Knight and Wand

Chapter 109 Rescue the Lady
Leon picked up the fragrant incense stick on the ground and put it in his pocket.

Then he dragged the castle servant who was wailing with his hands folded in front of him to the corridor outside the door.

Inside the castle tower, except for the candle held by Olivia and the faint moonlight projected from the window on the wall, the rest of the place where there was no light was completely dark.

The Baron's castle was obviously not so luxurious as to keep candles lighting almost all the corridors in the building day and night like the Embassy of the Atias Empire.

Although there are candle grooves carved out on the walls, perhaps to save energy or to avoid causing a fire, unless under special circumstances, new candles will not be added to the grooves in the corridors where no one is walking after late at night, except in main passages and important locations.

Leon escorted the prisoner along the circular corridor of the tower building in the corner of the main castle and came to the entrance of the downward stairs on the other side.

He noticed that there was a servant's room behind Olivia's room, so he grabbed the prisoner's collar and stopped him.

"Olivia, knock on the door and see if there's anyone inside. If there is, wake him up and come out to help."

Leon thought about it quickly and decided to bring as many people as possible, not only for safety reasons, but also to have more witnesses.

Olivia quickly put away her sword, stepped forward, raised her hand and knocked hard on the door.

Boom boom boom!
"Is there anyone inside? Please wake up! We need help." The girl shouted while banging on the door.

But despite making such a big noise, there was still no response from the room.

Leon frowned, then thought of the thing in his pocket that looked like incense, and immediately ordered Olivia: “No need to knock, just force the door in and take a look.”

“Yeah!” Olivia heard what Leon said, without hesitation, she took a step back, turned sideways, held the candlestick firmly with her left hand, then twisted her waist suddenly and kicked out quickly.

The delicate little feet kicked under the door lock like a war hammer.

Crack! The door frame trembled, wood chips flew, the fragile latch twisted and deformed, and the door panel banged open as if it was hit by a bull.

The girl easily broke open the door in front of her and rushed in holding a candle.

Leon smelled a strange fragrance that had not yet dissipated, and looked carefully towards the threshold. There were indeed burnt marks and ash left on the ground from the burning incense.

Olivia came to the bed to check. The candlelight illuminated the young man lying on the bed. He seemed to be a follower of the visiting knight.

The other person was breathing evenly and seemed to be fine. However, despite such a loud noise, he was still sleeping soundly as if he was not disturbed by thunder.

Olivia reached out and shook the man hard, but even shaking his head couldn't wake him up.

"Leon, he shouldn't be in danger of life, but he seems to have fainted and I can't wake him up." The girl turned around and shouted in embarrassment.

Leon understood in his heart, it was indeed so.

He turned his head and looked at the prisoner under the sword. He didn't know where this guy got the incense drug from, but the effect of the drug was exactly the same as the one in the hand of Boris, the village ruffian in Selva.

"Who are you? What are you doing?!"

Suddenly, a deep and loud shout came from the other side of the corridor.

Leon turned around and saw a figure holding a sword running down the tower stairs on the other side of the corridor.

Leon secretly and carefully grasped the hilt of his sword and took a few steps back to be on guard. He also quickly answered the figure who was rushing over: "Don't get me wrong, I caught a thief who broke into the room without permission, but I couldn't find the guards, so I wanted to call for help."

Olivia heard the voice and hurried back to Leon holding the candlestick.

".Sir Pendragon?"

The figure holding the sword approached the two of them, and through the candlelight, they could see clearly the young knight they had met at the dinner.

Leon also recognized the burly man in front of him who, like himself, was hurriedly coming down the stairs wearing simple clothes and holding a sword.

I think his name was Marcelo.

Although he was not familiar with him, Leon knew that the other party was a fief knight of the Thorn Flower family. After all, after the previous dinner, he returned to this tower with this vassal colleague to rest, and the guest room where the other party was temporarily staying was on the floor above his.

"Catch a thief?"

Marcelo looked at the castle servant that the young knight was holding hostage with his sword, and immediately glared at the thief.

"What a despicable creature! How could there be such a presumptuous person in Lord Elifer's castle!"

Seeing the castle servant with a bruised face and nose, Marcelo did not doubt Leon's words.

Because at this late hour in the night, according to the rules, except for a small number of night watch guards at the entrance and noble eunuchs, ordinary servants would never be allowed to enter the main castle to disturb the privacy and rest time of the nobles, let alone sneak into the residence of visiting guests.

"But sir, once you catch the thief, just find the guards and lock him up for interrogation. Why did you break into my servant's room?" Marcelo suddenly asked in confusion. He was also awakened from his sweet dream by the loud noise of the door breaking just now.

