Volume 1. Chapter 6. Secret Unveiled.

Towards noon, Una was shocked to see Noel's destroyed residence and the nobleman Senor, who had lost one of his arms.

"What happened?"

Thinking that it had something to do with the three of them, Una immediately went to the inn to ask.

She knocked on Rii's bedroom door and woke him up from a sleep.

"What's going on, Nia? I need to sleep. Knock again later, okay?"

Rii opened the door and was a little sleepy.

"No way, there's something I want to ask you..."

Stopping her words, she saw Vail and Cini in the same room.

"What a coincidence. I want to ask you something."

"Ask something?"

Rii, curious about what Una wanted to ask, let her in. She slapped Vail and Cini to wake them up.

"...at least wake us up in a gentler way."

Cini said, stroking his right cheek.

"So, what do you want to ask?"

Vail said, stroking his left cheek.

"I have question, where were you last night?"

"Are you our mother—"

Una slapped Cini again, this time on his left cheek.

"Calm down Nia, what happened?"

Rii was so curious about what Una meant.

"I saw Mr. Noel's house that had been destroyed overnight, and only you guys have that kind of power."

"Now... answer, where you all go at the last night?"

Una asked again, even though she smelled the unpleasant odor from the three of them and didn't want to think about it.

They didn't answer, and that gave Nia the answer.

"Don't tell me, you guys are the culprits?"

She asked again to confirm her guess.

"We really got carried away."

Rii answered the question and made Nia sigh.

Cindy woke up from her sleep because of a small commotion in Rii's room. She looked around and covered her body with a blanket.

"Didn't I ask you guys to hold back your strength!?"

"But Rii is the one who destroys—"

"I don't care who did it...! Why did you break the agreement we agreed upon in the special forest?"

"Tell me, why you do it."

Nia was getting annoyed with the three of them, sitting on the bed with her legs crossed.

They were silent again and saw one of Una's feet tapping the floor, realizing Una's bad mood had changed.

"...what is your reason..."

Nia's words were interrupted because the door to the room was opened by a woman who covered herself with a blanket.

"Mr. Cini, what's wrong?"

Cindy's sudden arrival only brought more trouble. Nia used violence to beat Rii, Cini, and Vail.

Cindy stood right next to Una.

"You misunderstood, we didn't do anything to her."

Vail said in a weak voice. He and his two friends sat on the floor and endured the pain.

"Why did I forget, even though you are heroes. You are still men who like to do inappropriate things."

Una was getting annoyed and put anger and annoyance in all her sentences.

Cindy was silent, hearing Una's words calling them heroes, but she didn't want to think about it.

"They didn't do it."

Cindy spoke up to defend them.

"No, I'm sure they—"

"No, they're not like that!"

Cindy interrupted Una and got her attention.

"What you mean, were you threatened?"

Cindy shook her head when heard Una's question.

"They were the ones who helped me last night."

"Help you?"

Una became curious about those words.

"I want to ask for an explanation from you, but... before that."

Una said, looking at Cindy and then looking back at the three of them.

"You three, hurry up and get her some clothes."

"Why we—"

"Hurry up!"

The three of them rushed out of the room like they were being threatened, not wanting to make Nia even angrier.

They asked around for a women's clothing store, but doing so only made them look like a bunch of creeps.

Upon entering the women's clothing store, they were met with unwelcome looks from the other women and girls.

"Why did I bring it?"

Vail complained that his two friends had given him clothes for Cindy to carry, even though they were wrapped in brown paper.

"Because you left us when you made the payment."

"What can I do? All the women there are looking at us badly."

Vail told his reason for leaving first.

Rii stopped walking; his attention was drawn to Noel's residence, which was said to have disappeared.

"No wonder Nia is so angry. It turns out you made someone's residence disappear from the map."

Cini said, now seeing the damage with his own eyes.

The three of them stopped and stared at the land that used to be the residence of Noel, a rich man who had good relations with the nobles.

Delgram, who was conducting an inspection, saw three young men standing still, staring at Noel's residence.

"How about this?"

Vail wanted to get suggestions from his two friends.

"Should we leave this city?"

Cini made a suggestion, but he also doubted it.

Surprisingly, a hand touched Cini's right shoulder, which startled him.

