The Reason I Got Engaged to My Ex-Boyfriend - Chapter 49

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Episode 49

 

To keep Chad busy dealing with this incident so he couldn’t investigate Cael’s death, and to harm Yenika as a warning in the process.

 

If we assume Enrif was behind this incident, everything fits together like a puzzle, but it was actually quite a dangerous thought.

 

Because it would lead to the conclusion that Enrif had something to hide about Cael’s death.

 

‘No, setting aside everything else, dropping a chandelier just to give Count Chad some trouble…’

 

Is he in his right mind?

 

That was something that could have killed Enrif himself too.

 

“Haah.”

 

I let out a sigh with a tired face.

 

Other people could easily think this much too. If I waited a little, I’d be able to figure out the truth.

 

Ransel didn’t return until after midnight.

 

“Let’s go now, Mary.”

 

I checked his face and just nodded.

 

We headed to a deserted alley where the ducal family’s carriage was prepared. We deliberately brought only Lebein as our escort.

 

This was a kind of rule among high-ranking nobles when a major incident occurred.

 

Keep escorts to a minimum to avoid drawing attention, and move the carriage to a location known only to insiders.

 

To prevent any possible attacks that might occur in the chaotic situation.

 

‘…Really, it was fortunate I sent Pipi back early.’

 

Even though Ransel was beside me now, and Lebein too, I kept feeling tense.

 

It was late, and with the incident on top of that, there wasn’t a single person on the streets.

 

“Should I hold your hand?”

 

Perhaps noticing the tension on my face, Ransel asked in a small voice.

 

The corners of his mouth were playfully raised as if trying to ease my tension.

 

“…No need.”

 

I hesitated for a moment, just a brief moment, then shyly shook my head.

 

Soon we arrived at the carriage prepared in a secluded spot.

 

It was the moment I felt relieved upon spotting the family crest I’d grown familiar with.

 

Bang!

 

Suddenly, a sharp gunshot that seemed to tear through the night air rang out.

 

“…”

 

I stood there with my mouth agape in bewilderment.

 

I knew I should hurry and take cover, but my body wouldn’t move. My spine went cold.

 

“Come this way, young lady!”

 

Then I finally came to my senses at Lebein’s shout.

 

Lebein unhesitatingly grabbed my hand and entered the dark alley. In the opposite direction from Ransel.

 

I ran following Lebein.

 

Running was difficult because of my shoes, but I felt that if I stopped even for a moment, I might really die.

 

‘What on earth is this…’

 

What kind of situation is this?

 

Who was targeting us?

 

My heart was pounding. My mind went completely blank.

 

Bang. Bang!

 

Then, gunshots were heard from behind.

 

Some sounded close, and some sounded a bit farther away.

 

After running for a while, Lebein pushed me behind him and aimed his gun backward.

 

‘The gunshots…’

 

Are heard more frequently from the distant location.

 

Only then did I understand why Lebein had led me in the opposite direction from Ransel.

 

I don’t know who they are. But at least one thing was certain.

 

Their target would be closer to the heir of a prestigious family than a count’s daughter with no political power.

 

“Urgh!”

 

“Kuh!”

 

Groaning sounds burst out in succession. Fortunately, they weren’t sounds coming from Lebein.

 

“Run to that end. Hurry!”

 

Then, Lebein urgently pointed backward and shouted.

 

I frantically started running again. For now, I only thought it was right to follow the words of Lebein, who was my escort.

 

‘Just how many of them are there?’

 

Even after running for a long time, the gunshots continued.

 

My swollen red ankle was throbbing, and it felt like tears would burst out at any moment.

 

***

 

The right sleeve of his uniform was soaked with blood. He couldn’t move because of the bullet lodged in his arm.

 

Ransel, who had somehow gotten far from the carriage, was leaning against a wall while touching the slide of his revolver.

 

Actually, incidents like this weren’t frequent but happened quite often. That’s why his mind was more complicated. There were too many suspects, so he couldn’t even guess who was behind it.

 

Of course, that wasn’t what was important right now.

 

Mary.

 

Mary had probably never experienced anything like this before.

