The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 15

Episode 15

“Goodbye~”

The door closed with a click.

After sending off the last customer, Nakia stretched out her arms as hard as she could and cleaned up the store.

‘The number of customers has increased these days. ‘Is it because of those people?’

The number of ampoules in the display case has decreased considerably. That may have meant that there were a lot of sick people, but it also meant that there were more people who had enough money to come and buy treatments.

It has been a month since the people of the Ashton family entered Mira.

Even though there were only 50 people, the city was gradually becoming more lively.

In the inner city, large-scale construction work began and people were mobilized, and the people of the count family, who were not mercenaries, procured materials for each store or helped with the work.

‘They may be a little strange, but I’m thankful for them.’

She also received a lot of help. Her store was very different from typical stores.

Beast and monster by-products, such as the red maned wolf kidney, goblin nails, orc fangs, and the blood of various monsters, were needed.

Because Nakia’s occupation was ‘alchemist’.

Alchemists were explorers who combined various materials to create new substances. Nakia’s specialty was potion making.

Until a month ago, it was very difficult to source materials. This is because the number of monsters escaping the cursed forest was very small.

However, the people of the Ashton family brought monster by-products every day, wondering where they could find such monsters.

On the contrary, since the amount was so large that they did not have enough money to purchase it, he gave them the ingredients and left, asking them to repay him later with the potion he made.

That wasn’t all. Every morning, when it was time to open the store, the youngest son of the count named Raoul came to the store himself. Afterwards, we chatted and asked what happened overnight and if we needed anything.

At first, I was wary of whether he had evil intentions towards me.

‘Well, honestly, I don’t have the looks to be popular anywhere.’

But I quickly realized it was a misunderstanding. He stopped by not only her store but also other stores and had similar conversations.

What was certain was that this was the only store he stopped by every day.

Thanks to this, I was a little excited.

Raoul was honestly the most handsome and fittest of all the men she had met. He seems to have a good personality and manners…

mate!

Nakia lightly tapped her flushed cheek with both hands.

‘Wake. I’m only 15! I’m 8 years older than you! And I mean nobility!!’

Of course, he was a strange nobleman who did not seem noble at all, but in any case, he had no connection with her, a commoner.

Click.

Nakia, who locked the store door and went out, woke up from her happy delusion and returned to reality.

She was not in a good position to dream of love like ordinary girls. For some reason, I couldn’t leave this city, and I had someone important to take responsibility for.

Fortunately, thanks to unexpected kindness, my life has improved a bit recently, but there are still a lot of issues that need to be resolved.

“Nikki~ Sister is here!”

Nakia shouted brightly after arriving home. But strangely, there was no answer.

‘Are you sleeping?’

My sister, who was sick, was so weak that she could not even walk. Although I spent most of the day in bed, I was always awake when she came home…

Feeling a little anxious, Nakia hurried to the bedroom. And the moment she opened the door, her heart sank.

It was empty.

The bed where my younger brother always lay was empty, and there was a small piece of paper on it.

[We are taking your younger brother. If you want to save your younger brother, keep your mouth shut and wait for the next instructions.]

Shake it off.

Nakia’s legs gave out and she sat down.

‘Oh, no. ‘That kid can’t do it!!’

I needed help.

Nakia ran out of the house, dragging her unmoving legs, and headed to city hall. But soon I had no choice but to stop.

‘You can’t watch it. The kidnappers might be watching me.’

After taking in the cold air, my mind became a little clearer. Then, a recent rumor came to mind.

– They say the number of people being kidnapped or missing has suddenly increased these days. However, city hall only said that they were investigating, and no one actually returned.

The Free City of Mira was a very safe city. However, it was limited to the inner city.

The reason is unknown, but the guards in charge of security never leave the city.

In the end, in most cases where criminals escaped out of the city, they turned to mercenary guilds or adventurer guilds, and it took an extremely long time to solve the case.

‘You can’t do that! Nikki, that kid’s life is in danger if he leaves the city!!’

Suddenly, I remembered the face of Raoul, who had told me to come see him if anything difficult happened.

Nakia, who had stopped, started walking again.

* * *

“Miss Nakia is heading to the official residence.”

When the guild message came through, Raoul clenched his fists slightly.

Things went well. If she had headed to City Hall, Raoul would have had to move it himself, which would have resulted in a long delay.

“All members to operational positions! Thoroughly monitor the marked object and immediately report any changes that occur. And the knights, go to the office right now!”

Raoul gave the command and called up the system.

‘Connect to the Connect Community!’

[Connect to the Connect community.]

Raoul found the only [Connect] cafe created in the large dedicated browser and entered it.

