Chapter 79: The Scaffold-II

"How much will this be?" Asked Elise as she knew the fabric seemed to be expensive.

"A meter would be expensive but for a kerchief you will need less than that so it would be about two silver the most. I have to say it's worth the price."

Elise recalled that the kerchief Master Ian used was also smooth and seemed to be made out of silk, perhaps the fabric she had now wouldn't compare to him but when she thought of how it would please the Lord, she thought that the fabric was worth its price.

A smile appeared on her lips to lift her slightly pink cheeks as she replied, "This will do," Elise said, retracting her fingers and added, "Also could I please have that fabric? The one in the color of red."

Once Elise payed the shopkeeper for the fabrics she had bought, she placed the three brown bags which was filled with knitting wool yarns, threads, and fabrics she waited for Carmen and Vella but as time passes her friends didn't came back which worried her. She left the store, walking to the store she had came from before where it was possible Carmen and Vella was.

Not far from the opposite path of where Elise was walking at, a child with a tattered clothes pulled his the oval hat which was gray in color down to cover his face even further. He eyes the wealthy looking noble man who was about to pass by Elise and smoothly he pretended to slightly bump the man.

"Lady Cherrily is a woman with a loose hands she often waste her money I'm-" the man frowned when he felt something had bumped to him and turned to see Elise who passed by his right side which he felt collision from to see that the red haired girl was walking in a hurry placing the three brown bags close to her waist.

"Wait you!" the man yelled in displeasure roughly pulling Elise's right shoulder as she walked.

She knit a frown in pain, turning to see the dull gray eyes of a man and his anger rising to his lips. "You has just bumped to me didn't you!"

Elise didn't know what he was talking of. She had make sure keep her eyes close to her surrounding and didn't feel she had bumped to anyone but the man had firmly caught her shoulder, his grasp was very firm that she winced in pain.

"I didn't know what you are talking of sir, but I didn't bump anyone. Please let me go!" Elise words broke as the man sighed his hand deeper to her shoulder.

"Wait, Timothy." said the man beside Timothy who was squeezing Elise's shoulder. "Do you have your wallet with you?" asked the man suspiciously and without letting Elise's shoulder go, Timothy rummaged his pocket to see that there was indeed nothing in his pocket.

"You thief!" accused Timothy by now as they had gathered attention by stopping in the middle of the road with the man screaming, the road became blocked with people. Elise pushed the man away, her shoulder felt painful as the man wasn't a human.

"Sir for all due respect I didn't steal nor bump you! Let go of my shoulder!" Elise could feel his hand not only digging to her skin but also her bones.

"As if I would believe that! Where is my wallet?!" the man yelled, Elise who had been pushing the man then felt a hand holding her shoulder. Unlike the man's hand which had grasped her shoulder the hand which now held her was gentle and careful.

"That's enough."

Elise didn't have to turn around to know whose those deep and airy tone belonged to but nevertheless she turned her face to meet Ian's bright scarlet eyes which seemed as if it was burning. Her blue eyes widened, never did she expected that Master Ian would appear in the market.

Ian shifted his gaze from the man then to meet her eyes before moving the her shoulder which had reddened in color. It didn't seemed that her bones were broken and that it would become a bruise, however, he wasn't kind enough to let the person who had harmed his puppy left without punishment.

He grasped his hand with much pressure that the man let out a piercing scream. "AHHH!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

The man next to Timothy looked at the Lord in utter surprise before both their faces morphed into a pale white color.

"Milord!" the man exclaimed his name, gathering more attention which wasn't to his liking. Noticing the displeasure, Austin who had just came back after his mission clapped his hand to gather the people's attention and waved his hand, "Go on your way, everyone, this isn't a show to see, shoo!" The crowds were curious of how the scene would end however far than their curiosity they were afraid of the Lord as his name was always smeared with blood and moved on their own way quickly.

"Are you alright, puppy?" he asked first toward Elise who then gave a nod. Thankfully her shoulder was released before the man put more pressure to crush her shoulder. Else she didn't know whether her shoulder would still be intact.

"Mind telling me what happen here?" Ian questioned, his blood gaze moved toward Timothy who had collapsed on the floor wincing in pain as his shoulder had reduce to a state of powder.

Timothy had a hard time to speak he had wanted to yelled at the man who had broke his shoulder but everyone know to never get on the Lord's bad side. "That woman bumped me my Lord to steal my wallet!" he glared toward Elise if his right hand wasn't broken he would have pointed his finger toward her.

"I didn't!" Elise stood up against his accusation. "Master Ian, I didn't bump him nor steal his wallet." she said with a firm tone, her clear blue eyes showed that she hadn't lie. Not knowing that even without speaking, Ian had believed that she wasn't the one who had stole the wallet.