The Male Lead Knelt Before Me

Chapter 44

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Translator: Missme
Editor: Aru

“Grandma?”

“I’m so sorry.
The place I bumped into earlier hurt a little.”

“Shouldn’t you go to the doctor? Should we go find one right now?”

“No, what do you mean a doctor?”

The old lady motioned with her hands.

“It’s just that my bones have weakened as I’ve gotten older.
I’ll be fine if I rest at home for a few days.”

If that’s the case, shouldn’t she go see a doctor and get it checked out? Before things got worse.

It was strange, but I kept quiet because I thought being more involved would be presumptuous, even though she said she was fine with it.

“I’m sorry, but could you please assist me? I thought I’d be fine, but it was so hard.”

“Of course.
I’ll take you to your house if it’s close.”

“A beautiful lady has a good heart.
Thank you very much.”

Saying it’s nothing, I grabbed the old lady’s arm and helped her get up.

And I started walking in the direction of the old lady’s house.

 

‘I feel like I’m getting farther away from the shopping district… Is this the right way?’

As she said her house was nearby, I naturally suspected it as I thought she would live near the shopping district.

Of course, there is no law that everyone lives only in the shopping district, and the concept of ‘nearby’ is different for each person, so I didn’t know if I was just reacting sensitively.

‘Let’s go a little further.
I still could see the shopping district anyway.’

Thinking so, I kept supporting the old lady.

However, as I got off the roadside and the road became narrower and less crowded, the ominous feeling I felt earlier began to rise again.

“Grandma, how far should we go?”

“We just need to go a little further.”

“But I couldn’t see any houses nearby… Is this really the right place?”

“Yes, this is the right way.
If we turn this alley, you’ll see my house.”

Am I being too sensitive?

The self-assured old lady’s demeanour made me feel that way all of a sudden.

‘She said we only needed to turn this alley, so should I believe her a little more?’

With that in mind, we turned down the alley.

But what I eventually saw was a solid wall, not the old lady’s house.

 

“Grandma, here…”

“We’ve arrived.
Thank you for following me, dear.”

The old lady smiled.

‘For following me she said.’

I got a headache from the words.

In normal circumstances, saying that is not strange.

It was time when I was about to let go of the old lady’s hand and turn around hurriedly because I thought I had to get out of here.

“You did an excellent job of bringing her here.”

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“Didn’t I tell you so? I’m able to do it because I’m an old lady.”

Two men who were loitering and appearing in front of me blocked my path.

I’m not sure why, but I felt like I had met them before.

‘Where have I seen them before?’

One of the men threw a coin at the old lady while I frowned and recalled my memories.

“This is the hard work I promised.”

Silver coins glistened as they flew through the air.

The old lady received the money without much difficulty.

To the point where it is hard to say that she is the same person who received my assistance, claiming that she was sick all along.

‘I was tricked.’

I smiled in vain when I saw the old lady walk away leisurely.

The old lady had approached me on purpose from the start.

One of the men who approached me opened his mouth while I was biting my lower lip in betrayal.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other.”

“Have we ever met?”

“Oh, you don’t recognize us?”

The bullies’ faces were quite familiar, but their faces were a little common, so I couldn’t remember how we had met before.

I don’t think our meeting would have been a good idea based on their demeanour.

No, just by looking at their faces, I can tell.

“Oh, my.
You’re quite a funny bitch.
Did you forget after handing us over to the guards? Thanks to you, little bitch, we were sent to the detention centre.”

One of the men poked me in the head with his index finger.

It was so unpleasant that I wanted to break the man’s finger right away.

However, the reason why I couldn’t do that was that I was about to think of something from what the man said.

Where did I meet them before since they talked about me sending them to the guards?

If I ever had to get involved with the guards, it would be the first time I encountered bullies…

“Oh.”

“I guess you finally remembered it”.”

One person smiled at me, and the other person looked up and down with shady eyes and wet his lips with his tongue.

“There won’t be that monster-like guy today, so you won’t be able to get out as you did back then.”

