VIP Chapter 487: The Appearance of an “Assassin”
Facing the rushing guards, Treya’s choice was—
“Oh no, it seems they’ve discovered us. Will, should we just go back with them? It is getting rather late.”
She calmly offered her suggestion. She seemed more like a good student caught skipping class by her teacher, rather than a leader to these guards.
“That won’t do. You still have one more thing to do… something a little princess who’s escaped her confinement must do.”
“?”
After speaking, Will took Treya’s hand.
“Will?!”
Those behind them also gave chase when they noticed the two of them running.
“Chase them! They’re over there!”
They weaved through the tables, knocking over numerous wine bottles in the process.
“My apologies. Please bill these to the Royal Family’s account; they’re quite inexpensive anyway.”
“Gah—!”
The commotion even startled the pet raven in the Adventurer’s Guild, causing it to fly up.
“Honestly, why can’t we catch them! Your Majesty, why are you running away—”
“I… I don’t know either, but Will was pulling me along. It felt… like… like a dream…”
Treya, with Will leading her, spun around the Adventurer’s Guild, causing chaos. This level of exertion was nothing for her, but…
She watched the lights of the Adventurer’s Guild blur as they spun, heard the various sounds and even curses from within. Suddenly, she felt…
This truly felt like a “Dreamscape.” A “Dreamscape” where she could finally dance in a farcical display after being shackled for so long.
“Hey, you can’t catch me.”
Will even had the leisure to spin around, bow to those behind him, and stick his tongue out.
“Don’t run! Whoa, whoa, whoa, this is Your Majesty’s veil, please don’t break it!”
While circling the room, Will even flung Treya’s veil off. It was a beautiful dream she would be very happy about. And all of this was because, a few days prior, when she woke up, Will had burst into her life.
“Phew, finally… phew… we finally got around them, let’s go out this way!”
Will spun and unexpectedly ended up at the main entrance.
“Jingle bells—Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back—!”
He violently pushed open the door of the Adventurer’s Guild, pulling Treya out and landing gracefully on the bustling street outside. Of course…
The stamina of those who can be Royal Guards is astonishing. Will felt himself getting a little breathless from the running, yet they had already caught up.
“Will, are we still running?”
“Huh? Are you asking me if running is fun?”
Will looked back, realizing he didn’t need to ask the question. For at that very moment, Treya wore a clear smile, a rare sight even for him, with the corners of her eyes and mouth upturned in a similar fashion.
“Yes. It’s just… you’re running too slowly.”
“Huh?”
Will thought it was understandable that Treya, a swordswoman specializing in agility, would find him slow… Then, Treya suddenly placed a hand on his shoulder.
“Get ready, let’s go.”
“Wh—”
Treya lifted Will in a horizontal embrace—a Princess Carry, naturally, performed by the princess herself.
“Whoosh—”
The street she cut through became a streak of silver light, and the carriages she passed narrowly avoided crashing as their horses braked sharply.
“We… we have to go this fast?”
When they stopped, Will discovered they had left their pursuers three blocks behind. They had circled back to the outskirts of the snack street they had just left.
“Heartbeat… my heartbeat is so fast, phew… And… and I can’t breathe… If it’s like this, the dream will wake up… No, it seems like… it seems like this dream will never wake up…”
Treya leaned against the wall, her arms crossed, panting. Her hair, which she had tied up and hidden in her hat, had come loose due to the vigorous movement. It cascaded like a silver waterfall in the night, flowing past her pointed elf ears to her chest, moving with the rise and fall of her panting.
“Hahahaha, this… this is essential equipment for a princess escaping captivity, something you haven’t done before.”
“Essential?”
“Dodging pursuers in a building, disrupting traffic on the entire street, and then… celebrating escaping the chase in an alleyway where it’s just the two of us.”
“Like this…” Treya blinked her eyes. “It’s just like in the stories.”
“How many novels have you secretly read?”
“Every night… Because I haven’t seen much of the world, I need them to imagine a world where Will can be happy…”
Treya recovered from the fatigue of running and looked at Will. Their current location was different from when they had just left the snack street. The light behind Will was shining brightly. If this dream were real, perhaps Will, who wouldn’t be completely trapped in her hands like a canary, would also stay by her side like this. Or rather… She recalled the very first night they met, when Will stood in the light just like this, extending his hand to her after she was betrayed by her sister. He made her believe… That perhaps the whole world hadn’t betrayed her…
“Now, you don’t need to.”
However… At this moment, Will seemed to notice a “figure” hidden in the shadows behind Treya. A very, very small figure… He suddenly lunged, rushing towards Treya—
Could it be an assassin?
Oh no, Treya was so brazenly out on the street, those who wanted her dead would surely seize this opportunity…
“Tre—YA—Watch out!”
Then, Will realized his warning was superfluous. Extremely superfluous. Because Treya’s “agility” and “reaction speed” were far beyond normal. Before his words could even finish, he saw—
She instantly grabbed the figure’s hand, snatched the “thing” from “his” hand, and then quickly locked “his” throat.
“Mmph… I… I’m sorry, Auntie Treya, it… it was my fault… I was afraid you’d run away again…”
Then, the figure let out a weak, pleading voice of a little girl.
“Auntie… Treya?”
Will realized this was a child, a child from the neighborhood, it seemed. Although her clothes were somewhat decent, a few pieces were a bit old, but they were in a common noble style. But… what she was holding in her hand was just… A basket of bread?
“Treya, it seems, it seems there’s been a misunderstanding. Such a small child couldn’t possibly be…”
Will tried to explain, but Treya’s grip on the child’s hand tightened.
“No, even a child this small could be…”
“Please, Auntie Treya. I… I truly meant no harm, I… I just wanted…”
“?”
“I wanted to give you something to eat as repayment since I finally got to see you. I initially thought I’d have to wait for your birthday parade to have a chance to sneak in!”
