In the kitchen room of Ehner mansion.

Cecilia: "Are you surprised?" She said with her head tilted to the side and smile, visibly amused by her master reaction.

Yoro: "How long you have been standing there?" He asked her with a confused tone while surprised can be seen clearly from his face.

He is sure there is no one coming to the kitchen, no matter how silent they were. When he is eating before, his eating position a bit facing the door. So, whoever comes in, he/she will be noticed by him immediately. It is because the glimpse of the door moving can clearly be seen from his angle of vision right there.

Cecilia: "No, I just came in" she denied with a sincere tone. Hearing her response, Yoro stares deep at her eyes, just to see nothing unusual there.

Cecilia: "Young Master, you must not look at girls eyes closely like that, she can interpret it in the wrong way you know," Cecilia said with a soft tone, shyness can be seen visibly from her red cheeks.

Yoro: "Hmm you right, anyways this is clearly your workplace, so you can enter in or out whenever you want and it still none of my business" Yoro said with a wave of a hand.

Yoro is not sure she is lying or not, but either way, it has nothing to do with him in any way possible, so he changed the topic to lighten the mood in the air.

Yoro: "by the way Cecilia, do you have something you want to buy in the city?" He said while planing in his head to go out to the city

Cecilia: "Hm... Maybe there is? Do you want to go to market?" She asks after pondering for a while. Excitement drips out form her voice

Yoro: "yes, I want to sightsee the city once in a while, so while I at it, why don't I go to market too?" He replies with a rhetorical question before added: "You want to go with me?"

Cecilia: "of course I w-"

*Slam*

Bella: "No you can't!" before she can complete her sentence, the door being slammed open and Bella with stern expression can be seen coming from there.

Bella: "You haven't done all your job, Cecilia. I tried to find you everywhere just to find you in here. Come with me, there is a room that needs to be cleaned" she said that then grab Cecilia hand to pull her away.

Cecilia: "w-wait, b-but young mast- "

Bella: "No but! Complete your job, then we're talking, excuse me young master, but I take this girl for a sec" she then pulled Cecilia with force. And Cecilia there can just yield after being pulled with full force by Bella and stare at him with teary eyes.

Yoro seeing this just wave his hand at her while grinning amusedly by their antics. After they have gone, then he himself raises his body and start preparing to go to the city

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???: "Absolutely cannot" a man wearing shiny metal armour and folded arms can be seen in front of him. He is a tall man that looks intimidating with his scarred face that fell from his left eye to his lower lips. His head is hairless with beard shaved clean and the body packed with muscles which can be seen even from the outside of his armour that looks bulging.

In front of him is Yoro, a black-haired young master with beautiful sky blue eyes. From his face, can be seen a smile that went weary from unbudging mannerism of a man in front of him. All while the feeling of de ja vu crept to his body after what just the brawn man said

Yoro: "Aw, come on, Chad-san. It's just a stroll inside the city. Nothing bad can be happening right?" He said that but in the next second, his smile went stiff after a piece of memories entered his brain.

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Chad: "Nothing bad can happen you said? Well excuse me young master, but even the fact has stated you word is utter bullshit" he said sourly while his face crumped which make him scarier.

Chadrac here, or most of the people prefer call Chad is a man trusted by his father to be the head guard in this big mansion of him. While on the inside, it does not look that big, in the actuality, it may just a bit littler if not same as big as a stadion in the 21st century.

While the mansion itself may not too big, the thing he called big here is the yard. When he first saw it, he shocked with It's how absurdly vast and large it is... and green too. It kinda reminds him of the Ad place though. But what he wanted to tell here is. If a marquis's mansion is this big, how big is the duke mansion? Or even the castle of the kingdom in the capital?

Back to the topic,

At the beginning of one year he recovers, there is an increasing number of kidnapping attempt of him while he is going outside alone or on little protection. That is until the case grows into a worrying level that makes him wasn't allowed to go out for a good one week. But as the original Yoro just recovered from his disease, he is curious about many things and would like to try them one by one.

