I Became the Keeper of a Suspicious Forest - Chapter 63

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Chapter 63

 

When Gordon opened his eyes again, he was inside some warehouse. And a beautiful man was looking down at him.

 

Startled, he tried to get up hastily, but his hands weren’t free. Chains were bound to his legs and the desk.

 

“Are you Baron Gordon Rambo?”

 

“Yes, yes?”

 

Gordon unconsciously spoke respectfully due to the intimidating tone, but then realized there wouldn’t be any nobles in a place like this and regained his confidence.

 

“How dare you lay hands on a noble’s body? Do you think you’ll be safe?”

 

“So you do know Ponia?”

 

“Ponia? Where is that girl?”

 

“You don’t need to know that. Just answer.”

 

Judging by the man’s attire, he was definitely a commoner. However, his proud attitude that seemed to have never bowed to anyone and his refined manner of speaking made Gordon unconsciously nod.

 

“Then, is it also true that you took Ponia’s money? If not…”

 

The next moment, his blue eyes flashed.

 

“Her family’s money?”

 

“How do you know that… Hup!”

 

“Since when?”

 

“…”

 

“Answer.”

 

“How would you know that? It’s not like I received investments just once or twice.”

 

The man asking emotionlessly didn’t make any threatening moves, but his eyes looking at Gordon’s neck were too frightening.

 

‘So that’s how it was.’

 

Meanwhile, Sionel solved his questions one by one through Gordon’s answers.

 

“I was wondering why you never came to confess again.”

 

Sionel muttered. Ponia’s activities over the past three years became clear.

 

Even when he had accidentally met Ponia after her confession, she had been infiltrating the crime guild to find the money her father had been swindled out of.

 

‘I came here because I have nothing to lose either.’

 

‘Actually, isn’t it good that I don’t have to go home? Why would I want to clash with my family and just get angry for no reason?’

 

Just as his known world had completely turned upside down in three years, she too had been fighting her own battle alone.

 

“She must have been lonely.”

 

‘I guess I wanted to meet you again more than I thought.’

 

‘…’

 

‘That’s why I was so happy.’

 

Ponia had been satisfied with small things even in that small world.

 

“Hey, if you’re done with questions, untie these chains first.”

 

“In the end, you’re also one of the culprits.”

 

Gordon sensed something strange in those mysteriously glinting blue eyes.

 

His instincts, which had always known the right timing to strike and retreat, were telling him. This was dangerous.

 

“No! It’s not because of me! That girl’s fate was created by her family!”

 

But Sionel continued to approach him.

 

“You’re making a mistake! I brought strong mercenaries with me!”

 

“…”

 

“By now, they’ll have realized my absence and will storm this place immediately!”

 

Creak.

 

Just then, the door opened and the people Gordon had mentioned appeared.

 

“See! I knew they’d come soon!”

 

Now emboldened, Gordon pointed at Sionel.

 

“Perfect timing! Let’s deal with this bastard first!”

 

But the next moment, his expectations were completely betrayed.

 

“Oh, you’re awake?”

 

Following behind them, a man wearing strange glasses entered with a smile.

 

Gordon looked at the mercenaries to understand the situation, but they all had faces pale as sheets.

 

“Where did you find him?”

 

“He was digging in the ground near the cabin.”

 

“Is this all of them?”

 

“There was one more, but he ran away while we were subduing them. Oh, would you guys mind sitting over there for a moment?”

 

The man with glasses kindly guided the others.

 

“Yes!”

 

Even though they weren’t tied up, the mercenaries desperately nodded and sat in the corner. Gordon couldn’t understand it.

 

‘That guy isn’t there.’

 

The brat who brought Gordon and the mercenaries to this place.

 

No wonder he had been moving frantically and watching his surroundings from the start like someone being chased—he had been planning to monopolize all the treasure himself.

 

‘How dare he deceive me?’

 

Having spent his entire life deceiving others, being deceived in return was infuriating beyond measure.

 

He vowed that once he got out of here, he would mobilize all his resources to catch that brat first, when a shadow fell over him.

 

Two men with contrasting expressions stood before him. Among them, the bespectacled man with a bright smile placed paper and pen in front of him.

