This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 34

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Chapter 34

 

“Nuna, are you coming to?”

 

My blurry vision soon became clear.

 

I was lying down and Baron and Raven were looking down at me.

 

‘…What happened?’

 

I rolled my eyes around and then sat up first. My head throbbed for a moment, but I soon remembered.

 

“Ah!”

 

After smashing the window telling Baron to escape, I threw a chair at the men presumed to be kidnappers.

 

They tried to spray anesthetic so I quickly held my breath… ah, I collapsed just like that.

 

I quickly got up and looked around. The problematic men were already tied up on one side.

 

“I went out the window like Nuna said, and as soon as I got out I ran into Raven’s escort. They were really strong.”

 

Raven also said something.

 

“They only looked tough on the outside and had numbers, but they were actually weak guys.”

 

Phew.

 

A sigh of relief naturally came out at their words. It was a great relief that the situation ended without worsening.

 

I tidied my disheveled hair and apologized to Raven.

 

“I should have thought more deeply before acting. I’m really sorry for unintentionally causing trouble, Raven. And thank you for helping.”

 

“Oh, not at all. It turns out it was actually helpful to me too.”

 

“Helpful…?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Raven pointed to a man standing on one side.

 

“That friend is Kimarise. He’s my escort I mentioned earlier.”

 

Hearing Raven’s words, he looked toward me and nodded his head in silent greeting.

 

Kimarise was a young man with bronze skin and a large build. He looked very strong, but it was unusual that he wore a half-mask on his face. He probably didn’t like showing his face.

 

“Kimarise says there’s someone with a bounty among them.”

 

“A bounty?”

 

“Yes, when a merchant catches a wanted criminal, not only do they get the bounty money, but they can receive preferential treatment for things like taxes owed to the Empire, especially the Imperial Palace, when trading, and purchase limits for goods.”

 

“Oh?”

 

Baron looked at him with admiring eyes as if he had realized something from Raven’s words.

 

Raven continued speaking with his lips curling up in a smile at Baron’s expression.

 

“Thanks to Hailey, I was able to round up all the criminals at once, so I think I’ll receive preferential treatment too. I’ll make sure to get Hailey’s share of the bounty money for you once I receive it.”

 

I felt both relieved and embarrassed that it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

 

“Well, that’s fortunate then.”

 

I answered appropriately and was about to turn my head when my eyes met Baron’s. His clear violet eyes were examining me with a worried expression.

 

I lowered myself and hugged Baron.

 

“I’m sorry. Baron, were you very scared?”

 

Baron hesitated then finally fell into my arms.

 

“Yeah, I, I was scared. I thought I might not see Nuna again.”

 

His small hands gripping my clothes at my side were trembling. I could also feel his little heart pounding. I wondered how scared he must have been in his young heart.

 

“I’m really, really sorry.”

 

“I’m okay.”

 

While I was patting Baron for a while, I saw Raven spraying something on Ben and Susan.

 

I was wondering what it was when the quick-witted Baron told me.

 

“He had an anesthetic antidote.”

 

Ah, so that’s how I was able to wake up.

 

Soon Ben and Susan woke up groaning, and after confirming that both had regained consciousness, Raven received grateful thanks from the couple and found and opened a cover cleverly hidden around the middle of the left staircase.

 

“I got information about the secret passage from the Restaurant Owner. There’s a lever here.”

 

Clunk!

 

When Raven moved the lever, the tables in front of the left staircase shook. It was the position where the kidnapper gang had been sitting earlier.

 

Everyone worked together to push the tables aside and lift up the floor.

 

It was a secret passage.

 

Raven, Kimarise, and Ben each picked up torches that had been piled on one side and lit them. I also picked up a piece of firewood instead of a club.

 

‘I’ll have to swing this if something happens.’

 

When we went down the underground stairs a bit with torches, we could see small entrances here and there in the middle of the passage. They were tunnels connecting to other places.

 

Raven, who had been gauging the direction, pointed to one side.

 

“This main road seems to lead to the chicken coop.”

