CH 10

As soon as I felt that hunch, I pulled out a pen and a piece of paper just like I did at home.

[ To Dylan Banker.

Thank you, I received your letter.

I’m so glad you’re doing well.

Take care of your health even if you are busy. Oh, just in case. I have no intention of returning to the Knights, so if Jed brings it up, I hope you will stop him.

I won’t forget what you’ve done to me. Also, I’m willing to use my guild association in an emergency.

Work hard.

H. LV. ]

When I finished, I opened the window before hurriedly sending the letter with my magic.

Even though the leader’s office obviously had a large amount of communication tools, they could not be used. Remember what kind of man Kairos was! He was the villain among villains! So I had no choice but to endure it, even if it was troublesome because he might track my letters down and burn them.

It was not until the blue light disappeared completely that I took my eyes off it.

‘All right, I’ll keep everything safe this way.’

Since I was busy running away, this letter couldn’t be caught at all. I once cried and asked Dylan Banker’s help to quit the Knights, so it was obvious that he would at least help me again.

‘…I’m sorry, but I can’t help it.’

Knock, knock.

“Boss, this is Nigella.”

I could hear Nigella’s voice outside the door.

“Oh, yes. Come in.”

As I waved my hand to send out the remaining smell of the fire and sat down, I glanced through the documents and called Nigella in.

Nigella, who opened the door and came in, slightly raised her head as if she was checking what I was doing, then she said without closing the door.

“A new employee is here for an interview.”

“Ah, yes. Are they here?”

“Yes, boss.”

Noah asked me to interview them because he found a new person to help me with my work in the morning. It seemed that they had already arrived.

I knew very well that all of them were Noah’s people, including Nigella. However, since all of the employees he gave me have been good at high-level jobs, I decided to use them. Besides, I didn’t want to be suspicious.

I also had employees before meeting Noah at first. So even after I met Noah, there was an employee I chose separately. Still, everyone didn’t like them, and one even robbed the safe while I was away, so I scolded them.

From the beginning, they were greedy for the safe and approached my mercenary guild for that reason.

“I don’t have good eyes for people…”

“What? I’m sorry, boss. I think I heard it wrong.”

I shook my hand at Nigella, with my eyes glued to the papers.

“No, I was talking to myself. Tell them to come in.”

After hearing her voice, I soon heard someone coming in.

“Welcome, so you want to work here?”

I asked while flipping through the documents busily. The reason why I didn’t want to act too nice to them was since they didn’t come because they really wanted to work for me but because of Noah’s orders.

After allowing them inside, I nodded without looking at them properly. I thought I could just make them do something simple.

“Hello, my name is Ginger Perian.”

The woman who introduced herself as Ginger Perian began to introduce herself in earnest, saying her strengths and weaknesses. Her name was very familiar.

Who was she…?

Perian… Perian… Perian.

“Perian?”

“Please take good care of me…”

What?

The woman who bowed down 90 degrees nodded awkwardly at my question.

As I raised my head, in front of me, I could see a woman with straight white hair tied together in a ponytail, and she had no baby hair on her forehead. Perhaps because of her deep double eyelids or because of her deep green eyes, she looked beautiful even if she stayed still.

While I was mesmerized seeing her appearance as if I was possessed, she bowed with her hands together again.

“Yes, I am Ginger Perian. Please take good care of me!”

Getting up from my seat, I turned away from my desk to look a little closer and approached Ginger Perian.

She was really Ginger Perian…?

Why was she here? Didn’t she work in the capital gladiator arena and later became Lily Dayworth’s person?

Ginger Perian blinked her green eyes as I approached.

Even though they said she was tall, she was really tall. She looked so tall that she seemed nearly 175cm.

…Ginger Perian.

Unlike Hazel Love, who died early due to overwork, she appeared in the middle of the story. Perhaps because she appeared more than Hazel Love, she was given a more detailed description of appearance and unique background, but the unfortunate thing was that she was a character that would end up dying due to the final villain.

The reason why I remembered Ginger was because other than being Lily Dayworth, the heroine’s person, she was someone who achieved many things herself. She didn’t hesitate to do bad things and was crazy about money.

Frankly, Ginger was a crook and she would do anything for money.

However, Ginger actually fell in love with a man who was a slave gladiator in the gladiator arena where she entered to make money. While she freed him from danger and wanted to be with him, the slave gladiator was quite capable, so they spent a lot of money on it.

Because of that, she needed a lot of money to free her lover. She worked so hard to catch the eyes of Kairos that she even kidnapped Lily Dayworth.

