This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 69

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Chapter 69

 

Even if they didn’t know where she lived, they could quickly find out by questioning the domain residents or capturing Potter for interrogation.

 

The Vice-Captain, having formed his own plan, went to the Captain to request permission for a search.

 

“If that’s really the case, I’ll grant permission, but the search is for today only.”

 

The Captain didn’t seem particularly enthusiastic about the search itself. The more troops there were around the gate, the safer the domain residents would feel.

 

“We’ll search only until today, and if we find nothing, we can assume they’ve escaped to another domain.”

 

One day would be enough to destroy the resource extraction site.

 

“Understood.”

 

The Vice-Captain readily agreed and led his subordinates back toward the pond where they had encountered Potter.

 

On the way, he recalled the detestable Potter and his first love who had left for another domain long ago.

 

His shy confession to his first love, ten years his junior, made with a fluttering heart, was immediately rejected. She didn’t like the Vice-Captain, who was older than her.

 

But she had been secretly admiring Potter, who was her own age, from afar.

 

Of course, she moved to another domain without ever confessing her feelings to Potter. So Potter was completely unaware of this fact. But the Vice-Captain could not forgive Potter.

 

The fact that he, a knight of the Lord, had lost to a mere potter was deeply wounding to his pride.

 

So when he encountered Potter, he beat him thoroughly. Even though Potter had broken no domain laws.

 

Years passed after that, and yesterday he met Potter again after a long time.

 

But beside Potter, whom he saw after so long, was a wife more beautiful than his first love.

 

‘Why! That bastard should live miserably for the rest of his life!’

 

It was absolutely unforgivable.

 

Since he happened to be going out to search for monsters, if he was lucky, he might encounter Potter moving materials today.

 

‘He must have realized that I wouldn’t leave the materials alone, so he’s probably frantically going back and forth right now. Hehe, just let me catch you. I’ll capture you all and give you a thorough beating.’

 

The Vice-Captain finally reached the pond and checked the site.

 

“This is impossible.”

 

The Vice-Captain rubbed his eyes several times and looked around again.

 

All his determined plans that he had been nursing all the way here had come to nothing.

 

Not only were there no materials, but even the tools were gone. There wasn’t even a single piece of trash. Only traces of where materials had once been extracted remained.

 

* * *

 

Today’s morning conch was also robust. Thanks to that, I finished my dawn activities in a good mood and checked the field.

 

Perhaps because there wasn’t a single weed, the vegetables growing vigorously looked so fresh that it seemed like I could harvest them soon.

 

‘Ah, this really seems like a great environment for farming.’

 

Though it wasn’t mine, I felt newly sorry for the Lord’s wheat field that had been growing well but was cleared because of the gate.

 

‘It was just before harvest time.’

 

I raised my head and looked toward the Lord’s wheat field.

 

Though it was quite a distance from the house, I could see the armed knights guarding around the gate, looking as small as beans.

 

Since the gate appeared, news had spread that monsters appeared several times a day. But strangely, no one had died because of the monsters.

 

According to rumors, even when monsters from the gate tried to attack people, they would change direction and go to deserted places.

 

The cause was unknown, but it seemed the situation between humans and monsters was passing without the major conflicts that had been expected. Since there was no news of anyone being harmed by monsters, it was truly fortunate.

 

Still, they couldn’t let their guard down, so the domain was enveloped in a subtle fear even while going about daily life.

 

That’s when it happened. I caught sight of the knights shouting something and running around in confusion.

 

They seemed to rush toward the Manor, then after a moment, returned hesitantly to their positions.

 

‘Is something wrong?’

 

As I watched intently, I was startled.

 

What was gradually approaching this way was unmistakably a monster.

 

“Aaah! Raven! Kimarise! It’s a monster!”

 

I couldn’t fight monsters. So all I could do right now was raise my voice and call for my reliable neighbors.

 

But the monster soon collapsed. Right after that, the ground suddenly rose up, and the monster disappeared.

 

“?”