 

“I heard the Baron took Nia’s money.”

 

“Nia? Who’s Nia?”

 

“How can you not even remember the name of someone you borrowed money from?”

 

It was unfair. He truly had never heard that name before.

 

“Show me this Nia person’s face!”

 

“No need for that. You can just talk to us.”

 

“How much did you say you borrowed?”

 

They pressed forward without giving their opponent time to respond, just like loan sharks. And they were a duo who had been working together for a very long time.

 

And Gordon’s assessment was exactly right.

 

‘Why can’t I go in?’

 

‘Afraid Nia might soften up?’

 

‘Trust us.’

 

After insisting that the suspicious Ponia stay at the cabin, Sionel and Chad moved quietly. It was something both had done without exchanging a single word.

 

“From now on, just write down what we tell you and we’ll send you home.”

 

Sionel waved the paper in front of Gordon, and Chad handed him the pen.

 

The two had become quite close.

 

* * *

 

“I knew this would happen!”

 

Ron, who had barely managed to escape alone, hid in the thicket and watched the cabin.

 

The mercenaries had been captured, and Ron had discovered the treasure by digging alone. Yet the reason he couldn’t leave immediately was because of the treasure.

 

Ron looked greedily at the treasures behind him. The amount of treasure was much greater than what he had seen before, making it impossible for him to carry alone.

 

To take all this treasure, he needed the Baron’s power. Ron didn’t know how to abandon his greed.

 

However, he couldn’t think of any other way to rescue the Baron. Hadn’t he witnessed the prowess of the bespectacled man right before his eyes?

 

He was just biting his nails in frustration when someone emerged from the cabin.

 

A woman with striking red hair. She was one of the three people Ron had seen. He quietly watched the woman.

 

Two men and one woman.

 

‘If I play this right?’

 

Ron, who aspired to become a knight, had long since abandoned his chivalrous spirit and began scheming.

 

* * *

 

“The Baron wrote this himself?”

 

Ponia examined the paper several times.

 

<Promissory Note>

 

I, ‘Gordon Rambo’ (hereafter referred to as Party B), borrowed 20,000 gold from ‘Nia’ (hereafter referred to as Party A), and…

 

If I fail to repay within the specified period, I will accept overdue interest and legal proceedings as demanded by Party A.

 

Furthermore, I will never appear before Party A again…

 

Though the handwriting was particularly shaky, it was a promissory note stamped with Gordon’s seal.

 

“He was crying while writing it, saying he regretted everything he’d done.”

 

He’s absolutely not that type of person though?

 

“Really. Honestly, it’s a bit disappointing to end it at this level. If you want, I could do something else for you.”

 

“No! Don’t do anything more!”

 

I can’t turn the male lead into a criminal with my own hands.

 

They decided to release the Baron and mercenaries from the forest early tomorrow morning, and Chad went to Chaokloh where the Baron’s group was staying. Ponia returned to the cabin with Sionel.

 

“I never dreamed I’d meet someone I knew in the forest.”

 

“…”

 

“To think this was a problem that could be resolved so easily.”

 

With the seal stamped on it, Gordon wouldn’t be able to say anything different later.

 

For Ponia, who had only been victimized by Gordon for so long, it felt almost hollow.

 

It didn’t feel real that he was someone who could be shaken off so easily. And to think that Father had been exploited by such a person for so long and still hadn’t come to his senses…

 

‘My head hurts, so let me stop thinking.’

 

Sionel didn’t say a single word until Ponia lay down on the bed.

 

“Are you sleeping already?”

 

“No. I was thinking.”

 

‘Well, of course.’

 

Sionel must have the most thoughts right now.

 

They couldn’t stay in the forest forever, and they’d have to return, but to build a proper faction on his side, he’d have to start from scratch all over again, which must feel overwhelming.

 

“Ponia.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Are you going to leave this place?”

 

However, Sionel brought up an unexpected topic.

 

“I want you to…”

 

Sionel paused for a moment, then moved his lips slightly.

 

“I hope you won’t leave.”

 

“…”

 

“At least not right now.”

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