 

Kimarise walked ahead toward the chicken coop direction with an unconcerned expression, and we followed behind him.

 

“…Won’t it be dangerous?”

 

At my worry that unconsciously slipped out, Baron, who was walking beside me, firmly held my hand.

 

“It’ll be okay. I saw it and Kimarise is incredibly strong.”

 

“Oh, really?”

 

Baron waved his arms in the air and told me about what kind of performance Kimarise had shown. Even though he faced more than ten people alone, he didn’t get a single hair hurt.

 

“Wow. Kimarise is that strong? That’s cool.”

 

When I admired him, Baron flinched.

 

“Huh? Co, cool?”

 

I nodded and peered at Kimarise’s back as he walked ahead.

 

To think he performed so well.

 

He looked even taller and his shoulders looked incredibly broad. I could imagine Baron’s future from his back.

 

‘Baron will probably grow to about that height too, and his shoulders will be that broad, right?’

 

I was grinning at the satisfying imagination, but for some reason it seemed like Baron was gripping my hand tighter.

 

‘He was acting like nothing was wrong. As expected, he’s a bit anxious, right? He’s still only seven years old after all.’

 

I also firmly squeezed Baron’s hand.

 

How long had we walked? Soon the area ahead brightened and shouting could be heard.

 

“Who goes there!”

 

Three Armed Men who had noticed us were running toward us with fierce expressions.

 

Raven stepped back and said to Ben who was about to step forward with clenched fists.

 

“Let’s leave it to my escort.”

 

Kimarise instantly knocked down two of them with his bare hands. He looked really strong and I couldn’t help but admire him.

 

“Woooow. Amazing. Is it because he has a good build?”

 

Then Baron pouted his lips.

 

“Ki, Kimarise may have a good build but he’s not that strong.”

 

As soon as he finished speaking, Kimarise, who had knocked down the third man, swayed slightly. What followed was a small groan.

 

“Ow, ow ow.”

 

“?”

 

I was looking puzzled when Baron said quietly.

 

“See, I was right, wasn’t I?”

 

Kimarise had fought too well for that to be true, but I just went along with it.

 

‘Since they said Kimarise was the one who finished them all off at the restaurant earlier, he might have run out of energy.’

 

Wait. Then does that mean Kimarise is weaker than expected?

 

I gripped the piece of firewood I had brought instead of a club tightly.

 

Looking at Kimarise so far, it seemed like I didn’t need to worry too much, but if something happened I had to protect Baron.

 

After knocking down the three guys, we didn’t walk much before reaching the end of the road. So I became puzzled.

 

‘This is different from the original?’

 

In the original work, it definitely said that the underground passages were also crawling with Armed Men.

 

But on our way here, we only encountered three Armed Men.

 

What we encountered now were only two who were guarding the entrance to the underground passage of the chicken coop.

 

Even they, upon seeing us, hurriedly went upstairs and tightly covered the entrance.

 

“Intruders have appeared!”

 

“Damn it!”

 

“Block it tight so they can’t come up!”

 

Contrary to what we heard from above, the underground passage floor door didn’t seem very sturdy. As soon as Kimarise struck upward, it shattered into pieces.

 

“Wait a little and come up when it’s safe.”

 

After giving us that instruction, Kimarise leaped up first.

 

Soon we heard cursing and shouting along with the sounds of fighting and crashing. Then came the sound of something being roughly destroyed.

 

“You four come up in a little while. I’m more than capable of protecting myself, so I’ll go help.”

 

After Raven left those words of caution and went up, Ben clenched his fists. Susan quickly grabbed hold of him.

 

“Honey! What if you get hurt? The gentlemen told us to come up later.”

 

“That may be true, but how can a guy who came to find his own kid just wait around? I’ll go find Peter, so you wait here.”

 

Ben ignored Susan’s attempts to stop him and rushed up.

 

“You bastards! Where’s my son! Huh?”

 

Ben’s shout rang out.

 

“Oh my! These bastards are trying to kill people!”

 

We immediately heard screaming too, so it seemed he was getting beaten up as well.

 

‘Oh no, ajusshi…’

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