Delgram hadn't realized he had frightened them.

"Ah, sorry, I didn't expect to surprise you."

"Not at all, Mr. Delgram. Is there anything we can help?"

Rii tried to stay calm to avoid unwanted things.

"Yeah, there's something I want to question you all."

"Is it about Mr. Noel's residence?"

"...how did you know, even though I haven't asked?"

Delgram was confused as to how they already knew what he was going to ask, which was related to the disappearance and the sound of the explosion that was heard last night.

Vail's words put them in a tight spot.

"Why do you look like you're hiding something?"

Delgram was surprised to see their faces staring at each other and felt the change in atmosphere.

"That's because they don't want to be called a pervert by the chief of the soldiers guarding this city, uncle Delgram."

Surprisingly, Elia was already behind Delgram and approached them.

"Moreover, anyone would be afraid and not dare to face the chief of the city's soldiers who is so firm and nicknamed Delgram the silver sword."

Elia's words made Delgram laugh, not expecting that the nickname when he was an S-rank adventurer would still be remembered.

"Hearing the words of the adopted daughter of an old friend makes me miss the past,"

"Elia, I heard that a mysterious man attacked you. Is that true?"

Delgram felt that his guard was a little loose, which caused the adopted daughter of his old friend to be injured.

"That's right, uncle Delgram. Luckily, the wound on my stomach closed quickly. So, the nurse gave me permission to go home and rest."

"Then the three of them went home first with my clothes. They were worried about my uncertain health."

"That's why they were a little afraid and didn't want to be labeled a pervert."

Delgram laughed again at Elia's words and apologized. Before leaving, they were asked to answer the previous question.

They answered that they heard the sound of an explosion and pretended not to dare to go out, arguing that they were afraid that it was just a trick to lure everyone.

"That sounds reasonable. I still want to ask for more, but I don't have much time. Sorry for disturbing and stopping you."

"You're welcome, Mr. Delgram."

Delgram left them to gather information about the attack on Noel's residence.

"Thank you for helping us, Elia."

"No need to thank me, especially since I overheard the nurses at the healing home talking about three men asking about a women's clothing store."

Elia's words made them embarrassed and awkward.

"If I may ask, who are those clothes for?"

Elia was curious about the women's clothing in Vail's hands. She knew that it wasn't for Una. Una always took her to women's clothing stores to accompany her friends.

"Una asked us to buy clothes for the woman we saved last night."

Cini's answer made Elia even more curious.

Upon arriving at the inn, Vail handed the clothes to Elia and asked her to give them to Una, who was currently in Rii's room.

"Why are you so—Elia?!"

Una was surprised when opened the door, thinking that it wasn't Elia who had knocked.

"Why you here? What about your wound?"

"Today I was allowed to go home, then this... They asked me to bring this to you."

Elia informed and gave Cindy's clothes shopping to Una.

"Why you in Rii's room? Did something happen?"

"Come in, you'll find out."

Una's words made Elia curious. She entered Rii's room and was surprised to see Cindy.

"You know her?"

Una was a little surprised that Elia knew Cindy.

"She is the woman I told you about this morning; I tried to protect her, but when I screamed for help. The man who was chasing her stabbed me with a knife."

Elia informed and reminded Una about the incident that happened to her.

Cindy was a little surprised when heard Elia's words. She directly got up from her seat and bent body a little.

"Thank you for protecting me earlier... and I'm sorry if I dragged you into the trouble I was in..."

Cindy felt deeply sorry but also relieved that Elia had fully recovered.

Elia remembered Cini's words and immediately realized that the three of them had saved the woman.

"Cindy told me, she had been rescued by the three of them from the tormenting hands of the Senor nobles when she refused their service."

Elia was surprised by Una's talk, not acknowledging that Cindy was a lustful girl.

"I... but I'm happy you got out of that horrible place."

Elia approached, took Cindy's hand, and held it lovingly.

"Thank You,"

Cindy would be overjoyed if someone accepted her, especially someone who had helped her, even after being stabbed by a dagger.

"Then let's go downstairs."

"Because lunchtime is just around the corner."

Before going downstairs, Cindy introduced herself and once again apologized, thanking Elia.