But, who was this Lily Dayworth?!

She was the female lead.

Lily succeeded in persuading Ginger Perian with the heroine buff.

As Lily Dayworth, who understood the situation, made a big declaration to help Ginger, Jed, the male lead, listened to her and helped to free Ginger’s lover. After that, Ginger became Lily’s helper. She was in constant danger as she was treated as a traitor by Kairos’ men, but she still survived.

In the end, she was dead though.

Still, why did Ginger, who should be in the Capital, come here when he should be in the midst of falling in love with the slave gladiator by now? Was this because Kairos was out of the Capital, which was the main stage in the early and middle of the story?

In the original, she did everything she was told.

I knew that Ginger could do everything from sword to herbal medicine. To be honest, her skills were coveted.

…Should I do what the heroine did?

She was one of the people who would betray Kairos anyway, and I know how Ginger Perian died, so I could tell her how to avoid death if she helped me.

Ginger Perian blushed as I stared at her.

‘Oh, did I stare at her too much?’

“Ah, I’m sorry. You can work right away today?”

“Yes! Just let me do anything!”

“Sure. For the time being, Nigella will teach you some stuff. It’s nothing difficult, so don’t worry. Do well in the future.”

When I smiled and reached out to her, Ginger Perian held out her hand timidly. She looked very shy and nervous. Actually, she was good at cursing, and I knew that she was quite feisty, so it seemed that she was acting so as not to show her true self.

Well, as long as she was good at her job… I’d have to persuade her sooner or later.

I smiled again and shook hands with Ginger Perian.

* * *

“You have a lot of work?”

I brought some documents from the office and was looking at them in the bedroom for a while.

Noah, who came to the bed after, sat next to me before lightly rubbing my neck and shoulders. Warmth spread over my skin, and my neck began to relax. After realizing that all of these favors were acting, I thought I would just take advantage of them.

Because of his touch, I was getting more and more relaxed.

“I need to check a little bit. It’ll just take a moment. Now that the new employee is here, I will work less after her training.”

“I like that.”

Noah smiled and moved to the middle of the bed. When I glanced at the settlement form that Nigella had organized last time, he lifted the blanket.

“Hazel, your feet.”

“Huh?”

Unsurprisingly, my foot was caught in his hand.

“Oh, it’s okay.”

He smiled and grabbed my foot softly when I took my other foot out shyly.

“What are you ashamed of? I’m your husband.”

Saying so, Noah grabbed my feet with both hands, and my toes naturally curled up due to the warmth. His hands were on my toes and moved smoothly.

Would Kairos do anything for his goal this way?

I really didn’t know. Still, I thought I should make him a little busy since he might miss small details if he was busy.

“….”

I was staring at Noah’s hand when he spoke to me.

“Hazel, your eyes are too intense.”

As the hands touching my feet also became stiff, I gazed at him.

“No! I’m just looking at you as usual.”

“Lie.”

“No!”

“Well, I like that gaze.”

At the same time, Noah moved his hands diligently.

“…Noah, you know what.”

“Yes, tell me.”

“I’ve been thinking about it lately.”

“Do you have any concerns? Tell me, my wife.”

Noah asked softly with a clueless face.

“I’m thinking of expanding my business a little.”

“Expanding…?”

“Yes, I’m happy, but I think Ferrarium has a limit to getting commissions. We’d better set up a branch in another area. I also hired a new employee, so I think it’s just the right time.”

“It’s a different city…”

Noah was lost in thought at the unexpected proposal.

I felt sorry. I was actually surprised, too, since I just made it the reason to keep him busy on the spot.

“So, I want Noah to help me. Would you do it for me?”

He couldn’t refuse because he had been doing something, right? Didn’t he promise to do whatever I wanted when we got married? His goal was just around the corner, so he’d do anything for me.

“Whatever Hazel wants, but wouldn’t it be hard? You’re this busy without a break.”

“It’s okay, I have Noah. I want to work hard and be Noah’s wonderful wife!”

Noah’s lips, which had been straight for a while, soon became soft.

“If my wife wants to, I’ll look into it.”

He kissed my knee lightly.

“Thank you, Noah!”

I needed to keep him busy while I was getting ready to run away. At the same time, however, I was suddenly saddened at the thought of leaving. I tried to smile for a moment. At first, I felt only betrayal and despair, though there was a new emotion now.

“Hazel, I’ll look into it.”

“…Huh?”

“But you’ll give me your precious time, right?”

At that, my body was held in his big hands, he quickly moved me to a lying position. Then, he smiled as if he had been waiting.

Ugh, I let my guard down.