“That’s right.
I purposely lure you to outlying areas that even the guards didn’t know about.
Well, it’s okay if you still want to have an expectation.”

I could guess without difficulty that what they call the “monster-like guy” refers to Caleb.

So, they’re trying to make a fuss after confirming that I’m alone, rather than reflecting on the subject that they did wrong, right?

Some people are obedient to the strong and rude to the weak, but…this is not even that vicious, rather pathetic.

The men’s mean behaviour caused me to laugh in vain.
I don’t even want to listen to it anymore.

“Are you laughing? I guess you can’t figure out what is going on huh, you little bitch… Argh!”

I kicked between the legs of the man closest to me.

With a groan, the man bowed his head.

I don’t feel good about the soft feeling I haven’t felt in a long time, but I don’t have to show mercy to these guys.

“You guys are the ones who can’t figure out what’s going on.”

I hit the man’s head hard with the bag I was holding.

The man, who had been beaten up and fell down, convulsed and fell to the ground.

The way he covered his ‘centre’ part with his body curled up and trembled was insignificant rather than pitiful.

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“Yo-you little bitch!”

Another man rushed to me with his fist up.

No way.

Throwing my bag to the ground, I suddenly leaned down and grabbed him by the arm when the man approached me.
Then I threw him to the ground.

“Argh!”

With a short scream, the man grabbed his arm and rolled around the ground.

At the same time, a dagger came out of the man’s arms, making a cracking noise.

‘He brought a weapon again.’

I picked up the bully’s dagger.
Because it was difficult for me if he picked it up and attacked me with it.

“I guess I looked so easy to handle.”

I turned my wrist while holding a dagger as I saw the men still rolling on the ground.

“I’m going to change that thought today.”

The dagger glistened and was quickly buried in darkness.

After that, the men’s screams rang out in the alley for a long time.

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‘This is really easy.’

I kicked my tongue when I saw the men trembling lying down in front of me.

It was ugly to see crab bubbles in their mouth and clutching their hand between their thighs.

“I couldn’t wear these shoes anymore.”

I kicked my shoes hard several times until it felt like they had exploded intending to completely prevent recidivism, but I still had the mushy sensation in my feet.

Of course, after a while, the memories of meeting these bullies will fade, but it was clear that every time I saw these shoes, I would think of today’s work and sense.

In that case, it would be better to buy a new pair of shoes and throw away what I’m wearing now.

“Sigh.”

These were my favourite shoes, but I thought I had to throw them away because of these bullies, so I felt bitter.

I just came out to buy a cage, but I have to throw away my favourite shoes and buy new shoes and go back.

‘By the way, what should I do about this?’

I saw the dagger in my hand.

It was quite threatening that the blade was glistening.

The original owner belongs to that bully, not me, so it was right for me to leave it behind.

The problem was that if I left it behind, it would not be used in a good way.

‘They’ll threaten someone else with this, right? But it’s useless for me to carry a dagger.
And taking it with me is also considered stealing…’

In fact, there was the most standard and simple solution.

Bringing the guards here and handing over the dagger with the bullies to them.

However, according to the bullies, this place was a remote place where the guard did not even know.

It is questionable whether I will be able to come back here after going to find the guards, and even if I could come back here, I was worried that these bullies would come to their senses and run away.

‘Um, what should I do?’

It was then when I was thinking a lot and poking my lips.

“Here! Here it is! I heard a scream from here earlier!”

A young woman’s cry came.

I was surprised by the unexpected sound.

And soon I could hear footsteps one after another.

‘It’s not just one person.’

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At the sound of footsteps, there were probably more than two people.

I was listening, but at one point, the sound of footsteps decreased.

Just like in the movie, the police kill the sound before arresting the scene.

I looked at the end of the alley and pondered about what to do.

The timing was bad enough to put back the dagger since even a small movement can be heard in this silence.

There seem to be no guns in this world yet, so bullets won’t fly, but I didn’t want to be misunderstood as the attacker.

‘Would it be better if I raise both my arms and say that they misunderstood me?’

After a breathtaking silence, the opponent figure finally appeared.

