Chapter 221
While being dragged helplessly, Violet found a familiar figure behind the warehouse building.
The man was deeply huddled in a cloak that hid his face, but Violet could tell it was Clerivan.
As Violet was dragged away by the Knights, Clerivan was trying to walk out from behind the warehouse where he was hiding.
"No! No! No!"
Violet looked at Clerivan and shook her head hard.
She didn"t know what the h.e.l.l was going on, but the Imperial Knights were searching high and low to look for Clerivan.
Her guts told her that it was dangerous for him to come out right now.
"Don"t come out!"
When Violet glanced again, Clerivan paused in place.
That was the last sight Violet saw before she was dragged back into her office.
Meanwhile, Clerivan hid in a corner again and gritted his teeth.
Fortunately, a message sent by Bate through an informant in the Pellet Company along with a cloak that could cover his face arrived in time.
[Dangerous... Both the Company and the mansion were attacked... It was the Empress... Be careful.]
Had it not been for this scribbled note, it could have been Clerivan, not Violet that was being apprehended.
He wanted to run towards Violet, but he knew that he couldn"t beat the Imperial Knights with his strength alone.
Clerivan leaned against the cold warehouse wall and tried to cool off his heated head.
Soon after, he stealthily began to exit the Pellet Company"s site.
Like a maze, it was a huge complex with dozens of buildings, but it was a very familiar place for Clerivan.
For now, it was urgent to get out of here.
He almost ran into the Imperial Knights several times, but fortunately, Clerivan was able to safely escape the Pellet Company.
Standing in a deserted alley, Clerivan thought, catching his breath.
"Now where do I go?"
The mansion was also attacked so he can"t go there.
The first thing that came to his mind was, of course, Firentia.
But Clerivan shook his head soon.
If what they"ve put on themselves were related to treason...
"I can"t get you involved."
It was then.
"Hey, you. Show me your face."
An Imperial knight walking towards the Pellet Company"s entrance noticed Clerivan and asked.
"d.a.m.n it."
Clerivan turned slowly as if he hadn"t heard him and he walked as quickly as possible around the corner of the alley.
"Huh? You! Hey!"
However, the Knight did not give up and continued to follow him.
Clerivan"s steps accelerated even more as the Knight followed him relentlessly.
Eventually, Clerivan began to run.
"Hey! Stop! It"s an order!"
The knight, who felt that something was unusual, began to scream and pursue him further.
"Gasp! Huff! Haa!" A short breath burst out of Clerivan"s mouth. But he couldn"t stop.
"I"ll hide in the crowd."
Just as Clerivan thought so after getting out of the alley and entering the main street when someone called him.
"Mr. Pellet!"
A familiar voice came from somewhere. Clerivan looked around in a hurry.
"Your Highness... The Second Prince?"
He didn"t expect it at all. But it was definitely Perez who rode the horse towards Clerivan.
"Come, get on! I got you!"
It was such a surprise that made Clerivan pause for a brief moment looking at Perez.
Because of this, the Knight chasing Clerivan was able to catch up with him and grabbed him at the back.
"You! Huff! Clerivan, haa! Pellet, I was right!"
As if the Imperial Knight had caught a big fish, he grinned at Clerivan.
Then he said, staggering a bit, "Clerivan Pellet, you are under arrest for accessory to the attempted murder of the Emperor ump—!"
The Knight couldn"t finish his speech as his body flew away and landed somewhere.
Clerivan heard Perez"s voice closer to his ear while he looked at the Knight rolling on the ground.
"Hurry!"
Perez reached out his hand to Clerivan so he could get on the horse.
On his other hand, he brandished a sword as if preparing to strike the Knight.
Clerivan hesitated for a moment. But he soon tightly took the hand.
"Thank you."
Perez lifted Clerivan with one arm. Before he knew it, he was settled on the horse.
"Oh, huff! What the h.e.l.l!"
The Knight, who had been buried in the dirt, barely came to his senses and jumped out of the ground.
He yelled as he tried to sheath his sword from his scabbard.
"Who dares to a.s.sault an Imperial Knight—!"
"Stop."
Perez once again pointed the sword in front of the face of the Knight, who was about to unsheath his sword.
