to that man really that good!" - Reimi's eyes turned into soulless eyes, I can feel her face is full of anger
"Calm down, Reimi! You stay inside this place for a moment, alright? I will go outside then return with something to give you a mood!"
"Reimi?" - Reimi seemed didn't have any reaction to my words
"Yes, Sir Rigen! As you wish, I will stay inside!"
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, thank you for your care, Sir Rigen!" - Though Reimi answered me but her voice seemed very heavy
"I will be back soon, wait for me!"
Then I left the inn in a hurry without saying goodbye to Milch and Erissen, I only bring with me Advisor, my sword and one flashbang. I think I will get inside a shop to buy a stuffed puppy to make Reimi feel happy again, girls always love pets even with the fakes so Reimi must be the same as that.
But I think I should get to Mentor's place first to ask him more about the coup and somehow try to tie again the relationship between him and his disciple.
I got into the sewer route as always, when I got into the arena I got up there and called for Mentor.
"Mentor! Are you here?"
Then I see Mentor, he is now wearing raggy clothes as always he does, sitting on a chair nearby, looking at me but seems like doesn't look at me at all, but seems like to look at something behind me.
"John! Who is that behind you?' - Mentor asked me
After hearing what he said, I turned around with a shocked face, Reimi has stalked me all the time since I got out of the inn but I didn't notice. Reimi's face is now very angry, her eyes show no emotion, she shuts her mouth, slowly walking towards Mentor.
"Reimi?" - I called Reimi but seemed like she didn't hear
Mentor after hearing what I said, suddenly stood up, going closer to Reimi while unarmed.
"My daughter, that was just a misunderstanding, I was not behind the coup 10 years ago, I had been blamed for that guilt though I did nothing, you should return to warn His Majesty, tell him to execute his Prime Minister immediately!" - Mentor explained to Reimi, though she is now breathing like a psycho, about to enjoy the killing around her
"Shut up! Shut up!" - Reimi screamed loud to Mentor, her voice is full of anger
"You are not my father! My entire parents died in that coup, they left me alone to live a lonely life! It was all your fault! You killed them! I will kill you! Kill! Kill! KIll! Kill! Kill Kill!" - Reimi seemed to lose her control, she shouted louder, nonstop
"Put down the sword! I will tell you the truth here, my daughter!" - Mentor explained to Reimi
"You were not the intestine child of Sir Frieden, I adopted you from an orphanage and gave you to him to raise you!"
"I'm very sorry that I cannot raise you properly, I was so cared about politics of the Kingdom at that time, my daughter!" - Mentor trying to calm Reimi down
"That's not the truth! All of your words are lies! I must kill you! Kill you! Kill you! Killlllllllllll!"
Reimi then lost her control and charged toward Mentor, her sword is now in the thrust angle to Mentor's heart, she is just away from Mentor about a few meters.
Reimi's eyes are full of death, she opened a sick smile when she was about to stab Mentor.
I immediately rush towards Mentor to protect him, I must do something before everything got worse.