"I'm not familiar with the roads inside the castle, and I wanted to ask someone to help lead the way to the guard, but I couldn't knock on the door."

Leon explained, pointing his sword at the prisoner: "This bastard may have burned a drug that causes people to faint in many rooms. I was worried about the unexpected, so I wanted to break in and take a look."

Marcelo was shocked when he heard this, but without asking any more questions, he quickly ran into the servant's room to check on the child's condition.

"Don't worry, we've checked it, and this medicine may not be fatal." Leon said comfortingly.

Marcelo checked his servant's breath and pulse, and confirmed that he was just unconscious, so he felt relieved. But the next second, he was suddenly horrified: "Not good!"

He turned around abruptly, not caring about the unconscious attendant on the bed, and quickly ran out of the room: "Sir, come with me to see Lady Adelina! This guy was able to bypass the guards and sneak into the inner castle. It's hard to guarantee that he is alone. It would be terrible if he has accomplices who are trying to harm the lady!"

Hearing the other party's sudden concern, Leon finally reacted.

After all, he had only been a knight of the Thorn Flower family for a short time, so he was not able to instinctively consider the safety of the Lord's wife at the first moment like the other party did.

Compared to them, the hostess of the Farolis family seemed more likely to be targeted.

Grabbing the staggering and screaming prisoner, Leon and Olivia followed Knight Marcelo and quickly went down to the bottom of the tower.

In the corridor of the inner castle, the night guard who was originally guarding the entrance to the stairs was dragged quietly to the corner of the gap under the stairs at some point.

The guard's body had his eyes closed and his face was calm, but there was a huge, fatal wound on his neck caused by a sharp weapon, and a pool of blood had already gathered under his neck.

Apart from this, the corpse was fully armored and showed no signs of fighting or struggling, as if it had been killed in its sleep.

Olivia looked away with sympathy. She now knew whose bloodstains were on the thief's dagger.

The three men rushed to the courtyard of the inner castle with the prisoner who killed the guard. As soon as they entered, they smelled the soothing fragrance lingering in the corridor and hall.

With the light from the candlestick chandeliers in the hall, everyone looked up at the incense burners hanging on the surrounding pillars. The burning incense sticks in them were still emitting hazy white mist.

The normal incense in the courtyard was replaced with drugs by someone at some point.

Seeing that the guards at all the entrances were nowhere to be seen, Leon guessed that they were either killed or unconscious under the effect of the drugs that filled the hall.

Leon frowned and covered his nose, the scent was stronger than in Olivia's and the servant's room, and he couldn't help but remember that he had also smelled this smell in his room when he was awakened.

Based on this speculation, Knight Marcelo's room might not have been left out.

I just don't know why, now that he doesn't have Miss Lola's help, he is not unconscious like Azerien and Lohak were before.

Moreover, Knight Marcelo showed no signs of being infected. Could it be that the stronger the physique, the less susceptible to the effects of this mysterious drug?

Leon put aside his speculation for the moment.

Although it was unclear why the incense had little effect on Olivia, himself, and Lord Marcelo, but looking at the unconscious state of Marcelo's servant and the dead guard, it was obvious that the effect of this medicine on ordinary people was still very obvious.

It seems that Lady Adelina is really in danger.

Leon didn't think that the graceful and elegant baroness he met during the day could possess the strong physique of these warriors.

The existence of Olivia is a miracle that is hard to find in the world.

And what happened to Olivia was most likely the result of the thief's lustful behavior, which led to unexpected events.

This thief would never have imagined that the petite girl he was targeting, who seemed to be able to fall down with just a push, was actually the most powerful being in the entire castle.

"We can't waste any more time! Sir, let your maid stay behind to watch the thief, let's hurry!" Marcelo covered his mouth and nose just in case, quickened his pace, turned back and shouted in a somewhat urgent tone.

Taking the prisoner with a severed hand with them undoubtedly slowed down the three of them significantly.

Leon knew that Knight Marcelo had no idea what kind of fighting power the seemingly delicate Olivia had and how much help she could provide. Otherwise, he would definitely be asked to stay behind to guard the prisoner.

When Olivia heard this, she looked at Leon, asking whether he wanted to follow this arrangement.

Leon shook his head at the girl. Considering that a conflict was likely to occur, he was unwilling to abandon the powerful girl by his side.

Moreover, after experiencing the fear and anger just now, Leon now doesn't want to let his lover out of his sight for a moment.

But there were no handcuffs at hand, and he couldn't just kill the man who hadn't been interrogated yet.

