Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Chapter 144: Oath (2)

In the end, Rain felt a bit bad for the dressmaker as well, so he tried to fix as much as he could of her atelier. He had planned to test that eventually... repairing things like walls or floors made of dirt or stone without using more materials.

It was a bit troublesome, but it was possible... The difficulty lies in making all the parts return to their spots... if that wasn't done, the repair wouldn't restore things completely.

Repairing everything would take more than a day, so Rain stopped when he got rid of most of the debris since Lorene and Julie finished talking with some guards of the city again. Around the same time, Orcis showed up.

"Are you all right? Are you truly all right?" Orcis asked when he grabbed Lorene by the shoulders.

"Yes, I am. Still, we didn't have time to find the culprit," Lorene replied.

"Why not?" Orcis asked while glaring at Rain.

"We were busy trying not to be buried alive," Rain replied. "The explosion also sent the guards flying away. It gave more than enough time for the enemy to escape. They are good at that since they have been living in your city for a while, after all."

Orcis didn't take those words well; he clenched his teeth and fists and had a hard time containing his anger. Still, he pulled that off since, once again, no casualties happened, thanks to Rain.

"... I wanted to avoid power struggles since I am concerned for my people's safety... however, I can't tolerate this any longer," Orcis said. "I will offer my total support to the Corsalis family from now on. We aren't only waging war against the magic people; we are waging war against the scum of our country as well."

In any case, Rain didn't feel much toward it... having the respect of others was fine and all, but he wasn't planning to use it in any shape or form. Maybe that will open some doors for him in the future, but he decided not to pay any mind to it.

Before long, both of them left the port city in broad daylight. While it was risky, Lorene decided that it would be a better idea to let the enemies know that she only had a single guard and it was their golden chance to attack her... naturally, she couldn't see any other result aside from their deaths.

"My apologies for making you deal with this," Lorene said. "But since you feel confident and you aren't against the idea, I thought that it would be fine."

"Just doing my job of following orders. As long as I am being paid, it is fine," Rain shrugged.

While it was a bit troublesome, Rain was fine with luring the enemies like that. It was a lot more troublesome to stay hidden, after all. Besides, Rain wanted more battle experience, and he also wanted to make the enemies show all of their cards against him; that way, they could only surprise him for so long.

Still, something troublesome happened along the way... nothing happened. The trip back to the capital had been as calm as it could be... to the point that it felt boring.

"I guess you scared the enemies for good," Lorene said. "Trying a third time would be hard for them to pull as well... they wouldn't be able to hide in the open."

"I suppose so," Rain said.

"At first, I thought that this trip would be pretty bothersome since I was being escorted by a kid, then I regretted a little when we were attacked for the first time, but I am grateful for it now," Lorene suddenly said.

"It opened my eyes and made me realize that the kingdom is in a much worse shape than I had imagined... It also made me realize that people like you can also appear, even though you aren't one hundred percent highborn. You are invited to my wedding, and I will introduce you to some nice girls."