If I Were Reborn, I Wouldn’t Marry You - Chapter 62

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Chapter 62

A few hours ago, right before we were kidnapped.

It was an outing by none other than a prince and a princess.

Naturally, skilled guards were trailing behind us in droves.

‘On a day like today, many nobles come out to play, so we didn’t particularly hide our identities.’

We were walking around looking at the crude and cute trinkets spread across the stalls, wishing for good fortune in the new year, when a big fight broke out in a particularly crowded area.

It was just some thugs getting into an argument, nothing serious, but one side started causing trouble by picking up and throwing items from the stalls.

It was then, while our guards were getting a bit flustered trying to block the objects flying toward where we were standing.

People who had been disguising themselves as passersby avoiding getting caught up in the fight suddenly turned and grabbed me and Leonhardt, then ran off.

They must have been quick and knew the area well, as they ran into winding alleys with complicated paths.

The thugs who had been fighting loudly suddenly changed their attitude and blocked the way, so it seemed our guards failed to follow us.

Avoiding getting caught up in the fight, even the fighting itself – it was all a disguise.

‘To think I’d wake up in such a dilapidated warehouse…’

My head hurt like the day after drinking heavily. A groan escaped me naturally.

“Ugh.”

Though this time it was probably from sleeping incense rather than alcohol.

‘I never thought I’d experience this sensation again.’

My eyes wouldn’t open properly, as if the drug’s effects hadn’t fully worn off yet.

Leonhardt, noticing that my consciousness had returned, carefully shook me awake.

“Try to get up, Miela.”

When I barely opened my eyes and groaned again, Leonhardt covered his lips with his index finger.

It meant not to make loud noises.

I felt the headache I hadn’t wanted to experience twice, smelled mold and dust, and the air was damp and humid.

Plus, I still had memories from before fainting, so I realized we had been kidnapped.

When I nodded lightly, Leonhardt helped me sit up.

At my feet lay ropes that Leonhardt had cut with stone fragments scattered about.

I lightly massaged my tingling wrists, then leaned weakly against the dirty wall and asked Leonhardt.

“When did you wake up?”

When I asked in a whisper, Leonhardt also answered in a small voice.

“Just a little while ago.”

“We were definitely kidnapped, right?”

Of course, I wasn’t asking because I didn’t know.

I just needed confirmation.

Leonhardt nodded with a heavy expression.

Sigh.

I had expected it, but getting confirmation made me feel a little worse.

I asked while trying to maintain my composure.

“Where are the kidnappers?”

“They went out for now.”

As a member of the imperial family, Leonhardt was less susceptible to drugs and poisons.

Leonhardt, who had regained consciousness earlier than the kidnappers expected, took advantage of their absence to wake me up.

I glanced once at the thick wooden door that was tightly closed.

It felt like the door would open any moment and the kidnappers would come bursting in.

I asked while suppressing my anxious feelings.

“Is this a kidnapping for ransom?”

This time Leonhardt shook his head.

It was the most hopeful option in this situation, but I knew the probability was extremely low.

“I suppose so, right?”

I couldn’t stop a deep sigh from escaping.

“Given the circumstances, they clearly targeted us, so the culprits must be the Crown Prince and House of Perington.”

I reasoned after letting out a deep sigh.

If it were a kidnapping targeting random people, they wouldn’t have bothered targeting me and Leonhardt with guards trailing all around us.

Though there’s nearly a 10-year gap, the Crown Prince’s tendencies seemed to remain the same.

Or maybe Viscount Perington didn’t have another suitable place to confine kidnapped hostages.

I had experience from the first round of fainting after smelling low-quality sleeping incense like today and waking up in a dilapidated warehouse.

‘Back then, the culprits were also Viscount Perington and the Crown Prince.’

The kidnapping in the first round was for the purpose of threatening Leonhardt by taking me hostage.

But now… it’s different.

“It seems they plan to get rid of us this time.”

Leonhardt nodded in agreement.