After thinking it over, Leon stopped for a moment and quickly broke the thief's legs amidst his terrified screams.

Stepping on the struggling bastard, Leon tore off his shirt, tied his hands behind his back and threw him into a corner. Then, he led Olivia to catch up with the footsteps of Knight Marcelo who was running away in front.

The situation was probably extremely urgent at the moment, and they did not dare to waste time going to the towers where other knights were staying to call for more help, just to confirm the safety of the lord's wife as soon as possible.

Deep inside the main fort.

In the only luxurious candle-lit corridor in the inner castle, a strong man dressed as a castle servant was carrying a sleeping young nobleman and walking quickly towards the target location.

As he moved, he calculated the time left until retreat.

Although I don't know where the bribed castle servant has gone, I don't care. After all, the idiot was supposed to be left behind in the first place.

The strong man came to the door of the lord's room, pushed it open, entered the room, and then locked the door from the inside.

Then he looked at his accomplice who was busy on the big bed in the room.

A fellow, also dressed as a servant, was deftly stripping off the unconscious Baroness on the bed and tearing her clothes roughly and deliberately.

The man who came in later did not delay and quickly threw the young nobleman he was carrying onto the sofa.

Then, he also stripped off the pajamas of the young nobleman.

After stripping the young man from the Anguila family naked, the man took the nobleman's clothes and simply threw them beside the bed, pretending to take off his clothes calmly.

Then he threw the dagger, with the Anquila eagle engraved on the handle, to his accomplice on the bed.

The accomplice who was already riding on the noble lady reached out to catch it, and then temporarily put the noble dagger aside.

It's not time to kill this woman according to the script yet.

He gave a cold smile and began to unbutton his pants with both hands.

Before taking action, of course, you need to put on a good show and help the poor boy from the Anquila family to fake realistic signs of violence.

It didn't matter whether it was perfect or not. It would be enough for them to make the Anquila boy wake up with a dagger in his hand and appear in the room where Baron Farolis's wife was beaten to death.

Of course, this is just a cover.

The key is the bribed idiot servant in the castle. After all, in the eyes of that idiot, both of them are "Baron Gunnar's men."

"Hurry up, I don't have time for you to play with women. Get done quickly and leave." The man beside the bed couldn't help complaining as he watched his partner undressing.

"What's the hurry? Is this something that can be rushed? If you are fast enough, then you can do it." The accomplice who was about to commit the violence turned around and cursed in annoyance.

The strong man immediately shut his mouth
On the spiral upward stairs, the three people's original pace turned into a run, and they soon reached the middle level of the main castle.

Running up the stairs and around the corridors, led by Marcelo, Leon and his companions entered the inner corridor where candlelight flickered.

Looking at the majestic door of the lord's room at the end of the front.

Olivia suddenly frowned.

The girl caught the faint sound of cloth tearing coming from behind the door in front of her, as well as the voices of men talking?

"Leon, there seem to be two men talking in that room." She gripped her sword tightly and reminded Leon beside her with a worried look.

Knight Marcelo, who was running in front, stopped and looked back in confusion at the beautiful blonde maid beside Lord Pendragon.

I wonder what nonsense this girl is talking about all of a sudden?
How is it possible to hear the sounds inside the house from such a distance?
But Leon, who knew everything about Olivia, of course remembered how powerful Olivia's ears were in the forest, and he still trusted the judgment of the girl beside him.

And since the Baron is not in the city at the moment, no man should appear in the Lord's wife's room in the middle of the night.

Besides, according to Olivia, there is more than one.

The identities of those uninvited guests were self-evident.

"Olivia must have heard it wrong. Lady Adelina may have been kidnapped." Leon seriously reminded his fellow knight in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Marcelo became extremely anxious, regardless of whether it was true or false, and immediately rushed to Lord Feng's room in a rage.

But Leon quickly grabbed him.

"Don't be impulsive. Your wife is in their hands. If you just bang on the door, what if they get desperate and kill her or kidnap her?" Leon persuaded in a low voice. At the same time, he thought and looked at Olivia beside him. He immediately came up with an idea in a hurry.

"Olivia, lower your voice and pretend to be a weak maid and knock on the door. Lead the guy inside to the door, and then we can take action!"

"Pinch? Pinch it?" Olivia blinked in confusion.

"That's it. Try to sound artificially delicate, so that the people inside will think you are weak and can be easily tricked into entering and killed." Leon hurriedly explained.

Knight Marcelo on the side frowned and scratched his head.

fragile?

He glanced at the petite and lovely girl with a sword beside the boy.
Do you have to pretend for this?
(End of this chapter)