[Link] Cafe.

It was a private information cafe run by Bae Do-hyeon before his reincarnation, and was operated under a paid membership system that only special members could access.

Because Bae Do-hyun was a very popular star player, he was able to obtain information from many fans, and the informants and brokers he hired also collected information.

In addition, it was used as a place for solo rankers not belonging to a guild to communicate, and hidden information was traded.

As a result, it was a treasure trove of information that was organized so much that Bae Do-hyun was confident that he had collected almost all the information hidden in Connect.

However, the connecting cafe did not disappear and remained. The reason was unknown, but from Raoul’s perspective, there was no such windfall.

Thanks to this, I was able to make plans based on accurate information instead of vague and uncertain memories.

Raoul selected the ‘Free City Mummy’ tab in the cafe and looked at the quest items intensively.

‘good. I have checked all the quests that can be done now. The only thing left is to see if the situation really goes as I expected….’

For now, all the preparations that could be done were completed.

“Miss Nakia has arrived.”

Now the lead actor has arrived. Raoul spoke with a pounding heart as to whether he could really change her fate.

“Ask them to come in.”

* * *

Crazy Alchemist. A bloodthirsty witch. A heretical magician. Destroyer of taboos. They were all words referring to one person.

Nakia, the owner of this tremendous title, was an object of fear to everyone, regardless of empire or kingdom.

In order to develop new weapons, they did not hesitate to break taboos and even used humans as test subjects.

As a result, the empire suffered great damage from the numerous biological weapons, explosives, and biological weapons she created, and the people of the kingdom were often caught up in her experiments and suffered damage.

Additionally, the various recovery potions and buff potions she provided to the kingdom’s players were a huge headache for the empire.

It was said that she caused more damage to the empire than the kingdom alone in the 10 years before she lost her life in a joint attack by the empire’s 3rd great horse general and the player guild alliance.

That’s how strong her desire for revenge against the empire was.

But now, Nakia was just a delicate girl shedding tears clinging to Raoul.

“help! Nikki!! Nikki!!!”

Raoul hugged her, patted her back for a moment to calm her down, and sat her down on the sofa. Then he made eye contact with her and spoke calmly.

“I will help you. “Can you tell me the whole story?”

Nakia was overcome with emotion again by his warm words, but she held back her tears and spoke as if she was crying.

“My younger brother, Nikki, was kidnapped. I was definitely home until two hours before I left work. Until then, the lady next door will take care of my younger brother.”

After answering Raoul’s questions step by step, Nakia pleaded.

“Please find Nikki! Sobbing. Poor kid. “Because of me… because of me…”

Raoul said, holding her trembling hand.

“don’t worry. Because I will definitely save you. There are places I can already guess…”

“Really? Oh please. “Please, please!”

Raoul looked into her eyes, nodded, and stood up.

“I’ll let you know as soon as I find it. Don’t go anywhere, just wait here. Bernard will be here to help you.”

Bernard, who was standing next to Raoul, bowed slightly and said hello to Nakia.

“If you need anything, please let me know. And you made a really great choice in coming here. “Our Confucius always keeps his word.”

* * *

Philip and Jake followed Raoul as he left the room.

“Pierce is on track. And we have received permission for the operation from Mayor Reynaldo.”

When I touched the permission form Philip gave me, a quest message appeared.

〈Subjugation Quest: Free City Mira〉

– Grade: D~B

– Goal: Subdue the base of an unidentified group of thieves.

Additional goal: Subdue the bandit hideouts hidden throughout the forest. Hostage rescue.

Description: An unknown band of thieves is active in the forest surrounding the Free City of Mira. Mayor Reynaldo requested the suppression of bandits who were interfering with the city’s trade and kidnapping citizens. We must subdue their stronghold and restore peace to the city.

Reward: A large amount of experience points. Coin. Recognition from Mayor Reynaldo. ????

“good. “You must have delivered the list of all the rats, right?”

Philip answered Raoul’s question.

“yes. The market was very surprised. “Please tell me that I will compensate you separately later.”

The list that Raoul delivered was the list of thieves’ spies operating secretly within the city.

Since arriving in the city, his subordinates have begun keeping an eye on suspicious individuals, and Raoul has been using the Link Cafe and his own eyes to check information to weed out spies.

Since they had already invested a lot of money and did not want to leave any risk factors behind, they handed over the list before the final operation.

“Then let’s leave.”

Raoul and the two knights rode across the city on prepared horses. I had to hurry to catch up with Pierce, who was ahead.

And after seeing them, several people began to move quietly under the cover of darkness.

(Continued in the next part)