“I just want to go shopping and spend some time by myself…” I pouted my lips at him.
Rufus hesitated for a while and said, “I know that you like to keep a low profile, but…”
After a pause, he sighed helplessly and compromised. “You have to bring Maya with you and at least one guard for protection.”
“Fine.”
I had no choice but to agree because I didn’t want him to get suspicious. I decided that I would have to ditch Maya and the guard after I was out of the palace.
After breakfast, Rufus walked with me outside of the imperial palace and then went to work.
I deliberately left the car but was still accompanied by an excited Maya and a strong burly bodyguard.
On my walk, I realized that many of the werewolves knew me. They must have remembered me from when I saved the people from what happened in the forbidden forest and the border.
This thought filled me with ambivalent feelings. Just a year ago, I was nothing but a slave. But now, I was respected and loved by the public. This was something I couldn’t imagine happening to me ever.
And all of this was introduced to my life by Rufus. It was he who pulled me out of the mire and gave me hope and love.
As such, I had to protect Rufus at all costs.
Sylvia’s POV
I went downtown to watch an art exhibition. Around noon, I made an excuse to sneak away from Maya and the guard so I could slip into a black cloak.
Maya and the guard were in queue outside a popular shop to buy drinks and freshly baked cakes for me. They wouldn’t be able to come back in a short while.
Still, I had to be quick and return as soon as possible. Rufus particularly chose a very smart guard to accompany me. I would be in trouble if he noticed I sneaked out on them.
I dashed down an alley and found a bar that wasn’t open yet.
It was daytime, so the place was still quiet.
I wrapped my black cloak tightly around my body and made sure no one followed me. Then I pushed the door open and entered.
When the wind bell at the door rang three times as I walked in, a bartender behind the counter called out, “My apologies, ma’am. We don’t open until after dark.”
“I know.” I looked around and found that it was just like any other bar except that it was quite cramped. It looked like a place where people would go to listen to music while having a drink.
But I had checked and this was the only way in to the black market in this area.
How could I exactly get in?
I looked back at the bartender and whispered, “I want to buy some magic potion. Do you have any?”
“Magic potion? Only witches and wizards have it. This is a bar and we don’t sell potions.” The bartender looked puzzled as if I was saying something outrageous.
Impossible! How could he not know?
I frowned and was about to say something when someone seemed like the owner of the bar suddenly walked in.
The bartender seemed to have been rescued at this moment. He grabbed his boss, pointed at me, and gestured something, probably to indicate that I was crazy.
The bar owner didn’t say anything. However, he asked the bartender to leave before coming over to me and gently saying, “Miss, we’re not open during daytime.”
“I know. I’m here to look for the entrance to the black market,” I explained frankly.
The owner chuckled as if he had just heard a joke. “Look… we are doing legal business here. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
As he spoke, his face darkened, and his voice became ominous.
“Really? If you are doing legal business, how come there are runes that only wizards and witches use on your bar sign? If I’m not mistaken, those runes can stimulate your customers’ impulse to spend more money.” I sneered. If I hadn’t seen the same runes on a book in Noreen’s lab, this man would have deceived me.
“They are just ordinary patterns.”
The bar owner remained in a vigilant tone. He looked at me with sinister eyes and said, “I told you our shop only engages in legal business. If you insist otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude.”
After saying that, he waved his hand to a booth in the dark. A couple of men stood up and walked towards me with fierce eyes. They obviously wanted to surround me and beat me.
I immediately took two steps back toward the door and quickly gauged the situation. I couldn’t bear to expose myself right now. And more importantly, I had to consider the safety of the baby in my belly.
If I confronted them by myself, it would only make things worse.
When I was about to retreat, those men suddenly charged at me.
I clenched my fists. When I was about to fight back, a werewolf with his face covered suddenly jumped out from behind me and helped me block the man’s fist.
Sylvia’s POV
The appearance of the mysterious werewolf saved me from the fight.
Although he didn’t seem to use much strength as he grabbed the man’s wrist, the man’s face twisted in pain, and he dropped to his knees right away.
I was surprised. This werewolf’s strength was absolutely not inferior to Warren’s.
“I’m sorry, everyone. It’s my girlfriend’s first time coming here, so she doesn’t know the rules,” the mysterious man said in a low voice. Then he released the strong man’s hand.
The bar owner’s face darkened as he stared at the male wolf without saying anything.
The man walked up to the bar owner, leaned in close, and whispered something in his ears.
I couldn’t make out every word he was saying from a distance, and the words I did hear just didn’t make any sense together.
The bar owner’s face softened and winked at the strong men. “It’s alright. It was just a misunderstanding.”
The strong men then went back to their seats and continued to drink.
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