LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 12.2
“Jade, come here,” Collen said.
Jade sprawled a little awkwardly to my left. We were side by side, three lying on the same bed.
Zion laughed with a strange expression.
“…I’ll be waiting nearby, so if something happens, ring the bell.”
“Yes, go away.”
Zion bowed politely and left. I stared at the ceiling.
“If you feel sleepy, then just sleep,” Jade whispered. “It’s normal for people to feel sleepy after taking this medicine.”
I yawned deeply. It’s because of the medicine.
I was tricked.
I wanted to sleep more and more.
“Where are you going? Don’t leave me alone.”
“Okay,” Collen said with a chuckle
‘It’s just like a real family…’
I don’t remember anything about my family from my past life.
But I remembered for sure that my mom and dad loved me very much. In those meager memories, they always cried or laughed because of me.
‘…Collen is scary. But, if you continue to be nice to me…’
My eyes were tightly closed.
‘Can I really have a family?’
How far are the adopted daughters from the family? Is it a position where you can secretly think of it as a real family in your heart?
“Please stay by my side.”
I whispered through my sleep.
“I promise.”
And I fell asleep.
‘Maybe we can send a note to the police. An anonymous witness has appeared, and he will send the police on the trail. You don’t have to catch the fortune teller yourself… So, you want to go to a meeting with Marianne, or you want to go hunting…’
It was the last thought I had before I fell asleep.
* * *
“Hunting.”
Collen whispered.
“Let’s start hunting.”
“The lady will cry when she wakes up.”
“That will be decided tonight. Whether it’s a trap or not,” Collen whispered.
“But if I can safely find the evidence today, Lee is just a miracle child. If not…”
“She must be a spy,” Zion replied.
“Alas, yes.”
One of the two. His thoughts are always unmistakable. It will be like that this time too.
* * *
I suddenly opened my eyes and felt that the place next to me was empty. Jade, covered with a blanket, slept on a chair in the corner of the room.
“Collen?” my eyes trembled I jumped up.
“Jade! Wake up!”
“Uh, what?” Jade rubbed his eyes.
“Where is Duke?”
“He waited for dawn and left. He said he had something to look into.”
I looked out the window. The time of dawn. I looked at the clock and it was 4:00 in the morning. I barely calmed my startled heart and said.
“Jade. You know how to ride a horse, right?”
“Of course.”
Jade’s expression softened.
“Please listen to me. Later I will repay you a favor for a favor.”
Jade looked at me as if he were amazed by these words.
“What the hell are you going to do?”
“Just trust me once. Please…” I said sincerely.
Jade stood up, brushing his hair.
It looked troublesome, but it moved quickly.
“Okay, but only this time.”
“Let’s go to the stable! This is urgent!”
I grabbed his hand and ran to the stable. Jade didn’t even call the stable keeper and brought out a horse. It was a pitch black horse.
‘Are real horses so big?’
I was scared.
Jade jumped into the stirrup without a stand. It was like magic. He held out his hand to me.
“Let’s go.”
Jade really drove the horse forward, without a second thought.
The wind whipped me on the cheeks. My body trembled from top to bottom. Everything around was blurred. Jade was trying to tell me something.
At first I didn’t even hear. When he screamed, I understood Jade’s words.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes, yes!”
“But why are we going into the slums?”
I was too scared to speak.
Finally I got to the place I was looking for.
“Here it is, the third alley!”
The alley where I lived. In the basement of a house with a red roof was the fortuneteller’s lair. I grabbed Jade’s arm and screamed.
“Come on, drop me off! Jade!”
Jade pulled on the reins. The cry of a horse rang out in the middle of the peaceful dawn.
Gulp. I swallowed dry saliva.
‘Is… Collen here?’
It was just that moment. A sound came into the building. The scream of a human, or something breaking.
Thud! Thud!
A loud sound of something crashing echoed from the basement.
My left arm started to hurt again.