Chapter 6

The night is set and the street lamps laminate the streets with yellow light. The rhythmic movement of the trees and the grass collaborate to the scene.

I am currently looking for an inn, I have quite a money on me so I am planning to rent a expensive one. As I walk through the road of this town, I saw a fancy sign with “zvezda” written on it.

I can speak and read 30 different languages but this one does not hit the mark. “Ah! Maybe….” I enter the inn and suddenly “Welcome Dear Sir” a group of servants greeted me. Is this perhaps a place where the influence of the heroes reached? The entrance hall is quite different than from your ordinary expensive inn…. The wall is pure white with a vine design on it, it also has a red carpet that compliment the marble floor. The lamps that is engrave with fancy design lighten the room with orange flare.

“How can I help you?” At the counter, an old man greeted me with smile. “I would like a room please” I said. “Yes of course, 1 night will cost 3 gold but if you stay for 2 nights it will be 4 gold and 4 silver” He said.

‘HHmmmm….. Then 2 night please” “2 night it is?” He said and then took out a paper and a feather pen under his table. “Can I get your name Sir?” “Yes, King will do” “King? Quite a strange name isn’t?” He said, but it looks like he does not expect a reply as he continues to write my name and get a number.

“Room 30, it will be a in the 3rd floor, oh!” he then give me my room key. As if he was remembering something the man spoke up. “Do you have a carriage Mister King?” “Yes” “Then if you want, you can pay 2 silver for your carriage and our employee will take care of it” “Then please accept this” I give him 2 silver and left the counter.

“Room 30….room 30… there it is” I finally found the room 30, but before I can enter the room I hear a voice coming from Room 29. “You will marry him!” “But Mother!! He’s fat! He’s ugly! And He had those lustful eyes! I don’t want to marry him!” “But he’s the Viscount! You can’t ignore that fact! Just bear with it and anything you want will be yours!” “No!”

The room on 29 open and I saw a girl who’s age is in 11-12 running away. She has a violet hair that reaches her neck (Search for bob cut) she wore a frilly white violet dress. She was running away with the tears on her eyes.

“Wait! Where do you think you’re going!” Her mother soon follows her up. Well that is not my problem. I open the room and enter it.

Fluffy bed, a soft pillow, chair and a table welcomed me. This is not bad. I sat on the bed and look at the window. “I do not need sleep and I am not hungry….. Maybe I should explore this town a bit”

I said as I open the window and jump from it. I then activate the Sin of the Envy then. My feet started to shrink as well as my arms, my skin is slowly turning black began to grow feathers. I slowly turn into a shade crow.

While the bustling people walk to each other I landed on the ground and transformed to my natural form, but I changed my noble looking suit into a simple man, the one that can be worn by slightly rich commoner. ‘It seems no one notice that a crow changed its appearance to a man’ I thought.

I visited the church to gather some news. You see, people really love gossips and the church is the most suitable place to do it. I suppose that the people around the church are more less than it should be, the church give a vibe that it is a sacred place that a devil like me should not enter.

Maybe I could hear something useful news that will help me through my journey. As soon as I enter the church a bunch of murmur immediately enter my ears. The humans inside are mostly housewives that has nothing to do.

“Did you know that the fat noble man decided to marry a kid?” “You hear about those falling nobles in the west?” “I think that fish is made by the devil”

What a shame… It looks like there is nothing useful here… But the one that they are talking about is quite interesting maybe I should listen to them a bit. After I satisfy my heart to those gossips I quickly exited the church. “Now… where should I go?”… While I am thinking on where should I go next, I hear a voice mumbling on its own.

“huhuhuhu…… I don’t want to marry him…… If you want then you should marry him!” Huh? I recognize this voice… oh! Maybe it is the girl earlier. Should I approach her? Well I do not have anything to do so maybe I should it might turn to be interesting. In the corner of the street where the light barely reach, a single girl was sitting there. A chair made for two it, looks like this spot is made for couples. It has a nice view, you can observe the humans on this town doing some odd job.

I walk towards to her and sat right next to her but I think that she does not know that there is a person sitting next to her. “That piggy I-----!” “Hello there” I said. “W-who A-are you!” “Me? It does not matter” I reply. “Ar-are you gonna abduct me!?” “No, I will not commit such petty crime” “Then what do you want” “Nothing I just want to sit here?” “What?....” She looks at me with suspicious eyes. The clatter of the working serves as a mediator between us.

After she regained her calm, she look at the working people and said “Hey….” “What?” “Nothing….” “If you want to tell me your problem then say it already. I am just a stranger right? What are the odds that we will meet again?” “So you will not say this to anyone?” “Well it is not like I have anyone to say this” “Eh?....” She look at me with a complicated face. This is what will happen when you do not express your feeling for a long time. You will become desperate to tell your problems even if the one whom you talking to is a complete stranger.

“What?” I look at her. I catch her sight of looking at me. Now that I can see her face this close, I can see that she has a big violet eyes, her lips are red as the rose and she has a fair skin that can be compared to snow.

She suddenly avoided her eyes towards me and talk. “ Actually….. I will be married…” “Then” I said. “Then… my parents only wanted me to marry him because he’s rich….. but I know that that person is a bad person” “So you want to break off the engagement?”

“Yes….” I return my gaze at the busy crowd and as soon as I looked away from her she now looks at me, she is quite troublesome.

“Do you love your parent?”I ask. “Eh?” She reply. “I said do you love your parent?” I suddenly look at her so she cannot escape my gaze. But when I do that her face reddened and her eyes are swimming everywhere. Why? Does she find that question hard to answer? But she needs to answer it though.

“Hey answer me” I said. “I-in truth… I don’t love them at all… Even once they didn’t treat me as their daughter. They treat me as a object and pay importance to my elder brothers since they are the ones who will rule our household” I take off my gaze on her and as soon as I do that I could hear her breathing roughly.

“Then why not abandon your family?” I said. “I….I want to… but I got no other place to live in..” “I see…..” “………..” The silence filled the air. The life of being a noble is pretty hard especially if you are a girl, I heard a various story of a beautiful woman who has a lover getting married forcefully to a royal noble man.

I could see her looking at me with eyes of expectation. “I am not going to abduct you, you know?” “WHA!! I’m not thinking that!” She said. Reverse Psychology would not work on me you know?

“So, when is your wedding?” “….It’s…. tomorrow…Hey…Can you at least tell me your name?” She said. “My name? Well if I tell you my name we would not be strangers is it not? It would br—“ “Just tell me your name” She said in a irritated voice. “No need to be that serious you know? My name is King” “King? That’s a strange name” “………..”

“What?” She said. “I get that a lot…. Now that I said my name, can you tell me yours?” “Oh right… uhum! My name is Rumia Reignhard the 2nd daughter of—“ “That is enough” When I cut her off and said that, she makes a angry face while saying “Mumumumu”

We talk for a minute and after that I decided to bid my farewell. “Then take care Rumia” I said. “Please try to attend at my wedding! It will be at evening, it will be boring but at least I want to take my friend into my wedding!” “Hahahaha, You are calling me a friend now? You are quite desperate are you not?” “What! No I’m not desperate!”

She continued to grumble as I walk away from her. Well it is been a while since I have talked to a noble. ‘Tomorrow will be a busy day isn’t?’ I thought as I go back to my room.