 

That’s why he was worried.

 

He wasn’t too concerned about Mary’s safety itself since Lebein was with her, but he worried whether she was very frightened.

 

‘That aside…’

 

Why could he sense magic power from them?

 

Ransel lowered his hand to fumble through his leg holster for cartridges.

 

Lower demons don’t have enough magic power for humans to sense. Summoned demons don’t have physical bodies they can use.

 

Then… could it be that higher demons had entered the continent?

 

Ransel quietly rolled the silver cartridge in his hand.

 

Cartridges used against humans don’t work on demons. There were separate cartridges for eliminating them.

 

Cartridges made of silver, imbued with holy power, with sacred symbols engraved on the tips.

 

After pondering briefly, Ransel soon aimed his revolver loaded with regular cartridges backward.

 

Believing that the goddess’s protection that had lasted over a thousand years couldn’t have disappeared.

 

Bang!

 

He fired one shot like that.

 

Since it was his non-dominant hand, aiming was difficult, but just because he fired one shot, bang! Bang bang! Bang! bullets poured down like rain.

 

‘At least five men.’

 

Including those who went toward Mary and Lebein, roughly eight men.

 

Ransel, who had been roughly counting, closed his eyes deeply and opened them.

 

The problem was that he’d injured his arm before even entering the alley. While his attention was on Mary, a hot bullet had ruthlessly pierced through his skin.

 

Because of that, he had wasted bullets to the extreme.

 

Coming this far, he seemed to have blown off about two heads, but even that wasn’t certain since his eyes hadn’t adapted to the darkness.

 

Click, click.

 

Ransel, who had been irritably pulling the trigger to see if he was out of bullets, finally threw away his gun and ran. First, he needed to get out of this alley to figure out how far he’d gotten from the carriage.

 

And the moment he escaped from the dark, long alley.

 

“…”

 

Ransel hesitated at the shadow that approached him.

 

***

 

Throughout the entire run, I felt like the gunshots weren’t getting farther away but kept following us.

 

Though it seemed presumptuous of me to worry about anyone, I was concerned about Lebein, who would be facing them alone.

 

Having barely moved normally and then running like I was dying, I was completely out of breath.

 

I had reached the end of the alley before I knew it. Rather than feeling relieved, I felt even more tense.

 

Who knows who might be waiting there…

 

Still, I kept running as Lebein had instructed. Waiting for Lebein in a safe place was the best option.

 

Finally, it was the moment I escaped the alley.

 

“…!”

 

Someone appeared and I almost let out a scream without realizing it.

 

He urgently covered my mouth.

 

“…Ha.”

 

It was Ransel.

 

Seeing his familiar face relaxed my tension a little, but this wasn’t a situation to feel at ease.

 

Ransel took my hand and moved calmly. It seemed like he was trying to avoid the eyes of the assassins following us.

 

I walked slowly while surveying the surroundings.

 

‘This place is…’

 

This was Boutique Street.

 

A place where buildings stretched out like a maze.

 

Before long, Ransel whispered to me.

 

“We need a place to hide. Because of the smell of blood.”

 

My eyes widened.

 

I had been too frantic and too busy trying to muffle sounds to notice, but hearing those words, I could smell the scent of blood. The assassins would sense it much more keenly than I could.

 

‘Is he injured?’

 

I wanted to examine Ransel’s body, but it wasn’t the right situation for that.

 

I hesitated before taking another step.

 

From here to Piaceroux was quite far away.

 

Moreover, it was past midnight now, and with the Founding Festival events, there would be hardly any boutiques with their doors open.

 

‘Still…’

 

I had to try looking.

 

Whenever I saw a door, I tried pulling the handle. But they were all firmly locked.

 

My heart grew anxious. I also thought that the clattering sounds might help the assassins pinpoint our location.

 

In the midst of this, my ankle kept throbbing, making my eyes sting again.

 

Then…

 

Creak.

 

I found a place where the door opened.

 

My eyes widened as I examined the building.

 

It was too dark to see clearly, but somehow it felt familiar…

 

‘This place is.’

 

It was when I belatedly realized where we were.

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