 

As I stared blankly, wondering what had happened, I heard the voices of Raven, Kimarise, and Baron from behind me in succession.

 

“A monster?”

 

“Where is it?”

 

“Nuna, a monster appeared?”

 

“Where? Where?”

 

When I turned around, even Kyle had come out.

 

“…Uh.”

 

I looked back and forth between Baron and the others and the direction where the monster had been, then smiled awkwardly.

 

“It was over there, but the ground suddenly rose up and it disappeared.”

 

Kimarise, who was looking around with his hand shading his eyes, nodded.

 

“Ah, it’s a rock mole. It must have eaten the monster.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Though I didn’t understand everything about the monster’s movement pattern, his words gave me some insight.

 

The reason there had been no casualties so far must have been because of the rock moles in the area.

 

Raven, who had been looking into the distance following Kimarise, shrugged and pointed to his house.

 

“The monster problem solved itself, so no issues there… I’ll get the carriage ready soon, so let’s depart. Today’s the day we’re going to the workshop to pick up Crooke, right? After we come back, we’ll have dinner together.”

 

As Raven said, today was the day to go pick up the jar.

 

Since it was quite a heavy container, Raven had agreed to help transport it, and I had gratefully accepted his help.

 

Also, since we had planned to enjoy the Ilpein Empire’s food culture together this evening, as he had mentioned before, I nodded.

 

“Yes, I’ll change clothes and come out quickly.”

 

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While changing clothes, I recalled the days I had spent interacting with Raven since commissioning the jar.

 

As we had discussed before, I had treated Raven to foods that only I could make and shared recipes with him.

 

The more I entertained them this way, the more Baron showed clear signs of displeasure.

 

He said I was working too hard preparing meals for Raven’s group.

 

‘What a cute kid, trying to look out for just me.’

 

But people can’t live by just receiving favors one-sidedly, and if something comes, something must also go.

 

Besides, Raven was also letting Baron and me experience the Empire’s food culture twice a week.

 

I taught this to Baron, and Baron eventually understood.

 

Having meals together so often, and being the only neighbors, we had grown much closer.

 

‘Actually, Baron seems to have become closer to Raven than I have.’

 

When I was busy or away from home, he practically lived at Raven’s house.

 

Baron would read books, study, and practice sword fighting with wooden swords there.

 

Though it felt like I was unintentionally imposing childcare on him, thanks to that, Baron and Raven being together had become very natural now.

 

‘Since Raven likes Baron coming over so much, I can’t really tell Baron to go there in moderation.’

 

Then I heard the sound of horses snorting outside.

 

It seemed the carriage was already waiting, so I quickly arranged my outfit and went outside.

 

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Today’s carriage was a moderately-sized cargo cart, so only Raven, Baron, and I were going.

 

As we sat side by side in the seat right next to the driver’s seat, passing through the city, someone called out.

 

“Hey, wait a minute. Hold on.”

 

The person who waved his hand and called us to stop was Ben. Raven immediately pulled the carriage to one side of the road.

 

“Oh, Ajusshi. What about your stall?”

 

“My wife is watching it for a moment. Anyway, you guys.”

 

Ben looked around and lowered his voice.

 

“Did something happen with the Vice-Captain of the Knight Order?”

 

“…What? The Vice-Captain…”

 

He was the person who had threatened Potter at the pond before.

 

“Why do you ask about him?”

 

“The Vice-Captain was looking for someone, and it seems like it might be you guys.”

 

“He’s looking for us?”

 

“Yeah. I pretended not to know, you know? But the nearby street stall owner also knew where you live. It seems like he told them about your house.”

 

Ben then informed us that the Vice-Captain had headed to our house with his subordinates.

 

“I wondered what business the Vice-Captain would have at that house, but I had a bad feeling about it. Ahem!”

 

Ben cleared his throat and lowered his voice even more.

 

“That Vice-Captain fellow doesn’t have a very good personality. Fortunately, it seems like your paths didn’t cross, but I think it would be best to be careful for now.”

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