The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 27
Only Noblemtl
#27. Slave Market (2)
“Absolutely not.”
Cedric was flatly opposed to it.
I knew it.
He is a man who draws his sword without hesitation even when the crown prince asks him to listen to his orders. It would be strange if he immediately agreed to the extremely dangerous plan of being captured as a slave.
“We really need someone to infiltrate the inside as a slave. It’ll only be for a day or two at most, so it’s not too dangerous… … .”
“I’d rather do it myself.”
Cedric, after hearing what I said, volunteered to be my slave.
I knew this would happen too.
“… I don’t want to put Cedric in danger. This was my plan from the beginning.”
“It’s a matter of efficiency. Wouldn’t I be better suited for an infiltration mission than you, Saint?”
“that…….”
I bit my lip.
Of course it was intentional.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but leave it all to me. I’ll make sure it works.”
“… I guess so.”
A bitter smile appears on my lips.
I wiped my eyes with one hand. Cedric looked at me with unfocused blue eyes and made a guilty expression.
“Rather than me, Cedric… … .”
“Saint.”
His lips twitch.
But in the end, he couldn’t say anything. He couldn’t apologize or offer comfort unless he revealed that he was the old Cedric.
It was all an intentional reaction.
If I had asked him from the beginning, “Be captured as a slave to cooperate with the plan,” Cedric would have gladly complied.
But that shouldn’t be the case.
‘It’s important to believe that you volunteered for this.’
To Cedric now, ‘Justinas’ is someone he must protect, a close friend to whom he owes a debt in the past.
It is clear that he has feelings for me. I can’t rule out the possibility that he feels a little love, as I can see his heart rate increase when I touch his face.
But that’s it.
‘Love and trust are different.’
What I want from him is more than love, it’s blind loyalty.
The ultimate goal is to make Cedric have no doubts about what I say.
It won’t be easy.
Still, hmm. Well.
I don’t think it’s impossible.
After all, I’m a talented person who spent four years as a graduate student putting an elephant in the refrigerator.
Although my final degree is a bachelor’s degree… … .
Chuck Chuck Bachelor… … .
Integrated master’s and doctoral degree…
shit.
I swallowed my bitterness and spoke to Diold, who was still bickering with Liliana.
“Your Highness Crown Prince Diold.”
“…hmm?”
“Do you know how the slave conglomerate you support obtains slaves?”
“Slave top… you know.”
He let out a soft groan.
It seemed as if a sense of guilt had come back to him. He rubbed his face a few times with a heavy expression and opened his mouth.
“Honestly, I don’t know very well. I know for sure where the location and market are, but I didn’t really think about how to get it.”
Liliana seemed to realize something as she heard those words.
“Are you planning to infiltrate that baseless guy into the slave trade?”
“That damned root, root. Do the royals of this country have nothing but bloodlines?”
“Are you done talking now?”
“I’m done. Are you going to swing a solid fist?”
“This thunderbolt… … .”
Liliana’s fists trembled as she found out that she had picked a fight with Cedric without any luck.
My head hurts.
‘Those little bastards… … .’
Whether it’s Cedric who can’t tell the difference between heaven and earth and Liliana who treats him badly for every little thing, their blood pressures are both high.
If Izumi hadn’t been there, I would have been the only normal person at the party.
“The princess is right. Actually, I was planning to do it… … but it would be useless for me to go in there since I can’t see.”
The atmosphere became tense with the self-deprecating joke. Cedric, who had been the most vehement in his opposition, began to shake his eyes.
“I’m really sorry to have to entrust you with this task, but… … .”
“You have no reason to be sorry.”
He spoke seriously.
“Thank you for saying that.”
I pulled up the corners of my mouth. It was an expression of regret for having to entrust the work to someone even though it was on my mind, and self-reproach for being useless.
It’s all acting.
“I’m sure Cedric would do well. Even if he were to be captured as a slave, he’s strong enough to escape on his own.”
“…That’s true.”
Cedric answered with complicated eyes. His ears were red, perhaps because he was embarrassed.
Liliana turned her head away with a disgusted expression when she saw that. Her frightened gesture was like that of a golden cat.
‘It might be cute?’
I imagined the little golden fur ball Liliana whining, then quickly shook the thought away.
“And I have something to ask of you and the princess.”
“What is it?”
“what?”
Both of them pricked up their ears at the same time. I smiled peacefully as I watched the blonde siblings.
“That’s… … .”
The two people who heard my story stared blankly at each other, then nodded with a strange expression.
I rubbed my hands together.
‘With this, preparations are complete.’
The following is a complete breakdown.
***
“Get in!”
Bang.
Cedric was thrown into a stinking prison cell with his hands tied.
He was captured disguised as a slave under the instructions of Justinus.
He raised his head and looked around closely.
“Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me.”
“It’s scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary… … .”
“Sigh, sob… … .”
“My life is over.”
People appeared to have lost their will to live or were mentally broken by the torture (under the guise of loyalty education) for slaves.
A gruesome scene that would make an ordinary person lose all strength in their legs and collapse if they saw it.
But Cedric didn’t care. After all, he had seen such things countless times in Chieto.
Justinas’ instructions came to his mind.
“Since Cedric will probably not be put up for auction right away, he will be held in the last room on the fourth basement floor. Try to escape through the ventilation shaft in the ceiling when you have a chance.”
The place he is currently being held is a solitary cell at the very end of the fourth basement floor.
He looked up.
‘It’s a ventilation shaft.’
A ventilation shaft barely big enough for one man to fit through was spinning.
The ceiling was quite high. It was a height that the average man could never reach, no matter how hard he tried.
Needless to say, both arms were tied.
If Cedric was ‘normal’, then yes.
“Huh. I’m so sleepy today.”
After waiting for a while to observe the situation, the guard began to nod off.
Anyway, since all the rooms were locked with iron bars, they seemed to have let their guard down because they knew that if they made a big fuss, it would be heard right away.
Cedric managed to free his hands by wiggling them. With both hands free, he gripped the bars tightly.
Kukugugugu.
The thick iron bars bent like wire. He easily escaped and jumped up, stepping on the bent bars.
Reaching the vent was a piece of cake. After that, all I had to do was forcefully grab the wings, stop them, and crawl inside.
“If you go through the vent, you can get down to a lower floor.”
‘That’s true.’
Cedric opened his mouth as he looked into the vent that led to the ladder.
“Go down and when you reach the fork in the road, turn right. Then you will reach the deepest part of the 5th basement floor. You need to steal the purple vial inside the safe.”
As we did as instructed, a room that looked really important appeared.
Cedric quickly landed in front of the safe. It had a dial lock.
“The password is SL0912.”
Creak, creak.
After turning the dial a few times, the safe opened with a click. A shiver ran through Cedric’s body.
‘how?’
Justinas is a saint who has lived inside the temple for half her life. But how does she know the structure of this place and even the password to the vault?
This… this was like God.
He picked up the vial with trembling hands and returned to the vent. Even the escape route was not difficult.
“If you go up the ventilation shaft, there will be a guard standing in the fourth room. Take his clothes and put them on, and pretend to be an official. Make sure to cover your hair with a hat.”
“Won’t you get caught in the end?”
“Don’t worry.”
Justinas laughed.
“That guard is a rookie.”