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The procession moved non-stop for two days and arrived at Rendinium. Lelia was stunned, and not sure what was happening around her.

To be honest... She did not feel like a child, but like a precious lady.

Unsurprisingly, the knights did not let Lelia run any errands for them.

Rather, they gave her food, clothes to change into and even stroked her hair. They even let her ride in the carriage, because it was so spacious.

It was not one of the wagons, but the best carriage that the old knight, who saved Lelia, was riding in. She did not ride in the luggage compartment, but sat inside the carriage with the old man.

'Are they going to sell me at Rendinium after being so nice to me?'

She was told that there were some who were secretly selling illegal young slaves.

'But Rendinium, the city of knights, is as safe as the capital. So there should be no slave trade.'

The carriage entered Rendinium and was heading towards the downtown area of ​​the city.

Lelia stared out of the carriage with anxious eyes. The old man, who was sitting opposite her, asked; "Are you worried about anything?"

"... No."

"You have a very frightened face."

"..."

Lelia looked at the old knight with skeptical eyes.

[Aren't you really going to sell me?]

No matter how chivalrous a city is, there are always people who are willing to do illegal things.

She was told that the younger the slave, the more expensive they are to buy. Since they have a longer life as a worker.

Lelia remembered the magic potions she had made in her spare time over the past two days.

[Because I made anesthetics and flame throwers instead of sleeping gas... I should be able to run away in case of an emergency.)

Inwardly, she vowed to do so and hugged her bag tightly. The old man looked curious about what was in the bag.

The knights who cared for her were also curious, but she never showed them her bag.

None of the knights forced her to show what was in her bag. In that sense, these knights were great adults who knew how to be considerate to a young child.

[Assuming you don't sell me.]

Come to think of it, she still didn't know which family the knights were from.

She saw the emblem of the family, but Lelia did not know much about the Aurarian nobles. So she was still in the dark.

As they entered the city, the carriage began to slow down and eventually stopped in front of a building.

Lelia poked her head out of the carriage window. The building was painted with a symbol that represents the temple.

It was a marking she grew sick of seeing when she was living in the temple.

After Lelia stared at it for a while, the old nobleman said to her;

"We stopped by the city to get treatment because I have a knight who has been injured. There's a priest from the central temple here."

"...Yeah."

If it was an injured knight, it seemed to be the huge knight with a splint on his ankle that she saw when she first hid in the wagon.