Let’s raise my hands first.

“I’m telling you in advance, but it’s a misunderstanding, I am the victim…”

“Elena?”

Huh?

Trying to imitate a typical surrender posture, I hesitated and lowered my arms.

After blinking a few times, I could recognize the man.

“Lord Egon?”

The man in a black cloak and black hat which almost covered half of his face was Caleb.

“What brings you here?”

“During the patrol, I came here because I received a report from a woman that said that there’s a woman that may need help here.”

Caleb continued his explanation in a calm tone.

“She said two men who looked like bad people followed a young woman and they said they were afraid something would happen.
So she revealed it to a knight and asked for help.”

“She’s such a sweet person.
Where is the woman?”

I was going to thank the sweet woman, unlike the old woman who lured me here.

It wasn’t her own business, but she was worried and scared about my safety.

However, no matter how much I looked around, I couldn’t find the woman.

There were only two bullies who are still lying on the ground, me, and Caleb.

“It might be dangerous, so I sent her back saying that I will go alone from here.
She said she would report it to the guard, so the guard will come soon.”

“Oh.”

‘So that’s why the footsteps were cut earlier.’

After hearing Caleb’s explanation, I understood the silence earlier.

While nodding, Caleb’s gaze turned to both the dagger I was holding and the fallen men.

“Those two…”

At that moment, my body flinched without realizing it.

Judging from the current situation, I was a perpetual perpetrator.

“Aren’t they the ones who threatened you the other day?”

“Can you recognize them?”

“How could I not?”

Caleb looked at the men with his eyes sinking lower than ever.

“Did these bastards threaten you again?”

“Oh, yes.”

But these bastards…?

I saw him with strange eyes.

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I didn’t know Caleb would say that kind of harsh thing like other people.

“Is the weapon you’re holding in your hand theirs?”

“Yes.”

Caleb cleared up my situation without misunderstanding anything.

“Did they threaten you with that?”

“I indeed took this from them, but I’ve never been threatened by this.”

I explained to Caleb what had happened piece by piece.

Saying that originally I was looking for a cage store, and suddenly an old woman fell down, so I tried to help her, but it turned out to be a trap taking me to these men.

I was kicking them since the men started to threaten me then the dagger fell out from the man’s arm.
So that’s why I happened to hold the dagger, just in case.

‘I’m glad it’s Lord Egon who came to help.’

I was relieved as I explained to Caleb.

If it was someone else, not Caleb, who first saw this situation, it would have been difficult for me to explain the situation as smoothly as it is now.

In the worst case, conversely, I might be accused as the perpetrator.

“First, give me a dagger.”

“Here you go.”

I meekly followed Caleb’s instructions.

Caleb should know better than me in this regard.

“And when the guards come, how about making a different statement?”

“Different statements?”

How?

“I think it would be better if you say that they pulled a dagger and threatened you with it and I happened to find you and fight them back.”

“Are you telling me that I should say the Lord is the one who beat them, no, punish them?”

“That’s right.
If you say I did it, they’d just listen to how it went and let it go, but if you said that you’re the one who kicked them, it could be judged as over-defence according to the guard’s judgment.”

Caleb then cautiously added that I could just explain the truth if I didn’t like it.

But to me, his advice and suggestions were just sweet.

Since I was worried about that, too.

As Caleb said, if I state that Caleb was the one who beat them, this case will be handed over because Caleb is the Commander of the Royal Knights and the Duke.

Maybe I’ll just accept it and arrest bullies without having to testify the truth.

“I will state like what you’ve told me, Lord.
But there’s one thing you need to know.”

“Please feel free to tell me.”

“That… I, um…”

“……”

“I, those people’s……”

As I tried to say what I did, my face flushed with embarrassment.

I didn’t feel anything when I was actually acting.

“I, um, I kicked them there.”

“I’m sorry, but may I ask which part you are talking about?”

I chewed my lips.

It would have been nice if he had understood it vaguely, but Caleb really didn’t seem to know.

I breathed in once and spat out resolutely.

“Between their legs.”

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