And when on that boring week, there is one day when the original Yoro here is locked in the mansion, while that night, there is a rare event which would be held in the town square. He never attended it with his weak body, so he wanted to go. Then without telling his parents about it, he sneaked out of the mansion to see the circus parade that is held just one time in a year.

When he went out to his destination, and at first, there is no problem. And so, he can see the city square freely to his heart content. Smiling, he returns with a satisfied feeling, but that's crushed in one moment.

When he on the way to return home, his smile is still sticking to his face, he walks while avoiding guards whom doing night watch that night. And so, he uses the alleyway as a means to evade the guards.

But, as he walking, three people blocked his way. Wearing an evil smile on their face, even original Yoro knew they are not good people.

Yoro: "let me pass," Yoro said commandingly. But as a thug, why would they back down just from a word? and from a kid at that.

Thug 1: "Ooo, so scary. Ehehe, but no can't do. This is our territory, so you must pay to pass" he said with a disgusting smile sticking to his face.

Yoro: "how much is it? I can pay it now, so let me pass" he said while he grabbing his coin pouch in his hips.

Thug 2: "wait a minute boss, look at his face right there," one of them said while pointing his finger at Yoro

Thug 1: "huh?... Ah! I know what do you mean right there, great job mate" at first, he confused at what is his friend talking about. But as he looks at Yoro's pretty face closely, he instantly understands.

Yoro: "what do you want?" He said with a calm tone even if his chest starts beating so hard now.

Thug 1: "block him!" The thug shouted at his friends beside him, and in an instant, two of the thug start running at the same time to behind Yoro

Yoro, as he is late to reacted, realized now the situation became dire as he can't escape. So he pulled the sword he brings as a precaution in his hips, and aim the tips of the blade to the first thug.

Thug: "What? Is He wants to play sword with us? Ehehe" he said with ridicule tone, not even in ounce believe the swords in front of him is real, nor that brat in front of him can wield it properly. "well guys, let us show this brat how are real swords look like" like a cue, he and one of them pulled a shiny knife from their waist. And so, a fight broke after that.

At that time, even if Yoro is inexperienced, the basic of swordsmanship has ingrained to his bones by his daily training, so he could hold them out until the guards coming to check the commotion. After that incident, the original Yoro somehow become more mature than kids of his age. It is like he was just given a wake-up call from his delusion, that this world is not as sweet and all happy like he believes it was.

Back to present

Yoro: "Well Chad, as you can see, that incident happened a long time ago, and now, I already can protect myself properly, I can't be babysitted by you guys forever you know? By the way, my father and mother will return tonight no? I just want to buy something for them as a gift" Yoro said with a persistent tone.

Chad in front of him, seeing the determined glint in Yoro's eyes, sigh inwardly as headache drill it way to his head. "fine... but! I will be coming with you, for at least that way I can ensure your safety"

Chadrac doesn't have another choice at the time if he keeps rejecting what this young master wanted, he afraid that incident will play out again, and this persistent brat will sneak out again as a means to go.

Yoro: "Alright Chad, but you must take off that armour while we going, okay?" elated with Chad approval, he finally can imagine himself seeing the otherworld city with his own eyes.

Chad: "Hm?? Why???" Confused, Chad asked his young master back for the reason.

With a strange face, Yoro stare at this brawn man in front of him while his expression basically screams 'isn't it obvious?'

Yoro: "sigh...you know wearing armour will attract even more bad attention right?" He states the fact. Now Yoro has known, what the meaning of brawn but no brain the people used to say, after he talked with this big guy in front of him. While there, Chad, just stands in silence.

Even if Yoro there is right, he can't bring himself to voice his agreement to a nine years old kid. So he just stands there in silent agreement, while Yoro here, watching this big guy didn't reply, just take his silence as a yes.