“Probably a scenario where it was a kidnapping for ransom, but negotiations didn’t go well so they killed us.”

If they went through all that trouble to stage such a performance to kidnap us and put us in this dilapidated warehouse for ransom, it would be better to just stay quiet.

The criminals wouldn’t benefit from harming the hostages either.

But if harming us is the goal itself like now, waiting quietly would only make things more dangerous.

“We need to escape for now.”

Still, sitting and resting had helped my condition return somewhat.

I got up energetically, dusting myself off.

Viscount Perington wouldn’t have sent in his closest subordinates for a disposable operation.

‘So they probably left thinking we were unconscious, right?’

But that doesn’t mean they’re at a level we can handle.

Six years old and four years old.

We have absolutely no combat power and even less stamina.

‘But we can’t just sit here and wait for the end, can we?’

Still, it wasn’t like we had nothing to rely on.

I was lightly jumping to check if my body was moving properly when Leonhardt got up with a heavy expression.

His face was weighed down with guilt, as if he thought this happened because of him.

‘That’s also a kind of excessive self-consciousness.’

I asked with a slight laugh.

“Leon, did you kidnap us?”

At my joke that didn’t match the situation, Leonhardt’s brow furrowed.

As if asking what kind of nonsensical question that was.

‘He really doesn’t get jokes.’

I shrugged lightly, then changed the subject with a random question.

“You know what?”

Leonhardt’s ability wasn’t reading minds.

“What?”

Naturally, a questioning response came back.

I lightly patted Leonhardt’s shoulder like a dignified older sister, then said cheerfully.

“I’ve been here before!”

To reassure Leonhardt, I chattered away with explanations.

“This is the same place I was kidnapped and confined in the first round.”

I was certain of it.

It was less run-down than back then and didn’t have the junk scattered everywhere, but I could tell it was the same place.

It wasn’t a place easily forgotten.

‘For someone raised preciously like me, kidnapping was really a major event.’

In the first round, what Prince demanded in exchange for returning me after the kidnapping was exile to a foreign country.

When Leonhardt pretended to give in to the threat and open the way, Prince immediately put me in a carriage and fled.

The place where I was rescued after becoming a hostage was on a hillside along the route toward the border.

So Leonhardt, who didn’t know the location where I had been kidnapped and confined, asked.

“Do you remember the exit too?”

“Yes!”

What I knew was even a secret passage leading to the outside.

‘Originally this building wasn’t used for legitimate purposes, so there were multiple hidden exits.’

Since the Imperial Court and Ducal House had densely stationed knights in preparation for any emergency, Prince’s group had turned back right at the entrance several times while trying to leave the warehouse, so I knew as many as three exits.

“How about it? Don’t I suddenly look really cool?”

When I acted exaggeratedly boastful, Leonhardt chuckled.

“So where are the escape routes?”

Leonhardt asked busily as he planned our escape method.

“Well, one is if you go out and push the box right on the right side…”

As I was sharing the escape routes I knew, sounds came from outside.

It seemed the person who should have been guarding us was slacking off near the warehouse, perhaps smoking a cigar.

The voice of someone who seemed to be of higher rank could be heard shouting.

“Hey! Where did Tom go and why are you alone?”

“He went to the restroom for a moment.”

“Then you should at least be inside the warehouse guarding the kids. Why are you outside?”

“I was going to smoke just one cigar and go back in.”

“Get inside right now!”

“Yes, yes.”

After the scolded person bowed and scraped for a while, he began returning to the warehouse while cursing under his breath.

Leonhardt whispered quickly.

“When he comes in, I’ll use my ability to knock him out, so let’s escape right away.”

I nodded to show I understood.

The sound of footsteps gradually grew closer.

Finally, the footsteps could be heard in front of the door.

From then on, we counted simultaneously.

One.

The door opened.

Two.

“Huh? Where did these kids go?”

The kidnapper didn’t notice us hiding in the blind spot created by the opening door and began to panic.

And…

Three!

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