"Your Highness the Second Prince?"
After recognizing Perez, the surprised Knight stiffened and blinked his eyes.
"If you draw your sword at me, you will be executed for treason."
"Uh...uh.."
The Knight knew he couldn"t do it.
When Perez began to ride with his horse, the Knight shouted out loud.
"There it is! Clerivan Pellet is over there!"
He raised his voice, hoping to be heard by his colleagues who are searching every corner of Lombardy for Clerivan.
And at that moment, Ethan Klaus coincidentally walked outside the Pellet Company and heard the cry.
Hearing the sound coming from afar, Klaus reacted sharply.
He quickly jump on his horse and whistled loudly to gather the Knights around him.
"That way!"
Ethan Klaus"s gray horse was the first to lead and head out.
Eventually, one Angenas Knight and two Imperial Knights followed closely behind.
At their master"s command, Ethan Klaus"s horse ran at full speed down Lombardy"s avenue.
"Ahhhh!"
"Get out of the way!"
The surprised citizens of Lombardy screamed and avoided the horses running at great speed.
"Ahhh!"
However, in the middle of the road, there was a woman with a child holding her hand that couldn"t escape at a moment"s notice.
The woman, seeing the horse approaching with fearful eyes, hugged her child tightly with a face resigning to their fate.
However.
Ethan Klaus strongly grabbed the reins of his horse and yanked it up, making the horse jump over the woman and the child.
Doug-duck! Doug-duck!
After briefly glancing at them and seeing that they were unscathed, Ethan Klaus continued to run without hesitation.
And finally, he saw a horse running with two people in front.
Ethan Klaus once again kicked the horse"s belly with his heels,
Doug-duck! Doug-duck! Doug-duck!
The horse began to pick up its speed again.
"Faster! Faster!"
Perez, who saw Ethan Klaus closing the distance, urged the horse he was riding on. However, a horse that originally drove a carriage could not run faster than a military horse.
"Clerivan Pellet!" Ethan Klaus called out Clerivan in a loud voice.
With a premonition that he would be caught as it is, Clerivan gritted his teeth.
It was then.
"We"re nearly there!"
Clerivan raised his head at Perez"s shout.
In front of them, the Lombardy mansion was visible.
"This place...?" Clerivan briefly did not understand.
However, Perez grabbed the reins of his horse tightly and accelerated as much as possible.
Doug-duck! Doug-duck!
When Ethan Klaus"s horse started to accelerate.
"Done!"
Perez exclaimed, crossing the boundaries of the Lombardy mansion.
And at the same time, Lombardy"s Knights standing in front of the mansion"s iron gates began to move forward.
Armored and fully equipped, they blocked Lombardy"s gates.
Ethan Klaus"s horse was running at a terrifying speed, but they didn"t budge.
Heeeinngh!!
Eventually, Ethan Klaus"s horse stopped in a hurry as it neighed loudly for a long time.
"Aarggh!"
Ethan Klaus screamed in anger as he watched Perez and Clerivan escape.
"Get out of the way!"
At that time, the Imperial Knights who had been following Ethan Klaus shouted.
"We are here to arrest a sinner involved in treason! Get out of the way!"
"It"s impossible."
The Commander of the Knights of Lombardy, who was standing in front, said briefly.
"Who dares to stand in front of the Imperial Knights!"
"I"m Lambert Lombardy, the Commander of the Knights of Lombardy."
"Lambert Lombardy..."
The nephew of Rulhac Lombardy, Lambert Lombardy is the Commander of the Knights of Lombardy.
It was a name that the Imperial knights and all of the other families" Knights knew well.
"Sir Lombardy! If you don"t get out of the way right now, you will be accused of cooperating with treason...!"
"I said it was impossible." Lambert Lombardy said in a low voice.
"In accordance with the treaty of the First Emperor and the First Lombardy,"
Lambert"s brown eyes showed fiercely, continuing.
"No Imperial troops are allowed to enter the Lombardy mansion."
And he added, looking at Ethan Klaus, who was still staring only at the backs of Perez and Clerivan.
"Not to mention the hounds of Angenas."
He smirked. It was a word mixed with ridicule.