Chapter 14 (1/2)

「You are Emerald House’s young miss, aren’t you?」

「Yes?」

While walking in the castle’s pa.s.sage, I was suddenly called out by a man I didn’t know.

He doesn’t seem like a chamberlain working in the castle, so perhaps a n.o.ble?

But, he doesn’t seem like a knight, nor like an official……

I wonder who he is?

N~ he seems to know about me, doesn’t he~

「…… Umm, who might you be?」

「I’m not someone worthy of giving my name」

「……」

I don’t want to a.s.sociate with someone who won’t name himself.

Un, let’s go.

――Kotsun

The moment I thought of leaving from that place, I heard a sound from behind, so I turned around and another unfamiliar man appeared before me.

「U~~~~」

Biri, I felt a pain in the neck and my consciousness simultaneously faded.

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「This is……」

When I woke up, I was in an unfamiliar place.

Umm, what happened to me again?

Ah, that’s right.

After being called out by a man I didn’t know, I felt a pain in my neck and fainted.

When I think about it carefully, the person who called out to me first must have done something to me, right~

It somehow felt like a stun gun?

Huh, is this kidnapping?

I was kidnapped!?

Seriously……

Ah~ nevertheless, where is this place, I wonder.

A room without a single window.

Of course, there’s only one door.

Is it locked I wonder…… I can’t open it.

Where am I? Still in the castle?

Or was I perhaps already taken out of the castle?

I’m still little, so I could be easily taken out if put in a wooden box or something, right~

As expected, gatekeepers wouldn’t confirm the contents of a wooden box……

Now then, what should I do~?

「Hugh, are you here~?」

……………………

Huh?

There’s no response.

Even though no response when I called never happened with Hugh before……