Be a matchmaker in an otome game

Chapter 62
Although the weather is fine today and the warm sun shines on the ground, after stepping into this dark alley, all the warmth is gone, leaving only uncomfortable coldness.

After passing the corner, the sunlight completely disappeared, only the faint candlelight on the side of the road illuminated one side, and several forked roads appeared in front of me, and I didn't know where to lead.

The alleys that have not been illuminated by the sun all the year round have bred so much darkness and sin, and the past came back to my heart, and Safi couldn't help getting closer to Fred and her light.

Sensing her approach, Fred thought she was afraid, and was about to turn around to comfort her, when he suddenly heard a loud cracking noise.

The sound immediately attracted the attention of Fred and Safi, and they looked in that direction, only to see that an earthen jar that had just been placed in the corner exploded for no reason, sending out billowing thick smoke. Covered the whole alley.

Was it last night's pattern?Safi had been on guard for a long time, and immediately drew out her wand and chanted a spell to clear the thick smoke.

Fred put his hand on the hilt of his sword, his eyes wandering around, ready to strike at any time.

Suddenly his eyes moved, and the sword was drawn out of its sheath in an instant, but the sword pointed at Safi.

Safi originally thought that she would panic, but when she met Fred's eyes, she realized——she trusted Fred, and she believed that Fred would not do anything to hurt her, so She frankly exposed herself to Fred's sword.

There was a faint smile on the corners of Fred's eyes and brows. The moment he touched Safi, the sword's posture changed suddenly, and the clear and crisp sound of weapons clashing sounded from behind Safi, and Safi also moved towards Fred. De shot a few ice picks behind him, forcing those behind Fred back.

They guarded each other's backs, as if they were born to cooperate so closely.

The opponent was just a feint attack, but seeing that he didn't succeed, he turned around and fled in one direction. Fred and Safi chased after him without even thinking about it.

After all, they had experienced too few things, but they didn’t know that it was a taboo to catch up with this situation. As expected, Fred stepped on a loose brick, and when his foot slipped, all the bricks under his feet shattered. Fred’s The body also falls.

Heh, what an unrefined trick, Safi sneered, her wind magic is enough to hold Fred up, so what's the point of letting him fall into a trap?
When the last sound of the lengthy incantation fell, a person suddenly appeared behind Safi, and slammed his palm fiercely at the back of Safi's neck.

Their goal was not Fred in the first place, but to separate the two of them. The magician standing still and chanting spells is simply a living target, so don't be too easy to catch.

Fred, who jumped out of the hole, saw Safi falling limply, and behind her stood a man wearing a mask whose face could not be seen clearly.

Fred's eyes were about to burst, but he was still calm enough to attack immediately. The fire light flickered from the beginning of the sword light, and once touched, it would be burned.

But the opponent's reaction was also very fast, rolling on the spot, dodging Fred's attack and at the same time throwing Safi who fell on the ground to his companion, his companion quickly took away Safi's wand, and at the same time threw a The knife was pressed against Safi's neck.

Fred quickly subdued the man who knocked Safi unconscious, and imitated the dagger around his neck.

Each side holds a hostage, and it seems that no one is taking advantage, but Fred understands that if the other party does not value the life and safety of the hostage in his hands, his threat will be useless to the other party.

"Your Honorable Lord," the person who kidnapped Safi moved the knife a little bit away, and his tone was weird, as if he was deliberately changing his voice, which ended up being neither male nor female, "We have no intention of harming you. , I just want to have a good talk with you."

Of course, Fred can understand their behavior and purpose. The magician has a range of attacks. First, they are enclosed in the alley, restricting their large-scale magic, and then hijacking Safi so that Fred can't act rashly, so that he can Ensure that the conversation can be carried out in a "friendly" range to the greatest extent.

But can the proud son of heaven accept such semi-coercion?Don't be kidding, the prince's self-esteem and majesty cannot tolerate such provocations.

Fortunately, the other party did not dare to act rashly, and first showed weakness: "Please come with me, Your Excellency, let's talk in another place."

Then the man held Safi hostage and stepped back step by step.

Fred followed.

They walked into a building, but didn't go upstairs. The other party used their feet to lift a board on the ground, revealing an entrance, and then walked down.

Is it underground?Fred glanced at the person in his hand, guessing that the other person would not dare to make any moves, so he followed.

There is a very empty space under the ground, the other party first put Safi on a sofa, and retreated with his hands raised high.

But Fred still didn't let him go. Seeing the other party leave without hesitation, he couldn't help but mockingly said to the human in his hand: "It seems that your companion doesn't care about you at all."

No one answered him, Fred shook his head and said to Safi: "Safi, are you okay?"

"Well," Safi opened his eyes, twisted his neck, heard his joints making a crackling sound, and couldn't help sighing, "It really hurts a bit."

Complaining is nothing but complaints, but Safi didn't know it was unavoidable. When the other party hit her neck, she moved reluctantly, causing most of the other party's force to knock it crookedly.

Although she still fainted for a while, but the time was very short. After waking up, she continued to pretend to be fainted, quietly waiting for the other party's movements.

Safi raised his hand, stretched out an index finger, and chanted a spell silently, and the person kidnapped by Fred appeared to be imprisoned by ice magic.

Did you really think that taking away her wand would make her unable to perform magic?This is just a misunderstanding caused by commoners who don't understand magic. In fact, the existence of the magic wand is only used as a communication tool, so that magicians can better communicate with magic elves. For people who are proficient in magic, even if there is no low-level magic Wands can also be cast.

Seeing that the man had lost his ability to move, Fred mercilessly put him aside.

Safi looked at the basement-like space, and looked at Fred: "Who do your Highness think they are?"

"It won't be the guild," Fred analyzed. "The guild should avoid us and will never take the initiative to invite us."

The guild has only two choices when facing the nobles, either to avoid them from a distance, or to silence them, and will never initiate contact.

"Huh?" Suddenly Fred raised his eyes keenly and looked towards a corner, "Who's there?"

Safi also looked over at the same time, and saw a person standing in the shadow of the corner at some point.

That person was very thin... probably a child.

Safi asked tentatively, "Martin?"

(End of this chapter)