Chapter 327: Escort mission
"Do you see him over there?"
"Right, he looks like he’s someone that thinks he’s so important."
"One of those people that couldn’t care less about people like us."
Hearing them say this, I couldn’t help revealing a faint smile.
"Stark, we know that you feel the same way as us." The adventurers said after seeing me reveal this smile.
But I just said, "Let’s not talk about that and focus on the job at hand. There’s still a while before we reach our destination."
They looked at me as if I was a killjoy, but I didn’t say anything as they headed off to finish their tasks.
After all, it wasn’t as if I really could say anything since I was also the person that they were insulting.
This was an escort mission that we were on and it was one that was commissioned by Rothchild. This was a mission that had specifically gone to adventurers like us who lived in the rural area which was already strange enough.
But no one was complaining about free work.
After all, it wasn’t as if the place that we were escorting the caravan to was that dangerous of a place and it wasn’t as if there was anything in between these spots.
However, there was a special reason for this commission.
"Alright, everyone take a break." Rothchild suddenly said while we were in the middle of traveling.
Everyone was confused since it hadn’t been that long since we had set off and it wasn’t as if we were near a place where we could take a comfortable break. This was a place that really was in the middle of nowhere and he was calling for a break now.
This made a few of the adventurers a bit unhappy, but they didn’t show it to their employer.
Instead, they came to complain to me.
However, they didn’t get that long with me since I was called.
"You, the caravan leader needs you for something."
The moment that the adventurers heard this, they couldn’t help narrowing their eyes to look at the one that was calling for me. Then they stepped forward to stand between me and that person before saying, "Why is he calling him? If it’s not for a good reason, then don’t even think about it."
Though they were our employers, it didn’t seem like the adventurers were planning to get along with them.
The one that had come to call me had an awkward look on his face when he saw this.
After all, he was just a messenger that had been sent to pass on a message.
This certainly wasn’t the reaction that he had been expecting when he passed on the message.
Seeing this, I stepped forward and said, "It’s fine, I’ll go and see what our employer wants."
Hearing this, all of the adventurers narrowed their eyes to look at me.
Finally, they said, "If he tries to make you do something that you don’t want to do, there’s no need for you to listen to him."
I couldn’t help shaking my head with a bitter smile when I heard this since I knew that they had misunderstood something. Especially since I had the appearance of a child...
But this kind of misunderstanding wasn’t the kind of misunderstanding that was that easy to solve, so I just gave a nod to show that I understood before following the messenger.
While he was leading me to the main caravan, he also felt the urge to say something, "Our leader isn’t like that...but if something does happen, feel free to run."
Even Rothchild’s own employees were thinking this strange thing which caused a bitter feeling to fill me.
Once I arrived, I saw that it was just him that was waiting there.
"You’re causing a big misunderstanding by doing something like this." I said in a bitter voice.
Rothchild looked confused when he heard this before he asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Asking someone that looks like me to meet in a private place like this, don’t you think that will cause misunderstandings?" I said in a sarcastic tone.
A surprised look appeared on his face before his expression twisted and he said, "They really don’t think that I’m into that, right? It’s not like that at all..."
I shook my head and said with a sigh, "It doesn’t matter if you are or not, once the rumours start, it’s hard for them to stop."
His expression became a bit more twisted when he heard this, but there really wasn’t anything that he could say about this. After all, the more that he tried to explain, the more that it would become twisted.
"Please say something once you leave..." That was all that he could say in the end.
"Alright, just tell me why you called me here. The longer that I stay here, the worse that it’ll be." I said in an impatient voice.
After all, he wasn’t the only one that would be suffering if there were rumours that started to circulate. It would be rumours that would affect both of us and I would prefer not to have these kinds of rumours surrounding me.
"I just wanted to hand you this. This is the key that you’ll be using later to activate the tomb." Rothchild said as he took out this golden curved thing.
I took it without a word since I already knew what it was and I turned to leave so that I didn’t have to stay here any longer.
But before leaving, I couldn’t help turning around to ask, "Couldn’t you have done this in any other way?"
Rothchild revealed a bitter smile as he said, "I keep forgetting that you look like that, so I forgot that this was wrong. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to remember for next time."
"There won’t be a next time." I said with narrowed eyes.
Rothchild wasn’t afraid of me since we were the same person, so he gave a simple nod in response.
I turned and walked out with a sigh.